Into The Future Bug Thread
I'm no longer answering here. Thanks all for participating. http://www.crinrict.com/Sims3plumbobtrennlinie.png Reapplying the manual super patch seems to solve a few of the more common tech issu...
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Reposting info about Books xml I posted back in the Uni Bug thread with new info (think I got the link back right). I read the first page but haven't had time to read through the whole thread yet so if this has already been addressed in thread but not made it to the first page, I apologize in advance. Also, does anyone know of a guru/other thread I can haunt that might get this info to the game developers? Preferably not Twitter or Facebook as I don't have either and signing up for one/both just to "harass" the gurus into fixing this headache probably won't do much good.
1. Are you using mods Removed
2. Are you using custom content (as in clothing and objects) ? Not currently
3. Do you have Into the Future or just the Patch ? DVD's sitting on my desk but game is currently only installed Base Game with latest patch
4. Which Patch Level are you at ? 1.63(.5.024001 if it matters)
5. Did you start a new game or are you playing an existing ones ? brand new
6. Did you transfer an existing Sim over or are they new/Pre-Made ?tried with both - same result
7. What town are you currently playing ? EA or Custom ? EA - Sunset Valley
8. What is your Operating System (Mac, XP, Vista, Win 7) ? Win7 64-bit
9. Do you have the download or DVD Version of the game ? DVD
10. Are you reporting for the Future-World, Uni-World, Home-World or WA-World ? Predominantly Home-World but parts involve WA worlds and some I'm assuming involve Future-World (new books)
My problem concerns several of the books in the game - specifically the book covers.
1. EA gave us some very pretty book covers for the Masterpiece genre books your author Sims can write. Problem is, they never show in game. I can 100% personally confirm this has been going on since Pets (cuz that's how long I've been trying to fix it with no luck). I'm 90% sure this has been going on since before Pets and 20% sure I've had this happening since WA when I started playing.
The Books XML show these masterpiece covers being referenced, there are files in the Fullbuild2 package... they just never show in game. You get your sim to jump through the proper hoops, you write the Masterpiece genre book, get the proper credit for it, it shows up in the mail... and it's got the red drum book cover from LN. I have no memory of ever seeing the bookMasterPiece_SkLvl1/2/3 covers in game (nor has anyone else I've talked to on other boards) and the only place I've ever seen the bookMasterPieceIntro cover is on these boards when I've been Liam'd (it's the cover used on the book he's holding).
It's also kind of sad that the only way the Sims in your game can ever read a Masterpiece genre book (and get the cool Shakespeare-looking moodlet) is if one of your active sims is a prolific writer - the Masterpiece genre is one of the few that's not represented in the BooksGeneral section (although all the others barring screenplays seem to be).
2. There are book covers and multi-language STBL files already in game for volumes 2 & 3 of the Martial Arts skill and volumes 2 & 3 of the Photography skill but there's no entries in the Books XML to utilize those resources. This is a little more pertinent now than it used to be with the Home-world available photography skill that was added with University.
3. With the 1.50 (University) patch came a new book cover specifically for the Trashy genre. It's only used once with the new Trashy novel added with that patch. The older entries haven't been updated and any Trashy genre books your author sims write will use the Romance book cover. I'd say it was a case of making sure the cover showed up for those who don't have University, but I made a mod of the books.xml that added books to the BooksGeneral section using the covers and I got everything to show except the four masterpiece covers mentioned above, a bookEnglish cover and the bookFish4 cover mentioned below (again with only a patched Base Game).
4. With Late Night, we got specific book covers for the bartending/mixology skill - those skill books use the WA Nectar Making covers.
5. With Showtime came a new recipe to learn - Fried Peanut Butter Sandwich. The recipe book for this is available to anyone whether they have ST or not but the bananas needed to make the recipe are EP-locked. So a person without the EP will have a sim that has a recipe show up on the fridge/stove to make that they can always make for free (you can't buy bananas unless you've got ST, it doesn't give you a price for the recipe unless you've got ST, but you can make -and eat- it anyways if you've learned the recipe).
6. None of the genre books that came with the EP7/SN patch use their appropriate genre cover (including the Horror and Poetry covers that came with the patch) - they all use Generic1 or occasionally Generic2. The fish bait book with SN references a 'bookFish4' cover - there's no such IMG in the FullBuild or DeltaBuild files.
7. With Ep11/ITF, the books.xml shows 20 genre books and 8 "WrittenInternet" books, two career books, 3 ImproveBotSkill books, and 5 LaserHarp sheet music books.
The DeltaBuild2.package shows 8 "EP11bookCopyOfInternet" covers (none of which are referenced in the books.xml and look like they'd work perfectly for the WrittenInternet books), THREE MusicHarp covers - there's FIVE referenced in the sheet music section of books.xml, and three EP11bookRobotSkLvl# covers - the ImproveBotSkill books reference the Handiness covers.
If someone with ITF loaded could slip to the future and check the bookstore (I'm assuming that's where they'll be) for these books/covers to verify they're "normal looking" and not "futuristic/scifi looking" I'd appreciate it. I've got a few more things going on in my computer before I can load ITF myself.
While I realize that none of these "issues" are game breaking they are really, really aggravating. Especially considering how long this has been going on (several years at least for parts of it). I've had the same results throughout the years no matter how many game upgrades or reinstalls (and a couple full computer reinstalls so I know there aren't any leftover files causing the problem) - nothing has made a difference.
I'm hoping the gurus will look into "fixing" this and help end TS3 on a high note before closing the door on TS3 in favor of TS4.
1. Are you using mods Removed
2. Are you using custom content (as in clothing and objects) ? Not currently
3. Do you have Into the Future or just the Patch ? DVD's sitting on my desk but game is currently only installed Base Game with latest patch
4. Which Patch Level are you at ? 1.63(.5.024001 if it matters)
5. Did you start a new game or are you playing an existing ones ? brand new
6. Did you transfer an existing Sim over or are they new/Pre-Made ?tried with both - same result
7. What town are you currently playing ? EA or Custom ? EA - Sunset Valley
8. What is your Operating System (Mac, XP, Vista, Win 7) ? Win7 64-bit
9. Do you have the download or DVD Version of the game ? DVD
10. Are you reporting for the Future-World, Uni-World, Home-World or WA-World ? Predominantly Home-World but parts involve WA worlds and some I'm assuming involve Future-World (new books)
My problem concerns several of the books in the game - specifically the book covers.
1. EA gave us some very pretty book covers for the Masterpiece genre books your author Sims can write. Problem is, they never show in game. I can 100% personally confirm this has been going on since Pets (cuz that's how long I've been trying to fix it with no luck). I'm 90% sure this has been going on since before Pets and 20% sure I've had this happening since WA when I started playing.
The Books XML show these masterpiece covers being referenced, there are files in the Fullbuild2 package... they just never show in game. You get your sim to jump through the proper hoops, you write the Masterpiece genre book, get the proper credit for it, it shows up in the mail... and it's got the red drum book cover from LN. I have no memory of ever seeing the bookMasterPiece_SkLvl1/2/3 covers in game (nor has anyone else I've talked to on other boards) and the only place I've ever seen the bookMasterPieceIntro cover is on these boards when I've been Liam'd (it's the cover used on the book he's holding).
It's also kind of sad that the only way the Sims in your game can ever read a Masterpiece genre book (and get the cool Shakespeare-looking moodlet) is if one of your active sims is a prolific writer - the Masterpiece genre is one of the few that's not represented in the BooksGeneral section (although all the others barring screenplays seem to be).
2. There are book covers and multi-language STBL files already in game for volumes 2 & 3 of the Martial Arts skill and volumes 2 & 3 of the Photography skill but there's no entries in the Books XML to utilize those resources. This is a little more pertinent now than it used to be with the Home-world available photography skill that was added with University.
3. With the 1.50 (University) patch came a new book cover specifically for the Trashy genre. It's only used once with the new Trashy novel added with that patch. The older entries haven't been updated and any Trashy genre books your author sims write will use the Romance book cover. I'd say it was a case of making sure the cover showed up for those who don't have University, but I made a mod of the books.xml that added books to the BooksGeneral section using the covers and I got everything to show except the four masterpiece covers mentioned above, a bookEnglish cover and the bookFish4 cover mentioned below (again with only a patched Base Game).
4. With Late Night, we got specific book covers for the bartending/mixology skill - those skill books use the WA Nectar Making covers.
5. With Showtime came a new recipe to learn - Fried Peanut Butter Sandwich. The recipe book for this is available to anyone whether they have ST or not but the bananas needed to make the recipe are EP-locked. So a person without the EP will have a sim that has a recipe show up on the fridge/stove to make that they can always make for free (you can't buy bananas unless you've got ST, it doesn't give you a price for the recipe unless you've got ST, but you can make -and eat- it anyways if you've learned the recipe).
6. None of the genre books that came with the EP7/SN patch use their appropriate genre cover (including the Horror and Poetry covers that came with the patch) - they all use Generic1 or occasionally Generic2. The fish bait book with SN references a 'bookFish4' cover - there's no such IMG in the FullBuild or DeltaBuild files.
7. With Ep11/ITF, the books.xml shows 20 genre books and 8 "WrittenInternet" books, two career books, 3 ImproveBotSkill books, and 5 LaserHarp sheet music books.
The DeltaBuild2.package shows 8 "EP11bookCopyOfInternet" covers (none of which are referenced in the books.xml and look like they'd work perfectly for the WrittenInternet books), THREE MusicHarp covers - there's FIVE referenced in the sheet music section of books.xml, and three EP11bookRobotSkLvl# covers - the ImproveBotSkill books reference the Handiness covers.
If someone with ITF loaded could slip to the future and check the bookstore (I'm assuming that's where they'll be) for these books/covers to verify they're "normal looking" and not "futuristic/scifi looking" I'd appreciate it. I've got a few more things going on in my computer before I can load ITF myself.
While I realize that none of these "issues" are game breaking they are really, really aggravating. Especially considering how long this has been going on (several years at least for parts of it). I've had the same results throughout the years no matter how many game upgrades or reinstalls (and a couple full computer reinstalls so I know there aren't any leftover files causing the problem) - nothing has made a difference.
I'm hoping the gurus will look into "fixing" this and help end TS3 on a high note before closing the door on TS3 in favor of TS4.
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