Oh. That much I know... The unzipped framework files are supposed to go in My Documents > Electronic Arts > The Sims 3 file, right? I assumed, since the framework unzipped had a mods folder and whatnot in it.. so I sort of just put it there...


When I show config in game, it shows me 5 pages about AM, but the config I customized and put into my packages file isn't working... Or so it seems. I wonder what I did wrong this time.

I find I have to drop the .dll into every game/bin folder or the new expansion is not recognised for booting without a CD. It's little enough to do.

I'm pretty sure I downloaded both... I have aweconf.package and framework.zip in my downloads... But, what the hell do I know?

On the other hand, doing it seems to work, and does not seem to hurt.  In any case, that point is academic, since AM works in our games and not in the OP's game.  Therefore, the problem is with either a) the OP's installation of the game; or b) the OP's ability to follow directions on how to install files.

To the OP, there are parts of the framework that have to be loaded into each EP directory you have.

Oh, I dunno, jezzer, I suspect shitting might take more effort thatn that piece of junk.

Despite my better judgement, I have decided to submit one more post in my thread. I hate the fact that I am forced to go off topic. I would like to apologise to all at MATY for this. It is NOT my intention to change the site or tell you how to run it. I respect how the site deals with people who deserve their wrath. It is in this spirit that I write this post. Please indulge me.
 
The illustrious Madame Mim and the magnificent Gwill seem so eager to flaunt their in-depth knowledge of the FAQ. They have happily shared their wisdom in this thread, both in their own unique and charming way, I might add. I admire their spirit. It is glaringly obvious that they both share an impressive post count at MATY. As a result, I have a feeling that they post more than they read. Generally speaking, I exist here as a lurker. This means I read more often than I post. This has given me an unfair advantage, I suppose.
 
Perhaps now, I can take this opportunity to enlighten Madame Mim and Gwill. I realise I may be perceived by some members as a lowly lurker. This leaves me open to ridicule. I accept that fact and know I run the risk of dealing with a lowly pleb when I post here. Saying that, this lurker doesn't take shit, from NOBODY; excuse my French. I have read the FAQ here at the site. In fact, to make sure I am not talking out of my ass, I read them twice over. There is no place in the FAQ section, that I am aware of, that states members CAN NOT post an idea. My thread title speaks for itself. My OP asks if my idea would be feasible. In other words; is such a thing even possible? In case you both don't know, that is exactly what feasible means. I was not requesting anything.
 
I'll let you both in on a secret, I think before I post. I suggest you should both consider this before attacking someone in the future. Most importantly, get your facts right. The very last thing I wish to do is to pollute this forum with nonsense. I feel my idea is a valid one that could save players a great deal of time, improving the quality of the game. Actually, I privately submitted my idea to a well known creator who shares creations on this very site. Apart from liking the idea, I was advised who was best qualified to contact, which I plan to do. I posted here because I have faith that there are members here who possess the skills to answer my question. And who knows, maybe this idea could eventually become a reality.
 
Once again, I have an unfair advantage. Being a lurker has it's perks. You see, I know EXACTLY who I am dealing with. I read your countless posts. If either one of you had taken a moment to read my post history (which isn't very long), you would have learnt that I am not a fool and will not be treated as one. You would have also learnt that I put my money where my mouth is and I have donated to the site you love. Don't know about you, but where I'm from, that is called; biting the hand that feeds you. By the way, I am NOT looking for praise, I am simply stating facts.
 
I believe everyone here is awesome, in their own way. I have 2 catagories of awesome. These are Awesome and A.W.E.some. The first one speaks for itself. The second one appeals to my quirky side with the acronym, Assholes With Egos. Therefore, some members are awesome and some are assholes. I won't insult your intelligence by telling you which catagory I have now placed you both. I am confident you are clever enough to figure that out for yourselves.
 
Again, my deepest apologies to the site for this outburst. The last thing I want is to cause trouble, please trust me. I have no need to draw attention to myself, my ego makes no such demands.  I believe my post count attests to that fact. However, I am confident that you will respect that, if you push me, I push back, sometimes with furious vengeance. Thankfully, I have stayed calm this time. I sincerely hope my composure places some validation upon my words.

Sadly, this is the second time I have been forced to put some plebs in their place. It's safe to say it has become tiresome.

I still get white boxes from the sunflowers instead of fertilizer or whatever it is that it's supposed to give me. When I hover over it, it says "missing resource file" with a big string of letters and numbers. All my override and cc merge files are up to date to the newest.

That sounds like the EAxis auto-clean. Community and inactive lots are normally supposed to autoclean themselves, since as no one is responsible for their upkeep, they would become horribly polluted without it. Are you saying it is now also affecting the active lot? Is this lot also an apartment lot? The EAxis code cleans up the following types of lots automatically:
1. Community Lots.
2. Non-Active Lots.
3. Base Camps.
4. Apartments.

Why not just do it the easy way and manually replace the stuff?

This does not bode well for my intelligence but I bought the game. Downloaded it. It had no executionable file to launch the game from the game launcher. EA worked on this (instead of giving me a copy of the file and letting me drop it in my folder) for a week. Nothing. So my bro buys it for me because I played the sims so much. HA .. installed from disc and NO EXE. It has to be a problem on my computer but I have no idea what it could be and after sending in everything but a computer autograph to EA, they STILL don't have a clue. I know, I know.. whats new? I'd love to play it. It looks "swell".


SimMoon, missing and still alive.

Yeah, I have. It doesn't do anything to it.

I guess if I don't know what exactly is in there I may as well redownload everything anyway (I swear this already happened, but I can't tell if it's deja vu). But for now, I am just curious if a TXTC issue could cause a problem.

Can we merge the merged files? Or would this be completely redundant and just create a huge package file that our games can not handle?

As for missing fire trucks, did you look in your Sim's inventory to see if it is in there? It happened to my Sim once when the fire truck did not show up inside the fire station. I looked everywhere and then checked my Sim's inventory to find it sitting there. I dragged the fire truck out of my Sim's inventory and plunked it down at the fire station. She now has her own fire truck, and it shows up properly on the driveway when she returned from her missions.

And it doesn't work with Drakah's slider hack since their both core mods

none of my CC is showing up only a few items - I thought it was only a few things but I've only got a few packages working now. My packages are in C:\Program Files\Electronic Arts\The Sims 3 World Adventures\Mods\Packages. My dbc cache files are here C:\Program Files\Electronic Arts\The Sims 3 World Adventures\Mods\DDCache. and I also put them here C:\Users\Adalita\Documents\Electronic Arts\The Sims 3\DCCache
I ran everything previously through the delphys dashboard and used S3pe to combine the files into large packages to make my game run faster. Still no luck though.

My resource.cfg flies says:

Priority 500
DirectoryFiles Mods/... autoupdate
PackedFile Mods/Packages/*.package
PackedFile Mods/Packages/*/*.package
PackedFile Mods/Packages/*/*/*.package
PackedFile Mods/Packages/*/*/*/*.package
PackedFile Mods/Packages/*/*/*/*/*.package
PackedFile Mods/DCCache/*.dbc
PackedFile Mods/DCCache/*/*.dbc

When i try to import the file from resource/import/ experimental, gives me a "JIT (just-in-time) error" (exception text "System.IO.InvalidDataException: Expected magic tag 'DBPF'.  Found "), and i cant load any package file, what can i do, i need to convert all the new "simstore files " who doesnt work, to work on my game....

Thank you for this solution. I've decided to try, but after n°3, I can't find import as dbc. All I have is import from file or import from package, and if I choose that, I have save as DBPF.
What am I doing wrong?

I have successfully merged the cc I have now into a small number of package files.  I am trying to plan for future downloads.  Would it be safe to remerge files?  For example:  I have merged all my furniture cc files into one package.  When I download more furniture (and test it with the blue lot tool and process monitor), is it then safe to grab the original big merged package and add all the new stuff to it?

Common sense tells me the answer is yes.  However, I am a noob working hard to understand this process and would like to check my assumption with people who are more familiar with these procedures.

For ease of recreating archives when there is a need to update in the future, I have created a folder for all unarchived versions of the original mods, under a folder for each category that I intend to merge them to. For example. The individual .package files I used to create my CAS.package are all in a folder named CAS, then to merge into a new CAS.package, all I need to do is import whatever is in that folder once again. This saves hunting around my hard disk for all the lose files.