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4 years ago
The game tends to become unplayable when households overstuff themselves with dozens of babies anyway. It's not just unrealistic, it ruins the game's performance when this happens.
Patch 1.69 is the Origin patch and it was first released in late 2015, then there was a redo in early 2016. This patch only ties the game to Origin and changes the way in which it starts up (yes, including the Launcher option of disabling/enabling packs). It did not change the game files themselves at all other than modify their internal build numbers, the last patch to do anything related to actual gameplay was the post-ITF one, Patch 1.66 released in January 2014. It was closely followed by 1.67 in that same month, which changed one almost trivial thing related to servers on the EA side.
Patch 1.69 remains the current patch level for Origin-controlled games on Windows, with 1.67 being current for retail disc installs with no Origin involvement, those of us on Steam installs, and the 32-bit Mac version of the game. It's all still the same game files, though.
Patch 1.69 is the Origin patch and it was first released in late 2015, then there was a redo in early 2016. This patch only ties the game to Origin and changes the way in which it starts up (yes, including the Launcher option of disabling/enabling packs). It did not change the game files themselves at all other than modify their internal build numbers, the last patch to do anything related to actual gameplay was the post-ITF one, Patch 1.66 released in January 2014. It was closely followed by 1.67 in that same month, which changed one almost trivial thing related to servers on the EA side.
Patch 1.69 remains the current patch level for Origin-controlled games on Windows, with 1.67 being current for retail disc installs with no Origin involvement, those of us on Steam installs, and the 32-bit Mac version of the game. It's all still the same game files, though.