"Adventureland" added with Patch 1.69.43?

It has been said many times on this thread and many times on many others. The world is revealed, for those who do see it, when an Origin install, meaning the downloaded digital version not necessarily discs, is done as of Patch 1.69, that includes the WA expansion. Players who were on Patch 1.67 or prior, which would include all of the disc installs where the base game disc was manufactured before 2012, even if only briefly during the install process, who then got upgraded to 1.69 do not seem to see it.

@Evalen Do you have World Adventures? Because it only shows up if you have that EP.

"Faerie197;c-15996439" wrote:
@Evalen Do you have World Adventures? Because it only shows up if you have that EP.

@Faerie197 I have all Eps except Supernatural. I have no CC, or mods, only store stuff. only CC free worlds and lots.

"Evalen;c-15996959" wrote:

"Faerie197;c-15996439" wrote:
@Evalen Do you have World Adventures? Because it only shows up if you have that EP.

@Faerie197 I have all Eps except Supernatural. I have no CC, or mods, only store stuff. only CC free worlds and lots.

Did you install World Adventures from a disk? If so that's why you're not seeing the world according to dozens of posts I've read all over this forum.

"Karritz;c-15997104" wrote:

"Evalen;c-15996959" wrote:

"Faerie197;c-15996439" wrote:
@Evalen Do you have World Adventures? Because it only shows up if you have that EP.

@Faerie197 I have all Eps except Supernatural. I have no CC, or mods, only store stuff. only CC free worlds and lots.

Did you install World Adventures from a disk? If so that's why you're not seeing the world according to dozens of posts I've read all over this forum.

@Karritz Yes all my worlds are installed from a disk. I like buying the disks. So I guess that is why I do not have it.. Thanks for clearing this up.

I'm going to have to commend those of you who have stayed on disc installs all this time. This isn't exactly sims related, but any optical (CD/DVD) drive I ever come in contact with seems to stop working pretty soon thereafter. It's a hidden trait or something. :/

i've unistalled my al 21 game 5 times took out the sims 3 file 2 start over i got it back no u cannot delete it i've tried looked in the worlds list installed worlds it does not exisit so how is that possible

"igazor;c-15997757" wrote:
I'm going to have to commend those of you who have stayed on disc installs all this time. This isn't exactly sims related, but any optical (CD/DVD) drive I ever come in contact with seems to stop working pretty soon thereafter. It's a hidden trait or something. :/

I have had only one stop working and that was long before Simsc3 was released. I don't use the DVD drive often but do have a lot of photos backed up on DVD. I listen to music on them too occasionally. Mostly they just sit waiting for the moment I need to use it.

"LOULIGHTFOOT1976;c-16007483" wrote:
i've unistalled my al 21 game 5 times took out the sims 3 file 2 start over i got it back no u cannot delete it i've tried looked in the worlds list installed worlds it does not exisit so how is that possible

I have no idea. I suspect it may be buried in Origin somehow. The world's that came with expansions probably aren't in installed worlds folder either.

I fortunately don't have the problem as I don't use Origin. If I did have the problem I'd choose to ignore it.

"LOULIGHTFOOT1976;c-16007483" wrote:
i've unistalled my al 21 game 5 times took out the sims 3 file 2 start over i got it back no u cannot delete it i've tried looked in the worlds list installed worlds it does not exisit so how is that possible

It's an EP world.

The world won't be in InstalledWorlds in the user game folder in Documents if this is what you meant, that's only for EA Store and custom worlds. It's in the Program Files, the section that gets installed when you add WA by way of Origin. This is also where you would find the other EP installed worlds (Twinbrook, Bridgeport, Appaloosa, Sims University, Isla Paradiso, etc., the ones that are really meant to be there) each filed away within the program files of the EPs that installed them. I already gave you the path to it. If you remove the world from where it really is and it still shows up as a viable world to play, which again does no harm if you just ignore it, then I would have to say that something strange is happening with your installs or that Origin just keeps putting it back for you.

Program Files (x86)\Origin Games\The Sims 3\EP01\GameData\Shared\NonPackaged\Worlds
(the exact path may vary, and "EP01" may be showing up as"EP1" or "The Sims 3 World Adventures," they are all the same thing; this is also where the France, Egypt, and China worlds show up)

You could also look in the GameData\Shared\etc. section of the base game where Sunset Valley should be showing up, but I don't recall others reporting finding Adventureland there.

I still don't know why your store content is disappearing if it was purchased legitimately and installed properly, but it sure seems like you are spending a tremendous amount of time and energy solving the "wrong" problem here.