The Sims 3 Showtime?

The Sims 3 Showtime is supposedly the next Expansion Pack.

With The Sims™ 3 Showtime your sims can enjoy new activites! Your Sims will have the oppurtunity to become a proud member of the few clubs around the new town Simburb. Fond of flowers? Well, the gardening club is the perfect choice for you. Showcase your best talent and earn some extra cash. Why don’t you try the soccer or golf club? Too tiring for you? Well don’t worry then. You can always just chill with your family at the zoo or have a piñata party.

Features:
◘ Sports are back(football, basketball, tennis and golf)
◘ Clubs (gardening, cooking, painting and country club)
◘ New objects (ping pong table, pool slides, hammock and many more)
◘ Rabbit Holes (zoo and circus)
◘ Venues (aqua park and outdoor cinema)

The Sims 3 Master Suite Stuff Photos

These two pictures and one other have been posted at SimsVIP

Thanks, Vicki:)

The Sims 3: Master Suite Stuff Confirmed

The next Stuff Pack for The Sims 3 has been confirmed and will be released on February 10, 2012.

EA has listed the physical and digital versions on their Products/EULA page.

Thanks to SimPrograms

And while you're at SimPrograms, there's something about the Stuff Pack and a new Expansion Pack here. 

60% off EA Games and $10 SimPoints

B has informed me that there is a sale on EA games through the Origin Program.


I haven't tried this but she has and here's what she had to say:)

Hey Joe,

You might want to let the simmers know there is a Origin sale for 60% off games and $10 USD simpoints. The thing is you must USE Origin's PROGRAM, not the website. The code is ORIGIN60.

When using the program there is an update first, then when the program opens go to the STORE tab, type in the search box (simpoints) without the parenthesis, choose the $10 bundle. In the promo box type ORIGIN60. Put in your information, if you have purchased before from origin you must re-enter the card info or a error about euros come up. Then check out paying $4 USD for the $10 bundle. Also the games are on sale, someone just bought Medieval for $12 USD. The games only come in digital format. 

It's not just Sim games but all EA games, just tested it. They are 60% off. Only through the origin program.

 Thank you, B:)

And I just noticed that (the never updated) Nothing in Meatspace has been changed to  B Laugh Til You Cry.  I'll add your lots to the updates:)

TSR Pets CC Bug Fixer

In October 2011, EA released a game update (patch version 1.26 for PC, 1.27 for Mac) to coincide with the release of the Pets EP. These both included substantial changes to the way Custom Content (CC) works, to enable the animations of Pets to work with objects they could interact with.

The result was that all pre-existing CC was broke and failed to work in the updates games.

TSR have worked tirelessly for days to fix the problem for the entire Sims community. First we fixed our Workshop tool so that all newly created CC would work with the latest game versions. Then we started fixing all of our Sims 3 downloads on the server so that newly downloaded content would also work. Finally, and this is why you are here, we released a tool to fix players’ games, patching their downloaded CC as well as that already installed in their games. The result was a "fix it all" tool to get players games working again. It’s called "TSR Pets CC Bug Fixer", and you can download it in step 1 of our guide.

Read more at The Sims Resource

Thanks, Moar Fail Plz:)

Pets Patch CC Issues - Update

TSR staff have been working hard to fix the problems caused by the Pets EP and the 1.26 game patch (1.27 for Mac) released by EA. To enable Pets animations, EA have changed the way many objects work. Without boring you with the technical details the result was that most CC fails to work in the game after applying the patch or Pets EP. Micke (our über coder that created Workshop) has created some fixes for the problem but not without generating others, which some users are likely to be unhappy with. We can fix objects to work with Pets and the latest game patch. Workshop is now fixed and exports objects which work with Pets and the patch. We will run a batch process to fix all of our existing content "server side" which we hope to start on Thursday.

Read more at The Sims Resource

Thanks, Anon:)

So what do you think of Pets?

I was really excited to install Pets and did with no problems.  But the new problems didn't leave much time to play, so all I've basically done with the game so far is start it up, create a couple of my real pets, add them to my household and save and quit.  The reason I didn't get a chance to play yet is because of the (as everyone already knows) new broken content issue.  Instead, I spent hours removing any and all custom surfaces and doors.  So much fun...

Anyway, here's the loading screen for the new world. 

An anonymous poster suggested I  make a post where people could list what CC is not working for them anymore and I suppose you could do that here.  I was going to make a new tab for that but Blogger has not fixed the issue.

New TS3 Patch and Existing Custom content

IAMS Pet Starter Kit

Start your pet on the right track today! - Free when you register Pets

Do you love your pets? Yes? Well we do too! So do our friends at Iams! That's why they've put together a wonderful starter kit for you and your new pet to enjoy together! Show your pet how much you love them by giving them the gift of their very own Iams dog house, pet bowl, ergonomic pet bed, smart chew toy, Iams pet Food and your very own vet certificate!

 I AM Healthy inside + out, that's Iams motto and should be yours too! Keep your pet healthy and strong with Iams! You can find the right product for your pet at Iams.com! Make your pet an Iams pet today.

PC Game Update for 1.26 Mac Game Update for 1.27

To install this update, please start your game and use the “Updates” tab in your Launcher.


This game update includes:

Base Game Updates

You can now use, create, and modify Collections in Buy Mode to easily sort and organize similarly themed objects.
Additional bug fixes and polish to existing features.

World Adventures

The Photography Skill has been updated to include new Photo Collections from features across the line of The SimsTM 3 Expansion packs.
Additional bug fixes and polish to existing features.


Ambitions

Additional bug fixes and polish to existing features.

Late Night

Additional bug fixes and polish to existing features.


Generations

Additional bug fixes and polish to existing features.

Before installing an Update for The Sims 3, an Expansion Pack, or a Stuff Pack, it is a good idea to run through the following checklist to ensure your game continues to work smoothly.
If you have any questions about the below steps, please visit the Technical Support forum on the official Sims 3 community found at this URL: http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/forums/show/10.page

Step 1: Disable Custom Content

Custom Content is all Sims content that did not come from an official The Sims 3 Update, The Sims 3 Store, Expansion Pack, or Stuff Pack. Custom Content is created by 3rd Party Developers that are not regulated by Electronic Arts or The Sims 3 Development Team and may not work with new updates. Custom Content may cause the game to behave unexpectedly or not function entirely.
To disable your custom content, undo whatever you did to install this content to get your game back into an unmodified state. If you placed it in a Sims 3 directory folder, move it to a new folder that is outside your Sims 3 file directory. Your Sims 3 file directory can be found using the paths listed below:
Windows File Directory: C:\Documents and Settings\USER\My Documents\Electronic Arts\The Sims 3
Mac File Directory: User/Documents/Electronic Arts/The Sims/
Once you have installed the official update you may re-enable your custom content. If you experience problems, disable it again until the 3rd party developer updates their content to work with the official Update, Expansion Pack, or Stuff Pack.

Step 2: Back Up your Save Files

It’s always a good precaution to back up your save files before installing an Expansion Pack, Update, or Stuff Pack. To do this, copy the “.sims3” folders found in the Saves folder onto your desktop or another file directory.
Your Sims 3 Saves folder can be found using the paths listed below:
Windows File Directory: \My Documents\Electronic Arts\The Sims 3\Saves
Mac File Directory: User/Documents/Electronic Arts/The Sims/Saves
After the Update is installed, run the game to verify your saves still function correctly.

Step 3: Let the Update Complete Entirely

Updates can sometimes be rather large and may take a while to download and install completely. Cancelling the update before it has completed may cause unexpected problems, so it is always best to let it finish entirely. Do not close the Launcher until you have confirmed the update is completely installed, as this will cancel the update.

Thanks, Anon:)

Create A Pet Demo

PLEASE read the comments before installing this.  There's lots of problems with saved games and Sims3packs being reported.  There's more about this at Crinrict's blog - Original German - Translated to English

Create your dream pet
Here's your chance to design the perfect companion. The Sims™ 3 Pets Create a Pet Demo lets you customize your pet, give it unique personality traits, and share your creations on The Sims 3 Exchange** – for FREE!

More pets, more fun.
Create tons of unique pets. Dogs, cats, and even horses. Tailor their traits.
Intelligent, brave, or friendly – you determine the personality of your pet.

Customize their look.
Fur color to eye color, coat markings to body shape, fine-tune every detail of your pet's appearance.

Share your pets online.
Connect and show off creations with the world via The Sims 3 Exchange.**

Hidden Springs on Sale at The Sims 3 Store

Explore an All-New World - Discover Hidden Springs Today!

Celebrities and the rich flock to Hidden Springs in search of relaxation and escape from the mundane. Many cannot resist rumors of the seemingly miraculous healing powers that linger in the woods and waters. Some of the townsfolk who live in the woods are highly secretive and seem to have a pale green tinge to them. Is it really magic at work?

When you're in Hidden Springs, you can explore a stunning lakefront, relax at a luxury spa or ski lodge, escape into the woods, or even uncover ancient mysterious at the Museum of Magic and Supernatural. What will you find in Hidden Springs?

Thanks, Anon:)

New Pictures of Hidden Springs and Sims 3 Pets

There's one more picture of Hidden Springs at SimsVIP

13 New Pictures of Hidden Springs

See all 13 pictures at SimPrograms

And more about Hidden Springs at Sims VIP

Thanks, Anon:)

Hidden Springs Coming Soon - A New World For Your Sims to Explore

Discover The Magic of The Sims 3 Hidden Springs!

The Sims 3 Hidden Springs is an all-new World for your Sims to Explore!

Take your Sims to Hidden Springs to discover exciting new locations, exclusive new items, all-new Sims and stories, and even a little magic.

Celebrities and the rich flock to Hidden Springs in search of relaxation and escape from the mundane. Many cannot resist rumors of the seemingly miraculous healing powers that linger in the woods and waters. Some of the townsfolk who live in the woods are highly secretive and seem to have a pale green tinge to them. Is it really magic at work?

Join The Sims 3 on Facebook as we count down to the launch of The Sims 3 Hidden Springs where we will be releasing all-new and exclusive assets. Be sure to check back often so that you wil not miss any of the exciting announcements.

The Sims 3

There's also 16 Hidden Springs screenshots at Simprograms

Renders here

Hidden Springs video

New Info About Pets in The New Patch

This was posted at Mod The Sims by Sims XM

• New items: mechanical bull, vending machines (candy, drinks, and healthy food) and ice cream trucks.
• Wild animals: horses (can be tamed), strays (can be adopted), raccoons and deers.
• New creature: unicorn. Can start a fire, teleport, cure Sims, bless and curse Sims and plants, and can be released.
• Competitions: racing and cross country (beginner, advanced, and international).
• New NPCs lifetime wishes: jockeys, zoologists, animal rescuers, fairy tale finders, ark builders.
• New traits: equestrian, cat person, dog person, animal expert, and animal lover.
• Pet traits: likes swimming (dog only), lazy, aggressive, agile (horse only), brave, destructive, fast (horse only), hyper, loyal (dog only), gentle (horse only), hydrophobic (dog only), nervous (horse only), noisy, piggy, playful, proud, skittish, adventurous, cluless, friendly, genius, hunter, independent, neat, non-destructive, mean, quiet, shy, hates jumping (horse only), ornery (horse only), raised by wolves (may be dogs only), and reinforcement.
• Tricks: sit, sit up, shake, speak, roll over, play dead. Trick skill.
• New skill: riding.
• Pet skills: racing and jumping.
• New lots: cat jungle, horse ranch, and dog park.
• Other pets: ants, birds (blue gold macaw, catalina, macow, cockatoo, congo African gray, crow, falcon, spotted sixam, yellow naped Amazon), lizards (anole lizard, ancient dragon, gecko, chameleon, pygmy komodo dragon, agama lizard, texas spiny lizard), rodents (chinchillas, hedgehogs, squirrels, rats, shrews, womrats), snakes (yellow python, garter snake, emerald tree boa snake, malayan krait snake, yellow chondro python, scarlet king snake, San Francisco garter snake, iridescent shieldtail snake, and mini python), and turtles (barbours map, spotted, eastern box, Indian roofed, red eared slider, pygmy, spiny, and western painted).
• New careers: horse(wo)man
• Lifetime rewards: pet clone voucher, young again (for pets), steel bladder (for pets), swank pet bed, pet hygienator, vomit immunity, alpha, atomic grazer, best behavior, fearless foal, equine zen, desert pony, friend of the herd, gardener's delight, and lucky mount.

Read more at Mod The Sims

Thanks, Anon and Simprograms

The Sims 3: Town Life Stuff - Official Launch Trailer

The Sims 3: Town Life Stuff

Enhance your Sims’ neighborhoods and homes with new venues and items!

With exciting content never seen before in a Stuff Pack, The Sims™ 3 Town Life Stuff* introduces new venues to give your Sims’ entire town a makeover – complete with objects just as perfect for their homes. Build a chic new library, create an exclusive, high-tech gym, design a fun playground, or make chores a pleasure with a fresh new laundry room. The Sims 3 Town Life Stuff not only gives you loads of new inspired design to use at home, but includes new community places, like Scrumptious Nibbles Café, for your Sims to visit too!

* Requires The Sims 3 to play

 

FEATURES

Pre-Built Venues and Lots—Give your Sims’ town a new look with spectacular ready-to-go venues and community lots—or construct your own cool setting.
Fit and Fresh—Work out with the latest high-tech gym equipment, then clean your sweaty gym clothes in the new state-of-the-art washer and dryer set.
Time to Unwind—Kids will love the new Sunny Bungalow jungle gym, slide, and sandbox, while grown-ups can play chess by the new fountain.
Study Time or Story Time—Update the library with an elegant array of accessories, build your own study, or create cubicles with specialized sectional seating.
New Casual Outfits and Hairstyles—Clothes for running errands, hanging out, or working out—there are lots of styles for all your Sims’ fashion needs.

More at The Sims 3

Thanks, Motte and Anon:)

Sims 3 Pets – Fact Sheet!

Summary of the Game

Create perfect—or imperfect—pets for your Sims, from fierce guard dogs to destructive kittens to trusty horses and more as you determine not only how your Sims’ pets look but their personality traits as well. With a variety of new activities and social interactions, take control of these pets and experience the world from their perspective. Treat your Sims and their pets to an exclusive venue filled with unique objects found only in the Limited Edition. Give your Sims a new member of their household and discover all-new ways to play with life!

Bring excitement and surprise into your Sims’ lives with pets! Create the perfect (or imperfect) pets for your Sims, from fierce guard dogs to destructive kittens to trusty horses and more as you determine not only how your Sims’ pets look but their personality traits as well. With a variety of new activities and social interactions, take direct control of your Sims’ pets and explore new ways to mess with their lives. Give your Sims a new member of their household and discover all-new ways to play with life!

Players take creativity by the reins and play out the stories they want to tell whether it’s the single guy in the dog park picking up women or the criminal overlord and her evil cat. Across all platforms, The Sims 3 Pets players will be able to create, customize and control over a hundred different kinds of cats and dogs like the Australian Shepherd and the Maine Coon, and can breed and share them with friends providing endless possibilities to create new and exciting breeds.

In the PC/Mac version players will be able to take their pets on play dates or meet other Sims at the dog park, cat jungles and even a horse ranch. With The Sims 3 Pets, players will be able to create, control and play with life with their pets!

Create a wide variety of unique dogs, cats, and—for the first time ever—horses! Build a collection of lizards, turtles, snakes, and birds. Think your Sim has what it takes to tame a wild horse?

Town/Lots

Although not yet confirmed, there is mention from the Sims 3 Pets Promo Page under the News Tab about a new world.

Each platform brings a new world for players to explore from the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 versions where players will unlock achievements by solving mysteries around town, the Nintendo 3DS with new lots to unlock to the PC/Mac version where they’ll be able to take their pets on play dates or meet other Sims at the dog park, cat jungles and even a horse ranch.

Now a “new world” can be interpreted in different ways, one being the game brings “a whole new light” for players (as far as interactions & gameplay go) or indeed a new neighborhood. I’m hoping for the latter!

There is also mention from the Exclusive content that we will be able to change the look and feel of our town with the new Lot.

Change the look and feel of your Sims’ town with an exclusive venue!

Lots

So far it is confirmed we will have 4 New lots:

♦ Dog Park
♦ Cat Jungle
♦ Horse Ranch (Equestrian Center)
♦ Pet Shop (the pet shop has been confirmed by Graham Nardone not to be a rabbit hole) The Pet Shop will also include unique items for your pets only available in the Pet Shop!

The Pet Shop will also be exclusive content for those who pre-order and who buy the game the first day of release. See Graham’s explanation here.

Players will be able to create their own Pet Shops as well.

Give your Sims and their pets an exclusive pet store venue or create your own custom pet store by placing a pet store register on a community lot and building as you like.


Type of Pets

Pets that are already confirmed to be included in the game are the following:

♦ Cats
♦ Dogs
♦ Horses
♦ Lizards
♦ Turtles
♦ Birds
♦ Snakes

See the full facts sheet at Sims VIP

Thanks, Vicki:)

The Sims 3 Pets Official Announce Trailer

I took a bunch of snapshots in case the video goes down and will upload it to blogger if that happens.

Thanks, #aWT:)

And the video here