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L1zz1eD
5 years ago

Sims 3 MAC- Expansion packs won't work

Hi! So I recently bought my Sims 3 from Origin (The starter pack with the Night Life and the High-End Loft). And at first, I had no problem with launching the game–I just needed to delete the paul.dl file and replace it. Then, as I downloaded the High-End file first, my game couldn't start anymore ;< huhu... Then I downloaded the Night-Life pack as well so that if it doesn't work, I could just solve both of them thinking that they had the same problem. 

I'm using Mac Mojave

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  • puzzlezaddict's avatar
    puzzlezaddict
    Hero+
    5 years ago

    @L1zz1eD  High-End Loft Stuff is affected by the same server error as the base game; fixing it involves replacing the paul.dll file in the SP01 (HELS is Stuff Pack 1) folder instead of the base game folder.  But you don't need to do that—installing Late Night gets around the error.  Instead, I'm guessing you're getting the unknown error instead.  Fixing this is straightforward: create an alias (icon) for Late Night in Applications\The Sims 3, alongside the alias for the base game.  HELS should already have one.

    https://bluebellflora.com/sims-3-packs-not-showing-as-installed/

    Please also run the Super Patch (digital download version) to manually patch the game to 1.67.  The launcher doesn't always do a thorough job of patching on its own.

    https://bluebellflora.com/sims-3-manual-super-patch-for-mac-1-67/

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