April 2022
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April 2022
@ChrisHasToeFur Have you ever had Sims 3 installed on this computer before, or have you ever installed any packs that are not currently installed? If so, you'd have needed to clean your computer's registry; not doing so can lead to a service initialization error.
If that doesn't apply, please move your entire Sims 3 folder out of Documents\Electronic Arts and onto your desktop and see whether you can play.
I'd also like to see a dxdiag on this computer. You can attach one to a post.
https://help.ea.com/en/help/pc/how-to-gather-dxdiag-information/
The Steam notification when verifying the game files may be nothing. I saw that every time I repaired when I was testing a while ago and had no trouble loading the game.
April 2022
@ChrisHasToeFur Have you ever had Sims 3 installed on this computer before, or have you ever installed any packs that are not currently installed? If so, you'd have needed to clean your computer's registry; not doing so can lead to a service initialization error.
If that doesn't apply, please move your entire Sims 3 folder out of Documents\Electronic Arts and onto your desktop and see whether you can play.
I'd also like to see a dxdiag on this computer. You can attach one to a post.
https://help.ea.com/en/help/pc/how-to-gather-dxdiag-information/
The Steam notification when verifying the game files may be nothing. I saw that every time I repaired when I was testing a while ago and had no trouble loading the game.
April 2022
April 2022
If i try to move the entire folder from EA > sims3 > to the desktop it readys Error is keeping you from copying the file, CASPartCache.package... interestingly it says date modified 1/19/2019.
April 2022
April 2022
@ChrisHasToeFur I'm glad to hear it worked. It sounds like you may have some old Sims 3 user data, perhaps synced from OneDrive—that would explain the 2019 date for the cache file.
By the way, you'll get much better in-game performance if you plug your monitors into your graphics card rather than the motherboard. This is a diagram I like to borrow from someone else:
A 1050 ti should have both DisplayPort and HDMI ports, so no need for any extra cables.
April 2022
Oh jeeze, that's embarrassing- you were totally right lol- Thank you, I just switched it over. XD Thanks again!
May 2022
Hi!
I'm having the same problem. It worked all right until i updated my pc to windows 11. I have it on steam (which says there are some files missing or whatever when i run dignostic), tried to move the folder like you said, tried to uninstall, CCleaner the register, install again and.. nothing. I even tried to manually see if something was wrong in the regedit files (even if i don't understand much of it, if I'm being honest..) and still nothing
I have attached the DxDiag.. some ideas?
May 2022
@MyosotisMauve If you use a third-party antivirus app, please disable it temporarily, just long enough to test. If you only use Windows Defender, please see whether Controlled Folder Access is enabled, and if so, disable it and test. This guide is for Windows 10 and Sims 4, but the settings should be the same.
https://crinrict.com/blog/2019/03/windows-10-defender-controlled-folder-access.html
In either case, if this works, it's easy enough to set exceptions—I'm not suggesting you go without virus protection. But it's important to find out whether this is in fact the issue.
Before trying to play, please repair the game in Steam (again), the verification of the local files it sounds like you already did. And when you say you tried to move the Sims 3 folder, did it actually move, or did you get an error or see the folder duplicate? If there's still a Sims 3 folder present, that's probably because of OneDrive, and at any rate that needs to be addressed.