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"catloverplayer;c-17160651" wrote:
"Ravager619;c-17160470" wrote:
I don't know if The Sims is the same, but I've noticed "midnight" patches for other games are ready for download after 9pm on the west coast. I doubt it will happen, but I can always hope.
That's for the PC. Consoles don't get EPS at Midnight. Normally they release at 10am Pacific 1pm Eastern. Sims 4 EPs on PC do come out at 9pm Pacific and Midnight on the East Coast.
Bummer. On the bright side, I have plenty of time tomorrow night to put the finishing touches on my latest build before Tuesday."Nikkih;c-17160836" wrote:
I wish the update was today for both pc and console, then the game would be ready for tomorrow for us consoles players for island living. I've pre ordered my island living, I think I'm going to have to cancel the automatic download for island living, so I know the update is done first. Dont know what would happen if island living is downloaded first without the update, update for the pack and the pack hasn't happened on the same day before.
I dont know if I should start installing island living.
Didn't think about that... :/ I think that as long as you have both the EP and the patch installed before launching the game, there will be no problem.
And it really depend on how big is the patch... Island Living is 1.2GB on ps4 (IIRC); if the patch is smaller, the download will still probably finish before the EP.
But I can't tell for sure...
I hope EA would have warned us if DLCs and patches had to be downloaded in a certain order...
Is there a SimGuru we could ask about it? I don't have Twitter but maybe some of you may have a way to reach them and ask if it's okay for the patch and EP to be downloaded at the same time...- Thank you @catloverplayer I was worried about that, the update is released 2hours before the pack :-)
- If the update was supposed to happen first, what does this mean for those of us who preordered? Mine downloaded yesterday (locked until release). Really hope this doesn't cause issues
- Now I'm worried again ?
- Did anyone else in Australia/New Zealand notice the release date on the PS Store still says 16th instead of 17th? We're a day ahead yet the actual release isn't until the 17th because of the timezone difference... I got up all excited for nothing...
16 more hours to go as of writing. - catloverplayerSeasoned Ace
"Valk5;c-17161415" wrote:
If the update was supposed to happen first, what does this mean for those of us who preordered? Mine downloaded yesterday (locked until release). Really hope this doesn't cause issues
It doesnt mean anything. If Island Living downloads first and the patch second you ll still be able to play. - I just shut off my PS4 for the night. No patch download yet.
- It's past midnight here in NZ so by the time I wake up in the morning the update/EP will be available and I'll finally be able to make a mermaid in CAS.
"catloverplayer;c-17161856" wrote:
"Valk5;c-17161415" wrote:
If the update was supposed to happen first, what does this mean for those of us who preordered? Mine downloaded yesterday (locked until release). Really hope this doesn't cause issues
It doesnt mean anything. If Island Living downloads first and the patch second you ll still be able to play."NoirStasis;
Just dont start the game until youve at least downloaded the patch or Island Living will not work. Other than that you should be fine.[/quote wrote:
Thank you @catloverplayer and @NoirStasis. Sorry, I'm a little nervous about preordering after the issue with cats and dogs awhile back.. swore I'd never preorder again but here we are lol. Sooo looking forward to this EP ?
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