In the line beneath the menu I get "Unable to locate Sims 3 install folder" instead of the version number.

This happens with all versions of Mod Updater including 1.13
I am still on game version 1.67 Origin and don't plan to change.

MU installed NRaas_ErrorTrap_P169_V100, after manual change to NRaas_ErrorTrap_P167_V100 my Sims are happy and MU is keeping that file.


My game path is "D:\Px86\Electronic Arts\The Sims 3\Game\Bin\TS3W.exe" on W7x64, multilingual: EN, DE.

I use Any Game Starter 3, and other teaks and tunes.

How exactly is MU trying to figure out the version number? Can I set a reg entry or a junction (hardlink) to point it in the right direction? Or is there a way to set the version number manually?

Thanks for your help and this wonderful program
ollinaie

Hi ollinaie,

To get the version number first the program has to find the Sims 3 installation folder.

So it looks in the registry for one of the following keys,
If you are on 64 bit windows (and I guess you are from the Px86 in path)
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Sims(Steam)\\The Sims 3
or
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Wow6432Node\\Sims\\The Sims 3

for 32 bit
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Sims(Steam)\\The Sims 3
or
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Sims\\The Sims 3

Thanks for your reply.

There is one of the three entries present:

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Sims\The Sims 3]
"Country"="US"
"SKU"=dword:00000001
"DisplayName"="The Sims\" 3"
"Install Dir"="D:\\Px86\\Electronic Arts\\The Sims 3"
"Locale"="en-US"
"Telemetry"=dword:00000000
"InstallStart"=dword:00000000
"ProductID"=dword:000003e9
"ExePath"="D:\\Px86\\Electronic Arts\\The Sims 3\\Game\\Bin\\TS3.exe"



CC Magic and Delphy's Sims 3 Dashboard tool can identify it:


Framework Info, generated by Sims 3 Dashboard v1.2.4168.35568
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OS: Microsoft Windows NT 6.1.7601 Service Pack 1
CPUs: 8

8 Sims 3 folders found:

Game: Sims 3
Version: 1.67.2.24001
Path: D:\Px86\Electronic Arts\The Sims 3
Framework: Yes (My Documents)
Framework debug: False / True
...

Game: Generations
Version: 8.0.152.11001
Path: D:\Px86\Electronic Arts\The Sims 3 Generations
Framework: Yes (My Documents)
Framework debug: True / True

Framework information:
Global framework: True
Installed: True
Path: D:\Users\ollinaie03\Documents\Electronic Arts\The Sims 3
Dumping contents of resource.cfg:
Scan "D:/Users/ollinaie03/Documents/Electronic Arts/The Sims 3/Mods/Cache/Config/"

Priority 500
PackedFile "Packages/*.package"
...

It may be that it was not determining if you are 32 or 64 bit correctly. I found a better method and I have updated the updater to v1.14. Please download this version and see if that resolves the issue.

Yes.
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