That would be orsum, KT, thanks!  I have complete faith in you.  I'll install TS2 on my new lappy and get those, probably in a couple days.  Should I post a link here, or send you a PM?

KT, don't know if this would work for your fix or not, but, I managed to find a site that converted that La Dolce Vita Updo (the female hair that came with Monte Vista) for download as a package without having to have Monte Vista (I have know idea how she did it since I've never done that).  She had the other hair, the Tuscan Hat, but, didn't post it because of a problem with the hat.  I don't know if it would be possible to use her package of the hair to make the "legal" one show up (would be nice to have the Tuscan Hat back too).   EA is suppose to be working on a fix.  I hope they get it out this week.  If you can't no big deal.  If you can, I can upload that hair or you can go to the site and download it (Simmer Store).  This is just a thought.

Has the Second Empire build set, and sweeping staircase, been converted from TS2 Mansion & Garden Stuff?  If not, is there someone here who might do so?

I already have Goggalor's Mansard Roof set, http://www.moreawesomethanyou.com/smf/index.php/topic,18244.0.html.  But I was hoping to find the rest.

I think putting the latest content patch 2.1 in my overrides folder has somehow screwed something up, because now there are lots of blank thumbnails in the catalog (everything goes back to normal when the content patch is removed, I went through the whole troubleshooting dance to figure it out). The price shows, but there is no picture, and nothing happens when I click on it. Is it trying to fix content I don't have? Does it not like being decrapified? Did I do something wrong?

I can't remember all of the items that are missing, but one of them is a shower priced at $1,800.

Normally it wouldn't matter, but I have a slight suspicion that it might be related to another problem with a corrupted save (if only because it's the only other wonky thing I could find). Not sure if that's possible, but what should I do now?

Damn, I liked your Frank N Furter sim avatar! How are we gonna do the time warp now?

Just thought I'd throw my 2 cents in...  Did you delete all the cache files after putting in the fix? Could make a difference maybe?

LOL - I was thinking you were suppose to attach a fix.  Thanks for the fix.  I'll try that.  Edit: Thanks for the fix, but, it didn't work.  I put it in the overrides like you said, and neither Monte Vista hair showed up.  I even put it in Mods/Packages just to see, and that didn't work either.  I don't know why your fix didn't work, unless I did something wrong (I wouldn't know what that would be though).

KT, I'm not seeing the file you're telling me to put in the overrides.  You mean the fix fixes?

I have an unholy hybrid of vanilla/decrapped stuff.  Is there something I can do about all the annoying duplicate thumbnails, besides decrapping and reinstalling the legit items?  Will the Content Patch work if I don't decrap it?

If one doesn't "legally" own Monte Vista, then it'll be fine.  I actually own Monte Vista "legal", which is why it's doing that.  Also mentioned as disappearing due to the patch is the toddler beret and a child female hair.  Those two hairs I didn't buy and I have as a package and I checked last night and they are still there.  So if someone "legally" has the 4 hairs mentioned, then it'll disappear from their game.  I had patched from the one before this one (don't remember the patch number).  I also used the launcher to patch to 1.47.  

KT, Skadi mentioned I should give you a nudge and see if you can fix the newest issue.  Installing the new 1.47 patch has made the male and female hair from Monty Vista disappear.  I didn't notice until today when I happen to be on TS3 forum and noticed alot of reports on that.  I checked my game, and sure enough they were gone.  Don't know if it's something you can fix, but, worth mentioning to see if you can.  Just whenever you have the time.

They don't show up in the journal because they have this line:


I guess they made it this way so people wouldn't uninstall the item and then complain at the BBS that they skill journals are bugged.

Do we have to patch our game to 1.47 to get these? I won't be able to do so till the game comes out.

Awesome, thanks.  Maybe they fixed something in the latest store patch.  I installed that and 1.47 at the same time.

I've noticed something strange since the latest patch.  Monte Vista's wedding cake (Happily Ever Frosted) shows up in the catalog the way it should, but next to it is a silver ball with the same name.  I've never had problems using these fixes before, but is it just PEBKAC?

Thank you, jesslla for the answer. I'll wait for more confirmation though. Why? Because unlike you and your oh so mature and nice name calling ways, I am not one to ASSume. Apparently you are. Whatever..asshole..


And you, bitterguill: thank you so much for your very good and comprehensive answer and for not being another way too common dickhead found on this site (all priding themselves on being tough and mean, but then let somone dish it back at 'em and whoa! watch them whine!) I'll check that out. I just got Sims 3 and I've got a ton of catchup to play. The name Nonamena is one of the new ones I've learned already from over at Inge's place.

I'm torn.  On the one hand, she's clashing with my beloved AIDE and complaining about one of the rare things EA is actually doing correctly.  On the other, her spelling and grammar don't make me want to inflict blunt force amnesia upon myself with a brick, and knows words like "sitophilia."

IT'S MY OWN PERSONAL SOPHIE'S CHOICE.

I specified precisely what EA's issues were.

I never had the trouble with The Sims 2 that I do with TS3. I'd say it was a coincidence, if it weren't I had the same problem with each 6 reinstalls or so on 3 different computers.

The expansion packs cost much, much more, with shallower gameplay, and it's obvious EA isn't working up to the potential they could be.

I have every right to complain. I put my money into this crap, and I'm definitely not putting any more in.

The patches usually don't fix what is truly broken, and add a crap ton of features that should probably be exclusive to expansion packs.

I wish they'd wait to release their dumb patches compared to one every other week and release an awesome superpatch that fixes their shitty game entirely.

But, I guess that'd be an entirely new game. The charm of sims 3 is that it crashes every ten minutes, every expansion pack is released pretty much broken, every other patch adds features that are already supposed to be exclusive to expansion packs, and more often than not, winds up screwing up at least more than half of the gaming community's games.

EA's so ridiculously cheap.