Drama Professor & Met Self Fix
Casey:
Thank you syberspunk and Avalikia for your input and trying to help me. I do use TwoJeffs' Visitor Controller. But I don't ban visitors. I just ban the silly Streakers, cheerleaders, etc. I do ban Professors, also. But I don't think that has anything to do with it. I was having this (dramafix) problem before I ever put TwoJeffs' Visitor Controller in my game.
There is just one version of Monique's work hack as far as I know. I've been using it (with University) for ages.
Syberspunk, in your reply you say that, essentially no matter what I do, there is no way to rule out the possibility of Maxian sadorandomness. I think it would be a losing propostion for me to spend any time trying to figure out what might be causing this to happen. Because it can always be said that my testing hasn't ruled out the possibility of Maxian sadorandomness. :P I hope you can understand that I don't want to put in hours and hours of testing only to be told that I can't rule out the possibility of Maxian sadorandomness. (No sarcasm intended). ;)
In the mean time, I will just have to avoid enrolling my Young Adults in the Drama Major. Heck, I just want to play the Sims2 and have fun...! :D
cwykes:
I don't have Uni, so Drama professors's aren't a problem. Should I install it to deal with any other "met self" problems?
syberspunk:
Heh, yeah, sorry about that casey. I wish there was an totally absolute way to be 100% certain that it isn't merely Maxian sadorandomness. You'd probably have to play several sim days with and without this hack to be even sort of sure. And since other people don't seem to report the problem, it's unlikely (but not impossible) that the hack is the cause. If other people with a similar configuration as yours (Uni only?) report the same problem limited to sims leaving upon being greeted, then it would seem quite possible that the hack is a cause.
But yeah, I totally don't blame you. Testing for this sort of thing is definitely painful, hence the sado part of the randomness :P and I wouldn't want to put any huge amount of time into this either. Maxian sadorandomness is just pure evil.
If you ever upgrade to OFB or FFS or later... maybe/hopefully you could use the hack then and not have the same problems.
Quote from: cwykes on 2006 August 06, 13:44:35
I don't have Uni, so Drama professors's aren't a problem. Should I install it to deal with any other "met self" problems?
I would guess that it would be safe to use the hack for "met self" problems. I took a peek and it looks like they are all fixes to global BHAVs anyway. The changes make sure that the two sims in question that are being passed to the BHAVs that set these memories are not the same, essentially preventing the "Met Self" memories.
Interestingly, it looks like the reason why drama profs are such freaks is because the game considers them "Lecherous" and Lecherous sims apparently fall in crush/love with every person they meet. Now who's brilliant idea was that? That's some freaky drama profs those Maxians had. ::)
Ste
Avalikia:
I wonder if it's possible to fix the sadorandom thing, or if it's just too embedded and complicated to do anything about.
syberspunk:
I think the sadorandomness is built into the executable or primitives and isn't something modders have easy access to. Sadorandomness is what is responsible for the First Born effect, which I don't think has ever been 'fixed' so to speak. It really has to do with however they heck they are seeding (or not seeding) their sadorandom number generator.
Ste
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