Hate to piss on your parade, Pes, but the links for the booty is not working-neither is PMBD's forum or Sims Cave as of this moment, right now.

Used the link from the news box.

Some technical difficulties.

Since you seem to be a slow learner, you should learn one lesson around this place-don't invite sporking, it only encourages us to do it. We have to have hobbies around here, too. Boredom sets in very easily amongst the peasantry.

After nearly daily reading of the official forum for the game for the past year, I'm determined to never buy or install the sims 3, mostly because EAxis is determined to ruin: 1). your computer 2.) your game 3.) your mind.

How many times does one have to reinstall the game to get a patch to work? How many times do you have to rebuild the game from the start when you crash it? How much time do you have in your life? How much software do you have to fix when you install it? How much do you have to buy to get the game to work properly? In fact, do you have a limitless bank account for EA to just grab?

That's just the start of the problems I' ve seen. I won't even mention that I don't like how the puddings look, what limited interactions they have, the rabbit holes, or the intolerance of CC from the game. We won't mention the fact that EA would like you to hand over the control of your computer to them for their "phone home" opt-in.

Plus the fact that EA is not improving their customer relations, their technical support or support, period. I know that only a small fraction of players are on the forum, but if they're any indication of what's going on with the silent majority, fuggedaboutit. I don't want a half-made, poorly written, badly coded piece of overpriced shit near my computer.

In other words, I'm staying with Sims 2. Still discovering some things I haven't done-and it doesn't crash at all!

I do believe I'm gonna get Seasons just for this hack! Next, you could do "reigning" cats and dogs-on fire.
It is a damn cool hack-but I take my sim-killing very seriously. No lulz needed for this.

There are a lot of sites that consider a No-CD crack to be the illegal way around having the CD in the computer, and it is assumed beforehand that you have a version of a game that was not legitimately bought and paid for. It might be the wrong assumption, but that's the breaks.
That's why the rule for not posting about a  No-CD crack is there.
It's a gray area which many sites just don't want to wander into. So they just ban all discussion of it.

Actually, I used this for the first time last night-you have to make the sims engaged to each other (through Insim if you have it) and then you can click on the arch by the sim to make it work. The same setup from the traditional marriage is really necessary because the sims will wait until the guests show up and sit down. So chairs, cake, and champagne are necessary for the whole thing to really work well.

The animation works, btw. A little slow, but it's there. I have Uni and NL.

Despite advance reports in the beginning that TS3 was the Second Coming, I never succumbed-mostly because I like having a computer that works, a game that plays and not having sufficient cash or patience to deal with all the borkeness of the newest game.

Seems like I was justified in staying away. I'm happily playing TS2 without any doubts or fears for my sanity.
Reading the posts at the Sims 3 forums is enough to keep me playing TS2.

Hooray for Awesomeland!

That review is the best I've seen so far-very thorough and even handed. It gets right to the core of the major problems this game has, and pulls no punches.

Over at RYG and Prism we've tested the game for any trace of DRM. This is our statement on the issues:


Sims 3 Testing Results

The staff of RYG are still very bothered at the fact that EA did not choose to be honest about disclosing who designed the copy protection for Sims 3. However as a site we have a responsibility to honestly report on the effect of that copy protection.

The Reclaim Your Game/Prism Staff have spent most of the last few days exhaustively testing the DRM for Sims 3 on the Disc Version.

These are the results:
-The copy protection does not appear to leave any files on your PC
-All of the files are digitally signed by EA (as opposed to Sony DADC)
-This new copy protection is not blocking any legal software-for example, it doesn't disallow the game from operating if Nero is on your pc
-The new copy protection for Sims 3 appears to be well coded and contained on the .exe file (on the Disc)
-All free items from the Sims 3 store are stable and free of SecuROM. (we have not tested the paid items at this time, but will keep you updated)
-Gamers are able to install Riverview via the EADM and then remove the EADM and continue playing with that neighborhood.

However, we are not able to test for all possible issues. For example, if the new SecuROM causes hard drives to crash, it will likely take at least a few weeks for that issue to show up. At this stage, based on the available evidence, we are 90 percent certain that the copy protection is relatively safe.

The available evidence suggests that many of the issues experienced by gamers on the Sims3 forums are due to the following:
-Gamers who had previously installed the leaked copy of the Sims 3 and had not properly removed Securom, the registry files and any other files left behind from the leaked copy before installing the legal game on their PC
-Gamers with out of date drivers (Graphics Cards and Optical drives) and corrupted or out of date Direct X.
-Gamers who have not defragmented their PCs or done a System/Registry clean up recently.
-Gamers with specific older models of DVD drives

We suggest before installing Sims 3, that you:
-defrag your pc. If you do not have a defrag program at the moment, Auslogics is free, quick and excellent
-Clean out your Registry. We recommend Midfingr's tune and clean program which can be downloaded from here.
-Update your drivers, especially your graphics drivers.
We have quite a few people on the forum who have followed the above steps, including those with older PCs. They have had few if any issues with their game.
-Ensure you clean out all SecuROM and Safedisc files from your PC (including the Registry). To remove all SecuROM you can use Midfingr's *NEW* Automated SecuROM Removal Tool.
-Once all of that is done, you should then restart your PC.

Then once you've installed your game and done your registration and gotten all the downloads you want from the TS3 site through the EADM, then it's good to do another restart before you play your game, which stops the EADM from continually running in the background.

http://reclaimyourgame.com/

Actually, I've been thinking that there is a hell of a resemblance between the Sims 3 and those characters..now I know I wasn't going mad.
Or else the Michelin Man-close enough to have a three way tie!

No reputable gaming company is going to even attempt to infringe the trademark of EA's Sims series. That would be not only actionable (unlike the coding stuff we've been hammering on about) but it would mean major lawsuits.

That kind of stuff can land a company in two types of court-trademark and bankruptcy. It's not even close-you don't fuck with someone's trademark or registered game. That's definitely a real big no-no in business.

Overcome with PM's? Hell, we all ought to try it. Might shorten the stay of the other lurkers with bad grammar skills.

Although I'll miss the flame-throwing. Have to have some excitement in my life.

Why bother? EAxis is a corporation of soulless, blood-sucking money leeches.
They don't respect us-only our money.
 

I think that the saying "Death before dishonor" is the appropriate quote. EA would be a gutted shell if Pescado ever got his mitts on it, if he even cared to bother with it.
Of course that's not saying that EA isn't already a gutted shell.
By the looks of this game, they're almost there. Just a few more EP's for this mess and they'll be done.
Nothing like driving the plane right into the rocks for a good ending.

Thanks for the clean up. I will do better next time. Gotta re-read all my post before submitting.
How embarrassing-to be caught having a glitch in the post when I'm talking about proper grammar and spelling. Oh, the horror!

Now you know where MATY gets its' reputation. We're the big bullies who insist on proper grammar, spelling and punctuation.

You might think it's a shame, but we certainly don't. Our house, our rules.

We're not being paid to be polite. This is our hobby and this is where we hang out. Our priorities are far different from yours. Our standards of language, civility and conduct differ vastly from the BBS.
Obey the rules, and you won't get sporked. If you do break the rules, you'll do the penalty.

Or as I always ask of impolite and stupid people: "Do I know you? Should I care about what you think?"

Do you think we could test the Babby BBQ on him? Pretty please?

Talk about humble pie!

It does not surprise me that EA has truly locked down the code. They were surely horrified at all the "mature adult" hacks that were available for TS2, and so decided to put all the modders who were or could be responsible for such travesties out of business.

I wouldn't blame you, Pescado, if you do not want to dig into the code. It would serve the players who buy this half-assed piece of whatever it is right.

It would only validate EA shitty coding and perhaps put your awesomeness in legal jeopardy to do so. It's up to you, and we're not the ones who are going to have to sit up late nights trying to unmanglelate the borkedness.

I pity anyone who thinks it's easy to hack or mod any game, especially this one, which was designed not to be modded.

However, more power to you, if  you should do so.

I truly will be in awe of your powers if you actually can do it without going insane or getting caught by EA.

It just goes to show you that everyone has their price. Will Wright's was higher than most, but he still had one. Obviously he didn't care about his "workmanship" all that much, if truth be told. Otherwise he would have stopped the eternal whoring of the series a loooong time ago.
Once a corporate tool, always a tool. Money talks and bullshit walks.

Sorry, that's not in our skill-set. 

We have enough on our plate with Securom, thank you.

I wish to announce as a GM for Prism that:

Securom Removal just got easier with the introduction of the Reclaim Your Game Securom Removal Batch file:

http://reclaimyourgame.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=282&Itemid=106. 

 As you would be aware, the SecuRom removal tool provided by Sony does not remove all SecuRom files and without completing the process properly, SecuRom will automatically reinstall itself on your pc. Until now we have had to manually remove each of these files, a process which can only be described as daunting for the average user.

Removing Securom is now as easy as making sure you've got the right tools on your pc, running the Batch File and SecuRom is gone! Designed by our very own Midfingr and exhaustively tested by the staff of RYG/Prism.

Please note if you have the EADM installed on your pc, you will still need to remove that separately before you uninstall Securom. If you experience any errors these are likely due to not having that particular entry on your pc, as the files in each version of SecuRom can vary. If you have any issues with the use of this tool, please visit The Prism and advise us so we can ensure the tool is as perfect as it can be.

I find that I have to have all three together in one area or I'll lose them, surer than shit.

So they're all on the front lawn, where I can access them easily. I don't even know if the occupants even notice they're there (except when one of them is in the way)..has anyone found out if they have a negative or neutral effect on the overall attractiveness grade for the lot?

It doesn't seem to go down or up with them installed. Like they're almost invisible. But then, I'm sure Pescado did design them to be that way. He's smart like that.

Using computer monitors as TV screens is great, though. Cheaper, too.

Lots of cables, admittedly, but the resolution is far better.

I know being polite is not "done" here-but could you please go back over your post and edit it so we can read it?

It is one damned long un-punctuated mess of words. Nobody is going to answer this unless you make it readable and coherent, let alone even answer your question-which was what?

Hint: KISS works.