Need Help
CLmeow:
Since the game came out, I have run the game with custom content with little trouble. I am good at searching out and solving problems on my own usually. Now I have a problem laptop (am getting a new one) and I had to reload the Sims, and am just running the base game and only a little of the custom content I had before and awesome mod and a few other mods I can't live without. The trouble is, it's been so long, I can't recall how to install all the mods to get the custom content to work. I searched MOAR, then moar again. I went to mod the sims and looked there, but it's out of date and the wiki was of NO help. I found some help here, and then decided to just put the Resource file and the d3dx9_31 files in all the places I could think of putting them. I then ran the game to test it. OOPS
The 3booter suddenly went into a loop that I could stop only by forcing a shutdown of the laptop. Not good at all. I tried other ways before that believe me. What do I do now? What did I do wrong? What did I put in the wrong place to cause that? I feel really stupid. I have spent three hours searching for the simple instructions I know are out here, and all I have found are the ones at Mod the Sims that were of no help. Well, that is not entirely true, I did find some here that were somewhat helpful, some people here had problems that gave me some ideas of what to try, but when I tried it it did not help.
Anyway, please, if you would, help me with this problem. It's probably a simple one and I am probably being dumb.
jezzer:
It's your avatar. Your laptop suspects you might be a furry, and doesn't want a bunch of sims with retarded cat ears and fox tails running around unchecked.
kissing_toast:
Search harder you must. MTS is not out of date, the tutorial there pretty much holds your hand through out the entire process.
Naiad:
1. Delete any and all files you placed after installing the game except for the CC itself. That means the dll and resource files. PATCH THE GAME.
2. As was stated, MTS is not out of date. Follow their tutorials. Do nothing but what the tutorial tells you to do. Believe me, it works. That I managed to get it to work is proof enough of that.
3. Make sure the resource file is correct.
Protip:
1. State your PC OS if you expect help.
2. Search more.
CLmeow:
First of all, my avatar was chosen because my name is CLmeow, CL standing for Cat Lady, and that chosen because I have cats, not because I have furry sims. Sims with ears and tails? YUCK! I thought it was fitting for me. A cat shaped lady. I think it's time to change it.
Now down to business. My laptop runs Vista. 32 bit os, 3 gig ram. I have run all the current Sims 3 stuff packs and expansions up to Generations (have not bought that one yet) with little trouble till recently. Now the laptop is dying. The motherboard is losing the link to the screen and the only way to fix it they say is the replace the motherboard, so i am getting a new laptop. This is not the only trouble I am having. I also lost the ability to play the Sims. I had to uninstall all Eps and have reinstalled only the base game as I said above.
I have followed instructions I was given and have removed all the dll and resource files from every place I put them, patched the game fully, and as I had already followed the instructions at MTS that were unhelpful, I am at a loss as to what to do now. The resource file is correct. It is the newest one to be had at MTS.
The hugest problem I have at present is 3booter. I just had a thought though. I will redownload it and try it once more. It keeps going in circles instead of booting the game. The game does not launch, instead it brings up the black 3booter box, then the screen goes black as it should to launch The Sims, then it crashes and then 3booter lauches again. What on earth could be causing that? If somehow I corrupted 3booter, it will fix it if I redownload it. Will be right back.
Edit: I downloaded 3booter anew and still the same, no launch of the game, just a circle. I hate leaving the damned disc in my drive which is why I use the boot and refuse to use the stinking launcher, so gotta get it working. Can't test the CC to see if it's working yet it the game won't launch! I had followed the instructions at MTS before and my CC would not work before which is why I came here for help for what I had missed. I am usually good at following instructions and it takes a lot before I resort to asking for help. And thank you for the advice so far given.
Edit 2: it very well could be the dying computer that is causing the troubles. What gives me hope is the fact that I can run other games on it still with little problems, like Perfect World, and Star Wars Galaxies. I know they are not that like the Sims. I also run other games. I have games I downloaded for a 6 year old to play. They run ok still also. The reason I want to get this one to run is so she can play it while we grownups talk when I am visiting her parents. I know I may fail, it is a dying laptop, but I have hope. I'll put in the cd and see if I can get the CC to work if the game will launch with the stinking launcher.
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