TS3 Base Game is incompatible with the current Sims 3 Expansion Pack
seanzol:
Hopefully this question hasn't already been asked, I searched and couldn't find anything on it.
I removed the Mods folder and framework from my WA folder, and then updated my install to version 2.3.33. Now whenever I attempt to run WA, I get the following error message - "Unable to start game; Your The Sims 3 Base Game is incompatible with the current Sims 3 Expansion Pack. Please update your game via the game launcher." However, when I open the launcher, it says that I am updated to the latest version (I tried both the Base Game launcher, and the WA one).
I have a legit copy of TS3, with an arr'd copy of WA, but I've never had issues with updating before this. I don't use an .exe crack to get around the CD requirement, I had the NRaas No-CD mod installed previously (currently I have AwesomeMod set up, including the proper framework - trying it without anything yielded the same result). I cleared out the cache files, and have installed CAW, but have not yet run it. I also checked in the registry, the SKU and locale codes and such all match.
Any help would be appreciated, and if a full reinstall is needed, it's not a big deal.
Grimma:
The base game needs to update to 1.8 in addition to WA having to update to 2.3, apparently. EA Download manager is said to work for patching arred games, so install EADM, patch through that, then uninstall EADM if you so desire.
seanzol:
The only thing EADM wanted to install was The Sims 2 Store Edition, but I did find a workaround. I downloaded the 1.7.9 to 1.8 patch from SimPrograms, and everything is working again, including AM. Thanks for your help, I would've never suspected that to be the issue.
ShortyBoo:
After backing up all my files, I updated through the launcher. It seemed to patch just fine, but after it finished installing, I got an error box that popped up saying "Your The Sims 3 Base Game is incompatible with the current Sims 3 Expansion Pack. Please update your game via the game launcher." The only problem is, it's saying my game is up to date, showing it's version 2.3.33.003002. So I downloaded the 1.7.9 to 1.8.25 patch from the first page on the thread talking about the patch, but that's not working either. It tells me "The setup has detected that the installed game region for this update is incorrect. This update requires a different game region in order to be installed." I have a store bought base game and the Reloaded version of WA, so I had to change my region from 1 to 7 in regedit to install WA. I thought maybe this was the cause of the error, so I changed the region back to 1, tried the patch, and got the same error. So what region code does it want? This is the first time I've had any issues with getting a patch installed. Before installing WA, I reinstalled the game, patched it through the launcher, installed WA and patched it as well. Did I mess up by patching WA first? I didn't see any option to patch the base game via the launcher, but maybe it's because I didn't use the base game launcher.
dilpill:
This happened to me too. I didn't install the latest patch when I installed WA, so I was stuck with the odd 1.5 version of the base game. I couldn't find a version of the patch that could go from 1.5 to anything else, and I didn't want to install the EADM, so I just uninstalled everything. I'm planning to reinstall the game later today, installing the patches and WA in the proper order.
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