Ok, one more time we clean uninstall and reinstall everything (including Origin just cause).
Reset Origin, download Base game, run it's update, and the SuperPatch update then rn the game and ... oh great it's stuck on blackscreen.
Ok one last time for real - I prob should've done the Superpatch first, (I only ran it first to see if Origin was gonna give me a 'still downloading error'). That or I'm in denial but we'll get to that later.
I'll be exact about this too and step-by-step:
1. Clean uninstall TS3
2. Origin Reset Tool
3. Empty and Restart - well better save this somewhere before I do
4. Download and install Base
5. Close Origin and Superpatch first
6. Run TS3 and hit 'Play' and several minutes of blackscreen and force quit. Okay maybe I was suppose to open it in Origin? annnnnd I get a 'install the new helper tool'. What. You were just open before the Superpatch. Annnnnd now Origin isn't doing anything. Okay Reset Origin again. And it's the helper loop again except now after telling it to install it's frozen. Several minutes later it open and immediately trying to updates TS4 it doesn't let me pause or cancel until 10 minutes lates it finally unfreezes and tells me it's been paused. Finally run TS3 for my last feeble hope it might work.
"Error: Game process could not be started."
But oh wait it's still trying to and black screen for several minutes before I force quit that nonsense. I don't even know what this error is. (Note it is not the "Cannot start the process when the game is running. Please quit the game and try again” error I double read to make sure. I try running TS3 alone just make sure, it gives no Error but still is getting stuck on a blackscreen. -heavy sigh-
- This is where I give up. I can't see how uninstall TS3 made Origin flip out and give me this weird run around when I did nothing different and I can't even get the base game to run now. I don't understand this randomness and I hate it. I regret not buying all the physical EPs now although there's no guarantee that would make a difference either.
I'd rather waste my time trying an alternative like setting up BootCamp and seeing if the windows process is any better but I can't find a trusted source. Is this and outdated alternative? (note: I even checked your site Bluebellflora but it's link doesn't not exist anymore.
Any help and hope is appreciate at this point. Thanks.
