I hope we can continue without the patch. I was patched up when I started, but for some reason, I can't install this latest patch. It gets almost through it, then says it can't finish. I hope it works once I get showtime on Thursday, but I'm also hoping to have this one finished by then, although it's been a bit slow because my game keeps freezing and I have to get out of the game and then get back in. After the first time it did it and I lost about a full Sim day of play, I have been saving several times a day so I don't lose too much.