Bon Voyage Patch #2: Now on thesims2.ea

[Tigerlilley]

After fluffing around posting this on random sites, EA has finally "officially" released their patch, just before Free Time comes out.

Get it here: http://thesims2.ea.com/update/getpatch.php?appVersion=1.10&languageCode=

List of Fixes:

Sims will no longer have the option to call vacation service NPCs after acquiring the business perk "Head for Numbers" which was causing a crash.
Sims will no longer have the option to "Call Taxi" using their cell phones if they have driven to the community lot with an own-able vehicle which was causing a crash.
If the Sim misses the shuttle, it will no longer return to a vacation lot without the Sim at the end of the vacation. Sometimes, this caused the vacation lot to become unusable.
Game will no longer create new vacation NPCs each time a lot is visited which was causing many issues due to character file overload. Any existing extra NPCs will be unlinked and their character files greatly reduced in size.
Periodic Events Controller will no longer loop twice per hour through each neighbor which was causing extreme lag on certain machines.
Autonomous water-balloon and snowball fights have been tuned so the interaction will occur less frequently.
Housekeeper no longer repeatedly spawns.
Children will no longer go on a vacation alone if their parent dies before van arrives.
Riverblossomhills townies will no longer be invisible when The Sims 2 Seasons is uninstalled.
Sims no longer pop out of hammock when WooHoo is rejected.
Sims no longer get stuck during logrolling when trying to exit while another is entering.
Children can now drink served juice.
Undo and Redo can now be used on ClubCubes.
Vacation guests no longer leave when a party at a vacation home ends.
Locals now change back into native outfits after exiting water.
Housekeeper now fills holes and fixes broken objects.
Housekeeper now repairs servo.
Sims no longer fall in love while chatting in a tent.
Sim can now repair stereos.
Pets no longer show platinum mood in thumbnail background.
Bigfoot can no longer change appearance on the vanity table.
Hotels no longer become Community lots after being visited by a Young Adult.
Make Furry Friend vacation memento is now achieved by making friends with Big Foot.
Souvenirs only restock when Sim has them in inventory.
Sledgehammer Tool can no longer be used on Hotels by pressing "J".
Sim no longer wants to learn a massage if they have already been learned.
Polish Only: Fixed issue with hotel room pricing.
You can now queue up multiple Dig For Treasure interactions.
When clicking "Ready to Play" the Launcher now launches first.
Sims can now be added to a group when "Walk To…" interaction is canceled and re-queued.
Sims no longer become stuck in vehicle when transitioning from a Secret Lot to a Vacation Home.
Customers reject a massage if the purchase price is set too high.
Bigfoot can no longer be asked to go on Group Outing.
Fire Dancer Mat and Food Stands cannot be placed in a Sim's inventory.
Seating can now be removed from the Food Stands.
Fire dancer mat cannot be set for sale.
Having the Business Perks interface open when the vacation loading screen begins will no longer cause the game to freeze.
Young Adults who are staying at a vacation home no longer have the option to Get Married or Move In another Sim.
Sims can no longer assign others to be a masseuse.

As I say after the annoucement of every new patch...

Whos going first?

[Zazazu]

Not I. I'm still worried by that unlinking thing.

[J. M. Pescado]

That's old news. It already happened and doesn't happen more.

[rhodaloo]

So has the team figured out if any of your fixes are no longer needed for BV?

[J. M. Pescado]

No, I haven't downloaded yet. Too busy. Someone will send me an objects.package to diffscan soon.

[Tigerlilley]

I love everyones complete distrust of EA.

[rhodaloo]

It's only taken me six ep's to get to that point.   

[Jelenedra]

This is MATY. Besides, most people are probably waiting for a reliable crack.

[KellyQ]

All I want to know is where is my fucking patch/drivers that will stop making my computer crash and BV actually playable. Fuckers.

That is all.

[Ellatrue]

I like how they are fixing problems with Nightlife and Seasons in a patch for BV.

[witch]

I'm waiting to see what JM has to say about it after he's run the hack-diff thingie.

Whaddaya reckon they've broken in this patch? Bigfoot is an excellent candidate for further buggieness.

[spaceface]

I guess the patch had to be ready by now as Freetime comes out next week, so that it could be included. No free choice as to whether we want those features.

Poor Bigfoots, no more outings.

[Liz]

I'm still raising my eyebrow suspiciously at the "housekeeper will repair broken stuff, including Servo" bit (repairmen why, then?). And wondering whether it'll be the patch or the new EP that breaks the pianos again. 

[J. M. Pescado]

Sim no longer wants to learn a massage if they have already been learned.

Yeah, they didn't manage to actually fix that.

EAxis also tried to fix the sandcastle bug, but introduced another one instead. The original fix > EAxis fix. EAxis = FAIL.

[Ellatrue]

I'm still raising my eyebrow suspiciously at the "housekeeper will repair broken stuff, including Servo" bit (repairmen why, then?). And wondering whether it'll be the patch or the new EP that breaks the pianos again. 

I'm wondering if by that they meant the maid at the hotel?

[jsalemi]

Yes, I believe they refer to the hotel maid as the 'housekeeper'.

[dream_operator]

It doesn't say anything about fixing the music stations on vacation community lots, the primp interaction, or the getting rid of the "lick plate" option for sims that can't use it.  Thank God there is MATY...well or Pescado...same difference I suppose. XD

[Zazazu]

Sim no longer wants to learn a massage if they have already been learned.

Yeah, they didn't manage to actually fix that.

EAxis also tried to fix the sandcastle bug, but introduced another one instead. The original fix > EAxis fix. EAxis = FAIL.

Typical. Verdict? I didn't install the last one. I'm honestly not jonesing about this one.

I guess the patch had to be ready by now as Freetime comes out next week, so that it could be included.

Frack! @$(&#(&!
I've been working on a project right now: recreating SimCity4 lots for Sims2. I'm done with municipals and halfway done with residentials. Still have parks & rec and community to finish. Not doing any buildings over 10 stories, but still....it's a lot of lots. I really wanted to finish before I added on Free Time, 'cause I'm sharing. Looks like my weekend's booked. Sorry friends, no going out drinking. 

[Lerf]

I just made the mistake of trying to install the #&(&@(& thing.  It tells me it can't install because I have a later EP installed and I need to patch it first.  FT is not out.  I have TSS, but it is neither an EP nor does it have a patch.

Then it tells me there's been an error installing the patch (duh!) and that I have to reinstall BV, so I should back up my game.

I usually don't have trouble with patches, but I'd avoid this one as a thorough f'up by Eaxis.

[Jelenedra]

You're not using a crack are you?

[Lerf]

Nope.  Not wanting to have to completely reformat my HD to get rid of SuckyROM, I decided to live with it.

And this is my vanilla game with no hacks, or objects other than Maxis downloadable stuff.

[jsalemi]

Did you make anything in your BV program files directory read-only, like 'objects.package'?  Or change 'graphics.scr' to support a widescreen monitor?  I've had either one of those bork a patch; fixing the problem and rerunning the patch then worked fine with no errors.

[Jelenedra]

Hmm. Maybe try redownloading the patch. Thus exhausts my advice.

[Lerf]

No, no adjustments to the grpahics.scr and I made sure nothing was ReadOnly.  I tried downloading the patch again, and the patch still won't install.

On the good side, the game seems to still run OK without reinstalling, so I'll just live without the patch for the time being.

[Tigerlilley]

I got the same "You have a new expansion installed!" but the patch installed ok.

So far my game seems stable enough, I've got one family in the Far East at the moment.  Sadly they learned "Hang Loose" from a Twiikii local, who, in my opinion, shouldn't of even been there in the first place.  Sigh.