Oooh, can I jump on the "aggravated" bandwagon, too? I have gone from 60+ mods that all worked fine together (okay, mostly... some swapping around due to "exception" files, but overall, things were good) before the last patch/GTW dropped, down to NONE earlier today, and right now I have FIVE installed.
I didn't mod Sims3 (online access was pretty spotty then), but I had 2 modded out the yinyang. I don't remember it being this much trouble to catch up after patches.
I also have never had to spend as much time uninstalling/reinstalling and/or (morre often) repairing a game and then begging it to load all the pieces I have PAID FOR without telling me my game will crash and burn because either Sims4 or Origin forgot to load it all like I asked??? WTF?
Yes, I know that sentence doesn't make much sense. It's still true, though.
I am now on my third newly rolled game in the past 2 days. And I mean, this time, it's ALL fresh. I didn't download anything I'd saved before, I've just started completely fresh so all files should have post-patch info attached... I wondered if mixing sims/lots from earlier games might be causing issues. So I didn't. In game homes/lots only.
I am REALLY missing Shimrod's reduced townies mod. I have 85 and it's only day two. I started with 29. Why do I need 85 sims to play with? Jeez!
@JCP011C2 you didn't sound snippy to me. Just clear. I like that.
EA made another mess with this patch. I wish things would stop blowing up, because I'd rather be playing with my sims than spending my time tracking down mods and updates and bug reports/fixes and the like.
This is the only single-player game I have EVER had to work so hard to beat into (something resembling playable) submission.
I'm discouraged that some modders are giving up. But I tell you what, I TRIED to play this game with no mods in for a good part of the afternoon, and, I couldn't do it. And I don't even have any of the BIG mods in, but the ones I am using, I NEED, until EA adds what they do into the game itself.
Some of it, they may... already name-changing in, I was real glad to see that get added. Although @Scumbumbo did have it covered in the meantime.
For now, though, I'm struggling, playing on a new game from ONE sim's POV. Haven't decided what to do about if/when she goes to work or sleep... the milk energy mod is one I had in but just removed to check an exception error. sigh.
Wish me luck, I'm goin' back in!