Re: My bought Sims Store item won't download to my computer, please help!

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My bought Sims Store item won't download to my computer, please help!

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I bought some items from the Sims 3 Store and one worked fine, I was able to download it with no problems and it works on my game. But the other item won't even download to my launcher. I takes ages to come up and then only shows this message: "There was an error while downloading content. Please see the log for more details." (I have no idea what log this is either?) It recognises that it's been purchased but I'm finding it really annoying that I've paid for something I can't use. Please can anyone help me?

 

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What patch level are you at ?


To find out, start the launcher and hover over the little base game icon in the lower left corner. It should be 1.36. Base Game Patch level is important.

 

Have you tried downloading through the ingame store ?

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Hero

The log can be found in documents/electronicarts/thesims3 and is called Sims3LauncherLogFile.log

 

Is it the bigger sets that don't work ?

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Re: My bought Sims Store item won't download to my computer, please help!

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Ah right, I'll take a look and see what it comes up with. Thanks for that. Standard smile

 

No I haven't bought a set just a peice from the set. It's the Frosty Ice Cream Machine. Shame cos I was looking forward to having endless ice cream fun!

 

This is the message I'm being given from  the log:

 

2012/07/30|22:20:19|OFB-SIM3:50389|Store Download Failure. Download manifest server error.||||Build Version: 10.0.96.013001|Platform: PC|Locale: en_US|Content URL: http://store.thesims3.com|Web Services URL: http://igs.thesims3.com|

 

No idea what to do about it though. Confused

 

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It's happened to me a second time now with another item. Premium content stuff I've noticed.

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Hero

What patch level are you at ?


To find out, start the launcher and hover over the little base game icon in the lower left corner. It should be 1.36. Base Game Patch level is important.

 

Have you tried downloading through the ingame store ?

Good Luck
Crin

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Thanks for the tip I've just updated my base game which was at 1.26 before the update. My problem is solved! Everything downloaded absolutely fine, thank you ever so much for your help! 

 

Must remember to UPDATE MY GAMES! :D

 

Brill thanks again.

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Yeah, they found a way to make us update Wink

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Crin

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It looks like I'm going to have to update my game to get the two sets I bought from the store.

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How did you update your base game?
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Try downloading the patch manually here:

http://answers.ea.com/t5/The-Sims-3/FAQ-Patch-1-63/td-p/67858/

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Crin

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