Reinstalled Sims 3 base game. Now the launcher wont load at all. MEH. Back to square one.
To be precise; hitting play through origin does nothing. Selecting the desktop shortcut icon brings this error message:
C:\Program Files (x86)\Origin Games\The Sims 3\Game\Bin\Sims3Launcher.exe is not a valid Win32 application.
Make sure the following program are up-to-date
- Origin
- Java
- Flash Player
- Adobe Air
- Windows
Did you try starting the game as administrator to see if that works or running it in XP mode ?
I didn't try running it under XP, thing is, it was running fine before I had to revert the entire system. I did get all updated, and after uninstalling clealy this time, the game worked after reinstall!! I was even loading my store content in-game, but I had to get to sleep, it was midnight by the time it started to work.
Now this morning, same issue. My pc even went to blue screen while attempting my first game start-up ☹️
I admit to being near to giving up on it all, I'm going to try it out on my daughters computer, confirm it's not some update issue or something. UGH. I'm at the end of what to do. I'm going to try to reinstall again if need be, though honestly... that wont necessarily stop it from happening again, since NOTHING but shutting down happened last night.
You can right click on the short-cut and you should have the option to start it in XP mode (compatibility tab).
BSOD (blue screen of death) are usually hardware related though.
Could you post your Computer's DxDiag?
To gather a DxDiag on your computer, please follow the steps here: http://answers.ea.com/t5/The-Sims-3/HOW-TO-DxDiag-for-Sims-3-PC-Only/td-p/1049584/
