[MAC] Sims 3 won't start!
I have had Sims 3 on my Mac for some time, and it has always started up fine. However, I recently installed the Sims 3 Starter Pack, reinstalling the Sims 3, and now whenever I try to open any of my games, the Sims 3 green diamond pops up but does not open the game launcher.
In the past, I have had to install all of my expansion packs twice, as they do not seem to work otherwise. However, the game has always still worked, though without the expansion pack for the first time. Now, nothing starts up. I do not know if this is related in any way?
Please help, thank you in advance! 🙂
Hi
When you reinstalled, did you first cleanly uinstall previous versions?
When you uninstall TS3 games on your Mac using the uninstaller, the game leaves behind stray files and isn't completely removed from your computer. These files may conflict with future installations. It is best to completely remove them. BluebellFlora's website provides a guide on how to do this:
http://bluebellflora.com/the-sims-3-on-a-mac/how-to-do-a-clean-uninstall-and-reinstall-on-a-mac/
After cleanly uninstalling, install the base game and patch it up to date. If you cannot update via the Launcher, download and apply the latest cumulative manual patch (called the superpatch) for Mac.
Check that your game works properly. Then install any EPs and SPs that you own, in order of release date.Also, are you using Origin? If so, are you sure that your download and installation were OK? Origin downloads become corrupted quite often.
Caspin
