Forum Announcement, Click Here to Read More From EA_Cade.
Parsimoniouskate New Member
Reactions
Comments
-
I've had very little feedback on it so far (to be fair it's only had about 2 1/2 thousand downloads since it went online yesterday so I wouldn't normally expect many comments) but if you run into any issues please let me know, our support address is plastered all over the site, or you can email me directly…
-
I am somewhat biased, I have been 'playing' my world for several months so naturally *I* think it is worth patching the game for ;) I do not use the social networking features since I don't play other than to test what I create, but I haven't found it impinges at all. As far as the interiors go, it is designed to be a…
-
Graphics card is also an important factor in whether it'll run or not. A really great CPU isn't much use if your graphics chipset isn't supported, or is inadequate. That all said - it shouldn't ruin your hardware if you try it and it won't run. The computer might crash, but to be honest I think it's much more likely that…
-
Hear, hear! I wish tech support didn't default to blaming the customer. I can accept the customer isn't always right, but when did it suddenly turn into the customer is always wrong??? I was contemplating reporting my game lock-ups on the off chance they might say something useful, but the last few times I've opened a…
-
@Cheryl: They have hired community creators in the past, both full time and freelance for various things so it does happen. I've done a few bits and pieces for them, although that's mostly been for TV/magazine ads. I don't know if they have someone for Sims 3, but I do know for Sims 2, they had someone who was responsible…
-
I would still appreciate an answer to the general problem of lot debugging, however I have managed to identify the issue with my current lot. I'd placed a junkyard spawner on it, only to find it has replicated itself around 18,000* times, causing the whole lot to grind to a halt. *This is not an exaggeration. Having…
-
I had this problem repeatedly - I do not have an Nvidia card - never have had one, so would not have Nvidia drivers. I tried all the suggested tricks. I tried EA's tech support who suggested a clean reinstall of the game (deleting the registry entries first). That didn't work. They insisted there must be traces of the…
-
Sparring in tombs is natively disabled. You'll either need to convert one of your Sims into a mummy to become a sparring partner, or mod the game to 'fix' this aspect:- http://www.the-isz.com/theisz/index.php?showtopic=3903 The mod does have other features as well which may not be suitable or appropriate, but it does deal…
-
On the plus side, it *may* make it easier for a lot of players to get the free store content because they won't have to deal with the official borked store website. I polled about store accessibility and uptake on my site recently and it seems that around 25% responding of around 5,000 have had access issues trying to get…
-
I've seen a few elder Sims in foreign locations die of old age - my Sim got a message that one of her foreign friends was about to die so she should visit, so I think that they do.
-
Just an idea, but have you (and others similarly disgruntled with this issue) contemplated the idea of setting up your own story website? Then you'd have control over what is posted and the quality of photos and such.
-
EA's customer support essentially said that nothing much will get done any time soon because there were so many files on the site and so many users but frankly I don't think this is good enough. Personally I think claiming theft on CAST recolours is probably a bit stupid - it's entirely possible that multiple people will…
-
Not necessarily, there are quite a lot of sites that use the sims3pack format, it's best to check the instructions on each individual site rather than assuming.
-
Really? Why? According to their website and the information about this, it's a public tool designed to be used by the whole community so long as the released items are non-commercial? Certainly the license agreement reflects this so it seems very odd that they are getting aggravated about it? In what way are they getting…
-
Yes you can. Just delete them with the launcher.
-
That doesn't help much if it's a custom *package* file...
-
Downloading is considerably faster than having to design everything yourself - even if it's just grabbing presets from the catalog, having them saves bucket loads of time compared to having to style each one. I'm actually starting to look forward to getting into some meshing for Sims 3. I had been dreading it this past few…
-
Where did you get the custom content you're trying to install?
-
I think being obliged to undertake requests sounds like the perfect punishment *if* it wasn't for the fact that the Store is EA's doing, and it would be up to the developers (who already work horrendeous hours) to create said styles. As another own of a fringe/long hair combo, I hear you on the lack of options there.…
-
I don't think the question is whether or not it's appropriate to put in sliders for particular modifiers. The question is, what would you be prepared to live without in order to have this added? The amount of work involved in retrospectively engineering a height feature into the game would be so considerable that it would…
-
This is possible to do by community artists atm, the tools are in early development, so I think it'll be a few weeks before there starts to become much choice, but it *is* happening. Personally I would prefer to see EP's that bring in more new things for Sims to do, more environments and more gameplay, rather than…
-
Certainly I don't think we can be held to a license agreement that we didn't agree to, specifically as you say, if we don't upload *here* via the Launcher, then we're not by extension agreeing to have said content distributed 'as is' by other people.
-
I actually would bet against there being an official tool for skinning. Most people found Sims 2 Bodyshop too complicated (apparently), and a Sims 3 version would necessarily have to be more complicated than that due to the pattern masks and channels. That said, there is a program at MTS2 that does this. It's not very user…
-
Ugh, only about a gazillion things I'd like to see added! Most of it is on the custom content creation side, because I do feel that addressing that, is at the heart of providing everything else. Making REAL custom content creation more accessible means people's wants and wishes can be fulfilled by the community with a much…
-
With respect to a lot of items in the game it isn't in fact recycled from Sims 2, but rather the other way around. Sims 3 was in development for some years and so a lot of items that went into it got copied into Sims 2 expansion packs. At least this is what they told us when we asked about the recycling issue earlier in…
-
I think inevitably the game overall is going to seem thin compared to the previous one with all EPs, but I have to admit I am disappointed with the customizing options and feel that really is a huge step down in so many ways. The CAST is great, but it's such a pity that it stops there, and making anything more custom is…
-
It does seem to address the problem, but I have to admit, the Simfriend stuff does need some work! My Sim keeps talking about her job in my emails, but her career status shows her to be unemployed. Plus having had a bad situation with another Sim who supposedly turns out to be a con-artist, suddenly 3 emails later she's…
Howdy, Stranger!