the upcoming update
How to update:
BACKUP your saves !
update the game so that you don't have your whole Mods folder in but move mods, tray and saves to a safe place and update.
clear caches, old last exception files and anything that does not belong in the game files.
once updated start the game vanilla with no mods, let the game generate new save, tray and mods folders.
In game make a vanilla sim , move them to vanilla lot , play a while and save the game and exit.
Do not put ANY MODS in your game until you are sure they are UPDATED!
Put your mods back in game and test them with that vanilla save.
Start with visual overhauls, lighting mods etc..
Add big mods like MCCC, UI cheats etc..
Then smaller mods and always make sure you have the udpated versions
Lastly add your defaults
then other cc and do not dump everything in there at once, but try to put them in smaller patches
and with every mod or folder of cc you add, test the gameplay with your vanilla household.
Once you are sure you have all mods working and udpated you want you can move back your Saves and Tray from the safe place you put them.
Do not go on and about harassing modders to fix their mods, this is a big udpate, updating lot of functions from the base game and other packs. Some mods might break a lot some less, so give modders time to fix their mods and don't be an ass about it.
This way you can update safely and you don't have to be worrying of the possible bugs the udpate gives (remember time moving in cas bug, instant getting older bug) and possibly corrupt your save file with a broken mod. You can spend few days with the vanilla save to make sure everything works as it should.
