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[morriganrant]

My game is fully patched and I have all the expansions and still I'am unable to get my store stuff to install, it still gives me the message as above about needing to be updated to the current patch. Is this happening to anyone else? or does anyone have a solution? (I have no clue on how to make these pkg files either).

Have you been following these instructions?
http://www.moreawesomethanyou.com/smf/index.php/topic,18408.msg535029.html#msg535029

[Zaleth]

No Morriganrant I had not tried that, thank you for the link.  I will try and see if that helps.

Keirra, I have tired using as is and after decrapifying I get the message either way.

[spockblock]

My game is fully patched and I have all the expansions and still I'am unable to get my store stuff to install, it still gives me the message as above about needing to be updated to the current patch. Is this happening to anyone else? or does anyone have a solution? (I have no clue on how to make these pkg files either).

Are you decrapifying?

That's a fairly personal question, don't you think?

[Zaleth]

lol spockblock..

Morriganrant thank you so much your advise worked like a charm.  Finally some help since the numb nuts over at EA have not been able to help in 7 months.  Until the latest patch I could not even get my store items to dl let alone install.

[Sparks]

*tumble weeds*

[OmegaStarr]

New T-Mobile stuff called Hoops Pack
http://t-mobile.ea.com/home

There's a:

Sports Fan Television
Commemorative Plaque
Trophy Basketball
Sport shoes
Sport Jersey
Sim City Simmer Sports Standee
Sim City Simmer Hoop Hamper

The code to get this stuff is "Get Connected" like always.

Here's the Sports Fan Television: http://www.mediafire.com/?xaod2h9i8xkzxba

Not only are you about 12 hours too late with this information, you've posted an item that has already been posted.

[Sparks]

Happy now?

[Painkiller]

Can someone please post all the cabinets, counters and islands available at the store? Not the full sets, just these elements in untouched sims3packs. Don't bother uploading them seperatly, a single archive of all these elements tossed in will be perfect.
This request must seem odd but it's the only solution for those like me who like to install all the store stuff as packages. Installing the full sets as packages and the counters/cabinets/islands by themselves with the launcher makes no double (since everything is decrapped) and the corners finally work correctly. I know someone already posted some counters and islands but it was in march IIRC and other sets containing counters were released since then. Plus it was missing the upper cabinets.

[Painkiller]

Currently downloading. Thank you so much rednotdead, I can finally have nice working kitchens! The snow does have good sides.

[IAmTheRad]

Moryrie, I'm using your packages but I have one slight issue. When I try to use Riverview or Barnacle Bay, they don't work properly. The rabbit holes are missing, the community objects are missing descriptions, and the path for the houses is the path such as blah/blah/blah/blah.
The only way I have the places working is by installing the Sims3Packs for the worlds, but then there are duplicates of all the objects of the worlds. How would I get it working properly with your packages?

[IAmTheRad]

Bleh, editing my post doesn't work.
I meant that the communities are missing descriptions. The rabbit holes do show up in the catalog when going to edit a lot, but they just don't show up in the neighbourhoods themselves when loading the new world.

[Painkiller]

Worlds have to be installed as sims3pack, there's no way around it. Worlds in packages is only for desperate cases where launcher is broken or something. Decrap and s3rc the sims3packs and use the damn launcher. The launcher is so awful that you may have to retry several times. And don't forget to remove the packages to not have doubles.

[Moryrie]

@Rad, Painkiller is correct, Worlds have to be installed either legitimately, or via decrapify method. If you keep my packages and install the worlds you will have duplicates unless you remove my files, but neither world has that many items so it shouldn't be too much of a problem if you keep them.

[IAmTheRad]

Oh I know I need to use decrapified or legit packages to install the worlds, but it's just the duplicates that worry me. If I knew how to remove the duplicates I would.

[Moryrie]

The easiest way would be to extract the files (without decrapifying) throw them in your mods folder, see while of my files they conflict with, with Delphy's Dashboard, then open each of the conflicts up with S3PE and search for the appropriate OBJD or CASP, and delete them. Sometimes the files are not labeled, so you'll have to examine each OBJD or CASP within the file if you cannot find the ones you are looking for. The file names you need to look for will also be in the packages you extracted from the Non-decrapped world.

Alternatively, you could decrapify my packages, but that defeats my main purpose in creating them.

[imyourboy]

If you decrapified you'll have duplicates. Otherwise, mine override yours.

If you decrapify Moryrie's, the duplicates will be eliminated.

The easiest way would be to extract the files (without decrapifying) throw them in your mods folder, see while of my files they conflict with, with Delphy's Dashboard, then open each of the conflicts up with S3PE and search for the appropriate OBJD or CASP, and delete them. Sometimes the files are not labeled, so you'll have to examine each OBJD or CASP within the file if you cannot find the ones you are looking for. The file names you need to look for will also be in the packages you extracted from the Non-decrapped world.

Alternatively, you could decrapify my packages, but that defeats my main purpose in creating them.

I'm a little confused with what I should do and I also am wondering why decrapifying defeats your main purpose?  Earlier I had stated that I have a lot dcCache files and wanted to use your package files for store items and was given the above conflicting advice. 

[OmegaStarr]

It's really not that hard. Just extract the packages from a clean world. Open Moryiie's package in S3PE, add the world packages to see which are duplicates, then delete them and save. Simple. Then of course install the decrapped world al a sim3pack.

[Moryrie]

@Imyourboy, Sorry for the late reply, but  I said what I did about it 'defeating my purpose to decrapify my merged packages' because if one uploads lots or sims and uses crapified stuff, it can be used by everyone. (People who decrapify just have to decrapify whatever is shared). If one uses decrapifed stuff, because there is no reverse-decrapify function, it can only be used by people who use decrapified content.


4  new store sets this time around.

Year of the Rabbit - 100 SP
Muse Luxury - 450 SP
Through the Spyglass - 850 SP
Luxe Kidswear - 1000 SP

I get either Rabbit or Muse (though not both), but I will not be able to post whichever for a couple hours.

[Fizzy]

Thank you for these cool sets.
I've searched all throughout the decor section and I cannot find the "Lock and Key Wall Sculpture" and the "Puzzled Wall Sculpture".
They are both from this set:  Through the Spy Glass
Everything else shows up just fine. Is anyone else having this same problem?

[PajamaRick]

Thank you for these cool sets.
I've searched all throughout the decor section and I cannot find the "Lock and Key Wall Sculpture" and the "Puzzled Wall Sculpture".

It's because they show up under Kids>Miscellaneous instead of under Decor...go figure! 

[rednotdead]

I dopnt know if this has ever been posted - I looked in the downloads topic but could not see it
its the hope hills sign
http://www.4shared.com/file/0h2QHtwX/signHWoodStyleRegIncEP3.html

I aso seem to have 4 building 2 of which I know have been posted but not sure about the other 2 so will add the other 2 then people can decide for themselves
http://www.4shared.com/file/ZQROVS1e/3_online.html
http://www.4shared.com/file/OPRZTCye/1_online.html

Please feel free to delete if they have already been uploaded.

[ShortyBoo]

I dopnt know if this has ever been posted - I looked in the downloads topic but could not see it
its the hope hills sign
http://www.4shared.com/file/0h2QHtwX/signHWoodStyleRegIncEP3.html

I aso seem to have 4 building 2 of which I know have been posted but not sure about the other 2 so will add the other 2 then people can decide for themselves
http://www.4shared.com/file/ZQROVS1e/3_online.html
http://www.4shared.com/file/OPRZTCye/1_online.html

Please feel free to delete if they have already been uploaded.

Do you have pics of these items, or a link to where they came from? They don't sound familiar, but I'd like to be sure before merging them with my other store items.

[pirat]

Building 1 and 2 ist part of EP3RetailSet.Sims3Pack

Building 3 is new

Building 4 is missing

[Clara]

The Hope Hills sign was a preorder bonus from the EA Store in some regions. It's a knockoff of the Hollywood sign, promo pic here. I'm pretty sure it hasn't been posted before.

Building 3 is new to me but 1 was definitely in that retail set. Can you upload 4 as well, pirat?

[pirat]

Sorry Clara, i don't have Building 4