Weird loading crash- freezes when loading bar is green, looks to continue?

[glamourfracture]

I get the general green screen (loft stuff) and the loading bar rises and I get the little tag lines at the bottom as if nothing is wrong, it reaches the end of the bar and instead of going into the main menu, nothing happens.

I've tried deleting caches, removing all CC, removing user files, everything except a clean uninstall reinstall, because to be honest I can't be bothered. It's too much effort and I don't know if it's worth it, because every other time I play this game it breaks in different ways.

I patched up to the latest version recently, but played the game since with no problems, until I downloaded some custom content which left me with the blue lots problem, I got rid of what I'd just downloaded, and got left with this. I've removed awesome mod since in case that was the problem, still nothing.

I'm playing with the base game, WA and loft stuff currently. My laptop's specs should be adequate, but I've posted them at the bottom in case someone notices a problem.


==System==
Operating System: Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit (6.1 Build 7600)
System Manufacturer: Packard Bell
System Model: Easynote TJ64
Processor: AMD Athlon(tm) X2 Dual-Core QL-65 (2CPUs) ~2.1GHz
Memory:4096MB RAM
Page File:2047MB used, 5627MB available
DirectX Version: DirectX 11
==Display==
Name: ATI Radeon HD 3200 Graphics
Manufacturer: ATI Technologies Inc.
Chip Type: ATI display adapter (0x9612)
Approx. Total Memory: 1916MB
Main Driver: atiumd64.dll,atidxx64.dll,atiumdag,at...
Version: 8.632.0.0
Driver Date: 02/07/2009

==Sound==
Description:
Driver Name: CHDRT64.sys
Driver Version: 4.98.0009.0000 (English)
Date: 11/08/2009

Any help is much appreciated, and if I've missed something really blindingly obvious, I apologise in advance, cause I know how much everyone hates an idiot like me...

Thanks

[Klinn]

Since you don't have Ambitions, I assume you're using the old style mod framework located in the game's own folders? If so, when you removed the CC did you also remove the D3DX9_31.dll file from the Game/Bin subfolder? An easy one to overlook, but I don't know if it would cause the problems you're experiencing.

[littleblackdog]

http://simswiki.info/wiki.php?title=Sims_3_Game_Help

[Georgette]

http://simswiki.info/wiki.php?title=Sims_3_Game_Help

Smooth.

[glamourfracture]

Oh yeah, I didn't think of that. I'll give it a go and let you know.

Also, thanks for the link but I already tried there. They didn't know so i thought I'd ask you guys.

EDIT:

I've fixed it... the weird thing is, my game only works with awesome mod enabled now... that's not normal, is it?

[wizard_merlin]

Since you don't have Ambitions, I assume you're using the old style mod framework located in the game's own folders?

Why assume that?  The change in placement for the mods occurred with the patch which was released before AMB.  Why do people keep with the idea that it was AMB that changed the method?

[Klinn]

Why assume that? The change in placement for the mods occurred with the patch which was released before AMB. Why do people keep with the idea that it was AMB that changed the method?

My assumption was more along the lines of "if somebody didn't bother with Ambitions, they probably haven't bothered updating to the latest base patch either". However, the OP did explicitly mention that they had updated and I missed that. My bad.