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keorii's avatar
12 years ago

game keeps minimizing itself need help!

I know this isn't where this post goes I already made a post in technical this morning an no one ever replied an I've waited all day an I really need help!!!! This is what I posted in my other thread:

Since recent patch I have found when loading my game though the launcher I get a black screen like its going to load then it minimizes itself. The first time it did this I uninstalled all mods, deleted all cache files an thumbnails even deleted the DCCcache files in that folder an restarted my game an all was fine after that. I followed everything from this site steps 1-3. http://simswiki.info/wiki.php?title=Game_Help:Sims_3_Crashing_C
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Then realizing the game was fine I reloaded the mods I had( I only had mods no CC items like lots from the exchange) an everything was still working fine up till today.
TODAY: I just downloaded two things from the store that where on sale an went to start my game. Same thing happened as before black screen like its going to load then minimizes itself. So I went back to the checklist website(see above)an did all steps 1-9. Game still minimizing itself after doing all steps 1-9.SO I uninstalled ALL games just now to do a fresh restart. Im only installing the base game , island paradise, supernatural , seasons , world adventures , ambitions , uni , late night....Im not installing generations , fast lane stuff, showtime ,pets, high end loft ,outdoor living. If the minimize thing still happens after I re install what else can I do? are there other steps to try other then the checklist?
EDIT: forgot to mention once I even tried renaming the sims 3 folder as a backup an also moved the sims 3 folder to the desktop an that didn't help either. Ive now spent all day reinstalling my games an im still getting the same problem an I don't know what to do! can anyone pelase please please help?

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  • yes im thinking it has something to do with my computer failing thus it keeps minimizing.

    the message to the client update download was "error failed download please try again" Then it closed itself automatically. So as far as I know it is not my game that's the problem its the computer. Im taking it in to the shop to get it fixed today.
  • Keori wrote:
    Im taking it in to the shop to get it fixed today.

    Good luck. :)
  • ok back once again! game is fixed from minimizing but when I go to update to the latest patch I get an update error invalid file found.
  • Keori wrote:
    when I go to update to the latest patch I get an update error invalid file found.

    The launcher sucks big time. Get the super patch from here
    http://sims3.crinrict.com/en/2013/10/patch-1-63.html
    and install it manually. Close the launcher and move the mods folder (if you have that) onto the desktop before you do that! Move the mods folder back to it's original location after the patch has completed.
  • I've been having this issue and killing myself trying to fix it!

    I FINALLY FIXED IT!


    I noticed that the full screen resolution that it was setting my game to was way off. When I changed the resolution in the game it stopped minimizing itself. Here is how to fix it and keep it fixed!

    Right click on your desktop-> Screen Resolution -> write down recommended (mine is 1920x1200)

    Then go to My Documents/Electronic Arts/ The Sims 3
    Open the Options.ini file
    search for Resolution
    (it should have 3 numbers after it separated by spaces)

    change the first number to the first number of your recommended resolution
    and the second number to the second recommended resolution and leave the third number alone

    EX: resolution = 1920 1200 60 (that's mine)

    Save it, restart the sims

    Hopefully you will be playing in no time!
  • Just thought I'd add that manually changing my resolution thru the options.ini fixed my problem as well.

    However mine would launch (either from launcher or TS3W.exe) and immediately minimize.

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