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HerrxWolf

6 years ago

Macbook Pro sims 3

For the love of jesus someone help me. Been working and watching YouTube videos for hours and found nothing to help.

I've just started refurbishment on a (late 2008 macbook pro)

It's on os x el capitan

It's pro 15 inch late 2008

Its ram is 4gb

Has a 320 hdd, and a 250 ssd (put in myself)

It's graphics are nvidia geforce p400m 256mb

Runs on 2.8 ghz Intel 2 duo

I started it up today after I've done some handy work thought I'd hold onto it for a while and try and get the sims 3 as sims 4 has too many loading screens and I have it on my xbox. Either way I Brought both sims 3 and sims 4 for my laptop.

I got it through origins I started the download and I got the sims 3 starter which gave me late night and design and high tech stuff. Anyway the download finished I got excited to play a game I enjoyed a few years back, yet when I clicked on the game through origins I clicked play and it just takes me the the little play bit where it has the button I click it and then it gives me the 🔷 but in green and it just stays there and then I get a unexpected error.

I genuinely don't know what to do I've been up searching and trying since 10pm it's now 4 am

I'm hoping I get a reply from anyone willing to help a old sims fan out again

mac

technical issues

13 Replies

puzzlezaddict
Hero+
6 years ago
@HerrxWolf Packs can cause a couple of issues, but not the issues you've been having. And they certainly don't cause issues if they're not installed, which yours weren't.

Again, I can't do anything with the screenshot you provided. I need to see the error you saw before you clicked "Report," as in, the little pop-up that tells you that the game quit or whatever. And I need to know when in the process of trying to play you saw that message, as well as whether running the Super Patch actually worked.
HerrxWolf
6 years ago
I didn't receive a message but for some reason my sims 3 was downloaded in the documents folder, the super patch didn't work and I didn't get a error message
Thanks look forward to hearing from you
puzzlezaddict
Hero+
6 years ago
@HerrxWolf Sims 3 has a folder for user-generated game data in Documents\Electronic Arts; the folder is created the first time you open the launcher. Is this the one you mean? If not, please take a screenshot of the folder where Sims 3 was installed, and let me know the full file path to that folder.