January 2016
Hi there, I'm having some terrible issues with my Sims 3 Installations!
I am installing the games purely by discs which I bought and only installed Origin as it offered it.
Owned Discs:
Sims 3 Base
Ambitions
World Adventures
Fast Lane
Town Life
Outdoor stuffs
Design & High Tech stuffs
I installed the base game first and tested it and it worked great!
So I started to install the others in order and updated the Launcher when it asked each time
Now when I try to play the game it does not work at all. The Launcher opens fine when I open the last expansion .exe which was put onto my desktop, I press play on the launcher and nothing happened, nor does the bypass of game/bin/TS3W - nothing happens at all, its only after installing the expansions.
I've tried to see if updates are needed but it says Im fully up to date, so now I am clueless. Ive even tried changing the compatability on the properties.
I used Windows 10, its a brand new laptop
January 2016
What's your game version ? 1.69 or 1.67 ?
Could you post your Computer's DxDiag?
To gather a DxDiag on your computer, please follow the steps here: http://answers.ea.com/t5/The-Sims-3/HOW-TO-DxDiag-for-Sims-3-PC-Only/td-p/1049584/
You can attach the txt file to your post directly.
Good Luck
Crin
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January 2016
"nor does the bypass of game/bin/TS3W - nothing happens at all, its only after installing the expansions." (Sorry, I don't know how to quote xD)
If your launcher is an earlier version that 1.69, have you tried opening the TS3W file by clicking 'Run as Administrator'?