Mwaha! I'm guessing that the save data was incompatible, I deleted save data and stuff during the reinstall and it works now. Not sure if the mod itself is working, I'll run tests for that later. But at least I can get into the game! Style points to Blue!

Yes, I know this... which is why I downloaded the one for the previous patch. Current patch = 1.12.70, requisite patch for AM = 1.11.7. Not the same.

Knowing ahead of time it wouldn't work with the current version, I did an uninstall and base reinstall, then went and fetched the right patch to bring it to 1.11.7. However, after doing that, it's giving me the error message. I know it won't work if I patch, but the game refuses to start if I don't patch. Attempting to run by bypassing the launcher doesn't work, I'm gonna try a reinstall and repatch and see if that changes anything. Grumble grumble... fucking TS3.

Okay. I recently downloaded AwesomeMod and proceeded to patch my game up to 1.11.7 by downloading the patch from the MTS site. However, when I replaced my custom content in the mods folder and cleared the caches, it gave me probably the most disturbing error message I've seen:

"Your The Sims 3 Base Game is incompatible with the current Sims 3 Expansion pack. Please update your game via the game launcher."

The reason this disturbs me is because I don't have any expansion packs, just the base game! Also, I know updating through the launcher would cause suckage due to patching the game to an incompatible state. Does anyone have any suggestions, besides just "read the FAQ" and/or "uninstall/reinstall"?

Edit: first post. Let the bashing begin.