If you see this error:
Please open Documents > Electronic Arts > The Sims 3 and delete Version.tag. You'll need to open the folders manually; the file won't show up in a search.
If this doesn't help, please move your entire Sims 3 folder out of Documents > Electronic Arts and onto your desktop, then try to launch the game again.
@Esther_Rosenblat What message are you getting? If it's about the base game being incompatible with a pack, please go into Documents > Electronic Arts > The Sims 3 and delete the file labeled Version.tag.
If you're getting a different error, please post a screenshot.
I get a different message. See photo.
@Esther_Rosenblat That's not a different message, that's the same message I described. Please delete Version.tag and let me know whether the game works.
Thank you!
When I try to launch the sims 3 game an error pops ups nd says its unable to start my game because the base game is incompatible with the current sims 3 expansion pack, but i downloaded the sims 3 base game by itself
@CheeringPenguins Open Documents > Electronic Arts > The Sims 3 and delete the file labeled Version.tag.
THANK YOU!!!! ( EA needs to start paying you)
Does anyone have any other tips or recommendations? I can't find the version tags to delete
@kendraheath2 I'm guessing you do in fact have a Version.tag file, but either you're not looking in the correct Documents folder (check the one on your hard drive, not in iCloud), or you're searching for it. The file won't show up in a spotlight search; you have to manually open the folders it's in.
If you still can't find the file, open Terminal (it's in Applications > Utilities), copy and paste this command, and enter.
find / -name "Version.tag" 2>/dev/null
Please post the results here. You can write [username] instead of your actual username, but leave the rest of the file path(s) intact.
I have been trying to get Sims 3 to launch on my mac. I have the 64 bit sims 3 installed. However it says something is outdated. I have updated every expansion and the base game. I have also downloaded the base game by it's self and uninstalled the expansions and still can not get it to work. Can someone pretty please help me?
