Actually, the whole set seems to be up now: http://store.thesims3.com/setsProductDetails.html?productId=OFB-SIM3:24061

Of course, when you try to go to page 2, you get a 404, but it does say 25 items now instead of zero.

EDIT: From this link, the whole set can be viewed.

So now we just need that set and Wretched Threads and we'll have everything.

Here's the Front Row Center Bedroom set.



http://www.mediafire.com/?0dumu4q98hhezg7

New sets are up. Transport to the Future, Loud Fast Crash Front Row Center Bedroom + Wretched Threads, and Glitter & Glam Bedroom. For some reason the Animals Abound set is bumped up, but I don't see anything new there.

Here's the free set, Kalliopi's Gifts:



http://www.mediafire.com/?pbrwha2av8a17cc

The ones in buydebug look much better so I've been just using those for decoration. For most of the stone statues, they used a white marble texture that looks way better than the ugly dark stone used from the sculpted ones. It would be nice if someone could fix it so sculpted statues could be retextured in CASt, though.

Here's the quote from Pescado himself:


I'm sure he had a reason to say that. And it's in red, so it's probably important. So that's where the "Do not share decrapified files" thing comes from.

You're not supposed to share decrapified files. Pescado said not to do it and it's been repeated over and over, yet people still do it. Decrapifying is really, really easy. I did if for the first time tonight and it took like a minute. Way easier than converting to .package files, which is also pretty simple.

Thanks. I kind of was thinking that was the case, but I just wanted to make sure before I messed something up.

I just have a quick question. Normally I just install store cc as .packages so I've never messed with decrapify before, but since I want Barnacle Bay to show up properly, I'm planning to do it for just that one file. I did some searching and found instructions on how to decrapify, but I'm curious about the part where it says to decrapify the save files, presets, etc. and I'm wondering if it's necessary in my case? It wasn't mentioned in all the tutorials I found, and when it was, it wasn't explained very clearly why you had to do it or if you had to in all cases. I don't have any other store cc that's not in .package form and I don't plan on installing anything other than neighborhoods in Sims3Pack form in the future.

I got mine from there. While there is a 10 minute time restriction, it wasn't a problem for me since each part (except part 7) took at least 10 minutes to finish so I was able to immediately start the next part once one finished. So apparently it starts counting from when you click the download button and not when it finishes like some file hosting sites do.

Is there a torrent for the Vitality release?

There's a new update out. I'm waiting to install it, though. Here's what it says it includes:

New Features

· Sims that drive extensively can now develop a relationship with their vehicles.  Vehicles can be named once a friendship is formed.

· The Vehicle Enthusiast Trait is now available.  Sims with this trait can name their vehicles immediately and develop relationships with them more quickly.

Base Game Updates

·  Fixed an issue where ghosts could become stuck in vehicles under certain conditions. Ghosts will now properly exit vehicles after arriving at their destination.

·  Nameable items can only be named when they belong to the active household.

World Adventures Updates

·  Career titles for Sims visiting Egypt, France and China will now display in the Relationship Panel tooltips.

The Sims 3 Create a World

·  Create a World users need to install a new version of The Sims 3 Create a World Tool.  Users can find the Create a World page from the "Games" drop down in the site header.

Decrapify them yourself. It's been said over and over that we're not supposed to share decrapified files since they could cause issues. Stop being so fucking lazy and do it yourself.

Why not just convert them yourself? That's what I'm doing.

Well, either way, I have a $25 card I got as a gift so I'll probably grab the neighborhood and maybe a set to share here.

IGN has an interview with someone from EA about Barnacle Bay here: http://pc.ign.com/articles/111/1117095p1.html

Apparently, it's going to cost 1,650 sim points and will be out Sept. 23rd. What I found interesting is the fact that they talk about it having a downtown area and bars, but I wonder how they could do that when Late Night doesn't come out until a month after its release.

They also mention a new set called Buccaneer's Bounty, which, I'm sure will be another pay store set.

There's no need to double post. Use the modify button if you want to add more to your post.

I downloaded the first T-Mobile item before I realized that it only lets you download once every 24 hours. Well, I suppose if someone had multiple EA accounts they could get more, but I only have the one. Anyway, it's this t-shirt:



http://www.mediafire.com/?wc22vcddkpuvgxz

I'll grab another one tomorrow if any are still needed then.

Stop being so fucking lazy and decrapify them yourself.

Looking back one page is hardly checking all the pages.

About the birthday items, I decided to check on the official forums since I want the bear and the flowers, and according to a moderator, they know about the download error and it's just caused because it's not officially ready to be downloaded yet.

I found the pics of the new bonuses for buying SimPoints.

Star Gazer


Everyone's A Critic


Button-up Buckaroo


I don't really like the shirt, but the other things are ok. They seem to go with the movie items from Dr. Pepper.

I guess it's their version of the Rosetta Stone? It kind of looks like it. It will fit into a museum or something. I don't really see it going in any of my sims' homes, though, other than maybe one sim that has a basement filled with stuff her plundered from the tombs.

Here's the Weba Yayfoo! Sims3Pack: http://www.mediafire.com/?3p6cwep5nobhuvd

This just happened to me the other night when I last played. I thought it was my speakers or my sound card, so I saved and quit the game and opened up MediaMonkey. My music played fine, so I just figured it was another random game bug and I forgot about it until I saw this thread. I haven't played since then so I don't know if it will work again or not. I'm kind of suspecting my neighborhood is messed up because I've had other problems so I may just start over.

I don't think that it's caused by cc. I just tried it again, and all I did was change the wallpaper (I don't have any custom walls) and when I tried to go back to live mode, it got stuck again. This same problem also happened with the Racket house a week or so before it happened with the Wolfe house. I didn't like the Racket house as much, so I decided to bulldoze their house and rebuild from scratch so I moved them out temporarily and  bulldozed and rebuilt before moving them back in. After that, I could go back into build & buy all I wanted. I guess I'll just go and bulldoze the Wolfe house too. I don't want to since I actually like that house, but I guess I don't have a choice. I was able to build just fine and go through all the categories (that's usually how I decorate by going through one category at a time) when redecorating the other houses I've done, so I'm guessing some of the houses just randomly get buggy.

I ran into this problem last time I played the game. I'll have to try making a new save and see if it works.

EDIT: Well, I went and made a new save file and it seemed to work. I was able to change a few things, go back to live mode and it seemed ok, so I went back into build mode, changed a lot more things, (I think I spent 30 minutes in build mode) and when I tried to change back this time, it got stuck again. I was mostly just changing wall paper and floors and recoloring windows. I don't know what else to try, now.

Right now I have over 100 .packages in my game. While most are merged, there are several that aren't (like my mods) and the ones that are merged, I do by category, so that's the reason for the large number of merged packages. But my game doesn't lag with them all in there. It loads up to the save game select screen in less than a minute and the game all runs really smooth with no lag and everything loads fast. I don't know about decrapifying stuff since I never bother with any of that. I don't touch Sims3Pack files, unless I'm extracting them to .package, so there's never been any need for it.