Apartment Hack: Now For Non-Fat Gwilly People!
Roux:
Hmm. I have the current version, I don't have that other hack, and I'm also getting the error. ??? I haven't done a binary search yet, but there aren't any obvious conflicts according to HCDU. I'm not able to work on it now, but I'll look into it tomorrow.
EDIT: All righty... generated a fresh The Sims 2 folder and emptied out my Catalog\Bins and Overrides folders, just to be on the safe side. Downloaded a fresh copy of the DC to ensure I have the most recent version of hacks. Created a new YA sim and plopped her in one of the ALT dorms.
Loaded only my usual suite of Awesomeware, including apthack: error at final exam time. Loaded zero hacks: no error. Added just apthack: error.
I'm not sure if this is new information, but I noticed in my regular game that the error only pops up once per major. I had a lot with two sims in the Mathematics major, and only received one error. On a lot with four sims with different majors, I got four errors.
I've attached the error log from the last test with only apthack loaded, just in case it's useful.
Kyna:
I built an apartment lot that is 3 detached houses, to be occupied by playables. The houses are complete - each one contains everything a playable household would need, apart from a few skilling items that are only to be found in the community area. The idea was to be a cross between a residential lot and a kind of mini-community lot.
I was hoping to see kids from neighbouring houses coming out to use the playground and meet each other, and to see the occasional (or not so occasional) fight between feuding neighbours. For example, I put the Monty family in house A, the Capps in house B. When I play house C, I want to see Mercutio and Tybalt outdoors fighting sometimes.
With this hack in, given they are complete houses with something to satisfy every need, I never see the neighbours except on Saturday (when everyone 6+ comes out, assuming they're not at work) and Monday night (when all the 12+ sims emerge to pay the rent). What I'd like to see is a percentage chance of the neighbours coming outside even if they can satisfy every need within their own apartment, rather than a binary "yes they're all coming outside because there's no fun/bathroom/food inside" or "no they're not coming outside at all unless it's Saturday/Monday".
I could just take the hack out, but I like some of it's other features (deposit, uni apartments).
Entgleichen:
I'm not really satisfied with all "features" of this hack. I appreciate apartments as a possibility for graduates to have their own home which they can afford. Now, as they have to pay an initial price, they can't afford even the cheapest apartment on the trailer lot - and so do other poor sims. (I play with no20khandouts). Could the apthack possibly be modified to solve this or do I have to take it out of Downloads every time I want another sim to move into an apartment?
J. M. Pescado:
I suggest magicwanding the affected lots before moving people in. That tends to help a lot. There is no "solution" for this, since not including this negates the entire point of apartments and turns it into a free source of massive amounts of money. Without it, you will actually earn money for moving out, often a LOT of money, on furnished apartments. This therefore cannot be removed as it is necessary to close a massive exploit that renders the entire apartment thing moot.
seelindarun:
There are innumerable ways to cheat sims some money, why not use them? In fact, you could familyfund your college grads exactly the amount of the security deposit, if you wanted.
On the other hand, there are a paltry number of hacks which take money out of sims' pockets. I like the features the way they are. My college grads put up with roommates and max out their credit cards to pay the rent until they get real jobs, just like in real life. ;D
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