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Well looks like some of these fixes are pretty decent. Especially ATI graphics/wall nonsense. The Subway tips thing really annoyed the hell outta me too. Glad that's fixed. Though, after perusing through that huge list of fixes, I really didn't catch any information in there about fixing the band gig opportunity frequency. Takes much too long to get gigs even when having the full four bandmates as the active household. Guess we'll see. I'm definitely holding off on patching until a new AwesomeMod is posted by Pescado.

 :D

That's like the stupidest bug I've ever heard of (and I only heard about it now that they say they've fixed it)

Baby Sims will no longer answer a call from the Callbox and invite Sims in.

I've never seen that one, but it sounds pretty funny. Of course, I've had a baby tell my sim that he was behaving inappropriately before, which made just as little sense.

I'll be waiting until AM is updated before I patch. It does at least look like they finally fixed a good amount of the bugs. I'm sure there's a lot they missed that I can't think of at the moment, though.

Hey tickleonthetum. Thanks for posting those direct patch links! Awesome!

I hate that damned launcher and don't like using some third party thing to patch either.

What's wrong with skinny dipping with mummies?

Well so far, for the Fast Lane and Late Night patches...

I perused through the manifests up on:
http://akamai.cdn.ea.com/eadownloads/u/f/sims/sims3/patches/sims3_sp02_sku1_update_manifest10.xml (http://akamai.cdn.ea.com/eadownloads/u/f/sims/sims3/patches/sims3_sp02_sku1_update_manifest10.xml)

http://akamai.cdn.ea.com/eadownloads/u/f/sims/sims3/patches/sims3_ep03_sku1_update_manifest10.xml (http://akamai.cdn.ea.com/eadownloads/u/f/sims/sims3/patches/sims3_ep03_sku1_update_manifest10.xml)

Doesn't appear to have an actual "super patcher" cumulative update for either Fast Lane or Late Night but....

There are incrementals.

Fast Lane Stuff (incremental)

http://akamai.cdn.ea.com/eadownloads/u/f/sims/sims3/patches/Sims3_5.4.4.009001_from_5.2.4.009001.exe (http://akamai.cdn.ea.com/eadownloads/u/f/sims/sims3/patches/Sims3_5.4.4.009001_from_5.2.4.009001.exe)

Late Night (incremental)

http://akamai.cdn.ea.com/eadownloads/u/f/sims/sims3/patches/Sims3_6.1.11.009001_from_6.0.81.009001.exe  (http://akamai.cdn.ea.com/eadownloads/u/f/sims/sims3/patches/Sims3_6.1.11.009001_from_6.0.81.009001.exe)

At least this patch seems to fix something rather than 3 bugs, differently from last ones whose were just for compatibility.
And they didn't fixed that damn light issue, how long will they take to fix that.

Made the remaining High Rise buildings and the Trash Chute available in the Misc Debug section of Build/Buy mode for advanced users.

Didn't someone made a mod for that already?

I've updated the Patch Table Generator (http://awtmk.blogspot.com/2010/09/patch-table-generator.html) and Patch Link Generator (http://awtmk.blogspot.com/2010/07/patch-link-generator.html) in case anyone uses that.

"* When in Bridgeport, the "Bistro Baritones and Basses" skill opportunity will now correctly select Steve's Business Complex and Restaurant as the completion point."

The question is, did they fix any of the other opportunity location issues?

Well yes they did make a mod for it, but they shouldn't have to, they should have been in there from the start.

While I'm happy at how long the list is, I can't help but see the things that didn't make the list.  Like fixing the Dig sites for WA, or addressing the traffic clog that was introduced in LN.  Meh.  I'm glad the Sims community has enough self-support to fix these things for the rest of us anyway.

How awesome would TS3 be if they just fixed all the bugs rather than create new ones? More time for Pescado to create new features in AM, rather than fix EA's fuckups.

Are those patches for a full update or from 1.17?

Could anyone here help with one tiny thing? I've been pulling my damn hair out since 10pm trying to get this patch to go through, and have deduced that the resource.cfg file is what is not allowing me to successfully patch. If anyone can supply me a clean, untouched original version of the file, then I can go to sleep and stop pulling out my hair, and avoid the dreaded 5 hour complete re-installation.

In a "clean", "untouched" version of the game, resource.cfg does not exist.

Full.

Invalid file found when trying to update the new patch,the launcher still isn't working,so I can't update through that either.

Edit: I was able to update with the ambitions patch.

You do realize the "third party patch thing" uses the exact same patch links that are listed here, right?  It's amusing that you'd rather go about it the hard way.  Do you churn your own butter and make all your own clothes too?  Does your computer plug into the wall, or do you have some sort of elaborate bicycle/generator setup?  ZOMG, IS IT WIND POWER?

I'm having problems. Once I updated the patch and try to play the game it cuts off. Do anyone no, what might be the problem?

I don't no. I only yes.

Except when I no.

well, thanks anyway ???

So after a lengthy clean reinstall of both the game and my cc, everything's fine. Damn you EA.

Since this patch doesn't affect Create a World, I'm assuming CAW doesn't have anything that might have been included in Late Night?

I can't see those extra highrise shells anywhere. Anyone?

Did you look in buydebug? That's where I found them.

I'm trying to avoid making a new thread, and my request is related to this particular patch, so is anyone willing to share their copy of Sims3Launcher.exe from World Adventures (version 2.12.8.009002)? It seems to have gone entirely missing, and I'm unable to patch without it.

You could just re-install WA without uninstalling the rest of the EPs like I do sometimes with HELS.

I never asked, is uninstalling a EP without uninstalling the rest of the game a Very Bad Thing?

Why reinstall everything? I had problem with AMB when patching once. And that means only AMB needs to be reinstalled. Correct me if I'm wrong but IMO, I think it is best to not play the game when you have any EP uninstalled because that will bork your save game, right?

No, you can't play saved games when uninstalling an EP. You will have to start a new game, because the old games will not be accessible.

For some odd reason I have to uninstall and reinstall Ambitions with every patch, that EP never want to patch right. It is not a problem, but you do have to patch it up to the new updates. If you are able to log on to the official site, you can get the big patch for Ambitions or any other EP, to do it all at once.

Yes, I know that, my point is anyone should not play any save game until s/he reinstall the EP back because like you said before, the old save will be borked.

Or you can use the patcher from MTS and in most cases get the full patch, without having to access the EAxis site.

Did it after the basegame patch re-borked my launcher.

Could anyone share their original TS3EP03.exe and TSLHost.dll, so I can update to the latest patch, please? I use an arr'ed copy of TS3 and lost the original files :S

Thank you.

It just "went missing" on its own, with no help from you?  Did it leave a note?  If it left a note, it'll probably be back in a day or two.  If the note is made of cut-up magazine letters, then it's probably a kidnapping.

Actually I had the exact same problem at some point. I was doing incremental patches because those were the ones I had lying around and it was as if one of them simply decided to delete the exe file. O.o

Of course, rather than make a fuss about it, I simply reinstalled once again.

Already updated, can't help you. But this is a good lesson for you: always make a backup of the original .exe files before you apply a crack.

Yes, I was stupid. I did make a backup copy, but I think I eventually deleted it...

If anyone can help, I would really appreciate it.

Yup, I can see two shells.
(http://i247.photobucket.com/albums/gg160/tizerist/TS3EP032010-12-0616-05-50-24.jpg)
The launcher should have appeared in the pic, but it's version 6.1 anyway.
They are absolutely not there.

Well seeing as the shells DO show up, what other conclusion would you want anyone(Shouty Voles included) to draw? Especially since you offer no more information than "I haz pwoblem, halp me." Speshul Snowflake as you may or may not be, we do need more info, like what fucking mods you ARE using.

Today I learned that another way of sussing out Speshul Snowflakes is that they make you login to Facebook just to see their avatar pic. Even if you're not on Facebook.

TL;DR: don't host your avatar on Facebook.

Should I add him as my friend?

I can't get this patch to work, I get a message about trying to install the wrong region patch? Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Here is your help:

USE MOAR SEARCHINGS.

I know that I have to change the "SKU" value in the registry. However I do not have a "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\SIMS\THE SIMS 3\SKU" path....if someone wants to take a screenshot of theirs I'd gladly build the registry from scratch.

Why do you think there are five versions of the patch? Just think about that for a moment.

I suck, and I realise it after reading this post and various others that searches brought up. Anyway, I didn't backup my TSLhost.dll file before patching and now I am stuck and stupid. Anyone feel like sharing so I can be stupid but less stuck?

Edit a few hours later:
I am stupid but I am also stubborn. This site has all the exes and tslhost files for all previous patches and packs: http://tehparadox.com/forum/f43/sims-3-all-expansions-stuff-packs-original-files-1473036/ -- hopes this helps anyone else. Me, I'm preening my google fu and feeling kind of fuzzywarm inside now. I'm also making backups.

I think you should use this as a valuable Learning Opportunity while reinstalling your game.

So any huge, gamebreaking issues with this patch? I haven't noticed any new screwups yet and my game lockups seem to have stopped.

My sim used to just run to the gym in Bridgeport because it was right across the street from his apartment.  Now he insists on using the subway terminal on the apartment lot to get to the subway terminal across the street on the other side of the gym.  This is very annoying.

ETA:  On the other hand, my toilet hasn't broken 20 times in one week.  So I guess this is some improvement.

Is it just me, or has anyone noticed that vampires are no longer are centered on the vampire altars?

Yep I saw that last time I played.

They fix the moodlet, and then they break the bed alignment. EA can't do anything right.

Is this a new behavior? Did this occur in the previous patch? I don't remember seeing it then.

I think the new patch caused it, Pescado.  That's when everyone started reporting it, and several people said the alignment was fine before the patch.

It's generally only visiting vampires which use the vamp beds in my house and I only see them side on, so it took me a while to notice. Wasn't the case before the patch.

I confirm it's the patch who did it. I thought I fiddled with the bed placement before the patch but no, as soon as the sim lies down he'll hover on the left side of the vampire bed.

They hover on the other side if they approach from the side, too, and plant their butt in the air when sitting. It's like the game treats the thing as a double bed. The investigation of the mystery continues.

The only fun thing in "late night" and they have to bork it for us ,
I concur ,this is a new bug introduce by the 6.1.11 patch ,this sleeping off to the side thing is keeping me awake at night ,lol

I'm working on a quick fix for my game and will share it when done ,
as i say ,it a quick and dirty fix that will work ,until someone as talented as J.M. find a better cure .
EA might fix it and break something else in the process ,but not likely before the Stuff Pack "Outdoor Living" comes out!
If they want to sleep on the side of the bed ,that's fine by me ,I'm just gonna shift the coffin to the side by half a tile .quick and dirty !

EDIT  : there seams to be one little detail i did no anticipate (this was no issue in sims2 objects),now the light on the candle didn't move with the altar ,so they are the one on the wrong place now ,anyhow ,I still thing it looks better ,perhaps we can turn off the candle now somehow

second edit: I uploaded the Altar to my clouds ,if anyone is interested ,you can PM me for the link ,as i'm not sure were to post this ,since it will be rendered useless when EA or more likely a talented modder from the community come up with a better solution.
I will also post it in my section at Insimadults.org Bobby's Bordello > Projects and Prototype

Oh my.

Er, well seeing as my screen proved that they HAVEN'T showed up, your attempt at  trying to sound smart failed miserably.
And what more information do you need, even at your low level of intellect?
I'll give you some information if you really want it child:
Some of us are intelligent enough to think before they post. That includes removing mods when there is a problem, and sometimes providing a screen as a visual aid. And then there are those of us that spout off without thinking first. Either because they are incapable of thinking first, or just can't be arsed. They then get smacked-the-hell-down by higher life-forms in public (like now) and don't even seem to have the capacity to feel a sliver of shame when that happens. You don't need to explain which of those you come under.  :)

All your screen shot proved is that you don't understand the concept of cropping. What's all this talk of intelligence, you can't even figure out how to properly display an avatar, let alone figure out how you've borked your game. Now who's being a shouty lil cunt?

You see, I haet haet haet the fucking shouting vole. I see no resemblance between it and my cunt, which is fabulous, and resent the implication that there is any resemblance at all. Please check your misogyny at the door, kthxbai.

I agree that cunts are by definition fabulous, and I'm deeply grateful that my wife has one, for instance, but I think comparing the Vole to one may be more of a "make the vegetarian eat a hot dog" sort of thing. Because from what I can tell, the Vole is deeply allergic to ladies and their lady parts.

In any case, I was going to suggest "pirate hooker" as a replacement epithet, but then I remembered that I know a couple of really nice former hookers. And everybody loves pirates! So this leaves us with "fucktard," I guess. And maybe "Santorum Breath."

To be fair, comparison to genitalia is not really sexist, as comparison to male genitalia does not produce a positive image either.

Speak for yourself!

Isn't that nice?  Now how about going away and pretending to fix problems?  Fucking dickless wonder.

Can someone please can or ban Muff Cabbage?  The spray-tan fumes are making me ill.

Oh fuck yes. She makes our chavs look ejumacated in comparison!

Careful. Chavs and Guidos are natural allies. If they ever figure this out on their own, the world's entire supply of costume jewelry and plaid lifestyle accessories will be in grave danger of extinction, and then there will be nothing left for poor Britney Spears except some picked-over Von Dutch remnants.

You. And this changes nothing, the point has been made. Just give up?

Please to be using the "quote" button.  It makes the fights easier to track.

I know, sorry. It's a specialist tactic. The idea is that the victim might not notice the answer, and I can then cross that one off the list as 'answered/resolved' without the risk of further backchat.

Tsk!  One of the basic tenets of MOAR FIGHT! is that the other person notices and responds, back and forth, until the entire thing ends in vicious NO Uing, a permanent grudge, and possibly soup.

I just wanted to mention that I found the cause of the vampire-out-of-alignment bug and killed it. It will endeadinated in the next update of AWESOMEMOD.

Fuck you EA. You didn't fucking patch my game to .17 and it's still on .0001. Fuck you. I'm on a fucking cruise and I have to download a bajillion patches which are hiking up my minutes on the interwebz. I hate you so much, you worthless sack of shit. I hope you go out of business. So not worth my time and money.

'Night, MATY.

*jeromycraig blink*

(http://i.imgur.com/OwnkH.png)

I'm having trouble updating the latest patch for LN.

As I recall it started when updating AM. When starting TS3 I got a message saying: "..unofficial game modification that does not match your current version of the sims 3. ..". It suggested I quit game. (When ignoring this, AM acctualy worked fine in game without any crashes).

In the thread "Stupid Sims 3 patch", Mosquito seemed to have the same problem (but with a diffrent patch). Madame Mim suggested TS3 patch Downloader. I used it but the latest patch for LN still failed to install (to 6.1.11 from 6.0.81), with message "Invalid file found". I've tried patching sevral times with CC and without, lacking success.

From what I can gather, Mosquito decided to reinstall the game. Is there no other option that I sould try first?

My Late Night game isn't cracked. I've replaced the Resource file in Program Files and created a shortcut to the TS3EP03 app, nothing else.

What's causing the patch to fail and can I fix it?

A few patches back, I had problems updating when I did not remove the d3dx9_31.dll file from my game bin folder. 

Just uninstall and reinstall the game, it takes what ten minutes? If even that.

The Ambitions patch/update has been out long enough, there's no reason anyone should still have the d3dx9_31.dll in their framework.

Yeah, I don't have the d3dx9_31.dll anymore. Guess I'll reinstall then.

Clean your registry before you reinstall. The game is picky about old bits that don't get removed by the uninstaller.

New member here, I'm sorry for any noob behaviour.

I tried installing the new patch from the launcher, as it have worked before. (No, I don't have a legal copy. I know that it was probably a bad idea.)
Anyway, it installs normally but when close to 100%, it says "Invalid file found" and then it shuts down. Instead, the darn program started to install one of the old patches, and I mean REALLY old patches. I thought I already had them all, but the installation worked fine. So far, so good? Tried to install the 6.1 patch again, and still got the same problem though. I have googled the problem and someone said that it might work if I remove the crack and put the original TS3EP03.exe back, and so I did. The problem didn't go away, so now I ask you.

Pwease help me solve this problem, before I commit seppuku?

(Oh, and I also tried downloading the patch linked in OP's post, problem didn't go away..)

Don't use a cracked .exe, you can't patch your game if you use those. I've read putting the originals back when patching works but it never has for me. Use awesomemod or Nraas no cd mod. Cracked .exes are evil, at least for Sims 3, the Sims 2 ones still allowed you to update.

I googled for Nraas no cd mod, and got a 5kb large file without any explanation on how to use it.. Sorry for my stupidity, but what do I do with it?

Install it as you would any other .package file.

I put it in the mods/packages folder, and replaced all the cracks with the original file. But when I install the patch, I still get the same error. Have I done anything wrong?

Edit: typo.

I've never gotten it to work by replacing the cracked with the originals, so you have to reinstall.

You can also just use Awesomemod to bypass the CD check.

Anyway, your game is fucked. Nuke it from orbit and reinstall. As everyone else is telling you, don't use cracked .exes next time.

Haha, The Sims is probably the game that I've had to reinstall the most!

But a reinstall it is, then! I assume I can't keep my sims families, as it might make the game turn into the holocaust again, right? And I shouldn't uninstall the thing the "normal" way, since then I guess the stuff in my computers registry won't be removed?

Heck, is there any guide for this? When I search the forum a billion of threads pops up about various problems, but I can't seem to find a more specific guide about removing all the bullshit that comes with The Sims..

No, you can keep your saves.  If you back up your Electronic Arts folder in Documents, reinstall, run, and replace the new Electronic Arts folder with the old one, you should be fine.

Alright, thanks for all the help!

One last question though: Will the launcher fuck up my game? Should I avoid the launcher at all cost? If yes, how do I tell which game version I have?

I don't think it will muck up your game. I personally use it to install Riverview (no matter how detailed the alternative instructions it's the only way I can make it work), but it isn't neccessary for most times. It's a great big chunk of useless that the game doesn't need to run. If you point directly to the exe the game still runs fine and installing through a third party sims3pack tool gives you a lot more control over what is going into your game. You should also read the thread on combining your packages because the only good thing the launcher ever did was operate the ingame dbc creator.

This all depend what problems your game is having.  If it is simply an invalid file while trying to patch, then letting EAxis uninstaller run then reinstalling is not likely to cause you further issues, at least when I encountered that problem it worked fine that way for me.  If you are having issues with the game/patch not recognising the appropriate game version, or CD-Key, then you may need to delve deeper to remove those details from the registry before doing a re-install.


The launcher won't always fuck up your game, many people still use it to install .world and .sim3pack files, while others avoid it completely.  If you use AM, then launch the game from the game .exe which will allow the AM no-CD check to kick in, allowing you to bypass the launcher, or if you use 3booter and the FPS limiter (search and read about those in the right thread) you just need to make a shortcut to 3booter to fire up the game.

Go search over at MTS for the patch updater, that will let you download full patches if available, especially when doing a fresh install, or partial patches if already patched, and it shows you what version ALL EPs and SPs are at.  Using the EAxis launcher to patch will usually get you the base game and latest EP/SP patch and nothing in between.

I've downloaded the MTS patch thingy, works fine! I have begun the reinstallment of the game now, hopefully everything will work. I think I'm gonna try out the AM, I must admit I haven't before. Can't wait, since it does sound awesome! :) I think it might be a better idea not to add my old families tho, as the neighborhood I was playing in was a major fuck up. (I had the problem with NPC's gathering at a single building and then stand there for days, peeing, puking and sleeping. Didn't meet any stars or vampires either, weird.) Or will the patch fix this?

Speaking of the patch itself, and LN bugs: I have noticed that my sims get stuck in their movement for a couple of seconds from time to time. Or better yet: They get stuck in their movement like once every 10 second. It took me 2 sims hours to get my sim to walk 10 meters to get to the bar and buy a darn drink because of this. The time still keeps on going, and all the other animations aswell. It seems like just the sims are having this problem. So I don't think it's a regular framerate problem, and there wasn't any difference when I tried to change my graphic options. Does anyone else have this problem, and does the latest patch fix it?

I feel like I could go on forever, I probably shouldn't.

Are your specs sufficient to play the game?  I'd like to know what they are.

ATI Radeon 4870
Intel Core 2 Quad CPU Q8200 @ 2.33GHz (4 CPUs)
4gb RAM
Windows Vista, 64bits OS.

Something like that. Do tell if I've missed something of importance!

Nothing wrong here- your specs are excellent.

That's probably correct.

One thing about the launcher, though. Some people won't use it for anything, others will. All depends on your various level of paranoias of things EAxian, as well as your ability to put up with its awfulness, and constant CTDs. I think most people around here use it to install store content at the very least, although there are ways around that as well. And worlds.

Keep your saves and try them out. They won't hurt anything, and AM may fix some of the borkedness you've been having with your old games. Your specs seem adequate.

Oh man. I have reinstalled everything, patched it up without any problems and I downloaded AM. I started the game directly from the TS3EP03.exe (original from a fresh install, not a cracked version) and now it says that I'm not using a legal version of the sims. The game shuts down directly after the first loading screen. If god exists, he must be in some kind of Eaxian anti piracy crew.  :(

Edit: I installed Nraas no cd and now it finally works! Just one last problem: my screen resolution is f-ed up now that I've reinstalled it. I can't get to the option screen either, because it's too far to the left. I can only see the half right of the screen. Is there any way to change the game resolution without turning on the game?

It actually uses the term "legal?" I've never.....you're right, someone somewhere is fucking with you right now.

Program Files/Electronic Arts/The Sims 3/Game/Bin/Sims3.ini

C:\Users\username\Documents\Electronic Arts\The Sims 3\Options.ini

resolution = 1680 1050 60

You need to update EADM before you patch