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Not installing until I know the full changelog. Also, installing this now may fuck up a Generations installed (is paranoid).

The latest game version is now 1.19 but the only incremental option is from 1.21 which means if we want to patch now we have to use the cumulative patch?

Does Create-a-World work? I expect not, but maybe somone has other experiences?

*cough*The.Sims.3.Generations-RELOADED

Maybe Generations will be update 1.21 and this patch is what comes after installing Generations?  Have anyone tried the leaked one with this patch?

Generations is indeed 1.21. Incremental patch installs fine over generations

link does not work  ???

Working fine in here.

TSGEN itself updates the game to 1.21.123.0110XX, this patch might be an "urgent" fix for the EP.
Though I am surprised the expansion itself is only 1GB.  [3.5GB Cumulative MAC Updates + ~0.5GB Cumulative PC Update]
Either EA has learnt how to optimize their coding, or this expansion really doesn't add anything in core, most likely the second.


Ever since WA came out they still haven't. Oh, dear EA.

Click on this "File not found." Or I do something wrong?

As I said, it's working fine in here.

I just installed The Sim 3 on my laptop just to check out this patch, and one thing I noticed is in the Electronic Arts folder in My Documents, there is a new folder, "ContentPatch." Within that folder there is a "Download" folder, which has nothing in it.

I didn't play long enough to really get into the memories system, but it sure looks like it's going to be a pain in the ass. There is a new button on the UI, right below the button to expand the UI. It's a little camera so you can take pictures to "Capture the Moment" so you can make your own memories for your sims.

And then the body hair, looks way too unnatural.   

Create-a-World does definitely not work. I reinstalled it and ist still says CAW can't find the Sims 3 game data.

According to SimPrograms, the patch was pulled due to 'some major bug'

LOLWUT?


I suspect it's more like they don't want people to have the new features for the base game yet since the EP isn't officially out. I won't even mention the fact that the link above still works. Next time check your sources before spouting crap about "X says..."

(http://i52.tinypic.com/117tw5k.png)

Well, sure would be nice of them to share that on their website proper instead of putting it on FACEBOOK.

Tell that to them...

I'll leave that up to the people who actually have a Facebook account. I won't waste my time.

Well, even if that's the reason why or not, i'm still not downloading this patch until we get full patch notes and updates for all the EPs/SPs.

It's SimPrograms on FB, not EA themselves.

Holy crap the bug. I hit it, it makes the game unplayable. Until EA 'officially' releases the patch I'll just run base generations for now.

What is the bug?

Ever have a sim disappear into a rabbithole only to never exit it? Think about when there's no interaction in their queue and the only way to recover them was to resetsim for that sim, only to have to do it again at 1am sim-time. It only effected the active family, and once you reset the sim, about 20 memories came up for the reset sim, or more if the reset sim had memories with a housemate.

Very unplayable. Don't know what triggered it.

Well they've officially released the patch now. Here's the changelog. It's not terribly exciting, and pretty much exactly what is mentioned above in this thread.

http://akamai.cdn.ea.com/eadownloads/u/f/sims/sims3/patches/TS3_1.22.9.0110xx_update.exe

Link'd. This is the only patch they have for it. No cumulative patch if you have generations. The MD5 hash is different than the one they released early, so take that as you will.

Shouldn't there be patches for each EP and SP? I noticed the update notes mention them, but I haven't seen links to anything other than the base game patch.

Could we be so lucky that EAxis managed to release one file that will actually update ALL installed EP/SPs, and not just the base game?

Did you forget who you are talking about? Ea couldn't be bothered to code it's way out of a paper bag. The Pc patch only does base and Generations. The incrementals are only available for the Mac right now, which is a total WTF move BTW. Really Ea? Really? Or at least thats what the US site says.

So the cumulative patch updates all the EPs, then? I have a region 2 copy of WA and the rest are region 1, so will that cause a problem?

Patch doesn't change shit about the expansions or stuff packs. EAxis is too lazy to fix them, even when Bridgeport has been bugged since release because of the routing issue. Seriously, it seems once EAxis releases an expansion they throw down one patch to fix what was broken at release then never look back at it.

The new 1.22 patch didn't update my EPs or SP. I need to find a manual patch, wasted my time with that huge download.

From what I have read, the patch apparently really fucked the game on Macs, which is probably why they got the incrementals.


I am holding off until the Patcher from MTS gets updated (if it does) to work properly for the new EP and patches.  At the moment it doesn't see the new patches, and the creator has indicated that there are problems with it due to the way EAxis changed things this time.

Given it is EAxis we are talking about, nothing really surprises me anymore, I don't even expect the EP/SPs and/or patches to be trouble free or to actually fix things like they should.

How bizzare that only the Mac version has the individual patches... I wonder if it's something to do with the change to "TS3W.exe"?

This is what I was wondering.

The cumulative patches never update most of the version numbering, for whatever reason, but it certainly updated the EPs (going by its progress report). It seems some of the other executables are "downgraded" to 29kb files now, and that incremental patches may not be necessary now we have One Exe to rule them all. This would certainly make the whole patching ordeal less ridiculous.

EDIT: Aha! It seems Generations/1.22 installs new executables in "The Sims 3\Game\Bin\Packs" (including a mysterious "TS3SP04.exe" added by 1.22) and that these are controlled by "TS3W.exe". Guess there really is only need for one patch from now on. There also appears to be a new authentication system in place.

I love how they always blame third party mods and cc right away.

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Customer service people have to assume people are drooling morons because a lot of people are drooling morons.  That's why you always get the lowest common denominator checklist of troubleshooting when you call any kind of Customer Support:  "Is it plugged into the wall?  Did you actually go to the outlet and check?  Is the other end of the cord -- the one not plugged into the wall -- plugged into your computer?"

Don't forget it's the BBS, where people actually pass out when they write big comments because they forget to breathe while they type.

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I don't believe this.

That's more like a half truth. You need to delete the cache files as well, not uninstall the damn game.

What was the version numbers for Generation level? I mean, before 1.22/2.16/3.12/4.9/5.7/6.4/7.2/8.0, I know the base game is 1.21 but what are the numbers for the other EPs?

Game seems unstable here - crashes regularly with exceptions errors thrown at me. (Mac OS X).

I'm trying to make a new Electronic Arts-folder, and then playing from that so there won't be any old cache files making a mess for me - but how do I move over all the CC I have installed through the launcher? I'm not really interested in downloading that again, and I don't want to play without it either. Which folder contains those files?

I install the patch but make no difference in my game. I lost all the interactions with another sims after installing the Generations expansion. I read somewhere that the changes  (like the TS3W.exe ) is to make the game going "faster" and the patches folder is to organize the objects inside the game, just like the TS2. ???

Losing interactions is from a out of date core mod. Remove your mods dipshit.

I think I screwed up. I was trying to update (I thought I had the newest update, but clearly I didn't), and I forgot to back up my TSLHost.dll file. Is it possible to find this somewhere, or do I have to reinstall Generations in order to get it back?

How many threads are you going to shit in with your request?  Why not just reinstall fucking generations, be quicker than waiting for someone to send you a file for fuck sake.

Thanks, but in my insanity and stupidity I uninstall and install all over again without any mods. Nothing seens to fix the issue. It's very annoying...

Just two threads, don't worry.

Also, I just reinstalled Generations, and it didn't change the TSLHost.dll file.. I'm not sure if it's because I left the cracked one untouched in the folder, so I'll try to remove it again. And anger issues much?

Second edit: No, I removed Generations, removed my cracked TSLHost.dll, and it didn't put it back. No luck there, so I either have to reinstall the entire game and find all my CC (I have a decent amount as .sims3packs), or wait for a few hours (while I'm asleep) for a decent human being to upload a pure, vanilla TSLHost.dll to help someone out a great deal by doing a 1 minute job. I will be grateful if anyone wants to help me out, that's for sure.

Just because you uninstalled and reinstalled the game doesn't mean your mods were removed. You have to remove them manually. It's a mod conflict. Why doesn't anybody that comes here for help ever fucking listen?

By "decent human being", of course, you mean some bleeding heart to rescue you from your own laziness.  Go buy the game if you fail at ARRing so much.

That's one way to look at it, sure.

...well..I just discover that I don't know how to remove a mod. Can you explain? I'll listen.

Do the reverse of whatever you did to place them in the game.

Move your Mods folder to your Desktop, Carioca Girl.

I personally prefer adding the folder to a .zip file and then unzipping when done patching.

That's the thing: I don't have the Mods folder anymore. I take it off when it crashes the game and when I went crazy and uninstall everything I delete the EA Games folder from Program Files directory. I don't have any mods now. :(

Did you also delete the Electronic Arts folder from your My Documents folder?

Haha! Why did you do that? Firstly, that is not how to uninstall the game. Secondly, you might be able to rescue it from the recycle bin.

Right Click the Recycle Bin>Open>Find the EA Games [Electronic Arts] folder>Right Click>Restore

Restore any other folders you deleted whilst going crazy.

Oh,no! Not that crazy! :D I uninstall the game by the control panel and then I went to the Program files and delete the Eletronic Arts  Folder that remains there after the uninstall procedure. And I can't find the EA folder on the My Documents after uninstalling.  I noticed now that only my celebrity sims ( 5 stars) have no interactions problem. This still a sign of mod core problem?

There are some people out there that still don't take out their CC and hacks/mods before installing a new expansion pack or stuff pack.

  Shouldn't we all know to do this before we install them,after all we have been told to do so since the sims 2.

I never remove all my mods when installing new patch/pack. Not in TS2 either. The ones you need to remove are core mods, no mosaic, and sometimes tuning mods. Script mods are usually safe, and even then you don't have to remove the mods when installing the pack, but rather when firing the game after installing them.

That's fine if you remove them before firing up the game, I usually do the same thing.  The trouble is, alot of people don't remove the mods before firing up the game and then blame everything else when something screws up in-game and don't go looking at their mods first.

If people got into the habit of waiting a few days before updating, they could get the updated version of their mods, or see a post from the modder saying that it is compatible.  Either that, or at least learn how to check and update the basic tuning mods themselves, then they only need to wait for the core mods to be done.  Either way would prevent so many problems and bitches about tightpants caused bugs.

Expecting people to be reasonable and do the right thing is a bit like expecting EAxis to actually make a properly working bug free game, neither will be very likely to ever happen.

Problem:

I have the cracks on everything Up to Night Life and stuff packs. I do not have generations, but patched to 1.22. Now I get through the launcher and to the neighborhood chooser and it claims there is "no disc for outdoor living."
Everything was just fine, nothing new, until I got the patch; now the game will not work.
At first it was claiming "no disc" at the launcher and I reinstated the cracks again, thinking it had changed them or deleted them. This got me to the neighborhood chooser, now I can't get past it. I have removed all the caches to no avail; as well as my mods and other .packages, but it wont budge. (Of course I have not Deleted anything, just moved it to another folder on my desktop).

So where have I screwed up and how do I fix it?

Stop using cracks, and use either Awesomemod or Twallan's no-cd mod instead.

I have a reason to believe that something in my game was broken with this patch... I have no EPs or SPs, only base game, and since I patched to 1.22 it is lagging terribly. Sims wait for a long time to start an action, then wait to realize it's completed... They also lose time (the clock skips a few sim-minutes once in a while). All this effects in them constantly being late to work/school and not having enough time to complete most of the stuff they used to in a day.

Things tried:
Overwatch - used before, using still, no effect.
Fixall - seemed to make it better for a while, but it's worse again and this isn't helping.
Master Controller "Reset Everything" - no effect.
Resetsim * - no effect.

Even lowering settings has no effect. And the game was running perfectly smoothly before the patch, nothing else is new in it.
I think it could be because of townie sims earning memories constantly, but it's only a guess.

Do we know what any of the supposed fixes were yet?

WA dig sites, sell photographs worth X, buying omni plant seeds, nosediving happiness despite lots of buffs and full motive bars.......??

The dig site bug is still in effect, so Buzzler's mod is a necessity, but the mood bug seems to be mostly fixed.  According to Buzzler's thread on MTS, he updated the mood fix for the latest patch because moods still aren't calculating 100% correctly, but my moodlets are all stacking and keeping my Sims in the green without it, so it's not game-destroying any more.

I've tried both, and the AM tester, still no luck. I have removed everything to make sure it wasn't a mod conflict, the only mod in my files is AM.
I am still getting the "no disc" at the neighborhood screen. I am not starting from the launcher.

Then double check your framework, twallans no cd mod works with any patch level. Either way there's no way to get a mod conflict. Have you enabled the no cd mod with AM in the config? You're definitely doing something wrong.

It was the config. Thanks!

My problems with patch 1.22 and how I solved them (and how I caused them, too):

First of all, I jumped right in with patching, updating mods right away, without testing as I went.  So, all in one day, I installed the patch, updated Awesomemod and Twallan, and changed my antivirus progam from the one that expired to another one.  I have the base game only. 

The game loading went along swimmingly, then the fun began when I loaded a world.  First, it took forever for the items to render.  Then, the only Sims interactions were either "ask about gender preference" in one world, and "mean, scare" in another, then the Sims jumped to other rooms.  I thought it was comical at first, then decided I better track down what was causing this mess. 

I found out the antivirus was checking each package file before loading (the previous virus checker had no effect on the game, so I had stopped disabling it when playing, not thinking that this one operated differently), so disabled that, which fixed that problem. 

After taking out all hacks/mods, the game was back to normal, so that was where the problem had to be.  Silly me, being the forgetful old great-grandmother that I am, I forgot that I had some of Anach's old mods hiding in there, but I couldn't remember where I got them.  I did a google search and it brought me right back to here. :)  How wonderful - there was a thread with updated Anach mods!  After removing the old ones and putting in the updated ones I wanted, everything is working wonderfully. 

I just thought I'd share in the event somebody else is as reckless/forgetful/senile as I am.  I don't care if my kids put me in a nursing home, as long as I can have my laptop and my Sims!

Hard to believe that would be possible, and yet...


Would they do this?  When?

I suspect you failed at troubleshooting.

Amazone is simply FAIL.

Considering that YOU are having this problem and WE are not, said problem is most likely related to your own failures.  Now if you'll excuse me, I'm going back to my Sim's problem-free travel and laughing a carefree laugh.

BWAAAAAHHHAHAHAHAHA.
Firstly, why the fuck would I want to help YOU of all people; secondly, this seems to be a PEBCAK issue. Which is to be expected from the LUNAZONE.

Everyone keeps telling you it's your own fault in some way. Not our problem if you don't want to listen.

Ever notice how the more butthurt someone gets when told it's PEBCAK, the more likely it is that is just a bad case of PEBCAK?

The Shiv Gorilla (http://wikka.moreawesomethanyou.com/index.php?title=Shiv_Gorilla) Wikka article is usually enough to remind me what a paranoid, anti-western, anti-Semitic muppet Amatard is. Why am I not surprised she can't even play a computer game properly without thinking the rest of the world is to blame?

This forum is just a big joke with dishonest wankers. I really hate to use the "jewcard", but you give me no choice.  It's fun to see how you left out that I in fact was called a "filthy jew", after i told #grah I was jewish, (of jewish heritage), hence my question "a filthy jew?" after a guy exactly called me a "filthy jew".You should really take a look at the REAL log.

If I am anti-western or not is none of your business. I was not here to discuss politics, but to solve a problem with a game! :3 Bye whimps and wanksters. :-) Have fun kids!

It's good to know that Shiv Gorilla still has the power to make tards flee even after all this time.

It's well-known that chat logs posted as "evidence" are usually doctored in some way in the interests of moar fight, and I would've dismissed it outright had I not read your blog (originally linked to from your own Wikka page before it was deleted) at the time as well. . If you had not said that you were Jewish, I would have took your anti-US and anti-Israel rants in your blog and outbursts of "Jihad!" and "Jewhad!" as typical examples of far-left anti-Semitism dressed up as anti-Zionism and anti-Westernism. Here's a hint - I'm also Jewish and if I'm finding your ramblings on your own blog to be borderline anti-Semitic, then you're doing it wrong.



If she fled, then why am I getting punished in the Chambers?

Her fleeing does not negate the fact that she was here in the first place, inflicting her gross tardery upon our delicate Senatorial sensibilities.  Soozel has been swooning upon the chaise lounge in the Senate drawing room ever since Zonetard came back.  YOU MUST PAY.