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http://thesims2.ea.com/update/getpatch.php?appVersion=1.7&variation=cd&languageCode=

InTeenimater users are advised to remove InTeen before applying the patch or defer installing the patch until compatibility has been confirmed (or a compatible update to the InTeenimater has been released).

Complete list of changes:

      NOTE: Not all fixes will take effect on existing The Sims 2 Seasons saved games. If you have an existing lot, Sim, object or neighborhood that does not seem to be improved by this patch, we recommend that you replace the affected object, or create either a new family, lot or neighborhood, depending on what is affected by the bug.
          o Custom objects will now be preserved when uploading Lots to the Exchange.
          o Musician Career Track career reward (Rock Hammer) now has audio functioning correctly.
          o Sim Babies no longer cry excessively
          o Sims will no longer pop out of the pool to recognize that it’s raining.
          o Sims will no longer use chairs placed on roofs while performing certain interactions.
          o Drinking Orangeade will now add random badge points correctly.
          o PlantSim babies that age to adults will now maintain their PlantSim outfit in their clothing inventory
          o PlantSim Toddlers will now not lose their PlantSim outfit after planning outfit with changing table.
          o In Education Career Level 4, Sim will now actually lose 475 Simoleans as the UI states, and not get demoted.
          o In Education level 7, Sims will no longer lose all their Simoleans and get demoted, but rather lose the amount shown in the UI as expected.
          o Players will now be warned before the Social Worker takes away children for temperature neglect.
          o Skating on rinks will now increase a Sim’s fitness level.
          o Children will no longer stop dancing unexpectedly as nanny plays the Rock Hammer guitar.
          o Un-moveable maple trees in neighborhood view will no longer appear at random.
          o Fish will no longer become stuck on lot if set on sale while penguin attempts to eat it.
          o Sims will no longer lose “fun” while playing the piano.
          o Inventory will now update visually when using "undo" after inventory is empty.
          o Items can no longer be permanently lost from inventory by using undo and then immediately selecting other Rewards tabs.
          o Seasonal Progression from home lot will now properly transfer to owned community lots.
          o Trash compactors can now be repaired by Service NPC Repairman.
          o Watering a plant in a greenhouse while it is raining will no longer cause the plant to weep from being overwatered.
          o Sims will no longer remain in the Energizer after all motives are charged.
          o Drinking Orangeade without Open for Business installed will no longer display an incorrect skill badge.
          o Primp self-interaction is again available.
          o Trees placed in Neighborhood View are now again visible in Lot View.
          o Sims will no longer spontaneously combust so easily (hot tubs, exercise machines, etc.).
          o Sims will no longer become permanently stuck on rinks if lot is moved while Sims are currently skating.
          o Barista will no longer stops working after a Sim notices it’s raining or snowing.
          o “Latipsoh Green” Linoleum floor is no longer replaced by the "Neutral Sand" Linoleum floor.
          o Sims will now much more rarely route through swimming pools when trying to reach locations.
          o Snow saved on Community Lots will now melt properly.
          o Sims will no longer take repeated baths or showers when cold.
          o Vampires will now not get out of their coffin in the daytime to watch weather.
          o Skill points gained from eggplant juice will now properly trigger wants.
          o Dialogue box to rename your pets will now longer refer to them as a PlantBaby
          o Pets will no longer sink into the ground when Sims interact with Water Wiggler.
          o Children no longer levitate when watching TV Sports Channel.
          o Ottomas twins’ father data is now correct.
          o Stuffed rainbow trout will no longer shift below the pan during cooking.
          o Sims will no longer die as easily by being struck by lightning.
          o Visiting “Townie” Sims will not die as often when struck by lightning.
          o Sims will be smarter about seeking out the shortest path to take to player-directed locations.
          o “It's Raining” interactions will not continue to occur after a Sim has seen the weather several times.
          o Teens who happen to age to an adult at the top of Music Career Track on a work day will no longer 'miss work' and get negative job performance.
          o The first semester of a major (in University) can now be completed by Teens.
          o Arch doorways will now not trigger Sims to change to Outerwear during winter.
          o Children will no longer levitate when they watch a birth.



:D

Just go ahead and upstage me why dontcha.

Drama queens.

Be nice to Sleepycat or I'll give you an infraction.

I wonder if any of these changes will address the problem of sims freezing on custom CAS lots made with seasons. I will test it out, because I miss customising my CAS. Naturally they wont promote it even if it does, because they dont encourage people to customise to that extent (or it would be easier)

And I'll sick Nova's goat on you.

:nana:



*huggles jase*


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I won't patch it right away, cause i never saw those problems before.

I've noticed a few of those bugs, either in my game or other people's when they post in the help thread. And some new fixes too!
Hallelujah! :dance: It's worth installing just for those... although I'll report back on how the Inteen handles it if that's any good to you jase :)

Whoops, didn't know there was already a thread for the second patch, should'a checked here first before I made one in sims discussion! :doh: Ah well, as long as people know. :lol:

Thanks for the heads up!

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adorable!!! :D

Unless there's some secret magical cheat that allows a teen to attend college while remaining a teen, the person documenting these fixes was on the cheap stuff.  In both new and existing hoods, a teen moving to college will age to YA moving into a dorm, or remain a teen in public school if moving into a rental.

My experience has been that a teen will always age to a young adult, no matter what university accomodation she or he is moving into - i.e. it doesn't matter whether its a dorm or a rental.

The patch won't install for me because "you have a more recent expansion pack installed". That would be Celebration! Stuff. I suppose they expect me to uninstalled Celebration!, apply the patch and then reinstall Celebration! Grrr! :(

Thank goodness! I did not have to remove my Celebration! installation, but merely restore the original version of the C:\Program Files\EA GAMES\The Sims 2 Seasons\TSData\Res\Config\Graphics Rules.sgr file that I had altered to force bump mapping (http://www.modthesims2.com/showthread.php?t=43273). And at least the installer told me the name of the file it didn't like! Why it fussed about this file I have no idea, because it did not actually update it. But all's well that ends well!

It is not a buggy patch, they simply forgot to add fixes they were suppose too to it.

Let's not scare anyone here :tongue:  I install it and my game as not explode yet :tongue:

Ok.  Message deleted so as not to start a panic.

@jase: So far so good - haven't tested it much yet, but the tots at campus are ageing right, that's a good sign :)

Maxis have themselves labelled the patch as having bugs - not just missing things - however, a new patch will be posted in its place next week. From what I see, it mainly affects babies. Depending on how you play, the game will still be workable, and nothing should explode. And for the most part, take a few days off playing and add to your downloads instead, and build stuff. A week flies by pretty fast.

I installed it. I'd LIKE to say my game is running smoothly, but this is the sims folks... does it EVER?
suffice to say however that it is playable. And I am looking forward to some more fixes :)

Well the new "new" patch is out now.

Go get it. :)

I said that already.

I'm not sure what's going on, but I've tried to install the patch and every time I try to it gets just after updating the first file and then it hangs, then tells me to uninstall Seasons and try again. Any solution to this, aside from uninstalling Seasons? I just don't see how logical it is if I uninstall the very thing I am trying to update/patch. I mean, I often remove my feet before I put on my shoes, and then put my feet back on again, but with a computer program it doesn't make sense.

i'm having the same issue as RitoruBushi....it won't let me install patch with out uninstalling seasons also....I didn't do it yet....i did play my game for a bit and i'm getting alot of choppy sound when i use my mouse to move around...i don't use edge scrolling never did always held right button down and moved around that way....and i did get couple freeze moments but then started again....i'm thinking my video card does need some upgrading which i have read about these issues....however it seems strange that i just bought my computer few weeks ago and nividia 6150se came with it and it is windows vista so i would think it would not have any issues...but going to check the upgrades anyways...i hope someone will help on the problems that RitoruBushi mentioned and myself....

The way EA worked it's patches, they replace the game files.  Rather than making backups of those files prior to the replacement, they decided to take the lazy way and not put in the uninstall patch feature.  Just reinstalling over top of the EP and patch probably won't work because of the date/time stamp.  So the only option is to uninstall and reinstall.

Before you try repatching the reinstalled game, make a back up of Program Files\EA Games\The Sims 2 Seasons.  If it fails, all you have to do is copy the backup back to Program Files\EA Games\.  


Because only part of the files were updated, expected routines in the files that weren't updated aren't being found or executed properly.  I'd look at reinstalling before tossing out the video card.

Well thanx for replying ancient...i did upgrade my video card at the nividia site...so now i got 6150se nforce430....and it got rid of the choppy sound and of course it has better grafics too....but the issue with the season patcdh not installing i'm still having....i uninstalled the game and reinstalled and it still won't let me patch it....it's telling me the same thing to uninstall and reinstall....but apparently that isn't helping...so i was wondering if someone had an idea what is going on....i have no custom content or mods...in my game so i know that isn't creating any problems....my game is using the default resolution of 800x600 and 85ghz....i don't know if this is an issue or not....if someone could help i would appreciate it very much....

Yep!, exactly the same problems as 'RitoruBushi' & 'Bev in NY' - I've also tried the 2nd EA/Maxis patch (1.7.0.158 update), every time it gets to that first file and then it geeks!, telling me to uninstall Seasons and try again - very professional I must say... :(

Prior to that I'd installed 'H&M Fashion Stuff' without any problems! - gone back to 1.7.0.151 just goes to show, if it ain't broke!. :D

Maybe I'll try again, when I'm on Holiday!... ;)

*starts ranting and cursing incoherently*

I'm just gonna wait till Bon Voyage comes out and let that be my update and hope that this problem doesn't continue with that ep.

EA has released a new patch that may fix the installation problems.  When I tried installing it on top of patch 2, I got a message saying my game was up to date, so my belief is it's a patch fixing the installation problems.

Ive successfully installed the patch against my better judgment.... and now Im experiencing the first game crashes since I got the game.  I don't know if its tied together at all, but its the only thing I can think of since I haven't installed anything else in the meantime.
So just be warned, if you install the patch there MIGHT be a CHANCE that it will crash you down.

...If at first you don't succeed [*whack it with a chuffin' big hammer?*] try, try again!.

Patch now installed, and I've noticed these great un-documented features (some old friends & new) included - free of charge... ;)

a) Kids still levitate if someone gets abducted by Aliens.
b) *Teens not changing into YA, unless at a Dorm - rather than a house in Uni (see note).
c) Game continues by itself (again at Uni) despite being in Buy or Build mode.
d) Game now crashes on exit.

Oh Boy!, and this was in a brand new/patched Neighbourhood!. :(

To be continued?... :O

Note:- On problem *b) - my sincere thanks to Eric for the amazing & truly essential 'InSimenator' and the option to get around this annoying bug!. :) :D :)

This would be because you have Inteenimater in your game.  Teens on residential property at Uni will not age to YA in order to allow Uni families.  Using the telephone to move to college or moving into a dorm first will keep everything straight.

Strange?, yes I have the new version of 'InTeenimater' in one of my other game folders - but not this one!, this is a new 'Factory Default' folder created by the re-installation of Seasons... :O

But thanks for the tip, I'll double-check this new folder and make sure that none of the new Sims I've imported have the body-clock in their inventories.

Cheers!. :D

Ok fellow simmers.  My game has blue, flashing walls, foundations and the water look a weird blue.  I thought about the patch but from what I'm reading from my fellow simmers I am not sure if I should get this patch at all.  If somone could convince me this patch is even worth it I MAY download this patch.  Feel free to email  or pm me.  Many, many thanks.