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.
@Sapinhopulador Like I said in my previous post, you need to enable Finder to show hard disks.
Please also open Terminal, which is in Applications > Utilities, and enter this:
find / -name "Version.tag" 2>/dev/null
and post the results here. Another screenshot is fine, or you can copy and paste the file path(s) you see.
Hi. I've tried launching Sims 3 a bunch of times but when i click the play button in the laucher it just gives me that same message.
I tried finding my hard disk on Finder but I couldn't find it. I'll link a screenshot of the EA folder and Finder.
@Sapinhopulador Have you at least tried to launch Sims 3? The user folder isn't created until the Sims 3 launcher opens for the first time.
If that's not the issue, make sure you're looking at the local version of Documents, not the one in iCloud Drive. To access the local one, open a Finder window, select Macintosh HD (or whatever you've renamed your hard disk) in the left panel, then open Users > your username > Documents etc. If you don't see Macintosh HD, click Finder in the upper left corner of the screen, then Preferences > Sidebar, and check the box next to hard disks.
When i go in the EA folder, there's no TS3 folder, just the TS4 one.
When i go on the Electronic Arts folder, there is no The Sims 3 subfolder, only the Sims 4 one (i have it too). What do I do?
@sif3030 Go into Documents > Electronic Arts > The Sims 3 and delete Version.tag.
I have installed Origin and all of my Sims 3 games with no issues. Then I clicked play and The Sims 3 startprogram showed up. However when I click play in the startprogram it says the following: "Could not start the game" "Your The Sims 3-base game is not compatible with this The Sims 3-expansion pack. Please update your game via the launcher." However I have already done that. So does anybody know what to do?
@8c01f7d924cc3522 Go into Documents > Electronic Arts > The Sims 3 and delete Version.tag, then try again to play.
My Sims 3 wont open it says: "Your The Sims 3 Base Game is incompatible with the current Sims 3 Expansion Pack. Please update your game via the game launcher."
