It will install over your current game without disrupting your families. If you're a Windows user, all you need to do is download and install the trial from our Web site. You computer will remember that the game is activated.

I just ran the upgrade. Most of my folks are now weak and extremely weak now. I can't figure out what to do for them other than make them eat and sleep until they rebuild themselves. The store doesn't have any vitamins. I gave one weak one antibiotics and it made him extremely weak.

I deleted (or make sure you have a family spot) and started a new fam, and it seemed to clear it up


edit: i deleted my familes...the game just installs over your current game, so nothing will change (acct stuff). I didn't (and they don't say to) uninstall the previous

I never had any problems with my peeps being sickly or weakened until the upgrade either. Then all of a sudden they started getting weaker and weaker. I've never let them go without food or medical attention, and they were always real healthy until after the .02 upgrade.

Lewanda, sending ya a pm lol

I've learned that if you want the full benefits of a new version you must delete the families you have and create new ones. For some reason, the new version seems to cause odd problems (only sometimes) with established families. So, I delete the old and create new. Eventually LDW won't need to make any new versions (I don't think they need anymore now as my game runs beautifully now, thank you LDW!) and then you won't need to start new families anymore.

Simsane, there's nothing wrong with my 2 main families, and they've been going strong since launch day, and through new versions as well.

My families are fine today but last night everyone was exausted. The game is a simulation in real time so I'm guessing it wasn't made to play 24/7. I didn't have to delete any families though.

I haven't deleted any of my families, and I've just done the .04 update to see how it goes. I started a new family after .02 & I didn't notice too much difference at night to be honest. They were still wandering around 'exhausted' and recovered early in their morning hours with naps. I'll see how they go at night time with the .04 update as the read me does say it addresses it. It wasn't a huge problem to me as I played the game their day time, and they really did recover from tiredness quite rapidly with naps.

Xay and Bren,

I found that installing the new version and then not deleting my old families just wasn't fixing it for me, but I'm glad that it worked for both of you!

The biggest improvement in my game came from following Bren's advice to switch day to night. Now my peeps are doing great -- I even just had triplets in one family. Yay!