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#1 Old 29th Apr 2025 at 11:02 PM

This user has the following games installed:

Sims 3, Late Night, Pets, Seasons
The Sims 3 launcher will launch the game but will not download/install .sims3packs!
Hi!

I am on a iMac with an M1 chip, 16 GB memory, running Sequoia 15.4.1 and have 782.52 GB space on my internal HD. I have the EA app for Mac installed and my Sims 3 game, and all expansion and stuff packs, they show up correctly in the EA app.
For the last month I have been successfully downloading .sims3packs and installing them into my game with no issues. My game runs smoothly and fast and the CC in the form of .sim3packs and .packages in the Mods folder all show up in the game until recently. Then random clothes started not showing up while I was in CAS. They would then reappear a different time I played.

Each time I play I remove:
The Sims 3/scriptCache.package
" /CASPartCache.package
The Sims 3/compositorCache.package
" /DCCache/missingdeps.idx (if it is there)
The Sims 3/SigsCache - there is no ifs.bin file and
The Sims 3/FeaturedItems

I also remove anything in the Downloads folder that had been installed successfully along with the nav.bin and wi.bin files in that folder each time I play. Other than that I can't think of anything I have done differently to make the Launcher quit working. I did buy Sunlit Tides from the store before this problem and it installed properly. I also have these 2 files in the Mods folder: StoreFix_Decrap_Fixes.package and StoreFix_Fixes.package.

I have uninstalled The Sims 3 through the EA launcher app 3 times, I have also uninstalled the EA app and reinstalled both multiple times with no change to the problem. When I click on download, in the Sims 3 Launcher, I am immediately redirected back to the start page of the EA app.

I also tried using AppCleaner to uninstall the Sims 3.
And lastly I opened the install location /Applications/EA Games/Sims3Launcher.app. ----I have NO IDEA what I'm looking at in there. !

Please Help! Thank you in advance.

I am now using an iMac 24 inch with an M1 chip
and playing The Sims 3 and The Sims 2 Super Collection. Just started playing again.
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#2 Old 23rd May 2025 at 7:14 PM
hi! i have the same problem
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