so I added three
so I have sims 3 and even search and talked to EA help but have had no luck. I added three new expansion packs and when I did that my game started crashing. it now says I need to download sims 3 an t...
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@lucymonic You don't have to play through Origin at all; just double-click on the University Life icon in Applications\TS3 and open the game that way. (You could even uninstall Origin if you wanted.) But if those two packs aren't showing up in-game—you can check Buy mode to see if their content is present—you'll need to uninstall and reinstall them. The uninstaller that comes with the game is often useless, so here are instructions for uninstalling manually:
https://bluebellflora.com/manually-uninstalling-an-expansion-or-stuff-pack-in-the-sims-3-for-mac/
Keep in mind that if you use the uninstaller and don't reinstall those two packs, you'll get another unknown error. In that case, the solution is to either install the packs, or to remove the hidden Library files as described in the link above.
it shows I have them and when I redownlaod them it says I need to download sims 3 it just says finalizing on two packs ive done the uninstall already as well along with the reset origin
@lucymonic Can you play the game? (without opening Origin) Are all your packs working correctly? Then you're fine. If not, please let me know exactly which content isn't working, and what you're not seeing that you should. Origin is annoying, but it can be ignored.
Two of my expansion packs aren't working the generations and the high end loft stuff. It says finalizing I will include pictures but I can play the game and I dont need to open it through origin. the pictures are what I am seeing on my screen when I try and finish downloading the expansion packs
@lucymonic Alright, in that case, I think you do need to go through with a clean uninstall (sorry). I don't know what exactly is causing the error, but if running the Super Patch didn't help, the only other way to deal with this is to start from scratch. Here's how to do a clean uninstall:
https://bluebellflora.com/how-to-do-a-clean-uninstall-and-reinstall-on-a-mac/
Once you've done this, reinstall the base game only, then run the Super Patch again. Next, download only High-End Loft Stuff. If you get the same error, let me know. If not, go ahead and install Generations, and test again. If everything works, install your other packs, copy over the folders for Ambitions and Late Night into the folder for University Life (as shown in the video), and create aliases for Ambitions and Late Night in Applications\TS3. Here's how:
https://bluebellflora.com/sims-3-packs-not-showing-as-installed/
There's a way to install without involving Origin, although of course you need Origin to download. It's a bit complicated, but it might help in this case. If you can't install HELS or Generations the normal way, I'll write out the workaround.
