"Adventureland" added with Patch 1.69.43?

I have it installed on my worlds, I couldn't imagine where it came from! My sister doesn't have it on her PC so I wondered why I did..

I know for a fact what causes adventureland. I keep reading that it was a update, if you take out world adventures it wont be there at all, it's supposed to be a world for world adventures but it failed. Trust me it's not the update.

"ukbdesr;15296531" wrote:
I know for a fact what causes adventureland. I keep reading that it was a update, if you take out world adventures it wont be there at all, it's supposed to be a world for world adventures but it failed. Trust me it's not the update.

The Patch 1.69 update may not insert Adventureland into players' games, but given that not a single player on 1.67 or below has ever seen it even with WA present, not one, we have to conclude that the patch reveals it where it probably wasn't meant to. And only for some players with WA on 1.69, not all, apparently depending on how/when their install was done.

"ukbdesr;15296531" wrote:
I know for a fact what causes adventureland. I keep reading that it was a update, if you take out world adventures it wont be there at all, it's supposed to be a world for world adventures but it failed. Trust me it's not the update.

I think it was related to the update. Specifically in how Origin now installs TS3 and EPs post-1.69. The folder structure is different and the base game now comes pre-patched to 1.69. Adventureland.world now sits alongside France.world, Egypt.world, and China.world in WA's "Worlds" folder (Origin Games\The Sims 3\EP01\GameData\Shared\NonPackaged\Worlds). At least on my computer.

Prior to doing a complete reinstall post-1.69 (of Windows and TS3), there was no Adventureland.world file in that location on my computer. I know that because I installed ellacharmed's route fix versions of France and Egypt which requires looking in that folder and there was no Adventureland there. In fact, I didn't see Adventureland.world in any EP's "Worlds" folder (except for Pets which I didn't own at the time).

My suspicion is that Adventureland.world was erroneously included when Origin's installation of TS3 and WA was altered for 1.69.

"TreyNutz;15013179" wrote:

"igazor;15012809" wrote:

"mmoblitz;15012270" wrote:
Has anyone who has it, tried contact EA to see what it's all about? I'm only patched to 1.67 and have no plans to install the last one.

I would imagine only the game's developers would know for sure and that team was disbanded long ago. It's been widely assumed that the world was always meant to be there for testing purposes only hidden, but for some players (not all, I don't see it) Patch 1.69 revealed it by accident.

I didn't see Adventureland when I first patched to 1.69. But after a complete digital reinstall of TS3 it showed up. The .world file is in the WA Program Files folder along with France.world, China.world, and Egypt.world, at least on my computer. I've installed ellarchamed's route fix version of WA worlds before this, and the Adventureland.world file wasn't there previously. The entire Program Files folder structure for TS3 is different if you install digitally now. I wonder if, when EA made those changes, someone just goofed and included Adventureland not knowing it wasn't intended to be released. I also wonder if anyone who installs, or reinstalls, the WA EP digitally post-1.69 will get Adventureland.

I just got WA from the recent steam sale and noticed this annoying "Adventureland" SV duplicate in my world selection in NRaas settings and when starting a new town/save since. Weird. So yes. I didn't have it before I installed WA. I don't often go to the new town/game section but I know it just suddenly popped up into NRaas as I go over those settings more often.

If it can be re-opened normally I might eventually build a theme park. I always care about the names of towns, sometimes they bring a plus or minus. For me I can't see this as an unpopulated Sunset Valley, no way. I also mind duplicate maps quite a bit (I'm looking at you S4, only ONE save-game-friendly IMHO) but perhaps it won't be super noticeable with completely replaced buildings, and at least it won't be some main town like a hometown. :smiley: Plus we do have terrain tools and lot-adding. I have the any-size-lots mod since I started playing with cities and the awkwardness that brings. (That means terrain can be changed quite a bit, probably.)

So far it's just weird, and also annoying with the alphabetical menus throwing it at my face, ha.

That would explain why no one is ever around *smacks forehead*. I haven't really played ts3 much and just thought it was the sunset valley nhood. Glad I found this!

I have the same thing, meh it doesn't matter all that much.

Based on my observations of Adventureland, Sally Hardy, and Jack Ransone -

I strongly believe that Adventureland (AKA Sunset Valley) was a test-bed for a (failed) career - Archaeologist career.

Think Indiana Jones type of adventure for your Sims. You go out to collect relics for museums and getting paid for the treasures your Sims brought back.

Since EA doesn't even acknowledge the existence of Adventureland, Sally, or Jack, I believe that the archeology career didn't pan out (why I don't know) and - instead of disappointing Sims 3 fans so early in the franchise - EA chose to sweep Adventureland under the rug.

So why not now?

EA is working on Sims 4 and consider Sims 3 "yesterday's news". So they left Adventureland in the past, forgotten - tried to anyway. The 1.69 patch uncovered Adventureland by accident, and (as the saying goes) "Once the genie is out of the bottle, it can't be put back in".

Sound like CC world... search at the exchange if there something like that.
I have 1.69 and don't have nothing like that...

"Avatarit;15590751" wrote:
Sound like CC world... search at the exchange if there something like that.
I have 1.69 and don't have nothing like that...

It isn't a CC world. Do you have world adventures at all ?

I don't have 1.69 because I refuse to infect my PC with the Origin patch, so I've never seen Adventureland, but it wouldn't surprise me if @5782341b77vl were right.