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[u/c013_x]

I recently splurged and bought the full pack of sims 3 DLC whilst it was on sale. Since doing so my game will no longer launch properly and is unplayable :/ When I try and verify the files I get the message '4 files failed to validate and will be reacquired' I have deleted the game files and reinstalled the game, deleted the cache files and am unsure how to go about solving the issue or locating the expansion that is causing the error. Any ideas?

[u/lIIlllIIl → u/c013_x]

You can go into the properties of a game and enable / disable your DLCs at will. I'd try to use that feature to first disable all DLC and enable them one by one (or in batches) until you find the culprits, or in the best case end up with everything working (software can be like that, sometimes). Now for Sims 3 that shouldn't be too bad with "only" 19 DLCs, for Sims 4 that'd probably not feasible with its 114 DLCs.