#installation help

Hi nonny, congrats on finishing your Sims 3 collection :) Unfortunately, the more packs you have installed, the laggier the game gets... I assume you want to install LazyDuchess's smooth patch for better performance? It goes into the installation folder where your game executable, TS3W.exe, is located. If you have a shortcut to The Sims 3 on your desktop, you could check the properties of the shortcut to see where the original path is located. It is usually something like

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Hello Hello!!! Recently I’ve helped some non-coding peeps set up skins they may have purchased elsewhere, and as such I’ve decided to fully open up this service for all those who may need it! 

Below is a list of all installation help I provide. Skin Installations vary from 30 mins to 3 hours, depending on how much is done / how much you’d need set up. 

Stylesheet Installation

Board Wrappers Installation 

HTML Templates Installation

Profile Fields Creation

Profile Fields Connection & Test 

(Mini-Post, Main, Member List)

WebPage Installation & Setup

Site Templates Configuration

Member Group Color Stylings

Font / Color Corrections

Addition of wanted and/or missing elements

All work is charged at an hourly rate of 15/hr, meaning if the work is finished at 1.5 hours, you will be charged for the 1.5 hours, not 2.

I’d prefer to be in constant contact over discord (aless ♥#1210) to ensure that you get everything you need set up ready to go!! If you have any troubles adding my discord handle you can reach me through the ATF server!

The temp folder is normal! My SSP installations have it as well. It's just a folder for files that SSP creates but only keeps temporarily.

It looks like you have all the other necessary folders and files, although I don't see ssp.exe in your screenshot. Is it in the same place as your other files? Also, are these files on your desktop, or are they now in a folder? You definitely do not want to keep SSP directly on your desktop.

The best thing to do is to install SSP directly into a folder made just for it, and then not touch the file structure. If you decide to move SSP, you need to move everything that it has. The error message you're getting is because the exe sees it's missing critical files and can't finish booting. (If the exe is indeed in a different folder, then it won't see those files even though you have them.)

SSP's folder should look like this when properly installed:

If your SSP is in a folder and all your files match up with this, but you're still getting an error, then the issue may be something else. Feel free to reach out if you're still having trouble, and we can try to help locate the issue, or walk you through installing a new version. If you already had any ghosts/etc. installed, we can help you transfer those over.

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Below is a list of all installation help I provide. Skin Installations vary from 30 mins to 3 hours, depending on how much is done / how much you’d need set up.

Stylesheet Installation

Board Wrappers Installation

HTML Templates Installation

Profile Fields Creation

Profile Fields Connection & Test

(Mini-Post, Main, Member List)

WebPage Installation & Setup

Site Templates Configuration

Member Group Color Stylings

Font / Color Corrections

Addition of wanted and/or missing elements

All work is charged at an hourly rate of 15/hr, meaning if the work is finished at 1.5 hours, you will be charged for the 1.5 hours, not 2.

I’d prefer to be in constant contact over discord (blessaless) to ensure that you get everything you need set up ready to go!! If you have any troubles adding my discord handle you can reach me through the ATF server!

This has worked for MHM and up on Windows 10 (which has messed up basically everything on my computer, but whatevs).

1. Go to folders on your computer

2. Under the little “This PC” tab in the sidebar, select “Documents”

3. Right click on empty space within the “Documents” section and select “New Folder”

4. Title the new folder whatever you want, but it makes sense to name it after the game.

5. Install the game

6. During the installation process, it will ask for a destination for the game information. Select browse and it will give you a list of options. Find the “This PC” tab and under that heading will be the “Documents” tab and under THAT tab, you will be able to find the folder you just created. Select it and finish up the installation.

This fix has worked for “ini” error messages and any messages that say the computer cannot find the game.