A new game update is available to download. To update, open your game launcher and go to “Game Updates”. If you wish to patch manually, you can download the super patch below.
Notice: Some users have reported an error upon patching. If you get an error, try the super patch. You can also download the super patch to update from any game version.
To install this update, please start your game and use the “Updates” tab in your Launcher.
This game update includes the following changes:
Free Sims 3 Base Game Content
- Sims can now dumpster dive from the Commercial Dumpster pre-placed in Sunset Valley and find cool items including furniture and collectables!
- New air conditioning units and electrical box decorative objects.
- New Terrain Paint for Build Mode.
- A new traffic light for Create a World.
Base Game Updates
- Sims, cats, dogs, and horses will animate properly rather than sliding into position when performing social interactions.
- Sims will no longer occasionally flip or stutter when trying to walk through doorways.
- Gifts sent by invalid NPC Sims will no longer cause the mailbox to become unusable.
- The Fog Emitter that came with The Sims 3 Ambitions has been updated to transition properly to the new base game Fog Emitter object. Any lots created with The Sims 3 Ambitions fog emitters that were installed since the release of The Sims 3 Seasons will have to be reinstalled for the emitter effects to play properly. There is no need to re-upload any content to The Sims 3 Exchange – all content created with either The Sims 3 Ambitions fog emitter or the new base game fog emitter will work properly when installed after this update is applied.
- The Fog Emitter is once again moveable once placed in the world.
- Placing blueprints on foundations can no longer cause the game to crash.
- Placing a blueprint in a high rise or an apartment building can no longer cause the game to crash.
- Using the right mouse button to position the camera while previewing blueprints will now function properly.
- Greeting Cards placed in the home will no longer block Sims from accessing dressers or beds.
- Foundation walls are now considered to be light blocking. This prevents snow from accumulating within holes in a foundation that are entirely enclosed within the interior of a building.
- Sims that already had the hidden diving skill prior to game update 1.42 will now be able to use diving boards.
- Broken Omni Plant gift boxes will no longer appear in the Sims inventory when travelling between worlds.
Ambitions Updates
- Ghosts will now properly appear for level 5 Ghost Hunters so they can continue their career progression.
Late Night Updates
- Deleting doors to NPC apartments can no longer cause the game to crash.
- Sims will now animate properly when selecting to dance together in clubs from The Sims 3 Late Night when The Sims 3 Supernatural is not installed.
- Improved performance in Bridgeport related to Sim routing.
Generations Updates
- Pillow Fight wishes will appear much less frequently.
Showtime Updates
- The Park performance venue will now properly place in older save files created before installing The Sims 3 Showtime and any later expansions or stuff packs.
- Karaoke Machine wishes will appear much less frequently.
- The Heckle interaction is no longer available in Sims swimming in the ocean.
Seasons Updates
- Sims can now route properly on floor tiles built above a frozen water surface.
- Hot Dog and Pie Eating contests can no longer ironically cause a Sim to starve to death.
- Harvestable plants that are grown indoors can no longer become dormant or accumulate snow.
- Harvestable plants grown inside biodomes will no longer turn dormant in freezing temperatures.
- Harvestable plants will now always be watered during a rainstorm rather than the check only occurring once per day.
- UFOs can now abduct Sims from households that don’t have enough room for the UFO to appear on the lot.
- Sims will no longer become invisible if The Sims 3 Seasons is uninstalled with a save game created while a Sim is being abducted by aliens.
- Festival Grounds are now valid destinations for sending a Sim to perform through SimPort for players with The Sims 3 Showtime.
- Sims animations are properly reset when editing an active Festival Grounds lot.
- Performance was improved when selecting the “Invade a Community Lot” interaction on the UFO.
- Performance was improved when directing Sims to have a Water Balloon or Snowball fight on a cluttered lot.
- Ice sculptures from The Sims 3 Ambitions no longer melt in sub-freezing temperatures.
- NPCs that throw parties in the winter will no longer select Swimwear as the suggested clothing.
- Saving the game prior to a NPC Sim’s costume party will no longer cause Sims to reset upon loading the save file. Frost no longer appears to be a pure white surface on floor tiles or staircases on low detail lots.
- Reflective surfaces no longer suddenly pop back on when snow is melting.
- Rain drops from roof edges now fade out along with the roof.
- Water Balloon and Snowball fights are now easier to cancel from the action queue.
- Gloves no longer appear twice when selecting Outerwear.
- Sims can now be in the rain without an umbrella for a longer period of time before receiving the Soaked moodlet.
- The frequency of alien abductions (without user intervention to increase chances) has been lowered.
- The frequency of aliens visiting the player’s household (without user intervention to increase chances) has been lowered. They will however still visit the world at the same frequency.
- The frequency of getting called by an NPC Sim to go out on a date has been lowered.
- The frequency of umbrellas breaking has been lowered.
Store
- Lemons and eggplants will now show up in the Collection Journal.
- Malleable Mimic Voodoo Doll, Lord Vladimir’s Magic Cauldron, Soothsayer’s Crystal Ball, and Lady Ravendancer Goth’s Book o’ Spells will all now give skills introduced in The Sims 3 Supernatural.
- Fixed issues that occurred when trying to reinstall store lots.
Manual Download
The patch don’t work XD
At the end of the update message: “Error: Invalid file found”
Getting the same “error” message.
Here’s the direct link to try:
http://akamai.cdn.ea.com/eadownloads/u/f/sims/sims3/patches/TS3_1.50.56.0210xx_update.exe
Is that the Superpatch?
I usually wait until the next EP/SP comes out and let that update my game. I’ve had too many bad experiences trying to patch my game and then messing things up in between.
Got the same error. I had all sorts of (in-game) problems before Seasons was released too, I assume it’ll correct itself after University releases and I install. In the meantime I’m trying the direct link, thanks for sharing it, UtterlyUnzipped.
I patched no problem, but I did a reinstall yesterday so that could be why. I do see that a lot of people are having issues trying to patch.
Super patch worked fine for me. Love the Maxis logo being added with it instead of waiting to do so with Uni. Error is patch notes, only one new A/C unit was added. A smaller version of the vertical one from SN. Also, the two Uni ghosts are selectable in CAS after update. Tis sweet!
Anyone managed to download the patch for mac? Doesn’t show up in the launcher for me.
Once again you guys succeed where MAXIS drops the ball on updates! Thanks for doing what they cant.
Im having problem installing the sims3, iv got a the game and it not downloaded off any website. it work perfectally find up till the installing of it, it comes up with error fullbuild1.Package. iv try everything people have said on you tube but still not working so i tried downloading the superpatch and it say it wont download cause i havent installed the game, please help by telling me what i need to do?
how do you play it xxx
the update ruined my game only the base game works the expansion packs or stuff packs wont work 🙁
every time I try to update the game something pops up and will look like it will download and then a error message pops up and says “the installed version of this application could not be determined. the setup will now terminate” 🙁 what do I do!!!!!!!!!
Mine does update the game, but after doing this i cant build anything anymore.. what happened?!
My game patches fine, but now it crashes as soon as I start playing. Never had a problem before this patch.
UtterlyUnzipped
thank you for the direct link, I’ve tried a couple ohter sites for the 1.5 patch but wouldn’t successfully d/l, probably a good think with all I have been hearing. D/L the direct link and everything is working great! Able to do the dumpster dive! I even had the burglar show up which I haven’t seen for quite some time. The only thing that may be a concern is the couple I was playing has to vomit quite a bit (could be related to dumpster diving though). playing with a couple from Auroa in a clean town with no CC’s. Ready to place my mods back in and play my favorite town with custome homes and sims. Thanks again
Door glitch fixed only reason downloaded!!
I can’t update my new game which I downloaded again as the previous one played up. It keeps saying that I already have a game that is patched up to 1.39 even though I uninstalled the game!
are the game use the registration code?
I’m in the process of downloading the unzipped file as many of the previous comments suggest the other doesn’t work. I installed the latest download from the EA Download Manager and that seemed to entirely kill my game.
In the launcher it just says ‘Your The Sims 3 base game is incompatible with the current Sims 3 expansion pack. Please update your game via the game launcher.’ And then freezes my launcher entirely so there is no way to actually update it.
So I’ve now decided to install this base game patch as it seems to be that the latest download isn’t compatible with the base game! Just 50 minutes to download this Superpatch…
my game is telling me it up to date but when i try and play its telling me i need to update my game what should i do?
How do you start playing!? :/