Customizable lights with RGB codes? Oh, neat. Maybe I will patch.

Eh, it's not worth the bugs.

Sorry, I didn't see this until today. I managed to fix it on my own. I uninstalled, reinstalled, patched to 1.2.7, cracked (changed the original TS3 file to a bak, just in case), and ran. It works normally again, thankfully. Thanks for your help. I appreciate it. *hurries off to lurk more*

Alright, I'll try that. Hopefully it'll work.

Edit: Now I'm getting a 'we were unable to verify that your disc is valid' error. Ugh. I tried re-patching, but to no avail. Will this thing ever work?

Did that help at all? Like I said, I tried patching higher, but it didn't update the version number. So I'm not exactly sure which version I have. Oh well.

And if I right click the desktop, I get an option that says 'NVIDIA Control Panel', so yes, I assume this computer has a NVIDIA card. I'm not completely sure on the driver though. If I knew how to check, I would. This computer's so confusing (it's not mine; it's my dad's). So once I can figure out the driver version, I could try installing a previous one. If that doesn't work, I'll just put it back. Maybe this computer's just not meant to run Sims 3. *sighs*

I tried taking out AwesomeMod and using the normal crack as well. AwesomeMod is not the problem. And I tried patching to a higher version, and it says it's successful, but the version does not update.

@Jaecin: I'll check with my father. He built the computer.

Alright. I put 3Booter in the root install, double clicked, and all of a sudden the screen was turning black every five seconds. And if I would move my cursor before it turned black, it would move back once the black had cleared. The only way to get rid of it was to end 3booter in Task Manager, which ended Sims 3. Apparently, since it couldn't start up, it kept restarting over and over. So, yeah, guess that's not the solution.

I'm sorry for digging this thing up, but Sims 3 still doesn't work. Uninstalled WA, put in awesomemod, it's already patched to 1.5[insert lots of numbers here]. I can't figure out what the problem is. Click it, screen turns black, and desktop crash. :/

Won't let me uninstall. It says 'An error (-5005 : 0x8000ffff) has occurred while running the setup.'.

Help?

Edit: Alright, I managed to uninstall and install both of them. I then put in AwesomeMod. But after I click the shortcut (I changed to target to TS3EP01.exe to avoid the sucky launcher), the screen turns black and goes right to the desktop. Any ideas?

Thanks! I'll try that out this weekend. I don't get access to Sims 3 until then. Heh.

Oh, and mine wasn't really a torrent. It was from Usenet. Works better, IMO. Much faster.

But mine was the Razor version. It was supposed to be good. :/ Oh well. Maybe it screwed up during the install.

Darn. At least I still have the iso. But how did it get corrupted, anyway?

Well, I had an arred Sims 3 installed (razor, by the way). Everything was great. Then, I tried to install World Adventures. It had an updating error, and closed. I then tried to open up Sims 3, and the screen turned black, and went right back to the desktop. I tried redoing the crack and removing custom content, but nothing worked. Help?

Attached is a log file I found in the Sims 3 folder. Not sure if it will help, but I thought it'd stick it on just to be sure.

Cancel does the same thing, but I'll try the magic wand. 

Nobody can help me? Aw, if nobody replies in a month I'll head over to MtS2. Although, if nobody knows here, I doubt anyone will know there. 

Once every few times my sims go to a community lot, the game locks up. Basically, live mode (and occasionally build and buy)  becomes grey. The only thing I can do is leave the lot. Now, this has happened five times already in the course of two months.I have attached an error log of the latest one. 

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Arina: Yes I did. I installed it one night, and installed Nightlife, Pets, and Seasons the next. And with Pets, I installed Uni and NL first, then Pets and Seasons, after that I installed FT, and finally OFB (I hate BV).

Arina: I'm using the one with the broken uni. Anyway, Registry Editor is open, and uni isn't there. 

Arina: How do I do that? 

Liz: I just tried that with the game that won't recognize University. It went to patch Pets even though I had already done it. Then it tried to patch Seasons, but it told me to uninstall Seasons. Then the installer quit. :c

Liz: Hm, I guess I could try. But I want to see any other options first. c:
Simsample: Nope. I don't have any programs like that.

Edt: Whoops! Looks like I do have a program like that.

Edit2: DARN IT! Whenever I click the file to uninstall Pets, nothing happens. 

Liz: Another reinstall? Should I do everything or just Pets? I'm having a similar problem on another computer with University. Except it doesn't say that message. It's just that the option to add a University is faded like I don't have it. 

I'm on a different computer this time.

Specs (copied from EAsy Info):

Operating System Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition Service Pack 2 (Build 2600)
System Memory 2048.5
Processor Speed 2009.8
DirectX Version 9.0c
Display Device NVIDIA GeForce 6500
Display Memory 256.0
Display Driver 6.14.11.7516 
Sound Device SB Audigy Audio [9000] 
Sound Driver 2.09.00.0016

Anyway, I installed Pets, but the game says, 'You have uninstalled The Sims 2 Pets. If you continue, all pets will be removed from the neighborhood.' I also have uni, nl, ofb, seasons, ft, glamour stuff, h&m stuff, k&b stuff, and ikea stuff. 

I'm at another computer right now. And I'm getting my arrr'd disks back (Yay Newsrover!   ). But I'm having a problem on this computer too. The game doesn't recognize that I have Pets installed. It says, "You have uninstalled the Sims 2 Pets. If you continue, all pets will be removed from your neighborhood." But I checked the EA Games folder to look for Pets, and it was there. All I have is the CEP, and Insim.

Weabo? 

Liz: I tried that already 
Arina: Here