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Look at post 141 - files are interchangeable.

Look at post 141 - files are interchangeable.

Which files are you missing?

Well my torrent is taking its sweet damn time. I want to experience the horror. :(

Do you have AMD dualcore by any chance? If so you might need DualCore optimizer from their site or manually appoint only one core to the game in task manager.

Let's talk about rig set up for a moment: if a computer runs TS2 with all Expansions, can it run TS3? If not, is the game worth a new video card? How graphically intense is the game? Does it run pretty smooth or is it the type of game that kinda stretches and groans upon loading?

In short, is it superior to TS2 or just TS2 with a boob and paint job?

Check your "Sims3Setup.exe" with WinRAR. If you can open it in WinRAR and find another one in there, along with a "codec.exe", you has it. That's the real one. Copy your CD contents, replace the wrapped version with the inside version.

How do you do the bolded part? Do you burn it again or something?

I have a few questions for those that have the game:

I plan on upgrading my computer this week. My system currently has: 2 processors running - Intel(R) Core(TM)2 CPU 6320 @ 1.86GHz, 2.0 GB RAM, Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition (Build Service Pack 32600), NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GT (GeForce 8600 GT) with 256 MB of video RAM, and 183.8 GB free on my hard drive. I'm adding a GB of RAM to bring me up to 3 GB of RAM and max out my useful RAM under XP but what I am really looking for is video card recommendations since I've heard it's not just video RAM I should be looking at.

There is supposed to be a second hood available to registered owners from the exchange. Is there anyway to see what build number is on the torrent release?

GameVersion = 1.0.615.00107
Code:0.DL-0.0.11190
Asset:1.Content.Devtest.1397
Thumbnails:1.Thumbnail.dl.933
TCC:1.TCC.dl.1209
CiderVersion#002432

The torrent sites are including the following instructions with their TS3 download:

Check your "Sims3Setup.exe" with WinRAR. If you can open it in WinRAR and find another one in there, along with a "codec.exe", you has it. That's the real one. Copy your CD contents, replace the wrapped version with the inside version.

Okay, it's P&L at phyllis time (suddenly I have an image of a dancing banana).  Be gentle, though, because I'm an ARRRR virgin.  (Hmm.  That really gets weird since it followed the banana reference).  Ahem .. anyway .....


So ... I've never, to my knowledge) mounted anything (gah! More sexual innuendo!), so I'll stick with the disk.  So, we actually unRAR the files, burn them to disk, then install from disk.  (Seems clunky, but I'll not question why it must be done this way).  Do we then have to use the disk whenever we play?  Or, if we do the following, does that eliminate the need for using the disk beyond install?


And if we do the above, do we do it before copying to the disk and installing, or after?  It seems like you're saying "before," Big Fish, but I'm a nervous and uncertain F and want to be sure.  Also, if I do the above, does that eliminate the game trying to phone home, or is it better just to disconnect from the internet before playing?

I feel ultra dumb, and I almost sent this by PM, but I figure that if someone answers, many will benefit.

More ignorance here.  I've used no-CD cracks before, so I understand that concept.  Does the crack come with the torrent, or must it be downloaded separately?  (My torrent finished just before I left for work, so I haven't unRARed anything yet and don't really know what's there).

I've never, to my knowledge, mounted anything (gah! More sexual innuendo!), so I'll stick with the dick.

So ... I've never, to my knowledge, mounted anything (gah! More sexual innuendo!), so I'll stick with the disk.

Yes, might as well get started :)

Feel free to P&L/ignore this, but how reliable are the time estimates given by torrent programs? I'm using utorrent, and seeing a lot of fluctuation in the estimated time - anywhere from 11 hours up to 22 hours. I started about five hours ago and have about a gig and three quarters... so should I just estimate based on that?

Impatient cat is getting a little twitchy with her seemingly shitty internet connection.

Think yourself lucky - mine currently says 23w.

Feel free to P&L/ignore this, but how reliable are the time estimates given by torrent programs? I'm using utorrent, and seeing a lot of fluctuation in the estimated time - anywhere from 11 hours up to 22 hours. I started about five hours ago and have about a gig and three quarters... so should I just estimate based on that?

Impatient cat is getting a little twitchy with her seemingly shitty internet connection.

Think yourself lucky - mine currently says 23w.

*unlurk* please don't eat me :P

Good grief, this game has my graphics card (HD 3850) instantly jumping to 99% load and 70c before the opening intro has finished, nevermind actually playing the thing. I know ATI haven't got the best reputation for good cooling, but I've not got a single app or game that manages that, and it's not an old card.

Getting 2 kB/s for download AND upload, and it's saying a firewall/router is limiting network traffic. How do I fix this without turning off my firewall?

Edit: it's ramped up to 16k download/0.5k upload. Umm...

Holy crap. It just went up to 500 kb/s.

Lucky jerkhead. I'm grabbing the SeedGames one, too, and mine refuses to go over 70 kb/s. Stupid university network.

Lucky jerkhead. I'm grabbing the SeedGames one, too, and mine refuses to go over 70 kb/s. Stupid university network.

im not sure if i can ask this here

but i need help installing the game

 so i installed the game

but i have no idea where to put the crack

thrs nothing that says installdirGameBin

so where exactly do i put it

Where can I find the registration code? Please help me, I want to play it just like you guys... :(

Dear god, read the fucking post that answered you the first time you asked this question and stop spamming this thread. READ dammit.

I realize this is kind of a n00by question, feel free to beat me with anything handy (though I might make a special request for anything black and leather).

Just because I have seen a conflicting instruction with the torrent instruction, I wanted to get some clarification.  Once I use the no-CD crack .exe replacement, do I have to turn off my internets or am I safe because that file will not try to connect to the internet?  I'm pretty sure this hasn't been asked before, and it's likely that's because it's such a dumb question, but I just wanted to make sure here in the event that others had seen the same comment and were a bit confused about whether or not to turn off internet access or block with a firewall.

Do not run. Ever. I set up my shortcut to go straight to the cracked exe, bypassing launcher.

Sorry if I sound stupid but how do you do that, I have just been turning off my wifi before I launch the game, but if there is another way please let me know.

My crack doesn't seem to be working for this game. I generated the code, used it for registration, and now the game keeps asking me to enter it again and it won't accept the code. Does any one else have this problem ot knows how to fix it?

Thanks, Phyllis. But I am still not understanding why we have to burn the ISO to disc, or what to do with it once we've done that.

Thanks, Phyllis. But I am still not understanding why we have to burn the ISO to disc, or what to do with it once we've done that.

Thanks, Phyllis. I guess what you are explaining is what is called 'mounting' ?  The only tricky part then is being careful about the virus-dropper that is attached to some of the available downloads. The rest I know how to do because I removed SecuROM from my system and am familiar with using the no-cd crack. So, in reality, burning the ISO files to disc is unnecessary? If that's all there is to this why did I stay up half the night doing searches??  ::)  Because I am a noob.  ;D

Has any had any luck installing it on a Vista 64 bit system? I tried and it says it's not compatible with my version of Windows. Three days downloading the damn thing, I never thought I wouldn't be able to use it. Sad pirate cat is sad.

Maybe. All I know is that I hit the setup app and it told me it wasn't compatible.

That's strange.  I have Vista 64-bit, and it works fine on my computer.  I've been playing for the last two days straight, no crashes even.   I didn't get a compatibility message when I tried to install it, though.  Did the pop-up specifically mention Vista 64-bit?

"This version of the file is not compatible with the version of Windows you're running. Check your computer's system information to see whether you need an x86 (32-bit) or x64 (64-bit) version of the program, and then contact the software publisher."
That's what it says.

I don't think Vista has an SP2 or SP3 yet, actually.

Would it be a bad idea for me, full of complete noob-ishness, to even think of downloading the torrent?

You'll have to learn how torrents work. That should be your first google search. Then google how to mount .iso files, and how to extract them. Then it would cease to be a bad idea.

Yeah, there is only SP 1, which I obviously have. Maybe I'm doing it wrong? I've noticed the instructions I've found are for XP and not Vista. Could that be my problem? I click mount the image through daemon, then I click the ISO, open folder to view files, and then I double click Sims3Setup (application). I tried to download the one you have but it's the same one so it just started seeding it. I've obviously got the right one but I have to be doing something wrong or my computer is just being a bitch.

Then I'm out of ideas and getting kinda frustrated. If I'm doing it right, have the right file etc why the heck is it saying it's not compatible? I've been trouble shooting, googling and reading for hours. I got nothing.

Ok, I don't know where to post this but I was trying to install TS3 and when it goes halfway through, it can't find the 'da-DK' directory... anyone know how to fix it, or mind giving me the .dll file in there?  :-\

BTW, this is the directory: 'F:\Game\Bin\bin\da-DK' though the 'da-DK' doesn't exist on it...  :-\

[snip]

@snowluv:  What's in the zip folder?  We can't help you make sense of it if you don't tell us.

With the link I posted I'm already at 99.1% and it's been a half hour. Is that strange? there are 40 seeders and 10 peers. It has pretty normally named rars. But I was wondering is this one of the ones that had the supposed virus if that one even existed?

@snowluv: I went to your torrent site and found the one you downloaded.  It's supposed to be in a zip folder.  You may want to go back to the site and read the comments.  It looks like the installation is a bit different than what I and others have been working with, which is why your files look so different.  More than one person couldn't figure out how to install, but they have instructions (more or less) over there.

Well, enough procrastinating for me. I need to get back to work ;-)

No, that is happening. But when I click anything to try to install it just tells me I can't because it's not compatible. I'm downloading again in hopes that the download/iso got corrupted along the way. I'll report back if that helps, tonight (only about 30% t this point). On to day four of this saga *sigh*.

No, that is happening. But when I click anything to try to install it just tells me I can't because it's not compatible. I'm downloading again in hopes that the download/iso got corrupted along the way. I'll report back if that helps, tonight (only about 30% t this point). On to day four of this saga *sigh*.

Yes indeedy, I have. Does nothing. Thanks for the idea though. I tried that a few times just for good measure. I got really pissed at one point. I had to walk away or I might have punched my computer. Not many things make me that angry but computers are pretty much number one on that lst.


Ouch, that sounds like the first site I tried. I tried every site people here suggested (I'm not kidding) and the only that moves at a good pace is the one from seedgames.com. You have to register but it's open registration. I've been downloading for three hours and I'm almost at 35%. I'd stop the download you have, it'll probably take another couple days to download.

Well, I trotted over to Mininova and someone pulled the torrent I had downloaded, along with all the comments associated with it.  Or they have hidden it and I can't find it. But the newest torrents listed all have a May 21, 2009 posting date. Sooo, it looks as if EA yanked it.  I am going to find a different one to download and hopefully it will be more in line with the ones all of you have, and the installation won't be quite so confusing.  Well, I can hope, can't I?  :-\

Does the arr'd version/image that seems to be the main release (the reloaded one, have seen it anywhere from 4-5gb on various places) also include the mac/OSX version? I'm pretty sure I've seen one person talk about the performance on their mac, but I do not see a separate release for it on torrents or usenet.

After looking at the TPB torrent that mentions mac (thanks jolrei), I'm gonna theorize that the disc image they ripped contains the installers for both PC & Mac, so probably any of these ~5gb releases will work for either. I won't be able to verify this till tomorrow, but sharing the theory for info's sake.

Except if you get it from TPB you might be waiting a few days. The one I downloaded from seedgames.com had comments from Mac users who installed and played it fine. I'd suggest getting it from there, but that's just me.

*Shakes fist at your better net connection* TPB one was at 42% after 48 hours and I'm on 60% from seedgames after 6 hours. BOO!  :D

You said everything went to My Documents.  What did that stuff look like?  It sounds like you might have everything you need and just need to install.

Hey, ok it doesn't work at all for me, I'm on Vista, I meet the requirements but all I get is a black screen then I'm kicked back to desktop, I've tried everything to get it to work, cos the iso is a big file I can't put it on my C drive, so it's all on my D drive, not sure if that causes a problem or not, but either way it refuses to load, anyone able to shed any light? I really wanted to play it. :(

edit: grammar

Ouch, that sounds like the first site I tried. I tried every site people here suggested (I'm not kidding) and the only that moves at a good pace is the one from seedgames.com. You have to register but it's open registration. I've been downloading for three hours and I'm almost at 35%. I'd stop the download you have, it'll probably take another couple days to download.

I must be doing it wrong.  I go to seedgames.com and all I get on any page I click there are lists of links to other websites.  I don't see anywhere to register or download torrents.

Does the arr'd version/image that seems to be the main release (the reloaded one, have seen it anywhere from 4-5gb on various places) also include the mac/OSX version?

Oops, sorry, Kyna!

As I posted elsewhere, I've a suspicion that the no-cd/no-dvd crack that people are downloading with the torrent is buggy.

This behavior most closely reminds me of how TS2 acted when I was infected with Securom, but that doesn't seem possible with a torrented version.

Did anyone get a box saying that you have to connect to the internet while on the loading screen? And if so, how did you get past this? Also, I am on a Mac if that helps.

"It's not the full game. Half of the world _ an entire second city _ is missing," said spokeswoman Holly Rockwood in a statement.

I am going to post this here since I am not sure where it should go.  I was on my isp homepage this morning and thy run scrolling news stories.  In the entertainment section they had a story about Sims 3 and there was an acknowledgment from EA about the piracy and they had this to say-

"EA said the pirated version "is a buggy, pre-final" version of the game.

"It's not the full game. Half of the world _ an entire second city _ is missing," said spokeswoman Holly Rockwood in a statement.

Not sure what to make of it but I haven't heard anything else like this yet so there you go.

I found the AP story. link (http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5i2Ts-zyPtq_1NOZV49oeN7ZvY4RgD98BBEMG0)

Thanks, this is what I've been trying to get across. I'm positive the torrent version has problems, both in the crack and the version. The replacement (the crack) for the TS3 file is, in my opinion, dodgy. I could be wrong but only time will tell. We'll all know for sure in a week or two.

Kyna- The post you have quoted isn't the opinion of someone who wishes it were a beta version.  It is a quote from an EA spokesperson claiming that the game will ship with a second city and that the leaked game is a beta version.  I haven't claimed any proof that the bugginess proves it is not a final version.  EA is now making statements that this version is beta and that the final version has a second city that is not in the game that has been leaked.  This was not found in a forum somewhere but was a story that is being circulated as an Associated Press News release.  

See other comments about the second city.  It was never going to ship with the game, and at this late stage it is too late for EA games to recall all the games (which are probably sitting in the back rooms and warehouses of computer stores) to add it to the game as it is shipped.

I think we'd all like to believe that this leaked version wasn't the real one, based on what we've heard about it so far - the bugs, the problems, the flaws, the removal of some of the best aspects of game play, etc.  Unfortunately claims that it's not the "real" game are based more on wishful thinking than on the available evidence.

The bugginess isn't an argument in support of your point of view.  The base game for TS2 WAS this buggy - just ask Pescado, who was the first to find and fix many of those base game bugs.  Some of the EPs were even buggier and should never have been released in the state they were when released.  Over the last few EPs in particular, EA's playtesting & quality control seemed to consist of: "let's release the game/EP, and we'll find about the bugs when the paying customers find them and tell us."

As for RELOADED doing a dodgy crack: you probably aren't aware of the fact that RELOADED have a good reputation in the pirating scene, and I doubt they'd tarnish that reputation by deliberately creating a dodgy crack.

I've never had a problem with RELOADED or ViTaility cracks for my sims 2 stuff - I'm not sure how many reloaded to vitality I've had, I think its mostly been the latter, but both have a good rep to my knowledge.

And everyone can make a mistake, that doesn't mean dodgy, it means an error was made - dogy means came with viruses and the like - big difference.

you're trying to claim Reloaded is shit and doing it on purpose.

Would be interested in seeing dxdiags from people who are having crash-to-desktop, but that would probably take us outside the intended usage of this forum.

I have some of those, where do I look to find them?

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System Information
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Time of this report: 5/22/2009, 17:18:00
       Machine name: xxx
   Operating System: Windows Vista™ Ultimate (6.0, Build 6001) Service Pack 1 (6001.vistasp1_gdr.080917-1612)
           Language: English (Regional Setting: English)
System Manufacturer: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd.
       System Model: P35-DS3L
               BIOS: Award Modular BIOS v6.00PG
          Processor: Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU     E6850  @ 3.00GHz (2 CPUs), ~3.0GHz
             Memory: 3582MB RAM
          Page File: 2979MB used, 4422MB available
        Windows Dir: C:\Windows
    DirectX Version: DirectX 10
DX Setup Parameters: Not found
     DxDiag Version: 6.00.6001.18000 32bit Unicode

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        Card name: ATI Radeon HD 3800 Series
     Manufacturer: ATI Technologies Inc.
        Chip type: ATI Radeon Graphics Processor (0x9501)
         DAC type: Internal DAC(400MHz)
       Device Key: Enum\PCI\VEN_1002&DEV_9501&SUBSYS_21981458&REV_00
   Display Memory: 2042 MB
 Dedicated Memory: 507 MB
    Shared Memory: 1534 MB
     Current Mode: 1680 x 1050 (32 bit) (60Hz)
          Monitor: Generic PnP Monitor
      Driver Name: atidxx32.dll,atidxx64,atiumdag.dll,atiumdva.cap,atiumd64,atiumd6a,atitmm64
   Driver Version: 8.15.0010.0183 (English)
      DDI Version: 10.1
Driver Attributes: Final Retail
 Driver Date/Size: 2/25/2009 16:24:13, 2396160 bytes
      WHQL Logo'd: Yes
  WHQL Date Stamp:
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I think there are slightly newer ATI drivers but it's probably not going to make the difference.

Morriganrant, are you on XP or Vista? And ATI or NVIDIA? (I'm going to guess NVIDIA, because I've heard of other problems with their latest WHQLs?)

I'm on XP with an NVIDIA series 8 (8800 GTX OC), no crash to desktop yet but I haven't been playing that long.

(By the way, I'm not being an EAxis apologist or anything, I'm just a semi-retarded game tech support person in real life and I'm used to these kinds of problems often being on the user's end. But Gelina's dxdiag basically looked fine so my theory of people using older cards/ancient drivers is kind of shot anyway.)

Reloaded release installed, keygen'd, cracked exe performing as expected.

So two people with ATI 38XX series cards having crashing to desktop? Any NVIDIA takers?

hiii - i downloaded reloaded and i was confused at step to step - its said Unrar - means all files? then burned to cd but not yet installed

DON'T YOU FUCKING SHEEPLE READ! BE LESS STUPID. READ THE GODDAMN FUCKING THREAD!

oops, caps lock.

hiii - i downloaded reloaded and i was confused at step to step - its said Unrar - means all files? then burned to cd but not yet installed

Open rld-sim3.rar with Winrar and it will open the whole set of rar files to let you extract the iso.

yes - there many files that having same names in folder

I think you'll find that the names are rld-sim3.rar, rld-sim3.r00, rld-sim3.r01 etc.  Have you got the default windows settings for your folders?  Try going to tools, folder options, View.  Un-tick "hide file extensions".  Then you'll be able to see that they are not all named identically.

@alli, go to Windows explorer and explore the new "drive" that has the mounted image. Please note that it has a crack folder with a keygen and an .exe file.

Install the game using the keygen, then replace the generated .exe file with the one in the crack folder.
Start the game by clicking on the cracked .exe file NOT the generated shortcut. Make a new shortcut pointing to the cracked .exe file instead.

hiii - i downloaded reloaded and i was confused at step to step - its said Unrar - means all files? then burned to cd but not yet installed

I was thinking of upgrading my video card, but now I don't think I will after reading all of these ATI video card issues. I have an ATI x800 with no issues. And it runs the game great on all highest settings.

Older cards FTW!

Good for you, I got a grand spanking new 4770 which runs Oblivion beautifully, but TS3 plays like crap.

It looks fine to me. You don't need to uninstall TS2; you have plenty of free space.

I was thinking of upgrading my video card, but now I don't think I will after reading all of these ATI video card issues. I have an ATI x800 with no issues. And it runs the game great on all highest settings.

Older cards FTW!

After 50 mins I was up to %56 with 129 people trying to connect and my service shut down. Now I'm freaked out and too scared to try again :-[. I'm such a noob. Any tips on helping me how to be more awesome?

After 50 mins I was up to %56 with 129 people trying to connect and my service shut down. Now I'm freaked out and too scared to try again :-[. I'm such a noob. Any tips on helping me how to be more awesome?

After 50 mins I was up to %56 with 129 people trying to connect and my service shut down. Now I'm freaked out and too scared to try again :-[. I'm such a noob. Any tips on helping me how to be more awesome?

Just a heads up, I've had problems with X1950s overheating before (and erm... melting. Ahahaha. My 3850 is actually its warranty replacement since the store wasn't selling the X1950 some time later.)

People with ATI and their catalyst control centre, or RivaTuner or anything else that can monitor temps, I'd recommend doing so, especially if you have any of the cards that other people are having problems with or random crashes (In CCC, it's in the overdrive tab. Not all cards support it and my X1950 didn't, or I'd have spotted the problem long before it died.)

Hell no am I buying a new card to play Sims 3. My card should be sufficient and I'm not upgrading something that cost me £80 to play one game when all my other high spec games and even my 3D animation packages run just dandy on it. If I'd actually bought the game, I'd be demanding my money back because running my graphics card into the ground is probably damaging it. (That said, when I next update I'm not touching ATI with a barge pole unless they've fixed their OpenGL issues, even their professional animating rig cards have issues at the moment, and for £400+ that's just not acceptable.)

Miellerie, check that your drivers have installed correctly and are showing as 9.5 - a bad uninstall of the previous drivers can cause problems with new ones.

Does your connection run through a router? Sometimes that much traffic will make it quit after a while; you just need to reboot the router to get going again.

There is no exe file in the crack folder. Only the launcher and the app to generate the key. There is however, a TS3.exe file in the 'bin' folder. Is this the one you were referring to?

You know I had horrible graphics problems with the original release of spore , and had a 38xx version ATI at the time. The only solution I ever found for the dreaded black line corruption was deletion/uninstall of the game and reinstall.
To be honest I never use adaptive Anti aliasing. ATI's catalyst ai is also a bit buggy. Manually set your anti aliasing, turn off the adaptive, turn off catalyst ai and see if you stabilize morriganrant

There is no exe file in the crack folder. Only the launcher and the app to generate the key. There is however, a TS3.exe file in the 'bin' folder. Is this the one you were referring to?

The file that is TS3.exe in the crack folder, that is the crack, what do you mean launcher? What is the file extension on that? The TS3.exe file in the BIN folder is the original. You want to replace the original .exe with the one from the crack folder. If your crack folder does not have one for some reason, there is a link in my signature. That link has the crack and keygen that came with my game rared up and uploaded.

Edit: the Adaptive anti-aliasing was causing the floating sim head-hair issue. My benches also have messed up distance textures, they're half-way complete up close, any further and the textures are garbage. Anyone know where the textures are stored and if it has to do with the CRC error I had while installing? This is not a GFX card problem, it is a file problem.

Exiled, if you're getting BSODs while torrenting (if I'm understanding you correctly), you may have some kind of serious issue with your computer. I'd shut down all extraneous software (including your torrent software) and anything else living in your system tray. Then run a full virus and spyware scan. Beyond that, you may have to run Windows Repair or something (from original discs). Also try googling "0x0000007A" for more possibilities.

Thanks for that! By monitoring temperature, do you mean just go into the CCC and checking the temperature right after a crash?

I reinstalled the game and the display driver today and the message about updating didn't pop up :) And I managed to get 4+ hours of play before it froze on a splitting family processing scene (sister marries other guy and moves out). I am thinking of getting a new card and cpu because my computer's quite old now and hopefully I'll have no more problems after that  :)

I've got 3 GB of RAM. Saving torrent!TS3 requires 5.59 GB of RAM. Does it take 5 GB to run TS3? Would I need to get more RAM? If I wait until it's in stores, will I be able to play it?
I'm very confused, because there seem to be conflicting ideas about this; some people are playing it with 1 GB, yet it requires 5 GB to download. This is a paradox. I can has confusion. Feel free to poke me with sharp objects and cackle.

HUR.

RAM =/= hard drive space.

http://www.rlslog.net/the-sims-3-razor1911/

No idea whether it's for real, but there it is for those who care.

I need help, the new daemon tools installs spyware/whatever, right? Can someone link me to an older version. Im racking my brain trying to get the game to install again and there's nothing that I've used before. If not daemon tools and something else please make sure its spyware free and doesnt install anything extra. I plan to remove the program once installation is complete :).
Thankss :)

You heard how the pirated version was beta? Yeah, it was. Pre-release, to be exact.

The group razor released a more current version of Sims 3. This one I believe is the final version that was sent to stores and was the same version that went gold. Maybe.

You heard how the pirated version was beta? Yeah, it was. Pre-release, to be exact.

The group razor released a more current version of Sims 3. This one I believe is the final version that was sent to stores and was the same version that went gold. Maybe.

If anyone has the Razor one, please give game version. The final apparently is 1.0.631.00107. It appears to be gone from NewTorrent.

Morriganrant, what version drivers are you currently using?

I honestly don't care what the townies do. I care what my made sims do. Without the ability to either toggle it off for the whole 'hood, or toggle it off for certain families (which, at one point, is what it was rumored we would have), this feature completely restricts us from playing more than one household effectively.

If anyone has the Razor one, please give game version. The final apparently is 1.0.631.00107. It appears to be gone from NewTorrent.

Hi!
does the razor version have securom? has anyone checked?
and is this version the retail vesion? and how do I check the version?
also, do I need to download a crack in addition to the game?

thanks!

Found the following on Usenet just now. Dunno if it is important.
nfo file for an 8.5 meg rar in alt.binaries.cores

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 ┌────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
 │                         Razor 1911 proudly presents:                       │
 │                             The Sims 3 Crackfix                            │
 │                             (C) Electronic Arts                            │
 ├────────────────────────────────────┬───────────────────────────────────────┤
 │ Date: 2009-05-25                   │ Game Type : Simulation                │
 │ Size: Small                        │ Protection: DVD-Check, Serial         │
 └────────────────────────────────────┴───────────────────────────────────────┘

 Game Notes
 ~~~~~~~~~~
 The   freedom   of  The  Sims  3  will  inspire  you  with  endless  creative
 possibilities   and  amuse  you  with  unexpected  moments  of  surprise  and
 mischief!  Create  over  a  million  unique  Sims  and  control  their lives.
 Customize  everything from their appearances, to their personalities and even
 the  home  of their dreams. Then, send your Sims out to explore new locations
 around  town  and  to  meet  other  Sims  in  the  neighborhood. Go online to
 download  exclusive  content  and  show  off your own creations to the world.
 With  all-new  quick challenges and rewarding game play, The Sims 3 gives you
 the  freedom  to choose whether (or not!) to fulfill your SimsÆ destinies and
 make their wishes come true.

 Note:
 ~~~~~
 We missed some ingame dvd checks. Here is the fix. Enjoy!
 
 For the guys who nuked us:
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 The EA updater dont works with Releoaded release because
 the updater is only working for Sims 3 version start from 1.0.631.00001.
 Reloaded is 1.0.615.00107 and not final :)
 
 http://na.llnet.eadownloads.ea.com/u/f/sims/sims3/patches/sims3_sku2_update_manifest.xml
 
 
 
 Install Notes
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 1. Extract RAR
 2. Copy crack to <InstallDir>\Game\Bin
 3. Have Fun!
 
 
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Is anyone finding better performance on the Razor/patched release?

Specifically I'd like to know about GPU loads and temps compared to the Reloaded release, but any info on performance in general would be handy for those of us wondering if it's worth getting the Razor release just yet.

where is the update, heven't seen it, I've clik some links in these threads but it says a 404 error :/

Update? You mean the the Razor torrent?

http://tinyurl.com/2c9np (http://tinyurl.com/2c9np)

Update? You mean the the Razor torrent?

http://tinyurl.com/2c9np (http://tinyurl.com/2c9np)

Sims3_1.0.632.00002_from_1.0.631.00002.exe (http://www.box.net/shared/ls99bh28ij)

Sims3_1.0.632.00107_from_1.0.631.00107.exe (http://www.box.net/shared/mvx0kfdm8z)

The rar files are named slightly differently to that above, in case The Box is looking for any specific files. I'm probably just being paranoid, but hey.

I only saw the two patch files mentioned on MATY, not sure if there were more.

Im of the impression both of these will work with the RZR release? I had downloaded 3-4 updates, and only one of them worked. may have been the 00002 one, cannot remmeber,

Give it a week after official release, and no doubt there will be 8 more updates and 3 roll backs.

I stated this in the REL VS. RZR thread. But on my system the RZR version just refuses to run. the screen flashes and TS3.EXE is running in the applications but that's about it. I downloaded and used the crackfix I even ran the "update" and nothing. The reloaded version works fine or as fine as it can before my PC overheats and shuts down

Oh, one of the crackfixes is a Trojan. You probably now have something called "Codec.exe" running amok on your system. You need to unrar the offending "executable" and find the REAL executable inside.

Sims3_1.0.632.00002_from_1.0.631.00002.exe (http://www.box.net/shared/ls99bh28ij)

Sims3_1.0.632.00107_from_1.0.631.00107.exe (http://www.box.net/shared/mvx0kfdm8z)

The rar files are named slightly differently to that above, in case The Box is looking for any specific files. I'm probably just being paranoid, but hey.

I only saw the two patch files mentioned on MATY, not sure if there were more.

ETA: 1.0.631.00002 is for the DVD/RZR release.
1.0.631.00107 is for the Digital Download release of the game.
Cheers Kralore.

That defo looks like a virus of sometype... there shouldnt be any .pf files.. there should only be a 180 odd K exe that is the keygen, and then the zip/rar with the crack fix.. or might need to obtain that in a different torrent...
where are these torrents coming from?
maybe if you post links here, those of us that have it already can see if it "looks" clean, to save all the issues? (just a thought)

It was the first Razor torrent to come off PirateBay. I've lost which one it is by now, but it was a split one. Unraring the Sims3Setup.exe revealed a codec.exe file. I'd been paying attention to that issue for Reloaded, but didn't even think to look for it on the Razor one. Anti-virus is beating it into submission now, and cleaned file will be used shortly to install the game.

Note, this was NOT the crack fix. This was the full-game download.

I got my Razor version from TPB and have scanned it for viruses, but it's repeatedly come up clean. It's not the same one that Zazazu posted, however. I'll see if I can find a link.

ETA: Alright, this (http://thepiratebay.org/torrent/4913181/3f50b8b7cd47359ca00b599871afd767) is the one I downloaded without any messages popping up from my antivirus yet. Will probably run a full system scan tonight just to make sure, though. 

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 ³                         Razor 1911 proudly presents:                       ³
 ³                             The Sims 3 Crackfix                            ³
 ³                             (C) Electronic Arts                            ³
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 ³ Date: 2009-05-25                   ³ Game Type : Simulation                ³
 ³ Size: Small                        ³ Protection: DVD-Check, Serial         ³
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 Game Notes
 ~~~~~~~~~~
 The   freedom   of  The  Sims  3  will  inspire  you  with  endless  creative
 possibilities   and  amuse  you  with  unexpected  moments  of  surprise  and
 mischief!  Create  over  a  million  unique  Sims  and  control  their lives.
 Customize  everything from their appearances, to their personalities and even
 the  home  of their dreams. Then, send your Sims out to explore new locations
 around  town  and  to  meet  other  Sims  in  the  neighborhood. Go online to
 download  exclusive  content  and  show  off your own creations to the world.
 With  all-new  quick challenges and rewarding game play, The Sims 3 gives you
 the  freedom  to choose whether (or not!) to fulfill your Sims' destinies and
 make their wishes come true.

 Note:
 ~~~~~
 We missed some ingame dvd checks. Here is the fix. Enjoy!
 
 For the guys who nuked us:
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 The EA updater dont works with Releoaded release because
 the updater is only working for Sims 3 version start from 1.0.631.00001.
 Reloaded is 1.0.615.00107 and not final :)
 
 http://na.llnet.eadownloads.ea.com/u/f/sims/sims3/patches/sims3_sku2_update_manifest.xml
 
 
 
 Install Notes
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 1. Extract RAR
 2. Copy crack to <InstallDir>\Game\Bin
 3. Have Fun!
 
 
 Razor 1911 Greetings                            
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~                          
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Files like codec.exe and should never be run, delete that shit ASAP, dont even bother to clean it. cause it arnt going to clean. All that should be in the rar is the iso, and a nfo relating to RZR release, filled out all with the RZR info and what not. There is on the ISO of the DVD, a folder with the keygen.

This is not how the codec.exe is hidden. When you open up the .iso, you will see a file called Sims3Setup. It looks like an .exe. It quacks like an .exe. It is not an .exe. If you can open it with WinRar, you will see the supposed real Sims3Setup and the codec.exe file. However, in my case, the "real" Sims3Setup was invalid. If you can't open the Sims3Setup with WinRar, it's the real deal and no codec for you.

I just dont see the point in dickheads out there, causing issues with dodgy torrents, and viruses and shit.. its the corporate world they should be going for, not the Bob/Betty Newbie! There just inst any point!

Because some of those people have credit cards, bank routing information, wow accounts, brokerage accounts. Ever heard of a keylogger?

Because some of those people have credit cards, bank routing information, wow accounts, brokerage accounts. Ever heard of a keylogger?

I hate that I'm missing out on being able to play before the release date. But after buying a new psu and replacing my old case with a new Antec Nine Hundred, it's still crashing a few minutes in. I think it could be because I'm using stock thermal compound on both my video card and processor, so I ordered some Arctic Silver 5, but that won't be here until Monday. I thought changing my case, buying a new power supply and installing a VGA cooler would be enough, but I guess not. But now my computer is even crashing on Guild Wars (that's never happened before) so apparently whatever's wrong, it's getting worse.

I hate that I'm missing out on being able to play before the release date. But after buying a new psu and replacing my old case with a new Antec Nine Hundred, it's still crashing a few minutes in. I think it could be because I'm using stock thermal compound on both my video card and processor, so I ordered some Arctic Silver 5, but that won't be here until Monday. I thought changing my case, buying a new power supply and installing a VGA cooler would be enough, but I guess not. But now my computer is even crashing on Guild Wars (that's never happened before) so apparently whatever's wrong, it's getting worse.

I hate that I'm missing out on being able to play before the release date. But after buying a new psu and replacing my old case with a new Antec Nine Hundred, it's still crashing a few minutes in. I think it could be because I'm using stock thermal compound on both my video card and processor, so I ordered some Arctic Silver 5, but that won't be here until Monday. I thought changing my case, buying a new power supply and installing a VGA cooler would be enough, but I guess not. But now my computer is even crashing on Guild Wars (that's never happened before) so apparently whatever's wrong, it's getting worse.

I hate that I'm missing out on being able to play before the release date. But after buying a new psu and replacing my old case with a new Antec Nine Hundred, it's still crashing a few minutes in. I think it could be because I'm using stock thermal compound on both my video card and processor, so I ordered some Arctic Silver 5, but that won't be here until Monday. I thought changing my case, buying a new power supply and installing a VGA cooler would be enough, but I guess not. But now my computer is even crashing on Guild Wars (that's never happened before) so apparently whatever's wrong, it's getting worse.

It's an ATI Raedon 9250 video card.

Yeah, it is. So is the computer and the computer itself would have to be upgraded to upgrade to a better video card. It's not worth that. That doesn't answer the question though. Can I trick the dinosaur into running the game or is it impossible?

Thanks! It was worth a shot. Especially as it appears the problem is with "shaders model 2" which is the same thing you can change in the graphics rules text file in TS2 but maybe TS3 is more dependent on it. But not a big deal, hubby will just have to share ;)

There seems to be alot of talk about video cards overheating and causing game glitches. And, although I may be wrong in my numbers here, most of those cards with heat issues seem to be from the ATI family.  Am I wrong in assuming this? I am concerned because my computer has a 1950X.  And if this thing starts heating up and causing RAM issues, it's getting replaced. Fast. I really prefer the nVidia series, and if the ATI cards are heating up, I'll switch. In a heartbeat.  Before I purchased this computer I had heard talk about some of the ATI cards having temperature issues. I was reluctant to put an ATI card in the new set up but they gave me a really good price on it and I bit.  Is it now gonna bite me in the ass when I play The Sims 3?

Also I would check your event logs to see if there are any clues. Are you monitoring your temperatures? What's making you so sure this is temperature related?

There seems to be alot of talk about video cards overheating and causing game glitches. And, although I may be wrong in my numbers here, most of those cards with heat issues seem to be from the ATI family.  Am I wrong in assuming this? I am concerned because my computer has a 1950X.  And if this thing starts heating up and causing RAM issues, it's getting replaced. Fast. I really prefer the nVidia series, and if the ATI cards are heating up, I'll switch. In a heartbeat.  Before I purchased this computer I had heard talk about some of the ATI cards having temperature issues. I was reluctant to put an ATI card in the new set up but they gave me a really good price on it and I bit.  Is it now gonna bite me in the ass when I play The Sims 3?

I'm playing with the same card, 512MB, with an intel 920d cpu and 3gb ram. My graphics are set to the highest and they look good. No problems so far. I did update my drivers a few days ago to a 2/25/09 version and I got the driver update from the ATI website. No problems with overheating altho my case has 4 fans.

Or were you directed to another website?  The last time I was on the ATI website I could not find anything for this card.  That is what made me believe this one is not going to be supported any longer. And I did update with that set of drivers from 2/25/09 in March.

   
Today when I opened the game this message appeared:  :-\

"You are playing a non-final, unauthorized copy of The Sims 3. Purchasing and registering an official copy of The Sims 3 will entitle you to benefits including access to an entirely new game town called Riverview, 1000 SimPoints which can be redeemed for game objects in The Sims 3 Store, and access to The Sims 3 Exchange."

Is it true that it is not the final version?

sorry for my google english

Try turning off internet before starting the game. Do you get the same result?

   
Today when I opened the game this message appeared:  :-\

"You are playing a non-final, unauthorized copy of The Sims 3. Purchasing and registering an official copy of The Sims 3 will entitle you to benefits including access to an entirely new game town called Riverview, 1000 SimPoints which can be redeemed for game objects in The Sims 3 Store, and access to The Sims 3 Exchange."

Is it true that it is not the final version?

sorry for my google english

http://support.amd.com/us/gpudownload/windows/Legacy/Pages/radeonaiw_vista32.aspx

the date on this one is 3/18/09. This is the Vista driver but there's a xp driver too. I couldn't remember your OS

   
Today when I opened the game this message appeared:  :-\

"You are playing a non-final, unauthorized copy of The Sims 3. Purchasing and registering an official copy of The Sims 3 will entitle you to benefits including access to an entirely new game town called Riverview, 1000 SimPoints which can be redeemed for game objects in The Sims 3 Store, and access to The Sims 3 Exchange."

Is it true that it is not the final version?

sorry for my google english

Hi!
Where did you guys download your game? cause mine it taking FOREVER  :( I started it a few days ago and I only got 900MB...
If anyone has a link to a good torrent (or some other kind of downloading method) I would be grateful!!!

Ok, so I'm new to arr-ing and I'm pretty sure I downloaded the Sims 3 RELOADED from Pirate Bay, but it's taking a really long time. I left it on all night and it's still at 45%. The ETA keeps jumping from 22 hrs. to 3 days depending on how many KB/s is going down or up. I have all the expansions installed. Should I uninstall a few of them? Would that make it go faster? Oh and the entire package I'm downloading (with utorrent) is 4.93 GB. Is that too much?

I have all the expansions installed. Should I uninstall a few of them? Would that make it go faster?

Basically, at this point I've got a bunch of files that I can't open, no .iso files that I can SEE, so I'm not sure if I'm supposed to extract files rzr-sims3.001 through rzr-sims3.054. Also, I've got 2 NFO files called "revolver.nfo" and "rzr-sims3.nfo"--do I extract those?

Inside the Crack folder I've got 4 files: 0.bin, rzr-sc3f.001, rzr-sc3f.nfo, and rzr-sc3f.svf. No clue what they're for or what to do with them. UPDATE: I've "verified" the sfv files, but I don't know why I needed to do that. It didn't teach me anything or get me any closer to my end goal, which is to find the .iso files and figure out what to do next.

Help is appreciated in advance. I'm overwhelmed.

Itchy, you need Daemon Tools Lite (http://www.filehippo.com/download_daemon_tools/).  You can use that to mount the .iso, which will then show up like a CD that you put into your drive.

It seems to be all intact. I've checked my ISO file size--does 5.55 GB sound right?

That's the right size.

Unrelated question -- I downloaded the razor version and my antivirus program tells me there's a virus in sims3setup.exe. Can anyone a non-virusy version of this file? Thanks

Out of curiosity, those playing the game with ATI Radeon HD cards, are you able to turn every graphical option to the highest?  I can turn up every option except for edge smoothing.  I'm getting smooth lines, obviously, but it's also giving me sims with no hair...or bald tops, in any case.  Just curious, because Sims 2 was able to handle all of the options turned up, and I never got any weird effects to go with it.

It also seems that those of us with HD audio cards are having sound issues, somewhat.

My card is an HD 2400, and no, I've had no issues at all, and I do have all settings on high.  I was a little concerned when I read on here that some peoples' cards/computers were overheating, and mine is one of those little slender Dells with not much space inside (Inspiron 530S,) and nothing impressive in the way of fans, but I've run the game for hours with no problems at all.   

One thing might be worth noting though--or might be irrelevant, but I'll mention it anyway.  I upgraded my drivers a few months ago and immediately started experiencing problems with Sims 2.  I downgraded back to the 8.530 drivers, but not before reading some complaints that the new 9.x drivers seemed to be causing some peoples' video cards to run much hotter than they had before upgrading.  I have no idea if that was an issue that was fixed with subsequent drivers, or if it was an issue that was imaginary in the first place, but I'm still using the 8.530 driver and having no graphical issues with either game, and no overheating.

I'm wondering if it gave you a lower score on the laptop just because it's a laptop.  Or perhaps the older computer has a better video card (or a better something in any case) than the laptop does (which can be the case).

That doesn't work, it just makes the game slow and choppy.

I thought it would fix my crashing, and now the wierd line problems, but nada.

I've asked on here a few times for peoples input about what could be causeing my problems but no one has even registered my posts.

Also, everything has jagged edges. I read something about anti-alias? Would someone mind explaining that to me?

Also, after installing the Razor + patch version, I'm still getting random crashing to desktop.  Is anyone else without overheating issues getting this error, too?  I'll wait for an answer here before I try switching drivers.

Anyways, count me in on the ATI video problems.  I have an X1950 and as soon as I try to do anything in CAS I get those funky rendering things that make the sims look like they have spikes through their bodies.....or they are unicorns. (I like unicorns better)

That may not be just the card. It could be that the card is unsupported. It could be your drivers, it could be that you have more then one set of drivers installed, it could be overheating. Those lines are called artifacts by the way. Try searching the term artifacing.

Not all ATI Radeons - my HD 4870 is running TS3 RLD version just fine, thanks. With everything turned up full.

Well, EAxis strikes again. People are having trouble downloading the game via digital download. Everyone is getting errors, and LONG download times. And they are out for blood. The idiot SimGurus, who are JUST moderators, say they are looking into it. Apparently, EA wasn't expecting so many people to by the game with digital download. So, once again, they are caught with their pants down. Good Job EA! Oh, and of course their forums are now down.

Tizerist, I'm using the same card and have never experienced that error. You might be having an overheating issue, or else you've got a bad driver in there.

I would completely uninstall your NVIDIA driver--maybe even get a driver cleaner--restart whenever asked to, and when it's completely cleaned out install the latest NVIDIA driver.

after a quick look, it seems that this MAJOR BUG changed my CD/DVD ROM drive to DVD-RAM drive. my computer would recognize that there's a disc in the drive but it won't display any files... this goes for my SIMS 3 DVD, my SIMS 2 Apartment Life DVD and other DVD-R's where I backed up some files.

SOMEBODY PLEASE HELP!

I'd like to know if we could be expecting another pirate cat release of the final final version or if the Razor one is the very definitively one.

I'd also like to know that if one happens to download an ISO with the evil codec.exe on it, if Autorun is going to auto-infect the computer when one mounts it (I DNW to infect my new computer with anything.)

  I still have some programs that use the internet, like the EA download manager and Bearshare, to work. They use Internet Explorer whenever they prompt me to go install the flash player. Internet Explorer would not install the flash player so these programs will not work. How do I make these programs use Mozilla Firefox instead? I already made it my default browser.

KNOCK ON WOOD....I'm serious do it!

Okay, so I uninstalled the arr'd copy and installed the real thing that my husband bought me and EADM is telling me my copy isn't the final release.  WTF?  What did I do wrong?  I uninstalled everything.  Did I miss something?

I went and picked up my copy of the game from GameStop earlier and attempted to play it. After 10 minutes in CAS, the music stuttered for a few seconds and the screen went black. I couldn't do exit the game or bring up task manager, so I had to restart. So it looks like my problem playing the game is still here. I'm really getting frustrated because I've spent close to $300 already doing things that might fix my problem. I tried a VGA cooler, I bought a new power supply, I changed to a new case with great airflow and cooling, and even cleaned off the old thermal compound and replaced it with Arctic Silver 5 on both my video card and my processor. I'm just not sure what the problem is. I've tried everything I can think of and it's driving me crazy that I can't play TS3 or any other game without my computer freezing up on a black/grey/orange whatever color screen. I know I have the newest video card drivers. I completely uninstalled my old drivers and installed the newest ones just the other day. Any ideas what I should try next? Here are my specs:

Antec Nine Hundred case (It has four 120mm case fans, 2 in front, 1 on the side and 1 on the rear and a top 200mm fan.)
Windows XP Home SP 3
ASUS M2R32-MVP AM2+/AM2 AMD 580X CrossFire ATX AMD Motherboard
AMD Athlon 64 X2 6400+ Windsor 3.2GHz 2 x 1MB L2 Cache Socket AM2 125W Dual-Core Processor
3 GB RAM (3X CORSAIR XMS2 1GB 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800)
XFX ATI Radeon HD 4850 512mb
CORSAIR CMPSU-650TX 650W ATX12V / EPS12V PSU

Run a memory test and a HDD test - dead sector on HDD could possibly cause this. Do you have instability with any other apps? It could also be another application which TS3 is dependant on which is causing the crash.

If all else fails, do a reinstall of Windows.

I can test the memory with a program my brother has, but how do I test the HDD? So far, it's only 3D games causing the problems. Like I can play the ZSNES without any problems and I'm fine when just doing stuff on the net. I could do a reinstall of Windows, but I'm not entirely sure where I put my key. That, and it's a hell of a lot of work to do. But I guess I'll do it as a last resort.

Run scandisk, I can't remember how you set it to run next bootup, but that should do a good check.

If it's only 3d programs, sounds to me like Direct X is buggered. Perhaps look on the Microsoft website for an update? If none available, then reinstall it is. :P

Good luck.

Has anyone experiencing the "Unauthorized copy" issue with a legit game found a work around? I uninstalled, used the ccleaner, and reinstalled - only to have the same message pop up. Suggestions are welcome.

https://easims.custhelp.com/cgi-bin/easims.cfg/php/enduser/std_adp.php?p_sid=ankuvozj&p_accessibility=0&p_redirect=&p_faqid=22234

Well, according to EA, it's because you still have programs installed that they have issue with. Like MagicISO or Daemontools.

I can't find Scandisk. I thought it was under Start/Programs/Accessories/System Tools, but it's not there. I did test my RAM and no errors were found. I'm going to try reinstalling DirectX (can I even go higher than 9.0c since I'm on XP?) and see if it helps. Another thing I'm going to try is running Disk Defrag too to see if it helps. I just remembered I haven't run it in a few months, so I guess it couldn't hurt. If none of that works, I have about 20 gigs worth of files that won't fit on my 2nd hard drive that I'll have to burn to DVDs before I can reinstall Windows.

https://easims.custhelp.com/cgi-bin/easims.cfg/php/enduser/std_adp.php?p_sid=ankuvozj&p_accessibility=0&p_redirect=&p_faqid=22234

Well, according to EA, it's because you still have programs installed that they have issue with. Like MagicISO or Daemontools.

Those miserable bastards - I uninstalled Daemontools and the screen went away. On the upside, that answered my questions about random traces of stuff left on my system from the pirated version.

I wonder - did you use digital download or did you purchase a physical copy?

Might I suggest cracking your case open and blasting a can of air through your PC? No matter how clean you keep your desk, dust will still clogs up the works. Dust in vents = substandard cooling for your PC. All my card over heating problems have been fixed this way.

Physical, store purchased copy.

Also, restarting computer, with Daemontools still uninstalled, results in the message of DOOM popping up again.

Disabling internet completely also gets rid of the message. Something in the authentication process, perhaps? Moar experimentation in the works.

Edit: it must be doing some sort of check at start up for SOMETHING - what that something is I have no idea. Blocking all internet connections when first firing the launcher up results in no "non-final, unauthorized copy" warning.

On the TS3 site, some are saying that cleaning cache and cookies of all internet browsers that you have will fix the problem.

What an odd fix. What, were they blocking you from playing the game if you visit pirating sites?

Wow..if they would put as much work into fixing the game issues that they do in creating ways to keep us honest, it might be a really amazing game.

I have now installed the legal copy and it does seem to play smoother than the Reloaded version.  My video card is running a cooler temperatures consistently now.  However, I'm still having problems with the game randomly closing (no error message, it just disappears) and it's not due to overheating.  My CPU is consistently between 30-35 degrees while playing and the video card was at 66 and 71 degrees the two times it closed this morning.

Those miserable bastards - I uninstalled Daemontools and the screen went away. On the upside, that answered my questions about random traces of stuff left on my system from the pirated version.

I have managed to get the horrid lines off of my sims, I had changed a setting in my ATI driver when trying to fix the crashing to desktop problem. The crashing is still happening though. I've tried a fair amount to try and sort it, but nothing. I have been using that FPS tool, and it still happens. My computer is capable of playing it, but it doesn't want to.
If anyone can help, I'd much appreciate it.
My system specs are:

   Operating System: Windows XP Professional (5.1, Build 2600) Service Pack 3 (2600.xpsp_sp3_gdr.090206-1234)
           Language: English (Regional Setting: English)
System Manufacturer: FUJITSU SIEMENS
       System Model: GA-8I915PM
               BIOS: Award Modular BIOS v6.00PG
          Processor: Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 3.00GHz (2 CPUs)
             Memory: 1024MB RAM
          Page File: 452MB used, 3543MB available
        Windows Dir: C:\WINDOWS
    DirectX Version: DirectX 9.0c (4.09.0000.0904)
DX Setup Parameters: Not found
     DxDiag Version: 5.03.2600.5512 32bit Unicode

 Card name: ATI Radeon X300/X550/X1050 Series
     Manufacturer: ATI Technologies Inc.
        Chip type: RADEON X600 (0x5B62)
         DAC type: Internal DAC(400MHz)
       Device Key: Enum\PCI\VEN_1002&DEV_5B62&SUBSYS_0490174B&REV_00
   Display Memory: 256.0 MB
     Current Mode: 1024 x 768 (32 bit) (75Hz)
          Monitor: Plug and Play Monitor
  Monitor Max Res: 1600,1200
      Driver Name: ati2dvag.dll
   Driver Version: 6.14.0010.6925 (English)
      DDI Version: 9 (or higher)
Driver Attributes: Final Retail
 Driver Date/Size: 2/25/2009 22:41:10, 325120 bytes

Any help I would very much appreciate.

Could someone please try and help with this? I'm at my wits end trying to fix it when I have no idea what I'm doing, I'm not good with computers.

EA's site says that you only have to "disable" Daemon Tools; it doesn't say anything about uninstalling it. Do you actually have to remove it completely to fix the problem? I ask because this may affect my decision to purchase the "official" version of the game.

All right, I've been trying to get the Razor version downloaded/extracted/working all day (not being that sophisticated, arr-wise), and now I can't seem to install. Couldn't find anyone else having this problem, but hopefully someone smarter than me can figure it out.
A minute or so after setup starts, I get this error:
"CRC Error: The file C:\Program Files\Electronic Arts\The Sims 3\Caches\Sunset Valley.objectcache doesn't match the file in the setup's .cab file. The medium from which you are running the setup may be corrupted; contact your software vendor."
While I commend grammar-challenged EA's attempt at a punctuation with that semicolon, there, I still have no clue what they're talking about.

Does anyone know if the reloaded or razor nocd crack is working for the retail version? Or is it even needed considering the lack of SecuROM?

Does anyone know if the reloaded or razor nocd crack is working for the retail version? Or is it even needed considering the lack of SecuROM?

I am using the razor nocd crack on my retail version.  No problems reported.  The razor crack's .exe is the same version as the retail's original .exe.

Will that crack enable me to play? I've tried everything. I have no emulation software. I never downloaded the pirated version and I'm stumped. I really hate to wait for EA to fix this problem. I want to play now! lol

I have a horrible problem with The Sims 3. The trees are seem to be like images. I have taken some photos:

I think it's a bug because when I approaching the camera, one or two trees appear.

Also, I have a problem with my own sims. Their hair doesn't appear. It seems to be like a wig.

Can you help me, please? I have updated my drivers. My graphics card is ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3450. Should I reinstall the game?

Thank you :D.

Look in your graphics card (ATI) options to see if you have adaptive antialiasing turned on; if so then try it turned off.

Cyclic redundancy check. It's trying to verify that the file is correct. I had the same issue. I never fixed it, I just kept pressing retry until I finally just hit "ignore" on the error. It will finish the install. However, I believe that my hood file was corrupted because of that. I had crashing on certain lots and panning across the hood. That was with the reloaded version. I downloaded the Razor version and the new ISO did not have that problem. Replacing the Sunset Valley.objectcache in program files, after you get it installed that is, with another working one that someone supplies you would probably work without you having to re download all over again.

Look in your graphics card (ATI) options to see if you have adaptive antialiasing turned on; if so then try it turned off.

Everything was working fine, and today I tried to install the nomosaic package instead of the old censor pack. So I deleted the shaders precomp in bin and replaced it by the old one, and now everything green, the neighborhood screen, the gardens, is either red, or black. Inside is fine. Cas is fine.
I reinstalled my game, reloaded patched razor patched, keeping my households, and it is the same, even entering Riverview for the first time.
I'd be grateful for any ideas.

Don't know if this is the right place to post, but I'm also having problem with the installation. Only that my game is the official one: I got it yesterday. Tried to install it and it poped up a message of "cyclic redundancy check". I hited ignore button several times. It took hours but never installed. So I thought the problem was the disc. I went to the store today to change it. Tried again to install, but the same message oped up again. So any ideas of what may be causing this?

Sorrym but what do you mean by manual install?

No, I can't put the mod in the game or it won't load. And the others are in the Mod folder. nozzz nointro and nomosaic.

The cycle redundancy problem is one of the hot technical topics at EAxis:  http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/list/947.page (http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/list/947.page)

If you are experiencing a cyclic redundancy check error, we'd like you to do the following so we can keep the number of threads on that issue to a minimum:

*Run the Windows Defragmenter software on your system. Fragmented hard disk space can cause this error.

*CRC errors may also be caused by a hard disk or DVD drive failing or being unable to write consistent data.

If you have run the Defragmenter software and are continuing to experience this error, please contact your system's manufacturer for further diagnostics.

Update:
It appears that in some cases, users that are using the EA download Manager version of The Sims 3 may experience this error if their download is paused. To resolve this issue, perform the following steps:

*Log in to the EADM.
*Click on the red x in the upper right part of the Sims 3 download to clear the EADM cache.
*Re-download The Sims 3; do not pause the download.

Update 2 (6/4/09):
There is a new FAQ addressing this issue:
https://easims.custhelp.com/cgi-bin/easims.cfg/php...user/std_adp.php?p_faqid=22234

We understand that this has become a very frustrating issue for many simmers that are eager to play the game, and as more information or solutions become available, we will post them here in the Support forum. Thank you all for your patience!
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Aracelis, I'm presuming you're running Windoze.   Go into your control panel, click "system," then "hardware," then "device manager."  You should see a listing for  DVD/CD-ROM drives  - open that icon and you'll see the brand(s) you have installed.

Am debating whether to first buy a bottle of aspirin or a bottle of booze.

Can someone help me please? I pretty new to the whole torrent thing.  
I downloaded the razor1911 version but there is no crack file, there is only a razor1911 folder that has the keygen in it but that's it.  
The .nfo says 1. install 2. run keygen 3. play  there is no mention of a crack file.  I thought I needed one, and if i do can someone tell me where to get it.  The game installed fine but i haven't tried to run it yet w/o the crack

I'm such noob  :-[

Does anyone else have a problem with the launcher saying the wrong game version? I have the razor version, which I patched up to 1.632, but whenever I want to install the downloads I got, the launcher tells me I have version 1.631, and to update my game. I ran the patch thing over again, and it tells me that the game is already updated. Is there any way to fix it?

My game only runs for 10 - 20 minutes before my computer shuts down. I thiiiink it might be an overheating problem but I have no idea how I would tell if that's actually the case, or fix it if it were. My computer has never done this before, so I'm a bit confused about it. The game runs perfectly fine up until the computer turns off. I have the Razor copy, patched, running from a no-cd crack, and my computer exceeds minimum specifications. It's died all five times I've tried playing since install (my poor sim has only managed to live one sim day so far). Any suggestions?

eta: Just tried it again and this time it lasted less than five minutes. Argh annoying.

If you're comfortable going inside your computer, open the case. Check and make sure your fans are running. If they are leave the cover off and see how long it runs. If it runs without shutting down then you most likey have a overheating problem and need to buy a case fan

My game only runs for 10 - 20 minutes before my computer shuts down. I thiiiink it might be an overheating problem but I have no idea how I would tell if that's actually the case, or fix it if it were. My computer has never done this before, so I'm a bit confused about it. The game runs perfectly fine up until the computer turns off. I have the Razor copy, patched, running from a no-cd crack, and my computer exceeds minimum specifications. It's died all five times I've tried playing since install (my poor sim has only managed to live one sim day so far). Any suggestions?

eta: Just tried it again and this time it lasted less than five minutes. Argh annoying.

Just to let you know that the only way I got the game installed was buying a new DVD player  :'(

Now, please, can I count on you once more to explain how I could play without the DVD in the drive?

Now, please, can I count on you once more to explain how I could play without the DVD in the drive?

I'm having the same problem. I started off with Reloaded, and it would overheat after about an hour... applied the framerate limiter from this thread (http://www.moreawesomethanyou.com/smf/index.php/topic,15092.0.html) and overheating issues stopped. Upgraded to Razor and installed Store crap, and now my game goes less than five minutes before exploding.

You didn't have any other computers that you could have networked to? You could have installed it from their pc to yours through their drive ....assuming that theirs read it of course.
You get a no-cd crack. There is one in my sig, or you can use the AwesomeMod which will also remove the cd necessity.

The installer screwed my file system, the same folder shows up twice (TS3 installed in folder on the right, with references to everything else that's there but everything else can only be accessed by the "Electronic Arts" on the left). I've tried the stupid microsoft check disk thing and it doesn't correct it. Any ideas?

I've tried the stupid microsoft check disk thing and it doesn't correct it. Any ideas?

I had a similar problem a while back (on Vista) and doing a system restore fixed it. I'm not sure why it fixed it, but it did.  Registry thing, maybe.

Try renaming them both, then merge the contents.

I downloaded the Razor version (from seedgames) , and followed intructions I gathered from this thread. The program started up and loaded, but when it got to the neighborhood window, it said EA didn't recognize the disk as valid (something along those lines).

I'm having the same issue.  Does this have anything to do with modifying the TS3.exe, aka no-cd crack?  I've tried using morriganrant's crack, but obviously just pasting over the old .exe file doesn't work.

System Restore only covers system files or extra folders you define, so that wouldn't help in this case.

I get a file could not be found error when trying to rename the duplicate. I did manage to move the TS3 files out of there so I can at least get the game to load now, but now I'm left with a folder that says it's zero bytes but can't be deleted because it's "not empty".

Try doing it via DOS/CMD.

CD C:\Program Files .... etc.
REN borked_folder die
RMDIR /S   die

If that fails, CD die, rinse and repeat.

There'll be a file in there somewhere with a dodgy character in the filename probably.

If deleting a file still fails, try ECHO FUCKING>die

Oh, and check the permissions if you're on an NTFS partition.

Redirection doesn't work on folders, if you actually ran that you'd get a file called die.

I tried booting from an Ubuntu 9.04 livecd and was able to remove it that way.

Teels posted this back on page 14:

I'm having the same issue.  Does this have anything to do with modifying the TS3.exe, aka no-cd crack?  I've tried using morriganrant's crack, but obviously just pasting over the old .exe file doesn't work.
I know I'm missing something somewhere, just don't know what, exactly.

The wife has the gardening trait so she immediately gets to talk to the plants. Stupid, she should have to work for it at least a little while.

Anyhow, they moved in and can interact with everything, but when they go to sleep the bed option says "Sleep in Lupe's bed" (Lupe is my old moved out Sim), as if they're guests. The toddler autonomously went to the dresser to plan her outfits. And twice now, when I've tried to plan outfits for the adults, on saving the game freezes and the "Saving" icon just keeps circling and circling. I left it for 20 minutes the last time and it never completed the save.

Here's where it got weird. Only a few items went with her, like a painting she'd done and hung on the wall, and two of the bewitched gnomes she picked up in the mausoleum, and her bicycle (which she was out riding at the time). I think that's all. Everything else stayed, including her nice little garden.

I finally broke down and decided to try it.  I'm not sure how well it will work since my CPU speed is only 1.8GHz (with XP, and all other requirements are met).  Anyway, I got it all installed with daemon into its own virtual drive and I'm at the point of overwriting the TSLHost.dll and TS3.exe in the \Game\Bin folder.  Problem: it says it is "read only".  I tried unchecking "read only" under general properties on the Bin and Game folders but that didn't do a damn thing.  Have I done something wrong?  Is there a way to get the files overwritable?  Any help would be appreciated greatly.

Me, I don't overwrite the exe.  I rename it and leave it there (in case I ever need it), and just copy in the new exe.  The dll, I've never messed with -- maybe that's something one only does when using daemon? -- but I can't imagine why you would need to overwrite instead of just delete/rename/move the old one and insert the new one.

Just following the instructions that came with the crack: "copy TS3.exe and TSLHost.dll from crack dir to install folder\Game\Bin (overwrite-replace)".  Anyway, I did try just adding the new files to the appropriate folder, and still no go-- I simply can't change anything about it.  I suspect it has something to do with daemon having mounted the ISO to a new drive (I think the entire drive is read-only), but I've only done this once before so I'm a bit lost now that the basic instruction have failed me.

I had the same problem, and I had to copy the folders to my desktop, then copy those to the program file....

I've tried copying the Bin folder to the desktop, adding the cracked files to it, and then adding it back to the Game folder, but still I get the message that it's read-only.  Is that what you mean?  Or perhaps I am missing something?

This may sound horribly obvious, but you are adding the cracked files to C:\Program Files\Electronic Arts\The Sims 3 etc., right?  Not the drive you have mounted with the image?

I finally broke down and decided to try it.  I'm not sure how well it will work since my CPU speed is only 1.8GHz (with XP, and all other requirements are met).

Sims3_1.0.632.00002_from_1.0.631.00002.exe (http://www.box.net/shared/ls99bh28ij)

Sims3_1.0.632.00107_from_1.0.631.00107.exe (http://www.box.net/shared/mvx0kfdm8z)

The rar files are named slightly differently to that above, in case The Box is looking for any specific files. I'm probably just being paranoid, but hey.

I only saw the two patch files mentioned on MATY, not sure if there were more.

ETA: 1.0.631.00002 is for the DVD/RZR release.
1.0.631.00107 is for the Digital Download release of the game.
Cheers Kralore.

So, I'm a moron and a noob (beat you to it)

We actually prefer making our own judgements in these matters.  We are perfectly capable of judging your idiocy without your help.  It is also unnecessary, gratuitous, and idiotic to declare yourself an idiot when you may not be one.

Oh, look, a conundrum!

Is anyone else finding that saving the game takes about 5-10 actual minutes?

So, I'm a moron and a noob (beat you to it); these are to patch the reloaded version to a more recent one? 1.0.631.00002 for razor and 1.0.631.00107 digital download?
'Cause I was looking for the reloaded to razor patch on piratebay but there were a lot of crashing//failure issues but I would quite like to be able to use store things.

Oh thanks, I installed the store stuff anyway, but I'd like to be able to use Awesomemod and whatnot with my game.
I guess I'll just have to bite the bullet when temptation proves too much and cross all my appendages hoping my game doesn't implode.

No idea about the PC, but on Mac... first, it's an Intel-based Mac, right?
Second; it could be a difficulty to read from the drive (securomwhatever check, etc.) You could try with a no-dvd crack and see if it starts.

I obtained the pre-Razor version, installed, cracked, and loaded. It loaded fine, but I tried to go into CAS. Froze computer, needed reboot. Tried again. BOOM. Third time crashed on trying to load a pre-made. Is it a problem with my version, or computer?

Specs:
Windows XP
AMD Anthlon 64 Processor 3500+ 2.2GHz
1GB ram

I am getting the Razor version now. Please let it be a pre-build error

Is it a problem with my version, or computer?
...
I ran System Labs ...

Is anyone else finding that saving the game takes about 5-10 actual minutes?