Are you running the latest version of Origin? The download manager should update itself the next time you start it while connected to the internet. Otherwise the latest version of that application can be downloaded from the following link:
Once the latest Origin client is installed and running, try updating via the launcher again.
If you are still unable to patch via the launcher, you can download and apply the latest standalone PC base game Super Patcher. To that end, you can check out the following sticky thread:
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same problem
fix it by using this sites patch
http://games.softpedia.com/get/Patch/The-Sims-3-Patch.shtml
Are you running the latest version of Origin? The download manager should update itself the next time you start it while connected to the internet. Otherwise the latest version of that application can be downloaded from the following link:
http://www.dm.origin.com/download
Once the latest Origin client is installed and running, try updating via the launcher again.
If you are still unable to patch via the launcher, you can download and apply the latest standalone PC base game Super Patcher. To that end, you can check out the following sticky thread:
http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/list/175477.page