This one seems to be downloading faster, a friend of mine had an infinite wait time on the one posted before. I'm getting about 120kB/s, and my internet is generally really slow.

Downloaded the .rar, extracted it like I should. I go to install the game, and it tells me I need to update before I can proceed with the install.
After a few seconds of trying to update, the installer tells me that "Update of The Sims 3(tm) failed, Setup is unable to continue".

I have all EPs and SPs, pirated, and the original game legally.

Anyone know what the issue is?

(Also, my friend is having the exact same issue as I am.)

Nevermind, I didn't realize that the original game needed to be patched AGAIN.

Yes, I'd figured as much.
This type of thing is quite foreign to me. Is there any chance you could tell me how to do it correctly, or, since negativity is always more fun, what exactly it may have been that I was doing wrong?

Clearly, I'm retarded. I was making it way more complicated than it was. Forgive me, good sir.

After decrapping, I put the files in the launcher or whatever to install, but they just freeze when I try to install them. Help?

Edit: Lovely, I got it to stop freezing, but now it's back to the original "I'mma say I've installed this but actually not, kay?" Thing. 

All the Store Stuff on mine is missing after the install. The game runs fine, and anything non-store in a .dbc format shows up in-game, as well as .packages, etc. I uninstalled and now have TS3 and WA, but the Store stuff is still missing. :\

Is there a problem with it working with Loft Stuff? I installed it yesterday and copied my Mods folder and resource.cfg in there, but the Store stuff won't show up in-game at all.

You don't need any content installed, as it is all in the .dbc files. The content of the .sims3pack files will be replaced anyway, so just put the files into your DCCache folder.

I think the .cfg file is only supposed to go in the main folder of wherever you have your framework. At least, that's what I did.
It seems to have worked.

Sick, that was the problem. I think...

Everything is perfect now, besides having two Riverviews... Thank you guys so much for your help and patience! ♥

Hey, I don't have it in two places...
I'm guessing it was something missing from the torrent.

Would I be able to copy the file from my TS3 Bin to the WA one, or are they different?

Excuse me for sounding entirely stupid, but what does that mean?
sorrysorrysorrysorry

I tried all of that, and still only ended up with:



No loading, no sound. Nothing. I don't know how I'm messing this up as badly as I am...


Edit: Still no fix, but I've discovered that the game only loads after I remove resource.cfg. Without any content mind you, but it seems to be the only time the game will load...

Well, I am officially stupid. No matter what I do, I cannot get this to work.

With the base WA, I tried to put the .dbc files into the stated folder (C:\Documents and Settings\username\My Documents\Electronic Arts\The Sims 3\DCCache), but it didn't exist. So I created a new folder called DCCache and put them in there.

I also put them in C:\Program Files\Electronic Arts\The Sims 3\Mods\Packages\DCCache, as that is where I have AM and AMConf installed to. Resource.cfg is in there as well. I would have put them all in my WA Files, but the game would not start when I did so.

The game wouldn't run after all of these changes, stating that the Base and Expansion were not of compatible versions, so I updated to 2.3 and the game opened, but there are none of the wonderful store items inside.

I can't figure out what I've done wrong. I'm running an Arr'ed WA and a legal copy of TS3, if that makes any difference.

Is this patch causing anyone else huge pathfinding difficulties? Ever since I installed it, my Sims haven't been able to access anything outside of the room that they are currently in, unless they walk into the room of whatever they were going to access before the queue comes up.