Patch 1.3 Released
Lonesome Dove:
Quote from: LuciaSama on 2009 August 02, 14:26:25
http://tinyurl.com/ksg6d2
Try going through all of that just to double check. I did everything it told me and my game was completely uninstalled after I was done, allowing me to happily reinstall. Make sure you delete EVERYTHING from your HD pertaining to the sims. (I actually left the stuff in My Documents for the game though and it still installed correctly. Shrug.)
Thank you very, very much for that link. I discovered several files that needed to be deleted, in places I never would have thought to check. I also discovered that SecuROM was installed on my system again. I thought EA swore up and down it wasn't going to use SecuROM with TS3. Now I discover that installing the EADM infects your computer. So what are we supposed to do to install store content, arred or otherwise?
This crap is turning me off TS3 big time. But I do thank you for the advice, at least I've got the thing reinstalled and completely patched, and I know how to wipe it completely off when I decide I've had enough of it. Which shouldn't be long, at this rate.
DoraDoraBoBora:
For what it's worth, I just thought I'd post that I managed to install the patch (Razor) and have NO issues with my game. I was already patched up to the previous version. I wasn't originally going to patch, mainly because I had no major game issues, but then I decided I missed Awesomemod too much. Besides, I was reading all the panic about this patch and the breaking of games, and that was a bit of a turn off, too. But ultimately I decided, meh, it's just a game. I can reinstall.
So the first time I tried to patch I got an Invalid File error. Looking in rtpatch.log, I saw the file was the TSLhost.dll file, so I restored the original, and it patched just fine. I used the patch Pescado posted at the beginning of this thread, NOT the launcher.
I did NOT remove ANY mods, patterns, or other CC, since I remembered reading something by Motoki (I think?) and Pescado that said you didn't need to.
My game is running just fine after installing the newest version of Awesomemod. No errors, all CC is showing up fine, no issues with my saves or odd Sim behaviour. Maybe I just got lucky, or maybe it was a result of not modding my game. (I know some people have downloaded big overhauls.) I'm not using a NoCD crack, because Awesomemod has taken care of that. (Hurray!) I'm not seeing any big performance fixes or anything with this new patch, but I hadn't really expected to. (Sims seem to idle a lot less, but I don't know if that counts.)
Obviously a lot of people are having trouble with this patch, and I feel bad for them. But at the same time I'm mildly annoyed by all the "THIS PATCH WILL RUIN YOUR GAME DON'T DOWNLOAD IT A BLOO BLOO BLOO" I've been seeing. It really had me paranoid, and ultimately for no reason. Yes, absolutely you should post your experiences to get help and inform others, but there's a difference between a bug report and shouting "BOMB" in a crowded area.
Anyway, sorry for the long winded, pissy post. I know I'm not a regular forumer, and it's not my intention to get into a big dick-waving contest with anyone. (Especially since I don't have one!)
tl;dr: Patch worked after following instructions with no issue.
cascaneda:
Just to inform I tried the link provided by GnatGoSplat and apparently it updated the game to V1.3.24.00002 without any problem.
the sims 3 is still a poor game but at least the crack works and the patch removes some critical issues like player-created families disappear or babies coming from nowhere
Quote from: DoraDoraBoBora on 2009 August 03, 16:32:47
Anyway, sorry for the long winded, pissy post. I know I'm not a regular forumer, and it's not my intention to get into a big dick-waving contest with anyone. (Especially since I don't have one!)
Now THIS would be a funny and challenging game for a change.
Lonesome Dove:
Quote from: cascaneda on 2009 August 03, 19:54:36
Quote from: DoraDoraBoBora on 2009 August 03, 16:32:47
Anyway, sorry for the long winded, pissy post. I know I'm not a regular forumer, and it's not my intention to get into a big dick-waving contest with anyone. (Especially since I don't have one!)
Now THIS would be a funny and challenging game for a change.
Not if EA programmed it. :P
I'm okay so far after the reinstall and double patching. I'd saved my C:/My Documents/Electronic Arts folder before I deleted the actual game, and was I surprised to find that everything was still installed and working! All my saved games, my installed content, everything. I didn't expect that.
I used the Launcher to install a really nice lot, and no SecuROM showed up afterward so it really is just the Download Manager that's putting that shit out. As long as EA's pulling that crap they deserve to have their game, and their store crap, arred. What possible reasoning can they have to keep using that vile, universally hated, and easily circumvented program on their software?
Owlbear:
Would you believe
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'GameData\Shared\NonPackaged\CustomMusic\Blame It On Me.mp3' Error: err0025 - File not found
It won't patch unless I have a song. Yeah, that's really important, EA.
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