kookiekween99
13th Apr 2012, 12:05 AM
I stopped playing Sims 3 when the fall semester started because college and job-holding are time consuming. Sometime in the interim between then and now, I upgraded my computer from Windows Vista to Windows 7 because Vista is crap. In the process, I lost my Sims 3 installation and never bothered to reinstall because of lack of time. Now I am on spring break and I wish to reinstall Sims 3 and all the expansion packs.
So far, I have installed base game. I know about the issues with going directly to 1.3x, so I decided to follow MTS's advice and use the super patch to go from retail to 1.29, then incremental from 1.29 to 1.31 and 1.31 to 1.33. I downloaded those three files using the links provided in the wiki. I double clicked on the super patch, and I got this error:
>SetupNew\setup.cpp (140)
PAPP:
PVENDOR:
PGUID:
$
@Windows Vista Service Pack 1 (7601)
IE Version: 9.0.8112.16421
I tried googling, but didn't find a whole lot of useful information. Does anyone recognize this error or, better yet, know some sort of workaround?
Side note: Should I patch to current then install EPs, or install EPs then patch to current?
EDIT: Wow, I'm an idiot. I just now noticed that my TS3_1.29.55.0140xx_update.exe was a partial download that IE thought it would be fun to drop. The file size is only 33.4 MB - much smaller than the 862 MB the wiki promised. Redownloading and leaving my message for posterity.
So far, I have installed base game. I know about the issues with going directly to 1.3x, so I decided to follow MTS's advice and use the super patch to go from retail to 1.29, then incremental from 1.29 to 1.31 and 1.31 to 1.33. I downloaded those three files using the links provided in the wiki. I double clicked on the super patch, and I got this error:
>SetupNew\setup.cpp (140)
PAPP:
PVENDOR:
PGUID:
$
@Windows Vista Service Pack 1 (7601)
IE Version: 9.0.8112.16421
I tried googling, but didn't find a whole lot of useful information. Does anyone recognize this error or, better yet, know some sort of workaround?
Side note: Should I patch to current then install EPs, or install EPs then patch to current?
EDIT: Wow, I'm an idiot. I just now noticed that my TS3_1.29.55.0140xx_update.exe was a partial download that IE thought it would be fun to drop. The file size is only 33.4 MB - much smaller than the 862 MB the wiki promised. Redownloading and leaving my message for posterity.