Scared to update...

"manicobsessive;d-1002659" wrote:
Hi all! I was wondering if I could get your insight. I haven't updated my game since Werewolves, and I'm still happily playing.

I want to update my game and possibly get HSY, but I'm scared as to what bugs there still are. I know the main patch for HSY created so many bugs, and I was wondering if you could give me some advice on any lingering bugs. Are the following still happening, and if they are, are there workarounds or fixes?

1. Needs bars don't change colour and sims die of starvation
2. Sims coming home from work early
3. Prom/Graduation not happening
4. Only one sim at a time can use the HSY fair rides

I know I'll have to update my mods etc (I use very few anyway). Any advice on the above or in general that you can give me would be very much appreciated! :)

I have just responded to a similar query in this thread:
https://forums.thesims.com/en_US/discussion/1002537/origin-just-automatically-began-repairing-my-game

I'll repeat the post here:

I was one of those that got forced into patching. As it happens I have got the game pretty stable again, but it took me just shy of two days!

I started in the same position as you, but decided to do a computer reboot and when I launched Origin, it said it needed to update. In the past i have always let Origin do that and then go offline and play my game. That is when the problems started. I simply had to 'repair' and update the game at that stage.

I suspect if I hadn't updated Origin or rebooted my computer, meaning I had to relaunch Origin, I would have been OK and been where you are now. So don't restart Origin!

FWIW, there is some nice features in the patch. The gender preference options are pretty good. There is also some mods available to kill most of the annoying stuff like constant phone use, etc.

Not encountered fears yet (I might even to enable them - not looked), but the wants aren't too dissimilar from whims and can be pretty good with follow up wants after achieving one - nice touch. The main issue is being stuck with them and not being able to refresh them like you could with whims. Again there is mod that can do that with the wants as well.