@FlyingSnerzFM When you download from the store you need to use the launcher. Open control panel - click default programs - click associate a file type or protocol with a program - click choose default apps by file type - look for .Sims3Pack. If it entry for .Sims3Pack in not Sims3Launcher change it to Sims3Launcher. When you download a .Sims3Pack you need to open the launcher so the file will download to the download tab of the launcher.
i appreciate any attempt to help but please, at least read my post - i specifically said that i did not find any file types related to sims because i already tried assinging the launcher as default app manually
@FlyingSnerzFM You won't "find" any .Sims3Packs files. When you click download the server attempts to download the .Sim3Pack file. The operating system sees the .Sims3Pack file and opens the launcher and downloads the file to the download tab of the launcher. Some user have changed the default app to use and this usually causes the download to fail. If you are sure you have set the default app set correctly then your firewall may not be allowing the download or the server is down. That's the way it's supposed to work
hmm... the only thing i got before was 4 other DLCs which i got via origin and activatet in the launcher and i got a custom world through the exchange. i did 100% not change anything for default settings before - firewall shouldnt be the cause either, i really have no clue what to do about this; prior to windows 10 you could manually select the app to use to open a certain file...
@FlyingSnerzFM You can still set the default app to use in Windows 10. Use Cortana and search for control panel. That will bring you to the control panel window and click default programs. You have to navigate some Windows 10 options but eventually you get to a screen to be able to select/change the default app. A couple of times of quick clicking I selected the wrong app and had to manually reset the file type to the launcher. The TCP/IP stack has all ports blocked by the firewall and each port needs to be allowed usually by the program installer. When you allow data through the firewall for the most part what you are allowing (opening) the tcp port the data is using - example tcp port 80 is for http packets. The tcp/ip stack is very complicated and Windows gui allows the app's name (or function) rather then the port that is being used. This is easier for casual Windows users to understand. This is a very simple explanation and casual Windows users should avoid changing these settings unless you are sure of what you are doing. With firewalls coming to consumer routers you may have to check that firewall also. As enterprise technology continues to trickle down to consumer level products setup becomes more complicated and initially very technical until the engineers figure out how to explain settings through the gui. You may not have changed anything but rarely (it does happen) things get changed by many different reasons (example Windows update, you download or install some utility and the installer reassigns the tcp port, etc). Another possibility is do you have enough free space on the system device to download the file? When you download a file the file gets downloaded to a temp file until the download is complete. Then the file is copied (not moved) to the intended destination. Therefore you need double the file size free to complete a typical download. The temp file may or may not get deleted which will consume free space. The Windows operating system bloats - it is what it does. Again this is an overly simple explanation. Just thought I'd explain just how complicated a simple a file download can get. Usually it is something simple - click something too fast or too little free space on the system device but if you don't understand the whole process you may be troubleshooting the wrong issue. hth
