Game Crash in Buy/Build Mode

[Hurricanee]

Hey everyone,
First of all i wanted to give a big to J. M. Pescado and his masterpiece awesomemod !
Its a really helpful "tool" and makes things easier and even better for me and i think for other players too.
But now let me explain why i opened this thread..

Since i got the newest versions and updates for Sims 3 and Sims 3 Pets my game crashes when i change to Buy or build Mode...
I uninstalled Pets and other new Stuff expansions but obviously it didn' help..
I put all my mod stuff out of game and tried only awesmoemod but even that didn' help.
Google wasn't able to find any results for my problem...

I hope someone can tell me here how i can solve that kind of crap error...

BTW : My system runs Windows 7 Enterprise SP1 (64 bit version)

Hope for fast answers

Greets HurricanE

[jezzer]

Please make an effort to proofread your posts before submitting, and use emoticons sparingly, if at all.  This isn't Facebook or LiveJournal.  You should never use multiple full stops at the end of a sentence, because it makes your post look retarded.  You might as well end each sentence with "DURRRRRRRRRR."  Also, don't sign your posts, and check to see if there is an appropriate thread to post in before opening a new one.  Since there is a thread devoted to Awesomemod discussion, questions, and tips, opening a new thread just makes you look like a speshul snowflake who feels her time and issues are more important than anyone else.

That being said, are you removing ALL CC and checking with ONLY Awesomemod in place?  Your post stated you "put all [your] mod stuff out of game," which suggests that you left everything else in and only removed what you considered appropriately "moddy."  No one else is complaining of constant game crashes when trying to access Build/Buy; this implies you are Doing It Wrong.

[Eeyore]

For those of you just joining us, Jezzer has graciously expounded on the MATY mantras of:

• read the FAQ before posting
• search MOAR
• learn how to troubleshoot, and
• you're doing it wrong

[jezzer]

Next I shall perform Handel's "Read the FAQ Symphony in A#," as arranged for cello, harpsichord, and tard chorus.

[Jeebus]

Next I shall perform Handel's "Read the FAQ Symphony in A#," as arranged for cello, harpsichord, and tard chorus.

No no, that was Haydn.

[soozelwoozel]

Not Bach?

[Jeebus]

Bach and Handel didn't write symphonies, silly.

[soozelwoozel]

My point: it has been missed.

[ItchyNScratchy]

Google wasn't able to find any results for my problem...

That's because there are no results for the problem, save for reinstalling (including wiping Sims 3 from the registry after uninstallation) and avoiding the 1.29 patch. There's a small band of us that have had no luck getting the crashing to stop. The Sims 3 site is full with the so-called fixes, and they do work for some, but not all. Because there seems to be only a small number of us who have crashing, there won't be a patch to fix it, according to EA. If you've not looked at the Tech section on EA's forum to see about fixing your game, I'd suggest you do so. Maybe one of those things will work for you. If not, you're stuck with the rest of us who either: a. can't play or b. managed to reinstall and avoided the 1.29 patch.

[jezzer]

Yeah, "be a paranoid tard like me and avoid patching" is even less helpful advice than I gave.

[nikkiforest]

To elaborate on jeromycraig's post above, not patching=bad. Generally, patching helps you more than it hurts. Why? Patching fixes some limited issues, and you get better tech support, not only from EA but mod creators. If you go and bitch about something to EA or a creator, and you mention that you're not updated, the first thing they'll tell you to do is patch, and you get nowhere.

[jezzer]

Not to mention that object and mod creators tend to create for the most recent patch.  Only the speshulest of snowflakes would be arrogant enough to think that cc creators should keep an archive of older versions.