Somehow, I think you've stumbled into the wrong forum.

Out of curiosity-- do all of your graphics look more or less the way they did prior to upgrading? I only ask because the weird TS3 graphical glitches I've been reading about are what is currently putting me off from upgrading to Snow Leopard.

Yeah. I like my sims to be crowded, dammit! All that space in between the houses has been driving me crazy. This rowhouse should work nicely.

Unfortunately, EAxis is either lying or incompetent (or both?) since I'm currently patched at 1.4 and continue to have this problem.

I've been running into this problem as well. However, deleting the caches and thumbnails, and removing/replacing the Packages folder seems to make it work again temporarily, although it sometimes takes multiple tries. I'm also running the game on Leopard, and never encountered this until the 1.3 patch. It doesn't appear to be triggered by anything specific, since the downloads will work one day and then stop working the next.

Can't be an issue with the no-cd crack since I only use AM.

Strangely enough, I finally got the game to bypass the launcher without issue. Since random voodoo sometimes seems to prove effective on this game, I cleared all the caches, deleted the thumbnails, and even tried removing and replacing the Packages folder. The mysterious freeze disappeared entirely, and I didn't notice any unusual graphics glitches during the few minutes of test gameplay. Prior to this, I tried it about three different times and couldn't get it to work so I have no idea why any of this would have helped, but apparently something did.

Unfortunately, I couldn't even get far enough to check out the graphics when I tried this out. The loading screen keeps freezing on me. I wandered away from the computer for awhile to give it some time, but it sat with the green loading bar frozen and none of the words flashing across the bottom for probably 3-4 minutes. I finally switched out the old .plist for the edited one to see if it was something with my game, but that one loaded up in no time. This was with the most recent patch, 1.4.

I'd love to find a way to get around the damn launcher, though. Ugh.

If you don't want to reinstall, at least test the game out without any hacks or other custom content installed. Does this problem occur with multiple families? Does the game always freeze at specific times? When the game freezes, how long does it last?

Basically, more information would be good here.

At the risk of asking an obvious question, are you sure this new laptop has the hardware to run the game? Price alone doesn't necessarily guarantee good gameplay. How does it run without any hacks or patches?

This doesn't necessarily work, though. In order for your MTS account to work there, you need to have been a member back when the adults downloads section branched off into SS2 (that was what, three years ago? More? I can't remember). Otherwise I'm fairly certain you have to open a second account.

Macs seem to be very temperamental with hair-- some appear completely black/shadowed, and others randomly crash the game, even when the files reportedly work fine for other people. I have no idea why.

Well, I think I've officially fucked my game up with this patch. Are any other mac users having success with this thing? I tried uninstalling/reinstalling, but the freezing and lag is still unbearable, and on top of that the most expensive desk is one giant black mess. I tried reinstalling and not updating to the patch, but the game won't run without the first mac patch, which apparently has been rolled into this most recent one since I can't find it anywhere else.

I'd really like to smack whatever idiot(s) at EA did this.

I've not experienced any crashing on my macbook (yet), but what is your gameplay like?

After installing the patch onto my mac, the game lags and freezes like crazy, even with all the settings changed to low. It now freezes for 2-3 seconds everytime I scroll or zoom, and I'm wondering if it has something to do with the supposed "fix" for the shadows listed in the description.

AFAIK, SMC is a mac-only application-- I was responding to OpiumGirl since she referenced her macbook. However, it's very handy, so if there is a windows-equivalent it's definitely a good idea to give it a shot.

Just a side note-- in addition to getting a laptop cooler, download smcFanControl if you haven't already. I use it on my macbook, and it helps you control the temperature and fan speed of your mac.

I have no idea WTF she is even talking about, but this part was pretty amusing to me:

Fifthly, PeggyZone reserves the rights to take any actions that we think necessary and appropriate to the extent permitted by law in response to insult, libel and attack committed by anyone.

What exactly is she planning to do, sue the internet?

You might not consider it spyware, but users who have tried it may not agree.


Regardless of what it's called, a program that needlessly requires to be connected to the internet and installs dubious files onto my system is too close to the "spyware" definition for me.

Personally, I like the fact that they use the word "sometimes" to mean "almost all the time". When I was just using a vanilla game, there usually did not appear to be any rhyme or reason to the way my sims moved around, or who they moved in with.

From the GOS thread:


Does anybody know if they're using spyware in their downloads as well?

Edited because I can't fucking type. *smacks forehead*

GOS has some really nice, unique looking sims available for download. That's where I've been getting mine.

From what I've read, TS3 has made the most money yet out of the Sims franchise. So really, if they're going to make billions of dollars from a half-formed product, why would EA want to spend more time and money making something better? For all the people that recognize the flaws and glitches in the game, there are more people out there willing to thrown down $50 to play it for a few weeks and then forget about it.

I like my houses to be close together, so this has happened to me on more than one lot. Drives me up the wall.

AFAIK, the only way to get the first patch is to allow the launcher to connect the internet and click "check for updates". I tried this using the razor version and have not yet (knock on wood) encountered any problems. I believe you need this patch in order to install the later patch, since I was able to install the second patch without any problems.

EA threatened the same thing with the Stories objects. They're still available for download here and nothing has happened. People here don't exactly pay a lot of attention to EA.

Currently playing both. TS3 is only playable thanks to the AwesomeMod, and the CC for TS2 far exceeds that available for TS3. Not to mention that my Sims look so much better. I'm sure that, with time, I will end up returning to TS2 completely.