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HI.

I have a problem with playonlinux and The Sims 3 won't let me run the game and it gives me a message saying " Unable to start game, Servce initialization failed (0x065d0274)" and w/ Playonlinux saying "Error in main The Sims 3 crashed".

I have Broadcom wireless driver & ATI/AMD proprietary FGLRX graphics driver activated.

I have wine 1.5.12, which I updated recently.

I also check the debug and it says:

fixme:win:EnumDisplayDevicesW ((null),0,0x256ed40,0x00000000), stub!
fixme:wbemprox:wbem_services_CreateInstanceEnum unsupported flags 0x00000030
fixme:wbemprox:enum_class_object_Next timeout not supported
fixme:win:EnumDisplayDevicesW ((null),0,0x256cffc,0x00000000), stub!
fixme:win:EnumDisplayDevicesW ((null),0,0x256cf3c,0x00000000), stub!
fixme:ddraw:ddraw7_Initialize Ignoring guid {aeb2cdd4-6e41-43ea-941c-8361cc760781}.
fixme:devenumEVENUM_ICreateDevEnum_CreateClassEnumerator Category {33d9a760-90c8-11d0-bd43-00a0c911ce86} not found
fixme:devenumEVENUM_ICreateDevEnum_CreateClassEnumerator Category {33d9a761-90c8-11d0-bd43-00a0c911ce86} not found
fixme:devenumEVENUM_ICreateDevEnum_CreateClassEnumerator Category {cc7bfb41-f175-11d1-a392-00e0291f3959} not found
fixme:devenumEVENUM_ICreateDevEnum_CreateClassEnumerator Category {cc7bfb46-f175-11d1-a392-00e0291f3959} not found
fixme:thread:SetThreadIdealProcessor (0xc4): stub

and

wine client error:0: version mismatch 431/432.
Your wineserver binary was not upgraded correctly,
or you have an older one somewhere in your PATH.
Or maybe the wrong wineserver is still running?

and

fixme:thread:SetThreadIdealProcessor (0x188): stub
fixme:xinput:XInputGetState (0 0x256f224)
fixme:system:SystemParametersInfoW Unimplemented action: 94 (SPI_GETMOUSETRAILS)
fixme:system:SystemParametersInfoW Unimplemented action: 4124 (SPI_GETMOUSESONAR)
err:d3d:context_create wglSwapIntervalEXT failed to set swap interval 0 for context 0x169b18, last error 0x591
fixme:d3d:resource_check_usage Unhandled usage flags 0x8.
fixme:d3d:resource_check_usage Unhandled usage flags 0x8.
fixme:thread:SetThreadIdealProcessor (0x18c): stub

I'm new at this, can anybody help me to fix this problem because I'm really comfused at this and please reply. Thank You.

"Note: This problem also happens with the patch for the vanilla game.

"First off:
If you have been having issues saving, please be advised that the way we have saved games in the past has changed with WA and that EA people are trying to fix it, and should be released soon.

Second:
If you have been getting 0x6224dd27 at start up here is what you have to do to fix it.

Service Initialization Error (0x6224dd27) follow these steps to fix it.

1.) Cut The Sims 3 Folder from the EA folder in my document (That has your games)
2.) Save it to The Desktop or a Saving Device (i saved it in a saving device to make sure i didn't loose anything.
3.) W/o the old Sims 3 folder run the game (it should work)
4.) A new folder should be in the old one's place.
5.) Delete the following 5 from the new folder and replace it with your old folders: ScreenShots, Recorded Videos, Downloads, Saves, and SavedSims."

Myself, I also copied my options.ini not to have to reconfigure all my settings to my liking.
Source(s):
http://forums.thesimsresource.com/showthread.php?p=3867819"