Every time I try to install Ambitions (I have a digital copy, for the first time), I get a text box saying "please update your game from the launcher before you install Ambitions", or something like that, and then the whole installment process ends.
I have tried a number of times, I even reinstalled everything (I have all of them; sims 3, WA and the stuff pack), and the launcher still insists that the game is updatet.
Please, if anyone can tell me what to do, I would be very gratefull!
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What I would suggest in this case is to install the standalone base game patch or patches before installing the Ambitions expansion pack. To find out what version your base game is currently at, navigate to where the base game is installed. By default:
C:\Program Files\Electronic Arts\The Sims 3\Game\Bin
Now open the file named skuversion.txt but do not change anything in it. The SKU version should indicate the current version number of the base game. After you are done viewing, close the file without saving it. With that information in hand, you can check out the following thread for official EA download links for the manual incremental updates:
http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/list/188505.page
(Thanks goes to Sassy0984 for compiling the list!)
For the manual patches, please ensure you are downloading the correct version for your game region. To find out what region your game is using, refer back to the version number indicated by the skuversion.txt file. The last digit represents the game region. When choosing a patch to download, look for the corresponding region number in the file name.
When applying several standalone incremental patches to update the game, you must do so in the correct sequence. If your base game is at version 1.10.6 and wish to manually update to version 1.12.7, you must apply the 1.11.7 patch and then the 1.12.7 patch. The 1.12.7 patch installer will otherwise quit with an error message if the setup cannot find the correct core files added or updated by the previous incremental patches.
I have the same problem as nussse (except I don't have WA or the stuff pack) and I followed Nichaedemus's advice on installing the patches to update my game.
I couldn't find C:\Program Files\Electronic Arts\The Sims 3\Game\Bin (there was no folder labeled "game") but the version number was on the game launcher. I now have version 1.12.7 and Sims 3 Ambitions still won't install.
If anyone could help it would be really appreciated!
When ambitions tries to install all I get is a pop-up that says "This product requires an installed copy of the sims 3. Please install the sims 3 before installing this product."
I uninstalled and reinstalled the sims 3, updated it back to version 1.12.7 and I still get the same message. The game's location should be at it's default. I don't know why ambitions doesn't recognize I have the sims 3.
I have emailed tech support and if I get a reply that works, I'll tell you guys.
I hope you have better luck with the tech support anarth. I got the general reply telling me to manually uninstall the game (the in-depth erase-each-file-on-your-own method)and it still didn't work.
I'll definitely report back when I get this resolved. Good luck.
I'll start off my saying that my laptop was and has always been seriously messed up, both with hardware and software issues. One of which was the inability to recognize it's own files (like the sims 3) which is why I think it kept thinking it didn't exist.
bottom line, don't buy dell. seriously. this was my second laptop, the first had a french keyboard and was sent back. the second has literally a page and a half worth of glitches when it was brand-new out of the box.
anarth, as glad as I was to finally find someone else and get that feeling that I wasn't alone, I'm sorry to say this probably doesn't help you much. Unless you also have a dell laptop. In that case lets both yell at them.
iv all ready installed :
"The Sims 3"
"World Adventures"
"high end-loft stuff"
all store brought cds
suggestions?
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