Third Seasons Patch is out....

[jonayla]

It stopped raining in my neighborhood. The sound is there, but no rain. 

EDIT: okay I removed all of my hacks and it is still not raining. Not visually, I meant. Anyone else?

EDIT 2: I think I'm getting quite the wants galore: All my sims want now is to be werewolves and howl all night long.. Without the hacks. Parley, EA?

[phyllis_p]

They didn't mention changing the bug with elder career clothes in the Seasons careers, boo!    And I even emailed MaxoidSam about that one.

[AnnaM]

  o Sims will be smarter about seeking out the shortest path to take to player-directed locations.

I'll believe that when I see it.  They've promised us that since the TS1 days.

Hey, at least this time they don't say they've fixed the maid/fishtank thing... :-)

[Emma]

Hey, at least this time they don't say they've fixed the maid/fishtank thing... :-)

Perhaps they broke it again

[AnnaM]

Ok, so I'm downloading the patch and backing up the full Sims 2 folder under Documents. Meanwhile, here is a list of the hacks I'll be removing because they should be made obsolete by this patch (at least as far as *my* reason for using them...) I expect I will report later about the results...

Officially declared obsolete by El Presidente:
pettempadfix
primpfix
snsp0nrgizerfix

My own culling:
antiweatherreaction (and we'll see what happens...)
indoorplantfix (I don't mind weeds, they're good for building badges -- I did mind the soaking)
pianofix
warmthfixes (I know it fixes more than the patch claims to fix, but I want to see what happens)

[AnnaM]

Ok, so, first thumbs-up report: Installed the patch, loaded the game, loaded a couple of lots and played for a few minutes each -- no fireball so far.

What did happen:

- Patching failed initially on C:\Program Files\Games\Sims 2 Seasons\TSData\Res\Config\Graphics Rules.sgr. I had a .bak version for that, so I swapped it in, and patching succeeded without further hitches. (Went back and checked changes to Graphics Rules.sgr: it re-set my maxnumofvisitingsims to 8 for High, so I put it back to 24. Otherwise, it mostly seems to have replaced "forceLowResolution" with "defaultLowResolution" in several places -- sounds good to me, mind you I don't understand much about these settings...)

- As usual, the Sims on the lot were reset by the patch -- they're standing there doing nothing (including the ones who were asleep in bed when I saved) and their motives are reset. Not a worry to me because I'm always careful to wait until everybody is on the lot and nobody is on the phone or doing "dangerous" things before I save+exit, but for those who aren't as anal, take note and be anal just this once before you patch :-)

- My graphics/gameplay settings don't seem to have been changed from what I can see in the in-game Options screens. Good.

- My custom neighbourhood camera file hasn't been replaced. Good.

- Neighbourhood decoration trees definitely visible from the lot now. (Not a big difference in my game because I don't have a lot of them to start with.)

- Primping is indeed enabled without the awsome hack.

Further reports later if warranted, but so far it looks moderately safe :-)

[eevilcat]

So the patch was 47Mb+ in size, I'm glad we've got a big fat 8Mb broadband connection... and feel sorry for those on dial-up.  I think I'll wait a week or so before getting round to installing in the hope that any undercover nasties make themselves known.

[IAmTheRad]

antiweatherreaction seems to not be needed. The 'it's raining' or other weather reactions don't queue stomp you with the patch in place. So your sim won't wake up in the middle of the night to complain about not having enough sleep just because it's raining.

The official patch seems to have the same behaviour as the awesome hack...

[vilia]

I installed the patch with no problems but now my userstartup cheats file doesn't seem to be working. Anyone else have this issue?

[AnnaM]

I installed the patch with no problems but now my userstartup cheats file doesn't seem to be working. Anyone else have this issue?

Mine works -- both the "defaults" section (like boolProp testingCheatsEnabled true, boolProp allow45DegreeAngleOfRotation true, etc.) and the alias section (like alias snap "boolProp snapObjectsToGrid"). No idea what your problem could be, sorry, just giving my data point...

[Jelenedra]

Has anyone noticed any new hack conflicts with the patch installed? Or is it safe as usual to throw FFS hacks in without serious testing?

[MistyBlue]

I played for 2 hours this morning and didn't have any problems. I tested uni to make sure they could get past the 1st semester, I'm not having problems with any of my hacks installed, and I even placed a chair on the roof, just in case that ugly bug was still there...actually, I wanted to see it...but alas, I think this patch is actually working and not breaking so much.

[KatEnigma]

I haven't run into any problems either.  It's practically a miracle. 

[kuronue]

..they fixed the Ottomas thing? So if I was a stupid kuronue who didn't bother deleting them from my game entirely, are they safe now?

[Emma]

I haven't run into any problems either.  It's practically a miracle. 

I know. Me too, I'm amazed

[SaraMK]

..they fixed the Ottomas thing? So if I was a stupid kuronue who didn't bother deleting them from my game entirely, are they safe now?

I don't think it is possible for Maxis to fix sims that are already in your neighborhoods. They might have fixed it in Program Files, so the next time  the family gets dumped into your neighborhood, they'll be fixed.

[kuronue]

Is there a way to, er, copy-paste the fixed file into the untouched family? Or extract the fixes and add them in like you do with fridges?

[Soylent Sim]

If the Ottomas' have already been added to your neighborhood but the twins haven't been born yet, it's possible to hack the pregnancy controller to point to the right father.  This was possible even pre-patch.  It does require some tedious mucking about in SimPE, however.

[Sleepycat]

If the Ottomas' have already been added to your neighborhood but the twins haven't been born yet, it's possible to hack the pregnancy controller to point to the right father.  This was possible even pre-patch.  It does require some tedious mucking about in SimPE, however.

unless of course you use InSIM, then it's quick & easy     

[kuronue]

you can use InSim before the kids are born? I thought that was the delemmia. And I've never played any version of them, they're sitting in the sim bin with that guy and his dogs, and the critturs, and the cat lady....

[Sleepycat]

you can use InSim before the kids are born?

yes   

using the reproductive adjuster (aka the microwave), you have the option to change the fathers NID (I think thats what it's called) so you can give them the correct father before they are born.

[cassblonde]

Re: The Patch - I've also installed it hacks and all and have had no trouble *crosses fingers*

Re: The Ottomas Family - I used InSim to fix the father situation. Although admittedly I only play them because I am hugely masochistic...the twins are even fuglier than the rest of the family(yes trust me - and my eye bleach - it's true, here is my link to the Blog I did on them).

I will also add here I love this site and the hacks here-in

[syberspunk]

I did a hack scan and I found these changes.  The striked out ones seem to already be accounted for.

antiweatherreaction.package: may require possible updates:
    B 0x7F609690 0x1002 Sub - React to Snow
indoorplantfix.package: may require possible updates:
    B 0x7F383346 0x2029 CT - Rain Water
no20Khandouts.package: may require possible updates:
    B 0x7F3F8A25 0x1020 Memory - Is Other Sim Rich?
    S 0x7F3F8A25 0x012F name unsupported
nostrayrespawn.package: may require possible updates:
    B 0x7F4DE67B 0x1007 Sub - Validate Adoption Pool
    B 0x7F4DE67B 0x1009 Sub - Choose Age for New Orphan
    C 0x7F4DE67B 0x1001 Adoption Pool Tuning
pettempadfix.package: may require possible updates:
    B 0x7FBE21F6 0x101F CT - Ad Modifier
phonehack.package: may require possible updates:
    B 0x7FE2205A 0x1010 Phone - Sneak Out - TEST
primpfix.package: may require possible updates:
    B 0x7F01EC29 0x22F0 Interaction - Primp - TEST
snsp0nrgizerfix.package: may require possible updates:
    B 0x7F3686FF 0x1008 Sub - Main - Do Motives
sshack.package: may require possible updates:
    B 0x7F029114 0x1002 Function - Update
warmthfixes.package: may require possible updates:
    B 0x7FBE21F6 0x1004 Process
    B 0x7FBE21F6 0x100B Process - Motive Failure
    C 0x7FBE21F6 0x1007 Tuning - Expring


What about the others?  Do they need updating?  Were these actually fixed?  Can we assume that, since they are still in the updated DC, they are still needed/compatible?


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[dracine]

I wish they would fix the acessories crap so my sims don't have stupid little blue things floating over them. 

[Solowren]

I wish they would fix the acessories crap so my sims don't have stupid little blue things floating over them. 

Oh god, seconded. Accessories have been borked since Pets. D: