How about a no-clog or reduced-clog toilet global?
Cyberus:
Quote from: themaltesebippy on 2005 July 27, 22:49:32
Yes!! I have had enough with overflowing toilets!
Currently the only thing more annoying (to me) is constantly breaking up groups of sims beating on each other .. sometimes known as punch you - punch me or red hands .. in order to clear path.
gali:
The clog, and the leaking plumbing showers/tubs are the simulator sign that you have to replace them. Not only them, but the whole furniture.
If you don't have enough money for that (why are you given the "motherlode" cheat, for god's sake?), it will continue on and on - I remember a review with Wright on TS1, and he said that the strive for being rich has it's revenge, when objects stop functioning.
My strategy is: check the trash compactor - when it's price reaches 150$ (it won't go down anymore), once replace the kitchen and the showers furniture, and the second time - the whole house furniture. I always replace the whole furniture, including floors, walls, doors, and windows.
When the simulator "senses" this, all the leaks and clogs stop, and the only warning I get is - when checking the toilet or the shower, even when the maid works, they have to be cleaned. That's all.
Besides, one of my pleasures of the game is - redecorating the house, each time with different furniture...:).
veilchen:
Quote from: gali on 2005 July 27, 23:55:16
The clog, and the leaking plumbing showers/tubs are the simulator sign that you have to replace them. Not only them, but the whole furniture.
If you don't have enough money for that (why are you given the "motherlode" cheat, for god's sake?), it will continue on and on - I remember a review with Wright on TS1, and he said that the strive for being rich has it's revenge, when objects stop functioning.
My strategy is: check the trash compactor - when it's price reaches 150$ (it won't go down anymore), once replace the kitchen and the showers furniture, and the second time - the whole house furniture. I always replace the whole furniture, including floors, walls, doors, and windows.
When the simulator "senses" this, all the leaks and clogs stop, and the only warning I get is - when checking the toilet or the shower, even when the maid works, they have to be cleaned. That's all.
Besides, one of my pleasures of the game is - redecorating the house, each time with different furniture...:).
The toilets/plumbing in the dorms should not have to be paid for by my poor students. The toilet that broke down 3 times in a row was exactly 1 and 1/2 simdays old. If it worked as prescribed (i.e. time to replace) I would not feel so exasperated. I once had a bathtub break everytime a sim used it. I replaced it and darn if the new one didn't follow the same pattern right after installation.
You are right, redecorating is fun, but many of my sims don't have the money for that and I don't want to use money cheats. They start out poor and have to work their way up. Unfortunately, the plumbing does not care one way or the other. :D
I guess this is just another thing that refuses to work the way EA/Maxis intended it should.
G.
Sandilou:
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The toilets/plumbing in the dorms should not have to be paid for by my poor students. The toilet that broke down 3 times in a row was exactly 1 and 1/2 simdays old. If it worked as prescribed (i.e. time to replace) I would not feel so exasperated. I once had a bathtub break everytime a sim used it. I replaced it and darn if the new one didn't follow the same pattern right after installation.
Goodness! I thought I'd entered the real world for a moment! It's just a game. ::) Real life repairs and the lack there of wind me up - when you get this wound up, it's time to walk away from the computer - NOW! ;D
veilchen:
Quote from: sandilou on 2005 July 28, 00:48:11
Goodness! I thought I'd entered the real world for a moment! It's just a game. ::) Real life repairs and the lack there of wind me up - when you get this wound up, it's time to walk away from the computer - NOW! ;D
Nobody here's worked up that I can see. Gali was explaining what the game intended to do, and I was recounting what my game actually did. Just your normal, run in the middle, "oh maxis what where you thinking" conversation.
Like I said in an earlier post here, if my real life plumbing acted like this, my plumber would have several big problems :D
G.
Edit: By the way... Gali, do you mean replace the furniture in the bathroom/kitchen only or all the furniture everywhere? I know it sounds like a silly question; logically it should be the furniture in the affected room only, but what has logic to do with maxis?
G.
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