Patch released.

[J. M. Pescado]

And whose bright idea was it to throw away the ISO of an EA game, the kind you KNOW you're going to have to reinstall dozens of times, Dingaling?

[Tingeling]

And whose bright idea was it to throw away the ISO of an EA game, the kind you KNOW you're going to have to reinstall dozens of times, Dingaling?

Sadly, no other than my own. 

[Sigmund]

You can find all the registry entries in

/Users/<your account>/Library/Preferences/The Sims 3 Preferences/system.reg

Open it with any text editor. There are many other .reg files, but I don't know what exactly they are for.

Okay, here we go:

[Software\\Sims\\The Sims 3] 1246083534
"Country"="US"
"DisplayName"="The Sims 3"
"Install Dir"="C:\\Program Files\\EA Play\\The Sims 3"
"Locale"="en-US"
"SKU"=dword:00000001
"Telemetry"=dword:00000001

Of course, this is after it's been patched, so I'm not sure if anything in it would change from that or not. My SKU seems to be set at 1 also, though I did notice that "Telemetry" is set to 1 on my system where yours said 0. Unfortunately, I'm not sure what that means.

[SimDebster]

I have one.  It is the retail version.

I have not patched yet because EA seems to not be able to handle my terabyte drive and gives me a message that I do not have enough drive space to install.  I have been going back and forth with EA Tech Service.

Same issue. Its a complete joke.

I downloaded the patch here though:
http://www.simprograms.com/the-sims-3-patches/patches-the-sims-3/

Make sure you DL the correct version: The one that says US/English is NOT the UK patch. The other is for all other regions except the US.

The Resource Config file is causing my game to hang during loading. Remove it and it all works fine.

Thanks Hawg.  I am all patched and up and running now.  I am still going to pester EA though.  They are not going to get off that easy.

[Hawg]

Thanks Hawg.  I am all patched and up and running now.  

You're welcome! Guess I saved your Bacon.

Sorry, couldn't resist a hogness joke.

I'm still trying to fix the damn resource.cfg issue...

EDIT: It's not the resource file, its the awesome mod. Everything loads apart from that, and it hangs the game. Yes, its the latest version.

Going to check out the rest of the forum...

[Razamataz]

EDIT: It's not the resource file, its the awesome mod. Everything loads apart from that, and it hangs the game. Yes, its the latest version.

Going to check out the rest of the forum...

Hawg, I have found that the awsomemod and the Hair from peggy's conflic with each other. I can boot fine with one or the other loaded but not both.

[Death-Jester]

Mine is also stopping at 89%, however mine says it is "Game\Bin\Sims3Launcher.exe" which is invalid.
I just reinstalled the game from the Razor copy, so I don't know what else to do

Edit: I think it was holding on to an older version of the launcher. A second uninstall and deletion of the Sims 3 folder fixed the problem

[Zamboni]

Having trouble patching? Here's what to do:

First download this file: http://rapidshare.com/files/249397309/patch_fix.rar.html
CAN SOMEONE PLEASE RE-HOST IT SINCE RAPIDSHARE ONLY ALLOWS 10 FREE D/Ls!!!


Note:
This is for region 2 (ie. European version) of TS3. If you have the region 1 (ie. US version) then please seek help elsewhere. To find out which version you have, open TS3 game launcher and check lower left corner. Then quickly close the launcher for it will open a portal to the depths of hell and release evils of unimaginable horror.


1. Modify HKLM\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Sims\The Sims 3\SKU value to 2
(For 32bit, the key is under HKLM\SOFTWARE\Sims\The Sims 3). If you're on XP, GBAD for all the shit you've been giving us Vista users.
2. Extract content of the above package and override the files in your TS3 folder.
3. Apply the Sims3_1.2.7.00002_from_1.0.631.00002.exe patch.
4. Apply Awesomemod (cause it's awesome and TS3 would not be worth playing w/o it)
5.
6. PROFIT!!!


More Note:
If you got *bleep* over by Reloaded like I did, you need to download a patch that will replace the FullBuild0.package file. The correct file size should be 1,023,864,748 bytes. If you don't know how to get it, you do not deserve to play this game.

Credit:
- I stole all the files off the interwebs, mostly from this board.
- Awesomemod is made by J. M. Pescado, who shall always be praised as the one true god. Also if you're the FBI looking for a scapegoat, he's the mastermind behind it all.
- The credit for other files I'm too lazy to look up or list. I claim no authority over them nor responsiblity. Use at your own risk.

[Rowla]

OK, it's been noted elsewhere that having the original version of the No Censor Mod (not Rick's) was causing the patch install to fail at 77%.  So I replaced that one with my backup, and downloaded Rick's mod.  Got to 81% this time, and it failed.  Would Delphy's slider (I only have the Body Slider Hack) cause any issues?  Or the No Intro Mod?  I know it's not Awesomemod because others are able to install the patch with it in.

I removed all mods and replaced them one by one til I found the culprit on my game.  The only one causing my game to crash on the load screen was the 'facialhack.package'.  After I removed this, everything loaded properly.  Hope this helps.

Thanks that helped me!

[Zamboni]

Here's the same file as my above post hosted on sendspace. Dunno how much bandwidth is allowed on this. PM me if you need the file.

http://www.sendspace.com/file/vu1qjk

Also, the file is basically the game \ bin folder from the original EU version install. It has all the help files, the sims3launcher.resource.package files (especially that cs-CZ one that's causing problems), as well as the main executable file, launcher file, and the sku version text file.

Happy patching!

[Chyld]

More Note:
If you got *bleep* over by Reloaded like I did, you need to download a patch that will replace the FullBuild0.package file. The correct file size should be 1,023,864,748 bytes. If you don't know how to get it, you do not deserve to play this game.

I apparently phail at googling the file. I'm using the RZR version but nobody else seems to be reporting it as a problem. Help please?

EDIT: I don't know what where my problem with FullBuild0.package came from but a re-install from scratch fixed it. Followed advice on this thread and now have an updated TS3. Nice.

[tizerist]

If you got *bleep* over by Reloaded like I did, you need to download a patch that will replace the FullBuild0.package file. The correct file size should be 1,023,864,748 bytes. If you don't know how to get it, you do not deserve to play this game.

Okay, google found nothing on this other patch. I could aquire it from downloading the 5gb razor version I suppose, but other than that, where is it please?

If you mean the reloaded > razor update, I done that a while back.

EDIT: I just re-did the HelpPages thing, and it appears to have worked. The download had 2 HelpPages from the same country, only one worked.

[haris_gala]

Since I have installed the patch according to that HKLM method, I get a msg on running Sims 3 to insert a disc in order to continue... help required

[J. M. Pescado]

So is there a later issue of the Awesome mod? I checked on the topic but could only see the supreme commander one, I downloaded before the patch, I'm just having problems with my downloads the game plays fine, I've got the US version with the US patch

There is only one version, for the new patch, and it goes with the new patch. There will ALWAYS be only one version.

[haris_gala]

Honestly speaking the game is still not as fast as Sims 2... The 2x and 3x speeds in SIMS 2 were way faster than what are in Sims 3 (post-Patch)

[Ryslin]

I reinstalled from the saved iso on my lovely harddrive, but thank you those who posted the sku txt file. I smacked the install around , slapped on the patch SANS the tiny patch before game launch and everything is peachy.

[Billmonaghan]

I've mirrored it at: http://rapidshare.com/files/248702881/Shaders_Win32.precomp.zip

You rawk. You just so fucking rawk. Thank you. Thank you.

[J. M. Pescado]

Next AwesomeMod will include specialized, fine-tuned no-nudity-censor controls.

[Billmonaghan]

You rawk. You just so fucking rawk. Thank you. Thank you.

My deal was as such: I had no immediate need for the patch. Between the base game, awesome mod, some hack of the Shaders_Win32 file and the familyfunds cheat, I can play the game pretty much the way I want.  But I thought I'd better install the EAxis patch as they're going to end up foisting these improvements on me in some future patch or EP or whatever, that plus I'm going need to keep current with awesomemod.

After a couple failed efforts to install the patch after installing the patch-compatible version of awesomemod, I move all my MATY files off to the side and found the installer was conking out at my altered copy of the shaders file. I tried installing after taking that file out, and the install stalled because of the lack of that file. I was able to play without the patch, but I was getting some minor graphic weirdness, like eyeshadow showing through women's bangs and chess pieces completely rearranging on the board with every move. Little stuff.

But I still didn't have the patch in, so I's still going to be screwed in some future update. I was wondering if there was somewhere I could get an unhacked version of that shaders file, and found it right were Bass Junkie stashed it.  I plugged it in, installed the patch, replaced the shader file in the Bin folder with the Sim-porn-friendly version and then  put all my awesome-mod-related files back and everyting''s running fine again.

[Billmonaghan]

Next AwesomeMod will include specialized, fine-tuned no-nudity-censor controls.

Even better news. I'm still thankful for the unnamed pioneer who provided the hacked Shaders file, but I'd much rather have something that you've integrated into awesomemod.

[minx]

my attempts to install the patch are giving me a lovely "installed version of the application could not be determined" error, most likely because its installed on the E drive, and such newfangled super advanced things like having 2 drives is way too much for EA to comprehend.  no clue how to fix it though.

[jpinard]

You rawk. You just so fucking rawk. Thank you. Thank you.

My deal was as such: I had no immediate need for the patch. Between the base game, awesome mod, some hack of the Shaders_Win32 file and the familyfunds cheat, I can play the game pretty much the way I want.  But I thought I'd better install the EAxis patch as they're going to end up foisting these improvements on me in some future patch or EP or whatever, that plus I'm going need to keep current with awesomemod.

After a couple failed efforts to install the patch after installing the patch-compatible version of awesomemod, I move all my MATY files off to the side and found the installer was conking out at my altered copy of the shaders file. I tried installing after taking that file out, and the install stalled because of the lack of that file. I was able to play without the patch, but I was getting some minor graphic weirdness, like eyeshadow showing through women's bangs and chess pieces completely rearranging on the board with every move. Little stuff.

But I still didn't have the patch in, so I's still going to be screwed in some future update. I was wondering if there was somewhere I could get an unhacked version of that shaders file, and found it right were Bass Junkie stashed it.  I plugged it in, installed the patch, replaced the shader file in the Bin folder with the Sim-porn-friendly version and then  put all my awesome-mod-related files back and everyting''s running fine again.

What is the hack for the shader file for?

What is the hack for the shader file for?

[Billmonaghan]

What is the hack for the shader file for?

That Shader_Win32etc file apparently is what creates that censor blur around Sims when they satisfy their Bladder and Hygiene Needs. I downloaded a replacement file somewhere that does something -- sets the blur to zero or something -- that removes the blur.

I couldn't install the patch with the hacked one in there and I couldn't install the patch with no Shader_Winetc file in there, so I had to get an unmolested copy and put it in the /game/bin folder temporarily, just long enough to install the patch. Then I replaced it with the hacked one and everything seems to be running fine after, like, 10 minutes of testing.

One other, kinda serious thing that went wrong when I had the latest Awesomemod w/o the patch was the game would freeze on the load screen when I tried to use the mirror [sim name] cheat, and I think the dresser cheat too.

[jrcaporal]

Well, I can confirm it does work for the Demonoid Image+Mini-Image NRG file, no problems at all.


Remember you need todownload the US file, not the WW one, even if you had installed it in Spanish or French .

[Mootilda]

my attempts to install the patch are giving me a lovely "installed version of the application could not be determined" error, most likely because its installed on the E drive, and such newfangled super advanced things like having 2 drives is way too much for EA to comprehend.  no clue how to fix it though.

That can't be the problem.  I have TS3 installed on E: and had no problem patching.