Razor1911 release vs. Reloaded release

[JonaBullets]

What update do we use for the Razor patch?
I would assume that when we get the official release.. running the good-old-EA-updater would locate the correct update required depending on region?
Unless we wanted to use one of these for it instead of installing that horrible updater thing... unless it will be needed for other TS3 related downloads?

for RZR release, download 631.00002
for RLD release, you could try 631.00107 but it may not work due to mismatched files

the updater/launcher is automatically installed with the game, but it probably won't be required for anything except buying the overpriced furniture packs. you can completely bypass the launcher by running TS3.exe directly, this doesn't seem to cause any problems.

Ok cheers will give this one a go when RZR is finished..

I hope the Razor one stops the random "shut-my-computer-off" crash.

Yes, I am too hoping this happens.. The number ive times ive had it randomly crash on me.. i rekon I have lost about 24 real time hours having to redo everything ive lost! grrr.

[TashaYarrr]

I hope the Razor one stops the random "shut-my-computer-off" crash.

Ouch, sounds like a hardware issue.

(I guess I'll go ahead and say it--I assume I'm not the only person who must try five or ten times each time to get the threads to load or to make a post?)

[Deadclown]

I hope it's not a Hardware issue. I'm running an Nvidia 8800 GTS 512 card, and a 2.40 quad core with 4gb ram

[coltraz]

(I guess I'll go ahead and say it--I assume I'm not the only person who must try five or ten times each time to get the threads to load or to make a post?)

You aren't.  I think it's because there are so many people on here.

[JonaBullets]

I hope it's not a Hardware issue. I'm running an Nvidia 8800 GTS 512 card, and a 2.40 quad core with 4gb ram

I would tihnk its the game itsself.. ive noticed on 4 computers that I and my friends/brother have all with different hardware.. Intel based though.. and they have had crash issues with the first release.
I'm running dualcore, 9800gtx, 4gb ram, windows 7 x86. and not having nearly as many issues as i was with x64 windows 7.
other friend is on vista, and brother on vista too, and both having freeze issues, and random crashing, and from the look its not hardware. its just the game. will have to test with RZR release, but from the look of the posts.. people have had very little with RZR release. *fingers crossed*

[Solowren]

Shutting-computer-down kind of crash sounds like overheating to me. Maybe you should check your temperatures.

[Rockermonkey]

Oh yes, the loading is extreme :-). I also get half loaded pages with the html of posts showing .

[J. M. Pescado]

I hope the Razor one stops the random "shut-my-computer-off" crash.

Random shutdown is caused by overheating. Clean out your computer and put it in a cold room.

[JonaBullets]

I hope the Razor one stops the random "shut-my-computer-off" crash.

Random shutdown is caused by overheating. Clean out your computer and put it in a cold room.

the game looks to be RAM intense, i noticed mine was using 1.8g odd with Windows 7, so maybe your RAM might be shitting its self.
But nothing like a good lot of TLC, and cleaning the shit out from around the fans..
Might also pay to check the windows logs and see what is actually shitting its self in the background.
And install some hardware monitoring software, Everest or something along those lines.

[griz]

bad RAM causes bluescreens or hardlocks (or reboots if you haven't turned that option off)

total shutdowns are usually overheating but could also be a bad power supply

[JonaBullets]

Most MoBo companies offer tools to check temps and what not.. Everest (i think) is also a nice app, to check temps and volts etc. Might be worth having a look and those outputs, and do some research on what temps etc your hardware can run at etc. depending on Intel or AMD, and cores etc.

[Deadclown]

Just noticed a few days ago that my Power supply fan wasn't spinning ARGH! Guess that could be an issue. Gotta buy some compressed air and blow some dust and crap from the fans..... SHEESH how did all this dust get in there??

[sunhair]

I also have the same video card  Nvidia 8800 GTS 512 there is a tool by EVGA it is called Precision EVGA advanced graphics tuning it monitors your GPU temp and also allows you to turn the fan speeds up to help cool down the GPU. I have also noticed with this vid card though it is a heat magnet I think I might have to put my water cooling back in my rig to help with the temps!

[X-Phile]

┌────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
 │                         Razor 1911 proudly presents:                       │
 │                             The Sims 3 Crackfix                            │
 │                             (C) Electronic Arts                            │
 ├────────────────────────────────────┬───────────────────────────────────────┤
 │ Date: 2009-05-25                   │ Game Type : Simulation                │
 │ Size: Small                        │ Protection: DVD-Check, Serial         │
 └────────────────────────────────────┴───────────────────────────────────────┘

Does this mean no securom?

[JonaBullets]

Does this mean no securom?

for the love of god.. lets hope so.. they promised us no Securom.. jerks!

[keirra]

Shit. I think I've read the answer to my question in one of the Sims 3 threads, but, I can't find it by searching. How can I save my progress from the reloaded game version and put it into the razor version?

[X-Phile]

Shit. I think I've read the answer to my question in one of the Sims 3 threads, but, I can't find it by searching. How can I save my progress from the reloaded game version and put it into the razor version?

my documents\Electronic Arts\The Sims 3\Saves 

[rufio]

Probably if you just leave your My Documents stuff alone all of the saved games will be intact.

[JonaBullets]

Probably if you just leave your My Documents stuff alone all of the saved games will be intact.

correct, because it would run of the environment variables provided by the system registry.
but if your formatting c:\ u would wanna move these. because commonly users have there docs set to c:\users\etc.

[coltraz]

I played the razor release for a few hours. I patched it as well.

Anything noteworthy:

- I had music problems with my old save. I loaded up my old save and the music problems persisted. I started a new game and suddenly, all the music worked again. Anyone have any idea why this is? (to be a bit more specific... the music problem is that buy/build is silent and all stereo channels aside from "custom" produce no music.)

- I get a notice saying bills are ready to be paid and click here to pay them... I think people mentioned this as part of the rld release but I never got it, all I got was the repo man when I forgot about bills.

- There is a "Wah, wah, wahhhh..." sort of tune when something breaks, like the shower or toilet. I'm pretty sure that never happened before.

- There are more things in c/documents/electronic arts/sims 3 than there was before.

- I applied the censor blur overwrite and for some reason, it didn't work. Someone else said it worked with the new version, but not for me. I will give it another try...

- Still dreadful white specks in hair.

- No performance or graphic quality increase as far as I can tell. It's still dark as hell in Sim's houses unless there's about 12 windows and two lights.

- Disabled story progression is still fail, fail, fail...

Makes me wonder what they fixed, if not that...

[rufio]

- There is a "Wah, wah, wahhhh..." sort of tune when something breaks, like the shower or toilet. I'm pretty sure that never happened before.

This is definitely in the Reloaded version too.

[Windom Earle]

Interesting version info from Zed:

Worldwide non DD version:
http://na.llnet.eadownloads.ea.com/u/f/sims/sims3/patches/Sims3_1.0.632.00002_from_1.0.631.00002.exe

France, MX, US:
http://na.llnet.eadownloads.ea.com/u/f/sims/sims3/patches/Sims3_1.0.632.00001_from_1.0.631.00001.exe

US, Korean, TW:
http://na.llnet.eadownloads.ea.com/u/f/sims/sims3/patches/Sims3_1.0.632.00003_from_1.0.631.00003.exe

Japan:
http://na.llnet.eadownloads.ea.com/u/f/sims/sims3/patches/Sims3_1.0.632.00005_from_1.0.631.00005.exe

[JonaBullets]

- There are more things in c/documents/electronic arts/sims 3 than there was before.

Has any one tried running a BeyondCompare to the entire Sims3 dir(s) after install?
Ill check back in a few hours when I get home, and ill copy all Sims3 folders from RLD release, and isntal RZR release (+patch) and run a BeyondCompare on all dirs and post resuilts.

Im sure its been asked before, but so that I can read on from here when I get home, what patch are we applying to the RZR image (as im not sure what region this is)?

[Caraleede]

Is it just me, or as soon as I went to the launcher (having previously run it via the direct .exe) and running RLD version - after it demanded  my installation of the EA download manager, I got a pop-up: "The follow program: EADM is attempting to access secure files on your hard drive - click here to cancel or stop"...

Phone home much?

[J. M. Pescado]

Surprise, surprise, it's still spyware.