The NL Patch
seventhson:
My game is running perfectly since the patch, so I'm one of the lucky ones. But then it ran pretty well before the patch, too...
As a very un-awesome guy, my suggestion would be that if you have no issues with the unpatched game, and you have mods that do what the patch does, you might as well leave it as it is. If something crops up, you can always patch it. :)
Sagana:
I think I would install it. The patch actually includes some things that aren't on the readme. I can't remember now, but it seemed like there were one or two fairly big issues that it fixed (most probably to do with generating too many people and/or losing portals - which might not be a problem for you right now, but could be in the future). Also it actually does change some gameplay things - the "ask" interactions (and throwing food) no longer count as romantic interactions. That was the biggest one for me, but I think there are a couple of smaller things as well.
I think the biggest NL issues are ones the patch doesn't address as they pushed it out too soon. I'm worried/paranoid about jump bug issues, but I don't think you'll escape them by not patching. The phone (especially cell phones) is still buggy, inventories are particularly buggy, cars a bit, and (imo) the biggest bug in the game is the matchmaker (stay away from potions - I'm not really sure if they got that fixed in the patch, but still...).
There are also a few known incompatability issues (the lights and some of the dt houses, daily gardener and some of the phone options, etc.) In any case, in my personal don't-know-anything opinion, the patch won't hurt your game and could make it better :)
BlueSoup:
I sort of feel the same way - I reinstalled the game, and now I don't have the patch anymore. I never had a huge problem with the game beforehand though, and I had a lot of hacks from Pescado that probably prevented my game from being a LFBVFS.
Once I had the patch installed, I still noticed a few glitches with the game, mostly with the cars and some new NL features. To me (someone who doesn't play large neighbourhoods or families), it wasn't worth it, and I would rather have the potty training glitch (it seemed almost impossible to get a toddler trained with the patch).
veilchen:
Oh boy. Throwing food? I've never seen that. Gosh, I do play very boringly. But you all have been very helpful, you gave me an idea here. If I partition my drive and install one game w/patch and one without, that should work. I can swap neighborhood files from one account to another, can I not? I hope so. That way I could have two identical games, and if one turns into a BF....etc, I still have the other one.
Although I must say Sagana, the words 'too many iterations' and 'losing portals' are the magic words that are causing an instant rise in my paranoia level.
The potty training is nice Blue, but I found that if I order the whoever to potty train the toddler, and keep the toddler's bladder drained with the painting, the kid will sit on the loo until it's trained. And Nectere did say that she kept the glitch (thanks). *sigh*.
By the way, it's really very nice to 'see' you Blue.
Thank you MokeyHokey and Seventhson, I appreciate it. I wonder why I am so leery of maxis' fixes, hmmm... ;)
BlueSoup:
Potty training glitch - I didn't keep it with the patch installed....hmm...
Nice to see you too, Gaby. :)
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