6 years ago
The Sims 3 patching sequence question
Hi,
I just recently did a complete uninstall of my sims 3 game because I was having with my game meaning complete removal of all sims 3 program files, Registry keys and installation files. My question is how do I make sure the launcher patches in the right sequence? For example the patch level on the sims 3 into the future is only 1.62 How do I make sure the launcher doesn't go from 1.62 straight to 1.67 and make sure it patches in the correct order with each installation of the next expansion pack? I ran into the problem of my game being borked when I tried to use the incremental patch to go from 1.66 to 1.67. I downloaded the file by clicking the link in Sims Vip's patches section. I know it was the official one because they state quite plainly on there website that they linked to the official patched hosted on Ea's servers I have used the incremental patch linked by sims Vip to go from 1.63 to 1.66 and patch worked swimmingly, but when I tried to do the same to go from 1.66 to 1.67 the patching got to 98% complete and then I got and error message. which thereby borked my game and made it unplayable without a complete uninstall/reinstall. The reason I did not use the launcher directly is because I was afraid it would jump from 1.66 to 1.69 and that goofy sims 3 download manager which I don't want! I haven't started the reinstall process yet and and I don't want to make the same mistakes I made that led to the borking in the first place! I also have access to the download version in my games library, so my other question is: Iss the patching process less tempermental if you use the download version instead pf installing from disks? Any help that anyone could provide would be very much appreciated because I miss playing sims 3 something awful!
Thanks!
I just recently did a complete uninstall of my sims 3 game because I was having with my game meaning complete removal of all sims 3 program files, Registry keys and installation files. My question is how do I make sure the launcher patches in the right sequence? For example the patch level on the sims 3 into the future is only 1.62 How do I make sure the launcher doesn't go from 1.62 straight to 1.67 and make sure it patches in the correct order with each installation of the next expansion pack? I ran into the problem of my game being borked when I tried to use the incremental patch to go from 1.66 to 1.67. I downloaded the file by clicking the link in Sims Vip's patches section. I know it was the official one because they state quite plainly on there website that they linked to the official patched hosted on Ea's servers I have used the incremental patch linked by sims Vip to go from 1.63 to 1.66 and patch worked swimmingly, but when I tried to do the same to go from 1.66 to 1.67 the patching got to 98% complete and then I got and error message. which thereby borked my game and made it unplayable without a complete uninstall/reinstall. The reason I did not use the launcher directly is because I was afraid it would jump from 1.66 to 1.69 and that goofy sims 3 download manager which I don't want! I haven't started the reinstall process yet and and I don't want to make the same mistakes I made that led to the borking in the first place! I also have access to the download version in my games library, so my other question is: Iss the patching process less tempermental if you use the download version instead pf installing from disks? Any help that anyone could provide would be very much appreciated because I miss playing sims 3 something awful!
Thanks!