Pets patch released

[BlueSoup]

Choose your version here

Complete list of changes:
Fixed an issue where pointed-ear dogs would become corrupt when moved into a lot.
"Get a puppy" want is now satisfied when buying a puppy from a neighbor.
Custom college lots will no longer be deleted if no Sims are living on it.
Sims will no longer have Grand Vampire's hairstyle after being bitten by the Grand Vampire.
Nightlife Game Tips are now correctly located in the Game Tips section.
Influencing Sims to fight another Sim will no longer cause non-werewolf Sims to turn into a werewolf.
Ground covers from lots can now be seen from Neighborhood view.
"Barstool by Simulated Comfort" can now be used when 3 barstools are placed side-by-side.
Werewolf, Vampire, and normal Sim skin types are now updating correctly at proper times.
Graves moved to a community lot are now movable in Buy\Build Mode.
Last member of a household can now be moved in when invited.
Selling pets to other playable Sims now cause an exchange of Simoleans.
"Rub Belly" want no longer appears for cats.
Sims can now return home after visiting the Secret Society lot.
Saved Headmaster scenario will now function correctly when Pets is installed.
Pet houses no longer move off tile after a Pet Wohoo.
Infants and Toddlers no longer appear in the "Invite Household" dialogue.
Pet born of archetype breeds will no longer lose archetype attributes.
Sims can now correctly try for baby under the maximum Sim limit.
Cats no longer can become stuck in the litter box.
"roofslopeangle" cheat will now function correctly.
Custom Sims' face will no longer revert to a default face when moving them into a lot with pets.
Turned on "HydroBot" and "SentryBot" are no longer deleted after installing The Sims 2 Pets.
Two or more teens will no longer refuse to go to school if there is no nanny or adult on the lot.
Hair no longer separates from Sims' head when werewolf teens turn into adults.
Pets will no longer visit Downtown alone.
Floor textures on stages no longer appear corrupt using the Eyedropper tool.
"Tropico Avian Sanctuary" and "FMCU 3000" objects can now be deleted if the last Sim dies on the lot.
Pets can now properly use helicopters to go to work with other Sims.
Fixed a Chance card issue where Pets were fired instead of being fined.
Sims are now able to call the fire department on an owned community lot.
Awning can now be deleted from a saved lot.
Sims will no longer lose career rank when pets retire.
Puppies and Kittens can no longer be taken to work.
Teens and Elders will no longer be promoted without meeting necessary requirements.
Customer NPCs now change into new outfits that they have purchased.
Breeding puppies now show genetic traits from their father.
Pets Bodyshop is now compatible with older expansion packs.
Extra erroneous panes in the "Glasses" category have been removed.

[gethane]

K, who wants to go first?

[MistyBlue]

I'll go first as I'm overly-eager to test whether the roof slope cheat actually works.

[Katze]

I downloaded it but will wait to install.

[vilia]

I agree with Katze. I'd rather find out about the implications of the patch on the hacks first.

[KatEnigma]

Installing now...

It took them long enough. I'm sure it's not a coincidence that they're releasing it less than a week before LifeStories ships and a month before Seasons, but at least they learned their lesson with the Uni patch fiasco.  People do sort of insist on the last game being fixed before they go out and buy the next one.

[syberspunk]

Yay.  I guess I've got some "work" to look forward to when I get home from... uh... work.

Ste

[Weaver]

I uninstalled Pets a few days ago, heh. Now I'm back to running NL with OFB.

There's a lot more bugs with werewolves (especially wants) than included in the patch, argh.
One issue I experienced was "Turn <sim> into werewolf" never got fulfilled after a successful savage attack.

Here's to hoping Seasons does not follow the Uni/Pets buggy archetype.

[blubug]

I'm so happy about the ground covers fix! But I'll wait for the install, maybe until JM and 2J say which mods are now obsolete. If they don't, I'll just patch the game this weekend.

Gah. I just made a new empty neighborhood and now I have to replace the original game files... and I don't know which ones I need to replace for the patch.

Does the patch only mess with the Pets expansion folder, or the original objects.package in the Sims2 folder?

[Venusy]

I've installed the patch, but I'll wait until running the game again due to a recent game explosion (some of the files for the base game and Pets somehow got screwed up, and I had to reinstall both).

And blubug, it only affects the Pets expansion folder.

[bekka]

Mine says I need to reinstall Pets because of an error in installing the patch.  Go figure

[KatEnigma]

Mine says I need to reinstall Pets because of an error in installing the patch.  Go figure

Did you remove your downloads folder before installing? If not, don't blame EA, blame yourself.

[MistyBlue]

I didn't remove mine and the game is running and working just fine...

BUT the roof slope cheat still isn't working!!

[Pythia]

I didn't remove mine and the game is running and working just fine...

BUT the roof slope cheat still isn't working!!

Ditto, and my ground covers still aren't showing in neighbourhood view. Bah, still got green beaches happening here *sigh*

[Annette]

I'm pleased to see that no pets can be Downtown alone. Strays wandering in and destroying my Crypt O'Night club was really annoying. My vampires should have attacked them, but they are more tolerant than I am.
The fridge bug is not mentioned. Neither is one of my favorites, sims having pet wants for other sims. in my Uni Delilah  thinks Roxie Sharp is a dog and wants to rub her belly 

[bekka]

I removed the downloads folder, but still the same message.  I guess everyone's game is different, different hacks and such.  Oh well, I'm sure it can be fixed eventually.

[jrd]

Patch failed for me. My objects.package on disk had somehow grown in size.
Filesize was 58,888,153 bytes, should have been 52,358,858 bytes.
I restored it from compressed.zip and the patch worked.

Bekka, check your objects.package size.

[KatEnigma]

I didn't remove mine and the game is running and working just fine...

BUT the roof slope cheat still isn't working!!

  Well that's definitely EA's fault. I was hoping the cheat would work now, I was looking forward to it since we were told about it, damn them.

bekka:  But don't feel alone in this, I forgot to remove my folder too, I just haven't fired up the game yet to see if I borked the whole thing or not.  Just if I did, I know who to blame. 

[jrd]

I did not remove my downloads folder or anything else prior to patching.
I only restored my modified base game folder files (wants and nhood template).

[Eleonora]

Mmmm... just had my first post-patch crash.   Bianca Monty was trying to return home from a community lot via taxi, but before the car could pull up the game threw me out. Weird. I'm not sure though that it was the patch which caused my game to shut down, it might have just been the fact that I've had my computer on for so long now it's memory must be stuffed to the ceiling.

[Morganthe]

Is it wise to patch a game if you've never had any of the issues it fixes?  The only one I've seen is toddlers coming along when you "invite household" and like the house breaking "bug" with the original game I happened to like it.  I'd hate to patch it and end up fixing a problem I like, and gaining ones I don't.  ....maybe it's wise to just wait the 26 days unitl Seasons and enjoy my toddler-filled birthday parties for another month.

[RainbowTigress]

If it's not bothering you that much, I'd hold off and see if anyone else reports problems, and see if JM and TJ weigh in with what hacks are affected.

[Sagana]

I don't see anything on that list about fixing the always starving birds - I know TwoJeffs fixed it, but you'd think EA would wanna give it a shot :p

[Flamingo]

Something tells me that that is supposed to be a feature, even though you end up feeding the bird more often than you do Sims.

[twojeffs]

Of course since they didn't fix it, they will say it is working as intended. They rarely bother to fix the bugs JM and I have already fixed.

I suppose I should do a hackdiff to see wtf they've blown up. Joy.