I get a message when I try to install Generations (direct download) saying that I need to update my version of the game using the Sims launcher. My game is fully patched thanks to the patching tool found here on MTS. Also, my launcher says that my game is fully up to date. When I go over to the Sims 3 official site, it does not list a new patch -- the latest seems to be February.

Any advice? Thank you in advance.

Check again. I found a patch that just went up today. It's supposed to patch your base game to 1.2. The downloader doesn't seem to want to find it for me. It keeps saying that I have all the updates. I guess they're trying to play catch up right now?

http://www.thesims3.com/game/patches

Same thing happens to me, SecretSim... direct download, need to update my game version using the launcher, but launcher says there is no update... The official site SHOWS a patch, but the laucher doesn't recognize it. Why EA can't put DOWNLOADABLE links on their patch news pages is beyond me. I guess that would be TOO easy.

Their forum is down too. Guess they're getting slammed. :/

http://www.simprograms.com/30535/th...me-update-1-22/

Will it work if I have the EA download manager versions and not the disk versions? And thanks. :D

I have the digital download.... and just installed the patch from SimPrograms that TickleontheTum found on the EA servers... things *seem* ok. I am about to start my game and do some test playing.

As far as I can tell, yes.

It worked! Thanks so much! :D

Thanks, twallan! I came over here to post the same question and the answer was already here.

Hi all I am so glad to find this post, but I still have an issue it won't allow me to install the update period, when I go to sims 3 website and click to install update I am taken to another page where there is no link to download, I also tried Twallans route but still nothing what am I doing wrong, Please help me.

mslele40 - What do you mean "still nothing"? There's links to download the patch there and I'm sure they work for others as I pointed someone at the same link and it's working fine.

I installed the patch and then was able to install Generations. I added it to my DEP list as well and rebooted. Now the game freezes about 3 minutes into the game then a Windows error pops up saying the game needs to close. I have no mods, no CC aside from store-bought content.

Here's the message: "Sims 3 has stopped working. A problem caused the program to stop working correctly. Windows will notify you if a solution is found."

Sorry had to go back to look at it but I got it and it's now up and running, I want to thank you guys sincerely, it's ashamed that EA can never help their customers as much as you guys can through every expansion and game it's always you guys that come through with the fixes and work arounds that we need, just so that we don't spend days being frustrated and flustered, just because we just spent 40 bucks on an expansion that doesn't work like it's supposed to, I honestly don't know what we would do without you guys, again thanks for the assistance that you have supplied.

I have the base game, WA, LN, AMB, and HELS. What patch would I need to download?

You have to download the one under cumulative.

Ok have a question and it might be dumb but when download do i download to the where my sims is installed or somewhere else? I'm thinking to where the sims is installed but I don't want to make a mistake help plz! :D

Installed the patch but it says 6.2.4 on my game version. Is that normal?

Also, I uninstalled and reinstalled and that didn't work.

It should be a .exe file you are downloading. Just open that file and it will install to your game. Once it's installed, you can delete the .exe file

Thanks for the patch link in this thread. The cumulative patch solved my problem, and let Generations install. Yay for you guys!!

I dowloaded the "cumulative" file update and this is the error message I got when I tried to install it:
http://imageshack.us/photo/my-image...ormessage2.jpg/ I'm at a loss. Can anyone proffer any assistance?

EDITED: Nevermind. I figured it out.

Oh, so if we're installing all of our Sims games all over again, we just need to use that one patch and not the gazillion expansion/stuff pack-specific others? If that's true, then that's awesome!

@Twallan Thanks a lot! Can finally install TS3Gen Yay!