Sims 3 Mac Unknown Error Occurred
Gema Shisila
Which Mac do you have exactly? Click on the Apple icon in the top left corner of your desktop and select About This Mac. Please provide the following information:
- Operating System (Version)
- Mac model
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- Are you running any antivirus?
- Do you have Time Machine/Spotify/Dropbox or similar running?
- Are you patched up to date? You should be on patch level 1.67
When I try to launch the Sims 3 I get an "Unknown Error Occurred" every time. I have EPs but I did a clean erase of all games and only re-downloaded the base game to see if that would help but it didn't. Any help you can give me I will gladly take, I've been trying for months to find a solution and gave up for awhile, but I miss TS3 so I'll do anything.
(Edit: I looked at your page and followed the instructions for a link you posted to bypass the launcher [I had tried this in the past but that was before I patched up to date] and this helped. I made it as far as the plumbob with a blue background (the plumbob wasn't spinning) until I got a new message.
I think your problem is related to Sierra as the game hasn't been updated since January 2014 when OS X 10.9 Mavericks was the current operating system. The game has caused a lot of issues for Simmers running El Capitan and Sierra. Can you set up a new user account on your Mac and try and play in that?
I was having the same problem with opening TS3 and another admin account did solve the problem but I wanted to find out if you had any solution for getting it to run on my main admin account without me needing to log out of my main account just to play TS3.
Not really because the issue can be caused by so many things. If it works in a second account on your Mac that normally means that something in your primary account is interfering/conflicting with the game. You could try the workaround here if this is applicable to you - -Sims-Mac/CURRENT-ISSUE-Unknown-Error-issue-in-Sims-3-in-El-Capitan-Sier...
at first the base game wouldn't work and I kept getting the unknown error message, I followed the instructions to completely remove everything then re-downloaded and installed and I was able to get into the game.
I then tried to re-install all the expansion packs starting with world adventures and now it's stuck in a loop, you need to update this software, yes then it downloads gives up 3 qtrs along then the message comes up again, you need to install updates.
I haven't had any luck figuring this one out yet. Just got a new PC from our IT dept with a fresh install of 2019 and it won't run verify. Every time I try to start it i get "unknown error" my co workers PC which is supposed to be a cone of mine works fine. Mastercam re-seller tech support hasn't been able to figure it out either. Any suggestions??? TIA
i am having the same exact issue and its frustrating me. my late night game used to work but now that one is saying unknown error as well as ambitions. the other games I have work fine. I have tried absolutely everything, even restoring my computer to factory settings and still the same thing is happening. I am going to ask for my money back since I can't even play it if this issue is not resolved.
I recently got a MacBook Pro and I installed Sims 3 base game on Origin, along with generations, supernatural, university life, Pets and seasons and they all work fine. But I also got Late Night and when it was installed I tried to open the launcher and a message popped up saying Unknown Error and it quit the game. I have tried uninstalling and reinsatlling so many times but it hasn't worked. Is there anything I'm doing wrong?
I am also having the exact same problem with just those two packs and nothing else; something must have happened in the last 6 months because I was able to download and install working copies of these same games 6 months ago. I think that EA (like always), must have updated something in the Origin downloaded that is causing this because the only difference between now when it doesn't work and in April, when it did, is that they updated the Origin launcher. But exactly the same LN and Ambitions can be uninstalled but do not show up in folder. Have done clean install several times and it still happens. I've attached a screenshot showing my sims 3 folder with no Late Night and the uninstaller folder showing Late Night.
I recently reinstalled the Sims 3 on my computer and every time I go to open the game, a message saying "Unknown error occurred" pops up and it won't let me play. Has anyone had this problem before and fixed it? I've played the Sims 3 on my Mac before without any trouble so this issue is new to me.
Hello, I have been experiencing the same issue you have for days for the same exact game so I can understand how frustrated you are. Luckily, I just found the solution. Bear with me, it might be kind of confusing but i'm going to try and explain this to you as easy as possible. Go to Applications > Sims 3> right click on Sims 3 and hit show package contents. Within Show package contents, Go to contents> Resources> Add ons. All of your installed expansion packs should show, even the ones not working. Right click under the ones not working for you (So late night or ambitions) Within THAT folder, I want you to right click on Late night/ambitions and again right click and go to Show Package Contents. This time, I want you to go to Content> Resources> Transgaming. Inside Transgaming, open Program Files> Electronic Arts> and within that should be folders for your expansion packs. Copy the WHOLE FOLDER of the game that isn't working (Late Night/Ambitions)
With your copied folder, go back to Applications> Sims 3> Show package contents> Resources> Add ons. Normally, when your launcher opens, its an icon of one of your expansion packs. For me, that is Island Paradise. So, I right clicked on Island Paradise>Show Package contents>Content?Resources>Transgaming>Program Files> Electronic Arts> and you will find yourself at the folders with expansion packs. Notice how Late Night/Ambitions is not there? PASTE the folder you copied into there. Once both Late Night and Ambitions is working, try relaunching the launcher and you should be good to go! I hope I helped!
Here is a small script I quickly put together that will delete all directories named remotes both in the global Swift Package Manager cache and in the derived data repositories directory of your project.
If you save the code in a file named fix-spm-cache.sh, then you can do chmod +x fix-spm-cache.sh to make the file executable. Afterwards, just run the script with the project name, like ./fix-spm-cache.sh myproject, when you encounter the error in Xcode.
You can keep Xcode open while running the script. Once the script finishes executing, try resolving or updating your packages again. It should work, and it should be relatively fast since we are not deleting the whole cache.
This should resolve both the error mentioned in this topic, as well as the infamous SwiftPM.SPMRepositoryError error 5 that happens in Xcode 13, which is probably the same error, just with a different message.
Using ssh we are getting a hanging ref to remote/origin/main in our caches and derived data. When using https this is not the case. This makes sense as the only dep in our project using ssh are our internal deps.
UPDATE: 10 days later and it seems this was the issue all along. However even after changing the references it took a full DerivedData/SPM cache/Package.resolved wipe before Xcode no longer had any references to the git@ repos. I've filed a feedback with Apple for this bug.
After having this problem in XCode and AppCode, which does not have a "Reset Package Cache" button and takes forever re-indexing the whole iOS Framework when you delete the DerivedData folder, i tried to minimize the folders i needed to delete.
That's all it takes - at least for me. I guess you need to repeat the steps for every library project that's failing for you.And the best thing: I never need to do this again, no matter how many times i switch branches or dependency versions :)
I am not sure why reason Xcode's initial fetch succeeds and its subsequent fetches fail - neither does Xcode: "unknown error". It would be good to figure out, what the cause is. Some setup on my machine seems to be wrong, as my colleagues don't have this problem. Unfortunately, I could not figure it out.
So I ended up building this workaround, that just does what, that Xcode does not do: fetching the repos, that usually fail. It does so by going into the DerivedData folder and fetching either all or the specified repos. Xcode will then be able to resolve the packages.
My phone prompted me to do an urgent update yesterday morning, and since then it has developed some major problems. The biggest issue is that it thinks there is no SIM card inserted, so I can't make calls/send texts/use mobile data.
However, there also appears to be bugs elsewhere - for example, if I try to check for new software updates in Settings', it does nothing for about 10 seconds and then says "An unknown error has occurred. If this problem persists, restart the device". Under 'Last Update', it's greyed out and says "There's no information about this update" - so I don't even know what was changed. I also keep getting sporadic and different warnings when using e.g. Facebook messenger.
Thanks everyone for the suggestions. I eventually solved this without needing to resort to factory resetting - I downloaded Smart Switch and when I connected my phone, it prompted me to do another software update. It took three hours to download and install, but I now have phone signal again! I guess something went wrong during the previous update and a fresh installation has helped.
The smart switch method was a life saver! Got into a similar situation of flight mode stuck between on and off states and no cellular connectivity. Upgrading the phone through smart switch did the trick. Thanks for this suggestion.
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