More Awesome Than You!

I reinstalled sims 3, only base game, on a new computer. Before I had all expansion packs, and Am worked like a charm! Now, I get stuck at loading. I've installed the framework and packages just like I had done them before, so I'm wondering if the latest Am won't work on only base game?

AM works just fine with only the base game, assuming you've patched it to the latest edition.

Sounds like a framework issue though. Are you putting AM in My Documents or in ye olde Program Files?

I've put it in me olde place, like I always have, wich has worked for me until my failish re-install. It's been working with WA, HELS and AMB, just a couple of days ago, but crapped up as soon as i re-installed. I spent most of the day trying to get it to work, only accomplishing nerdrage pms-style.

Just on the off chance... if you're re-installing on a new computer, was it the kind of upgrade where you also transferred everything in your My Documents folder?  If so, did you also transfer your Electronic Arts folder as part of the process?  If they are present, your old game files will interfere with your new installation, since you've backtracked from having expansions installed to just the base game for now.

Nar, everything has been removed properly before installation, so that's not an issue.

Did you grab the right copy of Resource.cfg? I had to reinstall Sims 3 a couple weeks ago (ridiculous amounts of patching failure *sigh*). Spent about two hours trying to figure out why AM suddenly wouldn't work before I realized I'd downloaded the old Resource instead of the new one.

Obviously you haven't, otherwise it would be fucking working.

I have reinstalled several time, the most recent being yesterday after getting a new hard drive, reinstalled, added framework, and game runs perfectly fine, first time.  It is very, very easy to screw up the framework, especially the old method.  You only need to miss one file, or place one file in the wrong spot, or grab the wrong file and it won't work.

I downloaded everything from the "Shiny" page. That should be the newest ones?

.pacage files in Mods-pacages, resource file in directory, .ddl file in Bin. I don't get how I could've screwed that up.

OMFG! Are you for real? Are you really that computer stupid?  You can't even spell the names of the files correctly, so of course you can mess it up easily!

My advice: Either run the game without any mods or custom content or uninstall Sims 3 from your computer since you obviously don't have the minimum intelligence required to run the game, never mind to try using mods with it!

Look just do it the new way. There's one less file to fuck up and I don't think people who don't know what they are doing should be messing around the Program Files areas anyway.

Move the mods folder and everything under it to My Documents/Electronic Arts/The Sims3/

Delete your old resource.cfg

Get a new resource.cfg. Put it in the My Documents/Electronic Arts/The Sims3/Mods folder.  Make sure it is one specifically for the new way. If you aren't sure, open it in notepad and check the directory paths. If any reference the mods folder it's wrong.

Make sure your game is patched to the latest, version 1.14. I can't stress this enough. The new method for installing custom content does work for the base game but you absolutely must be patched up to version 1.12 or higher for it to work.

For more detailed info with pictures and a link to a new resource.cfg file go to the Mod the Sims help section here:

http://www.modthesims.info/wiki.php?title=Game_Help:Installing_Sims_3_Package_Files/Setup_and_Files

If you having a Speshul Snowflake kind of day (life?) and you can't make sense of the Mod the Sims info or just can't get it to work there is an installer that basically does everything for you here:

http://www.customsims3.com/smf/index.php?topic=2420.0

Lastly, remember that while this is the place for support of issues directly relating to Awesomemod, if you are completely clear that Awesemod is the cause and have tested with only Awesomemod and no other mods or custom content to narrow that down, this is not the help desk for how to install mods in general for Sims 3.. There are plenty of other places better suited for that so next time take your ass to Mod the Sims.

Oh wow, I forgot a "k". Wow. You really got me there. Yes, a slight typo is really what tips me over the enge of being absolutely dim witted. Thanks for making me clear on that!

No, your posting history already has you established as being dim.  The slight typo and double-posting are just gravy.

Actually, you're all right. I'm pretty fucking stupid. I got it working, my EADM wasn't updated. Sooo.. Sorry for wasting your time, I'll piss off to retardoland now.

You obviously not knowing what the Resource.cfg file is, where it comes from (HINT: It is NOT found on the "Shiny" page!), and where it goes was a dead giveaway.  

Your lack of spelling skills are just irritating.

Sorry, Jeromy, I caught it just when you did! I'm still trying to drink my coffee here!  :P

Not so fast, Subject-Verb Agreement Girl.