Launcher no longer installing store updates?
UPDATE: The official answer from EA is that players with Steam and disc installs should register their codes and then install through Origin, which will land the game on patch 1.69. There has not been...
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I have just read through this whole thread - which isn't very long so not hard to do.
I thought I'd add my bit here for anyone on patch 1.67. I have no experience with Steam.
I've checked and discovered I no longer have the content patch files in most of my Sims 3 folders. I have many Sims 3 folders due to having a separate Sims 3 folder for each of my YouTUbe video series.
My store content works fine in all of my Sims 3 folder regardless of the content patch files being there or not. The folders are always there but most of my content patch folders are empty.
I suspect, if you have a relatively recent version of your store content, meaning store content downloaded since they stopped adding new expansions or new store content to the game, then you probably don't need the store patches.
If, however, your premium content is not working properly, the store patches most likely will not help. The issue is most likely to be found with having a corrupt ccmerged.package file in you DC Backup folder.
There used to be a ccmerged.package file available to download from someone. It might be ellacharmed, but suspect it could be someone else. I haven't looked for it for years as I prefer to generate my own as it is specific to which premium content you have in your game.
My process for creating a new ccmerged file is to
1. rename my existing Sims 3 folder so I can go back to it after making my new good ccmerged file.
2. Launch the game which will create a new Sims 3 folder
3. Install only my premium content from the store.
4. Once ALL of my premium content has been installed, then I make a backup of that good new ccmerged.package file that I just made.
5.Then I replace the corrupt ccmerged.package file that is in my DC Backup folder with the new one.
NOTE: Before deleting the corrupt ccmerged.package, check its file size. If it is not exactly the same as the new ccmerged.package you just created, then it was most likely not a good version of the package and needs to be replaced with the new package file. The only way the old ccmerged file would be a different size from the new package you just created is if the old file has different premium content in it and this could happen if it was downloaded, or if you didn't install all of your premium content into one or the other of the package files.
Good luck and Happy Simming
I thought I'd add my bit here for anyone on patch 1.67. I have no experience with Steam.
I've checked and discovered I no longer have the content patch files in most of my Sims 3 folders. I have many Sims 3 folders due to having a separate Sims 3 folder for each of my YouTUbe video series.
My store content works fine in all of my Sims 3 folder regardless of the content patch files being there or not. The folders are always there but most of my content patch folders are empty.
I suspect, if you have a relatively recent version of your store content, meaning store content downloaded since they stopped adding new expansions or new store content to the game, then you probably don't need the store patches.
If, however, your premium content is not working properly, the store patches most likely will not help. The issue is most likely to be found with having a corrupt ccmerged.package file in you DC Backup folder.
There used to be a ccmerged.package file available to download from someone. It might be ellacharmed, but suspect it could be someone else. I haven't looked for it for years as I prefer to generate my own as it is specific to which premium content you have in your game.
My process for creating a new ccmerged file is to
1. rename my existing Sims 3 folder so I can go back to it after making my new good ccmerged file.
2. Launch the game which will create a new Sims 3 folder
3. Install only my premium content from the store.
4. Once ALL of my premium content has been installed, then I make a backup of that good new ccmerged.package file that I just made.
5.Then I replace the corrupt ccmerged.package file that is in my DC Backup folder with the new one.
NOTE: Before deleting the corrupt ccmerged.package, check its file size. If it is not exactly the same as the new ccmerged.package you just created, then it was most likely not a good version of the package and needs to be replaced with the new package file. The only way the old ccmerged file would be a different size from the new package you just created is if the old file has different premium content in it and this could happen if it was downloaded, or if you didn't install all of your premium content into one or the other of the package files.
Good luck and Happy Simming
