The definitive EA Store Set & Guide?
witch:
Quote from: bowrain on 2010 May 14, 03:45:19
It works fine for me. Just make sure you choose to decrapify instead of normal compress. There's a radio button at the bottom left. At least people who's been having problem with cmd and/or batch file should try that tool. Save you guys some time explaining something that computer illiterate people would have trouble grasping anyway.
We try to avoid pandering to the stupid at MATY. Really, if you can't find your way round a file system/directory structure, recognise and run binaries/batch files, and follow simple step-by-step instructions: then you shouldn't be playing with hacks and mods anyway - particularly core mods.
Personally, I'm gobsmacked at how complicated tickleonthetum made my instructions look. Plus, half the batchfile code was removed and the creator credit for the code was removed.
morriganrant:
Quote from: bowrain on 2010 May 14, 03:45:19
It works fine for me. Just make sure you choose to decrapify instead of normal compress. There's a radio button at the bottom left. At least people who's been having problem with cmd and/or batch file should try that tool. Save you guys some time explaining something that computer illiterate people would have trouble grasping anyway.
I did use the decrapify toggle, they still wouldn't install. I assumed it had to do with old s3rc.exe that is included with the download, going back to the thread confirmed that. I might as well just stick to using only the .exes found here if I have to update the tool bits myself anyway. All that program is doing is doing the same thing I'm doing only with a shiny screen. I just used the original batch file information and I've been leaving all three of those files in the Downloads folder so they get run on the files before installing via the launcher.
Those instructions are a little bit much, the original poster of the batch file info should have been left, and the batch file had all that extra stuff because you are supposed to run the decrapifier on your saved games and crap afterward if you already had the Store stuff installed before. With only these instructions, people are going to wonder why their Store content was working before in their houses and now they aren't there, yet they still have the content installed. Why delete the three files from anywhere? You can just leave them there.
witch:
Quote from: morriganrant on 2010 May 14, 18:03:14
Those instructions are a little bit much, the original poster of the batch file info should have been left, and the batch file had all that extra stuff because you are supposed to run the decrapifier on your saved games and crap afterward if you already had the Store stuff installed before. With only these instructions, people are going to wonder why their Store content was working before in their houses and now they aren't there, yet they still have the content installed. Why delete the three files from anywhere? You can just leave them there.
The instructions work for me. Mind you, these are 'starting from scratch' instructions. I delete all the .dbc files and start from vanilla sims3packs. I subsequently delete the three files from the download folder so I don't run the risk of using an outdated s3rc.exe, as you have discovered, this doesn't work as well. I also use only store stuff as sims3packs, so starting from scratch won't work unless people save and reinstall any other sims3packs they may have downloaded.
I ran the decrapifier on my save games way back, I haven't needed to do it again as I still see all content. However, you're right, that's an instruction that should be included.
morriganrant:
Quote from: witch on 2010 May 14, 21:25:02
Quote from: morriganrant on 2010 May 14, 18:03:14
Those instructions are a little bit much, the original poster of the batch file info should have been left, and the batch file had all that extra stuff because you are supposed to run the decrapifier on your saved games and crap afterward if you already had the Store stuff installed before. With only these instructions, people are going to wonder why their Store content was working before in their houses and now they aren't there, yet they still have the content installed. Why delete the three files from anywhere? You can just leave them there.
The instructions work for me. Mind you, these are 'starting from scratch' instructions. I delete all the .dbc files and start from vanilla sims3packs. I subsequently delete the three files from the download folder so I don't run the risk of using an outdated s3rc.exe, as you have discovered, this doesn't work as well. I also use only store stuff as sims3packs, so starting from scratch won't work unless people save and reinstall any other sims3packs they may have downloaded.
I ran the decrapifier on my save games way back, I haven't needed to do it again as I still see all content. However, you're right, that's an instruction that should be included.
I just leave the files in downloads because when I update the .rar from Pescado I also re-extract and replace with the extracted files. The batch file will not be in those files, deleting them outright would require either stashing the batch away and remembering to add it again every time, or looking it up every time. Someone who wouldn't remember or think to update the files in downloads, probably isn't going to remember or realize that they need to update the tool to begin with. There just ends up being more motions to go through repeatedly deleting the files, then just leaving them where they are and overwriting them as needed.
The instructions do work, and are much more simple, not denying that, I think my phrasing was bad. The summery at the top seems... a little superfluous and a little distracting from the detailed instructions below it. The information about the Save files should be added, probably as an aside at the bottom. If you have save files that have Store content already installed but weren't decrapified before they were installed, then you need to run the decrapper on your saves as well. I thought that it was needed, Pescado seemed to say it was in the thread, although my reading comprehension could have been bad that day.
The fact that you can actually rename the .dbc files to something like Storecrap.dbc could probably also be mentioned as an aside, so people know that they can keep the store content and other content installed via Sim3packs separate from one another so that the starting from scratch thing isn't needed.
Quote from: tickleonthetum on 2010 May 14, 22:47:59
OK so we need to leave in the full batch file:
but the /R in the FOR command searches sub folders so it won't find anything other than what's in downloads will it not? there for the batch file would have to be placed in "\My Documents\Electronic Arts\The Sims 3" this would mean placing decrapify.exe, s3rc.exe, s3rcBatch.cmd all in "\My Documents\Electronic Arts\The Sims 3" and then running s3rcbatch.cmd.
It would be a good gesture to just leave the name of the person who originally supplied the info for the batch file on the info. As for why I thought the rest needed to stay, it's because the decrapifier is meant to be run on more then just Sim3packs. I think the difficulty here is pretty much just me thinking that those three files are not just for this process, and this process is the only thing you are writing everything out for. So, you can probably ignore me. Possibly the only one who can say for sure if it's okay to run it repeatedly is Pescado. Although running sims3packs under it more then once doesn't seem to hurt.
morriganrant:
Nice, all neat and simple. I've already linked someone to it who was having trouble.
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