More Awesome Than You!

http://www.thesims3.com/game/patches/-1206416818

You can't download it without registering though.

Complete list of changes:

    * Addresses some issues with Speed 2 and 3 moving too slowly. Some machines will have better results when using Speed 2 and 3 now.
    * Fix to story progression on/off selection toggle.
    * Fix for a possible crash with audio code.
    * Fix for babysitter routing off lots with babies.
    * Addresses some issues with Vsync and refresh rate problems.
    * Addresses some issues with DVD authentication errors and drive compatibility on startup.
    * This update deals with some issues on Mac systems that can crash the game while connecting to AFP servers.
    * Fix for a freeze that can occur when Sims attempt to clean out bad food from the fridge.


No stopping the random move-outs then?


Moderator edit: Installation problems?  Try this: http://www.moreawesomethanyou.com/smf/index.php/topic,15590.msg448078.html#msg448078

im registered/logged in/the whole shebang and it still won't download properly for me. don't waste your time, its making the game unplayable for alot of people.. new crashes and bugs left and right.

The patch doesn't work if you have certain mods, like the Nudity mod, installed.

The sims likes to censor me on their official forums. Too many of my statements end up critical to EA, so I have a question for anyone who can figure it out regarding the patch...
Can anyone tell me which of the 8 items required the changing of the file to a degree that I am unable to patch because I installed the nudity mod?
Did they at least fix the performance issue not having the nudity mod caused?

I have this paranoid suspicion that this took so long in coming because they spent so much of their effort closing loopholes in modding. Do I have some random insights coming here, or is it pure paranoia?

Pes says otherwise:
http://www.moreawesomethanyou.com/smf/index.php/topic,15531.msg447362.html#msg447362

I have a feeling they don't see that as a bug, but as a "feature".  Which is why I'm not even bothering with the patch - Pescado has already fixed the actual bugs, as well as the ones EA put in on purpose.

Will the no-cd part of the awesome mod work after patching, or will we need a new crack?
I don't really want 'please insert disk' messages  and all that flaff.

Does not affect the awesome mod.

I am not registered and installed it just fine ... using the launcher that does not care if you are registered or not, also I did not noticed any immediate crashes.

But regarding my cracked exe, it would be an out of date executable now, right?
We probably need a new no-cd, otherwise you've got a 'cocktail of death' or something.. :P

Only this to EA

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vS5QMT-JUt4

After installing this (actually uninstalling Sims 3, reinstallling and patching, having awesome mod not work, uninstalling Sims 3, and reinstalling and patching with the patch from the Razor torrent), I can no longer play with Awesomemod. The loading screen comes up, but nothing loads. It works when I remove Awesomemod from my mods folder though.

I got it to work with Awesomemod, but I ended up uninstalling all of the EA Store stuff I had. Now the launcher is completely useless ::) and fails at installing anything, but I could get everything except for Riverview to work with the Sims3Pack Multi Installer by Delphy. Is there any way other than though the Launcher to install Riverview?

After reinstalling again, and installing the EA Store stuff before the patch, everything is working now.

I patched and have awesomemod installed.  I don't have any issues. 

The only thing I saw that annoyed me was the babysitter had the baby in his hand then went to leave and jumped out and disappeared and my baby was on the ground outside.  I am glad he left the baby, but would be nice if he stuck it back in the crib.

OK, it's been noted elsewhere that having the original version of the No Censor Mod (not Rick's) was causing the patch install to fail at 77%.  So I replaced that one with my backup, and downloaded Rick's mod.  Got to 81% this time, and it failed.  Would Delphy's slider (I only have the Body Slider Hack) cause any issues?  Or the No Intro Mod?  I know it's not Awesomemod because others are able to install the patch with it in.

I patched my game with awesomemodnstalled. I did get the mysterious start up crash of doom! on first load up but now it's working properly. My speed three problems seem to be corrected as well which is nice.

I removed all mods and replaced them one by one til I found the culprit on my game.  The only one causing my game to crash on the load screen was the 'facialhack.package'.  After I removed this, everything loaded properly.  Hope this helps.

I'll let you guys be the guinea pigs for the patch.  (And isn't it disgusting that a patch needs guinea pigs at all?  It undermines the whole intent of a patch.)  From what I read of the improvements, it sounds like there's nothing there to make it worth the hassle.  I'll wait for patch 2.0.

 The patch works fine for me, haven't had a crash yet. I have a few nudity mods and an uncensor mod too, as well as several other mods

If that is for reducing the restrictions on the facial sliders then that conflicts with AwesomeMod, AwesomeMod has included that.

Don't download it!  It's a mess of a patch.  My game now crashes every single time my sim tries to use a phone.

Could someone be so kind as to provide the original shaders package file to reverse the no censor mod. I'm getting the update failure too. I totally forgot to back up the file.

I've mirrored it at: http://rapidshare.com/files/248702881/Shaders_Win32.precomp.zip

Thanks, I actually found the original file on the disk. Silly me I should've known it'd be there.

I moved all my sub-folders out of the mods folder and only kept AwesomeMod and noIntro packages. The patch and game loading seemed to work fine. I am even sure that I used phones after patching without any problems.

I'm getting an invalid file found while trying to update.  Can someone provide the contents from this folder and upload them for me please?

Game\Bin\HelpPages\CZE_CZ\

It's specifically crashing on: Game\Bin\HelpPages\CZE_CZ\Help_Updates.html but I figure I'd copy the entire contents of the folder.  I have the RLD version updated to RZR but without the 632 patch.

I can find the files on the game disc but it does nothing to copy them over to game directory so I'm guessing it's a problem from RLD version

http://rapidshare.com/files/248708366/CZE_CZ.rar

Your file worked great and there was indeed a discrepancy with the Help_Updates.html file.  It seems however there is a problem with the other Help_Updates.html files from that same folder.  Now it's whining about the DAN_DK Help_Updates.html file.  I must again request if you could upload the entire contents from the HelpPages (~500KB)?

Thanks for any help.

Fuck this patch. Awesomemod is all the patches we need.

Only because I'm feeling nice - http://rapidshare.com/files/248725053/HelpPages.rar

YES!  That did the trick Bass Junkie.  It installed with no problems after I replaced my HelpPages with the ones you provided.  It'll surely come in handy for people who have the RLD to RZR version of the game.

Many thanks!

Fuck, I've taken out various mods and still can't get the bastard to move past 81%.  Considering that I've heard that it gives you more crashes, new bugs, a longer loading time, and possibly AIDS, I think I'll do like I did for Sims 2 and just rely on Pescado's fixes.

Have you tried the HelpPages that apparently worked for Malapietra?

Mine's crashing on the fucking Launcher for some reason.  I haven't tried the HelpPages because 1. that's not where the installer is failing, and 2. I have the non-arred (bought in a store) version.

The patch just plain sucks XD. I'm getting extreme lag. And apparently I'm not the only one. My loading screen went from 10 seconds to a minutes but is now down to about 20 blahhh.

I downloaded the patch that was supposed to work with my region (Sims3_1.2.7.00002_from_1.0.631.00002.exe) from the link provided by Pes but when I tried to run it it comes up with this error:

The setup has detected that the installed game region for this update is incorrect.

I did check the version the launcher is showing and it is in fact 1.0.631.00002, I also tried the one for 000001 and get the same error.
Anyone having the same issue? or any advice as to how to fix this?

Find out what version you DO have, and substitute the number accordingly. Your IP lists you as being from .ar, so I have no idea what region they have.

Guys, I need help. My disc is randomly ejecting itself now.  :'(. I do not get what is up with this patch, because it sucks. Is there a way to do away with it?

.ar would stand for Argentina... which would be relevant if I would have bought a copy of the game in my country...

As said in my post the version listed on the sims launcher is 1.0.631.00002
But since I downloaded the Reloaded version and later patched it to change it to the Razor version in order to make the downloads work I am not sure if that would be accurate or not, is there any other way to check the version besides the horror that is the launcher?

I did have to copy the original cracked version of the sims 3 .exe after doing that since the game was crashing on the loading screen, that would be the file that came with the Reloaded version. I wonder if maybe that made a hybrid version...

Premature ejectulation?

...why are you messing with the disk still? Take it out, put it in a safe place, and use AWESOMEMOD.

Is anyone here *not* using awesomemod and can confirm EA did fix the story progression disablement properly?

Yes, yes, we know, you're just chomping at the bit to be able to rip it out.

Just like so many others, I had the error and patch failed, But with some searching I found the problem. If you remove the file "Shaders_Win32.precomp" from your The Sims 3/Game/Bin and replace it with the one from your CD it works. I dont know if something in game, or elsewhere changed this file but the Patch dosen't think its the correct file and errors out.

It's the very first "no mosaic" hack that causes the problem. If you have the old hack that changes the shader properties, then the patch won't install. If you have the newer "no mosaic" hack, that changes the Resource.cfg file under Program Files/Electronic Arts/The Sims 3, and installs a package file under Mods/Packages, then the patch will install.

I can't install either patch posted by Pescado. Incorrect game region.
I replaced Shaders_Win32.precomp with the one from the disc too. And I inserted the new help pages.
Doing it from the launcher moans about not having EA download manager. We still don't want this right?

I was having the wrong region issue, but edited on the registry a number, and it 'worked' fine... Unfortunately I got another error, 'File not found'. So I discovered the reason: the patch doesn't recognize the game, 'cause it's installed on F:\ hd, and not on C:\...  :-\ I copied and pasted the Bin folder from F to C, and it stopped at 7%, requiring another file out of Bin..

My game isn't original. I downloaded it from Pescado link. I also tried to open the patch with the Resource Hacker, but I didn't find anything...  ???

Does someone know how to fix this?  :P

I'm also having the wrong region issue. I reinstalled the game. I'm using razor patched reloaded version. In the skutext it has the .0002 so I got the matching patch and it still didn't work. I downloaded the HelpPages and still no go. The only other thing I can think of is when Pescasdo says change the number, but I don't know what the number is, where it's located and how to change it. If anyone knows please tell me.

Windows Key + R, or Start/Run, regedit or regedt32, HKEY_Local_Machine, Software, Sims, open SKU and change 7 to 2. Hope this is what you're looking for.. x) Ah, this only works with the Worldwide (0002) version!

Or you could just replace the "00002" in the URL with 7, and get that one.

Not only change the 00002 to 7.. You must change it to 00107. So, HERE (http://na.llnet.eadownloads.ea.com/u/f/sims/sims3/patches/Sims3_1.2.7.00107_from_1.0.631.00107.exe) the link.  ::)

This worked perfectly and I was able to use my original crack and start the game. I'm putting the resource.cfg and files back in as well as the files. I figured that I'd do it this way so that if something is broke I'll know how and when I broke. Thanks so much for helping.

I was able to install the patch with no problems.  I haven't had a chance to see if the SP toggle works, but the 3 speed is indeed faster than it was.  Still not quite as fast as the Sims2 3 speed, but it seemed pretty close. 

Has anyone patched the game on a mac? If so, HOW?

Using that  update the installer gets to 7% and says invalid file. Fullbuild0.package appears to be the one its having problems with.

No-CD crack for patched 1.2.7, courtesy of yours truly.   http://sharebee.com/33f8779d

I did and it went well. Don't bother with the launcher, though, get the app from the links I posted here (http://www.moreawesomethanyou.com/smf/index.php/topic,15531.msg447434.html#msg447434); it's a tgz archive, double-click and the BOM Archive Helper (or whatever else you set) will unzip it for you. Double click on the .app, select the The Sims 3.app in the window chooser and go.

Here I got an error with the file gameplay.package at Game/Bin.. Can someone kindly upload it please?  :)

Don't run the game from the launcher.

Also take the checkmark out of auto update. You can find it in the updates section.

Bass Junkie...the replacement of the HelpPages did it for me as well... thanks! Unfortunately another invalid file was found (or rather a bunch of files, I'll guess.) These are the regional Sims3Launcher.resources.dll's in "Game\Bin\bin\". Would you be so kind to upload them , too?

Cheers!

I removed all custom content, installed the patch.  Put in the updated awesomemod, the awesomemod did not work at all, none of the commands were recognized and when used help to view the codes, there were no awesomemod destroy all commands at all.  addTrait ___, maxmotives, nothing worked, came up as unknown command.  I totally uninstalled the game did not put the patch back in but tried the awesiomemod and it still does not work at all, and there is no patch installed now.  I'm at a loss.

Thank you for providing this!  Lifesaver, indeed.

Did you remember the framework? You didn't mention it so that's why I ask.

first of all, thanks to Pescado for creating awesomemod


so i just installed the latest version of awesomemod after updating with the EAxis patch

at first everything seemed to be working fine. until i noticed that ALL of my sims had lost 2 job ranks, or were about to lose their second job rank

my starter in the athletic career is now a minor leaguer, my lieutenant is down to desk jockey, and my squad leader is down to grunt

whats more is that even my workaholic sims are skipping work entirely

i dont know if this is awesomemod or the new patch doing it but something is terribly, terribly wrong

This is probably a dumb question but do I need the patch for the current build of awesomemod to work?  I really don't feel like dealing with shitty EAxis patches if I don't really need to at the moment.  Awesomemod seems to fix everything I have an issue with and this patch doesn't really do anything for me.

Yes, you do.

Speaking of the patch, has anyone else noticed a drop in fps since using it? My archaic GeForce 6800 used to give me 20-25 fps, but now it seems to be locked at 10-15 and no amount of tweaking seems to do anything. Stupid EA.  ::)

Anyone else having a problem with their sims taking forever to do what they're told?
When I sent my sims to bed, they just stood in front of their beds for sim-hours before finally getting in, at like 4 in the morning when I sent them around midnight! It was absolutely ridiculous. I hadn't had this problem before the patch, or at least not to this extent.

Darn.  Well I won't be updating my awesomemod then.  My game works perfectly with the unpatched game and whatever version of awesomemod I last installed.  Game speeds are great, not 0100 issues, nothing.  I think I'll just let everything be and thank my lucky stars.

Stupid launcher, stupid EA, stupid me for forgetting to uncheck the "auto update" option.   >:(]

Is there a way to uninstall the stupid patch?  :'(

I would like to second the request for the Game/bin/bin/regional files, if someone would be kind enough to provide them.

I did and I found out what I had done, in all the uninstalling, I did forget the resource file that comes in the framework.  Thank you very much for your reply, if I had not caught it myself, I would have found the mistake with your suggestion.  Thank you!

Hmm.  I am getting an error saying it won't work on "this version" of the game. I tried the Razor version patch, since I have arr-style Ts3.

I've tried everything mentioned here...

I can't get my game to load now- it gets started a bit on the start-up/load screen and then POOF!  Oh well, I suppose there is nothing left to do but try to uninstall the whole damn thing.  :-\

It was all working so beautifully untill the auto update. grrrr.

Sometimes I feel like listing all my EA crap on Ebay for a penny.  ::)

All the game files (except for the executables) can be copied over from the installation disc.

For those who can't access the original installation files, here are the localized resources found in the /Game/Bin/bin folder...

I don't know if this will be helpful to anyone...

I downloaded the mod that works with the patch- installed- moved it to my desktop- rebooted the pc- reinstalled the awesomemod- then downloaded the scriptenabler and installed it- moved it to desktop- rebooted- reinstalled.

Now it's working fine.  There is no rhyme or reason to this.  It is just that the start-up crash thing is so random I figured if I did random crap to my computer/game it might "fix" itself.

So far so good.  All I can say is- wash,rinse,repeat and pray it works.  :P

I did the same rohina, it wouldn't work on mine either. Pescado said I'd need to get a new torrent with the real version. I think the RAZOR one may have updated the game past where the EAxis patch starts - but that's just me supposing.  ::) My error was a locale one.

Another possibility is that the Mac version got an earlier patch already; it was for the launcher, so if you didn't apply that before, maybe now it's throwing a fit.

I haven't been able to play my game since installing the patch... as soon as it hits the loading screen, it crashes. Anyone else dealing with this?

Under Windows you can change that in the registry:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Sims\The Sims 3\
set SKU to 2 (decimal)
unfortunately I haven't the slightest clue how that's organized in a MAC.

I finally made it to 87% now I'm stuck at \Bin\Sims3GDF.dll
I have the Rld-version and that apparently doesn't cut it even though the RZR patch didn't seem to have updated that file.

 I guess I'm giving up, trash the whole thing and stick with yesterday's awesomemod version

-le

In the Mac side I found this as the corresponding entry in the registry:


SKU is apparently set to 1, though, I don't know what this means :/.

Argh! D:
I have the same problem! Anybody know a fix to this? Or upload their Sims3GDF.dll file?

Iam having the exact same promblem

Here's the entire "..\Game\Bin" folder, pulled straight off my CD, in two parts. Contains Sims3GDF.dll and Shaders_Win32.precomp. Decided to .rar the whole thing in case we get anymore problem files.

Part One: http://www.box.net/shared/ykuf4fkhl7
Part Deux: http://www.box.net/shared/u5zofkx1k9

Maybe the OP or BastDawn could link to this post so all the tards, noobs, and sheeple will find it right away since they won't read the whole thread?

Thanks soo much for that upload! I tried to replace that file, however, and it didn't work.
Simply replacing it probably won't do the job D:

Thanks.  Mine is STILL hanging the install at the stupid executable for the shitty Launcher.  Why in the hell would it throw all sorts of fits with that bloody thing?

EDIT:  Nevermind.  Can't fix my problem.  I guess I'll never be able to install this fucking thing unless I want to spend the rest of the night uninstalling and reinstalling the whole game.

You know, in the time you've spent whining about it, you COULD simply have reinstalled.

Yes, I know.  It's a fucking shame.

Edit:  Well, done uninstalling and reinstalling, and it installed this time (of course).  Yeah, Pescado, I know I should have done that in the first place when it kept failing, so that's my own epic failure.  I guess what annoys me the most is that I still am puzzled as to why it was failing on the Launcher in the first place.  No one else seemed to have that problem.  I don't use the silly thing, but apparently it had become corrupted in some way?  Jesus fuck.

I'm gonna try it with the Image-Disc version from Demonoid, probably tomorrow, and I'll tell you if it worked or not.

Anyone now having trouble installing downloaded content? My installer seems to be acting up after I installed the patch...

All right. After much trepidation I decided to go ahead and bite the bullet, and can confirm that I was able to successfully patch the arrr'd Razor version on a mac, using the link provided by Marhis. However, I did previously install the launcher update, so I'm not sure if that affected it or not. (For some reason, prior to this the game refused to load until the launcher was updated, even when not running directly from it.)

I also installed the latest version of AwesomeMod, with no glaringly obvious problems yet. There were no error messages when installing the patch, and (knock on wood) no crashes when loading the game, though I only tried it once. I didn't have much time to test out gameplay, but there is now a more noticeable difference between speeds 2 and 3.


I'm willing to check mine to see if there are any differences, but am not sure where to look on a mac.

The patch installed fine here, left my mods alone, and fixed the > and >> buttons.

Happy Simmer I R.

Mine did this without the patch. Well... I was watching and saw the babysitter start to leave, so I clicked on the baby and chose an interaction... change diaper, I think. Then then the babysitter jumped out, disappeared, leaving the baby on the floor. So maybe my interacting did it, and the patch makes it happen automatically?
And is it just me, or are the babysitters worse than the nannies were in TS2? I had a house with a toddler and two infants and by the time the parents got home from a funeral they were all orange-mood and desperate to be fed. The babysitter, meanwhile, was standing on the porch. Ugh.

I've patched mine, see where the patch stops for files not found and change those files in the game bin. I have the RZR one and patched it also from RZR's patch. File errors were skuversion, Shader_Win32.precomp, and TSLHost.dll. In skuversion, I just changed GameVersion to RZR's version unpatched, took out the Shader_Win32.precomp and TSLHost.dll files from RZR's ISO and replaced the files from the Game/Bin. Patched it with the latest patch after taking all the Mods and Resource file and deleted all cache files from My Documents/Electronic Arts/The Sims 3 and voila! it worked. No hangs and freezes but Im also looking out if there'll be bugs...
Hope this helps.... xoxox

I think I'm gonna get a new TS3 (released version) for this issue as my  reloaded > razor version just isn't co-operating with any of my three patches and various files have been added/modded.

Has anyone got a good TS3 arr link as TPB and mininova are showing very poor amount of seeds, and I don't fancy the Taiwan version, theres enough complications already  :P

Thanks

Look through this post to see if any of it helps with the problems you're facing with RLD > RZR version.

http://www.moreawesomethanyou.com/smf/index.php/topic,15531.msg448070.html#msg448070

Thanks, I will try that registry editing trick now.
However, I'm not looking forward to messing with windows registry files every time a patch/EP/SP comes out, so a good arr'ed physical disc version would still be a good idea I suspect.

EDIT: I've got Vista 32. The registry layout is different.

You can find all the registry entries in

/Users/<your account>/Library/Preferences/The Sims 3 Preferences/system.reg

Open it with any text editor. There are many other .reg files, but I don't know what exactly they are for.

bah.. SKU is right in reg, SKU is right in text, giving me fits on the skuversion.txt file. 97percent then fail. Worldwide version. I suppose I will just reinstall at this point getting someone with a unpatched skuversion.txt is not likely.

I have one.  It is the retail version.

I have not patched yet because EA seems to not be able to handle my terabyte drive and gives me a message that I do not have enough drive space to install.  I have been going back and forth with EA Tech Service.

Same issue. Its a complete joke.

I downloaded the patch here though:
http://www.simprograms.com/the-sims-3-patches/patches-the-sims-3/

Make sure you DL the correct version: The one that says US/English is NOT the UK patch. The other is for all other regions except the US.

The Resource Config file is causing my game to hang during loading. Remove it and it all works fine.

The patch halts at 89% because it seems to be missing this file: Sims3Launcher.resources.dll  and is supposedly to be located in Game\Bin\bin\cs_CZ, but is abscent from my computer. I have installed the worldwide version of the game and I haven't patched it before this.

Any idéas as to where I can find this file? I cleaned out my pc a week ago and threw away the TheSims3.iso and since it took me 5 days to download the blasted thing I am reluctant to do so again only to find a file. Although I imagine it is unavoidable should it become evident that the launcher is somehow corrupted. And before you ask, yes, I have searched through all folders under The Sims 3 and haven't found the file in question.

And whose bright idea was it to throw away the ISO of an EA game, the kind you KNOW you're going to have to reinstall dozens of times, Dingaling?

Sadly, no other than my own.  :(

Okay, here we go:

[Software\\Sims\\The Sims 3] 1246083534
"Country"="US"
"DisplayName"="The Sims 3"
"Install Dir"="C:\\Program Files\\EA Play\\The Sims 3"
"Locale"="en-US"
"SKU"=dword:00000001
"Telemetry"=dword:00000001

Of course, this is after it's been patched, so I'm not sure if anything in it would change from that or not. My SKU seems to be set at 1 also, though I did notice that "Telemetry" is set to 1 on my system where yours said 0. Unfortunately, I'm not sure what that means.

Thanks Hawg.  I am all patched and up and running now.  I am still going to pester EA though.  They are not going to get off that easy.

You're welcome! Guess I saved your Bacon.

Sorry, couldn't resist a hogness joke.

I'm still trying to fix the damn resource.cfg issue... >:(

EDIT: It's not the resource file, its the awesome mod. Everything loads apart from that, and it hangs the game. Yes, its the latest version.

Going to check out the rest of the forum...

Hawg, I have found that the awsomemod and the Hair from peggy's conflic with each other. I can boot fine with one or the other loaded but not both.

Mine is also stopping at 89%, however mine says it is "Game\Bin\Sims3Launcher.exe" which is invalid.
I just reinstalled the game from the Razor copy, so I don't know what else to do :(

Edit: I think it was holding on to an older version of the launcher. A second uninstall and deletion of the Sims 3 folder fixed the problem

Having trouble patching? Here's what to do:

First download this file: http://rapidshare.com/files/249397309/patch_fix.rar.html (http://rapidshare.com/files/249397309/patch_fix.rar.html)
CAN SOMEONE PLEASE RE-HOST IT SINCE RAPIDSHARE ONLY ALLOWS 10 FREE D/Ls!!!


Note:
This is for region 2 (ie. European version) of TS3. If you have the region 1 (ie. US version) then please seek help elsewhere. To find out which version you have, open TS3 game launcher and check lower left corner. Then quickly close the launcher for it will open a portal to the depths of hell and release evils of unimaginable horror.


1. Modify HKLM\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Sims\The Sims 3\SKU value to 2
(For 32bit, the key is under HKLM\SOFTWARE\Sims\The Sims 3). If you're on XP, GBAD for all the shit you've been giving us Vista users.
2. Extract content of the above package and override the files in your TS3 folder.
3. Apply the Sims3_1.2.7.00002_from_1.0.631.00002.exe (http://na.llnet.eadownloads.ea.com/u/f/sims/sims3/patches/Sims3_1.2.7.00002_from_1.0.631.00002.exe) patch.
4. Apply Awesomemod (cause it's awesome and TS3 would not be worth playing w/o it)
5. ???
6. PROFIT!!!


More Note:
If you got *bleep* over by Reloaded like I did, you need to download a patch that will replace the FullBuild0.package file. The correct file size should be 1,023,864,748 bytes. If you don't know how to get it, you do not deserve to play this game.

Credit:
- I stole all the files off the interwebs, mostly from this board.
- Awesomemod is made by J. M. Pescado, who shall always be praised as the one true god. Also if you're the FBI looking for a scapegoat, he's the mastermind behind it all.
- The credit for other files I'm too lazy to look up or list. I claim no authority over them nor responsiblity. Use at your own risk.

Thanks that helped me!

Here's the same file as my above post hosted on sendspace. Dunno how much bandwidth is allowed on this. PM me if you need the file.

http://www.sendspace.com/file/vu1qjk (http://www.sendspace.com/file/vu1qjk)

Also, the file is basically the game \ bin folder from the original EU version install. It has all the help files, the sims3launcher.resource.package files (especially that cs-CZ one that's causing problems), as well as the main executable file, launcher file, and the sku version text file.

Happy patching!

I apparently phail at googling the file. I'm using the RZR version but nobody else seems to be reporting it as a problem. Help please?

EDIT: I don't know what where my problem with FullBuild0.package came from but a re-install from scratch fixed it. Followed advice on this thread and now have an updated TS3. Nice.

Okay, google found nothing on this other patch. I could aquire it from downloading the 5gb razor version I suppose, but other than that, where is it please?

If you mean the reloaded > razor update, I done that a while back.

EDIT: I just re-did the HelpPages thing, and it appears to have worked. The download had 2 HelpPages from the same country, only one worked.

Since I have installed the patch according to that HKLM method, I get a msg on running Sims 3 to insert a disc in order to continue... help required

There is only one version, for the new patch, and it goes with the new patch. There will ALWAYS be only one version.

Honestly speaking the game is still not as fast as Sims 2... The 2x and 3x speeds in SIMS 2 were way faster than what are in Sims 3 (post-Patch)

I reinstalled from the saved iso on my lovely harddrive, but thank you those who posted the sku txt file. I smacked the install around , slapped on the patch SANS the tiny patch before game launch and everything is peachy.

You rawk. You just so fucking rawk. Thank you. Thank you.

Next AwesomeMod will include specialized, fine-tuned no-nudity-censor controls.

My deal was as such: I had no immediate need for the patch. Between the base game, awesome mod, some hack of the Shaders_Win32 file and the familyfunds cheat, I can play the game pretty much the way I want.  But I thought I'd better install the EAxis patch as they're going to end up foisting these improvements on me in some future patch or EP or whatever, that plus I'm going need to keep current with awesomemod.

After a couple failed efforts to install the patch after installing the patch-compatible version of awesomemod, I move all my MATY files off to the side and found the installer was conking out at my altered copy of the shaders file. I tried installing after taking that file out, and the install stalled because of the lack of that file. I was able to play without the patch, but I was getting some minor graphic weirdness, like eyeshadow showing through women's bangs and chess pieces completely rearranging on the board with every move. Little stuff.

But I still didn't have the patch in, so I's still going to be screwed in some future update. I was wondering if there was somewhere I could get an unhacked version of that shaders file, and found it right were Bass Junkie stashed it.  I plugged it in, installed the patch, replaced the shader file in the Bin folder with the Sim-porn-friendly version and then  put all my awesome-mod-related files back and everyting''s running fine again.

Even better news. I'm still thankful for the unnamed pioneer who provided the hacked Shaders file, but I'd much rather have something that you've integrated into awesomemod.

my attempts to install the patch are giving me a lovely "installed version of the application could not be determined" error, most likely because its installed on the E drive, and such newfangled super advanced things like having 2 drives is way too much for EA to comprehend.  ::) no clue how to fix it though.

What is the hack for the shader file for?

That Shader_Win32etc file apparently is what creates that censor blur around Sims when they satisfy their Bladder and Hygiene Needs. I downloaded a replacement file somewhere that does something -- sets the blur to zero or something -- that removes the blur.

I couldn't install the patch with the hacked one in there and I couldn't install the patch with no Shader_Winetc file in there, so I had to get an unmolested copy and put it in the /game/bin folder temporarily, just long enough to install the patch. Then I replaced it with the hacked one and everything seems to be running fine after, like, 10 minutes of testing.

One other, kinda serious thing that went wrong when I had the latest Awesomemod w/o the patch was the game would freeze on the load screen when I tried to use the mirror [sim name] cheat, and I think the dresser cheat too.

Well, I can confirm it does work for the Demonoid Image+Mini-Image NRG file, no problems at all.


Remember you need todownload the US file, not the WW one, even if you had installed it in Spanish or French :).

That can't be the problem.  I have TS3 installed on E: and had no problem patching.

interesting. I do have a RAID, if that makes any difference.

I don't have RAID, so that could be it (although I'm not sure why that would make a difference).

Nope, I have a RAID array and it works fine.

What do you do if you have the arr version razor/reloaded and the patch says incorrect version (when you know they are both XXXX.0002) and there is no version information stored under any Sims 3 folder (that I can find even following the instructions in this thread and others).

Does anybody know if further awesome mod downloads will even be compatible if I continue to be unable to patch?

You reinstall with a proper ISO.

Fine-overtuned, if I may say. I don't want the censor off because I want to peep at dangly bits of digital people, I just want that stupid distracting pixelation off my screen. I don't mind if it shows them crapping through their pants. I hope that anticensor mod from MTS works along with new patch.

It does on my legit copy with Awesome Mod & other tunings from Pudding Factory.

Could you clarify, please? You're getting the Old Car CTD issue because your use the mirror/dresser cheats? How do you know they are connected? (I'm really interested as I have been getting those crashes and use those cheats more than any other--fugly townies give me hives.)

Wierd. I finally got it to work last night after renaming my InstallShield file to InstallShieldold.. dunno why or how it worked, but it did.

Alright, I'm no quitter, I'll play your game. I've read this thread, and I'm kind of at a loss...

Has anyone patched the "arr-vesion" 1.0.631.00003 (from what I've read, that's the pirated retail version from some part of Asia... Definitely wouldn't have installed an Asian version if I knew at the time, but the language is all English so I never noticed) I'll edit the registry, whatever I need to do, I just need to know *what* to do...

*EDIT: I'm running Windows XP, and the text file that came with my version says nothing about Razor or Reloaded.

Well first thing you need to do is check your launcher and see exactly what version you have, then find a place to download the patch for that version / region.

You shouldn't change your registry unless you had a reloaded version (which is region 7) that was patched to conform with razor (region 2) w/o the registry change (ie. sku file reads 2, registry reads 7). Assuming the "arr" version is a retail clone, you should have no trouble patching as long as you can get this official patch (http://na.llnet.eadownloads.ea.com/u/f/sims/sims3/patches/Sims3_1.2.7.00003_from_1.0.631.00003.exe)

I just get to 95% and it errors saying bin/skuversion.txt. I'm not what sure what to do can please someone advise me what needs to be done

Depends on whether or not you have the file and which version of the game you have.
If you have region 2 (ie. 1.0.631.00002), type the following in a text file and save it as skuversion.txt in sims 3 \ game \ bin

GameVersion = 1.0.631.00002
Code:0.DL-0.0.11195
Asset:1.Content.Devtest.1397
Thumbnails:1.Thumbnail.dl.933
TCC:1.TCC.dl.1209
CiderVersion#002432

That didn't work, it keeps saying invalid file found =[

damn got to 97%, how stupid am i by deleting the iso =[ does anyone know where i can get the original TSLHost.dll

Previous page of this thread, my post.

Finally, someone else who has the same version I do! I'll tell you first that I did manage to patch the game with no trouble at all once I followed Pescado's instructions (in the Awesome Mod download thread) on changing numbers in the link for whatever version you need. Unfortunately, on an identical twin computer, with an identical install of the Sims, the patch refuses to work. It continues to give the error message that the version is incorrect, despite the skuversion.txt file being the same as mine. I came here to lurk for help, so I'll be checking the registry of the other computer as soon as I can, with great hope that somehow it altered itself.

For reference, I'm running Vista 32 on both machines, sp1, I believe, though I've no idea if there are any others. As a note of interest, the computer having trouble with the patch also suffers the random load screen crashes while the easily patched computer has never been so unlucky.

Okay, please correct me if I am wrong:

The latest version of Pescado's Awesomemod will not work without the latest patch from EA?
If that is the case, I need to download a version of the patch in order to have my game speed up and also to access Pescado's latest hacks?

Checking in the .sku file I have version 615 of the Sims 3.  I bought my game in South Africa.

Please can somebody guide me step by step through what patch I need to download to get it and awesomemod working in my game.

Thank you in advance.

Editing to say that if I can't get the patch working after someone kindly directs me on what to do, then how do I get the previous version of Awesomemod back assuming my first sentence is correct. 

Just read you comment, that still seems confusing, i can't download the thing you have posted

Okay, please correct me if I am wrong:

The latest version of Pescado's Awesomemod will not work without the latest patch from EA?
If that is the case, I need to download a version of the patch in order to have my game speed up and also to access Pescado's latest hacks?

Checking in the .sku file I have version 615 of the Sims 3.  I bought my game in South Africa.

Please can somebody guide me step by step through what patch I need to download to get it and awesomemod working in my game.

Thank you in advance.

Editing to say that if I can't get the patch working after someone kindly directs me on what to do, then how do I get the previous version of Awesomemod back assuming my first sentence is correct.

I've just checked the identical twin computer to my own that kept getting the "wrong version" message when trying to patch. As it turns out, the registry entry didn't alter itself, it was just never created. It didn't even bother with an empty folder. After exporting my own entry and inserting into the other computer's, the patch worked just fine. I'm going to chalk this up to another instance of Vista deciding what I can install and where, though it doesn't even have a clue as to what it is. Maybe those load screen crashes will stop now.

For reference, I'm talking about the [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Sims\The Sims 3] entry.

Don't use the Rapidshare one since the bandwidth limit has been reached. Use the sendspace link. Open it with internet explorer (Firefox doesn't work for some reason).

i couldnt get mine to patch. soooo I just redownloaded the one on TPB(the one that has the most seeds) and uninstalled the one i had and reinstalled this one and without doing anything to it, i ran the 1.2 patch and it patched fine. i then added the crack and too daa it works great!!!!!!

I tried reinstalling the reloaded version that was the 615 release. Then I updated it using the reloaded to razor patch download. And the sku version says it's 1.0.631.00002...which is the retail, as it should be.

Then I downloaded the 1.2.7.00002 from 1.0.631.00002 from a link here. And it says it's the wrong damn region. Which is bullshit.

What should I do here?

Don't instead the Beta version, install the Razor version. There's a damn good reason it was released as a "Proper".

Yeah, I know. I just chose the most stable torrent I could find.

I did update it properly once I found out about the registry fix and the patch fix.

How I missed that while reading the damn thread, I know no idea.  ;D

Can somebody please help me.  Pretty please.

If someone has the answer, and wants to share it, they will.  Asking three times does not magically make people willing to help.

Around here nagging tends to attract very negative attention.

*witch peers closely at the thread

Okay, I know I am officially nagging, but my questions were phrased in such a way as to give yes, no answers, except about the patch download.  

When I go into skuversion.txt, my game version says 1.0.615.00107.  Can anyone tell me if I can manually change the 615 to a 632 and can I change the 00107 to something else - will that help with downloading the patch?

Thank you.  I am not windows literate so I just really hope that someone comes along who is 'willing to help'.  Otherwise, why is this thread here?

I have region 2 game and this worked for me without having to modify any keys.
(I tried looking for the key but couldn't find it, so perhaps I'm just not awesome enough.  :-\)
Anyways, worked like a charm. Thanks! :D

Because I have nothing better to do right now at 4:30am, I'll go through it.

Correct. Pescado has already answered this question, probably more than once, but I only caught it the first time. Also, the information is on the Awesome Mod download page that the patch is now figured into the mod.

Correct. You need to bring your game from whatever version you have to 127.

This, I believe, is partially why no one has answered thus far. I, myself, have seen perhaps only one other mention of a version 615, and no patch links were involved. It's my understanding that your best bet is to go the official route and ask your regional customer service about the problem. If all else fails, succumb to the evil of the launcher and pray for the best.

That's not likely to happen, for the reason mentioned in my above statement, and because if the information is available, it's already in this thread or another.

The only way to get an earlier, unsupported version of Awesome Mod is to hope someone else has been saving them all along and is willing to share with you.

You didn't get them because all of the answers you requested are already available.

You stated this a little too vaguely to truly describe what's happening. Did you actually type out "setconfig cassliderscaleincreased true" and it came up as unknown? My problem with typing in the commands is that I almost always put an extra 'S' at the end of "cas", resulting in error. If you've ruled these common issues out, it narrows down the possibilities. It helps potential repliers offer viable solutions if they know what you've already ruled out on your own. Also, give exact version numbers, like 1.0.615.00003 instead of just "615", as I can't imagine most would know every region number available. On occasion, it also helps to know what operating system you're running, so people can provide you with "step-by-step" instructions that actually pertain to your setup.

I had to chuckle at this, because it seems that asking someone to do something "kindly" almost never results in a kindly done action. Especially not here. Shame on you for being so demanding!

Grumblesnort,  I do thank you for this info.  I won't ask what you are doing up so late.  It is 11h20 am in SA now.  

I managed to fix my problems with the CAS (I didn't put in 'setconfig')

You have no idea how many threads I have trundled through to try an find answers to my questions.  

Okay, actual version number is 1.0.615.00107 and I'm on Windows XP  

Thanks again for your patience and help.  

Edit registry so that the sku matches. Instruction on previous page in my post.

Has anyone figured out how to fix the patch stalling on sims3Launcher.exe? I've tried reinstalling, to see if it was just an outdated launcher, but that seemed to do nothing but waste my time.

I restored the game to it's original state. Any mods that overwrite the original files, like AG's camera mod, I took out and put the original files back in. Moved the Mod folder and Resource.cfg to desktop, then installed the patch. That worked for me.

Thanks for the quick reply, brownlustgirl. I did as you suggested, moving the Resource.cfg to desktop, (no mods to delete or Mod folder to move yet) and it is still throwing up errors at 81%, Launcher.exe.

I *think* I have restored it to original condition as best I can, I have reinstalled twice now, including scouring the registry for hanging threads, but found nothing. I guess I will just keep plugging away trying to find the magic file that's bothering it about the Launcher.

If reinstalling the game didn't help, I don't know what could be stop installing the patch short of EA borking it.

Maybe you can get help in this thread (http://www.moreawesomethanyou.com/smf/index.php/topic,15531.0.html). Search the thread using Sims 3 Patch.

Did anyone have a bad game bin tsl host.dll that stopped the patch? I tried to find it but Wow is there a lot of stuff covered in this thread. So sorry if someone already asked this.

Nevermind fixed it  :o :-* my bad i found the answer here. ;D

Thanks for that link. I haven't found the answer yet, but there are a couple of ideas in there that I haven't tried.

Do you really now? Someone has recorded some instructions here in this clip (http://www.moreawesomethanyou.com/crapola/idiot.wav).

There are no previous versions of Awesomemod. Oceania has always been at war with Eastasia.

Heh, she probably bought it at a flea market where people will very happily sell you ARRed goods.  Every flea market in SA has at least 10 vendors hawking poorly burned CDs with badly photocopied covers.

Here's my story:
I'm using a crack and I installed the patch with the launcher.
Luckily for me, I saved the original sims 3 exe. So I don't know if it matters, but I renamed my crack exe something else and reused the original's exe.
Opened the launcher, I have the US version so...yeah.
I didn't have to register, and I didn't.
Installed patch, and closed everything. Reused the crack exe, and my game is up and running.
And I have the awesome mod installed, and it still works. Tested by using maxmotives.

I'm officially frustrated, and have limited free time to PLAY TS3, much less time to dink around with patches that refuse to work. RAWR!

Nutshell: Originally had RLD, updated to RZR.

Patches here ( http://www.simprograms.com/the-sims-3-patches/patches-the-sims-3/ ) say "the installed game region is incorrect." I tried both, to be sure. Botheration. Game version claims to be 1.0.631.00002.

Tried replacing default Shaders_Win32.precomp, in case the altered Shaders_Win32.precomp was causing the problem. No go.

Tried removing Packages folder. No go.

Tried swapping out default skuversion.txt file for recommended new skuversion.txt file. Nope. Fail.

Also, not that it seems like it would matter, but I removed my four Cache files before trying to update, because I was installing new content and some pattern packages.

Did I miss any other suggestions in this thread I could try? I'm re-reading, but it looks like the other suggestions refer to non-00002 versions, or include stuff I have already tried.

NOW what?

Can anyone help me, I removed my mods installed the patch which crashed halfway thru now its made my game implode! I want to reinstall but I need to back up all the stuff i put in with the sims instaler but where is it kept? I can't find it please help!!

Do you have Rick & Delphy's CAS Slider Hack?  If you do, delete the files and install the newly updated ones for the patch.  My launcher kept crashing and then I had checked my hacks for updates.  I updated that file and was able to install things again.  It's late and time for sleeping, so I haven't tried to play my game again tonight, but am hoping the damn thing works.  I am also hoping that the patch fixes the stupid restart your computer 3 times before you can play thing I have going on.  But I'm not holding my breath.

I was kind of in the same situation. RLD Version with RLD to RZR Patch.
After several fails with the original EAxis Patch I ended up with a half patched game and a borked Launcher.exe.
(Which I still use in cases where jFade's program chokes).
To work around the "wrong region" problem I unpacked the Patchfile first with UNIEXTRACT
That gave me a subdir "Disk1" with the appr. setup.exe inside.
From there I was able to fully patch the game (Thanks to several substitute files generously offered here.  :D
(Especially helpful was the Bin directory uploaded by Zamboni IIRC).

By now almost the complete DVD must have been uploaded so it should be possible to stitch a game (less the data files) together like that.
In case you're still missing any files just say the word andI'll put them on box.net or s/th.

-le

Now, that isn't very nice is it, Mr Pescado?  All I'm trying to do is download the freaking patch and trying to get info to do it.  That doesn't make me an idiot, it makes me windows-challenged and clueless about registries and such. 

I'm SURE you'll correct me if I'm wrong, but did you not amend your Awesomemod so that it would be compatible with the patch?  That to me would mean that there was a pre-patch version. 

I'll repeat the information in the hope that someone will be able to guide me through what to do with my version.

Version number is 1.0.615.00107 and I'm on Windows XP. 

The point is, if you have version .615, you either did not buy it but are too much of an idiot to admit it, or you are an idiot and bought it from a flea market that happily took your money for the non-retail version.

Nope. AwesomeMod has always been compatible with the patch. Oceania has always been at war with Eurasia.

Get a new version.

No, Roflganger, I repeat I am not an idiot, I am quite happy to admit that I have a less than legal version.  The second is correct.  I did buy it from a flea market and have had absolutely no problems with it crashing or otherwise as a million others have had with their 'legal' versions.

No, they are just information-challenged.  I have read through ALL the posts on patches in this forum and MTS and still have not been able to find a solution to my problem, so I am not just trying to be spoonfed.


Not rich enough.  
So are you basically saying that I am going to have to live with the slow speed forever? That there are no changes that I can make to the registry (wherever that is) to be able to download the patch?  I thought this site was about helping people.  It seems that it is all about insulting people.    

In other words, you're a chump who PAID for a pirated version. That is the dumbest of the dumb. Pirate Cat does not pay for his downloads.

The version you have is simply incomplete and there are no patches to fix that. You actually paid for a pirated copy of something, and the only thing we can really do is laugh at you. Go pirate a real one!

All i have to say is J. M. Pescado you are my idol.. that has to be some of the best responses i have ever seen... Audrey just do what everyone did, which was not pay for the damn thing if your gonna be a pirate do it the right way, if you can't afford to buy a new one then do what you should have done in the first place and Use Google!

EDIT: Spelling mistake!

In the interest of fairness, I will point out that in South Africa, downloading the game is actually not a less expensive alternative to buying it outright, since the price for 5.5 gigs worth of bandwidth exceeds the actual price of the game, and even the fastest DSL connection is slow.  Paying someone the equivalent of about $8 USD for their pirated version does make financial sense here.

Paying money for a pirated version of the NON-RETAIL version, however, is stupid.

Well, the moral of the story is that when you pirate, you know you are taking a risk that you won't be able to patch or that what you have might be borked or have a virus tagged on. It happens less and less these days. That doesn't mean it doesn't happen. In any case, you can't really bitch to anyone except who you got the pirated copy from. We can't fix your lack of research.

I too, am stuck at 81% at the launcher...... T.T moved out mods,  un-installed & re-installed a bajillion times, have store bought game, right version #'s etc...  about to try the gasoline and matches next on this thing ...

Mr. Pescado, I blame you and your awesome mod for all o this T.T it's just too awesome to just do without, and leave the game unpatched...


^_^ Okay, just wanted to say I got it working!!! *yay* , i had tried un-installing like 8 times, never worked, thought I had cleared out mods etc, but for some reason still got hungup at the launcher part.... So, wandering back to the EA troubleshooting site expecting useless info, found their manual un-install intructions, http://easims.custhelp.com/cgi-bin/easims.cfg/php/enduser/std_adp.php?p_faqid=22226 (http://easims.custhelp.com/cgi-bin/easims.cfg/php/enduser/std_adp.php?p_faqid=22226) tried that, and it worked fine =)

so yeah... just wanted to mention it..... lol T.T Now I'll have fun starting over as I didnt backup any of my save data... ah well

When there's big patches, there will be a torrent released of it, usually. You just download it in the installer and turn your internet off, simple. Viruses aren't that big of a deal, if you have a half decent anti-virus.

But you're right, getting yourself a virus isn't anyone's fault but their own. They know they take a risk getting torrent'd games, and should know how to handle the consequences.

I'm specifically referring to someone in Audrey's case, who got the beta version of the game and seemingly has no option to get the full one. Our resources are vastly different. We have the option to redownload another torrent of the correct version. She can't apply the patch because she doesn't have a pre-patch version that the patching utility recognizes. She's SOL, because she didn't know the correct game version or check with her "vendor" before her purchase. Ultimately, that's her own fault.

And yeah, I have first hand knowledge of the normal way of things. I haven't payed for a game (well, an EA game) since BV due to SecuROM and how they treated their customers and continue to treat their customers. Note that I am happily playing a patched TS3.

Zazazu and Roflganger, thank you for explaining my situation re the bandwidth in SA.   

It is prohibitively expensive in SA to download 5.5 gigs as each gig costs R100, and as I could not afford that nor to buy the retail version which was four times the price of the arr'd one, that was my only option.  I actually did not know that I would be taking a risk by buying this copy, but it looks like I'm paying for it now with a game which cannot be patched.  I thank you for explaining the situation and it may be my fault but financial circumstances dictated my position, so I came on here hoping that there might be a fix. 

Looks like I will have to get used to the slow speed of sleeping and working.  The rest of the game is running peachily and I even downloaded all the content off the EA site and it is working perfectly, so it is not all bad.

Judge not, lest ye be judged.

I NEVER rush to be the first one to use a new EA patch.  I have been burned by EA that way too many times.  In most cases, the new patch has introduced newer problems to replace the old ones, ones we usually already understood and had workarounds for.  

And sometimes it was absolutely DISASTROUS.  I suppose the worst one was the Hot Date patch way back when, which deserves its own Harvard business school study in QA incompetence and trademark self-immolation.  Disastrously borked.  Everybody complained.  EA got defensive and tried to say it was okay.  Then weeks later, they acknowledged it was a mistake and removed the patch from the download site.  In the meantime, everybody was scrambling to get copies of the original unpatched .EXE because EA provided no way to unpatch.  They finally came out with a Hot Date patch v2, just a week or so before the next EP, which was Vacation.  And a lot of people wouldn't buy or touch Vacation with a ten-foot pole because there were fears that it would include the borked Hot Date patch.

Oh, God, I remember that.  My game was so messed up I had to call Maxis tech support.  I was a 12 at the time, so when they told me that I had to delete all my custom content, I did it.  I had actually paid for a lot of the stuff- WDS and TSR had just gone pay, if I remember correctly.  A subscription is a lot when it's your entire allowance.  I was so pissed when I found out that the CC had nothing to do with my issues.

I remember going to Maxis for help. One of my sims was stuck and I'd clicked 'delete' or something. The Maxoid gimp told me my sim was non-recoverable once deleted, so I trashed my hood. Then on the forums I discovered that a deleted sim just appears by the letterbox on the next lot load. I was spewing. I've never bothered with their their tech help - or that of EAxis - ever since.

Pay someone to download and mail it to you from overseas, might be cheaper ;)

Alternatively, if I find someone here is SA who has a retail copy, is it possible to make a copy of that using a copy tool like Nero?

Easily. Where do you think pirated versions come from?

I would use Alcohol 120% rather than Nero though, if they have it installed.

All the links to the "Bin" Folder seem broken. I have the rld to RZR version 1.0.631.00002. I need a proper link. A torrent would be sexy. Thank you.

During the update i'm getting error messages on some files. I wanted to ask is everyone getting errors from the Bin Folder only? Or do I need to download other files from other folders? I need some clarification cause I'm lost about which folders i need to download to finish this thing. I managed to get the patch working on a RLD to RZR patched game. Now I need to know what I have to download to fix the file errors.Could someone tell me what folders they have modified or fixed/replaced to stop the borking of the updater?

It seems that the amount of files declared as bad differs with almost every installation. Some people only had to change a few files while I had to exchange almost the complete bin folder, the complete /bin/bin folder and the complete /bin/help folder.
Which makes absolutely no sense to me -  why should it matter to a game installed in en-US, that some help file in cc-CZ fails the checksum test. Hell why would the game (in worldwide edition) even install some 20 extra languages that clearly never going to be used. Just another EAXis fail (one carried over from TS2 already)

I think you don't have a choice but to start the patch process over and download/replace according to the error messages until the whole process goes through.
The alternative would be to d/l an actual torrent/DDL preferably with an already patched version of TS3.

-le

That's where my problem is. The replacing. Do I use my cd to replace the files? I don't think I should since it's RLD and the installed version on the PC is RLD to RZR now. I need someone with a patched game to please upload this folder : C:\Program Files\Electronic Arts\The Sims 3\Game\Bin {aprox 70 MB}.

Bin.rar (http://www.4shared.com/file/117370261/dcfe6783/Bin.html)

Now stop squawkin'.

It's 113 MB in my game and compresses to 36MB. This is from the retail version.

Thanks, this is great!

This is the first solution I've seen to the launcher installing CC being a bitch, which I am now fairly certain is a problem with the Reloaded to Razor mini-patch causing the launcher to shit itself. Need MOAR thanks.

Guys!,I have a problem with the FullBuild0!! Can someone please upload it!?You know I was *beep* by Reloaded! I have changed the .bin folder and know my game version is (legal??) because the browser is version 1.0.631.00002 and it automatically finds update.But the patch says the classical invalid file at the FullBuild0 so can someone upload it and Please!! IT has to be from a legal edition!

Don't know if it was specifically mentioned before, but for all of you still complaining about RLD>RZR patched game and having a shit of a time messing with registry on XP, the exact location of the registry keys regarding game version can be found here:
My Computer\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\{C05D8CDB-417D-4335-A38C-A0659EDFD6B8}

Yeah have lots fun with that. You are all honestly better off reinstalling than touching that (don't touch if you have no clue what you are doing on a computer but somehow managed to get here and whine I'm looking at you Audrey, noob) but even then you might have to mess with pasting the bin folder files from what people have posted here, which is what I ended up doing after reinstalling from razor. The patch is evil :/

Reloaded is the beta version. Get the Razor build instead, then apply patch. FullBuild0 is approximately 1gig. Considering that you are going to have other issues and need other files due to your version, you might as well get the real deal.

Patch was successful. But since I stiched my game using witch's retail version Bin folder, the game is now asking for a cd :/ Can anyone upload a no cd crack for the _updated(?) retail version?

Use awesomemod.

Wow, no sarcasm!  Pescado, are you going soft in your old age?  ;) :D

Question:  What is RLD to RZR?

Eaxis released an unofficial version of the sims 3 in May to confuse pirates and cause caos. That version is shipped with bugs put there on purpose to convince the downloaders of that version that a retail version would be better. So RLD (Reloaded) is that pre-release version shipped with bugs. The RZR version is the new retail version. There is a patch to update the reloaded one to razor.

ANYWAYS, I need a No-CD crack, I don't think i should use more mods cause they were a huge pain in the ass while trying to update the game with that fucking patch.

No CD is included in Awesomemod. Stuff Pescado produces creates LESS of a pain in the ass, not more.

Just use the one that comes with RLD?
I am, with the patch, with the Indie Stone Mod, with censor patch blur and all other kinds of fuckery on a vista laptop and have yet to experience implosion.
Whine less.

Just google for the crack.  You will find one.

I have another version of sims 3 1.0.615.00107, and says wrong region when I click the patch. What can i use to patch?

I'm afraid it's the "wrong" version: that can't be patched. You need the Razor (aka retail) version.

I have the pirated version of the game. I've downloaded ALLOT of package files, but very little Mods. For example ,Delphy's slider hack,Same energy gain for all beds hack,super quick skill gain hack and those are it.

Is it reccomendable downloading the patch? What will it do to my game? When I used it it said "incorrect game region".

Look, this is not the support forum for incompetent pirates. I don't really care HOW you got your game, but if you can't manage to handle this, maybe you SHOULDN'T PIRATE GAMES. In Soviet Russia, DEAD HORSE BEATS YOU!

I bet loads of others on this site have pirated versions, or just downloaded the whole thing for free. Why are we even downloading the torrents for the sims store stuff anyways? we're supposed to PAY for them.

Please help me, thats all I ask.

My mistake came from using the 'compressorizor redux" on the game files instead of just mods and the /mydocuments folders (I wont do that twice). It was just enough to change the file sizes so the updater complains.

I have a retail download version and for whatever reason I get an error when I just try to uninstall (was gonna try to re-install) so these files in pieces are really helping, glad for the bin.rar especially, thank you.

I'm not sure what I'm doing wrong but I'm running a legit copy of the game and the launcher is refusing to recognise that there is a patch available (despite correctly identifying the current exe as 1.2.7.00002) The launcher worked fine last time I ran it for the previous patch and indeed that's the only time I use it. I've moved the mod directory from the install folder, deleted the cache files and moved my saved games but it still won't pick up an update. Is there anywhere to download the patch from directly?

Pescado posted a link somewhere in the forum earlier yesterday, in the awesomemod section I think.

Alright, so I downloaded the patch, took out the mods, replaced the modified VideoCamera.ini with the original, and installed the patch. It successfully installed, so I put my mods back in, including the newest version of AwesomeMod (the one which is compatible with the newest patch), and deleted all the cache files. The game loads just fine, but the instant I click the "Play" button, the game crashes. It's happened three times before. Here's an excerpt from the text file, for those who can decipher this stuff, generated after the crash:


EDIT: I took out all mods except AwesomeMod, and now I can finally load my saved games. Since the only other core mod is the Indie Stone Mod, could that one be the culprit? I put IndieStone back in, and the saved games can still load.

I have a store-bought copy of the game.

Any help is appreciated.

I'm having trouble installing the patch.
I've got a legal version of the game, and it gives me a error twice with installing it.

I thought I'd try Witch's Bin.rar they put up to see if it'd help.
Now it won't even tell me there is a update and it's still sitting at 1.2.7.

Thinking I might have to just reinstall in general.

Just a question about the camera hack .ini file.. Can I put it back into my game after I patch, or will it mess it up? I know to put back in the original for patching purposes, but do I need to keep it out permanently?

So...after replacing damn near everything (Gamedata and Bin folders), the patch is still throwing errors, but this time, it's the damn Launcher that's giving me problems, according to the log.  Anyone got any suggestions before I reinstall the game?

Since the 1.3 update is out, I can't find the 1.2.7 patch for Mac ....... and I badly need it !  :o so ... Could someone upload it somewhere ? thanks ...  8)

Remove "enablescripterror.package" from Mods folder. It seems not compatible with patch1.3.
You may not be able to bring up Game Option panel, right? The   "enablescripterror.package" causes the error you just described.

You just need to have the correct version of enablescripterror.package.  There's a version for the base game and one for each patch:
http://www.modthesims.info/download.php?t=359796