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New Patches Released

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17th Jun 2006, 02:21 PM	#51
bleubeari Test Subject Join Date: Jul 2005 Posts: 40	Just thought I'd add my two cents. I had the same error message that people are getting. I did what Squinge suggested and it worked! Thanks Squinge!

17th Jun 2006, 03:58 PM	#52
bleubeari Test Subject Join Date: Jul 2005 Posts: 40	Quick question, will there be a list of things that work and don't work with the patch? No rush. I know these things take time.

17th Jun 2006, 08:05 PM	#53
mvanlaar2 Lab Assistant Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 107	Squinge sorry for being stupid but put it down to my age! When you say copy the file for OFB and give the instructions do you mean put the cd in and get it from that or do you mean go into where you said and copy it from the original file. Also where do I copy it to. Will be grateful for your help.
	Last edited by mvanlaar2 : 17th Jun 2006 at 08:11 PM.

17th Jun 2006, 09:30 PM	For people having trouble following my last post #54
Squinge Hack Mastah Join Date: Sep 2004 Posts: 18 3 Achievements	Below are the instructions on how to replace the file(s) mentioned above. EP3: The file needs to be extracted from your cd from the file "compressed.zip" to the directory "C:\Program Files\Ea games\The Sims 2 Open For Business\TSData\Res\Catalog\Bins" on your computer. open the file compressed.zip(located on your cd i.e. D:\) double click on TSData, double click on Res, double click Catalog, last double click Bins, there you will see the file "globalcatbin.bundle.package" extract that file to the folder I listed above. FFS: The file needs to be extracted from your cd from the file "compressed.zip" to the directory "C:\Program Files\Ea games\The Sims 2 Family Fun Stuff\TSData\Res\Objects" on your computer. open the file compressed.zip(located on your cd i.e. D:\) double click on TSData, double click on Res, double click Objects, there you will see the file "objects.package" extract that file to the folder I listed above.
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	Last edited by Squinge : 17th Jun 2006 at 09:39 PM.

17th Jun 2006, 09:36 PM	#55
mvanlaar2 Lab Assistant Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 107	Thanks so much Squinge as usual you answer my problems. I will have a go at doing that, wish me luck.

17th Jun 2006, 10:00 PM	#56
kristalrose Test Subject Join Date: Oct 2004 Posts: 22	Okay, I have another question. I have OFB and FFS. I was able to install the FFS patch with no problems after removing my hacks. I still cannot install the OFB patch. I have tried to replace the globalcatbin.bundle.package and it didn't help. I get the error message so fast that I can't tell which file is giving me problems. Any ideas?

18th Jun 2006, 01:41 AM	#57
ChickyRicken Test Subject Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 2	I downloaded this patch a long time ago. My biggest problem with it, though: It said Servo's "Do chores" function will no longer override "free will OFF". This was a big annoyance to me and even though I downloaded the patch, all my Servos are still doing chores when they don't have free will. Anyone know what's up?

18th Jun 2006, 02:05 AM	#58
LongTallSally Lab Assistant Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 214 Thanks: 1 in 1 Posts	Er, I just installed the patch without backing up anything first. The installation went smoothly. Am I going to have a problem anyway?
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18th Jun 2006, 03:03 AM

#59

Squinge

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Quote:

Originally Posted by kristalrose

Any ideas?

You only need to install one patch you don't need to install the EP3 patch if you already installed the FFS patch.

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18th Jun 2006, 03:19 AM	#60
harumiru Test Subject Join Date: Feb 2006 Posts: 29	I think I'm just gonna do what I always do when patches come out: ignore them
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18th Jun 2006, 03:55 AM

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Squinge

You only need to install one patch you don't need to install the EP3 patch if you already installed the FFS patch.

That's what I thought too. However, MaxoidMel says you need both patches to get the full affect. I don't know what isn't in the FFS patch that is in the OFB patch, but some have speculated it is just the stencil neighborhood. If that is the case, it wouldn't make a difference unless you created a new Bluewater Business District from scratch for a neighborhood that didn't already have one.

18th Jun 2006, 03:56 AM	#62
noanos Field Researcher Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 356	I feel like I'm missing this. Are you meant to install lemme see...all the patches up to the EP you have? Like if you have TS2 up to NL, then u install all 3 patches? Coz I read in the NL section, it contains bug fixes from UV. Sorry, I'm totally clueless about this kinda thing.
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18th Jun 2006, 05:43 AM	#63
kelpschinator Test Subject Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 36 Thanks: 128 in 9 Posts 4 Achievements	is anybody having a problem when you load a lot with a sim on it, and before it finishes loading the game crashes??
	Last edited by kelpschinator : 18th Jun 2006 at 06:42 AM.

18th Jun 2006, 07:05 AM

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Quote:

Originally Posted by kelpschinator

is anybody having a problem when you load a lot with a sim on it, and before it finishes loading the game crashes??

Yes, I am having a problem getting the whole neighborhood to load. I can load my custom neighborhood, Strangetown, and Veronaville. Pleasantview, however, will not load. The game just sits there "thinking." Of course, Pleasantview is the 'hood I play in most so that would have to be the one that doesn't load. I've eliminated the usual suspects - hacks, mods, etc. as the problem. I've tried installing back ups from several times back, still no load. Anybody got any ideas?

Update: Deletion of the groupscache, Thumbnails in Thumbnail folder, citigen file, and content of the Saved Sims folder allowed the neighborhood to load with no problem from the latest backup.

Last edited by gk4495 : 18th Jun 2006 at 06:16 PM.

18th Jun 2006, 07:41 PM	#65
dami Lab Assistant Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 56 Thanks: 1313 in 3 Posts 7 Achievements	downloaded and installed. played for like 2 hours and everything was fine, bugs fixed for me and no side effects. thanks for the link. btw: i first installed the sims2ep3_patch.exe (ofb) and then the sims2sp1_patch.exe (ffs). when installing the sims2ep3_patch.exe it said that i have a newer expansion installed and should install a patch for this but when i press "ok" it installed the patch anyway.
	Last edited by dami : 18th Jun 2006 at 07:49 PM.

18th Jun 2006, 10:58 PM

Backwards patching ;O #66

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Quote:

Originally Posted by dami

downloaded and installed. played for like 2 hours and everything was fine, bugs fixed for me and no side effects. thanks for the link.

btw: i first installed the sims2ep3_patch.exe (ofb) and then the sims2sp1_patch.exe (ffs). when installing the sims2ep3_patch.exe it said that i have a newer expansion installed and should install a patch for this but when i press "ok" it installed the patch anyway.

I've installled mines backwards. ^.^;; due to the fact I thought since I had FFS I just needed the FFS patch but then read MaxoidMel's post about neededing both patches. So the next day I went and downloaded the OFB patch and installed. As far as I can tell again... it is working as intended and no problems seem to have arise as of thus far. ;D

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19th Jun 2006, 01:05 AM	#67
stickylungs Lab Assistant Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 95 Thanks: 87 in 5 Posts 3 Achievements	ever since i installed the patch i have had adult male sims start to behave and sound like teenage sims it cant be the insiminator could it?,.....thats the only real hack i have got so i am going to uninstall OFB and reinstall and then not patch it

19th Jun 2006, 02:18 AM

#68

Squinge

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Quote:

Originally Posted by dolphin26

That's what I thought too. However,

Thanks

that is strange usually you only need one that's all I installed; I'm not going to bother installing the ep3 one.

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Last edited by Squinge : 20th Jun 2006 at 03:37 AM. Reason: fixed a spelling error

19th Jun 2006, 08:30 AM	#69
Skarlett Test Subject Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 34 Thanks: 45 in 1 Posts 3 Achievements	The patch installed fine and did correct some problems, BUT now I can't delete re-colors of objects in game. There's no trash bin to delete to! Umm, don't suppose there's any way to Uninstall the patch? Probably not...

19th Jun 2006, 10:10 AM

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Skarlett

The patch installed fine and did correct some problems, BUT now I can't delete re-colors of objects in game. There's no trash bin to delete to! Umm, don't suppose there's any way to Uninstall the patch? Probably not...

Here is it.

http://www.modthesims2.com/showthre...829#post1161829

Update: July 2009-I am back now to make invisible and tranparent recolors again in sims 2. You can pm me if you want your objects to be invisible and transparent from now.

19th Jun 2006, 04:14 PM	#71
catnahat9 Lab Assistant Join Date: Jul 2005 Posts: 142	Now the real question is... When are they going to make a patch to fix all the patches they make?
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19th Jun 2006, 05:35 PM	#72
dami Lab Assistant Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 56 Thanks: 1313 in 3 Posts 7 Achievements	it is not a bug that you can not delete recolors from build menu anymore. it is intended from EA to make the game compatible for future expansions. but there is still a simple way to choose and delete recolors. buy the item in build mode, place it and then choose the design tool from build menu like you want to give the item an other color. there you can delete recolors as usual.

19th Jun 2006, 06:25 PM	#73
ghogin Top Secret Researcher Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 1,641	After reading about problems with downloading the new OFB patch I was worried about downloading it. But just a note for others, I had absolutely no problem downloading it. It fixes a lot of bugs so I wanted to get it.

19th Jun 2006, 06:32 PM

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19th Jun 2006, 06:32 PM	#74
ghogin Top Secret Researcher Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 1,641	Thank you very much for the information on deleting recolors. I have had that same problem even before downloading the patch. I am glad that there IS a way to do it.

19th Jun 2006, 08:11 PM	#75
FlyingPurplEater Test Subject Join Date: Feb 2006 Posts: 45	"Teens will no longer have the same Small Business Career Work schedule and School schedule. " I liked that actually!

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