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Sunlit Tides.world with Fixes applied
Sunlit Tides.world with Fixes applied
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If you're not already aware, broken spots in the routing is what causes Freezes and Lags in your game, as explained in Game Help:Intermittent Freezeswiki FAQ. To permanently solve this, the routing need to be repainted over in Create-A-World. You can find the full guide on how to use this in Game Help:World Routing Lagswiki.
What is this?
Well, better late than never. So, here is the Sunlit Tides.world file with the FIXED Resources imported, for people who don't want to mess with S3PE or found my instructions confusing. This is the .world file all ready to go. Well, after you rename and extract them...
What has been done?
Please read this download thread Resources for Sunlit Tides.world's various Fixes for the problems that were addressed. The world map, that shows the spots with the fixes, is available at Game_Help:World_Routing_Lags/Wherewiki.
A quick Visual Indicator you can use to see if you're using the fixed or original version is to look at the Relaxation Station for these edits:
Backup!
Heed that backup instructions in Game Help:World Routing Lagswiki, really! You've been warned!
If you care to continue any legacy games or Saves that you care about in the fixed version, use Twallan's Porter to transfer any Sims or Household you care about from your previous Saves.
How to install?
How to remove or restore the file before updating?
FAQs
Q: Do I need to have/buy the Sunlit Tides world?
A: Well, yes. This fixed world won't work on its own. You need the Sims3Pack from the Store to install it in Launcher. Just having this .world file in the InstalledWorld path, on its own without having the Sims3Pack from the Store installed, won't do anything.
Q: When I try to download, I get a 403 error.
A: This tells me the wiki to the multi-part files weren't clicked on and read, as at the bottom of the DFDD4 page states:
If after sometime, you still cannot download them, try downloading another MTS item - like a mod or a Lot. If the other item can be downloaded and this item still cannot be downloaded one at a time, then please log out from the site, clear caches, relogin and try again. If none of that help then, post with web browser name and version, archive program name and version, the error message, and whether you have logged out and cleared caches
Q: When I try to extract, I get an error.
A: Have you read the DFFD5 wiki? Have the files been renamed? If yes, to both questions, post with the filenames after the rename action and the exact error message, please. And also state what archiver program you use?
Q: Why don't you upload it as a single file, and avoid all that hassle?
A: There's a file size limitation onsite. If none of the above answers help, the file is also available on my blog. ellacharmed.wordpress.com. Please feedback any issues on this thread as I log in to MTS more often than on Wordpress.
Q: My game crashed when I load my Sunlit Tides Save game.
A: Well, you need to start a new Sunlit Tides game. If it still crash on a new game with the caches and worldcaches deleted, please post in comments with the information asked for below in the Feedback section.
Feedback
As always, feedback is welcomed.
If you want to report an issue, please don't forget to state
Notes & Changelog:
As and when I get reports of any issues, or new spots, or patch changes (if any).
Additional Credits:
Inge & Peter Jones; the tool makers of s3pe, s3su, package compare
Pescado for the Recompressor
My beta testers - thanks for the time and effort in helping me narrow things down!
Especially Trickai - you rock!
spagtscully & StormchaserOne for the gifted worlds. :lovestruc
What is this?
Well, better late than never. So, here is the Sunlit Tides.world file with the FIXED Resources imported, for people who don't want to mess with S3PE or found my instructions confusing. This is the .world file all ready to go. Well, after you rename and extract them...
What has been done?
Please read this download thread Resources for Sunlit Tides.world's various Fixes for the problems that were addressed. The world map, that shows the spots with the fixes, is available at Game_Help:World_Routing_Lags/Wherewiki.
A quick Visual Indicator you can use to see if you're using the fixed or original version is to look at the Relaxation Station for these edits:
- Added fencing around the square twin pools.
- Leveled all platforms and foundations.
- Apply same CASt to some tiles at the back of the lot.
- Removed a fence on the left of the lot for access to spawners and to the top of the mountain, now that the back of the Lot is fenced in.
Backup!
Heed that backup instructions in Game Help:World Routing Lagswiki, really! You've been warned!
If you care to continue any legacy games or Saves that you care about in the fixed version, use Twallan's Porter to transfer any Sims or Household you care about from your previous Saves.
How to install?
- If you don't already have the Sunlit Tides world installed, install it first.
- Download all parts of the world, and rename them to get rid of the "MTS_ellacharmed_<numbers>_" portion. See Game Help:DFDD4 Download the File#Content with Multi-part fileswiki with pretty pictures.
- Right-click on the file with "part1" in its name and "Extract here", or whatever command your program uses. See Game Help:DFDD5 Extract from Archive#Multi-part fileswiki with pretty pictures.
- Place the extracted & joined .world file in this path and replace the default version. (You have backup, right?)
Code:\Documents\Electronic Arts\The Sims 3\InstalledWorlds
- Delete caches before starting game if you encounter issues. Especially any files named Sunlit Tides in Code:Game Help:Sims 3 Delete Cache Fileswiki
\Documents\Electronic Arts\The Sims 3\WorldCaches
How to remove or restore the file before updating?
- Just in case, but not really necessary, as per past experience with EA's patches.
- Go to the path above
- Delete the *.world file. Or if you want to reuse it after patching, rename it with a ".fixed" extension, so the filename becomes "Sunlit Tides.world.fixed"
- Rename the "*.orig" copy by removing the .orig extension (or from whatever you have renamed it to).
- Delete caches before starting game. Game Help:Sims 3 Delete Cache Fileswiki
FAQs
Q: Do I need to have/buy the Sunlit Tides world?
A: Well, yes. This fixed world won't work on its own. You need the Sims3Pack from the Store to install it in Launcher. Just having this .world file in the InstalledWorld path, on its own without having the Sims3Pack from the Store installed, won't do anything.
Q: When I try to download, I get a 403 error.
A: This tells me the wiki to the multi-part files weren't clicked on and read, as at the bottom of the DFDD4 page states:
Quote:
| If you get a 403 or 503 error, means that you're downloading too many files at one time and are using up all the download slots. There's a limit of 3 files at a time or 3 chunks per file per downloader to give other members a chance. You'll have to wait for six hours when the server reset its caches for you to be able to download again. |
Q: When I try to extract, I get an error.
A: Have you read the DFFD5 wiki? Have the files been renamed? If yes, to both questions, post with the filenames after the rename action and the exact error message, please. And also state what archiver program you use?
Q: Why don't you upload it as a single file, and avoid all that hassle?
A: There's a file size limitation onsite. If none of the above answers help, the file is also available on my blog. ellacharmed.wordpress.com. Please feedback any issues on this thread as I log in to MTS more often than on Wordpress.
Q: My game crashed when I load my Sunlit Tides Save game.
A: Well, you need to start a new Sunlit Tides game. If it still crash on a new game with the caches and worldcaches deleted, please post in comments with the information asked for below in the Feedback section.
Feedback
As always, feedback is welcomed.
If you want to report an issue, please don't forget to state
- your gameversion Game Help:TS3_Patching Find Gameversionwiki,
- the Sunlit Tides version (Standard or Gold?), and
- the filesize & filename of this Sims3Pack and when you downloaded it?
- what browser and version (if you have issues with downloading),
- if you use a download manager (if you have issues with downloading),
- what archive program you are using (if you have issues with extracting and joining), and
- if you're getting an error when downloading and it is not the 403/503 error explain above, state the exact error message, and how many times you have tried downloading; and if you haven't done so, given it some time to try again later?
Notes & Changelog:
As and when I get reports of any issues, or new spots, or patch changes (if any).
- Made while on Patch 1.63, and SunlitTidesDeluxe.Sims3Pack downloaded in Sept 2012, with filesize of 185MB.
- Would most likely be compatible with any patches in the future as well, as EA has never ever modified a .world file in any of the patches.
- If ever there are any fixes from EA, the changes would come in the Store patches that would show up in Game_Help:TS3_User_Folders_Explained#ContentPatchwiki folder, and not game patches. Or, it could come in a fixed .Sims3Pack that you'd need to redownload and reinstall in Launcher, just like when they fixed the crashing issue when uninstalling the LuckyPalms.Sims3Pack when it was first released.
Additional Credits:
Inge & Peter Jones; the tool makers of s3pe, s3su, package compare
Pescado for the Recompressor
My beta testers - thanks for the time and effort in helping me narrow things down!
Especially Trickai - you rock! spagtscully & StormchaserOne for the gifted worlds. :lovestruc