Patch released.
minx:
my attempts to install the patch are giving me a lovely "installed version of the application could not be determined" error, most likely because its installed on the E drive, and such newfangled super advanced things like having 2 drives is way too much for EA to comprehend. ::) no clue how to fix it though.
jpinard:
Quote from: Billmonaghan on 2009 June 28, 19:57:32
Quote from: Billmonaghan on 2009 June 28, 19:22:03
You rawk. You just so fucking rawk. Thank you. Thank you.
My deal was as such: I had no immediate need for the patch. Between the base game, awesome mod, some hack of the Shaders_Win32 file and the familyfunds cheat, I can play the game pretty much the way I want. But I thought I'd better install the EAxis patch as they're going to end up foisting these improvements on me in some future patch or EP or whatever, that plus I'm going need to keep current with awesomemod.
After a couple failed efforts to install the patch after installing the patch-compatible version of awesomemod, I move all my MATY files off to the side and found the installer was conking out at my altered copy of the shaders file. I tried installing after taking that file out, and the install stalled because of the lack of that file. I was able to play without the patch, but I was getting some minor graphic weirdness, like eyeshadow showing through women's bangs and chess pieces completely rearranging on the board with every move. Little stuff.
But I still didn't have the patch in, so I's still going to be screwed in some future update. I was wondering if there was somewhere I could get an unhacked version of that shaders file, and found it right were Bass Junkie stashed it. I plugged it in, installed the patch, replaced the shader file in the Bin folder with the Sim-porn-friendly version and then put all my awesome-mod-related files back and everyting''s running fine again.
What is the hack for the shader file for?
What is the hack for the shader file for?
Billmonaghan:
Quote from: jpinard on 2009 June 28, 22:15:18
What is the hack for the shader file for?
That Shader_Win32etc file apparently is what creates that censor blur around Sims when they satisfy their Bladder and Hygiene Needs. I downloaded a replacement file somewhere that does something -- sets the blur to zero or something -- that removes the blur.
I couldn't install the patch with the hacked one in there and I couldn't install the patch with no Shader_Winetc file in there, so I had to get an unmolested copy and put it in the /game/bin folder temporarily, just long enough to install the patch. Then I replaced it with the hacked one and everything seems to be running fine after, like, 10 minutes of testing.
One other, kinda serious thing that went wrong when I had the latest Awesomemod w/o the patch was the game would freeze on the load screen when I tried to use the mirror [sim name] cheat, and I think the dresser cheat too.
jrcaporal:
Well, I can confirm it does work for the Demonoid Image+Mini-Image NRG file, no problems at all.
Remember you need todownload the US file, not the WW one, even if you had installed it in Spanish or French :).
Mootilda:
Quote from: minx on 2009 June 28, 22:03:03
my attempts to install the patch are giving me a lovely "installed version of the application could not be determined" error, most likely because its installed on the E drive, and such newfangled super advanced things like having 2 drives is way too much for EA to comprehend. ::) no clue how to fix it though.
That can't be the problem. I have TS3 installed on E: and had no problem patching.
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