So I am dealing with another technical malfunction with Showtime (can't interact with one of my sims anymore) and I decide to try to start a new game to see if this is happening with new games as well and I go to create a household and there is a new custom sim in my bin.... The one I just hosted through a Simport!Ok, so earlier today I hear a report from a friend that they have a youtube video of them hosting a show and receiving custom content in the form of custom lip gloss and 2 other make up items from third parties passed through on the sim that they had hosted. NOW I find that not only is THAT possible but I have had an entire SIM passed to me and I sat in on a live chat with 3 Simgurus telling us that custom content could NOT be passed through simport.Are viruses next?

It goes directly into the installed content database. The only way to get rid of it is via the launcher. Happy searching and hope you don't get a "can't uninstall due to dependencies" message. :hunf:

Oh my I think I may stop using simport :?

Has anyone else had this problem? I'm not trying to put you down, Aquaman, but I find this a little hard to believe without seeing proof, and I have yet to see my friends complain about CC cause quite a few of them have SimPort'ed recently.

7aquaman7 wrote:So I am dealing with another technical malfunction with Showtime (can't interact with one of my sims anymore) and I decide to try to start a new game to see if this is happening with new games as well and I go to create a household and there is a new custom sim in my bin.... The one I just hosted through a Simport!Ok, so earlier today I hear a report from a friend that they have a youtube video of them hosting a show and receiving custom content in the form of custom lip gloss and 2 other make up items from third parties passed through on the sim that they had hosted. NOW I find that not only is THAT possible but I have had an entire SIM passed to me and I sat in on a live chat with 3 Simgurus telling us that custom content could NOT be passed through simport.Are viruses next?Oh no! I know we traded off earlier. I can't remember if I sent the sim to you or you sent one to me. Do you have a pic of the sim that ended up in your bin? I would hate to think of my sim going around corrupting games. She does have the evil trait. But come to think of it... I don't have cc installed right now. None the less, I would be interested to see what was sent to you. Good luck!

I was in CAS and there was a sim there that had the icon as if I downloaded the sim from the exchange, but I have not downloaded any sim from the exchange in forever and it's not the one I did even then!

Custom Sim passed to me through Simport!

Cyron43
13 years ago
It goes directly into the installed content database. The only way to get rid of it is via the launcher. Happy searching and hope you don't get a "can't uninstall due to dependencies" message. :hunf:
rbrandt87
13 years ago
Oh my I think I may stop using simport :?
NerdyLuu
13 years ago
Has anyone else had this problem? I'm not trying to put you down, Aquaman, but I find this a little hard to believe without seeing proof, and I have yet to see my friends complain about CC cause quite a few of them have SimPort'ed recently.
fireyhellpixie
13 years ago
7aquaman7 wrote:
So I am dealing with another technical malfunction with Showtime (can't interact with one of my sims anymore) and I decide to try to start a new game to see if this is happening with new games as well and I go to create a household and there is a new custom sim in my bin.... The one I just hosted through a Simport!

Ok, so earlier today I hear a report from a friend that they have a youtube video of them hosting a show and receiving custom content in the form of custom lip gloss and 2 other make up items from third parties passed through on the sim that they had hosted. NOW I find that not only is THAT possible but I have had an entire SIM passed to me and I sat in on a live chat with 3 Simgurus telling us that custom content could NOT be passed through simport.

Are viruses next?

Oh no! I know we traded off earlier. I can't remember if I sent the sim to you or you sent one to me. Do you have a pic of the sim that ended up in your bin? I would hate to think of my sim going around corrupting games. She does have the evil trait. But come to think of it... I don't have cc installed right now. None the less, I would be interested to see what was sent to you. Good luck!
Angelllite7
13 years ago
I was in CAS and there was a sim there that had the icon as if I downloaded the sim from the exchange, but I have not downloaded any sim from the exchange in forever and it's not the one I did even then!
MckinneyMini
Seasoned Newcomer
13 years ago
Wow thanks for sharing hun. I am not going to use Simport now. They also lied about another thing. They said that you don't have to be online or use Simport to take full advantage of the game, but if you look in the game guide there are like half the venues that are locked until you unlock them by using Simport. This is very frustrating. So I don't get like 5 of the sets because you have to travel to someone else's game through Simport to unlock them :evil: .

I m glad you told us about custom content going through because that can indeed spread a corrupt file. I don't know about an actual virus, but if custom content can pass then so can a file that can corrupt at least your game. This is very disturbing to me :?
Xion_Luna
13 years ago
Will that sucks I mostly used CC sims to but yes you need to worry about the simport now it seems
fireyhellpixie
13 years ago
Schantal wrote:
Wow thanks for sharing hun. I am not going to use Simport now. They also lied about another thing. They said that you don't have to be online or use Simport to take full advantage of the game, but if you look in the game guide there are like half the venues that are locked until you unlock them by using Simport. This is very frustrating. So I don't get like 5 of the sets because you have to travel to someone else's game through Simport to unlock them :evil: .

I m glad you told us about custom content going through because that can indeed spread a corrupt file. I don't know about an actual virus, but if custom content can pass then so can a file that can corrupt at least your game. This is very disturbing to me :?

What I am wondering is, do you have to unlock the sets for each household, each saved game, or just once?
Angelllite7
13 years ago
Here is the sim I was talking about

It says her name is Evie Larkspur. I didn't download her, and I haven't downloaded a sim in forever. And you can tell she is a recent sim since she has showtime hair and clothes! Again epic EPIC EA fail! No more simport for me! If she can get through GOD knows what else can!
diancarock
13 years ago
Wow, it looks like she had a custom default skin that attached, but didn't quite go through, that is dangerous because it can leave code residue in your game. Well you need to delete her from the game, and then delete your sim compositor cache folder as well. That sucks!!! I haven't used simport yet, I'm still trying to figure out how to get my achievements to post.