Lot Sync Timer: All BlueSoups Suck Edition
RainbowTigress:
The only differences I've heard of so far is the types of walk-bys there are. There was a discussion on this somewhere around here not long ago. Some people are intrigued by the House of Fallen Trees lot that is downtown. Also, load times when visiting Downtown lots is shorter because the game does not have to load Downtown first, then load the lot, and then load the neighborhood and then the house on return. Lots downtown tend to be smaller with very little yard, typical of real life city houses. Also, sims that do not live downtown cannot buy groceries downtown, and sims living downtown cannot buy groceries at a commuity lot in the main hood. (Don't ask me why, this was Maxis' idea.)
Anyway, there are a few ideas, but try searching the forum because I know this has been discussed a few times.
Kitiara:
OniRyo, it does seem to track lots downtown with each other, just doesn't show the ones from the main hood. So, you can still keep multiple downtown families synced.
J. M. Pescado:
Quote from: OniRyo on 2006 February 11, 04:06:25
Downtown lots dont really matter to me though, i only go there to buy cellphones and stuff and dates for my sims. Yet to use a single downtown residential lot so sync between main and DT isnt too important to me personally. (incase i'm missing something, is there any real advantage over the main neighborhood on residentials there? far as i know its just a 'incase you managed to fill up your main neighborhood some how' thing)
If you don't have anyone living downtown, then you can't lose sync with it. Downtown doesn't display because of difficulty iterating between lots when the lots aren't present. Risk of malfunction is present if I were to search every conceivable family ID by brute force instead. I could try adding a "Safe Mode" toggle, though.
Time sync will work on DT lots, but you have to be DT to see the DT fambly list. No useful effect occurs on Uni lots because Uni lots do not have time.
witch:
I'm finding the lot timer incredibly useful. I even moved a family, forgot about the timer, put a new timer on the new lot and thought I'd have to manually reset to stay in sync, but the timer already knew the daycount. YAY, idiot proof as well.
One question, that I know has been discussed before but I can't remember the answer, and since uni is under discussion...
Do each of the four years at uni equate to a day in the main hood?
SimSherry:
Quote from: Ellatrue on 2006 January 08, 15:55:04
I still like the idea of making it smaller and more hour-glass like
I wonder if the Grim Reaper's hourglass would work for this? Is that possible? It would look pretty cool, I think. I can't wait to give this a go, my NPC neighborhood is just getting settled and will really benefit from the Lot Sync Timer.
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