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    If there is going to be an update for the Sims 3, could you also put CAW on Origin?

    Damienf519Damienf519 Posts: 6,993 Member
    edited September 2020 in The Sims 3 General Discussion
    I just noticed this live stream from MaryMew

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K-knRNNUoHs

    Since Internet Explorer no longer exists and I pretty much can't download Create A World from the official website without it, when you do update the Sims 3, could you put create a world on Origin so people can download it there. This is bound to lead to people having to update Create A World, but they won't be able to do that, if they are unable to download the new version. Please EA do this for us simmers!

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      Nikkei_SimmerNikkei_Simmer Posts: 9,428 Member
      Well...Mary did say that "they wouldn't hear the end of her..." :D:mrgreen:
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      igazorigazor Posts: 19,330 Member
      edited September 2020
      Before all the partying and dancing in the streets begin, sorry to have to say this but there haven't been any official announcements of an update to TS3 for Windows. I wouldn't mind being proven wrong if anyone has a link to something I may have missed, but a YouTuber wishing it were so and confused EA people on Twitter probably not understanding the question they were responding to doesn't give us much to go on. It would be really odd for a team to have been working on this as they are with the Mac version without anyone knowing about it, and in the case of the Mac update most of us believe that they are working on changing out the game's wrapper to entice it run in a 64-bit only environment. Not on the game itself. But that still remains to be seen.

      Internet Explorer is still a thing. It's still in every version of Windows and the game wouldn't work without it or at least no one would ever be able to log in. Microsoft just hid it a bit on Win 10, but it's there and its resources are still used by the Launcher and the game. I wouldn't exactly recommend using it as a browser for everyday purposes anymore, but MS has no plans to remove IE 11 entirely from Win 10.
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      Damienf519Damienf519 Posts: 6,993 Member
      @igazor,
      I actually won't be partying in the streets if there is another update to the Sims 3 at this point, because I'm worried that CAW will require a new update and I won't be able to get it. That's the point of this thread. That's why I was suggesting to EA allow us to down Create A World via Origin, so we don't have to worry about things like Internet Explorer.
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      InfraGreenInfraGreen Posts: 6,693 Member
      I've definitely downloaded CAW without Internet Explorer, what happens on other browsers?
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      HillyBethHillyBeth Posts: 3,505 Member
      I'm on Windows10. Will I be able to update whenever it happens?
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      Damienf519Damienf519 Posts: 6,993 Member
      InfraGreen wrote: »
      I've definitely downloaded CAW without Internet Explorer, what happens on other browsers?

      I just get a blank box. Nothing happens after that, unless you count me closing it.
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      InfraGreenInfraGreen Posts: 6,693 Member
      Damienf519 wrote: »
      InfraGreen wrote: »
      I've definitely downloaded CAW without Internet Explorer, what happens on other browsers?

      I just get a blank box. Nothing happens after that, unless you count me closing it.

      I just tried it in Firefox and successfully downloaded. Clear the cache from your browser (https://www.pcmag.com/how-to/how-to-clear-your-cache-on-any-browser) or try in Incognito/Private mode (shift+ctrl+n for Chrome, shift+ctrl+p for Firefox) because it erases bad login sessions and some add-ons.

      Sorry for the derailing, they're not gonna update TS3 but if they did, the bug of every NPC spawning with the same face would be an easy fix, it's a botched if/else statement that an intern could have fixed. Still so salty about it.
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      Damienf519Damienf519 Posts: 6,993 Member
      Thanks @InfraGreen I will try that!
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      suzsessuzses Posts: 2,433 Member
      @Damienf519 Pretty sure that blank box is supposed to be telling you you need to log into your account. I recently downloaded the 1.69 CAW and on first attempt encountered the blank box. When I went to close the browser, planning to go to a different one for another try, I noticed I wasn't showing up as logged into the old Sims 3 site on the top of the CAW download page. It's been my experience for quite a while that I show up signed in on some pages on that site but then not on others. So, I hit the login while on the CAW page, and it downloaded fine w/no boxes on the second try.
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      ParyPary Posts: 6,871 Member
      I didn't watch that clip, I don't bother with that kind of thing, but from reading the description it seems like they are just pushing / wishing for a 64bit update, not that there is actually going to BE one.
      I do wish people would stop doing things like that; I'm sure they do it just for views and such, and then people just buy into it.

      Personally, I am quite happy for EA to keep their grubby fingers off TS3, even at the expense of a 64bit update. They would only ruin it, like everything else they touch.
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      SuzyCue72SuzyCue72 Posts: 526 Member
      suzses wrote: »
      @Damienf519 Pretty sure that blank box is supposed to be telling you you need to log into your account. I recently downloaded the 1.69 CAW and on first attempt encountered the blank box. When I went to close the browser, planning to go to a different one for another try, I noticed I wasn't showing up as logged into the old Sims 3 site on the top of the CAW download page. It's been my experience for quite a while that I show up signed in on some pages on that site but then not on others. So, I hit the login while on the CAW page, and it downloaded fine w/no boxes on the second try.

      YES! :) Anyone who tries to download CAW without being logged in will just be greeted with that empty little window.
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      LoveMcQueen5683LoveMcQueen5683 Posts: 3,689 Member
      Why do you need Internet Explorer to download create a world?
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      Damienf519Damienf519 Posts: 6,993 Member
      @LoveMcQueen5683
      Because I was under the impression that that is why it wasn't letting me download it, because it only seemed to work when I used Internet Explorer
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      SimburianSimburian Posts: 6,914 Member
      igazor wrote: »
      Before all the partying and dancing in the streets begin, sorry to have to say this but there haven't been any official announcements of an update to TS3 for Windows. I wouldn't mind being proven wrong if anyone has a link to something I may have missed, but a YouTuber wishing it were so and confused EA people on Twitter probably not understanding the question they were responding to doesn't give us much to go on. It would be really odd for a team to have been working on this as they are with the Mac version without anyone knowing about it, and in the case of the Mac update most of us believe that they are working on changing out the game's wrapper to entice it run in a 64-bit only environment. Not on the game itself. But that still remains to be seen.

      Internet Explorer is still a thing. It's still in every version of Windows and the game wouldn't work without it or at least no one would ever be able to log in. Microsoft just hid it a bit on Win 10, but it's there and its resources are still used by the Launcher and the game. I wouldn't exactly recommend using it as a browser for everyday purposes anymore, but MS has no plans to remove IE 11 entirely from Win 10.

      Looks like they are getting a bit fed up!
      https://answers.ea.com/t5/Technical-Issues-Mac/the-sims-3-64-bit-amp-metal-release/m-p/9438228#M8154
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      igazorigazor Posts: 19,330 Member
      edited September 2020
      Simburian wrote: »
      Looks like they are getting a bit fed up!
      https://answers.ea.com/t5/Technical-Issues-Mac/the-sims-3-64-bit-amp-metal-release/m-p/9438228#M8154

      The players (a few, certainly not all of them) have been fed up since the original announcement almost a year ago because they want it NOW! The EA/Maxis staff just ignore that and keep kindly and professionally providing updates.

      But that's for the Mac version of the game. Again, there is no 64-bit update for TS3 for Windows (in my/our world) until someone from EA who is in a position to understand what that even means and is not from the Customer Service helpdesk potentially reading and messaging from the wrong script says so. :)
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      Destin2016Destin2016 Posts: 568 Member
      Pary wrote: »
      I didn't watch that clip, I don't bother with that kind of thing, but from reading the description it seems like they are just pushing / wishing for a 64bit update, not that there is actually going to BE one.
      I do wish people would stop doing things like that; I'm sure they do it just for views and such, and then people just buy into it.

      Personally, I am quite happy for EA to keep their grubby fingers off TS3, even at the expense of a 64bit update. They would only ruin it, like everything else they touch.




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