#ts3 won't load

[rainbowyumy]

I need a little help over here on my Sims 3 game. It's been a while since I played the Sims 3 game (let alone installed mods and cc for it; I'm more of a Sims 2 and 4 gal), but I need technical help.

The short answer: My game won't load. In fact the launcher doesn't work.

Update: It does launch now, but thanks to the sims 3 setter, I found out the reason why it crashes. More on it from this post.

Okay now the long context. Before the mods and patches, I tried playing Sims 3 that "worked" before, but it kept crashing every time I went to CAS. So I searched online for tutorials and mods to fix that issue.

After some adjusting, I tried to play the game...only for the launcher to not load. There might be some conflict happening that is preventing the Sims 3 from launching but I don't know which mod is doing so.

Here are all the mods and methods I installed and the places I placed them in to see if anyone can recognize a mistake I made:

Mods placed in the Sims 3 Bin:

- Sims 3 Settings Setter (32 bits) including the wininwt.dll file (I could be missing the d3l9 file)

- Lazy Duchess' Shader replacer and shadow extender (no smooth patch as the setting setter already provides that)

Mods placed in the added mods folder with the overrides and package folders:

- Cowpatelcartel purple ui (including the bubble speech bubble default, and add-ons of these mods which some are included:

- Simsi45 Improved Shadows mod (dynamic), and improved EA lights

- Uranesia Lighting Mod (No green sunrise, brighter night, and brighter water)

- Cowpatelcartel silent time controls

- Game freak Karma Powers mod

- Lazy Duchess' catalog search, lot population (reduced), auto lights overhaul, and set hour cheat

- no intro mod

- HFO teeth defaults

- sim bouquet eye defaults and sliders

- Lyralei Snow default

- Wasset defaults (excluding snow)

- no build sparkles

- Noodle's Apple Cider Vinegar skin default

I also play all my sims games on a Lenovo laptop on Windows 11.

And I have the main Sims 3 BG on the EA app but got most of the packs from discs.

Any help or alternatives would be much appreciated. But for now, I'm sticking with the Sims 2.

[rainbowyumy]

Found out the reason why my game crashes during create-a-sim are due to the CAS using tons of memory before it overloads (thanks to the sims 3 setter). It overloads when there's more than one sim made.

If anyone knows any mods or fixes to limit memory from going overload in Create a Sim in the Sims 3, please let me know.

[cloudwalkersims]

sims 3 won't start? Try this

I keep seeing people saying their game won't start, well, try this:

If you have ever, at any time, installed a sim via the launcher, you need to delete the 'downloadedsims.index' file in the saved sims file.

And if you install a sim that way again, you'll need to do it again, each time.

In addition! ANY non .sim file that's in the saved sims folder MUST be deleted.