I very honestly did not know that TS2 had a launcher. I don't think I've ever used it if there is one. Also, EA already announced they are no longer supporting TS2. That's why they gave it away for free.

I'd suggest condensing it all into a single thread titled with something about building tips.

In case that one doesn't work, or you need another sample, I've got one dated May 8th 2014 from the last time the updater worked. I'm pretty sure that one was from before the buy-mode bloat.

What a horrible thing to say! We would never wish such ills upon those fine, upstanding citizens running our sanatoriums.

Having not played TS4, I have to ask, are that face and those clothes/ground textures representative of how the game looks? Because if so, then, srsly?

Does it favor unreasonably huge subsidies to the wig store?

Indeed, they are most certainly is.

Except that EA owns Maxis. Maxis is like Atari; it exists only as a branding logo.

I'm still wondering how something with cans is posting outside of RL. Do the forum permissions need to be fixed?

Is it possible that there is also a config log in the install directory that is overwriting the Documents log? I've see that happen with a few other recent titles, but since I don't have TS4, I can't check.

This thread seems to be heading South.

DRM by any other name is still DRM. Just because the one pile of excrement isn't as grotesque as the other doesn't change the fact that both are full of shit.

EA is a pack of thieves parading as a corporate entity, and their products aren't worth anything as long as they're packaged with EA's proprietary spyware.

Subjectively, I'd pay full price for TS4 if EA dropped Origin. Not only that, but I'd also have bought several other EA products at release that I have instead skipped. Alas, there are enough people that don't follow this philosophy that there's no chance of EA dropping Origin, which means they've lost my business forever.

On a separate note, I still can't see why anyone would play TS4 over TS3 or TS2. So far, the only features I've seen that interest me are the multitasking and marginally prettier sims, and look at everything you have to sacrifice to get them.

Faek ETA: By the way, I reject your absurd assertion that your opinion is objective. Learn what words mean before using them. Or don't, and become our latest spork holder.

Genuine Kermit flail is always amusing. It's lack of understanding in the areas of grammar, punctuation, and MATY are quite amusing.

How come we're capitalizing all the letters in Mac? Is it so that the Mac people don't feel inferior to the PC people?

WCIF a blithering idi- oh, sorry, I didn't see it there. Carry on.

Try the store thread, on the second to last page, toward the end of the thread.

That Jeezer can be quite the rascal at times, but he's nowhere near as bad as Jeeslla or witch poffs.

ETA: GRAMMARZ!

Just a friendly reminder:

The fact that you're trying to justify your existence on MATY nullifies the I don't care argument.

Using correct punctuation and not making an ass of oneself are a good way to make the site's users a bit more friendly. I think Tia's problem is that we are very good at sniffing out EA shills.

ETA: Granted, it is very easy to sniff out a shill if that person keeps outing itself.

So, you chimed in to say that you have used the tool, but only for a very short amount of time, and you know next to nothing about it. And, when questioned about the content of your post, your response is that it wasn't your demo or account, and you haven't gone back to try it out since.

I'm on tenterhooks to see what comes next! Will it be a report on part of a demo video you watched out of context? Will it be to tell us that you're not sure what color you should set for your sim's blouse, because you can't find the blouse? Honestly, my breath is bated.

In that case, I'm having trouble understanding how the fact that you are using someone else's account would possibly excuse not knowing what half the things do.

Does the person whose account you were using speak a language other than English? Were they unaware that you were using their account, and angered when they found out? Were you watching them use it through a crack in their window covering? I really want to understand the logic here.