Creating townies/etc using tree?
witch:
Quote from: Soylent Sim on 2007 November 12, 18:33:52
Removing the noregen hacks should ideally only be done once you've made a habit of randomizing the sim generator at least once a session. They can be an excuse to get into the habit as well, but make for dull gameplay if you start with empty templates and don't randomize.
At what point of the game are townies generated? The randomiser can only be run from a lot AFAIK, so the hood is already loaded. If townies are only generated once the player goes to a community lot this would work.
Madame Mim:
Townies are either generated on Neighbourhood creation from the template (ie PleasantView template in original/empty/alterred form) or (when using an empty template) as needed. If you're talking about creating a whole new Neighbourhood you might even like to check out one of my themed N001 replacements. You can bypass the theme by simply not downloading the shopping list. It will get you new unique townies and NPC's (many heterozygous - sp?) and the only thing you'll have to do is change some townie clothes because they'll all be dressed in EA wear (providing you don't have de-customised clothing) - which you'd have to do anyway.
witch:
I have been meaning to check out your hoods Madame Mim, currently not playing the sims though, so I've just been folllowing the thread in the meantime. Cheers for the reminder though. I love the idea of themed hoods but suspect I'm too lazy to do the shopping list thing.
Zazazu:
Remember, if you don't have a hacked Live.package, you're going to get the same crappy Maxis-type names with 20 Bruenigs all over again when you use the mailbox cheat...just different faces. I have Jordi's from here, with a few added names from when I played at an Alphabet Challenge (ye olde format where you marry in the same letter). I like having that added element of surprise, so I generally switch face template sets in and out and spawn townies/NPCs/downtownies/dormies independently. Takes awhile, but it's worth it in my opinion.
Of course, I just spawned another 50 dormies this weekend in Queen's Cove, and I still only had a 1-bolter as the highest match for Aquitaine. :'(
Madame Mim:
I'm rather fond of Wild Wild West (the complete Neighbourhood rather than just the template) at the moment. Of course it's chock full of suspect lots given I went a little wild myself with row houses, but those can be bypassed if desired/necessary.
As I said though you can bypass the whole theme and just use the names (no two townies named the same and every effort made to have no two Sims - not actively related to each other - bear the same surname).
I like the face template switching idea. It'd definately give a wider range of looks to the Sims. I wonder if I could find someone to do facial templates by theme - ie redo the whole series with an asian flavour or an african one rather than simply fixing the EAxis mistakes. . . .
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