Actually, there is a fourth option.  Once .36 is downloaded, ignore error messages and proceed to play game with AM previous version without a problem as I did. 

Beta asked a perfectly sane question to which he received varying degrees of abuse.  Some of you are such smart alecks.

Thanks Motoki, yep guilty as charged - timid, especially as I have lost count of the number of times I have crashed and then installed and uninstalled this accursed game. The only mod I have is Awesomemod which I updated a few days ago.  Okay, just updated AM and game is loading so I am holding thumbs.  Thanks for all the help on here. 

Thanks Azureale.  I ran the version that Rubyelf suggested and can now successfully open my launcher but it comes up with an error message:

"It looks like you have installed an unofficial game modification that does not match your current version of the Sims 3.  We recommend that you either uninstall these game modifications or get updated versions of them - otherwise you may experience crashes or significant bugs.  Do you want to quit?"  

I notice that on page 1 of this thread, the patch is slightly different with a '6001' and '7001' at the end of both strings instead of '2' which is in the string which I ran.  Should I install the patch on the first page as well?

How would I uninstall a patch if it were necessary?

At this stage I am quitting until I get verification from someone that it is okay to continue.  

Thanks

Thank you Rubyelf. 

I have never manually downloaded a patch (always automatic EA patches), so at the risk of sounding DUMB, into which folder should I put this patch once downloaded. Anyone feel free to answer and go easy on the insults. Thank you.

   Happily playing my game last night with the latest Awesomemod, then this morning the launcher asks me if I want to update my game.  I STUPIDLY said okay and now I get an error message upon launching saying that the base game is incompatible with the latest version and I must update via the launcher.  Well, the launcher is borked - all greyed out and the version number is 0.0.0.0.  I only have WA.   I uninstalled the EADM it usually comes back up on rebooting asking you if you want to install, but nada. 

Any help will be appreciated.

Thanks Simius. I took the plunge and loaded AM latest and it loaded fine.  I only use it for game to CAS and back to game function and Slider and slider scale multipliers all of which are working for me. Whether it explodes in the neighbourhood remains to seen I'm guessing that I will doing a lot of downloading of various versions of AM as Pes works to make it compatible with all the issues I have been reading about on this board .

Thanks, so if that is the case and I am only patched to 2.7.7 and Awesomemod is now being configured for 4.0.87, then theoretically the latest Beta version of AM should not work?

I don't have Ambitions nor HELS loaded.  I want to use Awesomemod.  I know according to Pescado, there is only ONE Awesomemod, so can I use the latest version (still in testing) as I can't go back to previous versions due to my version being 2.7.7 now?

Thank you Pescado and Wizard Merlin.  Following your instructions, I am hoping to be up and running again.

Thank you Wizard Merlin.  I appreciate the civility and the help.

Thank you Wizard Merlin for your civil answer.  According to the launcher, my game is currently 2.5.12 so I am patched to WA which is all I have got.  I am not really understanding this incompatibility story as I don't have HELS.  I think my launcher is borked as it will not display anything except the Update page.   

Is there any way around this other than to reinstall both Base and WA and patch.  I know that launcher is a dirty word around here, so can anyone suggest what the sequence of patches is if I am to patch manually.

ThanksChilltown

The launcher says I have version 2.5.12 but it says I need to update game from 1.8.25 to 1.10.6, if that makes any sense.

I truly can't remember what version it was pre WA.

Think I am going to have to reinstall the two games again but not via the launcher.  Oh the pain of it because I am really not sure what to patch with from base game.

I am having the same problem as jtrazz.  I have legal versions of Base and WA but no other expansion pack and I play with the CD in.  I updated the patches via the launcher and then I hit the 1.8 to 1.10 problem where it tells me after downloading gazillions of megabytes of 1.10 patch that it is incompatible with the base game and please update via the launcher.  Well I fucking did that - twice.  So I took advice above and tried to launch via the .exe but still no joy - coming up with same incompatibility error.  

The EADM regenerated itself so I started process again - still no joy?  Very frustrated. Does anyone recommend uninstalling base and WA? Will that help?

Sorry, am I missing something?  Is there a version of awesomemod that I can pay for which doesn't expire? If so I would gladly give the bucks as this is a really painful process, especially as I was quite happy with the version I had.


Yes, I can read.  I see 1.10/2.5/3.10.  I am assuming I am patched to 2.3.33 currently but need to be patched to 2.5 and then 3.1?  Is that assumption correct.  Can I download these patches from the launcher?


Thank you, but why do I need to get them as they are provided or is it all in the manual?

2 questions:

I had a perfectly good, working version of awesomemod which I was required to update as I was told this version had expired.  Why is it necessary to put an expiry date on a version?   There appears to be a compatibility problem as I have taken out everything from my mods folder except the latest awesomemod and config file and my game is still not loading.

I have patched up to 2.3.33.  What further patches do I need to get AM working?

Thanks for any help.