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It's WIN/MAC compatible; EA just doesn't make it clear up front. (All EPs/SPs have been WIN/MAC compatible; there's no need to worry.) To pre-order: 1. On the home page of www.thesims3.com there's an add for Pets with a big green "Learn More" button; click that. 2. You should now be on a page with a big orange "Pre-Order…
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Thank you, Nokuoro; that was the exact answer that I was looking for. :D My pre-order is placed, and now I just have to wait until October. (At which point I'll put the disc in the drawer currently housing my GEN disc, and wait for the patches before installing my Special/Limited Edition of "Pets," so that I can actually…
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Those are good points, but I think this honestly goes beyond previous games being better then TS3. Maxis only released seven EPs and no SPs for TS1, and those were released from 2000-2003. By 2003, Maxis was part of EA, but the quality of the game wasn't really affected. I should also note that those seven SPs were…
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They played Generations, or rather, they attempted to play Generations. No seriously, I really think that the release of Generations has soured some people to the idea of another EP anytime soon. Right now, Generations is largely unplayable/buggy and the patch for the BG has only made things worse. (e.g. the "Exception…
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Yes; see my response to this question for the past four expansion packs. If you can get the pre-order option to work, choosing PC Physical will take you to a page where the game is listed as WIN/MAC, choosing PC Digital will take you to a Windows ONLY direct download version of the EP for pre-order. I looked at the…
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You know, it seems like we go over this whenever EA announces a new EP/SP for TS3. But to reiterate: DVD-ROM "hard copy" releases of The Sims 3, as well as its EPs and SPs are always Mac-compatible. Furthermore the DVD-ROM releases use a disc-check to ensure that the game isn't pirated, but do not contain SecuROM DRM. (If…
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Actually BluebellFlora, it's a rather well known fact that Apple frequently obtains parts before everyone else. They usually go about doing this by locking up the supply chain for new components often before they're actually released; this especially holds true for mobile devices, although it's been known to happen with…
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Not acceptable, and not legal either. EA has marketed and sold TS3 as a WIN/MAC cross-platform game. As such, they need to continue to support it as a WIN/MAC cross-platform game. Nowhere on the packaging does the game say "not compatible with Mac notebooks/laptops," or anything similar, (barring the lack of compatibility…
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First, let's make one thing clear from the get-go: EA will be releasing The Sims 4, this is not a question of "if," it's a question of "when." (Hopefully later, after the bugs are fixed, rather then sooner, while it's still half-baked.) As long as the franchise will continue to make money, EA will continue to release it.…
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Well, I pre-order virtually everything, not just TS3 EPs/SPs, so on launch day I generally wait for the package to arrive. Once the package arrives, I generally set it aside and ignore it; I might open it, but only to make sure that nothing is damaged. After that I'll jump on here and see how many people have installed the…
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Wow, N3mb3r, that is really...lame of EA, and calling them "lame" is being way too kind. Also, why would EA have to rebuild the tool from scratch? The game runs through Cider; there's no Mac—native code involved. What would prevent EA from running CAW through Cider as well; I smell a rat.
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Don't open World Adventures if you have High-End Loft Stuff installed. Open the game through HELS instead, insert the HELS disc, and the game should play. TS3 requires the most recent disc to be in the drive, whether its an EP or an SP. Hope this helps.
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TS2 is a Universal Binary; (read: Intel-native coding) it'll run on any Intel-based Mac, including those presumably updating to 10.7 Lion when it launches. (10.7 will remove Rosetta support, so no TS1 or TSCC for those who install it.) http://www.aspyr.com/software/news/6/31 Use that link, (copy & paste if necessary,)…
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Where did you install TS3 originally? If it's not in Applications (it should be,) you'll need to find the folder you installed it in and install HELS there. If that doesn't work, make sure that you've... 1. Updated your game; if you haven't, update it and then try the installation 2. Run Disk Utility (Go-->Utilities-->Disk…
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There really isn't anything that you can do if you don't want to install Windows onto your MBP, short of using an additional computer. Boot Camp prohibits the installation of Windows onto an external hard drive (from what I understand, this is actually a limitation of the way Windows is installed, or was a limitation…
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I hate to restate the obvious, (especially considering what you've lost,) but you should always, always have important data backed up. Even if you only had your save files (and associated CC if/where applicable) backed up, you could still recover them. Hard drives are cheap, and Time Machine is an excellent tool; use it…
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If EA really wanted to put an end to pay sites once and for all, they'd allow their customers to sell EA-approved CC through the TS3 store, much the way musicians sell music through iTunes and developers sell iOS apps through the App Store. EA could take a 30% cut for officially approved CC, and the CC's creator could…
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That was going to be my guess as well; The Twilight Zone and The Outer Limits were very similar in style, although The Twilight Zone has generally remained the more popular of the two. Rod Serling's original Twilight Zone TV series from remains the most popular entry into the franchise. It's the one that's usually shown as…
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Your count was certainly close, MissSpica; although the official count is indeed 612, there were eight double-signatures that I caught, excluding the ones that were back-to-back. Most of the duplicates came from people whose signatures were in the 400's on the main page. I apologize for not updating the official count more…
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Don't worry tffnyp2688, you're not missing anything; EA just did a really lousy/half-baked job on the Mac release of TS3. First it's important to note that TS3 for the Mac isn't an actual Mac program; it's TS3 for Windows inside of a Cider "wrapper." To put things into simpler terms, EA basically took the Windows version…
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Well, I just watched the trailers, and I have to say that I'm really excited about Generations; it's definitely looking like an awesome EP, at least in the trailer. The new town looks very promising as well; it appears to be a suitable alternative to Sunset Valley. I really hope that EA takes advantage to turn this "Sunset…
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Now this is an idea for an EP that I could get behind 100%. I've wanted a space or even a sci-fi themed EP since the first game, and thought that we might even get one after "Makin' Magic." Strangetown was a step in the right direction, but it could've been expanded upon greatly, a Space or sci-fi EP (I say sci-fi since…
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Well, the next "disc release" is in March. As an "EP" it isn't rumored; it's confirmed, but it's not an EP or even an SP, at least not in the traditional sense: http://www.amazon.com/Sims-3-Barnacle-Bay-Mac/dp/B004L4RFAE/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=software&qid=1297503175&sr=8-1 So let's see, we have: - Expansion Packs (EPs) -…
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People in key positions quit/are fired/leave all the time, and the thing that they're working on, be it a game, a play, or a television series continues without them. (And in many cases with people not noticing until they actually look at the credits for said work.) Grant's role as producer could easily be filled by…
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The "enable right clicking" should be available to you if you're using an Apple mouse; if you're not using an Apple mouse, let us know. To enable right-clicking, click the at the top-left of you screen and choose "System Preferences." Under "System Preferences" choose "Keyboard and Mouse." You should now see tabs labeled…
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Thank you all again for your continued support; I figured it was about time that I actually updated the petition. :) Interesting... I remember Aspyr's stance on the stuff packs being that "there isn't enough demand for them for us to work on them," at one point, but I never could figure out the missing EPs and didn't feel…
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All right, I haven't really been feeling well the past few days, so I'm going to keep this post shorter then most. I really wanted to update the list of signatures though so that nobody thought that I forgot about this. Again, I apologize for the delayed update. As always, I want to thank all of our Mac users, as well as…
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All right let me clear something up: One way or another the EP will get used; it's just a matter of how soon it will get used. For The Sims 3, I've done a mix of things: Base Game: Installed it right away; the game worked, but I still had to call EA support to redeem my promotional cars and Simpoints, and that took about a…
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EDIT: I have no idea why this was posted in this thread; it was meant for the LN forum. :roll:
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Most stores, including EBGames, Gamestop, and Amazon.com make up a release date for items that they know will be coming. The reason for this is that they can't take pre-orders if there's no release date given, so they make up a "tentative" date which allows them to take pre-orders; the actual release date may be sooner or…
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