i was doing a bit of a cc spree for sims 2 and sims 3. well my sims 3 game has recently been crashing due to some patches i had missed and i never ever could find them, well i found this programme over on mod the sims. tis lets you download all the patches you are missing for your sims 3 game. i have made this post a sticky as i feel this is an important find and will help anyone who thinks they may have some missing patches.