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Re: sims 3 alder lake (intel 12th gen) not launching with mods

I found the bin folder.

FOR STEAM USERS: C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\The Sims 3\Game\Bin

i installed the alder lake.exe patch and when it launches the screen goes black and the mouse buffers for a little, then after a few minutes the game loaded up! this time i had my mods folder in BEFORE installing the patch. I’ll update a little later on how the gameplay went and if it crashes!

Update: it got all the way to the second loading screen, loading bar was almost full and it crashed. I try to play the game and it says, “this app can’t run on your PC. To find a version for your PC, check with the software publisher.” SO ANNOYING. i removed the alder lake patch and the pc version problem went away when i load up with power shell script. I have tried what feels like EVERYTHING, including the task manager method to launch sims 3 and nothing will launch with mods. It launched with mods using Power shell script and then crashed less than a minute in.

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puzzlezaddict
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2 years ago
@coco_2729 If you haven't already, please download the Mods Framework I linked and test it. Don't add anything to the folders. If the game doesn't work, take out the two sample mods and try loading the game with just the resource.cfg plus the folders. I'm asking you to test this framework, specifically, and not one you create or download elsewhere, for a couple of reasons, one of which is that it eliminates a few potential sources of error. So please do that if you haven't already, and let me know how it goes.

If that doesn't help, what antivirus do you use, and does it help to disable the program (temporarily, of course) before launching Sims 3? Is OneDrive running on this computer, whether you use it or not, and does it help to pause syncing? The option shows up when you right-click the OneDrive (cloud) icon in the lower-right corner of the screen.

I want to reiterate that this is not normal behavior for Sims 3, with or without the presence of the Alder Lake issue.
coco_2729
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2 years ago
Hello. I typed a reply but it seems it did not send. To summarize, that is the same exact frameworks folder i initially used, it turns out although i removed corrupt mods with Delphy's tool, one specific folder was causing this mayhem, which was my "new mods testing folder." Thanks for all your help, it looks like i'm going to have to figure out which mod is doing this !