If you REALLY want to use Launcher to install Sims3Pack with 1.8/2.3
mimmi:
Here just click your latest game http://www.simprograms.com/the-sims-3-patches/
GnatGoSplat:
Quote from: starsong on 2010 January 01, 05:18:32
Thank you all! That makes far more sense than what I was thinking.
On a related note, if I decide to reinstall my game completely - base game and WA - can I use the bin from that installation (before I patch of course), or will I need to track down 1.79/2.2.8?
If I do need 1.79/2.2.8, does anyone know where they may be found?
Yeah, you can actually use the whole Bin folder from an older installation, but you'll have to replace Default.ini with one from 1.8/2.3. Mainly what you need is for the Launcher in your new folder to execute the older TS3EP01.EXE because that's the file that actually generates the .dbc files. TS3EP01.EXE from an unpatched WA install should work as well, though I haven't tested it.
aya_alexa:
i don't really quit get the thingy if you have already the 1.8 patch. i have already installed the 1.8 patch will the above steps still apply? sorry im quit a visual person so i can't really understand some written tutorial.
GnatGoSplat:
Pretty much if you already have the 1.8 patch, you need to get a TS3.exe (or TS3EP01.exe if you have WA) from before you patched. You can try to download it from someplace, but if you have Vista or Windows 7, it automatically backs things up using Shadow Copy when your computer is idle so you might be able to get it out of an automatic backup. To do that, you'd right click on the Bin folder and go to "Restore previous versions" and dig through the various automatic backups for the old version. XP doesn't do shadow copy backups so if you have XP, you'll have to come up with some other way to get the old version.
aya_alexa:
do i need a specific exe? i only downloaded the game online and the only old exe in the downloaded file is the 1.0.0 exe version of the sims. oh yeah if all of this work will the launcher work and stop saying "Sims3Launcher has encountered a problem and needs to close. We are sorry for the inconvenience."?
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