Launcher Updates
· The Launcher will now show the Base Game version number instead of the highest installed expansion or stuff pack.
· Base Game Updates
· Added a new spiral staircase object.
· Added a new ladder object.
· Added a new modular arch object.
· Added a set of new Stilted Foundation objects.
· Lots can now be partially placed on water.
· Holding down the Alt key while dragging out a foundation will now make a single step height foundation.
· Sims can now purchase additional homes using the Real Estate system.
· Sims can now move to a new Town using the Phone or Computer.
· New Pool Blueprints have been added.
· Players will now have more control positioning their lot when importing a lot from the bin to a larger empty lot.
· Ambitions Updates
· Fixed a crash that occurs when selling a Sculpting Station and sculpture then clicking the Undo button.
· Makeover Room UI for the Stylist Profession now shows the correct text for non-English territories.
· Showtime Updates
· Games that are saved when paused will now correctly load paused.
· Online In game messages now have headers to explain who the comment came from and where it was directed.
· Supernatural Updates
· Sims will no longer freeze when trying to Awaken Bonehilda on Bonehilda’s Coffin.
· The Durasoft Rocking Chair now has correct functionality in Aurora Skies regardless of The Sims 3: Supernatural installation.
· University Life Updates
· Sims can now ask their romantic interests to be roommates.
· The ‘Invite to be Roommate’ social is now appropriately available only with The Sims 3: University Life installed.
· PlantSims downloaded from the exchange can now use their powers and have the appropriate needs.
· Love letters received at University are no longer converted into unusable bills when returning to home world.
· Skill gain speeds influenced by the Increased Understanding moodlet have been corrected and are no longer ‘insanely fast’.
· Photos taken from the smartphone while at University are now moved to the inventory upon returning to the home world.
· The Murphy Bed has been made less lethal.
· Sims in the Sports Agent career can now Negotiate Contracts without receiving any errors.
· Sims invited to graduation are no longer duplicated in the relationship panel.
· Roommates in the home world have been motivated and will now autonomously leave the house and go to work.
· Teens who have maximum influence with a social group will now get the appropriate career opportunity when they age up.
· Sims that skip class activities or lecture halls will no longer have their needs frozen.
· Children can no longer gain influence with social groups.
· Fixed a crash that would occur when installing store content while audio is playing.
· The ‘Keep Me Logged In’ feature on the launcher has been fixed to work with the latest patch.
· The Art Appraiser and Sports Agent careers are no longer available through cheats without The Sims 3: University Life installed.
· Sims selecting the Education Career will now start at a higher career level if they have completed a degree from The Sims 3: University Life.
· Having a PlantSim in a household and then uninstalling The Sims 3: University Life will no longer cause some PlantSim features to remain.
· Care Packages will now correctly show up in the gifting tabs.
· All Sims attending a protest in a group now have access to Podium interactions and will all receive the appropriate moodlet when the Protest finishes.
· The Social Networking Skill statistic: ‘Total Simoleans Earned from Blog Donations and Buyouts’ now updates correctly in the Skill Journal.
· When a Sim is en route to class in the University world, the corresponding tooltip now appropriately describes where they are going.
· Selling a Bowling Lane from the Family Inventory and then clicking the Undo button will now correctly remove the Bowling Lane object from the world.
· The wish “Play Sports at the Stadium” wish now fulfills correctly.
· Sims in the University world will no longer get the wish “Talk About new Job”.
· 70s, 80s, & 90s Stuff
· 80’s prom dress now appears under formal wear
· Store Updates
· Users who have a large amount of Store content installed will no longer experience their content disappearing from the launcher
· Store Sets can now be purchased on the Main Menu.
What's new in The Sims 3 Patch 1.50.56:
Free Sims 3 Base Game Content:
· Sims can now dumpster dive from the Commercial Dumpster pre-placed in Sunset Valley and find cool items including furniture and collectables!
· New air conditioning units and electrical box decorative objects.
· New Terrain Paint for Build Mode.
· A new traffic light for Create a World.
Base Game Updates:
· Sims, cats, dogs, and horses will animate properly rather than sliding into position when performing social interactions.
· Sims will no longer occasionally flip or stutter when trying to walk through doorways.
· Gifts sent by invalid NPC Sims will no longer cause the mailbox to become unusable.
· The Fog Emitter that came with The Sims 3 Ambitions has been updated to transition properly to the new base game Fog Emitter object. Any lots created with The Sims 3 Ambitions fog emitters that were installed since the release of The Sims 3 Seasons will have to be reinstalled for the emitter effects to play properly. There is no need to re-upload any content to The Sims 3 Exchange – all content created with either The Sims 3 Ambitions fog emitter or the new base game fog emitter will work properly when installed after this update is applied.
· The Fog Emitter is once again moveable once placed in the world.
· Placing blueprints on foundations can no longer cause the game to crash.
· Placing a blueprint in a high rise or an apartment building can no longer cause the game to crash.
· Using the right mouse button to position the camera while previewing blueprints will now function properly.
· Greeting Cards placed in the home will no longer block Sims from accessing dressers or beds.
· Foundation walls are now considered to be light blocking. This prevents snow from accumulating within holes in a foundation that are entirely enclosed within the interior of a building.
· Sims that already had the hidden diving skill prior to game update 1.42 will now be able to use diving boards.
· Broken Omni Plant gift boxes will no longer appear in the Sims inventory when travelling between worlds.
Ambitions Updates:
· Ghosts will now properly appear for level 5 Ghost Hunters so they can continue their career progression.
Late Night Updates:
· Deleting doors to NPC apartments can no longer cause the game to crash.
· Sims will now animate properly when selecting to dance together in clubs from The Sims 3 Late Night when The Sims 3 Supernatural is not installed.
· Improved performance in Bridgeport related to Sim routing.
Generations Updates:
· Pillow Fight wishes will appear much less frequently.
Showtime Updates:
· The Park performance venue will now properly place in older save files created before installing The Sims 3 Showtime and any later expansions or stuff packs.
· Karaoke Machine wishes will appear much less frequently.
· The Heckle interaction is no longer available in Sims swimming in the ocean.
Seasons Updates:
· Sims can now route properly on floor tiles built above a frozen water surface. Hot Dog and Pie Eating contests can no longer ironically cause a Sim to starve to death.
· Harvestable plants that are grown indoors can no longer become dormant or accumulate snow.
· Harvestable plants grown inside biodomes will no longer turn dormant in freezing temperatures.
· Harvestable plants will now always be watered during a rainstorm rather than the check only occurring once per day.
· UFOs can now abduct Sims from households that don’t have enough room for the UFO to appear on the lot.
· Sims will no longer become invisible if The Sims 3 Seasons is uninstalled with a save game created while a Sim is being abducted by aliens.
· Festival Grounds are now valid destinations for sending a Sim to perform through SimPort for players with The Sims 3 Showtime.
· Sims animations are properly reset when editing an active Festival Grounds lot.
· Performance was improved when selecting the “Invade a Community Lot” interaction on the UFO.
· Performance was improved when directing Sims to have a Water Balloon or Snowball fight on a cluttered lot.
· Ice sculptures from The Sims 3 Ambitions no longer melt in sub-freezing temperatures.
· NPCs that throw parties in the winter will no longer select Swimwear as the suggested clothing.
· Saving the game prior to a NPC Sim’s costume party will no longer cause Sims to reset upon loading the save file. Frost no longer appears to be a pure white surface on floor tiles or staircases on low detail lots.
· Reflective surfaces no longer suddenly pop back on when snow is melting.
· Rain drops from roof edges now fade out along with the roof.
· Water Balloon and Snowball fights are now easier to cancel from the action queue.
· Gloves no longer appear twice when selecting Outerwear.
· Sims can now be in the rain without an umbrella for a longer period of time before receiving the Soaked moodlet.
· The frequency of alien abductions (without user intervention to increase chances) has been lowered.
· The frequency of aliens visiting the player’s household (without user intervention to increase chances) has been lowered. They will however still visit the world at the same frequency.
· The frequency of getting called by an NPC Sim to go out on a date has been lowered.
· The frequency of umbrellas breaking has been lowered.
There's no official word on the "game update" page, and the place where it says the features says "404 Not found". I'm not gonna update until A: Someone here says it's safe. And B: I get the official word.
I was just at the update page too, and all I saw was what looked like update 1.55. And that one got released I think just before Dragon Valley came out. I think that I'll wait for the official release word for this so called new update too.
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Here is a list i have found, hope it helps..
Launcher Updates
· The Launcher will now show the Base Game version number instead of the highest installed expansion or stuff pack.
· Base Game Updates
· Added a new spiral staircase object.
· Added a new ladder object.
· Added a new modular arch object.
· Added a set of new Stilted Foundation objects.
· Lots can now be partially placed on water.
· Holding down the Alt key while dragging out a foundation will now make a single step height foundation.
· Sims can now purchase additional homes using the Real Estate system.
· Sims can now move to a new Town using the Phone or Computer.
· New Pool Blueprints have been added.
· Players will now have more control positioning their lot when importing a lot from the bin to a larger empty lot.
· Ambitions Updates
· Fixed a crash that occurs when selling a Sculpting Station and sculpture then clicking the Undo button.
· Makeover Room UI for the Stylist Profession now shows the correct text for non-English territories.
· Showtime Updates
· Games that are saved when paused will now correctly load paused.
· Online In game messages now have headers to explain who the comment came from and where it was directed.
· Supernatural Updates
· Sims will no longer freeze when trying to Awaken Bonehilda on Bonehilda’s Coffin.
· The Durasoft Rocking Chair now has correct functionality in Aurora Skies regardless of The Sims 3: Supernatural installation.
· University Life Updates
· Sims can now ask their romantic interests to be roommates.
· The ‘Invite to be Roommate’ social is now appropriately available only with The Sims 3: University Life installed.
· PlantSims downloaded from the exchange can now use their powers and have the appropriate needs.
· Love letters received at University are no longer converted into unusable bills when returning to home world.
· Skill gain speeds influenced by the Increased Understanding moodlet have been corrected and are no longer ‘insanely fast’.
· Photos taken from the smartphone while at University are now moved to the inventory upon returning to the home world.
· The Murphy Bed has been made less lethal.
· Sims in the Sports Agent career can now Negotiate Contracts without receiving any errors.
· Sims invited to graduation are no longer duplicated in the relationship panel.
· Roommates in the home world have been motivated and will now autonomously leave the house and go to work.
· Teens who have maximum influence with a social group will now get the appropriate career opportunity when they age up.
· Sims that skip class activities or lecture halls will no longer have their needs frozen.
· Children can no longer gain influence with social groups.
· Fixed a crash that would occur when installing store content while audio is playing.
· The ‘Keep Me Logged In’ feature on the launcher has been fixed to work with the latest patch.
· The Art Appraiser and Sports Agent careers are no longer available through cheats without The Sims 3: University Life installed.
· Sims selecting the Education Career will now start at a higher career level if they have completed a degree from The Sims 3: University Life.
· Having a PlantSim in a household and then uninstalling The Sims 3: University Life will no longer cause some PlantSim features to remain.
· Care Packages will now correctly show up in the gifting tabs.
· All Sims attending a protest in a group now have access to Podium interactions and will all receive the appropriate moodlet when the Protest finishes.
· The Social Networking Skill statistic: ‘Total Simoleans Earned from Blog Donations and Buyouts’ now updates correctly in the Skill Journal.
· When a Sim is en route to class in the University world, the corresponding tooltip now appropriately describes where they are going.
· Selling a Bowling Lane from the Family Inventory and then clicking the Undo button will now correctly remove the Bowling Lane object from the world.
· The wish “Play Sports at the Stadium” wish now fulfills correctly.
· Sims in the University world will no longer get the wish “Talk About new Job”.
· 70s, 80s, & 90s Stuff
· 80’s prom dress now appears under formal wear
· Store Updates
· Users who have a large amount of Store content installed will no longer experience their content disappearing from the launcher
· Store Sets can now be purchased on the Main Menu.
What's new in The Sims 3 Patch 1.50.56:
Free Sims 3 Base Game Content:
· Sims can now dumpster dive from the Commercial Dumpster pre-placed in Sunset Valley and find cool items including furniture and collectables!
· New air conditioning units and electrical box decorative objects.
· New Terrain Paint for Build Mode.
· A new traffic light for Create a World.
Base Game Updates:
· Sims, cats, dogs, and horses will animate properly rather than sliding into position when performing social interactions.
· Sims will no longer occasionally flip or stutter when trying to walk through doorways.
· Gifts sent by invalid NPC Sims will no longer cause the mailbox to become unusable.
· The Fog Emitter that came with The Sims 3 Ambitions has been updated to transition properly to the new base game Fog Emitter object. Any lots created with The Sims 3 Ambitions fog emitters that were installed since the release of The Sims 3 Seasons will have to be reinstalled for the emitter effects to play properly. There is no need to re-upload any content to The Sims 3 Exchange – all content created with either The Sims 3 Ambitions fog emitter or the new base game fog emitter will work properly when installed after this update is applied.
· The Fog Emitter is once again moveable once placed in the world.
· Placing blueprints on foundations can no longer cause the game to crash.
· Placing a blueprint in a high rise or an apartment building can no longer cause the game to crash.
· Using the right mouse button to position the camera while previewing blueprints will now function properly.
· Greeting Cards placed in the home will no longer block Sims from accessing dressers or beds.
· Foundation walls are now considered to be light blocking. This prevents snow from accumulating within holes in a foundation that are entirely enclosed within the interior of a building.
· Sims that already had the hidden diving skill prior to game update 1.42 will now be able to use diving boards.
· Broken Omni Plant gift boxes will no longer appear in the Sims inventory when travelling between worlds.
Ambitions Updates:
· Ghosts will now properly appear for level 5 Ghost Hunters so they can continue their career progression.
Late Night Updates:
· Deleting doors to NPC apartments can no longer cause the game to crash.
· Sims will now animate properly when selecting to dance together in clubs from The Sims 3 Late Night when The Sims 3 Supernatural is not installed.
· Improved performance in Bridgeport related to Sim routing.
Generations Updates:
· Pillow Fight wishes will appear much less frequently.
Showtime Updates:
· The Park performance venue will now properly place in older save files created before installing The Sims 3 Showtime and any later expansions or stuff packs.
· Karaoke Machine wishes will appear much less frequently.
· The Heckle interaction is no longer available in Sims swimming in the ocean.
Seasons Updates:
· Sims can now route properly on floor tiles built above a frozen water surface. Hot Dog and Pie Eating contests can no longer ironically cause a Sim to starve to death.
· Harvestable plants that are grown indoors can no longer become dormant or accumulate snow.
· Harvestable plants grown inside biodomes will no longer turn dormant in freezing temperatures.
· Harvestable plants will now always be watered during a rainstorm rather than the check only occurring once per day.
· UFOs can now abduct Sims from households that don’t have enough room for the UFO to appear on the lot.
· Sims will no longer become invisible if The Sims 3 Seasons is uninstalled with a save game created while a Sim is being abducted by aliens.
· Festival Grounds are now valid destinations for sending a Sim to perform through SimPort for players with The Sims 3 Showtime.
· Sims animations are properly reset when editing an active Festival Grounds lot.
· Performance was improved when selecting the “Invade a Community Lot” interaction on the UFO.
· Performance was improved when directing Sims to have a Water Balloon or Snowball fight on a cluttered lot.
· Ice sculptures from The Sims 3 Ambitions no longer melt in sub-freezing temperatures.
· NPCs that throw parties in the winter will no longer select Swimwear as the suggested clothing.
· Saving the game prior to a NPC Sim’s costume party will no longer cause Sims to reset upon loading the save file. Frost no longer appears to be a pure white surface on floor tiles or staircases on low detail lots.
· Reflective surfaces no longer suddenly pop back on when snow is melting.
· Rain drops from roof edges now fade out along with the roof.
· Water Balloon and Snowball fights are now easier to cancel from the action queue.
· Gloves no longer appear twice when selecting Outerwear.
· Sims can now be in the rain without an umbrella for a longer period of time before receiving the Soaked moodlet.
· The frequency of alien abductions (without user intervention to increase chances) has been lowered.
· The frequency of aliens visiting the player’s household (without user intervention to increase chances) has been lowered. They will however still visit the world at the same frequency.
· The frequency of getting called by an NPC Sim to go out on a date has been lowered.
· The frequency of umbrellas breaking has been lowered.