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Re: Ambitions Patch: 1.14/2.9/3.5/4.2
« Reply #30 on: July 11, 2010, 01:01:19 AM »
Well, that's interesting malteser60.  Is there any way to figure out what clothing is causing the problem?  Because maybe I could just remove whatever it is.  Do you think something from The Store could be messing it up?  That seems really odd to me!

As I understand it, the clothing in question is mistakenly coded to be available for all sims: adults, children, babies, etc., which is exactly the problem.  A child is spawned, the game gives it the corrupted clothing, and it looks like a misshapen monster.  And if the game randomizes clothing for an adult sim (like pregnancy), and if the sim gets the child version of the adult clothing, the sim becomes invisible, but looks like a strange stretchy misshapen solid black baby when you go to Plan Clothing.  And all clothing will be available, male, female, adult, babies, all ages, but you can't change into it.

And, as I further understand it, the files in question have "nkd" somewhere in the file name.  And I've heard the clothing line "American Blonde" is also corrupted.


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Re: Ambitions Patch: 1.14/2.9/3.5/4.2
« Reply #31 on: July 11, 2010, 02:42:49 PM »
Wow, that's really interesting.  I don't have the American Blonde clothing line, so that's not it in my case. 

I'm going to try uninstalling the 2 items I have from the exchange, one is a house so I doubt that's it.  The other is a Sim, so maybe that's the problem right there.



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Re: Ambitions Patch: 1.14/2.9/3.5/4.2
« Reply #32 on: July 11, 2010, 03:05:18 PM »

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Re: Ambitions Patch: 1.14/2.9/3.5/4.2
« Reply #33 on: July 12, 2010, 04:36:27 AM »
Well, I'm sad to see no mention of the excavation problem being fixed, but I am glad to see the Sim Gnubb game is supposedly fixed. I was just coming here to ask if anyone else had that problem, and I guess they have.

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« Reply #34 on: July 14, 2010, 11:50:05 AM »
Just upgraded to the latest version, and now for some reason, the consignment cash register doesn't work.  It will let me choose the "buy" action and my sim goes and interacts with the counter sim, but then the action stops without the shopping cart showing up.  All the other registers work fine.

Also, for the last two patches, it seems like half the excavation sites (and nearly all of them in China) are inaccessible.  They show up, but if I tell a sim to excavate them, the sim just makes the "can't get to that" motions.

Anybody else running into these problems?

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Re: Patch Problems
« Reply #35 on: July 14, 2010, 12:02:05 PM »
I can get into the tombs but have had the I can't do that" problem and since the patch my trips will have momentary frozen screens. I don't have the problem when the Sim is at home,only traveling.

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Re: Patch Problems
« Reply #36 on: July 14, 2010, 12:04:14 PM »
Also, for the last two patches, it seems like half the excavation sites (and nearly all of them in China) are inaccessible.  They show up, but if I tell a sim to excavate them, the sim just makes the "can't get to that" motions.

Anybody else running into these problems?

Excavation outside of lots is broken for everyone.  A workaround is to use buydebug to add spawners to those empty vacation lots in town, and excavate from them.



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Re: Patch Problems
« Reply #37 on: July 14, 2010, 12:04:50 PM »
A lot of people, me included have had both these problems.  For more information, see the Can't Excavate thread in the Miscellaneous section.  The thread on the Consignment store in the Ambitions section has more information on that problem.
 
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Re: Ambitions Patch: 1.14/2.9/3.5/4.2
« Reply #38 on: July 14, 2010, 12:27:31 PM »
Simone23, I merged your thread into the Ambitions patch thread in the Tech section.

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« Reply #39 on: July 16, 2010, 05:16:29 PM »
I hope there's no other thread for this...

I updated my Ambitions game with the last patch and now the game is really odd. I load the neighborhood but my sims aren't there... I already tried eliminating all CC in case it was an incompatibility issue, but I still have the same problem. I also tried the instructions here http://carls-sims-3-forum.com/index.php?topic=6.0 but the same thing is still happening. No one else that I know of has had issues with the last patch (at least not so serious), so I'm guessing it might be just an installation problem...

So... I was wondering, is it possible to delete a patch somehow? I haven't played since I installed it so saved games wouldn't be a problem, but I have no idea if you can actually track the patch to the EA folder? If it were possible, would that cause any trouble to the game? It would be a pain having to reinstall the whole game  :P.

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Re: Patch issues
« Reply #40 on: July 16, 2010, 06:29:06 PM »
Ok, when you say that your sims "aren't there" what exactly do you mean?  Do you mean that your saved game files are missing and don't show up on the main menu?  Do you mean that when you load up a saved game that your sims don't appear on your control panel?  Are your sims invisible with plumbobs over their heads?

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Re: Patch issues
« Reply #41 on: July 17, 2010, 12:49:36 AM »
I'm merging this topic with the existing thread about the patch.  Also, it belongs on the Technical Help board.  :)
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Re: Patch issues
« Reply #42 on: July 17, 2010, 03:49:21 PM »
Ok, when you say that your sims "aren't there" what exactly do you mean?  Do you mean that your saved game files are missing and don't show up on the main menu?  Do you mean that when you load up a saved game that your sims don't appear on your control panel?  Are your sims invisible with plumbobs over their heads?

I am actually able to load the neighborhood but I can't play because my families and houses don't even exist. It's very odd because I had saved them several times before updating... I can see the saved game in the main menu, but when the neighborhood loads they just... disappeared. I guess I will have to uninstall, reinstall and try to copy & paste the saved game again without the patch? But I was really looking forward for this patch solving some of the ambitions issues :(.

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So... I gave up and uninstalled the whole Sims 3. I am now finishing reinstalling ambitions... and I hope it will be fixed. I hope I'll recover my saved games, but I doubt it :(.

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Great, now I can't even open the launcher to update it. I have had serious trouble after installing every expansion pack for the sims 3 and I am really getting sick of it.

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Re: Ambitions Patch: 1.14/2.9/3.5/4.2
« Reply #43 on: August 01, 2010, 05:20:48 PM »
I've also got an issue with the patch. Mine is that when I patch my game to 1.14 (I only own the Base Game), the game loads everything, and allows me to select a save-game or town. The bar for loading the town goes to about 98% and stops there. After uninstalling and reinstalling it 8 total times, I tried once without patching and my game worked fine. Any solutions?

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Re: Ambitions Patch: 1.14/2.9/3.5/4.2
« Reply #44 on: August 01, 2010, 05:47:27 PM »
Hi Zamxus and welcome to our Forum!

If you have a Window operating system, I recommend that you do a complete wipe and cleanup of the game and your computer.  There some extra steps involved that you may not have done.  They do make a difference in getting a clean install of your game.

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