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Can't download CC due to needing a software update?
ShimmeringBlood
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Hey guys! has anyone had this issue before??
My game was working perfectly until my computer got sent away for repair so it got completely wiped. When I re installed everything I re uploaded a back up from my memory stick, I could no longer install all my CC from the launcher. It says..
"Please make sure your game has the latest software updates and try again"
This has been an ongoing problem for months now! I haven't been able to solve it. All my games are up to date.. and as far as I can see, my computer is too. My Sims walk around with missing CC and hair with black faces because the skin is no longer installed.
Any ideas? I feel like I've tried everything but wondered if anyone else has issues.
My game was working perfectly until my computer got sent away for repair so it got completely wiped. When I re installed everything I re uploaded a back up from my memory stick, I could no longer install all my CC from the launcher. It says..
"Please make sure your game has the latest software updates and try again"
This has been an ongoing problem for months now! I haven't been able to solve it. All my games are up to date.. and as far as I can see, my computer is too. My Sims walk around with missing CC and hair with black faces because the skin is no longer installed.
Any ideas? I feel like I've tried everything but wondered if anyone else has issues.
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Regardless though, as a test if you pull your TS3 user game folder out of Documents for safekeeping thus forcing a new game folder to form in its place on the next startup, can you download and install one test CC item that has been giving you trouble on the new, no-content game folder?
Also, does any of this CC require an EP/SP, installed world, or store content item that is now also missing or not loading for whatever reason?
NRaas has moved!
Our new site is at http://nraas.net
The store update isn't available on this site any more. If you have 1.69, it's included through Origin.
If you need the 1.67 version, you may have the file you need in an old sims 3 contentpatch folder. If you installed the same way as before, then you just copy over that folder (or just the contentpatch.package file). Otherwise, there are also a few kind souls who shared their content patch on the internet.
http://simfileshare.net/download/462061/
If you need a steam version:
https:////mega.nz/#!z9BxzARD!rzzIiBZyOEhnXoYacZUzBg0Ce1FvP68Fzk995fQp4n0
Store Install
Unlocked Stencils
random legacy
According to my game it's on 1.69. Some downloads will install and some won't! it's very bizarre. I managed to get my stuff back so people aren't walking around topless any more lmao! (this is a really long story how I got it back!)
My new issue is now Save Error 12. I've been clutching onto this game so much and I finally fixed it and now another problem! why do we do this to ourselves? lol - I literally change 2 peoples outfits and I get the save error so I can't play much for more than 10-15 mins
I'm finding it hard to let it go because I have been playing this since 2013, I have so many legacy families so I never give up when there's issues and just keep trying to fix it.
Could be "bad CC" throwing things into a loop, or it could be an overpopulated town, sims carrying too much history and scrapbook memories, online features of the game getting in the way of performance, a world that is just too complex to play for any reason. We have a host of tips here as to how to improve the game's performance and reduce its calls for more resources than it can really use. Some are mod related, others are not.
http://www.nraas.net/community/TIPS-FOR-BETTER-GAME-PERFORMANCE
To help make things more measurable, what I usually do is check the game's RAM usage using Task Manager (in GBs, not %s) at the time it starts up and the game clock begins moving forward and then again pretty frequently throughout play. If your game save is trying to level off at somewhere way above 3 GB, or not leveling off on RAM usage at all, then something bad is likely to happen before too long.
NRaas has moved!
Our new site is at http://nraas.net
I've tried to play and it's literally just unplayable at the moment. *sigh* It is a 64 bit computer too (I have a gaming computer) I'm wondering if I'm going to have to move them all to a smaller neighborhood. If so, I've got my work cut out for me moving all their houses etc and putting their family tree connections back.
Thanks for replying to me.
On that note, do the suggestions on the NRaas page about better game performance help? Once you have an idea of how much memory your save is using right now, with no interventions, it should be easy enough to see whether these tips are helping. Just put TS3 in windowed mode and then bring up the Task Manager. The game's RAM use is easy enough to spot. (If it's showing in percentages, right-click on the column header to change it to absolute values.)
You might find that a few adjustments, perhaps the ones that NRaas mods enable, make this save playable again. Or there might be nothing you can do, especially if you're currently playing in a world that's too large or too broken. But if you're invested in this particular save in this particular world, maybe it's worth it to you to investigate a bit.
P.S. If you do need to move the sims to a new world, NRaas Porter makes that a lot easier. Sims packed together will retain their relationships to each other, as will extended family if the remains of the ancestors in the shared family tree come along for the ride.
https://www.nraas.net/community/Porter-FAQ
Before my computer got repaired I had error 13. If I played for 3 hours or longer I wasn't able to save, I could cope with that though because that's more than enough game play for me in the day. I'm not exactly 13 any more with lots of hours to play lol
but since I re installed everything and tried playing again, it's 12 and I can't even get 15-20 minutes never mind 3 hours.
I will have a look definitely. When I've been playing I've just been looking at percentage and it's been like 50% ram used and after being in cas it's hitting like 67% onwards! ouch
I definitely want to save it. These families I've been playing since 2013, so their family tree is amazing as you can probably imagine!
Nraas porter I've used a few times, the families were in sunset valley to begin with, then island paradise and then sunlit tides. (All done over the course of the years) I'm very invested in them lmao!
I tried to save their houses and families into the library to just suck it up and move them to a new neighborhood (I love the one they're in!
Would that be the one made by Jacks Creations by any chance?
Okay actually I'm totally and completely nuts LOL