Error code 16 after new windows 11 update.
I recently started having issues with my sims 3 games after installing the latest windows 11 update. Save files not saving and getting error 16 along with the save files getting straight up deleted o...
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If you select compatibility mode and then unselected it and hit apply on the launcher.exe file, I've found it saves every time. So now I just have to alt tab out and do that to save my game. Make sure you save as and name it something different. My other half discovered that the save files are saving as Read Only which he thinks is preventing it from saving properly. We tried to turn off Read Only but that didn't seem to fix the issue.
Also this works for the latest Smooth Patch from Lazy Duchess. You still have to select in compatibility mode then unselected and hit apply on the launcher for it and the original launcher but then I've found it saves everytime and the game runs brilliantly.
Oh this is great! I will deffo try this and yes i heard about the read only file issue and i tried that and it worked at first for me but then it didnt work after the first few times.
So i tried everything that ppl suggested but its still an issue, this is seriously frustrating as I cant roll back 😞
at least i can open my games, as I was getting "a serious error has occured" plus the error 16. I'm having to go into my save files to delete bad files whilst in game to save as that is literally the only way not to lose progress, I can save once or twice but then after that even if i save as under a new save name it still gives me that error 16, I'm thinking that this issue is honestly never gonna resolve :/, I've exhausted myself in research and I honesty give up. I may check by taking out my mods folder to see if this helps as if it does then welp i guess ill have to play without my cc and mods lol.
@PandaLover1698 @xeeqan3ku4og @Sabillad I'm so sorry, a tornado knocked out my internet for like 3 days and then I had to work, lots of crazy stuff.
Can't seem to find anything that produces meaningful results beyond disabling OneDrive and messing with compatibility and admin settings, though, something curious, when I was offline, I couldn't play at all, got "a serious error occurred" on every single save, my game does connect to my EA account by default, but Idk how that would affect anything, once I got back online, nbd though, hmm, going to have to investigate that phenomena, could provide more answers as to what is going on here.@tommy61157 Out of curiosity, do your expansion and stuff packs load properly when you're offline? The EA App will often not load Sims 4 packs when it's in offline mode, and it's possible the same is true for Sims 3. You could load a new save and try filtering CAS or Build/Buy by pack; only the packs that have loaded will be options here.
No worries! I've just uninstalled my game tbh, im tired of the headache lol and most likely will go back to my potato laptop to play it cuz im not making any progress at all :/
@puzzlezaddict It didn't at first, but even when selecting all installed packs, still didn't work, thinking it didn't load some store unlocked items or exchange items possibly, not entirely sure, Sorry, I'll have to more thoroughly troubleshoot it when I have time.
I have taken about 20 minutes reading this thread after having the same issues. Is it ok if someone gathers all the things we need to do to make it work into one, I would be most grateful. It seems very complicated and I would also like to please request from the people who have messed around with their property settings let me know what ones work best to make that stupid error not appear. I have had it appear for a week after adding all expansion packs + mods too my game. Before that, I had no problem. I have a windows 11 on a new laptop. Before his laptop, I had another windows 11 laptop. On that laptop, I could play sims 3 with no problem, but I never updated it. I might need more specific instructions regarding the windows security thing but I don't think that is the problem. I use the lazy duchess smooth patch (not sure what one but shouldn't really matter) all NRAAS mods and some mods that fix minor problems in the game. I would love to help out but not sure how. I wish I could just play sims 3 in peace.
Edit 1: I forgot to mention I got the EA app and had major problems with downloading the sims 3. I then found a download for origin and I had no luck. I managed to eventually download everything on the EA app after a lot of fiddling with it. From trying to download on origin, it wouldn't let me download any packs. There was no packs and stuff button. I am thinking EA is definitely trying to get rid of sims 3.
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