Downloaded sim from the exchange is gliched

BloomofSparks

I downloaded Galadriel - Lady Of Lorien by SimAmelia1295 a few weeks a go and everything was working fine. But after reinstalling origin my sim lost all its CC . I'm trying to re download this very sim hoping ton fix the problem. But now I am getting this message there was an error while downloading content. Please see the log for more details. How do I fix this

phoebebebe13

Downloading sims from the exchange can be dangerous. Some CC is bad and can cause game issues. Some CC is not transferable. I have no idea if origin updates can now purge bad CC and can now detect a bad file.

Also the sims web purges files every few weeks. Its possible they purged that sim

@igazor are you playing the game with origin yet or are you still on patch 1.67?

BloomofSparks

but the download worked the first time

phoebebebe13

EA does updates all the time on the sims 3 web and origin updates also causes issues . I have a version of the game that does not require origin so I can't tell you if origin is the cause or they did something to the sims 3 web. I paged someone who might be able to help you further

BloomofSparks

thank you

igazor

Yes, I've been on 1.69 and all its Origin goodness since last July now. But I can't see what that has to do with Exchange downloads or CC. On the download error, I'm afraid all I can offer is that the Exchange is quirky just like downloading from the store can sometimes be except that with the Exchange there is no guarantee that what players put there will ever work. It's not like anything on offer there is tested. I stay away from it unless I recognize and trust the item's creator.

@BloomofSparks - Can you now successfully download anything from the Exchange or is it just that one sim that is causing problems? Are you certain that your live TS3 game folder (the one being used by the game, in Documents) is where you think it is? Try opening a game and doing a Save As with a goofy name. Does the funny named save end up in the Saves folder alongside the others in Saves where you expect it to be?

BloomofSparks

Ok first my apologies I have not bin feeling well this past week. First question yes I can download other things from the exchange, but I've had this problem with other downloads to in fact there are two from the same category (Galadriel). Both with the same error message. Two if I'm understanding you right you want me to play the Sims and save a game under a goofy name to see if my doc is working. Yes

igazor

BloomofSparks wrote: »

Ok first my apologies I have not bin feeling well this past week. First question yes I can download other things from the exchange, but I've had this problem with other downloads to in fact there are two from the same category (Galadriel). Both with the same error message. Two if I'm understanding you right you want me to play the Sims and save a game under a goofy name to see if my doc is working. Yes

Sorry, certainly hope you are feeling better.

Yes, that's more or less what I meant. Some players end up with two TS3 game folders, one in Documents where it should be and one unintended someplace else. So they end up downloading content of any kind or Launcher installing it to one folder then not finding it in their game because the it's the second folder that is loading. But if you can successfully download and install other things and find them in your game, then that can't be it.

I understand the download worked the first time, but there are no guarantees with the Exchange. You could just keep trying or maybe see if you can contact the creator if they are still active to see if their stuff is available from elsewhere, maybe. Sorry I couldn't be more help than that.

BloomofSparks

We have Liftoff by Switching to internet explorer and making it my default browser seems to have worked thank you both for all your help. I hope you both enjoy the rest of the day.

BloomofSparks

Ok new problem I got one of them in my download section of my downloader but it says its failing because my game and software is not up to date witch makes no sense

phoebebebe13

Your welcome and I'm not on the 1.69 patch. Not sure if the patch is your issue? @igazor any clue on this? Thanks

BloomofSparks

I actually tried to up date my game but it says its up to date.