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Rebecah who now sucks because she's moved to TSR has managed to infest thousands of games with her creepy little doll.

Read more here: http://builders.forumotion.net/warning-corrupt-cchere-s-a-tutorial-to-help-you-with-corrupt-cc-by-glitzyangel-f81/solution-posted-please-check-this-out-t673.htm

Check out installed content in your launcher. The vile little thing doesn't show up in downloads. Uninstall it and then check any Sims3Packs with this: http://www.modthesims.info/showthread.php?t=390235

This kinda makes me wish I made things in sims3pack format.

Make a Tails Doll doll...sneak it into your stuff...watch as it spreads like wildfire throughout the community, infecting game after game exponentially, and people start to worry about where this bloody little fox doll in their game came from.

A tails doll would be cool, that creepy doll isn't.

Wow, I've shat better CC before.
Why would sheeple even download that? I am was certain they have had eyes.

So let me get this straight:

- Download the doll
  > all of your sims3pack CC infected.
    > any of your uploaded sims3pack CC then has Rosemary's baby attached to it.
      > Expontential increase of devil spawn toy all over the interwebs.

What I don't understand is where the doll appears. Tards don't make it clear. Will it appear all over the household like multplying bunnies?
If so, safe I am. Shan't be downloading CC in a while though.

Haven't been around too long to know who this whore is, but I say is torch her crotch.

It's the same problem we had with some terrain paints in TS2.  Whenever someone with this doll in their game exports a sims3pack file for upload, like to share a house they designed or whatever, this doll gets added to the package automatically and everyone who downloads and installs that house gets that doll as an xtra-speshul bonus and can then pass it along the next time THEY upload a sims3pack.  As for why someone would have downloaded that ugly thing in the first place, I can almost guarantee someone on the Exchange saw the doll on TSR, thought it was BYOOTEEFULL, and got this ball rolling.  People on the Exchange are notorious for having absolutely no taste whatsoever, and will upload and download any old piece of crap; it's just like TSR, only free.

Most people who have the doll didn't download it, it was attached to a Sims3Pack. I think it appears in the toy section of your game. I found it under installed content in the launcher and uninstalled it there. It doesn't pop up in houses as far as I know. Some sheeple are complaining that it messes up their game. I had lots of game crashes and a corrupted neighborhood, but I can't be sure that it was due to the doll.

Just use Delphy's tool to check and fix sims3packs before installing them.

It's really TSR's fault because they suck and are evil. Rebecah was dumb to go there, if she'd uploaded it at MTS2, the problem would have been solved in days, not months.

Heh, reminds me of Candace, the dishwasher in early TS2 days. 

Since the early days of Sims 2, I learned that the Exchange = Evil! It's a sure way to have your game blow up into a fiery ball.  Please kiddies, do not download from the official site.

BTW, I didn't know that the Delphy's custard program was created. Always wanted something like the Sims 2 Clean Installer for Sims 3.

That's true, but this thing is showing up in MTS lots too. People don't know they have it and pass it on to others, like a creepy little virtual STD I guess.

Like I said, TORCH HER CROTCH.

idk, I think the doll itself is kind of cute, but DNW it infecting all my files.

Reminds me of the pre-Clean Installer days of TS2 when people were spazzing over hacked default replacement objects that were being uploaded with packages all over creation.

It reminds me of the red default replacement mailbox from TS2. It came attached with a house I downloaded and because it was named as a random string of numbers, it took ages to get rid of. It kept coming back, too, because I guess a lot of people ended up with it.

Seriously?  In the picture it looks like it's biding its time until the little girl holding it goes to sleep.  So it can STEAL.  HER.  EYEBALLS.  *shudder*

Too bad these (http://www.digitalperversion.net/gardenofshadows/index.php?topic=9329.0) are for TS2. Would've been fitting.

As a six, my parents took me to the drive-in, and the feature film was Barbarella. I am usually sleep by the time the feature started, but I woke up just as the scene started with the killer dolls (http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c278/mailchaser40/Pictures%201/barbarella.jpg). That was too much for my F'ly, six, mind and have hated big, walking dolls since.

When that download came up, I completely bypassed it. Remind me of past trauma.

I'm not sure you quite understand. You don't have to download the doll to have it installed. It attaches itself to Sims3Packs. The creator of the lot/Cas part/whatever doesn't even know it's there. You won't either unless you check every Sims3Pack with Delphy's tool. You have to check installed content under the launcher to see if you have it in your game.

I think those killer dolls would be awesome for Sims3.

And with all the implied sex (just implied god damn it) you did not turned into a axe murderer?

I totally understand, I must have been lucky, cause I don't download houses, but mostly hair and objects. I don't have that ugly object in my game. Also, I am picky about which creators to download from.  So far, I am doing good.


Not only was my six mind F'ly, it was also naive and oblivious to those worldly things. Proof that not every bad experience in childhood turns you into a psychotic killer.

Actually, I don't download lots at all either, but very nearly got this thing in my game anyway. I downloaded some clothes and objects in sims3pack form, which I always convert to package format. As I was looking through them in S3PE, I noticed one of the packages was the creepy doll download. Not sure which one it was attached to, but I definitely didn't download it on my own.

You can find more information here: http://builders.forumotion.net/warning-corrupt-cchere-s-a-tutorial-to-help-you-with-corrupt-cc-by-glitzyangel-f81/solution-posted-please-check-this-outthis-is-serious-do-not-ignore-t673.htm (http://builders.forumotion.net/warning-corrupt-cchere-s-a-tutorial-to-help-you-with-corrupt-cc-by-glitzyangel-f81/solution-posted-please-check-this-outthis-is-serious-do-not-ignore-t673.htm)
The threads on TS3 keeps getting deleted ???!!!

MTS had a thread, but they've locked it. There ARE lots at MTS with the doll, but Delphy has personally checked them all and is sure everything is clean.  ::)

http://www.modthesims.info/showthread.php?t=407420&c=1&ht=&page=1&pp=25#startcomments

I guess it's really no problem if everyone gets infected with this damn doll and passes it around. All I can say is my game stopped crashing right after I removed it.

This is the problem that I have found. I got the doll from at least one lot that I downloaded that I know of, and who knows how many others. I built a lot and was uploading it and learned that it contained the doll. That is how I found out about this whole thing. The scary thing is that I know that my sims3pack that the game generated contains it, BUT when I went back and checked the pack with Delphy's sims3pack cleaner, it is not showing as being there.

So, in my case, checking it with the program that was supposed to find it, did not show it as attached to lot, when it is.

In the interests of sanity, those of you who are fairly sophisticated and careful users of non-pirated games (I have no idea how pirated games behave) can probably ignore all of this doll drama. 

I downloaded that doll a while ago and have had absolutely no problems with it.  In fact I kind of like having the creepy little thing around and have no intention of uninstalling it.  (I have never uploaded anything, so no need to panic -- you won't be getting it from me.)  I read all fourteen pages of the first thread referenced in this post (the one that was subsequently deleted), and also followed the most recent link above, and again read all of the pages.  None of it was particularly compelling, so I've decided not to do anything at all.

My alternative would be to check over 4,300 Sims3Pack files one at a time to find something that appears to be perfectly harmless.  The threats from the doll seem vague and poorly described -- the amount of time it would take to check all of my files is enormous and all too real.

If I discover that I have any sort of doll-related problem, I will edit this post to let people know.

For reference, I have a problem-free game with WA, HELS, and AMB (all purchased and downloaded from EA) running with the June 14th version Awesome Mod.

Suit yourself. ::)
I (of course ;)) have a no-pirated game and I am happy that I was warned and got rid of the doll.  :D

Edit: extra smiley

Is it lonely up there on your pedestal?  :P

No no - We are a lot of folks here  ;D

Seriously - Sorry if I sounded arrogant. Didn't mean to. Lauguage maybe or lack of smilies maybe??
But I really am glad I got rid of the doll.

And I hope the reason that the simsgurus asks people not to up- and download on the Exchange right now is because the are cleaning it ?? !!

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!

*breath*

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!

Glad I made you laugh  ;D
But living witout hope.... ???  ;)

Hope is one of those dumb things for tards. Going with the laws of thermodynamics is safer.

Thanks for this thread!

I had no idea this creepy doll was hanging out in my stuff.  Sure enough, from the ONE lot I had downloaded from the Exchange, this dolly decided to worm its way into my game.  I had downloaded a feature lot sometime last week, thinking that it must be okay... because it was a featured lot!  But, no, of course not.  Doll's gone now; creepiness has been averted.

Nuke the site from orbit. It's the only way to be sure.

Oh you broke my dream  :'(   ;)

Now I have nightmares : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sgfklKnOg4w&feature=related   :o

Best regards from the Tard  ::)

I've still got the doll in my game after deleting the package in dc backup and deleting all the cache files is there another folder where it would lurk ?

Never mind I just deleted the lot and am hoping that does the trick

To get rid of the doll search the electronics arts folder in "my docs" for the following file ....

0x038a68fe04da61a6aa65f939d77fbc37.package

and/or go slowly and very carefully through  "installed content" in the launcher

FOR THE LOVE OF DOGS USE YOUR PUNCTUATION. PROPERLY.

ALSO, GRAMMAR.

Deleting the lot won't remove the doll.


The cache files don't store CC, and DCBackup is exactly what it sounds like-- a backup of all the content installed through the launcher. Remove everything from your Mods>Packages folder, and check to see if it's still in game. If it is, it's installed through the launcher and in your DCCache folder somewhere.

Todays update from SimGuru Hydra.

quote:

"Hi all-

Update on the Exchange

While you may continue to download from and upload to the Exchange, be advised that there are some corrupt files that have made its way into the Exchange that may slow down your game.

If you are playing your game and it has slowed down dramatically, you may have some corrupt content. You might have a file called "0x038a68fe04da61a6aa65f939d77fbc37.package" from an object called "Girl Doll Dressed"

Thanks to glitzyangel for already writing these helpful instructions on how to delete the file before we could tackle it! If you see her around the forums or our Facebook give her a big Sim-tastic thank you!

* Back up your game

* Check to see if this doll is not in any of your lots or Sims' inventory

* If you have an object called "Girl Doll Dressed" in the Installed Content in your Launcher, please uninstall it.

* To delete the file: 0x038a68fe04da61a6aa65f939d77fbc37.package, go into your DCBackups (C:\Documents and Settings\your name\My Documents\Electronic Arts\The Sims 3\DCBackup), find the file and delete it.

* If you had that file in your C:\Documents and Settings\your name\My Documents\Electronic Arts\The Sims 3\DCBackup folder, this may have attached itself to your exports. If you had that file and recently exported content to your Launcher, delete that content from your Export folder and your Launcher.

* Also, check your creations in your Studio that you may have recently uploaded. They may also have the corrupted file. If so, please remove it.

**

Alternatively, you can run your game with the "Run without Custom Content" box unchecked from your Launcher (go to Installed Content) before running if you are unsure of what to delete and uninstall.

Huge thanks to Simmers who have been helping each other with this issue while we continue to work on a fix to prevent corrupt files from going into the Exchange."

Unquote.

The comma belongs after 'dogs', not 'punctuation'.

If you're going to shout, shout correctly.

As Sigmund noted, the DCbackup is just a backup. Definitely delete the damned thing from there if it's in there however the original is shoved in one of the dbc files so you will also need to delete the doll itself (not the item it came from) from the launcher too.

That can be somewhat of a pain in the ass if you have a long list of installed objects and sets to scroll through in the launcher, but it's the best way I know to get it out of the .dbc file.

I suppose you could also open all your dbc files individually with s3pe and scan through them for this doll's entry then remove it that way but I don't recommend it as s3pe is mainly a modder tool and not terribly user friendly.

I believe that's called a 'period', not a 'comma'.

If you're going to shout, STFU.


As usual, instructions found on the BBS are primarily useless as deleting it from this folder does nothing and they don't address that it may be hiding in your Mods folder too.

Given that it's the BBS, I would assume they're not condoning the framework at all, and therefore assume you have no Mods folder. After all, their primary audience doesn't use hacks because there aren't hacks on the exchange.

With Ambitions/the latest patch EA now officially supports mods.

http://www.thesims3.com/community/news.html?selMonth=4&selYear=2010


However, I don't think anyone expects the average Exchange user to be particularly well informed about the installation and usage of mods and/or custom content created with tools other than those provided by EA.

I sit partially corrected.  You're right.  That is a period in the original post.  The single space and lack of proper capitalization, coupled with my slightly fading eyesight, had me fooled.  But there should still be a comma after 'dogs'.

If I was going to shout, I'd use the caps lock key.

So back to the doll, I've deleted the file from the dc backup folder, taken out the mods folder, deleted the lot which I thought it was from, checked the downloads folder (its not a named download and I would'nt have downloaded it by choice) and its still there, is there any other way of finding it apart from deleting and re-installing all the downloads?  I only have 3 .dbc files and I have'nt installed those

You don't install the dbc files, they are what the launcher does when it installs your sims3packs. It takes a bunch of them and puts them large archives which are the dbcs. Think of it as sort of a zip file with a bunch of other files in it.

If you got the doll then it is almost certainly inside one of your dbcs. As I noted above, you will have to run the launcher and scroll through the list of installed files until you get to the doll, then delete it through the launcher.

Does the creepy doll only show up when you download lots or is it anything you download from TSR?

Anything in sims3pack form, doesn't have to be lots. Not sure if it has to be from TSR or not, though. I believe some lots at MTS have it attached.

And tons of Exchange files

I downloaded 1 lot from TSR no others and I'm so fed up of the damn doll, my fault I suppose for using TSR but the doll is not mentioned at all in the downloads folder.  So the only way is to check the dbc files then, as I not that computer savvy I don't want to mess around with them I think I'm just going to have to do it my way.  So I don't have any lots from MTS and just the one from tsr which I deleted do I only need to check all of my downloads or just tsr ?

Creepy doll has left the building, stupidly did'nt check the installed content until I was told so thank you. My stupidity and I will go back to lurking for now.

The doll won't show up in downloads, go to the installed content tab of the launcher and uninstall it. Then you have to remove the file from DCBackup. I don't have the file name handy, but there are a lot of threads out there so you should be able to find it.

As far as I know that's all you need to do. It's probably a good idea to get Custard from MTS and check Sims3Packs before you install them.

As I stated twice already, uninstalling the doll from the launcher removes it from the dbc file. You don't have to be computer savvy, just open the launcher, scroll through a long assed list until you get to the doll and then remove it via the launcher.

As also has been noted repeatedly, you need to find the package file of it (0x038a68fe04da61a6aa65f939d77fbc37.package) and also remove that from the DCBackup.

To be on the safe side it's probably a good idea to search the My Documents/Electronic Arts/ directory including all subdirectories for "0x038a68fe04da61a6aa65f939d77fbc37.package" and "doll" and make sure there's not another instance of it hiding somewhere.

Also be aware that it is not just TSR files that can contain that doll and potentially it can be in any sims3pack file from any site. The doll embeds itself in files that people create and upload. It's likely there are people who have it and don't even know, passing it along in their uploads without realizing it.

A safe proceedure to do prior to installing sims3pack files is to open them in Delphy's Custard Tool (http://www.modthesims.info/showthread.php?t=390235) and scan the contents inside the file being on the lookout for the doll. It will be 0x038a68fe04da61a6aa65f939d77fbc37.package and also bring up a little icon of the doll in CUSTARD when you highlight it.

CUSTARD is a fairly user friendly tool so again you don't need to be computer savvy to use it. If the sims3pack just contains the actual content, thumbnails (they are safe) and the doll you can safely remove the doll. However if it contains the doll and a whole bunch of other crap I wouldn't recommend installing it. It's good practice to verify your files are clean prior to uploading and for lot creators to not include any custom content they used on the lot but instead reference those items with credits and links.

Posibly a stupid question- If I do not see the doll as a buyable item in game and I did a search on 0x038a68fe04da61a6aa65f939d77fbc37.package in my DCBackup folder and it is not found, it is safe to say I do not have this in my game?

Either that, or it's escaped from the game and is lurking in your closet, awaiting nightfall.

Check under the bed.

I also got this doll from an "infected" lot from the Exchange, but it didn't cause any problems at all with my game. However, I deleted it (better safe than sorry), and I got the new, "fixed" version straight from Rebecah's TSR account. I also asked her about the situation directly, and she said she's had the doll tested and has been working tirelessly to figure out just what is wrong with the doll, and also mentioned that a few people (like Delphy, I believe) helped her test it after getting reports it was bugged.

What strikes me most odd is that apparently the doll had been up since February, and she didn't get any comments saying it was bugged until recently. I know a lot of people like to say these things just to cover their asses, but, I dunno. She DID fix the doll on her site, though, so that kinda shows she's making some effort to fix the issue? I think the only way the issue's actually going to get fixed, though, is to make everyone in the Sims community (which is a lot of freaking people) aware of the "bugged" doll, and if they really like it (I personally think it's a cute toy for Sim toddlers), they can download the fixed version from TSR. However, it's hard to get to 50 trillion (okay, that's exaggerated, but I have no clue exactly how many people realize this is a problem) people and get the information spread over such a wide network. :/

I've seen a lot of topics on the subject, and I agree it is a reason for concern, whether it is a mistake on Rebecah's part, or some other strange occurrence (I personally think perhaps someone messed with the original file and then uploaded to the Exchange in the hopes of sabotaging EA and the Exchange? A lot of people seem to be very against the Exchange, from what I've seen, so interwebz warfare seems highly likely.), but a lot of times everyone's just pointing fingers and playing the blame game...Really not the way to fix the situation. The only way this can get fixed is through awareness and caution, kinda like an internet STD. :P I, personally, won't be using the Exchange anymore, except to upload random Sims if I feel like it. I recommend everyone else does the same. (All I'm gonna say...Excuse the rant.  ^ ^; -Whew-)

It's entirely possible people commented that the download was borked earlier, but TSR deleted them. TSR is notorious for deleting anything other than "thanks, this is grate!!!" kind of comments.

In that case, I stand corrected. I never use TSR, so I was unaware of this. Actually I hardly ever use any other site other than MTS to get my custom content...Well, MTS, PeggySims, and XMSims are the ones I use most, and the latter two I only really use to obtain hairstyles. But you get what I'm saying. Back to the subject at hand, though...The doll never did anything to my game, and I had it for a good while. Two weeks at least, maybe three. Then again, I never used it, either.

It's relentlessly creepy and eats the souls of young children.  She can't be working THAT tirelessly if she hasn't figured that much out.

All she is doing is whining about how it isn't her fault and how people are so abusive: http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/list/221983.page

This made me laugh after what TSR has done on multiple occasions to various creators. She is getting plenty of well-deserved negativity.

Okay some things about the doll.

I don't believe it to be sabotage. I believe Inge posted some Ingelogical explanation of an incorrect reference or some such. Also Rebecah herself said it was a mistake. It was just half assery object creation.

As stated, TSR regularly deletes unflattering comments. Most likely someone did comment on it. In addition, the Exchange and Mod The Sims were deleting multiple threads where people were talking about it. Gee what happens when you censor people? I don't know, maybe you stir them up more? So at least some of the vitriol surrounding this doll is due to fans being flamed by overzealous moderation. In the case of the exchange they went rather schizo and after multiple thread deletions, one of the Sim Gurus then posted an official warning about it.  ::)

Simply not downloading from the Exchange or TSR or any one single site will not solve the issue nor will it prevent you from getting the doll. I downloaded items from several smaller sites that contained the doll. Because it embeds itself into uploads when the creator is unaware, it can potentially be in any sim3pack from any site. About the only ones you can consider safe are EA store items.

On the other hand, it's no big thing to just run the sims3pack files you download through Delphy's CUSTARD tool and take a peek at what's inside them. It takes less than a minute. I downloaded several lots from the Exchange last night. Only one had the doll and I was able to remove it in CUSTARD before I installed it. No harm done.

Regarding whether or not the doll actually does any damage and should be removed, some have claimed it caused corruption and/or crashing in their games. It's likely voodoo, however anyone has it should remove it anyhow. Even if someone doesn't intend to ever share any creations they may at some future date. It's best to just get rid of it. If you want the doll there's a fixed replacement at TSR. I would strongly suggest not keeping the broken one. The less people who have it the better.

WHAT IS THIS I DON'T EVEN