Ok Glamour is installed. Anyone have questions?

[nectere]

thinking that perhaps the meshes were only borked in CAS I made some sims and moved them into one of the Glamour houses. (by the way I got the crashing hanging up issues fixed)

[nectere]

Ok I've got Glamour installed. Anyone have any questions?

 It installs the same way as famliy fun making a new icon and its own directory.

So yes I do have questions, first, where did you get your copy from? And then tell me about things you have encountered, are your meshes messed up or all the clothes perfect? Did you have any graphic issues? Did you have any loading from CAS or house to hood, or hood to house issues? Any crashing?

[neriana]

A few people already have it. It happens. It's only a few days before the release, and that means many stores already have it, just not on the shelves. Not necessarily anything illegal involved.

No, just that if they release it before the actual release date, the company will refuse to deal with them any longer. It is a HUGE no-no. Though Wal-Mart gets away with all sorts of crap because a) they have the excuse of stupid employees and b) they're fucking huge.

Though this is so far before the release date that it must be a bootleg or something, frankly. It's not in stores yet, anywhere, back room or otherwise, at least in the U.S.

[SaraMK]

I wasn't talking about the general illegality of it, just that the OP did not necessarily do anything illegal. Stores screw up or do something they aren't supposed to, but that is not the buyer's fault. Amazon sent me Nightlife nearly a week before the release. I chose not to say anything because I wasn't sure if I could get in trouble, which of course in retrospect seems silly since it certainly wasn't my fault. If I had said something, I'm sure I would have been accused of stealing it.

On the other hand, I have absolutely nothing against BitTorrent, so I wouldn't care at all if the OP did that. I was just pointing out that theft isn't the only reason for someone to have it earlier than the release.

[jfreddog]

Is there any new Piano. And a buttler?

[nectere]

no

[Tigerlilley]

I would just like to vent my extreme disapointment and disgust.
And i haven't even got my copy yet.

Those photos of the red neighbourhood and the screwy clothes have actually shocked me.  Everyday people create their own custom meshes, their own cars, objects and all sorts of things for the sims.  Theres a flintstones car, and a horse and carriage that works fine.  Max whipped up a Trogdor tree quicker than it takes my comp to boot up.  There are some truely amazing clothes and meshes out there.

And yet Maxis seem incapable of making their own stuff and putting it on a cd with no problems.  How the hell can a stuff pack be so hard to make?  Why are neighbourhood screens crashing?  I mean are there new animations?  No?  Then its just furniture and clothes.  On a cd.  ITS NOT ROCKET SCIENCE! 

Please, someone.  Explain to me how a stuff pack can cause problems, because I sure as hell don't understand. 

[kutto]

Question: Is it just the new meshes that are screwed up, or are old ones messed up, too?

[nectere]

new

[jfreddog]

Oh boy, all this SUX! Too bad I already ordered my copy. Come on do a glamour pack and do no add a grand piano and a buttler!!! SUX!!!! NO to mention all these bugs! I hope they'll fix it.

[BlueSoup]

It's really disappointing.  The only thing I liked was the new pajamas for adult females (I didn't even look at any other age group, or males).  They're quite baggy (good mesh, though I didn't look at it with the scrutiny that nectere did) and the textures are nice.

[Tigerlilley]

hey blue
any problems with the red neighbourhoods?  Screens crashing?

[clem]

This stuff pack sucks ass.

Say that three times fast. 

[ElfPuddle]

This stuff pack sucks ass.This stuff pack sucks ass.This stuff pack sucks ass.

 

[Myth]

Say that three times fast. 

that that that 

[BlueSoup]

lol Myth.

No, tigerlilley, I didn't have any problems with graphics.  But the neighbourhood did hang up upon exiting CAS. 

This stuff pack sucks ass.  This stuff pack sucks ass.  This stuff pack sucks ass.

[ElfPuddle]

Is anyone taking bets on how long it'll be before the patch comes out?

[TaWanda]

Are there any new meshes for male teen clothing?  I'm so sick of looking at the same old boring stuff all the time.

[nectere]

yeah, one. And elders totally got ripped.

Apparently the people who work for Maxis hate elders.

[CMoose]

And there's nothing at all for kids either.

nectere, how did you fix the crashing problem? I can't exit to the neighbourhood at all any more.
...stupid sucky stuff pack...

[lindaetterlee]

Ok I've got Glamour installed. Anyone have any questions?

 It installs the same way as famliy fun making a new icon and its own directory.

So yes I do have questions, first, where did you get your copy from? And then tell me about things you have encountered, are your meshes messed up or all the clothes perfect? Did you have any graphic issues? Did you have any loading from CAS or house to hood, or hood to house issues? Any crashing?

Gamestop, Manager is best friend/ old beau, Louisiana (USA). Graphicly the same mesh issues your pics showed. I was having the prob right after installing that leaving a house or closing game, etc. would result in a we have encountered problems type crash. After 3rd install this seems to have stoped.


Also the Loft house that is included sucks. It looks awful and well is just awful lol.

[nectere]

hmmm so well hmmm... I didnt reinstall I 'found' a fix

[Katze]

What fix? I don't think I get it when it comes out.

[lindaetterlee]

Well umm i reinstalled then started using a nocd lol.

[Paperbladder]

Mini-CDs or CDs tend to work better than NoCDs but they take more space than a crack.  You'll probably also need something like CureROM with Daemon Tools to get past the Anti-Blacklisting procedures of Safedisk for the CD.  I needed this to play OFB and FFS but some people have used virtual CDs without the additional software.

EA adding the DRM to these stuff packs doesn't make them any harder to pirate, but makes them a lot less desirable because they say "FFS" or "GLS" for 20 CC items.  This and the fact it causes graphics problems just ends up screwing the consumer.  I was hoping that they would include Pets' engine upgrades with this, but they probably can't afford to lose the 5% of the consumers that hate pets but will buy it anyway for the upgrades.