Sims 3 Fanatics

This mad me laugh so much! SimPrograms shared some videos uploaded by Patrick Buechner, someone who worked on The Sims on YouTube. They’re great fun, all of you must watch them all. Check them out:

This is absolutely awesome! I don’t know how they did it so perfectly and I can’t seem to get to grips with how totally awesome it really is :D It’s basically a little application (not really an application, but I can find the word) and it’s got every new object in The Sims 3 High End Loft Stuff Game, you have to check it out right now. Head over to SimFans.de to see it yourself!

It’s pretty obvious that recently all of The Sims 3 patches have come with tons of new problems and they generally don’t get fixed in the next one. However, SimGuruHydra has recognised this and has come to help us! She produced a list of recommendations and a troubleshooting guide in her help thread for the most recent patches. Be aware though, this may not fix every single problem of yours. Good luck and let me know if you have any problems. Here’s her help:

Hi all,

Here are some troubleshooting and help articles and threads that may help with issues concerning the Feb 2nd update. Thank you for bringing these to our attention while we look into them. Also, huge thanks to those who are helping fellow Simmers.

Before installing an update, it’s a good idea to run through this checklist.

If you are getting an error message telling you that your TS3 base game is incompatible with the current EP and are not able to update, try these steps:

From SimGuruCollin: Please make sure that your base game patches as well as World Adventures. To do this go to

C:\Program Files\Electronic Arts\The Sims 3\Game\Bin and look in the skuversion.txt

Be sure not to change any data in there but your sku version should read 1.9.xxxxxx etc. if it is not 1.9, you may have opened the launcher before the base game patch was triggered. If this is the case, open task manager and make sure there isn’t a patch running in the background. If there is, click on it and click “End Task”. The next time you open your launcher you should be prompted to patch your game to 1.9 which will make it compatible with the 2.4 World Adventures update.

If you have an issue after updating 1.9/2.4, see this thread and give details on the problem, if you have CC, and your DxDiag (thanks to playermarko456)
http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/list/167785.page

Direct links to updates 1.9/2.4 (thanks to Sassy0984)
http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/list/167572.page

Checklist before loading (thanks to Uzone27)
http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/list/136489.page#top

Step by step clean install (thanks to Uzone27)
http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/list/0/140582.page

NVIDIA Driver + Game Launcher Crash
http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/list/140337.page

Responsible Modding:
http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/list/78530.page

Master Help Thread
http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/list/3714.page

How to recover corrupted saves:
http://easims.custhelp.com/cgi-bin/easims.cfg/php/…user/std_adp.php?p_faqid=22553

How to recover saves after experiencing Error code 16:
http://easims.custhelp.com/cgi-bin/easims.cfg/php/…user/std_adp.php?p_faqid=23834

Customer Support Home Page:
http://help.thesims.com

Thank you SimPrograms for the notice!

Hey guys, quite a large update for The Sims 3 High End Loft Stuff, also, if you’re living in the UK, it’s just been released today! Anyway, there are four new videos which fansites have released, 25 new screenshots over from the Dutch fansite, Simlicious and 2 new official HD screenshots thanks to EA.

See all High End Loft Stuff Screenshots

Also, four new High End Loft Stuff videos have been released, four short ones showing off some fancy stuff and one review!

Hey guys, seeing as it is a new year (a while ago) and the site had undergone a huge redo last year, I was wondering if there were any things bugging people or any improvements people have been longing for on Sims 3 Fanatics. It’s hard to please everybody, but I really want to make this a very informative and useful site.

• Is there anything you want to hear more about?
• Do you want to see more featured machinima?
• Do you want to hear more about custom content?
• Do you want me to work harder on the game information pages?
• Does the layout look strange on you browser?

Those are just a few things that would be great to hear from you about. Please, please share with me any ideas you have or any constructive criticism comments you have, I would be very grateful to hear from you about it. If you have absolutely anything to say, please comment on this post, the form to do so is just below. This will be the post that you can submit all you suggestions in and I will be sure to respond. You can even comment anonymously.

Thank you all for visiting and for your time!

Another new patch for The Sims 3 and for The Sims 3 World Adventures has recently been released! This patch will hopefully fix some of the problems people have been coming to me about, but please share any new ones if you have found any with the patch, or just wait to see if this patch is up to your standard before installing it. Thanks a lot to SimOperations for the heads up.

To install this update, please start your game and use the “Updates” tab in your Launcher.

Game Update for: 1.9/2.4

• High-End Loft Stuff – This update is required to play the digital download version of The Sims 3 High-End Loft Stuff.
• World Adventures – Users can now capture the Town Theatre subject in photography
• A change was made so that desks do not burn anymore.
• Mac only: Fixed an error with uploading screenshots from the Mac when the “.jpg” file extension is deleted.
• PC only: Fixed a bug where the launcher would display an error message that it could not connect to EADM on Vista and Windows 7 machines.

Before installing an Update for The Sims 3, an Expansion Pack, or a Stuff Pack, it is a good idea to run through the following checklist to ensure your game continues to work smoothly.

If you have any questions about the below steps, please visit the Technical Support forum on the official Sims 3 community found at this URL: http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/forums/show/10.page

Step 1: Disable Custom Content

Custom Content is all Sims content that did not come from an official The Sims 3 Update, The Sims 3 Store, Expansion Pack, or Stuff Pack. Custom Content is created by 3^rd Party Developers that are not regulated by Electronic Arts or The Sims 3 Development Team and may not work with new updates. Custom Content may cause the game to behave unexpectedly or not function entirely.

To disable your custom content, undo whatever you did to install this content to get your game back into an unmodified state. If you placed it in a Sims 3 directory folder, move it to a new folder that is outside your Sims 3 file directory. Your Sims 3 file directory can be found using the paths listed below:

• Windows File Directory: C:\Documents and Settings\USER\My Documents\Electronic Arts\The Sims 3
• Mac File Directory: User/Documents/Electronic Arts/The Sims/

Once you have installed the official update you may re-enable your custom content. If you experience problems, disable it again until the 3^rd party developer updates their content to work with the official Update, Expansion Pack, or Stuff Pack.

Step 2: Back Up your Save Files

It’s always a good precaution to back up your save files before installing an Expansion Pack, Update, or Stuff Pack. To do this, copy the “.sims3” folders found in the Saves folder onto your desktop or another file directory.

Your Sims 3 Saves folder can be found using the paths listed below:

• Windows File Directory: C:\Documents and Settings\USER\My Documents\Electronic Arts\The Sims 3\Saves
• Mac File Directory: User/Documents/Electronic Arts/The Sims/Saves

After the Update is installed, run the game to verify your saves still function correctly.

Step 3: Let the Update Complete Entirely

Updates can sometimes be rather large and may take a while to download and install completely. Cancelling the update before it has completed may cause unexpected problems, so it is always best to let it finish entirely. Do not close the Launcher until you have confirmed the update is completely installed, as this will cancel the update.

Some new World Adventures Screenshots for the mobile thanks to SimsDomination! I haven’t got any of The Sims on my mobile and I’m not really planning on purchasing it, it doesn’t look great and I already have it on my iPod Touch for on the move :P

The Sims Celebrations have now begun! Two new sets have been added to the Sims 3 Store quite recently containing four free items in total! There are hopefully a few more to come, but only time will tell. Download the first set here and the second one here. Enjoy!