I can't get it off of Demonoid since I don't have an account, but The Pirate Bay has a torrent up. I'm going to try it out.

Should bypassing the launcher work the same way as TS2?

It's 2GB actually. I'm not sure what I'll put on mine, but it will look cute attached to my purse.

Yeah, I agree. My brother says that they have a good thing going because they can keep selling us pretty much the same game over and over again and keep making money off us. He doesn't play the Sims, obviously. But in a way, he's right. I don't think any other game has had as many EPs as the sims games. I know I've spent at least $500 just on TS1 and TS2 with the expansions and everything. The only TS2 EP I didn't buy was Apartment Life.

So I guess I'm right in not trusting them. They keep throwing out the phrase "simple disc check" when talking about the DRM with TS3. Somehow I don't think it will be simple.

Did anyone read this? http://www.simprograms.com/the-sims-3-store-faq-april-2009/

There are some things that bother me about it. Like it says if you download anything from the Sims 3 Store (which includes the free second neighborhood) it says after you download them, they'll show on the launcher and you click to install them to the game. But what about people who bypass the launcher? I don't use it in TS2 so I'm certainly not planning on using it for TS3. It's also sounding like we'll have to use the EA Downloader, but doesn't it install SecuROM? I just hope it will be easy to grab the stuff from the Sims 3 Store because everyone gets $10 in simpoints for buying the game (yes, I pre-ordered the C.E. because I want the plumbob USB drive) so if it's possible to share the items as it is from TS2, then I'd be happy to share anything I get. That is if EA Downloader doesn't install SecuROM.

I found this question interesting:


So that means they're going back to SafeDisc, then, right? I'll still wait for the No CD crack just because I don't really trust EA anymore, and since I've gotten used to the convenience of not having to keep the disc in the drive all the time. But what's strange, is they don't answer when asked about what type of protection is used on the digital copy.  

My brother's using a TV as a monitor, but it's a 27" LCD HDTV so it works fine. He has a monitor, but he's been using my other brother's TV instead while he's been in Afghanistan. It's kind of huge as a monitor, though.

I found this quite amusing to read: http://www.thesimsresource.com/articles/myths I take it it's a bad April Fool's joke?

Yeah, I meant more than the people who already do. lol I didn't start until after BV. SecuROM broke my DVD burner and it cost me as much as the game to replace it, so I haven't bought a Sims game since. I just save my money and buy Wii games instead.

EDIT: Has anyone read the EULA for TS3 yet? You can read it here: http://www.simprograms.com/the-sims-3-eula-for-retail-game/#more-5209

I don't know how current it is, but it mentions in-game advertising (I thought they took that out?) and it says you need the EA Download Manager to install software updates. I don't have the EA DM installed now because I'm afraid of it installing SecuROM on my computer, so I certainly don't want to be forced to use it just to patch my game.

I wonder if they're planning on going back to using the copy protection they used before BV. I don't remember there being any real problems with it and I certainly don't remember nearly as many people complaining about it. It wouldn't be smart of them to use something worse than SecuROM unless they want more people to pirate the game.

I wouldn't even recognize stuff that is from TS2 in TS3 (I didn't realize anything in that pic was the same as TS2) since I rarely use any non custom objects or clothes. I'm just wondering how old that screen is. It looks to be an early version of the game, but if it's not and that's what the game will look like even for people with high end computers, then I'm not impressed. Guild Wars looks better than that and that game has been out several years now. My brother plays it, btw. The only thing I can see in that pic that looks improved over TS2 is the feet. They actually have toes.

Those do look like eggs. Have they ever seen a marshmallow before? I also noticed that the umbrella is clipping the ground on the bottom. I could see it maybe if it were just on the sand, but it's going through the grass as well.

That's a scary thought.

I know I read from one of the creator's camp things awhile back that besides an option to turn off aging for the hood, there was also an option to make it so townies and other families didn't do anything life-changing like marriage, getting knocked up, getting jobs or quitting jobs, etc. so they'd just do simple things like go to work and visit community lots and simply take care of their needs. If that's the case, it doesn't sound so bad. I don't want my sims to be doing anything major without me telling them to. I like having complete control of my sims and in TS2, I always play with free will off. And from how I understood changing families works, you basically zoom way out of the house you're playing, back into the neighborhood view and zoom back in on the next house you want to play. If that's the case, it wouldn't be too hard to change families.

The young adults are basically the adults now in TS2, and the adults are a "middle age" group, which several people have been asking for. I'm glad they put another age group between adult and elder, because in TS2, it doesn't make much sense for them to be in their 20's one day, and the next, they're suddenly in their 70's. The adults in TS3 will supposedly have wrinkles and will look older than the young adults. But college won't be in the game, so I'm sure they'll remake it for one of the EPs for TS3.

If that is the case, it's only a matter of time before someone gets a copy. I know when I worked at Toys R Us, some of the new employees would sell the games in the back that weren't supposed to be officially released, to customers if they asked for them. And some employees would buy them before the release date too, especially when the store manager wasn't around. And there's always the slight chance of some employee at some store walking out with a copy hidden on them. I wonder though, if the game leaks this far ahead of the release date, would EA just ignore it and pretend it didn't happen, or would they rush to release the game to get whatever sales they can before it's too late?

How so? I mean, wouldn't it just involve finding the skintones in the game files and replacing them? What's the video card have to do with it? I've never heard of that.

There are good points to the game, like the traits system, separate shoes, being able to make real fat sims and the fact that the water and plants/trees/shrubs look way better. But the sims themselves look bad, mainly because of the eyes, skintones, makeup, etc and I really can't see myself playing all that long without real custom content. I've gotten so used to using default replacement skintones and eyes, I don't see how I could stand playing without them. And as far as clothing goes, in TS2, I like very few EAxis outfits, and I'm sure that won't change with TS3, so I'll probably end up with everyone wearing the same couple outfits in different colors.

Maybe the people who voted for the first option just know it will have bugs regardless so it's better to get it sooner rather than later. Plus, there's all those people who claim not to have any of the bugs in the game.

I've been using SimPose 2 for quite awhile now. It's really not that hard to use once you get the hang of it. The only real downside is that you have to do all the shading and usually draw hair on the sims from scratch since most hair meshes don't show properly. I use it mostly for editing pics for sim contests.

Those show fine in my game.

My guess is they'll be in SP #10. I saw someone post on a forum (I don't remember which one) that GameStop has Sims 2 EP 10 listed in their coming soon games list.

No, there's also a No DVD .exe now. I'm using it. Oh, and I was able to install the game with no problem and I didn't even take out my AL No CD crack because I forgot about it. AL did patch (I'd been avoiding the second patch) and everything went normally.

Aren't ALL 2 tile doors like that? I don't think there's a fix for that.

I still haven't went in game, but the hairs aren't showing up in BS. The clothes show fine, but not the hair. I'll check again to see if I missed them, but is anyone else having trouble with the hair?

EDIT: Ok, I checked again and they are there, they just show in a different spot than the other store hairs.

I haven't checked the stuff in game yet, but I hope if there is a problem, the bed can be fixed. I never use EAxis's bedding except maybe the few new ones added in the last few packs.