With supernatural we need a few fixes: the vodoo doll has a new interaction to zombify a sim, but it doesn't work; the cristal ball from the magic set on the store should give a bonus to a sim on the new career; using the spellbook should increase the hidden skill about spellcasting; and the lord vladimir cauldron should increase the new alchemy skill

...If someone doesn't understand your help or instructions right away the humane thing to do is to help them through it step by step...

And it's just that one specific outfit?

Can anyone give a link to these unmodified sims3packs?
SmoothCruisnSet (Smooth Cruis'n Set) (here unavailable)
SportswearCAS (True Champion Sports Wear)
Or maybe they are in some new sets?

The package in the ccmerged_decrapped.zip file is "ccmerged.package," not "ccmerged_decrapped."  Is it just a misnamed file, or did the wrong file get zipped?

I had the same problem, what worked for me was getting SunlitTidesDeluxe.Sims3Pack and moving it into s3rc.exe. That get's the file to 'work' with the launcher. Now onto the next step: The file is categorized as an object, not a world. You install the file, it says it was successful. Now when you get into the game, the world is not there. When I go back to the launcher, it says that the SunlitTidesDeluxe.Sims3Pack still needs to be installed,

No, I didn't decrap them, I put your files in exactly as I downloaded them.  I re-downloaded them and still isn't working 100%.

I know all the items were working last weekend when I played.

I did some testing in a lot with all the premium items on it and your new patched files in my override folder:

The following seven items are not working for me (as far as I could tell all other premiums worked fine).
TreeProsperity:  No fruit (picking fruit animation halts)
ChocolateFountain: No cups, skewers, straws etc. (most animations halt)
Ice-cream mkr & Fryer: Invisible foods (animations for cooking and eating work)
Voodoo Doll: Invisible pin  (animation like there is one)
Caldron: Invisible Ladle  (animation like there is one)
Spellbook: Resetting Position Bug
BlackJack Table: No cards/chips  (white blocks)

Next I extracted all the files out of Lucky Simolean Casino sims3pack, decrapped the packages, then plucked out the ones for cards, chips, deck, betting-accessory, and gambling-skill (but not the actual card table) and put these tiny packages in my mods folder and now the blackjack table works. 
So I did the same pulling just the  fruit for the TreeofPros.  package from Lunar Lakes and the tree is now working.   Tomorrow I will pull the other files apart seeking these mostly tiny parts files for the other 5 items

Since it seems to be just me - I'm really stumped but dealing with it this way.

I was wondering about that myself. That's how they do it usually though. They reserve a spot on the map and you have to place the venue yourself. I have trouble having the items show up as well. I have to add the file separately as a package in the library myself or else the items get replaced by base-game stuff. notouching you can consider that pm as not sent.

there is a few problems so far, some peope on sims 3 site are saying sauna dont have any interactions so i haven't tested it myself yet :/ but guess that another EA screw up for ya

Does anyone know of a mod that disables all music for the splash and loading screen? I minimize the game while it's loading and damn annoying to hear that sugar-coated uppity music while I'm trying to watch something else.