s3pe.exe crashing mono--even the earliest versions

tamalinn

Hi Team,

I followed @queueing's guide to using s3mpi and s3pe (http://tencentsims.tumblr.com/post/94131114859/tutorial-for-mac-users-how-to-use-sims-3), and it was super helpful in teaching me how to get dashboard and CUSTARD to run in Mavericks. But I still can't get s3pe to work. Every time I click File > New, mono crashes. I tried googling the problem, and it looks like only one other person ever had this issue, and managed to solve it by using an earlier version of s3pe. I've tried s3pe releases dating back to 2012, and it still crashes every time. Has anyone else had this problem? How did you solve it?

Thanks!

tamalinn

Okay, with a ton of googling, I managed to cobble together a solution. I'm guessing that no one else has been having the issues I've been, but just in case, I wanted to share how I fixed my Windows program issues so they'd work with Mono in Mavericks.

From @queueing's guide I learned that X11 isn't going to work with Mavericks; you need XQuartz. Open Terminal through XQuartz to run Mono.
http://tencentsims.tumblr.com/post/94131114859/tutorial-for-mac-users-how-to-use-sims-3

However, the version of Mono linked to from that post won't work with s3pe. To find the appropriate version of Mono AND s3pe, I followed this tutorial: http://fakehousesrealawesome.tumblr.com/tagged/guide

Finally, in order to figure out how to correctly use s3mi, I used a tutorial that instructed me on using Automator, necessary to correctly capitalize all sims3packs so that s3mi will recognize them:
http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/list/660438.page

That last tutorial doesn't tell you where to install the Change Extension script, which isn't something I knew. It goes here:
Mac HD >/System/Library/Automator/

BluebellFlora

Amazing @tamalinn so pleased you got it sorted I'm going to add it to the help thread.

tamalinn

Thanks! I feel very important now.

BluebellFlora

Lol

Tremayne4260

Woot! I'll have to try this!

Nicolettes

I've literally been sitting here for hours trying to figure this out, and your directions actually worked! Thanks for sharing!!!

queueing

Glad you figured this out! I'll link this thread to my tutorial. It all seems hit or miss sometimes. Thanks!

tamalinn

@queueing, your tutorial was invaluable! Thank you for your help!

queueing

@tamalinn Yes of course, I'm so happy to have been of help!

TrinketPixie

SOOOOO helpful omg!! life-saver xxx