It installed for me ok too but I still cannot get it to work I tried installing it through wine and the PlayOnLinux front end and I get the same result. The screen goes white and the game simply crashes. This is the error output I get
Code:
robert@robert-laptop:~$ wine .PlayOnLinux/wineprefix/SIMS3/drive_c/Program\ Files/Electronic\ Arts/The\ Sims\ 3/Game/Bin/TS3.exe
fixme:d3d:IWineD3DImpl_FillGLCaps OpenGL implementation supports 32 vertex samplers and 32 total samplers
fixme:d3d:IWineD3DImpl_FillGLCaps Expected vertex samplers + MAX_TEXTURES(=8) > combined_samplers
fixme:win:EnumDisplayDevicesW ((null),0,0x256ee34,0x00000000), stub!
fixme:dxdiag:DXDiag_AddFileDescContainer (0x13ef38,L"ddraw.dll")
fixme:dxdiag:DXDiag_AddFileDescContainer (0x13ef38,L"dplayx.dll")
fixme:dxdiag:DXDiag_AddFileDescContainer (0x13ef38,L"dpnet.dll")
fixme:dxdiag:DXDiag_AddFileDescContainer (0x13ef38,L"dinput.dll")
fixme:dxdiag:DXDiag_AddFileDescContainer (0x13ef38,L"dinput8.dll")
fixme:dxdiag:DXDiag_AddFileDescContainer (0x13ef38,L"dsound.dll")
fixme:dxdiag:DXDiag_AddFileDescContainer (0x13ef38,L"dswave.dll")
fixme:dxdiag:DXDiag_AddFileDescContainer (0x13ef38,L"d3d8.dll")
fixme:dxdiag:DXDiag_AddFileDescContainer (0x13ef38,L"d3d9.dll")
fixme:dxdiag:DXDiag_AddFileDescContainer (0x13ef38,L"dmband.dll")
fixme:dxdiag:DXDiag_AddFileDescContainer (0x13ef38,L"dmcompos.dll")
fixme:dxdiag:DXDiag_AddFileDescContainer (0x13ef38,L"dmime.dll")
fixme:dxdiag:DXDiag_AddFileDescContainer (0x13ef38,L"dmloader.dll")
fixme:dxdiag:DXDiag_AddFileDescContainer (0x13ef38,L"dmscript.dll")
fixme:dxdiag:DXDiag_AddFileDescContainer (0x13ef38,L"dmstyle.dll")
fixme:dxdiag:DXDiag_AddFileDescContainer (0x13ef38,L"dmsynth.dll")
fixme:dxdiag:DXDiag_AddFileDescContainer (0x13ef38,L"dmusic.dll")
fixme:dxdiag:DXDiag_AddFileDescContainer (0x13ef38,L"devenum.dll")
fixme:dxdiag:DXDiag_AddFileDescContainer (0x13ef38,L"quartz.dll")
fixme:win:EnumDisplayDevicesW ((null),0,0x256dd88,0x00000000), stub!
fixme:dxdiag:DXDiag_InitDXDiagDirectShowFiltersContainer ClassEnumerator for clsid({083863f1-70de-11d0-bd40-00a0c911ce86}) pEnum(0x1472e8)
fixme:dxdiag:DXDiag_InitDXDiagDirectShowFiltersContainer IEnumMoniker_Next(0x1472e8, 1, 0x147300)
fixme:dxdiag:DXDiag_InitDXDiagDirectShowFiltersContainer Name:L"AVI Splitter"
fixme:dxdiag:DXDiag_InitDXDiagDirectShowFiltersContainer Clsid:L"{1B544C20-FD0B-11CE-8C63-00AA0044B51E}"
fixme:dxdiag:DXDiag_InitDXDiagDirectShowFiltersContainer IEnumMoniker_Next(0x1472e8, 1, 0x147318)
fixme:dxdiag:DXDiag_InitDXDiagDirectShowFiltersContainer Name:L"MPEG-I Stream Splitter"
fixme:dxdiag:DXDiag_InitDXDiagDirectShowFiltersContainer Clsid:L"{336475D0-942A-11CE-A870-00AA002FEAB5}"
fixme:dxdiag:DXDiag_InitDXDiagDirectShowFiltersContainer IEnumMoniker_Next(0x1472e8, 1, 0x147be0)
fixme:dxdiag:DXDiag_InitDXDiagDirectShowFiltersContainer Name:L"ACM Wrapper"
fixme:dxdiag:DXDiag_InitDXDiagDirectShowFiltersContainer Clsid:L"{6A08CF80-0E18-11CF-A24D-0020AFD79767}"
fixme:dxdiag:DXDiag_InitDXDiagDirectShowFiltersContainer IEnumMoniker_Next(0x1472e8, 1, 0x147fd0)
fixme:dxdiag:DXDiag_InitDXDiagDirectShowFiltersContainer Name:L"Video Renderer"
fixme:dxdiag:DXDiag_InitDXDiagDirectShowFiltersContainer Clsid:L"{6BC1CFFA-8FC1-4261-AC22-CFB4CC38DB50}"
fixme:dxdiag:DXDiag_InitDXDiagDirectShowFiltersContainer IEnumMoniker_Next(0x1472e8, 1, 0x1485b8)
fixme:dxdiag:DXDiag_InitDXDiagDirectShowFiltersContainer Name:L"Video Renderer"
fixme:dxdiag:DXDiag_InitDXDiagDirectShowFiltersContainer Clsid:L"{70E102B0-5556-11CE-97C0-00AA0055595A}"
fixme:dxdiag:DXDiag_InitDXDiagDirectShowFiltersContainer IEnumMoniker_Next(0x1472e8, 1, 0x1489e0)
fixme:dxdiag:DXDiag_InitDXDiagDirectShowFiltersContainer Name:L"Audio Renderer"
fixme:dxdiag:DXDiag_InitDXDiagDirectShowFiltersContainer Clsid:L"{79376820-07D0-11CF-A24D-0020AFD79767}"
fixme:dxdiag:DXDiag_InitDXDiagDirectShowFiltersContainer IEnumMoniker_Next(0x1472e8, 1, 0x148e08)
fixme:dxdiag:DXDiag_InitDXDiagDirectShowFiltersContainer Name:L"Null Renderer"
fixme:dxdiag:DXDiag_InitDXDiagDirectShowFiltersContainer Clsid:L"{C1F400A4-3F08-11D3-9F0B-006008039E37}"
fixme:dxdiag:DXDiag_InitDXDiagDirectShowFiltersContainer IEnumMoniker_Next(0x1472e8, 1, 0x149230)
fixme:dxdiag:DXDiag_InitDXDiagDirectShowFiltersContainer Name:L"AVI Decompressor"
fixme:dxdiag:DXDiag_InitDXDiagDirectShowFiltersContainer Clsid:L"{CF49D4E0-1115-11CE-B03A-0020AF0BA770}"
fixme:dxdiag:DXDiag_InitDXDiagDirectShowFiltersContainer IEnumMoniker_Next(0x1472e8, 1, 0x149658)
fixme:dxdiag:DXDiag_InitDXDiagDirectShowFiltersContainer Name:L"Wave Parser"
fixme:dxdiag:DXDiag_InitDXDiagDirectShowFiltersContainer Clsid:L"{D51BD5A1-7548-11CF-A520-0080C77EF58A}"
fixme:dxdiag:DXDiag_InitDXDiagDirectShowFiltersContainer IEnumMoniker_Next(0x1472e8, 1, 0x149ab0)
fixme:dxdiag:DXDiag_InitDXDiagDirectShowFiltersContainer Name:L"File Source (Async.)"
fixme:dxdiag:DXDiag_InitDXDiagDirectShowFiltersContainer Clsid:L"{E436EBB5-524F-11CE-9F53-0020AF0BA770}"
fixme:dxdiag:DXDiag_InitDXDiagDirectShowFiltersContainer ClassEnumerator for clsid({33d9a760-90c8-11d0-bd43-00a0c911ce86}) pEnum(0x1472c0)
fixme:dxdiag:DXDiag_InitDXDiagDirectShowFiltersContainer ClassEnumerator for clsid({33d9a761-90c8-11d0-bd43-00a0c911ce86}) pEnum(0x1472c0)
fixme:dxdiag:DXDiag_InitDXDiagDirectShowFiltersContainer ClassEnumerator for clsid({33d9a762-90c8-11d0-bd43-00a0c911ce86}) pEnum(0x1472c8)
fixme:dxdiag:DXDiag_InitDXDiagDirectShowFiltersContainer IEnumMoniker_Next(0x1472c8, 1, 0x1472e0)
fixme:dxdiag:DXDiag_InitDXDiagDirectShowFiltersContainer Name:L"default"
fixme:dxdiag:DXDiag_InitDXDiagDirectShowFiltersContainer Clsid:L"{E30629D2-27E5-11CE-875D-00608CB78066}"
fixme:dxdiag:DXDiag_InitDXDiagDirectShowFiltersContainer ClassEnumerator for clsid({4efe2452-168a-11d1-bc76-00c04fb9453b}) pEnum(0x1472a0)
fixme:dxdiag:DXDiag_InitDXDiagDirectShowFiltersContainer IEnumMoniker_Next(0x1472a0, 1, 0x1472b8)
fixme:dxdiag:DXDiag_InitDXDiagDirectShowFiltersContainer Name:L"Midi Through"
fixme:dxdiag:DXDiag_InitDXDiagDirectShowFiltersContainer Clsid:L"{07B65360-C445-11CE-AFDE-00AA006C14F4}"
fixme:dxdiag:DXDiag_InitDXDiagDirectShowFiltersContainer ClassEnumerator for clsid({860bb310-5d01-11d0-bd3b-00a0c911ce86}) pEnum(0x149e80)
fixme:devenum:DEVENUM_ICreateDevEnum_CreateClassEnumerator Category {cc7bfb41-f175-11d1-a392-00e0291f3959} not found
fixme:dxdiag:DXDiag_InitDXDiagDirectShowFiltersContainer ClassEnumerator for clsid({cc7bfb41-f175-11d1-a392-00e0291f3959}) pEnum((nil))
fixme:devenum:DEVENUM_ICreateDevEnum_CreateClassEnumerator Category {cc7bfb46-f175-11d1-a392-00e0291f3959} not found
fixme:dxdiag:DXDiag_InitDXDiagDirectShowFiltersContainer ClassEnumerator for clsid({cc7bfb46-f175-11d1-a392-00e0291f3959}) pEnum((nil))
fixme:dxdiag:DXDiag_InitDXDiagDirectShowFiltersContainer ClassEnumerator for clsid({e0f158e1-cb04-11d0-bd4e-00a0c911ce86}) pEnum(0x147270)
fixme:dxdiag:DXDiag_InitDXDiagDirectShowFiltersContainer IEnumMoniker_Next(0x147270, 1, 0x147288)
fixme:dxdiag:DXDiag_InitDXDiagDirectShowFiltersContainer Name:L"default"
fixme:dxdiag:DXDiag_InitDXDiagDirectShowFiltersContainer Clsid:L"{E30629D1-27E5-11CE-875D-00608CB78066}"
fixme:dxdiag:DXDiag_InitDXDiagDirectShowFiltersContainer IEnumMoniker_Next(0x147270, 1, 0x14ac20)
fixme:dxdiag:DXDiag_InitDXDiagDirectShowFiltersContainer Name:L"DirectSound: default"
fixme:dxdiag:DXDiag_InitDXDiagDirectShowFiltersContainer Clsid:L"{79376820-07D0-11CF-A24D-0020AFD79767}"
fixme:thread:SetThreadIdealProcessor (0xf4): stub
fixme:thread:SetThreadIdealProcessor (0x1a8): stub
fixme:system:SystemParametersInfoW Unimplemented action: 94 (SPI_GETMOUSETRAILS)
fixme:system:SystemParametersInfoW Unimplemented action: 4124 (SPI_GETMOUSESONAR)
fixme:thread:SetThreadIdealProcessor (0x1ac): stub
fixme:thread:SetThreadIdealProcessor (0x1f4): stub
fixme:virtual:NtAllocateVirtualMemory MEM_WRITE_WATCH type not supported
fixme:virtual:NtAllocateVirtualMemory MEM_WRITE_WATCH type not supported
fixme:dbghelp:dump_system_info fill in CPU vendorID and feature set
