Technical problems with THE HORROR: downloading, installing, and running it
iHateyou:
Just a thanks... This is my first time ever using a torrent, and I managed to do it despite being sure I was way too stupid to figure it out. I had to read about six million posts here before I could manage it so I really appreciate all the posts with questions and the great answers they received because it kept me from having to whine about it when I had problems.
Anyway BAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAh.
Elruwen:
Thank god for the backup files in the Saves folder! My saved game disappeared but I was able to restore it using the backup. :o
Ryslin:
winrar is your solution to opening those r01-r32 files. If you open any of them ..it will open the whole thing. Or you can right click the files and extract to Here .. and it will take what is in it out.
You will then have a thesims3.iso
IF you use winrar to open that file (which it CAN do) it will whine and complain about copywrite.
Thus.. use demontools or other tools mentioned to "mount" the ISO into a nice handy virtual cdrom. Or even burn the iso with your favorite burning software. (I haven't looked at the size of the iso it might not be easily burnable)
If for some reason you have turned off auto load for cd/dvd's then you will have to go manually to explorer and find the new drive added virtually/ open your dvd/cdrom yourself and install from there.
Winrar may whine at you if you do not have a registered copy. Just click it to be quiet on that pop up and it will go about it's normal business of being awesome.
Tingeling:
Thanks for the help Ryslin. Although my issue is a bit different. I have been arring for along time so I know the procedure of mounting iso's and so on. The problem is that when I mount the iso the game setup installation doesn't start for some reason. It complains and a popup says: "Invalid directory entry has been encountered. Some content may be lost or inaccessible." It apparently is Roxio DLA Drive that is complaining. I've done the googlefu dance and it appears to be a problem with the dvd burner... Securom perhaps? But is it possible to contract securom without even having started the install process? I r confuse... especially since it is Damemon Tools that mounts the image. That was why I was wondering if someone who downloaded the same iso had issues and thus it would be a corrupt download which could easily be remedied.
BeautyWitch:
I have no idea how I did it, but I've finally managed to install. Now a new problem; a message pops up saying the game needs to connect to the internet to verify my copy. How do I bypass this?
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