Install Order on Sims 3

[Tina ☺]

This was originally posted by jillyson, in the previous combined forum with TS2, but I thought I would separate the two and post this here:

You probably all already have this written down, and it's probably in several threads already, but since I'm doing a re-install, I wanted to have this in a handy place where I won't lose it!

I got these directly from the EA questions page.

Sims 3:
If you have experienced an issue that requires you to reinstall your copy of The Sims 3 and expansions, please be sure that you install your games in the following order to assure proper patching.

The Sims 3
The Sims 3: World Adventures
The Sims 3: High-End Loft Stuff
The Sims 3: Ambitions
The Sims 3: Fast Lane Stuff
The Sims 3: Late Night
The Sims 3: Outdoor Living Stuff
If game expansions are installed in this order, any patching related compatibility issues should be avoided.

[Aussie Karima]

Thank you Jilly for this thread, & thanks for putting it back up Tina,now I have Windows 7 installed, I am just about done re-installing everything,next the Sims!Wish me luck!LOL! ;D

[Tina ☺]

Good luck!!! LOL.... I just finished reinstalling ALL my TS2 games and it was . . . . FUN! NOT! Phew... lots of work, I tell you!

I have all my TS3 games in now, except for Outdoor Living Stuff, but I haven't even begun to try to get all my cc back in yet... especially the store stuff I got from MATY. I'm not even sure how that even works since the new EPs.

[jillyson]

I know many would like that question answered, so if you figure it out, please share!

[Tina ☺]

Oh... I will! Soon, I am going to try it and see what, if anything, works. I even browsed that thread at MATY to see if anyone posted anything about it working differently now, etc, but I saw nothing. I LOVE that site for info about the game and decent hacks, etc, but I am not about to 'throw myself to the sharks' by asking a question there that may have already been answered in a thread I just didn't happen to find!