Sims3 Expansions Won't Work With Base Game
I recently replaced my Macbook Pro with a new one and installed Origin to download Sims again. I downloaded the base game and the expansions. When I went to launch, I got the "Game Cannot Launch Unkn...
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So my other expansions work except Late Night and Ambitions now. I also noticed that Roaring Heights is not appearing anywhere, and I do own it. So this is weird.
The error message is irrelevant. It is because your game is at a higher patch level than the one it would have been on when the EP/SP was released, just ignore it.
Your problem is extremely common and is because your Mac has unsupported graphics so is technically incompatible with the game, more info here - http://answers.ea.com/t5/The-Sims-Mac/CURRENT-ISSUE-The-Sims-3-Issues-playing-on-newer-post-2013-Macs/m-p/4935394#U4935394
As @SydFilmFreak101 has already pointed out, Ambitions and Late Night are pretty much unplayable on newer Macs. ☹️
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Well that is a bummer. It's a * off because those expansions were working on the same computer like a week ago. I just had to have my computer reformatted, so it's not even technically new. Argh. I guess that's $40 of game I am now no longer able to play.
Well thanks for the help anyways!
It's bizarre I know. And even more so because you had LN and Ambitions working previously. What version of OS X were you running before you had the new drive installed - El Capitan?
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