THE HORROR: The REAL TS3 Scoop As It Unfolds

[fiberglassdolphin]

Oh yeah, another slight annoyance: you can't copy/paste from The Sims 3 to another program and vice versa. I was going to save some hex color values in a text document to match the top and bottom of a bikini, but no luck. That might have been a temporary glitch, though, because I remember that happened on and off in The Sims 2.

[BlueSoup]

Oh yeah, another slight annoyance: you can't copy/paste from The Sims 3 to another program and vice versa. I was going to save some hex color values in a text document to match the top and bottom of a bikini, but no luck. That might have been a temporary glitch, though, because I remember that happened on and off in The Sims 2.

Ctrl + C, Ctrl + V doesn't work?

[fiberglassdolphin]

Ctrl + C, Ctrl + V doesn't work?

Nope, that's what I tried. Does it work for everyone else? It could just be an intermittent glitch like it was in TS2.

[BlueSoup]

Nope, that's what I tried. Does it work for everyone else? It could just be an intermittent glitch like it was in TS2.

Nah, it doesn't work for me either.  I went in and tried, hadn't done so before.  Sucky.

[Quill]

Nope, that's what I tried. Does it work for everyone else? It could just be an intermittent glitch like it was in TS2.

Nah, it doesn't work for me either.  I went in and tried, hadn't done so before.  Sucky.

It didn't work for me in the arrred version or in the official version.  It seems strange.  Wouldn't it make sense for people to want to type up their sims' biographies in a text document and paste them in, or copy a cheat code from a website into the game?  Everything seems to have copy-paste functionality now, but EAxis removes functions, of course. 

[fiberglassdolphin]

I wonder if any mod could be made to force it to use the system clipboard.

[morriganrant]

Oh yeah, another slight annoyance: you can't copy/paste from The Sims 3 to another program and vice versa. I was going to save some hex color values in a text document to match the top and bottom of a bikini, but no luck. That might have been a temporary glitch, though, because I remember that happened on and off in The Sims 2.

Why save the hex? You can just grab the swatch and drop it onto the article of clothing that you want it to match. When an pattern has multiple color options for that one pattern, you can even grab the little colored circle and drop it onto something else.

[Bass Junkie]

I wonder if any mod could be made to force it to use the system clipboard.

You'd be able to use an 'alternative' clipboard, and set the copy and paste keys to something different. Can't give any examples of programs, but I have used them in the past. Also not sure if it would work within a Direct X window, but it's certainly worth a shot if copy paste is important. Personally I don't mind - I have an iPhone so I'm used to it.

[fiberglassdolphin]

The Sims 3 team is taking bug reports. I think I'll point out the multiple outfit glitch, the erratic aging, and the slow, slow third speed mode. Maybe also the horrible genetics and Story Mode, but I doubt those would be considered buggy to them.

...we hope you never need to use this address...

They have a bit too much confidence in themselves.

[Ayana]

I'm still going through the topic, but I haven't seen this mentioned yet. After sticking a "Hates Nature" sim in a basement, it seems that basements have an inherent 'outsideness', because he got the negative moodlet they pick up while outside.

I'm guessing that if I enclosed the area in walls, it wouldn't be 'outside' anymore, but that's just an asinine waste of space. I guess his hippie sister gets the basement.

[morriganrant]

I'm still going through the topic, but I haven't seen this mentioned yet. After sticking a "Hates Nature" sim in a basement, it seems that basements have an inherent 'outsideness', because he got the negative moodlet they pick up while outside.

I'm guessing that if I enclosed the area in walls, it wouldn't be 'outside' anymore, but that's just an asinine waste of space. I guess his hippie sister gets the basement.

Well, in that same vein of being asinine. EA didn't program a way for sims to tell the difference between a normal room and a conservatory like room. The Goth family get a negative moodlet for an "unfinished" room when they are playing chess in their conservatory. How hard would it have really been to add a check for "outside garden plants" in an "unfinished room"?

[Madame Mim]

Early on I had an outside loving sim who got the mood bonus everytime she went to bed - turns out I had forgotten to extend the roof when I extended the house.

As to the Goths, yes. I ended up moving the chess set because that room was such a downer.

[J. M. Pescado]

Now that there is a public store version, this thread is over.