Like it or not, The Sims 3 patches are buggy.  Some say they have no issues – that’s fantastic.  Others say their game took a huge dump and left marks all over the place.  For those folks, I’m sorry to hear what has happened. 🙁

However, The Sims 3 team is aware of the issues (hey, if you were aware, why bother releasing it?  Ah that’s right, because we’re beta testers) and made a comment in this thread at the official forums regarding version 1.8, the Create-A-World Tool and the official website issues:

Hey folks,

We are aware of the issues with the 1.8 patch, and they are being looked into. As soon as I have more information regarding this issue, or a solution, I’ll be posting it here in the forums.

I realize this is frustrating for everyone, so thanks for your patience while we work on this for you.

-Big Guy-