Framework issue. Quite common knowledge. Copy d3dx9_31.dll to Ambitions\Game\Bin and you should be set.

Cheers.

The school issue? Oh no, wait. You don't have Ambitions installed. I don't have the school issue when using 1.2.7 without Ambitions.

Right, I managed to launch the game. Something stupid, I forgot to create the symlink to d3dx9_31.dll. Otherwise, symlinks work fine, I confirm.

However, I am experiencing the same issue as other users : schools became small parks, so kids can't go to school.

It is, so far, the only major problem. I haven't experienced any crashes or bugs yet. I'll keep playing.

Antonius.

I haven't inspected that, I'll check it out. I did copy it in Ambitions's Bin folder though. I'll just reinstall the framework from scratch in every directory.

Another thing I just thought about, but it probably isn't that... I created symlinks in every Bin folder in order to point Mods and Resource.cfg to my own custom locations, namely the Electronic Arts\The Sims 3 folder. They're not shortcuts, mind you, they were created with the mklink command, which kind of imitates Linux's ln -s command. So, basically, it looks like this :

D:\Games\The Sims 3\Game\Bin\Mods --> D:\Documents\Electronic Arts\The Sims 3\Mods

I'm going to disable the symlinks and have the content in Ambition's Bin folder if the Framework reinstall fails.

Thanks for your speedy response,

Antonius Maximus.

Hey JM,

I've been using your mod since its first appearance and I admit I can't bring myself to play vanilla anymore, especially since the Awesome Story Driver is far superior. So thanks for that, and for the opportunity you provide by allowing us to test the new builds.

However, I am the bringer of sad news - my game gets stuck on the loading screen with this new build. The cursor spins, it looks like the game is alive, but no loading music and the progress bar doesn't fill up. This happens with no CC at all, only Awesome Mod. I have WA, HAL and Ambitions installed on top of vanilla Sims 3, and of course the latest update. It's all very confusing, because the mod seems to work for some.

I tried without Awesome Mod but with all CC back in place, and the game launched correctly.

Anyway, this is my feedback. Thanks for everything!

Antonius Maximus.

I fail to understand how, in any way, shape or form, such hostility is needed. Perhaps I do not have enough bile in my blood.