Patch 1.3 Released
Marhis:
Just reinstalled afresh and patched. On Mac. The game is nearly unplayable, vanilla.
We got (at last!) shadows and smooth edges, but if you turn them on the lag and slowness are incredible. BTW, the game is a lot more slow even with those new settings off: in short, it sucks MORE than before.
To top everything, there's no way to have awesomemod work. With enablescripterror it crashes at load screen, without enablescriptetc. it hangs indefinitely. No difference with or without physical DVD - the game never asks for DVD, even with DisableCDCheck disabled: it hangs and stop. I want to cry.
ETA: Nevermind. That FUCKER of a patch deleted my d3dx9_31.dll. Restored the dll, it loads.
Lonesome Dove:
Okay, now I've got real problems. First, the patch wouldn't completely install. It came up with the "File not found" error. I removed all mods and CC, tried again, same error. I made sure the original .exe and .dll files were installed, same error. I replaced all the .ini files with the original files just in case, same error.
So I figured, fine, the game still says it's version 1.2.07, I'll just keep playing that. Only I couldn't play it, it kept crashing to the desktop as soon as it reached the screen where you choose a neighborhood/family to play. With or without any mods or CC, the same thing happened. Quaint note, the first time I tried to load the game after the patch failure, I got a popup notice telling me the Awesomemod expired on July 15, 2009 and I had to download and install the latest version. Which I did, and still the game crashed.
So I tried to uninstall the game and it told me I couldn't uninstall until I completed the patching. I gave up and deleted the Electronics Arts folder and tried to reinstall. It told me the version I was trying to install (1.0.631) is older than the one already installed (1.2.07) and I have to uninstall the newer one first. I deleted everything I could find with "Sims 3" on it, including the registry entry. The installer is still detecting an installation of version 1.2.07 and won't let me reinstall.
I have the Reloaded retail version.
What else do I have to locate and eliminate before this effing game will reinstall? >:(
Motoki:
Did you search the register for everything "Electronics Arts" and "Sims" related? There must still be entries in there. Uninstall the EA Downloader too if you can.
Lonesome Dove:
I uninstalled the downloader, I searched the registry and removed everything that I could find that pertained to Sims 3 and the goddamn installer still tells me I have to uninstall the patched (v. 1.2.07) game before I can reinstall.
What the FUCK is going on here? Just how many clandestine files has this POS software crammed onto my computer? I'm at a complete loss. I don't know what else to do, short of a complete system reinstall, which I've never done and don't want to attempt. Does anyone have any other suggestions?
Zaphod Beeblebrox:
Check your Temp folder (checking to make sure it's not hidden first, of course). The patch puts a shitload of corrupted files in there.
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