More Awesome Than You!

I'm not sure if this is the correct section but here's the torrent:

http://www.1337x.org/torrent/76631/0/

Enjoy.

There really isn't a specific section for this, because it's not really an issue regarding the game and we don't really need to cover it at length.

Here's another link to it: http://www.kickasstorrents.com/the-sims-3-ambitions-vitality-t4122386.html

Ugh, this is terrible. ETA: 2 years.

I'm almost tempted to spend money on this. Almost. I'm too cheap to ever actually do it though.

Same. My ETA keeps jumping from 2 years to 1 week and back. I would buy the game if I had the money. I usually do, but until I can afford it, I'm stuck with torrents. Still, by the time it actually downloads, I may have the money to buy a copy.

Give it time to get more seeders and stuff. It's been out for less than a day.

I'm waiting a bit anyway, but question:

Is the Vitality release usually "compatible" with Reloaded? I own the base game, but I do not have the money to go out and buy WA or Ambitions yet (though I am obsessed with having boxes and manuals for games, so soon enough). I got the Reloaded WA...but it was SKU2 when my legit Sims 3 was SKU1. So I had to download the reloaded Sims 3, too.

Will the Vitality one be SKU2 or SKU1? Is it Multi language and therefore whatever, or is it the US version or whatever? <_<

I dont want to waste the space and bandwidth.

Why wouldn't the release be compatible with the Reloaded release? It's just gamefiles.

I assume the Vitality release is SKU1, since the game won't be out in Europe until Friday.

All you need to do if it doesn't install is edit the registry to 'fake' your region. Worked fine for my legit Sims 3 and downloaded WA/HELS, will see in about 15mins how it works here.

Editing the game region is super easy.

Did anyone know that Ambitions adds the ability to edit, add and remove lots or town items to your neighborhoods from the edit town menu? (Finally.)

Well, I initially faked my WA download into thinking it was SKU 1, but even then, only the SKU 2 patches worked for it.

So I was using SKU 1 patches (ending in .1) for The Sims 3, but SKU 2 patches (ending in .2) for WA, and I had to manually download every patch because of it, and eventually I broke it and got sick of it. Maybe it would be easier with just editing ambitions. Actually, I'm not even sure what SKU the ones I have are listed as.

If it is "just game files" then it might work. Gotta wait for the awesomemod update anyway. Definitely not reinstalling.

Huh? I have WA and the Base Game on two different regions too, but I just changed the WA region to the same as the base game (USA I think) and never changed it back. USA patches work on both of them. I've never had to change the region to install a patch.

Remember, you need to buy Ambitions to use this new feature that should have been in the game at release!

I must've done something wrong then.

Also, uh, I think Town Editing will be in the next major patch. Quite a few big features of Ambitions, just like WA, will be patched.

Well, mine said ETA was 14 hours just 20 minutes ago, but now it's saying around 8 hours, and it seems to be staying at a consistent speed now. I guess it doesn't really matter anyway since I'm not planning on installing it until AM is compatible.

Claeric, the region SKU can be changed easily. I bought the base game, so it's region 1, but both WA and HELS are the RELOADED releases and they're region 2. All I had to do to install them is modify the SKU for the base game from 1 to 2. I changed it back afterwards. I now get region 1 patches for the base game and region 2 patches for WA. It all works fine for me.

Well, that's the thing, I don't want to have to get the patches manually. I loooooove the convenience of just using the launcher. I guess I'll just wait for the Reloaded version (though I dont know a thing about how these "releases" work, so I dunno how long that'll be). Not like downloading will be an issue of speed, that is where private sites come in. :3 Blackcats ftmfw.

Speaking of which, would pirated expansions still work with the launcher and online features?

I have legit base and WA.

There will not be a reloaded release of Ambitions. Vitality got to it first.

Seems like EA finally decided to make a standard disk for Sims 3: Ambitions. I'm installing it now (I got the ISO off Usenet).

I just have The Sims 3 legit, and I can use online features.

I've seen Reloaded and vitality of things, but is that really how they work? The first one to do it is the only one and the other goes "oh well"?

I am not familiar with this stuff.

The Scene tends to be about who gets it and cracks correctly it first. It's sort of a race. The losers are "nuked", meaning their releases are pulled from official circulation, although if the releases are close, nuked releases may hang around for a bit, particularly if it turns out that the first rusher cracked it wrong and the second one is therefore "Proper". This part doesn't really concern us since cracking TS3 is unnecessary, though.

The first group to do a release on the scene is the only release, unless the release is nuked (it has issues) then another group can snatch it up.


Ambitions is SKU region 1, btw. skuregion.txt reads

GameVersion = 4.0.87.006001
Code:0.RL-2.0.104
Asset:1.ep2-0.rl.5
Thumbnails:1.Thumbnailep2.dl.127
TCC:1.TCC.ep02.137
CiderVersion#003828

But someone just said it was an all-in-one disc, like a multi release, doesn't that mean the SKU will be whatever SKU your existing installation is?

AGH I am so confused. Whatever. My ETA is 4 hours, 5 min. That's all I know.

RELOADED won't proper ViTALiTY's release since it does not have any reason to nuke it from the scene.
You can expect a proper when a initial release don't work properly as it should.

About Regions.
The installer automatically updates it to your current region.
It's included inside the ISO at Support\Updates or Support\UpdatesMAC.

The "real" size of this expansion is only 2.5 Gb, add 2.12 Gb of updates and you have this release.

MAC Updates are wayyy big.

2 days ago I found this shelved at my local hick-town Target store.  They refused my purchase at the register, now they lose a sale.  Anyone else finding this marketing strategy not making sense?

Alright, THAT'S what I needed to know- the installer will auto-detect my installed SKU and fix it for me. Then everything is good once AM is updated. Huzzah! Can't wait to add lots to Sunset Valley. Anyone know if we can remove/change existing lots?

My ETA dropped down to infinity though. ;-; Pretty rare for a Blackcats download.

I think they do. If you want to update that way you just have to replace the cracked .exe/tslhost.dll with the original copies and then find a no-CD patch for the new version.

I pulled this off a private tracker this morning and the new features seem pretty neat. I was disappointed with the dearth of new clothes (more varieties of emo hair though  ::) ), but the build mode stuff makes up for it. Also, it seems deadset on installing the EA Download Manager ... it tried forcing itself on my computer (along with Adobe AIR) when I first installed Ambitions, tried to get me to install it again after the installation, and now every time I open the launcher I get an error message. Game still works, so whatever.

(http://img714.imageshack.us/img714/2773/eafail.png)

Glad to see EA's quality is just the same as ever!

I've had problems with torrents in the past, mostly with TS2. I have the base game, WA and HELS all purchased and legal on my computer, so I'm hoping I won't run into problems with this torrent.

Not seeing the issue here... Open the launcher and update the damn game, hurp de freaking durp.

That is the launcher error message, lol.

Instead of torrenting, you guys can download through links, if you'd prefer.

Just a simple Google search of 'The Sims 3 Ambitions Megaupload' should work, it'll give you lots of links, none containing megaupload, ironically.

I remember getting that error message when I tried to install a cracked copy of WA. I ended up just buying a legal copy, anyway, but I believe you just need to update your base game to the most recent patch and then try installing the expansion.

Oh, hahaha.

Open the launcher from the Sims 3 folder. In my experience, the launchers in each folder DO function differently, and the base game one may prompt you to patch. That same error happened to me, and I remember opening the base launcher and it worked.

Was your game fully patched before installing? You're supposed to do that to begin with, anyway. If the disc had every patch on it it would be significantly larger than it already is.

I had to download the patch after uninstalling Ambitions, and got the patch through EADM. The Patch on the disk image didn't properly patch the game.

So is this a general ambitions discussion now? For just one post at least I'm gonna make it one.
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/1003/emino/The%20Sims%203/Screenshot06-01-10164709001.jpg)

This is oddly the ONLY shot I've seen of world editing. The lots are preset sizes which is actually not too much of a bad thing, since it makes it easier to plop down the right size, but at the same time...longer lots would be nice.

Mm, longer lots would be nice, though the fact that Ambitions adds new lots at all is fantastic. I always thought it was stupid that you had to learn how to use CAW to add lots to a world. It's just grossly overcomplicated when it'd be simple to plop them down in-game like we could in TS2.

I had been working on a Sunset Valley to suit my needs, but in reality I pretty much only added a couple roads(but a ton of lots).

And it is way too much effort, as you have to replace all the scenery and lots and spawners, too.

I'm sure modders will figure out new lots sizes soon enough.

Yeah, I am still waiting on that world, Claeric. I love the amount of lots you placed in it.

Is the lot editor from the Ambitions torrent or the patch. Have you tried placing lots with it and is it successful?

You can place the lots wherever you want, as long as there's clearance on both sides and it's level enough for it.

They added that feature in edit town so you can add the new lot types (the old neighbourhoods are not updated with Ambitions lots). As long as you change the lot type from residential to whatever you want, that is.

I fiddled with CAW for a bit to try and create an Apocalypse neighbourhood for the Apocalypse Challenge I rewrote for TS3, and gave up. I didn't have enough patience to create anything of good quality.

I suppose I'll return the topic to the subject of the torrent. My new ETA flip-flops between 1 day and 6 days now, so that's an improvement. It doesn't help that I have a connection speed that is only marginally faster than dial-up.

"Level enough"?

Oh no, I hope that doesnt mean ti has to be relatively level, and instead that it can't be excessively steep...

Also, I don't htink I'll finish my updated Sunset Valley. It has too much tearing and too many visible lot edges. I don't want to bother.

Level enough as in relatively level. Like you can't build on a steep hill.

I'm getting the base game error myself, now. From using the launcher to patch, not even installing the game. The launcher, judging from the icons on the bottom, seems to think I installed ambitions. Great. I need to reinstall I think...:\

I'm still downloading the patch. I don't even have Ambitions on my computer at all, as it's still torrenting, so we'll see if I get an error message as well.

I guess I may as well just reinstall anyway. I've already backed up my documents sims 3 folder...Rather than getting everything installed and trying the patch again, I'll wait until ambitions finishes and install it all at once, I guess. :\ Assuming the patch breaks it for you, too.

Thanks for the link.

I was able to play this game without using the cracks.  I am using PowerISO to mount the iso file and am using Windows Vista.

I figured I'd let you guys know since playing it without cracks is better than fussing with cracks which will make it so you can't update the game and whatnot.  Not sure which other programs besides PowerISO let you get past whatever CD checks they have in the game.

Well, I just patched the game with no problems or error messages, though I haven't attempted to install Ambitions. In all likeliness, the torrent won't finish until tomorrow or the next day. My connection is that slow.

The good news is AwesomeMod might be ready by then, so you won't have to suffer with an inferior product.

I erm... don't use AM. Just doesn't have what I want that I can't get from other mods, personally.

EDIT: I find it rather annoying that the number of seeders has dropped from nine to three on this torrent. Ah well. Not much I can do about it, I guess.

Ahh. Hit and run downloaders.

They are incredibly irritating. I have a pretty craptastic Internet connection and sometimes, it quits on me and stops seeding my torrents, but I at least try to keep it seeding as long as possible for other people. It's just basic torrent etiquette.

Mine's consistent and claims to have 2.5 hours.

Is it pathetic that I'm almost mostly excited for CASTable cielings, floor edges (oh god castable floor edges oh god), and light spreading off lot edges?

No longer will I have to finagle lights to be just so positioned and brightened that they don't create a lot edge seam...<3

Wow, I didn't even think of that, but now I'm excited, too.

With how often I build lots, even lots just for myself, that alone is a godsend. I would PAY five dollars for that one and only that one fix.

Plus the patch apparently adds custom content icons to downloads put in the new documents mods folder. Freaking yesssssssss

I am internally sobbing with utter joy.  ;D

So much so that I felt the need to use an emoticon to express my glee.

So the broken lighting is fixed? I know they probably won't get rid of the bloom (although I wish they would) but the messed up lighting really bothered me.

I still have close to 2 hours before my download finishes. I'm at 64% right now and I'm getting 600+ KB/s which is faster than most things I've downloaded in the past.

You lucky people with your fast Internet connections.

I'm at 6% and my ETA is fluctuating between 6 days and 1 week.

Has it finished for anyone yet? Is there a crack? I wanna play around with it when I install it, I dont wanna wait for awesomemod ;-;

The light still only lights up one level. They don't light up the street and not across to neighboring lots.

(http://i354.photobucket.com/albums/r427/Goggalor_Pics/Sims3/th_29bfe7af.jpg) (http://s354.photobucket.com/albums/r427/Goggalor_Pics/Sims3/?action=view&current=29bfe7af.jpg)

I got my hopes up. I should've known that EA wouldn't fix anything properly. I just want the lighting to go back to how it was prior to WA.

Oh so the lighting only extends off the lot if there's terrain. Suddenly not as excited for that.

The percentage gets higher and higher, but the ETA stays the same. ;_; It's hell.

Worst part is once it finishes it likely won't have a crack.

I've just about given up on the torrent and decided to download it instead, before realizing I have no idea how to unpack an .nfo file. Apparently, I'm a retard.

All we have to do is move the items in the mod/packages folder to the new folder? With CASt floor edges, I guess I should remove the HP default recolor .package. Sounds exciting, just wish the lights work as they did before WA.

CASTable floor edges and cielings adds an entire new level of building to the game, for me. There are lots of things I'd avoid simply because I didn't want the horrible cieling or the edges of floor tiles (like balconies. I never build balconies because they look like shit.).

So excite.

I keep losing seeders, am at 8 kB/s with an ETA of 6 days. Joy of joys.

This is with a usually impressive internet connection. Damn bad seeders!

At least I don't feel so alone anymore, heh heh.

Right now, I'm at 7.2% with an ETA of 1 week and 2 days. I have been torrenting this for 6 hours and 31 minutes, now.

4 hours here, ETA of 27 minutes.

woot.

So this torrent is pretty much everywhere now. That's the fastest 4.5GB's I've ever downloaded (TorrentSeed). I wonder if I should start fiddling with this install now, or wait til I have a bit more patience. I don't know how ALT + TAB'ing became so important to me, but I was pissed when it started crashing the game (HELS fixed it). I'm just hoping it's not broken anymore.

You'll need to make a new resource.cfg to go into the Electronic Arts\The Sims 3\Mods folder. Not one outside.

All it does is point towards the \Package folder. Not sure if you can just put mods in the mods folder itself. I'd rather keep my stuff organized via the Packages folder personally

I'm so jealous of people with high speed. Even with this torrent being seeded everywhere, my ETA is a week and I'm still at 7.4%. I may just suck it up and buy the game, even though I can't really afford it.

I downloaded it from my binary newsgroups. Not free, but worth it since I get 1.5MB/s downloads.

So did I and I also agree that newsgroups are worth the cost. I had my game at around 5pm and it only took about an hour to download.

It DOES have a crack. :)

Mine has an ETA of about 8 minutes now, but I need to leave to go grocery shopping now. Figures. Oh well. It isn't like I'm going to play without AM anyway.

Enjoy the game. :)

I suppose I'll stop whining like a fourteen year old emo kid and just be patient. I'll minimize BitTorrent and check it again tomorrow.

I'm slowly downloading right now, but I get paid tomorrow, so it's entirely possible that I'll get impatient and roarstomp to the store.

Torrenting sucks balls. Which is why some amazing bastard has supplied everyone with a direct download. No parts, no file hosts, just a straight link. Works in any download accelerator, though I managed to only get ~300kb/s, but it's better than 0.3 kb/s. It's the Vitality .iso as well, and I can confirm that it works perfectly. Only catch is you have to unrar a few times.


You can also replace the one you're torrenting with the finished file and seed it.

The ETA for that download is 1 day for me. Still painfully slow, but better than the 3 days I've got on BitTorrent.

In the meantime you can read my impressions. :p

http://fuzzylogicdishwasher.blogspot.com/2010/06/music-when-starting-up-twinbrook-is.html

You do impressions now?

28.9% and I started at 11 am this morning. Bloody hell. An ETA of 9h 33m.

Yeah, I do great impressions. Here is one of you:

durp durp puns are hilarious

<_<

Anyway, yeah. Impression article will be updated probably all night.

This pleases me greatly. It started off a little slow, but now I'm getting over 2.2MB/s with that link, and it's definitely going to beat the torrent I started downloading 6.5 hours ago which is only averaging ~170kB/s. So, if anyone's torrent is still not near completion, this is a great alternative.

The download's ETA is 1 day and the torrent's ETA is 3 days for me right now.

Neither of which really makes me happy, but I guess I just need to wait it out and see which one finishes, first. I just keep telling myself I will have Ambitions soon enough. I will just need to wait a bit longer than others. It is torture reading about other people playing it and looking at their screenshots, yet I cannot look away.

EDIT: The download just died on me and I had to start it over. It was running at 20 kB/s before it crapped out on me. If I don't have this downloaded by tomorrow, I'm just going to suck it up and cough up the forty bucks to buy it.

Thanks for the download. 700kbs and an ETA of 1 hour for me. Much better.

Link isn't working for me. Has it been bumrushed to the point of exhaustion/bandwidth fail?

During install, I keep getting an error message about the  GameplayData.package file. It says that the parameter is incorrect.  Any idea as to what this is referring, anyone?

The download link worked for me just now. Have you tried copy and paste instead of clicking it? I can also suggest trying an alternate browser, I know that at times the scripts and add-ons I use in firefox make it fussy.

I gave up on the download after it died on me twice. My torrent is at 36.1% with an ETA of 1 day, 4 hours.

Yes, this is the same torrent I started downloading yesterday. The current time elapsed is 22 hours, 34 minutes.

The download worked for me, but when I tried to unzip the file, it was "broken." I couldn't install the ISO from it.

I'm not sure what you mean... But I had to open winrar and then unzip the file from directly in the program.

That's what happened to me as well. It appeared to be finished downloading, but the file was broken and I couldn't extract it. The file's supposed to be 4.2 gigabytes, I believe, but when I checked the filesize of the download on my computer, it was only 1.5 gigabytes, which makes me think it only partially downloaded, then quit on me. This happened twice to me.

After it was finished downloading, I unzipped it with 7-zip. When the unzipping was done, an error message popped up telling me the file was broken. I still got a full sized ISO,  and it still seemed to work normally. However halfway through installation I got some cryptic error message and it stopped.

I'm getting the launcher base game is incompatible error too after patching.  Is there a fix to this besides reinstalling everything?

As predicted, I roarstomped to the game store after I deposited my paycheck.  "9 days to complete," my ass.

I love my premium rapidshare account done in 20mins.

I'm too cheap to pay for anything, especially since I lost my job and can't find another one AND I'm due to start university again this September and need every penny in my bank account to afford it.

My torrent is at 45.2% now and the ETA fluctuates between 14 hours and 3 days, so there's really no telling when it will be finished.

Totally worth it.  In the middle of torrenting I got a call from my provider saying that I was on notice for pirating some lame kids movie I'd never heard about 2 months ago, and the missus made me can my uTorrent.  $8 to Hotfile and I got the game in about 40 minutes.

Am I simply blind or does this one not include a keygen? And I'm having a devil of a time finding one by itself on the internets.

Edit: So, the site there says to check the NFO. Opened it with NotePad and found my prize.

With Utorrent (not Azureus/Vuze)  as a client you can choose what files to keep from a torrent, you could therefore just grab a couple NFO files.

Thanks, I did check out the NFO. :3

Could anyone confirm if the download works for Mac? I downloaded it last night and all I have is a folder full of incomprehensible files, but I don't know if there's some way to make them work or not.

Well, my speed was at 170 kB/s a while ago, which was shocking, but welcomed as that was the highest it's been since I started the torrent yesterday. Now it's back down between 8 and 10 kB/s. Pathetic, really.

I've already set it to allocate a high amount of bandwidth, but is there anything else I can try to help the speed along a bit? Perhaps changing some kind of setting in BitTorrent?

I just remembered that I have the EA multi key keygen from a torrent site. Saw it mentioned in another thread although I haven't tried it yet myself.

My speeds are pretty much the same. Been downloading for 24 hours now. However, the ETA is now 40 minutes. I swear this is the slowest thing I have ever torrented.

I used the FTP link someone posted in this forum and it took about 2.5 hours from start to finish.

For those considering torrrents, here are some tips:

-It's the first days the game is released so it's quite normal that the seeder/ leecher ratio is coocoo. Because it's such a huge file, many people with limited bandwith are gonna hit and run, it sucks but that's just the way public trackers work. You can use a private tracker for better seeder/leecher ratios.
-There is a good FAQ on the uttorent website for setting up a client to maximize speeds. Things like port-forwarding, firewall settings and router setup can have a huge impact on your speeds. If you force encryption, allow incoming legacy connections to be uncrypted on slow torrents.
I just skimmed through this article which is updated from march of this year:
http://www.bootstrike.com/Articles/BitTorrentGuide/ (http://www.bootstrike.com/Articles/BitTorrentGuide/)
If you are a noob and/or you are running the application's default settings for torrents, chances are they can be improved by following those steps.
***
If all else fails and you realize your internet speed just plain sucks, you can look into calling your ISP and requesting a temporary on demand increase in speed.

For a few bucks I can increase my speed significantly for 24hours by calling customer service and just get billed for it later. I'm not in the US though but it may be worth a try for some of you.

On a precautions note, VPN trials are great to cover your tracks when downloading such a popular file. Many companies offer trials for their pay service but you may also choose to use OpenVPN (free but slows down the connection for many).

I think my connection just plain sucks. As of right now, I'm living with my parents (yeah, I'm so cool) so I have no control over any of the Internet settings and don't know too much about it, since I've never had any control over it.

I'm okay with computers in general, but I am a n00b when it comes to this sort of thing, though I have used torrents in the past. I suppose if the speed continues to be unbearable, I will poke my computer whiz friend tonight and see if she is able to help improve the speed. She's usually the person who solves any and all problems I'm having with my Internet connection and/or computer.

Downloaded. Installed. Played for maybe half an hour, and it has already crashed on me, twice.

The game has never crashed on me before. Pretty peed off.

Add the game to the DEP. There's a thread on the first page of this board addressing CTD issues with Ambitions.

I'm giving up and just buying the game tomorrow after my driving lesson. My birthday's in August and I'll get birthday money from family members that will make up for the purchase, anyway, which I'll put towards university. Financial problem solved (in theory).

Just thought I should report that I downloaded the Rar linked, extracted it, extracted again, then installed. It installed without a hitch. It played without a hitch for a few hours until I closed it myself. It is the same file as the one on the torrents and should be just fine for Macs as there are mac files in there.

Ah, really? I extracted the .rar on the left, and got the folder on the right:

(http://i883.photobucket.com/albums/ac36/moodcow/Screenshot2010-06-02at71119PM.png)

And inside of that folder, well, I'm lost.

(http://i883.photobucket.com/albums/ac36/moodcow/Screenshot2010-06-02at71148PM.png)

You need unrar the first vty file, and then extract the .iso inside.

@ Sparkles: Those files depicted inside your unzipped folder are another sequence of compressed files. Just left click the first one ending in 001 and extract it to your folder of choice for your .iso to appear.

Ahh, thanks very much. It installed like a dream! How are you two accessing it without the disc?

Currently downloading, decided that I too, am too cheap to go and buy it tomorrow lol.

I've never downloaded a Sims expansion or stuff pack before.  Once I've got it and unzipped, is it just a matter of burning it to a disc?

I'm heading into dangerous territory aren't I, lol

I haven't ventured into patching or EP2 waters yet. I'm reading, watching and asking questions to be prepared when the time comes.
When WA was released I jumped the gun and was very sorry that I did because all my game saves were unplayable. My current town is wonderful and stuffed with beauty and CC which makes it important for me to be cautious about how to proceed with updates.

If you need a disc-check bypass I think it's in the test file.

http://www.moreawesomethanyou.com/ts3/test/ (http://www.moreawesomethanyou.com/ts3/test/)

Problems have been reported about the game refuting AM's compatibility with the current patch. Pescado is working on it.
You're welcome to try it and give feedback. ( I would only attempt to try it on a new game until the kinks are ironed out)

@Sablesasha: I use Poweriso on Vista and XP and virtually mount the disc to save my drive from wear and tear.

• Just install and restart the computer. Left click the .iso and set the number of drives to 1 or more from the context menu ---consequently the option to Mount to drive: x  (a letter will now be assigned) will appear in the same menu. The drive and the virtually mounted disc will now appear under the "my computer" interface alongside your regular DVD or CD drive.

You can also browse and retrieve your game disc files this way, for example when trying to find the original .ini or .exe files to restore installed game files to original state before patching.

Downloaded the .rar, extracted it like I should. I go to install the game, and it tells me I need to update before I can proceed with the install.
After a few seconds of trying to update, the installer tells me that "Update of The Sims 3(tm) failed, Setup is unable to continue".

I have all EPs and SPs, pirated, and the original game legally.

Anyone know what the issue is?

(Also, my friend is having the exact same issue as I am.)

Nevermind, I didn't realize that the original game needed to be patched AGAIN.

Thank you Grillcheesesammie.

Mounting sounds like good idea.  Give my poor puter a rest that way.

One hour to go, yippee

I promise, I'll seed before I do anything!

@grillcheesesammich, I just rearranged my Mods folder with the resource.cfg directions at MTS, but despite adding the file you listed it's still rejecting me. This was also a strange annoyance when I just had the base game. I'd enable the disc bypass in the config, but it would still ask for a disc. I had a legal copy so it wasn't a big deal, and everything else in AM worked as planned, it was just the disc issue.

On the disc is a Vitality folder, inside that is a Ambitions folder, inside it is a cracked .exe and .dll. I changed the name of the original .dll and .exe for backup purposes, and am using the cracked .exe. I have no idea what a Mac user would do, the few times I have gone about finding cracked .app files, I have come up mostly empty handed.

AM appears to not be working correctly right now, so it's no-cd feature is pretty worthless until we can figure out what the issue is.

@Sparkles: ah yeah- I do recall that happening to me for WA with a legit copy. I think I found a no-disc mod on the web at the time. Checking torrent comment posts now and will report back if I find anything good.

Aw thanks! I just followed the XML hack by pet_peeve, I think, that let me bypass the launcher. I've known about people bypassing it but I never felt the need, until now. I was all eager because it was finally working after I put it in, but of course, I then got to the saved-game screen and it asked for me to put in my valid CD. Death.

Hopefully with the release of the updated AM this will all be resolved.

@Sparkles: Oh I see, you use the launcher to start the game. Pescado taught me not to do so from the posts on this forum, hence I use the .exe file from the game (TS3EP02.exe for example-- is that the correct name? I am sitting at a different computer) and pin it to my start menu for easy access. I edit those types of .exe files to get my computer to alot them more than 2GB of memory, a technique I learned from posts on this forum. You can also use 3Booter from here: http://www.moreawesomethanyou.com/smf/index.php/topic,15585.0.html (http://www.moreawesomethanyou.com/smf/index.php/topic,15585.0.html) but I'm not aware if it's working with Ambitions at this time.

Also I found an interesting post on demonoid which I am going to paste to you in msg as a reference.
It has typos and statements I don't agree with so I am not going to post in the threads.

Fill free to poke me with sticks for asking, but I did search (though most of it was in circles; I'm not that extensive of a pirate cat, sorry...) but has anyone find any good torrents for the Ambitions Prima Guide? Preferably a direct link that doesn't make you sign up to get to it and hasn't been taken down because of "copyright..." blah blah blah?

I know Sims Prima Guides are next to worthless, but I don't get paid until halfway through the month and frankly, I'm curious what to expect. Besides CTD's and all of that.

I'll download the gameplay.package someone put up earlier, but coding doesn't include many "shiny" photographs of the game/new stuffs. Or, you can just call me a brat for asking for too much and be patient. It's whatever.

Be patient. Brat.

Maybe that's the wrong place to ask for it, but I need some help. Before I can install Ambitions, I would need, an un-cracked, patched 3.2.8 from HELS. The Multi-language version.

Thank you Sammy, would never have thought to use NotePad. 

Thank you, Grilledcheesesammie as well, as the poweriso was great.  Also for the mount advice, so lovely not to hear my poor disc drive grinding away.

An hour and a half of downloading and 3 hours friggen seeding (someone better appreciate it and pay it friggen forward!)  and I have been happily toodling around Twinbrook.   Must say it's just not the same without Awesome Mod, so I'm deliberately not saving my game until then.  Just going to fiddle a bit, hehe

Long weekend and  kids away, The Sims all to myself weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

Well, I'm back to torrenting. I knew getting a legit copy today was too good to be true. Woke up and discovered my wallet had gone missing. If my friend can't find it at her place, I'm reporting it as stolen.

FML.

So I'm having the same exact "CD is not valid" crap happening to me, and it's really irritating.  I hate EA and all they stand for.  If and when anyone figures it out, or if I find something that MIGHT be helpful, I will be sure to post it.

Yeah, well thanks for the story of your life. Can I just tell you how much I'm enjoying loading Ambitions threads and finding yet another little - and I do mean little - snippet of your life story?




So glad you're off to Uni and all, but if you're not yet 18, please just fuck off. Actually, why don't you just fuck off anyway, the noise to signal ratio is overwhelming.

Oh God, witch, I just noticed your signature line.  I had forgotten all about Alphatard's "wur is degrees!?!" thing.  Is our children learning?

Our children is not. Especially our Texan children.

My torrent finally finished just now. I'm installing it.

I noticed when I read the installation instructions that the last step is "Die like the rest." Creepy much?  :-\

EDIT: I'm 19, actually. Though for some reason, my forum profile says I'm 18, even though my birth year is 1990.

Die like the rest is their motto, I believe they are alluding to being top dog in regards to releases and cracks, and that any others will go down due to being slow and inferior.

And as for the 19-18 issue. Read the FAQs.

Okay, some of you retards are obviously noobs, but no one gives a FLYING FUCK how long your torrent is taking. Go do your homework while you wait, or something. Seriously, the next person who posts about how many more hours their torrent is going to be will have his or head TORN off by me. No one cares about your speshul snowflakism.

Post useful stuff about what EA fucked up the ass.

The fucked up simbots in the ass, real good; I mean really, how does a bot - which is made out of metal, scraps no less - become a ghost upon death? Just no.

Would you deny a soul to a non-carbon based lifeform?

Me, I change the Name of the cracked .exe and leave the original .exe as it installed. Then I start the game by the cracked .exe.

The Twallanian NoCD functions just fine for noCD purposes. Messing with cracked executables introduces its own source of hassles.

So am I correct in inferring that if I'm using awesomemod and disabling the cd-check I can run the game off of the original exe without an issue?

/noob question

Gee, I don't know. Disabling the CD-check would probably make it stop checking for the CD, but oooh, that one is so hard to figure out... better ask that question in more inappropriate threads to be sure!

Yes, You can!

Unfortunately only Sims3 is under Pescados wings (claws?), and you have to update your awesomemod.

Okayyy, so im gonna apologize in advance for the questions im about to ask, but im super lost&a bit confused. So, can i get in trouble from EA or anything from downloading this? &what do you have to do after you download it? Like in an easily understandable way please!

Look, file sharing is not a new thing. It's not a complicated concept either.

If EA is charging to download the expansion from their site and some other site is providing a download of it for free common sense says that EA probably didn't give it to them and tell them to provide it to everyone free of charge. Do the math!

As for getting in trouble with EA? Will they send men in suits to your house to collect you in a black van with dark windows? Probably not. Do they collect 'usage data' by phoning home in the background when you run the game. Yes. Could some of this data potentially provide them indication that someone obtained the game/expansion by less than legitimate means? Possibly. Are there ways around sending usage data to EA? Yes.

You have to weigh the pros and cons for yourself and use some common sense. I'm not sure what you want people to tell you. If you should download it? That's up to you!

WAAAAAAAAAAT?

Okayy, so I lack common sense, so this is going to be a very hard decision. but thanks!

I am startled by this shocking revelation.

THE VAPORS!  I HAS THEM!

I just came home from the hospital, ick! This torrent made me smile. I love u guys for posting this, saves me money and getting strange looks at Target from employees who are too lazy to place the games on the shelf.

Gack. Go back to the hospital, you're not fixed yet.

"Excuse me, I'd like to send this back to the kitchen.  I think it needs to cook a little longer."