Mod The Sims - Please Help! I Dont Kno What To Do :'(

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6th Sep 2010, 02:17 PM	Please Help! I Dont Kno What To Do :'( #1
Princess_07x Original Poster Test Subject Join Date: Apr 2010 Posts: 12	i uninstalled sims 3 and it wouldnt let me re-install it an error come up saying sims 3 cyclic redundancy check how annoying! at this point i was nearly crying but i read up about it and i downloaded it from EA Download Manager and it seems now to be installed but its in the folder C:\Program Files (x86)\Electronic Arts\The Sims 3 when i add a mod (package) folders the downloads dont show up so i put the mod and package folder in C:\My Documents\Electronic Arts\The Sims 3\Mods\Packages the downloads are showing up and it says could not find a valid directory to install to!

6th Sep 2010, 02:30 PM

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Sims 3 - Verify 1.12/AMB Mods folder and resource file
1. What is your gameversion? How_to_find_your_GameVersion
  
  Copy and paste the first line of the skuversion.txt from the following locations, for whichever games you have:
  C:\Program Files\Electronic Arts\The Sims 3\Game\Bin
  C:\Program Files\Electronic Arts\The Sims 3 World Adventures\Game\Bin
  C:\Program Files\Electronic Arts\The Sims 3 High End Loft Stuff\Game\Bin
  C:\Program Files\Electronic Arts\The Sims 3 Ambitions\Game\Bin
  
  Quote:
  
  BG: GameVersion =
  WA: GameVersion =
  HEL: GameVersion =
  AMB: GameVersion =
2. Take a screenshot of:
  - Documents\Electronic Arts\The Sims 3\
  - Documents\Electronic Arts\The Sims 3\Mods\
  - Documents\Electronic Arts\The Sims 3\Mods\Packages
  ... and attach them to a post on this thread? Click Go Advanced and then Manage Attachments.
  We have a guide on how to do this if you need assistance: Game_Help:Screenshots^wiki.
  
  Make sure you set your folder view to Details mode and expand out the Name and Type columns so they're fully readable.
3. Open your Documents\Electronic Arts\The Sims 3\Mods\resource.cfg file in Notepad and copy-paste its contents here.
4. Right-click on Resource.cfg and check Properties. Is the file name Resource.cfg or Resource.cfg.txt or something else?

Don't use the Helper Monkey. Just put them in My Documents\Electronic Art\The Sims 3\Mods\Packages - the "valid directory" error is due to using the Helper Monkey.

If you continue to have issues, please provide the above-asked-for information.

8th Sep 2010, 12:40 PM	#3
Princess_07x Original Poster Test Subject Join Date: Apr 2010 Posts: 12	What is your gameversion? patch 1.15.34.008017 English Windows (64-bit): \Program Files (x86)\Electronic Arts\The Sims 3\Game\Bin\ Screenshot (Below) Documents\Electronic Arts\The Sims 3\ http://tinypic.com/r/2h6wncn/7 Documents\Electronic Arts\The Sims 3\Mods\ http://tinypic.com/r/10zvg5k/7 Documents\Electronic Arts\The Sims 3\Mods\Packages http://tinypic.com/r/ resource.cfg file in Notepad Priority 501 DirectoryFiles Mods/Files/... autoupdate Priority 500 PackedFile Mods/Packages/.package Priority 499 PackedFile Mods/Test/.package Priority -50 PackedFile Mods/Probation/*.package

8th Sep 2010, 12:43 PM	#4
Princess_07x Original Poster Test Subject Join Date: Apr 2010 Posts: 12	thanks for replying still nothing works i dont have the the Helper Monkey i un-installed it

8th Sep 2010, 01:19 PM	#5
HystericalParoxysm Administrator Join Date: Tommorow Posts: 21,337 Thanks: 332077 in 215 Posts 46 Achievements View My Journal	The link to your last pic didn't show up so I can't see inside your Mods\Packages folder and there's no file extensions showing on the Resource.cfg, but the contents of the Resource.cfg are definitely wrong. Delete the one you have now and download this one: http://skuld.modthesims.info/Resource.cfg Make sure you turn on file extensions - it'll help a lot in installing custom content! Game Help:TS3 CC Basics^wiki

8th Sep 2010, 07:16 PM	#6
Princess_07x Original Poster Test Subject Join Date: Apr 2010 Posts: 12	http://tinypic.com/r/24w7dqc/7 ^ hopefully done it right this time

8th Sep 2010, 07:34 PM	#7
HystericalParoxysm Administrator Join Date: Tommorow Posts: 21,337 Thanks: 332077 in 215 Posts 46 Achievements View My Journal	That's the same pic as before - that's of My Documents\Electronic Arts\The Sims 3\Mods\ - the one you were missing was of Mods\Packages. Did you try removing your existing Resource.cfg and replacing it?

8th Sep 2010, 07:46 PM	#8
Princess_07x Original Poster Test Subject Join Date: Apr 2010 Posts: 12	must of posted the wrong pic lol but..its WORKING woohoo thankyou so much HystericalParoxysm for you help and time you've been great thankyou,thankyou,thankyou sorry im just so pleased!

8th Sep 2010, 08:02 PM	#9
HystericalParoxysm Administrator Join Date: Tommorow Posts: 21,337 Thanks: 332077 in 215 Posts 46 Achievements View My Journal	Yay, so glad you got it working! Have fun going on a download spree!

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