Weblog of Ramon van Belzen, webdesigner, programmer, chemical analyst and statician
If you – like me – would like to run The Sims 3 on Windows 8, you will notice it won`t start.
This is easily fixed by applying the latest official patch to the game, which is TS3_1.42.130.0190xx_update.exe and can be downloaded by clicking the link.
After appplying this patch The Sims 3 will start!
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Well, I already have this update and my game still would not run. First, when it run the graphic was awful saying that it can;t find my hardware device and my graphic card. Now it just won’t start from the launcher. I click the play button and nothing happens…
have you installed the right video card drivers?
Try Compatibility Mode.
1)Find the icon, right click on it. Select properties.
2) Choose compatibility tab.
3) check the box allowing compatibility mode to run.
4) Either troubleshoot for compatibility. I’ve heard Windows 7 runs it well,
Good luck~
I have tried and Compatibility Mode didn`t work for me.
Hi, I tried the update and also tried changing the compatibility, but it still won’t launch. I can get as far as the launcher, but then it will not play. Is there anything else I can try? Thanks! :)
hello I need some help I brought a new laptop on windows 8 it wont install my sims 3 game I was told in the shop to download a patch. because it says error I/o and cyclic redundancy check can some one please help me.
do you have this IO error when installing from DVD?
I have a new laptop with windows 8 64 bit.
I bought the sims 3 and tried to install it, and it would not run. Nothing happened when I inserted the disc.
I downloaded the patch but when the patch said I must have a version of the Sims 3 installed to use the patch.
Can you help?
Thanks
have you installed the game?
No, I cannot install it because when I insert the disc nothing happens.
I have this very same problem. it is doing my nutt in and i do not wish to re buy the games again.
The game will not load to even begin installing, the patch here says it needs the game installed….. catch 22!
this patch only works after installation
Thank you so very much!!! Can t even say if it´s playing – to install all add ons it needs one evening :-) But as I am getting my new windows 8 laptop ready, I tried it with SIMS, and it wouldnt even open – saying: launcher is defect. So I couldnt even update it. But after installing your above named file it worked ! So – tomorrow I will know if it plays – if not, I am coming back here and scream for help *g* Laptop has such a good graphic card with own 2 GB own memory, and 8 GB RAM, so I am looking so much forward to play SIMS (old laptop was pretty lame). Thanks again!
Oh my gosh! For Christmas I had gotten a new laptop with Windows 8 and when I insert the Sims 3 in the slot and install it whenever it’s done installing it says it cannot install it so I’m trying the update link and I hope it works! :)
this patch only works after installation
I bought a windows 8 laptop 2 days ago and got around to installing the sims 3. I have the same problem in in terms of it installs but wont run. I am downloading the patch but what do I do to apply the patch?
you have to install The Sims 3 first
30 minutes to open!! :O This better work.. :\
It says I need to install Sims 3 first… HOW?
you don`t have the sims installed?
I have no clue how to install the sims 3 on my windows 8 computer!!!!! (64 bits) So yesterday I just got my ASUS windows 8 laptop and for some strange reason when I popped in the sims 3 disc the little install link wouldn’t pop up like it did on my old windows 7 computer!!!! Help plz!!!!!!
have you Opened “My Computer” and ran the setup from the DVD from there?
you don`t own the sims 3?
Thanks.
I also had this issue. The article was a great help.
Latest patch is at : http://akamai.cdn.ea.com/eadownloads/u/f/sims/sims3/patches/TS3_1.50.56.0210xx_update.exe
Source for that link : http://answers.ea.com/t5/The-Sims-3/Invalid-File-Issue-with-Patch-1-50-READ-THIS-POST-HERE-if-you/m-p/535082#U535082
props for your fix
opening in 12 minutes?? hurry up :’(
don`t you mean downloading?
it finally finished and then i cant even install it since i have a newer patch then this one and i dont know how to uninstall patches!!
if you are running a newer patch, this solution won`t fix it in your situation
Hi,
I could install the game + the showtime expansion pack. As I open the game, it runs pretty slow… Also, after a city has load, everything is gray!
this issue has nothing to do with the solution described here
I recommend you to update your videocard drivers
Hi!
I´ve bought a brand new HP with Windows 8, Im trying to install Sims 3´s startCD but it doesn´t work.
I can see the “installationstaple” but after 10 hours it had not even reached the halfway. Surely it can not take more than a day to install? I just want to play now! Grateful for answers.
have you tried running the setup in Compatibility Mode?
go to dep compatibility then recomended settings then test it an it will work,dont try then to go on the desktop an click on the icon because it wont work
you can use dep mode on the shortcut too
I got, “The Install Version of the Application could not be determined. The setup will now terminate.” I have Windows 8 and I just downloaded The Sims 3 off of an Amazon download onto a brand new computer. :( whats wrong with it!!
its most likely that your download is corrupt
OK, so, I have no problems running install. BUT, I do have a problem logging into my Sims3 account. I have windows 8, new laptop. Sims3 runs fine, but cannot login and download content that I have purchased in the past, (i.e., worlds, clothing, home improvement stuff), on the exchange nor in the store.
I have nothing that blocks access to the site, same software setup as my desktop PC, only difference is OS running. HELP?
are you running a firewall which blocks the sims from communication?
Okay so ive got a windows 8 laptop and im sims mad do I even bother getting sims 3? ive heard that it doesn’t work?
the Sims 3 does work under Windows 8
will I have loads of problems with it?
no Windows related errors
I bought the new HP with Windows 8 and downloaded all my sims 3 games and expansions just fine but when I go into the game and I’m in the town everything is black except some of the lots. It did say something after I downloaded the game but I accidentally clicked it to fast to read what it was.
have you updated your videocard drivers?
Ramoonus, thanks for replying.
I have turned off my firewall for gameplay and turn back on when done playing. Recently, though, I found that I cannot rotate my world with the mouse wheel. Very frustrating.
That`s strange
currently I don`t have a solution to that problem
Heb de sims 3 en diverse uitbreidingen geïnstalleerd en het spel wil inderdaad niet openen. Nu heb ik de patch hier gedownload, maar die zegt dat deze versie al geïnstalleerd is en dat eerdere versies eerst verwijderd moeten worden.. Nu snap ik er officieel niets meer van.
then I don`t have a solution to your problem
I have downloaded the sims 3 on my windows 8 pc, downloaded the patch all of which has taken over 24 hours and it still wont run….is there something im missing?
then I don`t have a solution to your problem
Heyy :)) Could someone tell me how to run an unauthorized disc of sims 3 in windows 8 ? :(( I’ve been so desperate trying to know thattt :(
you mean an illegal version?
i have had my windows 8 laptop for a while and my game and it has always worked until this morning now everytime i click on the button to open the launcher it starts loading then stops without doing or saying anything
do you have the upgrade installed, as recommended in the patch?
Here is my problem. I’ve had the sims on my computer for nearly a year, and its been working fine with windows 8 until this most recent patch, everything is updated and graphics card is compatible. When i start it up it’ll start but minimize itself(i have nothing running to interrupt it). I got through the tiring intro credits and video to the character selection/new game screen and it looks perfect but my towns and options do not show up. I’ve reinstalled the base and all the expansions, and I’ve tried the compatibility mode with Service 3(nothing happens).
I fixed my former issue now menu disappears after moving a sim in.
yeah
Hey I’ve installed the sims 3 on my windows 8 laptop.But it takes 7minutes to open the game.:(
And also, how about cheat? Bcause I tried to use cheat on my windows 8 and it doesnt work, is there anyone who can tell me how to use it? Cause I’m really dissapointed and start to think to change my OS back to windows 7.
it`s not normal that it takes 7 minutes to open the game
OMG thank you so much it worked!!! Yay
You`re welcome
I was thinking of buying the sims 3 I have 6.00 gb and 64 bit something haha and I was wondering if I could download the sims on this? As ive been told I need a really good laptop to do this
the most important part is your videocard