

Works fine, game saves fine, my Twallan mods work fine. Then from the installation setup I would just click the respective folder for the game and it would install its files there. So one folder called The Sims 3 (this was for the basegame), another called The Sims 3 Ambitions, another called The Sims 3 Late Night, etc. I went into my E drive, made a folder called Electronic Arts (I don't think you need to, I just did it to make things neater), then I created a folder in that one for each game. Installation is pretty much the same, but when it gets to asking me where I want to install it I choose the manual option. Thank you for your time, very much.I have it installed on my E drive, though the saves and CC are all on my C drive. I will attempt this clean install and update my question as to whether it works or not. They also said last night, "no one can help you" and that really set me off :( Others are playing Sims 3 with 8.1 so I am unsure as to what the exact issue Zombies also does not work.ĮA provided me with a few troubleshooting possibilities, then concluded it was a compatibility issue.

One game, Dead Space, it works just fine.

I am able to download everything, but getting it to launch and work is the issue. I am unsure how to do that? The only way to download it is by opening the Origin client, which then downloads it from there. It's when I go to play it, that it has issues. Let us know if you have any other issues with Windows in future. Note: Follow How to reset the computer to start as usual after troubleshooting with clean boot from article KB929135 to reset the computer to normal mode. Is causing the problem by performing a clean boot. You may also troubleshoot or determine what conflict Once the program is uninstalled completely, I would suggest you to download and install the program in clean boot.Įliminate software conflicts that occur when you install a program or an update or when you run a program in Windows. Using this fixit so that if there is any traces of the program will get uninstalled completely.įix problems that programs cannot be installed or uninstalled So first I would suggest you to uninstall the game completely According to Microsoft compatibility center SIMS3 game is compatible with Windows 8.1. There could be several reasons like EA Download Manager corrupted or some third party program causing the issue. Are you able to install all the other programs? What happens when you try to download SIMS3 using Internet Explorer?Ĥ.

Which version of SIMS3 are you trying to install?ģ. What is the exact and complete error message you get when you try to download SIMS3?Ģ.
