A Couple of Problems - Help?

Gmr_Girl wrote:Most of, if not all, of my Sims 3 Store content are .package files. The exception to this are a couple worlds, which are Sims3Pack files. I also have  quite a bit of Premium Content which is, sadly, broken (mainly the accessories for said content missing) I have the fixes (the updated ones found here) but - and I feel stupid about this - I'm finding the instructions to be a bit confusing, as I've read various explanations on how to do it. To be clear, I have a ccmerged.package file in my DCBackup folder, the same ccmerged file in my Mods/Overrides folder, plus StoreFix_Fixes and StoreFix_DecrapFixes in my Overrides folder as well - the XML's I took out because apparently they're only good for patch 1.63 and I'm on 1.66. Do I have these files in the correct place for the .package file installation instructions? Also, am I supposed to decrap my Store .package files? The reason I'm asking is because I thought Sims3Packs were the only ones that needed to be decrapped?


Now my next problem, and I believe it's directly related to the said Store Fixes I have installed. When working in Edit Town mode on a lot, I use testingcheatsenabled and buydebug. For some reason, even AFTER disabling these two cheats before going back to Edit Town, my game hangs forever on the loading screen, yet Windows Task Manager reports the program is running fine, the background music keeps going, etc. I can do nothing but force close my game. Needless to say, I'm getting rather peeved. At any rate, I've been doing some testing, even going as far as to create a fresh Sims 3 folder. In one such test, I took out the various Store fix .package files in my overrides folder (which I believe are causing the infinite loading loop), booted up the game, went to Edit Town and used the testingcheatsenabled true and buydebug on cheat like normal. Placed a random object from buydebug, then turned off both cheats and went back into Edit Town with no problems whatsoever. At this point, I'm at a loss as to what to do, because without the fixes installed, my content will be broken/missing accessories again, but I'll at least get to play without problems. But if I keep the fixes in, this problem will continue. Please help!


By the way, I'm running Windows 7 Home Premium (64 bit) and all my drivers are up to date.

That said, the store fixes don't do anything else than fixing the problems with premium store content. Are you sure you completely took out ALL older store fix files ? And please, do not take out single files of the store fix - every file is meant to be used, so put the XMLs.package back to where it belongs.  

I will re-test that myself, but in all the years I've been using both the store fixes and buydebug, I've never encountered anything like that, and it seems to be a very rare glitch, but let's see. Good luck for now !   

Gmr_Girl wrote:Hi!

Thank you so much for your reply and explanation! I really appreciate it.

Ok, I've put all the files in their required folders, double and triple checked everything; now I keep my fingers crossed.

I'll post my findings here. Wish me luck!

EDIT: Well, I'm back. Even after following the plain English instructions you provided and double and triple checking that the files were in the right place, I'm still having the same issue. Totally at a loss as to what to do now.

And I'm sorry I didn't answer your question about facebook - no that wasn't me who posted there. I actually don't go on facebook, believe it or not. However, I'm wondering if the person had any luck fixing her problem? I hope so!

Hey, thanks for editing your post !   (only few people do that, lol). And don't worry too much about the Facebook thing then; the possibility just occurred to me, since this is a rare glitch, and the person on Facebook didn't manage to solve her issue, not even after some tips from me.

on, you basically hold the SHIFT-key on your keyboard and then click somewhere on the ground of the lot you want to edit; then you should get the options "buy on this lot" and "build on this lot". Choose the buy-one.

This latter thing is just a theory from me, because that's the way I did it, without getting the infinite loop. I never really used the buy/build-mode from "edit-town", though technically they are the same (lol). You might give it a shot.



4) One more thing: what objects from buydebug did you place exactly ? Does it happen with ALL objects or only with certain ones ?


That's all for now, and do keep me posted ! I'll continue thinking about possible solutions to that. Good luck.

Gmr_Girl wrote:Hi there!

Apologies first off for taking so long to reply - I've literally been working on this all day (and it's about 2:30am where I am right now), re-downloading all my content as Sims3Pack files, decrapping them, Testing, etc. It was only a few hours ago that I was actually able to test though. At any rate, I've followed all the steps you mentioned as well as did a little testing of my own, and I found something odd.

Before that though, I should mention I'm working with a community lot and not an actual home lot. At any rate, after everything was said and done - with my content now installed as Sims3Packs and decrapped via Lady EIDi's decrapper - thanks for that by the way! - and the fixes re-applied, I fired up the game/loaded my save, did the usual buydebug cheat and went to work on the lot. The first test I did was place a couple of Late Night's deco trash cans. Didn't turn the buydebug cheat off. I was able to go back to the Edit Town screen (AND save) without a hitch. Good right? I didn't want to get my hopes up yet though, and so did another test. This time, with the buydebug cheat still on, I decided to add a few of the smaller Gobo lights from Late Night (why the smaller ones are in buydebug I have no idea) - repeated the process of keeping the cheat on and going back to Edit Town, again with no problems. The third test I did, with the same community lot, I placed one of the larger Gobo lights (why they're in both buydebug and normal Buy Mode is beyond me) from buydebug on the lot. Tried to go back to Edit Town, and that's when I encountered the infinite loop.   

So after I force closed the game, for the hell of it I took out the fixes, cleared the caches and tried again. This time around I was able to go into buydebug and place the smaller and larger ceiling gobo lights and go back to Edit Town without a problem. So, for some odd reason, I think the larger ceiling gobo lights are somehow causing the problem of the infinite loop WHEN the fixes are installed. When they're not, it seems to work just fine.

Honestly, I'm at a loss, lol.  

EDIT: After some more testing today (and finding a handy mod which places  all Late Night party lights in the correct category, I did some further testing. No buydebug this time (because of said mod) Everything was working fine; the key word here is WAS, however - as about 30 minutes into playing (on the same community lot) I started noticing object thumbnails from buy and build mode disappearing - the objects themselves worked fine, however. I tried to go back to the Edit Town screen and that's when the infinite loop happened again. So, at least now I know when it's going to **** up on me now, lol. All kidding aside, however, I don't know what could be causing my problem. With no longer having to go into buydebug, and yet still having the problem, I'm not just what the hell is causing the infinite loop in the first place now.

Maybe I overlooked it, but have you actually tried my "method" of editing lots, instead of using "edit-town" ?   Again, let's say you want to edit another lot than your own: just go to "map view", and then zoom in on the lot you want to edit. You need to have testingcheatsenabled true activated for that, but then just hold SHIFT and then click somewhere on the lot you want to edit. Choose "buy on this lot", and then place the buydebug items. See if the same glitch happens again.

I'll see to these "globo lights", next time I play TS3. Until then, try to have fun with the game !