Worlds not loading_"major" problem

kyraweber​  Are you seeing the "serious error has occurred while loading [world name]" error?  If so, please see the first post of this master thread:

[Current Issue] Sims 3 "serious error" when loading save | EA Forums - 8322938

If you're getting a different error, please post a screenshot of it.

I have the same issue but when I tried to redownload the worlds it said that sims 3 needed to be updated. From what I know there is no knew updates for sims 3.

Leeleepalomino​  What worlds are you downloading, and what kind of install is this (EA App, disc, Steam, something else)?  Do you also have the "serious error" message, or are you seeing a different error?

All of them I own all of them. I am using the EA app. I don’t get an error but it says I can’t install the worlds or store items. It just says that they cannot download until I update Sims 3.

Leeleepalomino​  The message that you can't download a world IS an error.  But what I was asking is if you are separately seeing the "serious error" message covered in this thread:

[Current Issue] Sims 3 "serious error" when loading save | EA Forums - 8322938

I ask because I believe that's what the original poster's problem was, and you said you had the same problem, but now you're saying you don't get an error at all.

For the inability to install worlds, please see this guide, not the first post but "Best Practices" in the second post and then the entire third post for how to reinstall Store content into a clean folder and how to rebuild your user folder from there:

[Read First] Sims 3 Store guide | EA Forums - 11157679

Simply reinstalling your worlds into your existing folder won't help—you'll keep getting the same error.