Replacing Sidewalk tiles
Simsane:
I was reading posts at the build forum at MTS2 regarding building side garages. Someone posted that there was a tutorial on this site by Jade Elliott called something like Street Parking. The poster stated that in the tutorial, Jade Elliott explained how to get the sidewalk tiles that the game uses, instead of the cement tiles under "poured" flooring. Stated that if you use the actual sidewalk tiles, this prevents lot corruption.
I have done as many searches as I can think of trying to find this tutorial. I also followed links to some other site by Jade Elliott and have read as many posts as I can trying to find this person. From what I am hearing, she will not respond to pm's or give out an email address. That's fine, I respect her privacy. And if she felt it necessary to remove the tutorial, that's her right as well.
But I was hoping perhaps that someone else at this site may know how to find the correct tiles so I can try to build a lot that will not cause corruption.
Of course, the post I read at MTS2 was really old (from sometime in 2006, if I remember correctly) and the poster was only saying that he/she thinks there was a tutorial on this site about Street Parking and using the game's sidewalk tiles. I have no clue yet as to how accurate that information is, and would appreciate any help at all. Even if that's to tell me that you don't know what I'm talking about. :D
One other question. I have tried to follow the side garage tutorials with ep's up to and including Seasons installed. I could not get them to work with any expansions newer than Nightlife. Does anyone know if you can build a garage with a side entrance in the newer expansion packs? If so, and you know of a good tutorial, I would appreciate the link.
Thanks in advance for any help I receive.
abelle:
Thatīs strange, that the tutorial is gone.
Anyway you just had to replace a line in the game files. Make sure to make a backup before you do this.
C:\ Program Files\EA GAMES\The Sims 2\TSData\Res\Catalog\Scripts and open the file called floorPatterns.txt. I donīt remember what you had to change, but I am adding my floorPatterns.txt so you can just replace yours.
This will enable the sidewalk tile to show up with the selectable floor tiles. If you want to add street parking on a lot just delete the sidewalk tile on the edge of the lot on the other side on the street. You have to have moveobjects on to do this. Until you replace the sidewalk the driveway and extensions will be turned by 90 degrees.
Kyna:
Quote from: abelle on 2008 April 05, 05:24:54
Thatīs strange, that the tutorial is gone.
Not so strange. JadeElliott souped a while back, and deleted all her useful posts when she did so.
sloppyhousewife:
Quote from: abelle on 2008 April 05, 05:24:54
C:\ Program Files\EA GAMES\The Sims 2\TSData\Res\Catalog\Scripts and open the file called floorPatterns.txt. I donīt remember what you had to change, but I am adding my floorPatterns.txt so you can just replace yours.
I'd recommend to change the file yourself - it's better when you know what's been changed, so you can change it back if you like (as for me, I only change the file when I want to make street parking lots, because I don't want some dubious §0 floors in my catalog). It's really pretty easy. Open the floorPatterns.txt with the Editor and search for sidewalk. You'll find this:
floorPattern "sidewalk"
material "floor_sidewalk"
#catalogTextIndex 48
subsort "poured"
surfaceType "cment"
notInCatalog # hardcoded reference to this in the game engine
Now change notInCatalog to #notInCatalog. "notInCatalog" prevents the floor from showing up in the catalog (duh). The "#" will comment this line out, which means that the game will ignore it. Save. Done.
Simsane:
Thanks Abelle! I really appreciate it. I'm hoping from what was inferred in the post I read on MTS2 that if I replace the sidewalk tiles with the games actual sidewalk tiles, then this lot will not corrupt due to having the incorrect ones.
Oh, and if anyone knows whether this can still be done (side garage) in Seasons, could you let me know. I know I tried, but I must have been doing something incorrectly as it wouldn't work.
Anyway, much appreciation!
Oh, sloppyhousewife (that should be my screenname, lol!) I hit post and then saw your post. I still appreciate that Abelle gave me a copy of her file, but I also appreciate that you told me what to change. I'll keep a copy of both, just in case.
Thanks again to everyone!
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