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Okay, this patching bullshit... Let's call it bull dandruff... This patching bulldandruff has been driving me nuts. I don't get frustrated very easily, but patching this game has been the most ridiculous waste of time... ever. Now I know exactly what to do, I've read my rtpatch.log, it says code_version.txt is what's wrong. I copied it from the CD, and still nothing. I was wondering if anyone had a copy that would work? Yes, I realize I'm pretty late... I have not updated my sims 3... at all. It's still at version 1.0.631.00107

P.S. - Yes, I did register just to ask this question.

Are you auto patching or manually downloading them? You need to manually download the patch ending in 7 which will match your region (digital download). You can manually download them here: http://www.simprograms.com/the-sims-3-patches/patches-the-sims-3/

Also, shit is not a bad word here.

Hmmm, apparently my region's not there to update to 1.2.7... There's only 1.0.631.00001 and 1.0.631.00002, I have 1.0.631.00107...

Did you say you were running from a CD? Legit version?
[Also, on this site, it's okay to say it's not legit. In face it is preferred.]

I downloaded the Reloaded version torrent and mounted it with daemon tools. So, it's not legit (I'm starting to like MATY)

oh, btw, I tried the patch that comes with World Adventures by going into the "Support/Updates" folder. And then I tried 1.4.6 patch from here (http://'http://www.modthesims.info/wiki.php?title=Game_Help:TS3_Patching:Patch_Download#Patch_1.5.82_-_.28Patch_Notes.29'), both didn't work... They came up with the same error about "code_version.txt" being invalid.

Okay, so you need to make some changes to your registry: http://www.moreawesomethanyou.com/smf/index.php/topic,15590.msg447823.html#msg447823
Change it to 2, and the use the 2 patch.

Also, just a quick note, double posting is frowned upon. If you modify your post, it will still flag it as something has changed - no need to bump.

Just downloaded the patch, did what you said, and patched it. But I still get the "Invalid File Found" error for "code_version.txt"

Here. Try mine.

Okay, I got that fixed by downloading this torrent (http://"http://thepiratebay.org/torrent/4953747/Sims_3_-_Retail_Patch_%28RELOADED_to_full_retail_patched%29_-_TBJ") and replacing all the files... Now it's saying that "fullbuild0.package" (and I can only guess the other packages) is invalid... Anyone else having the same problem?

Edit: The Torrent didn't have a replacement for the files in "GameData/Shared/Packages/"
Edit: I forgot to say that I also changed my registry settings to be region 2.

Replacing the files or uninstalling?  You might be better downloading the RAZOR version and starting from scratch.

Damnit... Here we go again I guess.

I think that this might be related to the problem that I was having earlier today because I'm pretty sure the error I had was invalid file found for code_version.txt. Unfortunately I wasn't paying a huge amount of attention to what the error messages actually said because I had a pretty good idea of what was actually wrong. My base game is region 1, and my WA is region 2. When I installed WA I changed the registry entry for my base game to region 2. I download my patches from simprograms.com. My base game is RZR1911 and my WA is Reloaded.

I updated WA to patch 2.4.7 today and then I tried to run the game and I got a message saying that my base game was still out of date. I checked the SKUversion.txt in EA/TS3/game/bin for the base game and it was still 1.8, so I downloaded the 1.9.22 patch for region 2, and I got that invalid file found error message. I noticed that the SKUversion.txt in game/bin for my base game is still set for region 1 (version number had .0001 at the end), so I downloaded the region 1 version of the 1.9 patch, and of course it told me that it was the wrong version, too. So, I edited my base game registry entry so that SKU said region 1 and ran the version 1.9.22.0001 patch. Everything worked perfectly, and I edited my registry again to change my base game region to 2 again. My game appears to be running normally now.

You got a bunch of things to do, to modify the reloaded version to a retail.

Here a walk-throug for the base game:

0. Complete game deinstall with EA Download-Manager and registry
1. Full install the Reload version
2. Run the sims3patch.exe, get it from http://all4tech.net/games/pcgames/page,1,3,160-the-sims-3-patch-up-reload-version-to-retail.html (http://all4tech.net/games/pcgames/page,1,3,160-the-sims-3-patch-up-reload-version-to-retail.html)
3. Change Zone Code from 7 to 2 under HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE => SOFTWARE => SIMS => THE SIMS 3 => SKU
4. Overwrite files from "Patch Fix Files" in "C:\Programme\Electronic Arts\Die Sims 3\Game\Bin\HelpPages" and    
    "C:\Programme\Electronic Arts\Die Sims 3\Game\Bin" (Sims3GDF.dll)
    (get it here: http://www.filefactory.com/file/b007101/n/PatchFixFiles.rar (http://www.filefactory.com/file/b007101/n/PatchFixFiles.rar))
    Now you actually have a retail version.
5. Apply Sims3_1.6.6.002002_from_1.0.631.00002.exe update patch
6. Apply Sims3_1.7.9.002002_from_1.6.6.002002.exe update patch
7. Install all CC-Items BEFORE udating to 1.8 (all before HELS?!)
8. For using the Launcher to install further CC go  to http://www.moreawesomethanyou.com/smf/index.php/topic,17743.0.html (http://www.moreawesomethanyou.com/smf/index.php/topic,17743.0.html)
    an do exactly as it is written.
9. Apply "Sims3_1.8.25.003002_from_1.7.9.002002.exe"
10. Put AM in
11. Riverview does not show up?! Go use the SEARCH MOAR button.

I did not patch further until now, so I do not know, what more there will be on my list.

Edit due to many ESL errors and please, do use the "Thanks" button.

Yehey! Patches fine now! Thanks for all the help everyone.

Nevermind, figured it out. WA just goes after 1.8 and then it updates itself.

I am having a problem patching to the latest version of S3/WA/HELS
WA installed fine, no problems there. But the base game and HELS will not update.
I got the patches that correspond to my region (2 for Base and WA, 1 for HELS).
The base game gets to 97% and then stops with the message "Invalid File Found". The last file I see on the updater is TSLHost.dll
HELS does exactly the same thing - 97%, "Invalid File Found" and TSLHost.dll being the last file.

I have tried downloading a TSLHost.dll from MATY, but it didn't work. I also tried deleting the file, in the hopes that the updater would put it's own version in there when it updated, but it doesn't, it just gives a "File Not Found" message.

Can anyone suggest a way of getting round this problem?

Edit:: Ignore all of that :)
I got the TSLHost.dll file from the ISO file and used that, patched no problems.

Edit 2:: Damn! It worked fine for HELS, but the file from the base game DVD doesn't work. The only 'original' (ie non-cracked) TSLHost.dll file I have for the base game is from 1.2.7, which also doesn't work.

Does anyone have an original file post-1.9 update, that you could upload for me?

Try NOT INSTALLING DODGY FILES. Wipe it all, reinstall clean, and repatch. Quit fucking with the files.

Before I started using AM, the only way around the CD-check was to use a cracked .exe and .dll file.
Strangely enough, all the previous updates have worked with these files, it's just the latest patch I've had trouble with.