Update Issue: Invalid File? 4.6.6?

[Beddy_Boop]

Okay, so I have tried patching my game to the one released on Nov. 30. At first it is fine but once it gets to the InstallShield Wizard it has a message pop up saying: Update Error: Invalid file found. Does anyone know what this could be? I don't have any CC other than the Sims 3 store products. I'm not too stressed yet but I will want to fix this.   Thanks for any help!  

[Pam]

You're downloading the update through the Sims 3 launcher?  Have you tried cancelling it and restarting?

[Beddy_Boop]

You're downloading the update through the Sims 3 launcher?  Have you tried canceling it and restarting?

I could try, other than I don't know how to do that. Could someone please explain how to do that? *unless that is hitting the X in the top right corner and trying again*

[Alsier]

I had that exact same problem, at the end of the ambitions patch to 4.6.6.  After searching around, I found this on the Sims 3 forum:
http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/list/15/305696.page

I used the superpatcher linked from there and it patched my game up to the right level.

[Beddy_Boop]

When I click on any of the links where it says: Region 1, Region 7, etc. I get a message asking if I want to download this and that type of file may harm my computer... I guess I'll just go without?

[mtglady]

When I click on any of the links where it says: Region 1, Region 7, etc. I get a message asking if I want to download this and that type of file may harm my computer... I guess I'll just go without?

Click here for the instructions on how to find which Region you should use.  In the States it is usually Region 1. 

[Beddy_Boop]

Yay! It worked today! (No message about damaging my computer!) Thanks Pam, Alsier, and MtgLady.

[Beddy_Boop]

Okay, I was checking to make sure my game was updated to the most recent- but it is still at 4.6.6!
I tried using this "incremental patch" from thesims3.com forum: http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/list/188505.page but it says I need to use a different region! I'm not sure what to do.
By the way it still says "invalid file" when I try to update! And again: when you cancel and restart is that when you just click the X at the top right corner? If it is it didn't work.
I am pretty anxious because I'd like to do the 2011 challenges, but can't if I'm not patched. 

[Metropolis Man]

Beddy_Boop — first, shut down and restart your computer. Next, launch the Sims 3 using the standard launcher. Do you get a message saying an update is available at that point?

[Beddy_Boop]

When I first go to the launcher no message pops up, and when I go to the Updates tab it says my game is up to date. Even when I press refresh it says it is up to date. But at the bottom left it says my game is 4.6.6.009001?

[Beddy_Boop]

Is 4.6.6. the latest update? Or am I making a big deal when I already have the most recent update?

[biancasimone]

4.6.6 is the most recent update for Ambitions.

Beddy, I was having this issue too.  I backed up my game files, then un-installed Ambitions.  THEN I updated my EADM (EA Download Manager). Then restarted my computer and re-installed Ambitions. Then I restarted and updated through The Sims 3 Launcher.  Now it doesn't show the message every time that I need to update my game!

Some people have said that simply updating the EADM helps that message go away.  I would try updating the EADM and restarting first, it may make that message go away

[Beddy_Boop]

Oh, thank gosh! I was thinking there was an update that came with Late Night, but one that everyone should download! It's a New Years Eve miracle! Thank you so much all! Just another example of how great the forum is!