The 'intProp maxNumOfVisitingSims[number]' cheat is not working
cwykes:
Modthesims2 is a good place to start with questions like this. They may not be awesome, but they have the basics covered - with screenshots in some places. Here's the bit on userstartup.cheat . You should definitely build in some aliases and turn down the sound on the tv while you're making one! Poke around and you might find answers to questions you hadn't thought of yet! http://hideki.modthesims2.com/wiki.php?title=Game_Help:Userstartup.cheat
DrKeith:
Hey guys
Thanks to all of the people who offer their tips and suggestions.
I did a search on the file in question, created it, and put it in my ///Config folder ... and I still have the same problem. Who would want to throw a party where you only invite 2 guests? The irony is, whenever I move in a new family onto a lot, about 3 or usually 4 people pitch up to welcome the new residents. Whatever, Maxis.
I also downloaded the Lot Debugger but have little idea as to how this is to help me with my problem. I think Pescado made this suggestion in the case that only one lot offers this problem. I've had this problem for a while, and while I haven't checked, I'm pretty sure this applies to all of the lot, because I had that problem at other times when I played the game. I guess to give it more credibility, I'd have to go and test it on other lots just to be sure, because I haven't done so after creating the cheat file.
Zazazu:
Quote from: jolrei on 2007 December 04, 19:11:04
Quote from: Zazazu on 2007 December 04, 16:00:27
I'm seriously thinking about increasing my maxNumOfVisitingSims to 40. Need bigger house parties!
Heh. I did that once, and suddenly ALL of my dormies were in the SS (since I only had custom dormies at the time, and only about 25 all told). I reduced to visiting sims to 10 and had to go one by one and remove dormies from the SS (the SS lot slowed to nothing on my system). Apparently my video card can handle any number of sims up to about 15, but after that the lag is too annoying.
Dark Side of the Moon has no SS members that I can see (and it has the default Sim State attached) and about 100 dormies, generated. Queen's Cove has no SS at all. I know Addison can handle it...I currently have it set at 20 and have brought one of my larger (15 family members) families to a large community restaurant.
Dr Keith, my only thought is that either the cheat is not formatted correctly or you aren't saving the file in the correct format (ridiculously easy to do when you don't already have one in existence. This is the best thread to look at for tips. It has pictures. The correct format for the cheat should be "intprop maxnumofvisitingsims 15", obviously without the quotation marks, and changed to the number you want.
jolrei:
Depending on the specs of your computer, it may do odd things here and there on loading the game. I have found, in my game, that it may not load all parts of the userstartup.cheat file, or may ignore maxnumofvisitingsims on loading. I generally check to see how many sims my playables could invite to a party on startup. If it says 8-10, I know I'm OK. If it says 1-2, I know it has not loaded correctly. Usually a restart takes care of this. I probably need moar RAMz.
It also may depend on the order of the lines in the .cheat file. I think someone mentioned that the boolprop lines go first, followed by the intprop lines, etc. Or am I just dreaming?
veilchen:
I had trouble with the userstartup.cheat too. I had it in the diseased computer, and it was working like a charm. I tried to put it in the newly installed TS2 in my new computer, and it wasn't working. The new computer has XP, so it couldn't have been Vista related. I did it the same way I did the old, working one. I'll try again, maybe I missed a step.
Great visuals from Elfie. They will be most helpful. I'm a visual person too, meaning I find it easier to follow visual instructions where computers are concerned. That's an area where I'm not too secure...yet. Thanks for the link, Zazazu.
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