Latest patch

[KyleTheArtist]

Any one updated? I don't want to update, because i don't want to lose anything or my current CC and mods not working with it.

[werismyki]

The update wasn't a big deal. installing HELS requires some testing and planning.

[teacc]

So far the patch didn't cause any trouble in my game :). My CC still works and I have yet to see any non-core mod problem.

[acid_fairy]

It broke my launcher and made all my CC disappear (aside from packages). Very annoying, I can tell you!

[christx101]

I'm hesitant to update all these darn patches!

[AngelicScot]

I haven't updated yet due to the same reasons many have cited here. I'll probably continue on without updating for as long as I possibly can.

[simtastic2]

So far so good! No problems!

[summersong86]

It broke my launcher and made all my CC disappear (aside from packages). Very annoying, I can tell you!Your CC is still there. It's just transparent now. (Just kidding). See this thread: http://www.modthesims.info/showthread.php?t=389457

Or should that be, "don't see this thread".

Seriously though, I'm sorry to hear that happened to you. I wish I could help. I have not yet had any problems with patches like some people do and I think I have to credit that to my husband and how he sets up my pc, but I don't know exactly how or what he does. He tunes this thing up fairly regularly for me when his schedule permits. This recent patch didn't do anything to my game. The one SuperComputer mod I had by Twallan still works. The clothes and hair I had all worked. Launcher works. Skintone works. Eyes work. Etc. Etc.

But I'm still not sure how things are going for people who installed the latest SP, High End Loft Stuff. I'm about to go check that out in a few minutes. I'm snowed in so may have to digitally download if I really want it. And I'm not sure I really want it, to be honest.

[candlelight82]

no problems detected

[KyleTheArtist]

I turn my internet off when I play. It speeds up the game play. I won't update as well for as long as I can.

[underworld_imp]

:cool:

My game works... but i had no cc other then a few worlds.

I decided to cave in to buying Sims 3 and WA even after Sims 2 almost destroyed my machine with secu-rom.

At any rate, my Sims 3 and WA works with latest patch. I find the stuff packs to be kinda lame, I'd prefer EPs over SPs mainly because so much more can be included in an EP. then an SP.

As for getting your game to recognize cc, browse around google and search for "Sims 3 clean installer" and "Sims 3 custom content faqs"...

:cool:

[trimalynn]

I have the patch and High End Loft Stuff pack or w/e it's called. Some of my mods aren't working. Like the book of talent and the treasure chest.

The other stuff seems to be working fine at the moment. And I can finally take a picture of the theater. But I can't take a picture of firemen still.

[kerryanne13]

Everything works fine for me except one thing, the fish and bugs that aren't in parks or fishing locals by the map tags aren't showing up, they're transparent and I'm not making a joke *lol* If I hover my mouse about an area where I know bugs usually are ie: stone henge looking place in Sunset Valley, I'll eventually get the little asterisk cursor and catch something. After caught, they become visible.

[treeag]

I have the patch and High End Loft Stuff pack or w/e it's called. Some of my mods aren't working. Like the book of talent and the treasure chest.

The other stuff seems to be working fine at the moment. And I can finally take a picture of the theater. But I can't take a picture of firemen still.
You forgot to copy d3dx9_31.dll to HELS dir. Core mods, script mods, and object mods need that file, XML tuning mods don't. That'd explain why some of the mods aren't working.

[acidsugar]

I haven't had any problems yet...let's keep our fingers crossed! lol

[jonha]

Seems to work fine here. But unless you want to use HELS I don't really see a reason to update (except from having an up-to-date game) because there were only very few and rather minor bugs fixed.

[sharkloverplayer]

So far I haven't had any problems. There is a bigger patch coming out soon to fix the problems with 1.8. This was just a small patch. The bigger one is the one I'd worry about. I read about it on the sims 3 forums but right now the forums are down so I can't post the link. They've been down several hours due to a server crash.

[Myrtel_2007]

Everything works fine for me except one thing, the fish and bugs that aren't in parks or fishing locals by the map tags aren't showing up, they're transparent and I'm not making a joke *lol* If I hover my mouse about an area where I know bugs usually are ie: stone henge looking place in Sunset Valley, I'll eventually get the little asterisk cursor and catch something. After caught, they become visible.

I have the same problem. I posted about it a couple of days ago in another thread. The world animations seem to be gone. It's driving me crazy. I built my own island with a haven, a pier and I had a couple of sailboats cruising the area. Those are gone now, so are the birds (I had lots of birds on my island). I checked Sunset Valley and the animations are gone from it, too. I re-installed the game. The animations are there until I install HELS and the newest patch. It's frustrating. I spent days/weeks to get the right feeling for my island and now the stupid boats don't show up anymore.

[Fernweather]

Everything works fine for me except one thing, the fish and bugs that aren't in parks or fishing locals by the map tags aren't showing up, they're transparent and I'm not making a joke *lol* If I hover my mouse about an area where I know bugs usually are ie: stone henge looking place in Sunset Valley, I'll eventually get the little asterisk cursor and catch something. After caught, they become visible.
I seem to be able to see the fish everywhere, but I have noticed that I can't see bugs that spawn outside of the community lots. They are there (the catch option comes up if you mouse over their location), but they are invisible.

The hot-air balloon seems to have disappeared from Sunset Valley too (though I still do see the jet fly overhead).

[christx101]

I updated yesterday and the game is working just fine.

[starved4pizza]

I'm really tempted to get it, because I had to reinstall my game (again >.>), and I want to be able to use the AwesomeMod again... But I spent a good couple of hours trying to get my favorite cc back, and if it really can make it disappear, then I'm not sure I want it. :/

[romagi]

I have the HEL SP and the latest patch and all my CC is showing. I don't use a core mod but I do have 7 or 8 tuning mods that are all working. But I did copy the d3dx9_31.dll to the HEL folder so I have one in TS3, WA and HEL. I have read that the no blur mod doesn't let you see fish or bugs but I rarely do bugs and when my sims are fishing I am usually playing one of the other sims so I chose to leave my no blur in.