Ok, I went into my game and CAS, I only had the prior sliders, muscles, breasts, etc.... no werewolf, so I assume that means I'm ok, yes?

Edit: Crud I just found another thread that showed the sliders everyone is talking about. I looked in the wrong place so now I will need to go back and look again. However, since it's late night I have no energy to do so. Tomorrow it is then. : )

blunote00 wrote:

CoffeeChick0 wrote:How confusing....

Anyway, I had re installed all my games and was at the 1.31. Then when I went to play my game I was given a notice there was a patch up-date and it gave me the 1.32.

So, do I have a corrupt patch or something? Is that what all this talk is about, how EA pulled the patch?

And if I have patch 1.32 and it came to me via the launcher should I be worried or not?

Gee, thanks EA for this sudden panic over a patch that's been pulled and confusing the heck out of some of us as to why.

blunote00 wrote:

CoffeeChick0 wrote:I'm a tad bit confused. I've been busy all weekend and just now sat down to see all this.

So is patch 1.32 bad then? This is the patch they claimed would fix the CC issues with simport, yes?

So what do we do if we installed that patch prior to them pulling it?

I depends on how you installed it and when. See Crinrict's post here.

Suzan2k wrote:now it works, but when i go into the game, and then in the menu it says i can't log in before i start the update, which i had done. dosen't make sense.

I don't think you can login if the simport server is down and/or unavailable. You will have to wait until it active again before you can do anything just like everyone else.

If you go into your game and you don't have any of the EP7 stuff in CAS like werewolf sliders, etc. I would say you're fine. The only thing you're waiting for now is the server.

Hey all, just a quick note. Thanks for your patience, we are very actively reading your posts and working to resolve these issues.

Thanks,

SimGuruRandom

Thanks. For the update.

Update: I know it's taking a long time to say whether or not installing Showtime helps, but it's still downloading via Origin. Sorry. I'll post my results when I get there. At this point I just have base game with the updates installed still, and it crashes.

i keep getting File not found. everytime i click the manual one. please help i cant even play with showtime installed

I don't know if anyone said anything about finding these little guys in their game after getting the patch. But, I think that they are cute.

Zafireria wrote:Ugh I am confused lol. I was at patch 1.31 (I think) and then patched the game right up via the launcher as soon as I saw it was out (before they pulled it back)
Does this mean I have the leaked patch?
If so is my game broken now or what? Anything I need to do?

Same answer I gave before. Are you really at 1.32 check the version on the launcher vs the skuversion.txt in the basegame folder. Go into your game and see what you have in CAS, that would probably be the easiest. You should be able to play the game via the executable file if you can't via the launcher.

DebbieGC wrote:After installing the latest patch, when I attempt to play, my game loses all video and the audio loops. I have to shut down my computer every time this happens. I thought it was my video card, but it ran fine with Showtime before the patch.

Weird...

This sounds more like a bug issue. Can you validate which patch level you are at? Do you have sound everywhere else on your computer?

exotickitten wrote:A quick update on how my uninstall and reinstall is going with all my games and what I have discovered.
First I have the physical copies of these:
The Sims 3 Deluxe
World Adventures
Town Life Stuff
Generations
Pets
And I have the Digital Downloads of these:
High End Loft Stuff
Late Night
Fast Lane Stuff
Showtime

Now I am on the uninstall and reinstall process number 4. By that I mean I have tried various times to completely start from scratch with my installation of all stuff and ep. No cc, no mods, no store content.
The first time I installed Deluxe and World Adventures. Loaded the game and it worked fine. Then I tried to install HELS digital, because I wanted to install them in order. Well, I downloaded HELS and it said I had to open the launcher and install the update before it would allow me to install HELS. So I did this. And it installed update 1.31. I then installed HELS and loaded the game. It crashed as soon as I loaded into a house.

I did this entire process again, and it crashed in a different house. It will load the home fine and the sims, but as soon as a sim goes to interact with anything that's when it crashes.

So I did all of that again, but I loaded the game with the update before installing HELS. It crashed.

So, now I know that 1.31 is the culprit, I went and uninstalled everything again. I have installed all my physical copies, and they run fine without the launcher update (1.31).
Now what? I still have the digitals to install, that don't seem to work with that 1.31 update. I know I should update and install the digital versions to see what happens, but this has been a very long and tedious process.

I buy all the DVDs so I don't/won't do DD of this game. I love my DVDs! That said, I don't understand why you shouldn't be able to install the above in any order regardless of how you have it, except ST will still be the last EP. I think regardless it takes you to 1.31, even if you installed ST with the disk I do believe 1.31 is on the disk.

Regarding your post about the "dfc - gorilla by Pocket Soft Inc. Copyright 2003-2009 Pocket Soft, Inc." error. I haven't seen that since 2009. A good friend had that and it was due with the nude patch, which had changed the shader file. Go to the below and see if you have the shader file in the game/bin folder for the base game. If not, do the below. I would uninstall everything, completely clean the registry, do a disk clean up and defrag, then reinstall the base game only. Don't update via the launcher using the automatic updates. Just check the version tags on the launcher vs. the skuversion.txt in the program files. After you get Delux installed, make sure you do the below and that the shader file is in the program files for the base game. Then continue installing wether DVD or DD in release order. That should get you back to 1.31 if you install Showtime last.

SimGuruRandom wrote:
Hey all, just a quick note. Thanks for your patience, we are very actively reading your posts and working to resolve these issues.

Thanks,

SimGuruRandom

Thanks. I really do hope this gets sorted soon.

tashypoo wrote:i keep getting File not found. everytime i click the manual one. please help i cant even play with showtime installed

Please be more specific? Where are you currently patched and which manual one... link? Is there a log file and does it say which file is missing? Do you have mods in your game?

sshaw1 wrote:I don't know if anyone said anything about finding these little guys in their game after getting the patch. But, I think that they are cute.

I've never seen them before and they are cute.

Okay, so I understand a lot of people are having problems with the new patch which kind of makes me really nervous to update it. I've been reading over a lot of info over this now, and I still have to ask. My base game is updated at 1.31 and it works fine. What I want to know is that, since I haven't updated to 1.32 yet, and I already have 1.31, would it be safe right now to update to 1.32 from my launcher, or should I just wait until the new manual one comes out?

blunote00 wrote:
I buy all the DVDs so I don't/won't do DD of this game. I love my DVDs! That said, I don't understand why you shouldn't be able to install the above in any order regardless of how you have it, except ST will still be the last EP. I think regardless it takes you to 1.31, even if you installed ST with the disk I do believe 1.31 is on the disk.

Regarding your post about the "dfc - gorilla by Pocket Soft Inc. Copyright 2003-2009 Pocket Soft, Inc." error. I haven't seen that since 2009. A good friend had that and it was due with the nude patch, which had changed the shader file. Go to the below and see if you have the shader file in the game/bin folder for the base game. If not, do the below. I would uninstall everything, completely clean the registry, do a disk clean up and defrag, then reinstall the base game only. Don't update via the launcher using the automatic updates. Just check the version tags on the launcher vs. the skuversion.txt in the program files. After you get Delux installed, make sure you do the below and that the shader file is in the program files for the base game. Then continue installing wether DVD or DD in release order. That should get you back to 1.31 if you install Showtime last.

The file you're looking for is on your disk (the Deluxe disk). Insert your CD, and go to Computer. Navigate to the Game/Bin folder on your disk, and find Shaders_Win32. Make a copy of that file and put it in the same place in Program Files.

As is I just installed Showtime. Crashed every time I loaded the game no matter what I did. I tried turning off notifications, and shop, and continuing without logging in, as well as the opposite. I did drag the folders to desktop and did it again, no luck, still crashed. So I'll try your suggestion next.

Although in order to install the DD, it forces me to update via the launcher first. Do I need to check the shaders with each install? I know the physical copies are playable as long as I don't install any updates besides the ones on the discs.

I did what you suggested before uninstalling just to see what would happen, and it wouldn't let the game load afterwards. : /

I have it in every game/bin folder up to OLS. Gen is when they change how the game updates so only the base game will update. Regardless, it should get you back to 1.31 patch. As far as the crashing, have you added all the game .exe files to the DEP list? I usually add them all not just the base game (TS3W.exe) file. Then for whatever the last EP/SP I have in the release (which for me is Master Suite), I add the Sims3Launcher.exe file as well. Of course when you do this you must reboot your computer in order for the change to take affect.

Bloodrayne2452 wrote:Okay, so I understand a lot of people are having problems with the new patch which kind of makes me really nervous to update it. I've been reading over a lot of info over this now, and I still have to ask. My base game is updated at 1.31 and it works fine. What I want to know is that, since I haven't updated to 1.32 yet, and I already have 1.31, would it be safe right now to update to 1.32 from my launcher, or should I just wait until the new manual one comes out?

If you are at 1.31 and you have the update in the launcher for 1.32 you should be okay to install. I had someone do this last night and they are fine. It's the super patcher that caused issues. So if you have the prompt in the launcher go for it. If you have mods, etc... make sure to remove all that stuff first.

blunote00 wrote:

Bloodrayne2452 wrote:Okay, so I understand a lot of people are having problems with the new patch which kind of makes me really nervous to update it. I've been reading over a lot of info over this now, and I still have to ask. My base game is updated at 1.31 and it works fine. What I want to know is that, since I haven't updated to 1.32 yet, and I already have 1.31, would it be safe right now to update to 1.32 from my launcher, or should I just wait until the new manual one comes out?

If you are at 1.31 and you have the update in the launcher for 1.32 you should be okay to install. I had someone do this last night and they are fine. It's the super patcher that caused issues. So if you have the prompt in the launcher go for it. If you have mods, etc... make sure to remove all that stuff first.

okay thank you! I will do it now after removing my CC and then tell you how it went and if it's messing up my game. *runs off*

NOTE: It appears the simport servers are back online and active. It also appears the my pages are active again and have been reset like they were before with a few exceptions. Now the most recent comment will appear on top instead of the bottom.

So if you have bugs to report for simport then you can go back to reporting those in Crinrict's bug thread. Make sure to follow the directions she has given in the original post.

If it's a technical issue then post in the Technical forum.

Any discussion about the leaked patch or it's functionality or issues keep here in this thread.