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#1
27th Jan 2017 at 7:27 AM
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S3PE Issue
Hi,So I recently was given a Mac for Christmas, so I jumped straight into installing sims and custom content. One fantastic thing the Mac does is automatically extract custom content from packages. But this becomes an issue when I download S3PE, I've watched a tutorial online: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GH3tQKWCcDc and read: http://www.fakehousesrealawesome.co...-mac-extracting
I've followed all instructions to how as is, (except extracting files- my Mac is a newer version than the youtuber's) but when I reach the terminal section and type in Mono, then type in to open up S3PE, it comes up with an error message: File does not contain a valid CIL image
Anyway around this? I simply have too much custom content to not have the issue resolved.
Help appreciated
- Bosco
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#2
27th Jan 2017 at 11:01 PM
Last edited by igazor : 28th Jan 2017 at 12:26 AM.
Posts: 4,514
Quote: Originally posted by bosco133
Hi, So I recently was given a Mac for Christmas, so I jumped straight into installing sims and custom content. One fantastic thing the Mac does is automatically extract custom content from packages. But this becomes an issue when I download S3PE, I've watched a tutorial online: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GH3tQKWCcDc and read: http://www.fakehousesrealawesome.co...-mac-extracting I've followed all instructions to how as is, (except extracting files- my Mac is a newer version than the youtuber's) but when I reach the terminal section and type in Mono, then type in to open up S3PE, it comes up with an error message: File does not contain a valid CIL image Anyway around this? I simply have too much custom content to not have the issue resolved. Help appreciated - Bosco |
You're probably not going to like this answer, but here goes anyway.
I have never gotten S3PE or any similar tools to work on OS X through Mono and X11 (I recall XQuartz came into play here someplace) even on the older versions of the operating system; Lion was as far back as I went with TS3. There are many others who report the same thing, in fact I would say many more who have never been able to than those who have successfully. On the more recent versions of OS X meaning Mavericks and higher, I would say this would be impossible though I would happy to be proven wrong.
There are two other ways around this, but both involve having Windows around to some extent.
1 - Shuffle the files you want worked with to a computer running Windows or a Bootcamp partition and use the tools there. Then bring the files back to your Mac.
2 - Forget about TS3 for Mac. I'm really sorry to say this because I love Macs and I love TS3. But this one iteration of the game on OS X is a total mess from beginning to end because of the way EA designed things. If Bootcamp is within a player's reach, they have the drive space, and they can tolerate managing two operating systems, I always recommend using that and working with TS3 exclusively on the Windows side as I have been doing for years now.
#3
28th Jan 2017 at 11:21 AM
Posts: 4
Quote: Originally posted by igazor
You're probably not going to like this answer, but here goes anyway. I have never gotten S3PE or any similar tools to work on OS X through Mono and X11 (I recall XQuartz came into play here someplace) even on the older versions of the operating system; Lion was as far back as I went with TS3. There are many others who report the same thing, in fact I would say many more who have never been able to than those who have successfully. On the more recent versions of OS X meaning Mavericks and higher, I would say this would be impossible though I would happy to be proven wrong. There are two other ways around this, but both involve having Windows around to some extent. 1 - Shuffle the files you want worked with to a computer running Windows or a Bootcamp partition and use the tools there. Then bring the files back to your Mac. 2 - Forget about TS3 for Mac. I'm really sorry to say this because I love Macs and I love TS3. But this one iteration of the game on OS X is a total mess from beginning to end because of the way EA designed things. If Bootcamp is within a player's reach, they have the drive space, and they can tolerate managing two operating systems, I always recommend using that and working with TS3 exclusively on the Windows side as I have been doing for years now. |
Oh, that's a real big shame. hopefully something gets updated // I find something that works...
unfortunately it doesn't seem there will be a solution in the near future
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