The update erased years of work… I didn’t even know it would happen until after it did. I can’t afford a new laptop but I’ve spent countless hours contributing to the gallery and now I can’t even look...
It might have been kinder of EA/Maxis if they had made a small app that could check if you could only play the Legacy Edition or could go on with the 64bit before the latest Patch and DU came out. At least then you could be forwarned and completely cut off the internet first and play offline every time.