The patch will be out tomorrow...

[Myrddin]

...barring any unforeseen circumstances.  Hot off the presses:

Author:  MaxoidKane - Rank: Supreme Social Sim - View MySimPage Profile 
Date:  Oct-11-05 03:44 PM PDT
Subject:  Patch Release Information 
 
Hi Simmers,
I just got word that the patch is set to go out tomorrow afternoon. There will be a patch for EP1 and EP2. The complete list of fixes will be available tomorrow on the update pages. I'll update the site if anything changes.
Thanks,
MaxoidKane
 
Edited to add that you can read the original post at the top of the Uni section on the TS2 board.

[Assmitten]

I'll believe it when I see it....

No, I'm not that cynical. That's great news! Thanks!

[simmiecal]

Question from a dummy newbie:

I am assuming we have to go thru the same mod compatability checks once we install the patches? 

[sanmonroe]

Yes. Anything that the patch fixes will not work and anything the patch changes any code for won't work.

So hopefully none of the "critical fixes" will work at all anymore. (cough)

[MissDoh]

Thanks a million for this info.  I guess I will continue preparing my new neighborhood tonight.  Which have many ready to live in houses but no Sims in it yet lol.

I just hope we won't hear the patch will cause new problems,  argggg! (Remember how the 1st patch created the maid bug which put the expresso cup endlessly in the dishwasher... not a major bug but it was annoying and not there before the patch).

Oh well, now I must say to myself "think positive Missdoh, think positive..." 

[nataku]

Assuming it actually does get released tomorrow I'm going to check the fix list and take out any hacks that look like they'll no longer be needed before I run the game .

[DJsimmy]

So, how many patches will we need to download in order to fix THIS patch?

[Andygal]

yay! If it really happens and it fixes some of the annoying bugs I've had, then I am happy.

[witch]

 

[LynnMar]

well I am both happy and upset.    Happy because the patch should fix some of the mess but upstet because it means removing all downloads and hacks and starting all over from scratch,  trying to find out what still works and what does not. 

I guess that is why the smart modders, like J.M.,  wait until ater the patch comes out to fix their hacks.    The ones that are already out by others will most likely have to be rewritten. 

[Motoki]

I'm not removing squat except for maybe some hacks made redundant by the list of fixes in the patch. The way I see it, there's no need to go nuts before we've even tried the darned thing. The patch should work as long as the game exe has not been modified regardless of what's in the downloads folder and the worst that really could happen is the game crashes in which case then I'll try to remove everything and go from there, but it could very well work without problems so I'm going to try. If you're that scared, then back up your neighborhood files, but I say at least give it a shot first before you yank out all your stuff. Why make unnecessary work for yourself?

[Bangelnuts]

I'm not removing squat except for maybe some hacks made redundant by the list of fixes in the patch. The way I see it, there's no need to go nuts before we've even tried the darned thing. The patch should work as long as the game exe has not been modified regardless of what's in the downloads folder and the worst that really could happen is the game crashes in which case then I'll try to remove everything and go from there, but it could very well work without problems so I'm going to try. If you're that scared, then back up your neighborhood files, but I say at least give it a shot first before you yank out all your stuff. Why make unnecessary work for yourself?

Ditto here! honestly I doubt the patch is going to have negative effects on the download file anyway in my game.I doubt the patch fixes the most annoying behaviors like" what's this " everytime you buy an item or toddler playing with toilets constantly without the fix. after all the Sims 2 patch did virtually nothing to fix the most annoying  behaviors. the only Improvement I saw was my sim babies and toddlers  quit being kidnapped with the sims2 patch. and I only had that happen twice.the chat jump bug was the only behavior I was glad to see permanently disappear.my maids are so lazy they dont clean up stuff anyway remember the sims 2 patch was supposed to fix the maid being able to clean up pizza boxes and baby bottles? the only maid that does that in my game is Remingtonfor the most part he is rendered useless by my nannie who clean up everything before he gets there. the baby or toddler suffer from the nanny but my sim houses are  clean LOL

[yetyak]

I just hope it doesn't cause the black and blue flashing tv screens like the first patch did.  That was quite annoying.

[ZephyrZodiac]

I just went to the BBS but couldn't find anything about it.  where exactly should I be looking?

[Motoki]

What? You mean you couldn't find something on that very user friendly BBS?  (that's heavy sarcasm btw )

http://bbs.thesims2.ea.com/community/bbs/messages.php?&openItemID=&threadID=36a2806d16eb6d8c3fc1b81f56b79205&directoryID=62&startRow=1#27dddb4168e49f72d567c1dbac815292

[ZephyrZodiac]

Thanks, but what use is that?  Maxoid Kane says on the 11th that the patch will be out tomorrow!   Well, here at least it IS tomorrow, and has been for 17 hours!  so, WHERE IS THE PATCH!!!!!

(Or is Maxoid Kane Spanish, and the word is really Manana!)

[knitro]

Well, I'm on PST like they are and its only been today for 9 hours and 20 minutes, but I'm getting anxious too.

[Motoki]

Here on the west coast of the US it's only 9:20 AM on the 12th. Give them time.

[Brynne]

Yeah, but here on the east coast it's 12:25 pm and I want my patch! 

[ZephyrZodiac]

Well, I suppose I forgot that - tend to remember the East Coast time difference since my niece lives in New York, but forget they're stilla couple of hours ahead of you in the west!

[Brynne]

You mean a couple of hours behind us . Dumb question, but maxis is headquartered out west, I presume?

[Motoki]

I did a quick Google search and both EA and Maxis are coming up as having their main locations in California.

[Brynne]

well, damn. Atlanta's nice this time of year...

[Inge]

Well here in London they've already missed their deadline and it's going on tomorrow

[Motoki]

Hmm, they've taken down the old images on the "update" page, I wonder if this means the new patch will be up soon.

http://thesims2.ea.com/update/