Help fast please! Launcher Problems

[maddyclyde9]

I recently tried downloading an update, but stopped halfway through. Now, I can't play Sims until I download it from the Game Launcher, but the GL won't load! Is there a way to download it from the internet?
It's a long story, but I need it before I go home, which is tomorrow.

[Sophie4563]

I had the same thing happen to me. Unfortunately, I didn't find an alternate way of updating the game.

What I ended up doing is backing up my game files then uninstalling and reinstalling the game.

[Swede1992]

Unfortunately I can't help you with your problem (I believe the launcher is the only (at least best) way to install the patch), but I'm moving this thread to Technical Help if you don't mind. It may help your question to get answered quicker by perhaps another member.

By the way, a thing you could try if your launcher is glitched up is to try to launch the game without it. Pam has posted instructions for it here.

[maddyclyde9]

Didn't work, sorry.

[Archer0]

In addition to updating via the launcher, EA also offers manual patches to download for the base game/WA/HELS/Ambitions.  The latest versions are 1.14/2.9/3.5/4.2.

The main article at the official forums is here.

You'll need to check which version of each you currently have and download the correct update.  You can find your current version levels in a file called skuversion.txt located in each of your sims 3 game folders.

Example: C:\Program Files\Electronic Arts\The Sims 3\Game\Bin\skuversion.txt
Example: C:\Program Files\Electronic Arts\The Sims 3 Ambitions\Game\Bin\skuversion.txt

Ultimately, you may be better off backing up your saved games and uninstalling/reinstalling.

[Frey]

I'm mad right now.

I installed the latest patch for ambitions a few days ago and my game went all crazy, so I uninstalled the whole sims from my computer, even deleted it from the registry, and installed the whole thing again. Now that I supposedly finished installing the thing, it says that by base game is not compatible with the expansion pack ambitions and that I should update it through the launcher... but the launcher just won't work! I can't download the patches manually either because it says versions 0.0.0.0 so I have no idea which patch I need. I think the problem was that it asked me to update it between the installation of the base game and WA, but not between WA and ambitions?

PLEASE tell me I don't have to uninstall and reinstall the whole thing yet again...

[Gheez]

Here's a link to EA's solution:

http://forums.electronicarts.co.uk/sims-3/1146223-launcher-reading-version-0-0-0-0-base-game-incompatibility.html

Hope it helps.

(This last bit is tacked on just in case it helps anyone else with problems after intalling Ambitions:

I had problems after installing Ambitions and wasn't able to use the launcher, however, I just clicked on the launcher for World Adventures and it worked properly and allowed me to update. I can now use the Ambitions launcher.)

[Frey]

Thank you! I just realized I don't even have the download manager now... I'm downloading it and hoping it works It should though, since I don't even have it (don't ask me why).

(This last bit is tacked on just in case it helps anyone else with problems after intalling Ambitions:

I had problems after installing Ambitions and wasn't able to use the launcher, however, I just clicked on the launcher for World Adventures and it worked properly and allowed me to update. I can now use the Ambitions launcher.)

Something very similar happened to me before uninstalling Ambitions for the first time. The Ambitions launcher wouldn't work, but I could manage all my downloads and updates and stuff from the WA launcher. I just needed to skip the launcher to start the game. I'm starting to suspect there are magic gnomes living inside my computer, since so many weird stuff has been going on lately...

[ik]

In addition to updating via the launcher, EA also offers manual patches to download for the base game/WA/HELS/Ambitions.  The latest versions are 1.14/2.9/3.5/4.2.

The main article at the official forums is here.

Where do you find the patches for manual download? I have an incompletely patched game (main game and ambitions are patched, the other two are not) and can not find the patch downloads anywhere (the link you posted just leads me to an error page).

[Frey]

Where do you find the patches for manual download? I have an incompletely patched game (main game and ambitions are patched, the other two are not) and can not find the patch downloads anywhere (the link you posted just leads me to an error page).

After a complete reinstall, my WA and A launcher wouldn't let me update anything and I couldn't play either. Then I tried updating from the base game's launcher and WA started working, and then I did the same thing from the WA's launcher and A worked fine. I've talked to some people that did the same and it worked too... maybe it would work for you too? But I can't assure you anything, so do it at your own risk

[Archer0]

Where do you find the patches for manual download? I have an incompletely patched game (main game and ambitions are patched, the other two are not) and can not find the patch downloads anywhere (the link you posted just leads me to an error page).

The link works.  Maybe you hit it during some forum maintenance.  Or sometimes you have to refresh several times before it will display.  Everybody has that problem from time to time with the Sims 3 forums.

[Pam]

The link works for me, too.

[ik]

Thank you Archer and Pam. I was able to read the post after I had changed my language on the forum to English (the EA page insists on showing up in German whenever I go there regardless of the fact that I change it to English again every time and even have my games installed in English). I have my game and expansions all patched properly now and am ready to keep playing my challenge game.

[maddyclyde9]

I didn't know you all answered!
I got it working. Thanks to all that helped!