Gem, I hear you have to also use the DEP exception with CAW now as well as the game - I have seen a lot of simmers claim since Pets this is the only thing that stops the majority of CAW crashing.

LAA will not work alone anymore apparently to stop the crash. If you have already done that, then I have no clue. I do know that game wise I hadn't had to do the Dep thing until I got Pets, as I got my first crash ever right after I installed pets - but the minute I put the base game exe in Dep it stopped and haven't crashed since.

DEP does not work with CAW.exe file. It gives an error if you try to add that "you cannot turn off DEP for this program"

Gem, I got the lots this morning. The forums were down for me all last evening and I gave up.

I don't understand the door thing in that one live venue lot. I do not install lots with anything other than thumbnails besides the lot in them, no exceptions. I cleaned it with Custard. Since I have Riverview, I should have the door but will check the lot after I install it. If you want to let me and others know where it was used, i.e. front, back, or anywhere in between , that would be good.

I prefer to test one lot added in at a time so that if an individual lot has a problem it will be easier to pinpoint. I'm going to leave the live and big show venues to last. Live because of the door and big show just because I think if there is a problem with a lot, that will most likely be the one. I'm leery of big show venues, LOL.

I updated Twallan's MC and MC Cheats this morning to the new versions, V84 for both, btw.

Tangie, as Gem pointed out, I didn't have a problem with the Black Crystal in GB or CC. A pic of Gem's sim performing a show is at the bottom of the post. I did not try to move stage props but will do so today before installing any of the other lots to see if I have a problem with putting them back in place. I meant to do that last night and just forgot. I love the Black Crystal lot's stage and wouldn't mess with changing it myself but someone may want to.

Last but certainly not least, Gem, I'm so sorry to hear of the CAW problems you are having. What a mess. I hope you get a resolution but you can upload the individual lots when they are all tested for those like me who aren't using the save, if you have to. The save is just so large before ever starting to play that I opted to just go from a new game. CC is populating nicely with my having added only about a half dozen sims and I'm using EA's less than perfect story progression, LOL.

Oh, before I forget, Tangie, yes we can link to mods but I don't think to the one of Twallans that you mentioned. The velocitygrass mod wasn't the one I was concerned about for you.

Drats, one more thing. Here is a link to the the 40X40 Plumbob Pictures lot on MTS that I use for anyone else who might want it. I have used this lot for well over a year and it comes in handy at that size. http://www.modthesims.info/download.php?t=424676

Ta Da! Gemmy the singer:

Sorry to hear you're having issues! What a shame that CAW won't work for you.

I take it that the props were fine for everyone else and the stage didn't need to be replaced? I know you didn't use MOO on purpose - like I said, the props wouldn't even snap to the corners of the stage where I KNOW there are slots for them.
I'm trying to update my laptop so I can install CC and the new lots and try out the venues. I'm glad that DD was able to help you yesterday but what a mystery about the hosting. Very strange.

Edit: Well suddenly a lot of posts showed up that I didn't see before! I've been updating my windows software and TS3 files since I haven't used my laptop since December; I suppose I just didn't refresh the page.

Glad to know you didn't have a problem with the venue, DD. since the forums were down yesterday I did finally check My page and saw part of the conversation you were having with Gem after I posted.

I hadn't been using DEP for a long time and haven't experienced any issues. We'll see if I need to update that on my laptop - I suspect I will, along with FPS limiter, before I can play.

Edit 2: I can't install the Smustling pony venue. I keep getting an error that says I need to update my game, but it's up to date so I don't know what the problem is. Java maybe? I had to update that but it still won't work. I can't download anything in my purchase history, either, so this is something on my end; but since I don't have the ultimate big show installed yet, I also can't install your big show lot. It also might just be the website because it seems the site has only beed working off and on today. I'll have to try again later.

Well Gem, that is just weird, because I could have sworn that is what several CAW folks mentioned. I did try to find a post to check, but wouldn't you know it - I can't find one of them. I must have had it on my mind for the fact I never had to use DEP until I got Pets as my machine - even my former one did not crash until Pets. Maybe it's an AMD thing seeing Tangie says she doesn't need it.

But anyway, I thought it would help, but remembered it wrongly. Oh well, I won't bother you anymore. I do hope you figure it out though, as you seem to love CAW.

Blessings and Happy Easter everyone.

Gem,
I may get rapped in the mouth, but I used to have a lot of CTDs -- until I tried this. Scroll down to post #33.

I hope CAW straightens out for you. But if it doesn't, I'll settle for ST lots or a save file instead. I love your lots (and just snagged them)!

DD,
Thanks for the link to the film studio lot.

thank you everyone. Mike is here so i can't go in game.

Love: that looks like an inner LAA for the game, that changes the 2Gigs (2000000kb) memory usage to 4Gigs (4000000kb) and i think it has been adressed any way in the latest EPs. Plus i have no idea witch file should i change for CAW. Thank you for the link though.
I'm glad you like my lots I love building

WR: Bother me?? lol are you serious? you've been major help through out all this. I always appriciate your help and you should know that. maybe my last reply to you sounded kinda cold, and i'm sorry if this is true, but i was really upset last night with CAW, so maybe that was obvious in my post. It definately had nothing to do with you though. Thank you for trying to help in any way you can, and i'm sorry i forgot to thank you last night. I was really tired and furious (i'm still upset about the whole CAW thing not working) and i wasn't typing and thinking properly.

DD the riverview door, is one that looks like a saloon door. it goes at the front (two of them) right under the venue sign I'll get a pic when i get back in game.

Tangie the problem of not being able to install the lot might be that silly door that got included in the file. try deleting it with custard and then try to install the lot

This is a really old riverview download. I had it out of the game when i was building the world and i had downloaded and installed a fresh one instead. when i put back my original DDcashe folder with the old riverview and open the world file in game, it gives me a missing objects warning and i have to replace the town hall. So i think i might unninstall and reinstal riverview as it seems that the fresh one items do not tranfer with simpack files (the door also exists in one of the ranch lots and never transfered with the world file) and since the world itself was build with the newer version, i'll stop having those "missing objects" and replacing townhalls things with it.

I've thought a few stuff to try out to make CAW open the file. I hope at least one of them will work :S

Just to let you know, The Smustling Pony does install with the door cleaned out.

I've put the park lot down and am getting ready to go in game again for a bit to see if I can get someone to let me host a sim there. Not much activity earlier today on the wall so I don't know if I will find anybody wanting to use simport. I did have a magician get a gig there just to verify it did spawn the proprietor and it went fine.

If it works well, I'll put in the coffeehouse to test. I don't want to plop them all in at once because if there was a problem on one of the lots being caused by an inactive sim, it would harder to find. Looking at one at a time is easier in the big picture.

lovejoyriteia, you're welcome for the link. I hope you find having that lot as useful as I do.

Reg, I hope you're feeling better. I haven't had to do the DEP thing yet and I have an AMD processor. I'm sure the day is probably coming but so far, so good.

Gem, I hope you get CAW squared away. The frustration must be just awful and yes, it was obvious to me while we were online just how upset you were. Of course, this happened after we had been testing for hours so I think you just hit the end point of your tolerance level. What's more, I certainly don't blame you!

I should be able to place the front doors, if they are missing. Somehow, I don't think they will be but if they are, I know which door you are referring to.

I'm getting ready to sign off for the night but wanted to let you know that I was able to host a singer at the Park venue and could see her perform. I noticed that my sim's wish to host a performer at the park did not fulfill. I honestly don't know if it has something to do with a custom venue, or if the lack of the wish fulfillment is an EA gltich. I honestly don't remember whether I had a hosting wish locked in for performances in SS. Seems to me they always popped up after the performance was held, LOL.

I've installed the coffeehouse and a proprietor spawned and the magician I'm leveling up has booked a gig there. If that goes okay, I'll attempt to get a simported sim to perform. I'm not sure how much time I will have to play tomorrow, if any, so it might be Monday before it gets that far in testing.

DD, just for a reference, at least in my game I find the sims I am playing get that wish fulfilled if i make sure they attend the performance. I have even had to take Sims out of work and send them there - even if they just see the last few minutes of the performance they will get a possitive moodlet and the thought bubbles shows a happy sim that they were able to host such an enjoyable performance.

I have 2 sims in my household, and if I only send one to the performance, the other - will not get their wish fulfilled. It is also funny the one that does not go may get different thought bubbles - depending on their traits - at missing the performance.

But if you sent your sims to see the act, they should have had that wish fulfilled, unless it was just a glitch or something.

But that has been my experience.

Gem, no problem - I just figured where I wasn't testing because I don't have the mods in you requested - and then the answer not being helpful when you needed help. I just recalled there were two things I saw some Caw users did - LAA was one, and I thought the other was DEP. But not being right or helpful equals bother in my book.

DD - well the pain part is better, that stopped - but I feel sort of washed out and like I have been pulling around 50 pound barbells all day when I have actually not done very much at all. One of my meds were changed again right before this happened as well as I had a bad reaction to some food about the same time. I don't recoup very well nowadays, but hopefully this will eventually pass too.

My get up and go - got up and left, and apparently can't find it's way back home.

Anyway - Happy Easter all.

Easter is this week for you guys?
It's next weekend for Greece. Happy Easter to Everyone then

Reuploaded Live show venue (smustling pony ) without the door file included. I did update my riverview download and now items from it do not transfer
Here is how it is supposed to look with the riverview doors . There are 4 of them. Totally forgot the two on the balcony on the previous post


will try to fight with CAW again. See ya all guys later


ETA: OMG!!!!!! it LOADED!!!!!!!!!! *jumps up and down* IT LOADED! IT LOADED!! IT LOADED!!! *sings* I love everyone! *hugs and kisses everyone including random passerbys*

And i found what the issue was with it using massive amounts of memory!!! The darn thing loads the entire DDcashe folder even the world uses it or not, as it loads it on start up. I own the entire store (almost) plus a few CC and that makes my DDCashe folder 3GB , CAW seems to be using about 400-500 MB tops so as soon as i opened CAW it would load 3.6 GIGs on RAM thus would instantly reach 4gig threshold if i tried to open a world and crash. As soon as i emptied my DDcashe folder to have only the essentials for Crystalline Cove , CAW on start up uses 600MB and leaves plenty of room for the world to load *jumps up and down again then throws a party - everyone welcome *

A huge apology to EA for throwing a few fits their way *does the smustle*

Thanks for the pic, Gem. I haven't installed it yet.

Yes, it's Easter Sunday here in the States and I, too, hope everyone has a good Easter, or Passover, or just a good weekend if you don't celebrate either holiday

WR, the sim with the wish was at the performance. She even has a positive moodlet from it but the wish didn't clear. I don't know if this was one of those odd one time glitches but the wish did not fill and disappear.

I do think simport was acting up, though. I had sent a singer to someone else's game, she completed the tour and even though I could host and send someone else out, her icon still showed as being on tour. No matter how many times I tried to cancel it out, it remained. Makes me wonder if some sort of simport malfunction is why that wish didn't clear.

WR, I'm glad you are a little better and hope things continue to improve.

DD i've had this issue too. It's a random glitch. to clear up her pic from simport book you need to switch households or saves and delete it from there.

I'm glad you are feeling better WR

did i mention that i managed to load CC in CAW????

Gem,
I'm so glad you got everything straightened out with CAW. I tried fiddling around with CAW a couple times (complete disasters!) and knew about the DCCache folder. I'm so sorry; I wish I would've remembered that before now. D'oh!

One of the EPs or SPs has a door similar to the Riverview one; I can't remember which right off-hand. But it'll be a little while yet before Mom gets here for Easter dinner, so I'll take a quick peek.

Happy Easter, everyone!

Gem,
The door similar to Riverview's comes with the Pets EP. The one from Riverview looks much better, too; but you probably already knew that.