That is not quite correct, or at least it shouldn't be. I am a Steam TS3 player and never have any trouble with my store content. To purchase point bundles, and it would be the same for the couple of store worlds that must be purchased by cash rather than points, I use the Origin.com website through a web browser, not the…
@LibbyWaters - The Traveler mod unlocks vacation travel to any world that the player has installed. While there, although usually this would be part of the player's original plan, its Change Homeworld command can be invoked after a specific set of other actions thus shifting active gameplay to the destination world and…
@LibbyWaters - That would really be impossible to determine, but since you have gone that many sim weeks presumably without major issues or barrages of ErrorTrap logged errors that won't resolve themselves, that's a pretty good sign. I always keep a Plan B (and Plan C) escape route in mind should any of my long-term worlds…
It somehow just doesn't seem right without a dog sitting in the pilot seat and the plane flying in tiny little circles with a script error log complaining that the intended airfield is on terrain that is not routable. >:)
@moomoosy - Two things to try. 1 - Ensure that .NET 3.5 is activated. It is there but not necessarily activated by default on Win 10 and your reset may have undone this. Do a local search on Control Panel then View as (small or large) Icons > Programs and Features > Turn Windows Features On or Off. .NET 3.5 should be…
@moomoosy - This is the same computer and operating system on which you ran the game in the past? That may have been a conclusion I landed on too soon without verifying. To see if (or rule out) hardware and operating system issues getting in the way, can we see a full dxdiag report on this system? How to run one:…
@moomoosy - I usually recommend Piriform's CCleaner (the free version is fine) for registry cleaning tasks. It's not perfect, but often safer than attempting the process manually.
@moomoosy - Maybe we could/should start with where did you obtain your current version of the game? If it was from Origin, Steam, or an authorized by EA re-seller, then this shouldn't be happening in the first place. If legit but this was a reinstall on the same computer as prior where it worked in the past, then a Windows…
@RandomTokenCode - Do you not see the difference between these two procedures? Bulldoze journalism lot (everyone who worked there instantly loses job) Build new journalism lot (some sims may seek to be rehired, others will get different jobs) vs. Build new journalism lot (nothing happens, esp if the game clock is not…
@MrsJohnston0820 - Okay, but I think you are still heading in the right direction. To get which (new?) step I must be missing these days, perhaps a post at AHQ's TS3 tech board, where there are none of these New Member restrictions, might kick up the latest advice on getting through that.…
@MrsJohnston0820 - Okay, thanks. Now I understand. But again, store content is not CC hence some of the confusion. CC is that which is created by other players for our usage in-game, not items from EA's TS3 Store. This is a common recurring issue with TS3 logins and has been for many years even way back when they were…
@MrsJohnston0820 - I'm having a bit of trouble understanding exactly where in the loadup sequence this failure is happening. What kind of install is this (what is the source of your TS3 game), patch level, and is it Origin controlled? Origin may be a different story if that's where the failure is, but there should never be…
If the player is going to use NRaas SP for StoryProgression anyway, or doesn't mind doing so at least in the beginning, then SP's Rapid Immigration can fill the emptied out world in minutes with new sims using sources of genetics that the player specifies. The homeless NPCs can also be covered if the SP Population add-on…
One of my colleagues at NRaas (now retired) came up with a Tuning Mod solution for that issue. I've had his file in place for so long that I often forget it's there. If asked about at NRaas, I'd be happy to provide a copy for download. There are no such traits as Dog/Cat Lover. It's Dog/Cat People, which means something…
Well, my version of France has a casino placed in it. I think this still works. Father and son go off to the casino every day, all day, and expect dinner to be on the table when they get back to the vacation home. "Real" dinner, not cheese plates nor food laced with amphibian legs and mollusks. New bride/ daughter-in-law…
And all this time he thought his family just wanted him around because they liked him...(living or dead, that part wasn't very clear). :) If you mean descendants as in children, grandchildren, etc. still living in the same world generations later with a formal household that survives the ages, then yes. Or at least this is…
I'm afraid that's a pretty popular misconception of what those values really mean. What you have done there is change the theoretical upper limit of the game's script heap from 20 GB (not 2 GB) to 80 GB. That may have no real impact at all, but it might also be contributing to instability as the game engine can only handle…
Sorry @ciane, but that page has nothing but patch downloads for the 32-bit Mac version of the game. Note that every section says "for OS X." The corresponding Windows page is here. But the links from there to the SuperPatcher just lead back to EA's servers; it's the same file download as above in the end.
If you are on 1.62 then your are fine and should be able to continue avoiding Origin and use the SuperPatch to get to 1.67. It doesn't matter what logos the EP boxes have on them, it's only the vintage of the base game that counts. If you still cannot download the SuperPatcher from the EA source given above, have you…
The ownership should be tied to the household, not to the sim. The only way to lose a vacation home should be if the last remaining member of the household dies and its assets are then liquidated.
Not really sure what this means. It's only the base game's TS3.exe (for Origin/Patch 1.69) or the TS3w.exe (with the "w" for 1.67) that calls for RAM and the game has been Large Address Aware (LAA) ever since Patch 1.17 was released back in 2010. That's the best a 32-bit application can do, it can't recognize more than 4…
That's true, sorry I forgot to mention that. The later versions will have Origin logos on the disc box somewhere and will bring you to an Origin install with no questions being asked or options given. So where are you, @migitpoo73, with this new install? If you are successfully installing EPs and can launch the game…
To expand on that a bit, if you have the base game or any one of your EP/SPs from Origin only, then the game must be Origin managed. Doing a 1.67 disc install with no Origin involvement requires that ALL parts of the game to be played are on disc. Similarly, a Steam/1.67 install requires that ALL parts of the game to be…
@DarkLady2788 - Afraid I can't reproduce any of this on my end as I don't have access to a 12th gen processor. But maybe there is a solution for slow and jumpy that others may be able to help with if you post on the AHQ thread?