ok here are my launcher woes :(
After patching my launcher took too long to open so i pulled out the sims 3 doc folder and it loaded right up and test game ran fine.
i then tried to return my old dccache file to the new files and the launcher took around five minutes to open vs instantly opening. I was able to play the test game for a bit no problem.
When i went for a second time to open launcher with old dccache file rec'd an error and the launcher fully stopped working
with the old dccache files - ways i tried to fix old dccache files, removed tmp files, removed store files - neither worked
the only thing that is making my launcher function like it did before the patch is to reinstall directly from the store and third parties all of my CC.
i didnt try bypassing since reinstalling is working.
as for tmp files, when i first started to reinstall content i had no tmp files after installing around 1000 more files (i like CC :) ) tmp files started to generate. But so far the launcher and the game are not affected by this. Though im only about a third done with reinstalling my CC (see i really like CC :) )
ill update if anything changes, thanks crin for the thread!