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Create A World - CAW and Sims 3 Version Mismatch Work-Around

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28th Feb 2012, 01:46 PM	#101
ellacharmed Disenchanted Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 7,095 Thanks: 5731 in 26 Posts 17 Achievements View My Journal	Ah, forgot to check that! Mkay, then - pictorial confirmation of EIG working with BG 1.29 and CAW 1.13.7 only installed - per my setting last time. All is good and running! I didn't test with addons. If needed, I'll do it next week after the upcoming patch, next addon and CAW version is out... Screenshots
	Sims 2 Game Help: SysReq ~ Game Problem ~ Delete Caches ~ DFFI ~ Patching ~ Uninstall HowTos: How to Post System Specs \| How to Search \| How to post in Help \| Basic How to mesh in TS3 \| How to fix World Routing Lags Sims 3 Game Help: SysReq ~ Game Problem ~ Delete Caches ~ DFDD ~ Remove CC ~ Patch Table ~ Uninstall ~ Crashing Checklist For status of the world fixes and other news, visit my blog http://ellacharmed.wordpress.com/.

28th Feb 2012, 07:01 PM	#102
simsample Original Poster 'Death, death, death' Until the sun cries morning Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 16,822 Thanks: 7868 in 83 Posts 18 Achievements View My Journal	Ooh, good! Did it save okay, especially large worlds? I hope they've fixed this up! Ella, should we close this thread altogether? Not much point having this, since general problems and patching/ updating are dealt with in the other thread.
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1st Mar 2012, 03:51 AM	#103
Katie Turner Lab Assistant Join Date: Sep 2011 Posts: 80	Thanks for all the help, yeah I know I've just been trying not to break anything. but I'm giving up, I'll be out of school soon and won't have time anymore, so I'm gonna give my games to one of my brothers let them mess with it. Thanks for trying though.
Katie Turner Lab Assistant Join Date: Sep 2011 Posts: 80	Sims needs to come with warnings: May cause mild to severe stress. Symptoms include but not limited to: headache agitation, and the desire to smash your computer and use the disks as frisbees . And the right to get your money back wasted on the junk

1st Mar 2012, 02:07 PM	#104
simsample Original Poster 'Death, death, death' Until the sun cries morning Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 16,822 Thanks: 7868 in 83 Posts 18 Achievements View My Journal	That's a shame, Katie Turner- I'm sorry we couldn't get it fixed for you!
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1st Mar 2012, 06:22 PM

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Originally Posted by simsample

That's a shame, Katie Turner- I'm sorry we couldn't get it fixed for you!

is ok.

Sims needs to come with warnings: May cause mild to severe stress. Symptoms include but not limited to: headache agitation, and the desire to smash your computer and use the disks as frisbees .

And the right to get your money back wasted on the junk

2nd Mar 2012, 06:00 AM

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Originally Posted by simsample

Ella, should we close this thread altogether? Not much point having this, since general problems and patching/ updating are dealt with in the other thread.

As discussed with simsample, we were gonna wait until the next patch before making any decisions on locking this thread.
But, since today's patch 1.31 arrived, and with CAW still not updated, this workaround is still needed. I'll be on the lookout for the next CAW version in the coming days until after Showtime is released...

The way I'm reading this situation is : as long as EA remembers to release a CAW version whose CompatVersion matches the patch's Level No (the Level Column in the Patch_Table Wiki), this workaround is not needed. But for the interim until such new CAW updates are released, this workaround is still applicable (I just tested with patch 1.31 (level 15) and CAW 1.13.7 (CompatVersion 14) - Default.ini needed tweaking).

So, in summary, how to know which situation applies? Read Game Help:Patch_Table^wiki. If workaround needed for CAW, it would have the superscript as indicated.

Sims 2 Game Help: SysReq ~ Game Problem ~ Delete Caches ~ DFFI ~ Patching ~ Uninstall
HowTos: How to Post System Specs | How to Search | How to post in Help | Basic How to mesh in TS3 | How to fix World Routing Lags
Sims 3 Game Help: SysReq ~ Game Problem ~ Delete Caches ~ DFDD ~ Remove CC ~ Patch Table ~ Uninstall ~ Crashing Checklist

For status of the world fixes and other news, visit my blog http://ellacharmed.wordpress.com/.

19th Mar 2012, 10:49 PM	#107
matt.d Test Subject Join Date: May 2008 Posts: 11	Hi. Followed all the steps and now both the two defaults say CompatVersion = 15 WorldBuilderCompatibilityVersion = 12 however the create a world tool still says that they are not compatable :S

19th Mar 2012, 11:49 PM	#108
simsample Original Poster 'Death, death, death' Until the sun cries morning Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 16,822 Thanks: 7868 in 83 Posts 18 Achievements View My Journal	matt.d, what are your gameversions and CAW version? Game Help:TS3 Patching Find Gameversion^wiki
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21st Mar 2012, 08:39 PM	#109
matt.d Test Subject Join Date: May 2008 Posts: 11	Thanks for replying, sorry about my late response. And my sims 3 pets is version 10.0.96 and the CAW is version 1.16.2

21st Mar 2012, 08:47 PM	#110
simsample Original Poster 'Death, death, death' Until the sun cries morning Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 16,822 Thanks: 7868 in 83 Posts 18 Achievements View My Journal	I need the gameversions for your basegame and all EPs, too.
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21st Mar 2012, 09:30 PM	#111
matt.d Test Subject Join Date: May 2008 Posts: 11	Oh right so sorry- I'm pretty useless with these kind of things :S Late night stuff is 6.0.81, Highend loft stuff 3.0.38, Ambitions 4.0.87, World Adventures 2.0.86, base game 1.29.55, pets 10.0.96, generations 8.0.152 and fast lane stuff at 5.0.44 If that's any help. Thanks so much

21st Mar 2012, 09:36 PM	#112
simsample Original Poster 'Death, death, death' Until the sun cries morning Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 16,822 Thanks: 7868 in 83 Posts 18 Achievements View My Journal	The latest version of CAW needs basegame 1.31-1.33, so you need to patch that: Game Help:TS3 Patching:Patch Download/Current^wiki Read this first though: Game Help:Issues with 1.3x Superpatcher^wiki Also LN, HELS, AMB, WA & FLS are unpatched, which in the past has caused problems with CAW. So you could patch those too, to avoid issues. Game Help:Patch Table^wiki
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22nd Mar 2012, 12:57 AM	#113
matt.d Test Subject Join Date: May 2008 Posts: 11	oh right ok. Thank you

22nd Mar 2012, 02:21 AM	#114
simsample Original Poster 'Death, death, death' Until the sun cries morning Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 16,822 Thanks: 7868 in 83 Posts 18 Achievements View My Journal	Let us know how you get on!
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11th Apr 2012, 01:16 PM	#115
jijisiam Test Subject Join Date: Feb 2012 Posts: 1	Hello, I found this very useful. Thankyou.
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11th Apr 2012, 07:06 PM	#116
simsample Original Poster 'Death, death, death' Until the sun cries morning Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 16,822 Thanks: 7868 in 83 Posts 18 Achievements View My Journal	Thanks for the report, jijisiam!
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12th Apr 2012, 01:41 PM	#117
Fergie_F Field Researcher Join Date: Apr 2009 Posts: 235 Thanks: 3483 in 24 Posts 10 Achievements View My Journal	For me the "CAW and Sims 3 Version Mismatch Work-Around" has helped to a limited extent, as it now doesn't come up with any error messages. CAW now just appears briefly but will not load, I've tried "Run as administrator", but that just has the same effect of not loading. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

12th Apr 2012, 03:42 PM	#118
simsample Original Poster 'Death, death, death' Until the sun cries morning Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 16,822 Thanks: 7868 in 83 Posts 18 Achievements View My Journal	Fergie_F, please try the solutions offered here: http://www.modthesims.info/showthread.php?t=441595
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12th Apr 2012, 07:21 PM	#119
Fergie_F Field Researcher Join Date: Apr 2009 Posts: 235 Thanks: 3483 in 24 Posts 10 Achievements View My Journal	I don't think I have a version mis-match error, I've made the CAW executable Large Address Aware, I've got the corresponding patch level and I've removed in-game CC, I think I've cleared the caches as specified, I used The Sims 3 Dashboard. But it still only appears briefly before disappearing again. Is there anything else I could try not specified in the previously mentioned thread.

12th Apr 2012, 09:19 PM	#120
simsample Original Poster 'Death, death, death' Until the sun cries morning Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 16,822 Thanks: 7868 in 83 Posts 18 Achievements View My Journal	What are your game and CAW versions? Give me the numbers for all of your EPs, SPs, basegame and CAW. Game Help:TS3 Patching Find Gameversion^wiki
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13th Apr 2012, 04:02 PM	#121
Fergie_F Field Researcher Join Date: Apr 2009 Posts: 235 Thanks: 3483 in 24 Posts 10 Achievements View My Journal	Right, The basegame is 1.24.3, World Adventures is 2.0.86, Ambitions is 4.10.1, Late Night is 6.0.81 and CAW is 1.10.9.009037. I hope this will help.

13th Apr 2012, 04:37 PM	#122
ellacharmed Disenchanted Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 7,095 Thanks: 5731 in 26 Posts 17 Achievements View My Journal	The CAW is mismatched indeed. For base game 1.24, you need CAW 1.11.12.
	Sims 2 Game Help: SysReq ~ Game Problem ~ Delete Caches ~ DFFI ~ Patching ~ Uninstall HowTos: How to Post System Specs \| How to Search \| How to post in Help \| Basic How to mesh in TS3 \| How to fix World Routing Lags Sims 3 Game Help: SysReq ~ Game Problem ~ Delete Caches ~ DFDD ~ Remove CC ~ Patch Table ~ Uninstall ~ Crashing Checklist For status of the world fixes and other news, visit my blog http://ellacharmed.wordpress.com/.

13th Apr 2012, 04:41 PM	#123
Fergie_F Field Researcher Join Date: Apr 2009 Posts: 235 Thanks: 3483 in 24 Posts 10 Achievements View My Journal	Ok, thanks, I hope it will work with that version then.

13th Apr 2012, 04:46 PM	#124
ellacharmed Disenchanted Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 7,095 Thanks: 5731 in 26 Posts 17 Achievements View My Journal	I'm not so sure myself, so post back when you've tested. You may need TLS to use that version, as per the patch Table. If not, you may need to go back further to the LN 6.5 version (as this is the last pack you have), and the BG and CAW corresponding versions for that row. ie BG 1.22.9 and CAW 1.11.10 Why haven't you updated to CAW 1.16 and base game 1.33, may I know?
	Sims 2 Game Help: SysReq ~ Game Problem ~ Delete Caches ~ DFFI ~ Patching ~ Uninstall HowTos: How to Post System Specs \| How to Search \| How to post in Help \| Basic How to mesh in TS3 \| How to fix World Routing Lags Sims 3 Game Help: SysReq ~ Game Problem ~ Delete Caches ~ DFDD ~ Remove CC ~ Patch Table ~ Uninstall ~ Crashing Checklist For status of the world fixes and other news, visit my blog http://ellacharmed.wordpress.com/.

13th Apr 2012, 06:20 PM	#125
Fergie_F Field Researcher Join Date: Apr 2009 Posts: 235 Thanks: 3483 in 24 Posts 10 Achievements View My Journal	Well it didn't work with the CAW 1.11.12 as that took me back to the mis-matching versions error. With the newest game update, will that effect any CC.? It takes forever to download and update which is why I have been putting it off, The internet in my village can be incredibly slow, and that's just when it's working. Should I update my game as well?

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