That should have been what you did first prior to posting.

Nothing I mentioned was any big revelation. A patch may break stuff. Check for updates. Also if you are going to post on the Awesomemod forum suggesting that Awesomemod is a problem for you, have some empirical data to backup your claim. Are you getting a problem with only Awesomemod running and not other custom content that you don't get when you take Awesomemod out? Don't know? Try it.

Oh yes and let's not forget search is your friend and since your question may have (it was) asked before you can possibly alleviate the need to post by doing a search first.

re: Rant of righteous indignation to deflect blame for your own laziness and Speshul Snowflake behavior that somehow warranted a new thread.

 


Did you patch to 1.14/2.9/3.5/4.2? This was the patch released on July 7th.

That happens to me even when I install lots in sims3packs with the launcher. I don't think the package extractor is doing that.

Been talked about many times. It's not Awesomemod and patching is not a mistake. It's one of your other mods and/or pieces of custom content. Check your other mods first for updated versions. Many of Twallan's mods have been updated for the patch and in particular the old non-updated version of his computer causes this very issue so if you have it, go get the new version.

Somehow Awesomemod gets blamed every time there is a new patch and every other Tom, Dick and Harry's mods or content need to be updated. I don't understand this. I also don't understand why people don't go looking for updates to all their mods when they patch and why they don't use a process of elimination to actually, you know, check if Awesomemod is really causing a problem before posting on the Awesomemod forum. It's not like it's hard to yank everything else out and try testing the game with only Awesomemod.

I guess most people would rather post without searching and have someone else give them the answer. 

It says right in the thread where you download the muti extractor:

http://www.modthesims.info/download.php?t=364038

Basically what that feature does is that if there is only one package file in the sims3pack it will name the extracted package with the same name as the original sims3pack BUT if there are multiple packages inside (furniture, creepy TSR dolls, other random crap the uploader either intended to pack with it or just didn't clean their file) then it can't rename them all the same name so it just leaves the original hashed up name the game gave those packages.

If you want the file to be autorenamed every time with the multi extractor then clean it with Delphy's CUSTARD tool first, yanking out all the extraneous stuff that isn't a lot file, save it, and then extract it, or just don't get lots from people who pack up everything but the kitchen sink with their damned lots.

Richard it looks like you just got the forum equivalent of this:

You don't get what? Life? In which case I'm afraid you'll need more help than anyone here can provide.

There is a definite lack of LULZ worthy Pudding story blogs. Almost all the others are Legacy shit which makes me want to yawn, gag or both.

In theory custom content shouldn't be causing the mismatched core version error, but I have seen custom content do things it shouldn't before.

Still, double check that you have the latest Awesomemod (a new version was just uploaded so just re-download it anyway) and that your game is patched up to the latest patch.

If you do that and everything is current then check to see if there aren't stray old files lurking in Programs Files/Electronic Arts/The Sims 3/Mods and its subdirectories. Actually, you can just delete the Mods directory under Programs Files/Electronic Arts/The Sims 3 since the new way has it moved to My Documents now.

If you do all that and then test by yanking Awesomemod and all other mods out and are still getting the error then it has to be custom content somewhere.

You tards needed to start a new thread for this? Pescado just said that it's normal and it's just an about to expire message and he just now updated the mod so re-download it.

As for getting constant messages while inside the game I don't know what the hell that is all about but it's not your regular awesomemod is about to expire message that's for sure. Your neighborhood might be about to blow up in a BFVFS. Good luck.

I swear you guys make my head hurt.

Delete any stray resource.cfg files you may have in My Documents/Electronic Arts/The Sims 3/ and any of it's subfolders. Basically do a recursive search if you know what that is.

Then get this and run it. It will setup your game with the proper directory locations and the correct resource.cfg in the correct place. Additionally, the Custom Launcher from granthes will also check for the correct framework setup and install it if necessary.

Now if you get a message about an incorrect version or a core mismatch it does not mean you should go moving your resource.cfg around. If you get that message your resource.cfg is fine. It means you either need to patch your games or you need to get updated versions of mods you are using (Awesomemod, Twallan's etc) to work with your updated version of the game.

If you don't know if you are patched or not and would rather not mess with the craptastic EA launcher get this patch downloader utility from Mod the Sims. It automatically finds the correct patches for your version and region of the game and its expansions and then prompts you to download and install them. It's basically idiot proof.

Also be aware any time there is a patch that you will need to patch if you want to continue using Awesomemod. You will also need to update Awesomemod and really should be doing so on a fairly regular basis since it gets updated a lot.

Be aware that many of Twallan's mods have been updated for the patch and that those updates, like the one for Awesomemod, are not optional if you want the game to continue functioning correctly with those mods.

And lastly, it bears repeating that custom content can cause problems too even if it hasn't in the past. Don't always point the finger at mods. Yes your 120 slight variations on the same emo hairstyle from Peggy, Rose and Raon can potentially fuck up your game if EA patches something and it leaves them with old references.

There's 3 wall hangings actually. The Golden Record, the Prized Jersey and the Starlet's Autograph, so there's 11 items total that are new for July.

So far they've all been posted except for the male and female versions of the shirt. pkmx and Drakron posted 7 of the items above and then I posted the dress and the hair.

I'm kind of meh on the shirt so I used my last two codes on the hair and dress instead, but if no one gets around to posting the shirts I will see if I can grab a couple more Dr. Pepper's with codes eventually.

I went to look this up, but was disappointed to find it was of paintings of the game Persona 4 made by Claeric.

I was expecting 4 paintings inspired by Claerics persona, of voles in various shouty poses.

It's EA. Their logic is unfathomable. I'm still trying to figure out how seeing a 'familiar' person or couple in the past results in a sometimes gender swapped parthenogenic clone of yourself returning back with you to the present.

So far even using quantum mechanics I am unable to come up with a logical explanation.

Okay let's see. In a situation where one wants to figure out if a particular mod is causing a problem is it better to:

A) Use the process of elimination by simply removing the mod temporarily and testing if you still have the problem.
B) Listen to rumors from some random ill informed yahoos on the Exchange.

Gee I don't know. 

In all seriousness, if you don't know the problem is Awesomemod, and it's pathetically easy to make that determination (see A above), then you really shouldn't be wasting your time and that of everyone else here.


*GASP* You mean it doesn't? *

* Actually, I use the autoupdater so mine sort of does.

You already asked this. If no one responds that means no.

It's not exactly the easiest thing in the world to separate out parts of files that are all shoved together in one big package and make sure you have all the proper parts and references for only certain specific items while being sure you omit the rest. There's little motivation for someone to go to all this trouble for something that they don't need and would only be of interest to one person who can't figure her problems out.


This makes no sense. There is no factual basis for this. You just think it is so and have convinced yourself of it like a superstition. I checked through you posts and apparently you have a tendency to do this, like the time a year ago when you were absolutely convinced that you could only install sims3packs when you took the completely unrelated mods folder out.


That is because you need to decrapify them. Or buy it from EA with Simpoints. Your choice. And no I won't tell you where/how to decrapify them. It's been mentioned umpteenth times. Do a search.


Sounds like a personal problem to me.

I am going to be blunt and say from reading your other posts, your lack of ability to find such information which already exists here and elsewhere coupled with the kind of in depth, For Dummies, simplistic yet detailed hand holding help you seem to require you are probably better suited going elsewhere like Mod the Sims.

Start here: http://www.modthesims.info/wiki.php?title=Game_Help:TS3_Uninstall

That's the Uninstall section. Read through the part about backing up your files and how to restore them later when you reinstall, then read through the clean uninstall process, then pick the version you will be running (ie which expansions and patch) and read through 'after the uninstall I want to reinstall with expansion packs' section and then finally the installing package files section and subsections.

Yes it's a lot of information so take the time to read through it and clearly understand it. Then make sure you follow all their instructions.

And if you have questions ask someone at Mod the Sims. They have to be nice to you. Niceness is enforced there even for those who need, shall we say, extra help.

The launcher has nothing to do with package files whatsoever. Nothing you do with it will make any difference for packages.

If you have sims3packs of store items that aren't showing they probably need to be decrapified. For all other non Sims 3 store sims3pack files corrupt or missing dbc files may be the cause of those items disappearing, in which case reinstalling will help.

Since the OP mentioned custom content disappearing immediately following her moving those files over to the My Documents/Electronic Arts/The Sims 3/Mods/ her problems are completely unrelated to the launcher and in all likelihood an incorrect or improperly located resource.cfg is the culprit.

Personally, I've always thought of Claeric as more of a bottom.

If it's happening in buy mode it's most likely a bad custom content item that no longer works with Ambitions.

If you truly have zero custom content and only Awesomemod and those few hacks then go back to those sources, check on their compatibility with Ambitions and re-download the newest versions.

I did help you in your other thread about your custom content not showing up which was also another case of you asking for information that was readily available because you are too lazy to search.

Packages do work. You just installed them wrong. You should address that first before attempting to add further items to your game.

Additionally, a method to bypass the checks on the store files and get the launcher to install them does exist. If you had searched and/or read these threads more you would have already known this.


You mean like this very post on the page before yours


Again with the laziness. If you had bothered to check you would have seen it and not needed to ask.

See here

Most likely your resource.cfg is wrong or in the wrong place. It should be in My Documents/Electronic Arts/The Sims 3/Mods/. If it's there and you are SURE it's the new one and there are no copies of the old one lurking around read through that thread and/or head over to Mod The Sims help section. I have links to it in the thread I linked above.

Here is the 'Movie Lover's' Dr. Pepper Chair:


http://www.mediafire.com/?bmjgnizmznjwcga or
http://www.4shared.com/file/Ckd2x23G/chairDiningTheaterDrPepper.html

I'll see if I can get the others soon if no one beats me to it.

*Edit: pkmx got them. See below.

Not only that but it's not in Simlish script or pictures of Sims dressed up like those artists, it's just a direct copy and past of some real world poster.

I don't download user made custom content that uses real world pictures and contains English text so I won't be downloading this either.

Really, it looks like the most amateurish custom content in the community. It boggles my mind they think people will want to use their sim points for this.