I guess this is the best place to ask. I tried solving this problem myself by looking up old threads, but none of them have seemed to help, or a lot of them didn't get answered. Since I got Seasons back in what, November I believe it came out, I have been having non-stop problems with my launcher. After installing Seasons, I bought some sets to go with the new items and stuff and went to download and install them. This is where the problem comes in. None of the sets and items stayed installed. It would download, I would click 'install' it would appear to install and I would go about playing my game. Then I realized that every time I closed and reopened the launcher, the sets I bought after installing Seasons would appear to not be installed. So basically, if I want to play and use the items in game, I would have to click on them, and re-install them each time before playing the game. But each time I did that, it would say the items were already installed, but that's not true. Had they already been installed, I would be able to play them in game without having to re-install them each time, which is what I have to do. I thought maybe it's a bad set, or a bad mod(which i have hardly any of). So I take out my entire sims 3 folder and start up the game so it can regenerate all the folders again and start downloading all my store items again. I need up taking a break because I get a new job and have tons of pages of store content stuff. I got back in yesterday and see everything okay, so far. I start downloading some more, i think everything is going okay, but then i go on it today, and it starts doing the same thing again where a few sets aren't staying 'installed'. One of them being the Lunar Lakes world which really makes me upset because I LOVE Lunar Lakes. So basically I have come to the conclusion where I have no idea what to do or why it's doing that because with the new sims 3 folder, there are no mods, no saved files or anything. I have only downloaded store items since making the new files, so I'm wondering if that's the reason why it's doing it? Bad store items? I have never had a problem with the sims game before installing Seasons and honestly, I'm wondering if I should just uninstall Seasons and hope everything goes back to normal. Has anyone ever had this problem? If so, how did you fix it because I would really like to know before I go and uninstall a game? >.<
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I have no solutions. I keep reinstalling to no avail.
I say this because for a few months now I have found that launcher says that I have content that is not installed. Then if I try to reinstall it, it says that the content is already installed. However, even if I don't reinstall the content when I load the game it is there.
Some content is installed, but other stuff is not. I install it, it says it installed, but it's not in the game.
This is store stuff, like Riverview, not third party content.
I brought up the console, chose to run without CC, and started a game. Exited out without saving immediately, then pulled up the launcher again. De-selected the option, but still had to re-install everything because it wasn't installed. Started a game, but the items weren't there.
I'm trying again, but installing a couple of items before I selecting the run without CC option. Maybe that will help? /sigh
https://help.ea.com/article/i-can-t-see-my-custom-content-items-in-game-for-the-sims-3
Maybe it will help one of you though.
My issue seems to be the stuff not installing at all. It says they are, but they aren't. If I exit out and pull up the console again, it says they still need to be installed. Gah.
I have been since I downloaded Seasons and all my premium content and any sets I've purchased since Seasons are missing even when I reinstall everything I'm at a loss as to what to do because every time I close the launcher I have to reinstall everything and it says everything is installed successfully but when I go into the game none of my premium content or recently purchased sets are there. I have no mods in my game and I have every expansion pack...I'm just stuck with what to try now
Any ideas?
Thanks Sara
Sorry for editing my comments frequently, in most cases I'm doing this due language issues (english isn't my native language, but I'm using english, because most used by people, with who I want to communicate).
It looks like a lot of stuff, but it's very simple. She just explains WHY stuff is happening, or why we need to do it a certain way. Chances are very good you have bad CC. Just because it worked before, even a day or so ago, does not mean it isn't bad now. It can conflict with an update or patch. So this will show you how to make sure it's not the games' fault.
Even if it doesn't help your issue, the info is good to have.
http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/list/634456.page
I have no idea what to do!!!
Before you do that, try Bronwin's method again. Make sure you follow every step. Uninstalling and reinstalling will take most of a day, so if you can avoid that, yay!
If it doesn't work, then you should do a full wipe. That said, go here on your computer:
(My) Documents\Electronic Arts\The Sims 3
Copy the Sims 3 folder and paste it on your desktop.
Make sure you have your game discs or have access to the reg keys. Then uninstall everything.
I would recommend installing The Sims 3 base game alone, then downloading one or two items from the Store(that you've already paid for). See if they show up in the game. Once that's done, install all the expansion packs. IF you're using Origin, make sure it's updated before you start downloading everything.
Before you add the saved file, make sure the store stuff gets added to the game. If your game installed fine, then chances are that you have bad custom content from another site.
When I went back into the game, the items were there & have stayed in the game.
I think the game duplicates the downloaded content once its been downloaded into the msi.bin or the nav.bin & so after you download the items they aren't really needed anymore.
After that whenever I bought something new, I just downloaded them to the new downloads folder & kept the old downloads folder on my desktop.
This has worked good for me so far.