This makes about 5 patches (and counting) so far, from what I've seen.
Each one is screwing the game up even worse than it was before. Poor Sims 3 players are such suckers and masochists to put up with this shit all the time.
"Oh, it's not the patch, it's your CC. Uninstall your game, remove your mods/CC, re-download the patches and reinstall your game."
How many times does it take for an average simmer to finally get sick and tired of this shit?
2 or 3 dozen times?
Is it really worth all this crap just to play a sub-par game?
By this time, I'd be throwing away the game and calling it good riddance.
When World Adventures point blank refused to install, despite all the poking and prodding I did, I just gave up and trashed the whole thing. You're right. It's nowhere near a good enough game to put up with that crap.