http://simswiki.info/index.php?title=Game_Help:TS3_Patching:Patch_Download&feed=atom&action=historyGame Help:TS3 Patching:Patch Download - Revision history2024-03-29T01:46:47ZRevision history for this page on the wikiMediaWiki 1.20.2http://simswiki.info/index.php?title=Game_Help:TS3_Patching:Patch_Download&diff=51915&oldid=prevEllaCharm3d: /* clear out outdated info */2011-07-30T13:01:18Z<p><span dir="auto"><span class="autocomment">clear out outdated info</span></span></p>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="background: #ffa; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>#<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline"># </del>incremental patches (small filesize) - need to know what version <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">you had patched it to before </del>(these have "<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">to-</del>xxx-from-xxx" in their filename, or</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>#<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">* </ins>incremental patches (small filesize) - need to know what <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">your previous patch </ins>version <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">is </ins>(these have "xxx-from-xxx" in their filename <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">and contain changes from the last version indicated)</ins>, or</div></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="background: #ffa; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>#<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline"># </del>SuperPatches (huge filesize) - can be from any previous patch or any region code.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>#<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">* </ins>SuperPatches (huge filesize) - can be from any previous patch or any region code <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">(these have just the patch number in the filename and contain changes from the very first patch ie 1.1 (OS X) / 1.2 (PC))</ins>.</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>===Downloading for Windows Systems===</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>===Downloading for Windows Systems===</div></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="background: #ffa; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>'''''Remember''''' : you have to <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">download separate files for each of </del>the <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">games/tools that you have installed</del>.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>'''''Remember''''' : <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">if </ins>you have <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">CAW, this tool usually need </ins>to <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">be uninstalled and reinstalled if </ins>the <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">[[Game_Help:TS3_Patching_Codes#Understanding_Game_Levels|level number]] changes</ins>.  </div></td></tr>
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</table>EllaCharm3dhttp://simswiki.info/index.php?title=Game_Help:TS3_Patching:Patch_Download&diff=51914&oldid=prevEllaCharm3d: /* more clarifications */2011-07-30T12:47:53Z<p><span dir="auto"><span class="autocomment">more clarifications</span></span></p>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="background: #ffa; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>Run the launcher. It will pick up the version automatically and you should be able to update it just fine. If the downloads cuts out before completing or you are not prompted to update, check if you had disabled '''Automatic Updates''' and also check your EADM program's connection to the Internet and if necessary, uninstall & reinstall EADM.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>Run the launcher. It will pick up the version automatically and you should be able to update it just fine. If the downloads cuts out before completing or you are not prompted to update, check if you had disabled '''Automatic Updates''' and also check your EADM <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">aka Origin </ins>program's connection to the Internet and if necessary, uninstall & reinstall EADM.</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="background: #ffa; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>Also ensure that your Firewall & AntiVirus application(s) do not block the EADM, Launcher programs to run or block access to the thesims3.com site .</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>Also ensure that your Firewall & AntiVirus application(s) do not block the EADM <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">(aka Origin)</ins>, Launcher programs to run or block access to the thesims3.com site .</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="background: #ffa; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>If the process is halted or interrupted, check that you're running the latest version of EADM. See [[Game Help:TS3 Patching:Common Errors|Common Errors]] for some suggestions to fix the most common error messages encountered. Or you can just choose to use the direct download method as outlined below.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>If the process is halted or interrupted, check that you're running the latest version of EADM <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">(aka Origin)</ins>. See [[Game Help:TS3 Patching:Common Errors|Common Errors]] for some suggestions to fix the most common error messages encountered. Or you can just choose to use the direct download method as outlined below.</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">## incremental patches (small filesize) - need to know </ins>what version you had patched it to before <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">(these have "to-xxx-from-xxx" in their filename, or</ins></div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>Also ensure that your Firewall & AntiVirus application(s) do not block the EADM, Launcher programs to run or block access to the thesims3.com site .</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>Also ensure that your Firewall & AntiVirus application(s) do not block the EADM, Launcher programs to run or block access to the thesims3.com site .</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="background: #ffa; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>If the process is halted or interrupted, check that you're running the latest version of EADM. See [[<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Game_Help</del>:<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">TS3_Patching</del>:<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Common_Errors</del>|<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">TS3_Patching:Common_Errors</del>]] for some suggestions to fix the most common error messages encountered. Or you can just choose to use the direct download method as outlined below.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>If the process is halted or interrupted, check that you're running the latest version of EADM. See [[<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Game Help</ins>:<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">TS3 Patching</ins>:<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Common Errors</ins>|<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Common Errors</ins>]] for some suggestions to fix the most common error messages encountered. Or you can just choose to use the direct download method as outlined below.</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="background: #ffa; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>| Note that you have to download a separate file for each of the games you have installed, so that the games are all on the same game engine level. See <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">the table in </del>[[<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Game_Help</del>:<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">TS3_Patching:Common_Errors</del>|<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">TS3_Patching:Common_Errors</del>]] for your matching patch levels.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>| Note that you have to download a separate file for each of the games you have installed, so that the games are all on the same game engine level. See [[<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Game Help</ins>:<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Patch Table</ins>|<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Patch Table</ins>]] for your matching patch levels.</div></td></tr>
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</table>EllaCharm3dhttp://simswiki.info/index.php?title=Game_Help:TS3_Patching:Patch_Download&diff=47975&oldid=prevHugeLunatic: /* Downloading for OS X */2010-10-29T22:08:18Z<p><span dir="auto"><span class="autocomment">Downloading for OS X</span></span></p>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>|text=Lists the current patches for all the games</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>|text=Lists the current patches for all the games</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="background: #ffa; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">There is no way that we know of to patch OS X from 1.0 with a downloadable patch. This means if you're running 1.0 under OS X, you have to patch with the launcher. Again: back up your entire game before installing! If it turns out the most recent patch doesn't work for you, the only alternative for OS X users is version 1.0 if you don't have a backup of a working version.</del></div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">br\</ins>></div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="background: #ffa; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">EA have a lovely habit of removing the OS X patches once the next one is available, leaving OS X users with no way to roll back to an earlier version when they find out that the current one doesn't work as expected. So here's how to find and back up a patch once you've upgraded your game via the Launcher:</del></div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div></div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="background: #ffa; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">The EA Launcher downloads the archived patch to  </del></div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div></div></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="background: #ffa; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">pre>/private/tmp/tgUpdate_XXXXXXXX/</pre> where '''XXXXXXXX''' are 8 numbers/characters. </del></div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div></div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="background: #ffa; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><del class="diffchange diffchange-inline"><small><nowiki>[</nowiki>The above has been lovingly plagiarised from plasticbox's stickied [http://www.modthesims.info/showthread.php?t=385370 How to back up a game patch under OS X] thread<nowiki>]</nowiki></small</del>></div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div></div></td></tr>
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<tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><ins style="color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">EA have a lovely habit of removing the OS X patches once the next one is available, leaving OS X users with no way to roll back to an earlier version when they find out that the current one doesn't work as expected. So here's how to find and back up a patch once you've upgraded your game via the Launcher: [http://www.modthesims.info/showthread.php?t=385370 How to back up a game patch under OS X].</ins></div></td></tr>
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</table>HugeLunatichttp://simswiki.info/index.php?title=Game_Help:TS3_Patching:Patch_Download&diff=47973&oldid=prevHugeLunatic: /* Downloading for OS X */2010-10-29T22:03:08Z<p><span dir="auto"><span class="autocomment">Downloading for OS X</span></span></p>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>There is no way that we know of to patch OS X from 1.0 with a downloadable patch. This means if you're running 1.0 under OS X, you have to patch with the launcher. Again: back up your entire game before installing! If it turns out the most recent patch doesn't work for you, the only alternative for OS X users is version 1.0 if you don't have a backup of a working version.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>There is no way that we know of to patch OS X from 1.0 with a downloadable patch. This means if you're running 1.0 under OS X, you have to patch with the launcher. Again: back up your entire game before installing! If it turns out the most recent patch doesn't work for you, the only alternative for OS X users is version 1.0 if you don't have a backup of a working version.</div></td></tr>
</table>HugeLunatichttp://simswiki.info/index.php?title=Game_Help:TS3_Patching:Patch_Download&diff=47377&oldid=prevWerismyki at 19:31, 26 September 20102010-09-26T19:31:44Z<p></p>
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</table>Werismykihttp://simswiki.info/index.php?title=Game_Help:TS3_Patching:Patch_Download&diff=47282&oldid=prevEllaCharm3d at 21:13, 20 September 20102010-09-20T21:13:42Z<p></p>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="background: #ffa; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">What do you want to patch today? </del>'''''Remember''''' : you have to download separate files for each of the games/tools that you have installed.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>'''''Remember''''' : you have to download separate files for each of the games/tools that you have installed.</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="background: #ffa; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>|text=<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">The Sims 3 - </del>the <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">base game (Retail version 1.0.631)</del></div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>|text=<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Lists </ins>the <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">current patches for all the games</ins></div></td></tr>
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</table>EllaCharm3dhttp://simswiki.info/index.php?title=Game_Help:TS3_Patching:Patch_Download&diff=47211&oldid=prevEllaCharm3d: /* split off parts with one-time reading */2010-09-17T10:09:31Z<p><span dir="auto"><span class="autocomment">split off parts with one-time reading</span></span></p>
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<tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">In order to carry out manual patching ie via the direct download files you need to understand how EA has categorized the games and their versions for each patch level. You need to read this mostly once to understand the concept.</ins></div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>Run the launcher. It will pick up the version automatically and you should be able to update it just fine. If the downloads cuts out before completing or you are not prompted to update, check if you had disabled '''Automatic Updates''' and also check your EADM program's connection to the Internet and if necessary, uninstall & reinstall EADM.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>Run the launcher. It will pick up the version automatically and you should be able to update it just fine. If the downloads cuts out before completing or you are not prompted to update, check if you had disabled '''Automatic Updates''' and also check your EADM program's connection to the Internet and if necessary, uninstall & reinstall EADM.</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>If the process is halted or interrupted, check that you're running the latest version of EADM. See [[Game_Help:TS3_Patching:Common_Errors|TS3_Patching:Common_Errors]] for some suggestions to fix the most common error messages encountered. Or you can just choose to use the direct download method as outlined below.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>If the process is halted or interrupted, check that you're running the latest version of EADM. See [[Game_Help:TS3_Patching:Common_Errors|TS3_Patching:Common_Errors]] for some suggestions to fix the most common error messages encountered. Or you can just choose to use the direct download method as outlined below.</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="background: #ffa; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><del style="color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">===Understanding the various codes===</del></div></td><td colspan="2"> </td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="background: #ffa; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><del style="color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">The following GameVersion strings are found on the first line in [[Game_Help:TS3_Patching:Patch_Download#skuversion.txt|skuversion.txt]]</del></div></td><td colspan="2"> </td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="background: #ffa; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><del style="color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Example#1</del></div></td><td colspan="2"> </td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="background: #ffa; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><del style="color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"> GameVersion = '''<span style="color:#80FF00;">1.0.631</span>'''.0'''<span style="color:#0000FF;">0</span>'''00'''<span style="color:#FF0000;">1</span>'''</del></div></td><td colspan="2"> </td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="background: #ffa; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><del style="color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"> GameVersion = '''<span style="color:#1A9900;">1.15.34</span>'''.00'''<span style="color:#330099;">8</span>'''01'''<span style="color:#993300;">7</span>'''</del></div></td><td colspan="2"> </td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="background: #ffa; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><del style="color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">#* has the region code '''"<span style="color:#FF0000;">1</span>"''', for the North American region <br/><br/></del></div></td><td colspan="2"> </td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="background: #ffa; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><del style="color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">#* has the region code '''"<span style="color:#993300;">7</span>"''', for the Digital Downloads</del></div></td><td colspan="2"> </td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="background: #ffa; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><del style="color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">#* has the game engine level at '''"<span style="color:#330099;">8</span>"'''</del></div></td><td colspan="2"> </td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="background: #ffa; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><del style="color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">#* has the game version at '''"<span style="color:#80FF00;">''1''.0.631</span>"'''<br/><br/></del></div></td><td colspan="2"> </td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="background: #ffa; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><del style="color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">#* has the game version at '''"<span style="color:#1A9900;">''1''.15.34</span>"'''</del></div></td><td colspan="2"> </td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="background: #ffa; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><del style="color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">There are three ways for you to find your GameVersion and region code (last digit in GameVersion):</del></div></td><td colspan="2"> </td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="background: #ffa; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><del style="color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">To use this method, </del></div></td><td colspan="2"> </td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="background: #ffa; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><del style="color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">* look in the bottom left corner of the Sims3Launcher screen.</del></div></td><td colspan="2"> </td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="background: #ffa; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><del style="color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">* the current patch version of last installed game or pack only for those with patch 1.11.7 / 2.6.11 / 3.2.8 and below.</del></div></td><td colspan="2"> </td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="background: #ffa; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><del style="color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">* separate game icons if you're running patch 1.12.70 / 2.7.7 / 3.3.11 onwards. Hover over each icon for each game you have installed, to view the current gameversion number.</del></div></td><td colspan="2"> </td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="background: #ffa; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><del style="color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">====Version.tag [[File:WindowsLogo.png|20px|baseline]] [[File:MacLogo.png|17px|baseline]]====</del></div></td><td colspan="2"> </td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="background: #ffa; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><del style="color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">This file shows the current patch version of last installed game or pack only. (''Only available in patch series 1.5(? need verification) and higher). The file is a standard text file and can be opened with Notepad.</del></div></td><td colspan="2"> </td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="background: #ffa; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><del style="color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"></del></div></td><td colspan="2"> </td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="background: #ffa; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><del style="color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">This file is located in (choose your Operating System)</del></div></td><td colspan="2"> </td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="background: #ffa; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><del style="color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">* '''Windows XP:''' C:\Documents and Settings\<username>\My Documents\Electronic Arts\The Sims 3\</del></div></td><td colspan="2"> </td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="background: #ffa; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><del style="color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">* '''Mac OS:''' /Users/<username>/Documents/Electronic Arts/The Sims 3/</del></div></td><td colspan="2"> </td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="background: #ffa; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><del style="color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">====skuversion.txt [[File:WindowsLogo.png|20px|baseline]]====</del></div></td><td colspan="2"> </td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="background: #ffa; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><del style="color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">The most reliable way to find out the individual versions of each installed game or pack, on Windows systems, is to look inside this text file. Just <tt>double-click</tt> the file to open it with your text program of choice.</del></div></td><td colspan="2"> </td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="background: #ffa; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><del style="color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"># '''Windows (32-bit):''' </del></div></td><td colspan="2"> </td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="background: #ffa; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><del style="color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">#* \Program Files\Electronic Arts\The Sims 3\Game\Bin\ or</del></div></td><td colspan="2"> </td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="background: #ffa; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><del style="color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">#* \Program Files\Electronic Arts\The Sims 3 <EP or SP name>\Game\Bin\<br><br></del></div></td><td colspan="2"> </td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="background: #ffa; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><del style="color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"># '''Windows (64-bit):''' </del></div></td><td colspan="2"> </td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="background: #ffa; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><del style="color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">#* \Program Files (x86)\Electronic Arts\The Sims 3\Game\Bin\ or</del></div></td><td colspan="2"> </td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="background: #ffa; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><del style="color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">#* \Program Files (x86)\Electronic Arts\The Sims 3 <EP or SP name>\Game\Bin\<br></del></div></td><td colspan="2"> </td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="background: #ffa; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><del style="color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">====info.plist [[File:MacLogo.png|17px|baseline]]====</del></div></td><td colspan="2"> </td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="background: #ffa; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><del style="color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">'''Mac OS:''' </del></div></td><td colspan="2"> </td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="background: #ffa; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><del style="color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"># In an OSX system, right-click on the <the game title>.app as in the path below, and select "Show package content" or "Show Original"</del></div></td><td colspan="2"> </td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="background: #ffa; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><del style="color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"># The following folder would be opened, depending on what title you selected above  </del></div></td><td colspan="2"> </td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="background: #ffa; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><del style="color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">#* /Applications/The Sims 3.localized/The Sims3.app/</del></div></td><td colspan="2"> </td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="background: #ffa; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><del style="color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">#* /Applications/The Sims 3.localized/The Sims3 <EP or SP name>.app/</del></div></td><td colspan="2"> </td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="background: #ffa; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><del style="color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"># Double-click on "Contents" to open that folder. </del></div></td><td colspan="2"> </td></tr>
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</table>EllaCharm3dhttp://simswiki.info/index.php?title=Game_Help:TS3_Patching:Patch_Download&diff=47087&oldid=prevHugeLunatic: /* info.plist 17px|baseline */2010-09-15T16:32:25Z<p><span dir="auto"><span class="autocomment">info.plist 17px|baseline</span></span></p>
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