Technical problems with THE HORROR: downloading, installing, and running it
jriggs:
Kyna- The post you have quoted isn't the opinion of someone who wishes it were a beta version. It is a quote from an EA spokesperson claiming that the game will ship with a second city and that the leaked game is a beta version. I haven't claimed any proof that the bugginess proves it is not a final version. EA is now making statements that this version is beta and that the final version has a second city that is not in the game that has been leaked. This was not found in a forum somewhere but was a story that is being circulated as an Associated Press News release.
Until the game ships all we have is our speculation and statements from EA and while I have read everything that is being said here and elsewhere about the game so far this is the first real statement about the leaked version of the game form them. It is the only thing so far that is official and not speculation so far. Whether or not it proves to be accurate or not we won't know until the game ships but your statement seems to put this into the category of more community speculation which this doesn't appear to be.
Sigmund:
Quote from: jriggs on 2009 May 22, 16:12:14
Kyna- The post you have quoted isn't the opinion of someone who wishes it were a beta version. It is a quote from an EA spokesperson claiming that the game will ship with a second city and that the leaked game is a beta version. I haven't claimed any proof that the bugginess proves it is not a final version. EA is now making statements that this version is beta and that the final version has a second city that is not in the game that has been leaked. This was not found in a forum somewhere but was a story that is being circulated as an Associated Press News release.
Yes, but I think Kyna was pointing there is a problem with the info in this article. EA has repeatedly stated that this second city would be available for download, and never claimed it would ship with the game. Indeed, it is entirely possible they changed their minds about it months ago and never announced it, but it is an odd inconsistency. Why wouldn't they announce it to their potential buyers? I think it's this disparity that casts some doubt on the claim.
jolrei:
So this is an official statement from the same EA whose spokespersons suggested that TS3 would not have Securom?
Papercut:
Well, I've had it installed for a few hours and have had several random crashes. Granted, my rig isn't fantastic (GeForce 8600, hobo ram), but I know it well - all signs are pointing to a software issue rather than a hardware one - no locking / lagging / glitchtastic behaviour ... it's like the game simply decides to shut down periodically and dump me onto the desktop. Interestingly, it seems to happen when attempting something for the first time. The first time I switched to map view the game crapped out on me, the next time it was fine. The first time I called a sim, the same thing happened, the second time it was fine, etc.
Given this new EA announcement propaganda, I'll be interested to see if the mystery crashes are rectified in the June release. I highly doubt it though.
Dizzymental:
Quote from: Kyna on 2009 May 22, 15:51:15
Quote from: Dizzymental on 2009 May 22, 15:15:13
Quote from: jriggs on 2009 May 22, 15:04:57
I am going to post this here since I am not sure where it should go. I was on my isp homepage this morning and thy run scrolling news stories. In the entertainment section they had a story about Sims 3 and there was an acknowledgment from EA about the piracy and they had this to say-
"EA said the pirated version "is a buggy, pre-final" version of the game.
"It's not the full game. Half of the world _ an entire second city _ is missing," said spokeswoman Holly Rockwood in a statement.
Not sure what to make of it but I haven't heard anything else like this yet so there you go.
Thanks, this is what I've been trying to get across. I'm positive the torrent version has problems, both in the crack and the version. The replacement (the crack) for the TS3 file is, in my opinion, dodgy. I could be wrong but only time will tell. We'll all know for sure in a week or two.
See other comments about the second city. It was never going to ship with the game, and at this late stage it is too late for EA games to recall all the games (which are probably sitting in the back rooms and warehouses of computer stores) to add it to the game as it is shipped.
I think we'd all like to believe that this leaked version wasn't the real one, based on what we've heard about it so far - the bugs, the problems, the flaws, the removal of some of the best aspects of game play, etc. Unfortunately claims that it's not the "real" game are based more on wishful thinking than on the available evidence.
The bugginess isn't an argument in support of your point of view. The base game for TS2 WAS this buggy - just ask Pescado, who was the first to find and fix many of those base game bugs. Some of the EPs were even buggier and should never have been released in the state they were when released. Over the last few EPs in particular, EA's playtesting & quality control seemed to consist of: "let's release the game/EP, and we'll find about the bugs when the paying customers find them and tell us."
As for RELOADED doing a dodgy crack: you probably aren't aware of the fact that RELOADED have a good reputation in the pirating scene, and I doubt they'd tarnish that reputation by deliberately creating a dodgy crack.
It was RELOADED who released the crack for TS2 that disabled or prevented build mode from working. I remember it well. So you are absolutely wrong. I'll give you another example: Godfather PC. The original crack released caused a bug in the game which meant that the player could not get out of the doors in cars or enter cars (can't remember which now). Anyway, the bug was fixed when somebody released a decent crack for the game.
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