6 Painful Years.

The time has come to say it all. The truth has been revealed. Get your fingers crossed before it's too late. The judgement day has come.

6 years ago as of now DarkFashionista got perma banned from The Sims 3 website. She was acting like a spoiled 12 year old. Worse than the Plastics in "Mean Girls". She was pretending to be old. Actually, she WAS old enough to act like a 12 year old back in the day. Or was she a 12-year-old?

From August 30, 2013 she started to bully other people. Calling them "idiot" or "dummy". In capital letters. All of this was done on the forums. She was delighted when others had problems. Oh. And this meant she became the biggest bitch of the forums. The world was all hers. She pretended she was better than all the other simmers, even on the exchange. But MOST OF ALL...

Yeah, MOST OF ALL...

...Copy 4thefunofit4's creations! THIS indicated she was the ultimate copycat of the Exchange. NO ONE had started a topic about her. NO ONE. She was not that harmful. But kept an attitude. In December 2012 she was always getting praised by creator luckyheather about her creations, dropping a "rec'd" and that was it. Also other creators which I don't remember their ID's. And me, as well. You know me. I'm quite an inactive forum user. Rarely do I log in on forums.

She copied till September 15, 2013. The day when everything changed for her. Cursed on forum and got perma banned. She didn't beg for forgiveness to EA. But created a Stardoll account. On Stardoll she's been quite a kind and balanced person. Hon, that's what happens if you swear this bad on forums. I instead use the Microsoft forums instead, and I don't swear. Little Miss Diva Dark, you've got to read more of that good stuff. Are you this blind?

Little.. uh, you're 30. But acted like a 12 year old back then. Dark is connected to Stardoll in a way. Once I mentioned she acts like poohg_1993 or Ashley. I don't distort the truth. I don't expose none of these girls. Only Dark. Remember, the forums are not a place of rudeness. Only a place of fun.

Dear Dark, wherever you may be now, please read this. It's the naked truth.

Joanne

Storytime: Problems (Part 2)

2GB computers are NOT made for running The Sims 3 & all its addons. At least that would be just the BIGGEST mistake I've ever made. EVER. How about letting an old grown up gal manipulating my account and acting like a 12 year old spoiled brat?

Whatever. I was still a "new member" on the forums. This is why I don't use forums. Because somebody just broke into my account and started the chaos pretending it was me. NO. It wasn't me. That pathetic hag Dark broke into it. SHE acted like a 12 year old. SHE demonized my account for a possible solution. A certain igazor user advised her to create a new thread... MY account was on New Member rank. To post your own thread you need to have in total of 50 XP.

Still the same. SHE replied "Same here" to threads similar to MY laptop's problems. Like... continuing animations, freezing etc. Tech responders replied to her "you've been ignoring the forums so we won't find a solution for you". She didn't care...

What's the deal? On my PC I've run into a few problems from September 2016 til May 2017. The laptop had the problems. Like... um... run Task Manager and then force exit the game while it's exiting. Wait your butt there until it exits. Oh, it was on 1.67 patch. TOO laggy to run Origin. TOO laggy to update to 1.69 patch.

May 2017. My computer crashed. It ran into a BSOD. I posted a thread on a Windows 10 forum. They replied "it's a virus". My dad said it wasn't. 2 days later I was installed a 32-bit OS on a 2GB computer. The same crashing irony.

A lot of crashing happened on June 16th 2017. My computer was crashing all the time. I mean my game. I was in the process of making a family but my game crashed in CAS. Hell no. I received NO help. Struggled with the shit till October. SO WHAT? I was forced my 16 year old self to act like an old pathetic hag. NO. That old pathetic hag (AKA Dark) broke into my account again. SHE spammed a thread like a 12 year old. Cries and panic.

SimGuruDrake replied back "trying to check if this account is legit". YES IT WAS LEGIT. Dark broke into it. It was time for me to play Stardoll 'cause it was the only way. While the gallery was fed up with Glass4Swan (I didn't have Sims 4 only the demo) Dark posted her ass there on the forums like a 12 year old. She was 28 but acted like a 12 year old spoiled brat. MY account was in danger of a ban because of HER!

Even checked my dad's e-mail. There was nothing suspicious from the forums. My account is now safe. Last posted in May, on a thread about Sims 4 packs.

This is why you shouldn't use tech forums kids... (or any other forum especially the Ice Chewers one)

"Lemon" ;) mixed with "milk" ;)

BYE.

Storytime: Error Codes and Me (Part 1)

From all these years of Sims 3 experience I took it just way too far. I mean who plays for like many hours a day and then leads to a dreadful error code. I've encountered something like this, but anything as bad as this.

So, here's how it all started.
One Saturday of April 2016 I wanted to continue playing my Capps in Roaring Heights to renew the saved game. I had a tendency of saving the game before 1 month of the save date in order for the picture to stay as in Edit Town.

I turned the computer on, opened The Sims 3 and started to play. Common thing for a 15-year-old girl then...

Then came up the main menu. I, wanting it or not, loaded Roaring Heights as I had the Capp family from the Sims 2. It was like a Generations series, therefore my channel wasn't made yet. I had the whole thing based on the generation from The Sims 2. I was playing The Sims 2 at the same time and wanted to modify the saved game just like in Veronaville. My crazy mind had turned the whole town a heap of chaos that's why I based the story per se.

It was about time to create more Sims. First I created a girl based on Hermione Granger from the Harry Potter series, I definitely didn't know my -strange- obsession with Harry Potter. That was at noon. Then I created a girl inspired by an actress (Shannon which you see at the header) and was about to save the game. If I had a channel I'd livestream this. Then...

It took a long time to save the fucking game. To avoid the waiting I ended up listening to The Fray and Secondhand Serenade. It not only took a long time to save the game but got an error code 12. I didn't know it had to do with installed RAM and how many CPU the game eats for the disk space.
After saving the game crashed in edit town mode. And yes, this is TRUE. I deleted whatever .bad files there were on my saves folder and continued normally my games WITHOUT loading that dreaded corrupted or WHATEVER THE HELL it is Roaring Heights town!!!

Then the CHAOS began. I was insecure of loading Roaring Heights to see if I get serious errors during loading, so I asked on the forums. I asked about "if I load Roaring Heights will I get the serious error message" or something like this. Some crinrict user replied to me "please send me your saved game to see if I can test it" I couldn't do that because I had other things to do in my head like... FINISH MIDDLE SCHOOL! Nor couldn't I find a way to do that. I didn't know her email only if I provided a download link for this atrociety or grey screens in game then back to the main menu!

Does this have to do with vanilla? To me nah. Just kept on playing the game on my laptop until finding a possible solution to this. I could be able to load other worlds EXCEPT for Roaring Heights. That mattered on my PC the most because of that issue. The day when I experienced the issue my game had crashed with an ACCESS_VIOLATION crash! (or whatever it was I just don't remember) Had to check the system overview - my OS was genuine. It had nothing to do with genuinity. I mean...

But my old laptop never had problems with error codes! For some weird reason I made the HUGE mistake of posting to a MAC forum (bluebellflora is the helper on MAC's) & then some igazor user ordered me to create a new thread even though I had the "new member" rank...

Part 2 coming soon!

Joanne

How I Prevent Desktop Crashes in the Sims 3

Even though I'm on an 8GB computer, here are my tips to preventing desktop crashes in the Sims 3, and that's what most of you can do when you experience a crash.

• Make sure your game is up to date. A healthy game might be always up to date, no matter how many CC you install. Or how many times you play it. In fact, don't overuse the CPU on your task manager, prefer to play in windowed mode because it's easier for you to access the task manager, by going through the taskbar>right click>open Task Manager. If you see just your mouse and the game just stopping working (with animations continuing), force closing it through the task manager.

• Prefer to play in Windowed mode. It's easier for you to access whatever you want by playing in windowed mode. Even the smallest crash can be present in Windowed mode. As mentioned previously, it's easier for you to access the task manager (and not only).

• Add the game to the Data Execution Prevention (DEP). This can prevent almost every crash of your game. You can go to Control Panel>System>System Overview (something)>Advanced System Settings.

• Save in different game slots. This helps preventing error codes 12, 13, and 16. I got an error code 12 two years ago and demanded the whole forum for an answer. Check your CPU in the task manager, if the app "eats" CPU or not. Do NOT overwrite save games, they may cause you error codes, so avoid overwriting save games, or overpopulate worlds! You can read about this one here. (I don't know the link)***

• Make sure you have lots of free space on your hard drive. A secondary drive is necessary for a gaming PC, since I'm on a laptop 1TB of HDD does the job right. You can save whatever you want, but even if you have VERY little hard drive (or SSD) space try holding off the usage of your PC or laptop and use it after a couple of days if you prefer. Easiest thing to clean useless files is CCleaner, google it and it's free to download!

• ***As for the save thing; save 1-2 times a week to prevent getting glitches on the family or the lot like duplicated lot instead of family icon or stand alone family icon with empty lot. It happens most when playing a sub world off the World Adventures pack (France/Egypt/China). I've had one with Moonlight Falls, but it didn't have to do with the World Adventures pack! Ever since I saved in Sims University & overwrote the file (quite some time later), NONE of these happened. Absolutely NONE of these, I mean. Because of a powerful laptop!

These are pretty much what I do when I play The Sims 3. Ever since it's a very demanding game and requires a powerful PC, make sure you do the following I stated above, they'll help you out, so watch out unexpected crashes and game on!

Joanne

 

Origin Stuck in Offline Mode with Network Connection - FIXED!

Hey guys and I'm back with another problem... bug I mean.

I'm in ABSOLUTE sorrow right now. Whenever I try logging in to my Origin account it displays that offline mode is now unavailable. But my computer IS online! I try over 100 times but it just DON'T stop. No matter what. It don't stop. What may be WRONG with me? Or is it just ban?

Nah. The thing isn't ban to me, but a bug with power cuts. Or slow internet connection. And of course nothing wrong with antivirus. I tried looking for a solution on the forums, no shit, waited patiently but glad didn't try to rant like an autistic 9 year old or whatevs. Excuse me I'm trying to be a little rude here, but never mind, I thought of going Dark-like and ranting my ass to the forums, hence there'd be some voice buzzing in my head, y' know what it is, I'm not gonna say it.

The TRUTH: yes, it's server errors. Surest thing ever, be prepared. Thanks to my powerful computer I bought in June. Heh, I never thought of the same old 2GB boring irony, but sure thing I'd act like Dark or Ashley!

It's back now, I'm happy.

Joanne

Should I make a Sims 4 "TSSOS-like" blog?

The answer is up to you. I'm more into stalking suspicious gallery activity in The Sims 4, as that's what I play more. The Sims 4 has made me more creative and a realist, according to a good comment by a friend. I know, everytime I share a Sim on the gallery, I come up with yet another realistic description for them!

When I get more packs, I think I'll use more hashtags rather than a description (see it's very long?) and I'll upload the description individually on one of my creations on my two blogs, Sims By Joanne (1 tumblr) & (blogspot).

The Sims 4 gallery also has its ups and downs. More creations are good, others are bad & MOST of all STOLEN!!! I'll try my best when trying to report thieves to the gallery. Just like on Stardoll...

Stay tuned for more. I'll keep you updated.

Joanne

A "New" Thief...

...SimsFamily68. This name may sound familiar to you. And I was brought to her by franafrica. Her work has been stolen by this gal or whatever gender it has (SimsFamily68). A new stealing circuit going around on Sims 4 gallery.

SimsFamily68 is a user whose catalog has nothing original. I mean nothing uploaded by this user. Just a little FYI seeing from the avatar that this person is a woman. It don't mean anything but it might be some kind of drunk autistic hermaphrodite or whatever the hell you can call it.

I apparently guess this gal is a woman so she's stolen creations from other Simmers, such as wopy100, CharmingCharisma, pferdileinchen etc etc. ALL her catalog is STOLEN I have to repeat it again and again. From Sims to houses everything is STOLEN.

Ironic is it that she renames stolen creations! Example given a pet uploaded by another user & renamed it Lizzy. The pet itself is a dog of Rhodesian Ridgeback breed, in brown. I don't remember the ORIGINAL creator as if I know the name & I don't want to expose the creator. HOW COME DOES SHE RENAME & REUPLOAD THEM?? Doesn't she have a little dose of creativity?? And dignity?? She maybe doesn't know what the ORIGINAL creators include in their description.

Just because I did a little search on the gallery for my creations, she apparently didn't steal from me. Example given my latest houses Lady in White, Natural Loft & my new one that I have a WIP. (don't know what to call it), my Sims & pets, rooms etc etc. ALL of them took me SO MUCH time to complete & upload to the Gallery. It's easier for me to update my old creations especially when I get more packs!

Please try to report her as soon as possible if you can. I'm not here to expose the rest of the names I gave except for the THIEF SimsFamily68.

Joanne aka Mikrolactaki3