Fair enough.  How should I go about downloading the updates when the direct links to the patches I need are unknown?

Could you elaborate?

Have you tried installing with the Game Launcher/EADM?  I had the same issue but I resolved it by installing EADM and updating the game via the Game Launcher.

I tried apply the patch and it failed.  It gave me an invalid file error message which I found to be code_version.txt.  The text file has written inside it:

description=Version: 0.RL-2.0.56  Changelist: 706761

It seems another poster has the same issue as I do:  http://www.moreawesomethanyou.com/smf/index.php/topic,17256.0.html
Can anyone provide assistance?


EDIT:  Issue resolved.  I updated game via Game Launcher and installed EADM.  With World Adventure installed, the game uses a different version number than just having the base game alone so using the direct links I posted before will not work if you have World Adventure installed.

Okay, so my version on the game launcher says 2.0.86.002002 which does not compute as I thought the versions out were 1.5/1.6 and 1.7.  In order to install patches, I need to download EADM, which is unnecessary and pointless I have heard although it is not malicious.  There are a few links to download the patches directly without having to go through EADM and I'd like to do that only I don't know which of the links to download from as my game version does not match with any of those direct links.

For instance, here is a link to the latest 1.7 patch:
http://akamai.cdn.ea.com/eadownloads/u/f/sims/sims3/patches/Sims3_1.7.9.002002_from_1.6.6.002002.exe

And here's the one before this patch 1.5/1.6:
http://akamai.cdn.ea.com/eadownloads/u/f/sims/sims3/patches/Sims3_1.6.6.002002_from_1.4.6.00002.exe

Looking at the SKUversion.txt file in my game directory under World Adventures says:
GameVersion = 2.0.86.002002

The same file under the Sims 3 base game directory says:
GameVersion = 1.5.82.002002

During installation of World Adventures my game performed an update which appears to have brought it to 1.5.82 from 1.4.6 (or the most recent patch before WA was released).  Is there any harm in installing the 1.5/1.6 first and then the 1.7 patch from those direct links?  If there is, what is the proper order to installing the patches?

Where do you check what version of the game you have?  I installed the game from what I believe was 1.4.6 but the game performed an update right before installing World Adventures and I no longer know what version I have.

I was under the impression that using the Game Launcher was a bad thing.  Is that still the case?

Would starting a new neighborhood fix the problems caused specifically from removing AM from the base game or is a fresh reinstall of the game required?

Try using SuperComputer mod and use the Clean Traits feature on it.  I edited the traits through CAS and got that same NULL KEY on my Sim.  You'll lose all your traits and rewards on that particular Sim but you can re-add them using AwesomeMod.

Could you elaborate a little more on this?  Do we know what mods cause the error 12 to appear more often than others just by merely having them installed?  Is there something about doing certain things on a particular mod that will cause the E12 to appear with greater frequency?  Do we know what those certain things are?

I was under the impression that the problem was still a mystery and there was no known solution or cause as the problem appears to be spread across all sorts of users: from those who play with mods to those who play without them, pirated and legit copies of the game, and those with custom content versus those without.

A Fertilize All button MUST be implemented to the game where all you have to do is select an item in your inventory and that item will be used to Fertilize all your plants.  As it is now, you have to manually select each individual plant to check if it needs fertilizing as it isn't always clear on some plants that cover the dirt around it. 

I imagine something like this would have been requested long ago and would have been in the game by now but it doesn't hurt to ask.  Can this be done, Pes?

I just got an error 12 message for the first time after months of playing the game.  It happened after I finished editing a character in CAS using the Super Computer mod.  I noticed a few things that may or may not be helpful in trying to find a solution to this.  One was a "Null Key" in the Lifetime traits rewards that I fixed using the Clean Traits feature of Super Computer.  The other was the GUI of Buy/Sell Catalog was colored black.  The game crashed to the desktop after I tried to go to Edit Town without saving.

I've browsed some of the posts on this thread so I'll be trying some of the voodoo solutions here but what can I expect from this neighborhood or any future neighborhoods that I start up now that I've been inflicted with this?  Is the problem going to get worse from here on out?  Is it recommended to start a new save file?  How are people coping with this?

Is it possible to have Awesome Story Driver ON for one of your neighborhoods and OFF for another?

Is there a way to keep the wishes/wants from disappearing after some time has passed if you don't L-click them because of lack of space in your wish boxes?

The "problems" you mentioned are not really related to the problem you are experiencing with the regional error.
 A bit obvious but are you downloading the appropriate version?  Are you downloading from the direct links?

http://na.llnet.eadownloads.ea.com/u/f/sims/sims3/patches/Sims3_1.2.7.00002_from_1.0.631.00002.exe

Look through this post to see if any of it helps with the problems you're facing with RLD > RZR version.

http://www.moreawesomethanyou.com/smf/index.php/topic,15531.msg448070.html#msg448070

If you're talking about the RLD to RZR update then you will need to do some registry editting to get it to work properly.  Locate the SKU file in your registry by either searching (CTRL+F) "SKU" or manually locating the Sims 3 folder.  In Vista64bit edition, it's found in this directory:  HLM\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Sims\The Sims 3

If you use CTRL+F make sure it's the Sims 3 folder and not some other folder  Look at the directory to verify.

Next right-click on SKU and change the value from 7 to 2.  That should fix it.  Enjoy!

Let me know if you can get the patch installed this way and have no problems with the installation process of the patch.  I'm curious to know if you experience the same problem I did from this thread:

YES!  That did the trick Bass Junkie.  It installed with no problems after I replaced my HelpPages with the ones you provided.  It'll surely come in handy for people who have the RLD to RZR version of the game.

Many thanks!

Your file worked great and there was indeed a discrepancy with the Help_Updates.html file.  It seems however there is a problem with the other Help_Updates.html files from that same folder.  Now it's whining about the DAN_DK Help_Updates.html file.  I must again request if you could upload the entire contents from the HelpPages (~500KB)?

Thanks for any help.

I'm getting an invalid file found while trying to update.  Can someone provide the contents from this folder and upload them for me please?

Game\Bin\HelpPages\CZE_CZ\

It's specifically crashing on: Game\Bin\HelpPages\CZE_CZ\Help_Updates.html but I figure I'd copy the entire contents of the folder.  I have the RLD version updated to RZR but without the 632 patch.

I can find the files on the game disc but it does nothing to copy them over to game directory so I'm guessing it's a problem from RLD version

Can anyone confirm if thiis works?  I've tried reverting the changes but it did not work.

Well that's strange.  I wonder what caused my Sim's cell phone to stop working right after I used the command.

Warning!! Using purgeinventory removes the ability to use their cell phone.

My Sims have the Heavy Sleeper trait so they get the benefit of having the radio on while they sleep.  Very handy!

I never thought about using them as placeholders for a future Sim.  Thanks for that bit of advice.

My Sim started a Greek House and I have some questions about moved in pledges. Will the "moved in" Sims become unplayable after my Sim graduates from University?  If not, what steps must I perform to make them unplayable again.  That is to say, how do I revert them back to YA uni townies that roam the campus like they were before I moved them in?  Finally, will I lose my Greek House charter if my Sim graduates and the playable "move in" Sims become unplayable?

Thanks for any responses.