Internet Explorer. Sometimes a glitch in install causes problems and so the game cannot move from Launcher to Game correctly. In this case, manually running the secondary installers required by this game can help. Shut down Steam. Go to your Steam Sims 3 installation folder. Inside the Install folder: Locate the VP6 folder and run vp6install. Locate the DirectX folder and run dxsetup. Locate the dot net folder and run dotnetfx. A number of files are stored inside your computer's Documents directory, and sometimes they can come into conflict with the game or the launcher due to glitches.
In removing the files, you force your game to re-generate fresh ones that, hopefully, do not have the same problems the old ones had. If you're having trouble with your launcher after completing step 2. Inside it, find the folder for The Sims 3 , and open it. Locate the DCCache folder, and, inside it, delete missingdeps. Locate the SavedSims folder you may not always have one , and inside it, remove the file named downloadedsims.
Locate the Downloads folder, and inside it remove any. Locate the SigsCache folder, and inside it remove any. If you are using Windows 8. Net disabled without realizing it. For Windows 8. If you have at some point uninstalled then reinstalled the Sims, you might start to have launcher issues. The most common problem seen will be a message that "There was an error during start-up. The easiest fix is to use a program called CCleaner.
Download CCleaner [www. Back up your Registry. Run CCleaner. Click the "Scan for Issues" button. Restart your computer. After doing this, head to step 2. I've heard that recent security updates to Windows 10 for Flash have caused the Launcher to start crashing. This may eventually apply to other versions of Windows too, but I've not yet experienced it.
Open Settings the gear icon. Locate the setting for "Safety". There, find the setting for "ActiveX Filtering" and ensure it's ticked. This seems to have become more important for Windows 10 users with recent Windows updates. First, locate your launcher executable. Look for a file named Sims3LauncherW. Right-click that file and choose Properties. Go to the Compatibility tab. Tick the box to run the game as an administrator, then close the Properties.
If this solves your launcher issue, odds are that you will also need the game itself to have the same setting. You can find the game executable in the same directory, and it will be named ts3w. This one sounds odd, I know, but to log in through the game launcher, you must have "normal" English keyboard characters.
That means that the English alphabet is fine, as are the shift characters such as! While playing the game, it can lag or freeze, crash, or go to a black screen. There are many reasons this can happen, so this guide starts with some of the most common issues, and works down to a few of the less common ones.
Please work through them in order and test after each section to see if your problem is solved. A lot of times we forget to update our video drivers until something goes wrong, and even then, it's probably not one of the first things we think of. Nevertheless, old and outdated video drivers can cause a lot of problems and glitches in the game.
Step 1: Identify Your Video Card. It might go without saying but This includes browsers, iTunes, Media Player, Netflix, and so on. Make sure nothing else is running, then see if your game performance improves.
A good way to look for stuff that's running and using your resources without your knowing about it is PC Decrapifier [pcdecrapifier. Also, be sure to keep your anti-virus software is up to date and check that your computer is not infected with viruses, trojans, adware, and the like.
Created by. Sparky Dimo Offline. Languages: English. Guide Index. A few websites every Sims 3 player must visit! How to install mods and custom content. A simple community forum that teaches players how to modify the game, then gives them a place to exchange and discuss those modifications.
This site is know as the best website for Sims Mods. A place to download custom made clothing, worlds and lots, themes, objects and even sims families! For free with no account required you can get a ton of custom made clothes!
Make sure you placed each file type in the right directory. Make sure your download is compatible with the rest of the content you have. Make sure your download does not require Expansion Packs you do not own. Some content overrides replaces game content.
For these types of things, you can only have one replacement, one set of default replacement for each content. For example; one set of default skintone replacement. If you have any questions, contribution to my guide or requests for other guides, feel free to ask, I will be glad to help.
You can also check out my other The Sims 3 guides.. Sundowner 30 Sep pm. Smewtot What are you having issues with. I'm sorry I can't help, I haven't played the game in years. However I doubt EA updated anything so it still should work, perhaps you're confusing the. They're different therefore the installation is different too. Windows Registry Editor Version 5. So now you have the Create a World Tool installed on your PC but if you try to run it you will get an error saying that it can't find your Sims 3 content after which it closes without starting.
To fix this you need to make another addition to the Windows registry. This time you need to go to Start at the bottom left of your desktop, type RegEdit into the search box then hit Enter on your keyboard to bring up the Registry Editor.
Find the registry file that you just edited and import it by selecting 'open'. The Create a World tool should now work for you with the Steam version of Sims 3. Clicking on any of the pictures throughout the guide will give you a full size version. How to check your installation path in the Steam client, Library section, right click on the name of the game and select properties from the dropdown list Then in the Local Files tab select 'Browse Local Files" This will open the folder on your PC where The Sims 3 is installed and the address bar at the top shows you the installation path.
If you click on the above picture you can see that I do not have Steam or Sims 3 installed to the default path. In my case it is as simple as changing the "c" in the path for the code to an "F" Error Accessing the registry.
If you are recieving the above error then you need to give yourself administrators access in Windows before changing the registry will work. As I said at the beginning, I have followed the steps outlined in this guide and now have the Create a World tool working with the Steam version of Sims 3 I don't have a retail or Origin version of the game installed.
This worked for me, thanks! Ferbsol View Profile View Posts. Originally posted by Lil'siz :. Doesn't work. Games still won't download. Per page: 15 30 Date Posted: 25 Dec, pm. Posts:
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