Late Night bugs & annoyances
Chain_Reaction:
Something really weird happened while playing last night. For whatever reason, the game found it to be a good idea to push upwards of 70 sims to Aquarius. There were about 20 there when I showed up and went upstairs, which I quickly learned was a mistake. After awhile all these sims were outside, in the doorway and lobby. The sound of 70 sims yelling about hunger, energy, hygiene, disgusting sim was enough but then a vampire showed up so they all started vomiting. I had piss puddles for blocks around Bridgeport. Shortly after my PC sounded like it was choking to death and the clock stopped moving as did daylight, just the sims kept yelling. Then they all started dying but no grim reaper came. I couldn't get my sim to do anything and the elevator stopped responding so I was stuck. Eventually I had him teleport down the street after which made the clock unlock (it jumped 2 days ahead) and story progression started working again but the game was extremely laggy and I noticed sim pictures were generating as squiggly lines. I quit to main menu but the interface and background was missing so it was all black with icons. I just quit the game entirely because my PC was having a stroke. Meltdown 101, EA style. Point being, don't wish more sims in clubs, it's not healthy.
jwaas:
I've been running base+LN for a while now, no AwesomeMod, and have noticed very few problems beyond the routing and opportunity issues noted above. This non-default skintone thing worries me, though. The first culprit seems to have been Rez Delnava's mod, quite understandably since it needs to be updated. Having removed that, as noted in that MTS thread, I can still use my non-default skintones by scrolling through them with the mouse wheel. The next problem, as noted both here and at MTS, is that non-default skintones break the muscle definition slider for male Sims. I haven't checked yet whether they also break the breast size slider on female Sims, as my test Sims are all male at the moment. I am guessing not, since while I am no modding expert, it seems to me that the muscle definition slider adds an overlay, while the breast size one actually changes the mesh. I think Claeric has commented on this previously.
This is of concern to me because while many over at MTS are complaining that Rez Delnava's mod broke the muscle definition slider, it seems to me that his mod is exactly what is not the problem. It can't be, since this slider still only works on the default (replacement) skintone even with his mod removed. The problem seems to lie in non-default skintones themselves. Conversely, even if/when Rez Delnava updates his mod, I am pretty sure this will not fix the problem. Unless somehow he can include something in it that forces the game to apply the muscle definition overlay regardless of whether the skintone is a default replacement or a non-default. My fear is that all non-default skintones will need to be remade for LN somehow, in order to work with the muscle definition slider -- but I really hope I'm wrong.
Another thing I've noticed is that I haven't seen any Sims yet who vomit at the sight of a vampire. This is true for both my Sims and NPCs -- my Sims usually get the Hunted moodlet, but that's about it. I wonder whether this is caused by something in an EP or SP that I don't have installed? I'll keep watching since I'm running my test household in an emptied Bridgeport. I am curious as to whether the majority of spawned female Sims will have huge boobs, since like someone else noted earlier, I definitely saw that in the default Bridgeport too. (EDIT: I misunderstood on the vomiting issue, see below. Also, "yes" on the big boobs issue.)
In the meantime, experimentation continues. It bothers me no end that I cannot have a band with a vocalist, since I've had a four-person band waiting in the bin for months for LN to be released. I also can't stand that there can be no more than four Sims in the band -- I'm not a big expert on rock music, but I'm pretty certain that it's common for a band to have two guitarists. Granted, these are annoyances rather than bugs. I do hope, though, that a future SP or EP will enable vocalists. (Which will require new songs, all of which can be sung by a male or female Sim with any of the three voice types, etc.)
immortelleMuse:
I've read somewhere that the vomiting is not vampire-induced, but rather, when Sims eat from the food truck there is a chance that a mass of them will get food poisoning. Considering I have not seen Sims having a vomitfest outside of Bridgeport, I'm assuming that's what it is.
ETA: I'm also getting the jealousy-type thing for Sims who aren't even romantic interests of people who flirt at a party. My Sim has lost friends twice because of a Sim FRIEND who flirted with someone else, causing a relationship hit for EVERYONE at the party. Granted, the Sim was flirting with someone outside of his/her marriage, but what should the other Sims care?
anberu:
Quote from: riggs on 2010 November 07, 16:22:16
Not sure if it's a bug or user error, but I don't see any consistency in the rules for inviting another sim to join bands.
Any ideas why this option comes and goes?
I'm not sure why, but it seems that sometimes, once you have a higher relationship with a sim, the band invitation moves under the "Friendly" interactions list, rather than being in the main list.
Claeric:
Quote from: anberu on 2010 November 08, 01:50:32
Quote from: riggs on 2010 November 07, 16:22:16
Not sure if it's a bug or user error, but I don't see any consistency in the rules for inviting another sim to join bands.
Any ideas why this option comes and goes?
I'm not sure why, but it seems that sometimes, once you have a higher relationship with a sim, the band invitation moves under the "Friendly" interactions list, rather than being in the main list.
Because if you're friends with someone and don't want them in your band, it'd be obnoxious if the option was always on the main first-click menu. With strangers, it doesn't matter, and might be the option you're clicking on them for in the first place.
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