Reflective surfaces no longer suddenly pop back on when snow is melting.Frost no longer appears to be a pure white surface on floor tiles or staircases on low detail lots. Saving the game prior to a NPC Sim’s costume party will no longer cause Sims to reset upon loading the save file.NPCs that throw parties in the winter will no longer select Swimwear as the suggested clothing.Ice sculptures from The Sims 3 Ambitions no longer melt in sub-freezing temperatures.Performance was improved when directing Sims to have a Water Balloon or Snowball fight on a cluttered lot.Performance was improved when selecting the “Invade a Community Lot” interaction on the UFO.Sims animations are properly reset when editing an active Festival Grounds lot.Festival Grounds are now valid destinations for sending a Sim to perform through SimPort for players with The Sims 3 Showtime.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.UFOs can now abduct Sims from households that don’t have enough room for the UFO to appear on the lot.Harvestable plants will now always be watered during a rainstorm rather than the check only occurring once per day.Harvestable plants grown inside biodomes will no longer turn dormant in freezing temperatures.Harvestable plants that are grown indoors can no longer become dormant or accumulate snow.Hot Dog and Pie Eating contests can no longer ironically cause a Sim to starve to death.Sims can now route properly on floor tiles built above a frozen water surface.The Heckle interaction is no longer available in Sims swimming in the ocean.Karaoke Machine wishes will appear much less frequently.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.Pillow Fight wishes will appear much less frequently.Improved performance in Bridgeport related to Sim routing.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.Deleting doors to NPC apartments can no longer cause the game to crash.Ghosts will now properly appear for level 5 Ghost Hunters so they can continue their career progression.Broken Omni Plant gift boxes will no longer appear in the Sims inventory when travelling between worlds.
Sims that already had the hidden diving skill prior to game update 1.42 will now be able to use diving boards.This prevents snow from accumulating within holes in a foundation that are entirely enclosed within the interior of a building.
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. 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.
To install this update, please start your game and use the “Updates” tab in your Launcher.