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diopter77
3 years ago
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New issues after EA app update 2023.02.23 with launcher again

Sims3 issues with launcher cleared cache both pc & ea app, recovered ea app, repaired said game & stuffs. 2023-02-24 uninstalled an reinstalled game. Note if hovering over boxes some will appear. ???...
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  • diopter77's avatar
    diopter77
    3 years ago

    Window adm. would not download.Realize that somewhere some how the chrome browers with the duck was being overriden. Guessing the ea app it goes into the explore/edge. Older game. Cleared all ea app again and the sims 3 file. Unstalled sims3 from the EA app. Unstalled the Ea app to.Cleared out both from the windows and download history. Reinstall both. So far it's a clean install. 

    Chrome browser with duck store page not using launcher sign in:

    Successfull download:

    Clean dc cache folder:

     Hopefully changing the window default browser back to chrome and duck works for this pc. It may take serveral hours to redownload the launcher. Will update. 

    Working Thank you for your time.

    Add update of the DCCache:

     Sims3 file folders in documents even older mod file noted:

    Only certain files change with sims 3 games. 

diopter77's avatar
diopter77
3 years ago

Framed puff flower is showing installed. Forest bedroom not showing as installed or downloaded, the file folder states otherwise. I am able to add create a pattern to the launcher and download and uploading to game. Still cannot open other launcher stuff and packs add My photo from 2015 Zazaa the hummingbird with ms paint. Note: opened a new sims3 folder vanilla game and lost basic stuff from just a plain game. Normal check launcher boxes of installed games no store downloads or pattern.

Normally the dc cache has dcc.ent  or dcdb0.dbc or dcdb3ebc,tmp  new folder states (missingdeps.idx) what is up with the sims 3 was solved 2015

Solved: Help! - Answer HQ (ea.com) was 2015

Saved new folder has the testing game.

  • puzzlezaddict's avatar
    puzzlezaddict
    Hero+
    3 years ago

    @diopter77  You said you tried a new Sims 3 user folder, but did you move your old Store downloads to the new folder?  It looks like you did from their modified dates, but maybe your screenshots are older.

    The point is, you need to start with a clean Sims 3 user folder and download all your Store content from scratch.  You can move the custom content items to the new folder from the old one, but anything from the Store itself needs to be freshly downloaded in order to work.

    • diopter77's avatar
      diopter77
      3 years ago

      To make this as clear as possible the first photo are from last night and today after the update with the ea app. 

      1.dates are from December of 2022 when finally the launcher was working to download all the stuff and lots. My game was working fine. Had an issues with the missing .dll from and earlier update.2023.02.23 update knockout my launcher stuff( all ready downloaded). As you can see the pattern are still in that launcher. No hair or clothing no packs, lunar lake is installed shows up in old sims folder. The boxes will not download it. if you try and download it states (update your game and try again.) On the old sims folder. Which was renamed so that launcher is gone. 

         2. Vanilla game was (is) fresh nothing was downloaded see attachment. Not even the check expansion will stay.  New cleaned fresh spawned files. Sparkling clear clean. dc cache is new error missingdeps.idx  was fixed in 2015. Yet it founded it way into my new dc cache folder.

      This is stressful asking question on this board. My game is having issues. Granted you have not experienced these issues. 

      To work at finding a solution. No reason the new clean fresh" the sims 3 files folder should have this issue. For months now issues with the ea app or launcher and the store. 

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