Hi guys,

So everywhere on the TS3 forums I am reading that nearly everyone has been having huge issues since installing the latest patch and I'm wondering if anyone here has been experiencing any issues as well?

I, myself, haven't downloaded the latest patch and I am a little nervous about doing so especially considering that I have had some problems in the past with patches. But at the same time I also feel that I might be letting the bad override the good (you know)?

So, yeah, is this patch gonna ravage my game?

JUST WAIT. DO NOT DOWNLOAD IT. Patches never lead to anything good. Just wait it off, expecially if you are not getting Pets.

Don't know if everyone is aware of the issues of this 1.26 patch or not, but indeed there are many reports of a large chunk of CC content no longer working as intended. Mostly CC that involves any kind of interactions (clothing and the such seem to be unaffected - CAS stuff)

I have tested this my self and pretty much ALL my CC that has any kind of interaction is bugged. This includes chairs, cars, and beds. The animation on these objects are completely messed up now. I have read build mode things are bugged as well, such as doors (have not tested CC stairs)

Deco items seem to be unaffected (they never really had any interactions anyway, aside from "View")

So if you're someone with a ton of CC items that you can interact with, then yes, Pets/1.26 patch will ravage your game

There is currently some people working on ways to fix this over at MTS

Edit: On the bright side, it only took them 2 expansions and several updates to finally fix my WA excavation bug

I think that leaves me in luck then... I grouped my CC by type :D.

That's going to be a pain in the asshole though. A lot of my mods haven't been updated in years. Have we reached that expansion that makes all the CC incompatible? I'm pretty sure it was Pets or Seasons last time. Well, Schieße then.

I suppose that the reasoning for this is that the animations have been completely revamped and O'm sure the Sim IDs are different too. As a matter a fact I think it was TS2 pets that screwed everything up. Hopefully there is an easy fix, but for now it's looking a bit dim.

i only have on problem in my game after the patch and that is that i can't effing choose a lifetimewish so i can't make any sim or when a teen grows up i cant choose any lifetimewish....

EDIT: I found out what the problem was. i had the old No memories mod left in my mods folder so i deleted it and downloaded the new and now my game works perfects xD

I'm pretty sure it's due to the additional animations/interactions from the pets. I guess all the interactable objects needed some sort of update, and because most CC content is cloned from original content, the CC has old data

I've been going through my CC stuff, and most of the stuff that is bugged I can do without now. With all the expansions and stuff packs, I kind of have what I want. Though I had some pretty awsome vampire beds that don't work anymore

I think I read about some other people having the no lifetime wish bug

I actually don't remember having any problems back in Sims 2, and I had far more CC in Sims 2 than I do in Sims 3

I'm not sure what's better: CC or Pets. I may just put my current saves aside and let the game recreate a folder for pets.. That'll be annoying, but if it means hours of debugging and shit.. no me gusta.

i got one big problem with my game right now. I Can't install Downloadable content i install everything i have, then i start the game and all my downloadables dont show up and then i quit the game and start the launcher again and there ar'nt any installed content anymore :( Help Please

**Im not sure if my question goes here, but the people at the sims 3 site arn't really helping so......

I updated my game since the first time I got it. (I have Base game only) I updated with the pets one (the one this topic is about right?). It takes like 7 hours to download and when it finally does I try to play my game and it launches, but it is only a black screen, I can hear the music and see the mouse, and even click on options (even though I cant see anything) I'm not sure what to do, The only thing that helps is completely uninstalling the game, which also gets rid of the patch, I've done that and then tried to update it again, but the same thing happens. I want to play, but I also need the update, what do I do, and why is it doing this?

Offtopic: **I need the update because i want CC on my game, well, i guess i don't need it, BUT I SERIOUSLY WANT IT! I'm just getting really bored with the options I have