No Saving Post-EA Item Patch
cobaltspectre:
I noticed an item that I could acquire in "buy mode" by paying nothing, so, I "bought" it. The game then notified me that a patch was available for my store content, but I pushed the "later" button on that, since I wanted to know more about it, first. I had no problems playing without the patch; but, upon checking what it did, I did possess some of the affected content, and the patch would allow me to use content that I had previously never used because of bugs which would now supposedly be fixed by the patch.
I checked here to see if there had been any news of this update; but, there was not.
I went a couple of days, played, again, saw another free item, received the same offer, and did the same thing. I checked here, again, to see if there were a new version of the mod lying around, or if people were discussing the new patch. I saw no discussion about it.
The last time that there was a patch, this mod was updated in almost no time; so, I guessed by the number of days that went by that no update to this mod was forthcoming or needed.
That being the case, I guessed that, perhaps, this store content patch only affected code with which Awesomemod doesn't directly interact, and that I didn't need a new version of Awesomemod to use it. I continued installing the updates: I deleted the caches, again, and dropped in Awesomemod.
Next, my game appeared to save multiple times; I can even find those saves in the Saves file. But, for some reason, the game doesn't like them. If I go to the Main Menu, they are not displayed.
Plainly, I screwed up somewhere along the way. Was I supposed to wait for a new version of the mod? Was there going to be one that handled this patch?
Could anyone please help me get my game working, again-- or, at least, let me in on what's going on with Awesomemod and the store content patch? (I'm not very technical, so I need to be talked down to like a kindergartener if it gets too complicated).
Thank you for your attention.
J. M. Pescado:
Store patches shouldn't have any effect on the main game. What exactly is the PROBLEM?
cobaltspectre:
Ever since I installed the patch, when I save games, they appear to save without error; but, they do not show up on the Main Menu as games that I may select to play. If I try to start a new game, it is a totally futile effort, because not even the initial save appears on the Main Menu.
J. M. Pescado:
That is abnormal and does not match any reported behavior. Are you sure the files are THERE? Perhaps you lost them.
cobaltspectre:
I can see the saves under the names that I gave them in the Saves file; but, they do not appear in the Main Menu.
* I suspect that I could make my game "playable," again, by restoring my files with Norton Ghost. I believe that Norton Ghost ran its automatic update just prior to the introduction of the EA update (although I could be mistaken-- it was a pretty near thing). At worst, I would have to roll my game back eight days.
That wouldn't actually fix the problem, however-- EA would still keep pestering me with advice to install the latest patch, I couldn't fix my broken store items, and I might be stuck, unable to install more crucial patches in the future.
I would, therefore, rather do anything else, up to and including re-installing the game, again, if I really had to do so, than just jury rig a solution with Norton Ghost, alone, [assuming it were guaranteed to fix my problem(s)]. If I used Norton Ghost to restore my files, and that much more so if I deleted all of my progress, again, to reinstall the game, I would hope to implement some change that would allow me to install and use all store content and future patches along with Awesomemod (I won't even bother playing if I can't use this mod) while avoiding my present outcome. So, being made to understand why my game began behaving this way would be very much appreciated.
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