LTW's
C.S.:
Quote from: Kyna on 2007 March 27, 01:31:25
I've tried maxing out politics, health and sports, as those are the only ones I can think of that would be relevant to the military career. My sims then roll up LTWs for Mayor, Chief of Staff and Hall of Famer. But not for General. It seems that not even Popularity sims get it when I have ltwvariety in my game.
It seems personality affects LTWs too. Maybe your sims are too nice, or not active enough, something like that. I have 2 Popularity sims in my game and they manage to roll LTWs for becoming General.
maxon:
Quote from: Kyna on 2007 March 27, 01:31:25
Quote from: Diala on 2007 March 26, 23:38:45
If you want to go the easy (well, somewhat) route, you can download Squinge's All LTWs for All Aspirations hack. Personally, I love it.
It's my understanding that you have to mess with the core game files to use Squinge's hack for LTWs, and that you have to remember to uninstall it when you patch or install a new EP. Too much messing about for me.
Whether you remember to take out the files or not is a moot point anyway since the latest version of this hack only requires the files to be in Downloads (in a sub-folder if you like). You don't have to do anything with base game files.
Kyna:
I hopped on over to Insim and checked out Squinge's section. I hadn't realised he'd made 3 hacks relating to LTWs, as the only LTW hack of his that I'd heard of was the one that previously required messing with core game files to add in the Uni career LTWs. I'm not interested in the one that reduces the requirements for non-career LTWs, but the other two certainly look tempting.
seelindarun:
Any testimonials as to whether Squinge's hack plays nicely with ltwvariety?
Ste, I remember you in a discussion about this hack in another thread a while ago. At the time, I wanted it but knew I was not in a sufficient state of Awesome Readiness to do the maintenance for anything but my DL folder. Even if you all have been lucky, I just hate the headache of sifting through hacks when something goes borken.
Anyway, I now have at least one other hack which requires such coddling, and more importantly a system of reminding myself of their existence. I feel ready. 8) Just wanted to confirm, if you hang out here long enough, eventually you get drawn over to the dark side... ;D
syberspunk:
Quote from: SaraMK on 2007 March 27, 02:11:15
I always forget to take that hack out before patching or adding an EP.
Quote from: magicmoon on 2007 March 27, 02:13:47
Me too. I've had Squinge's LTWs in and always forget to "put things back" before installing a new EP or patch. Never had a problem either. I always back up my favorite hood before doing anything, but haven't ever had to revert to the backup after installs.
Me three. Lol. Well... actually me first, since I did mention it first. Hee ;D But yeah, it's good to know that I'm not the only scatterbrain that forgot to do this. Happened to me once with no ill effects, so I just tried it again purposefully the next time around and still, no ill effects (thus far *knocks on wood* :P). Besides, it's not that hard to revert to back up anyways.
Quote from: maxon on 2007 March 27, 08:58:26
Quote from: Kyna on 2007 March 27, 01:31:25
Quote from: Diala on 2007 March 26, 23:38:45
If you want to go the easy (well, somewhat) route, you can download Squinge's All LTWs for All Aspirations hack. Personally, I love it.
It's my understanding that you have to mess with the core game files to use Squinge's hack for LTWs, and that you have to remember to uninstall it when you patch or install a new EP. Too much messing about for me.
Whether you remember to take out the files or not is a moot point anyway since the latest version of this hack only requires the files to be in Downloads (in a sub-folder if you like). You don't have to do anything with base game files.
Hrm... well, if you're talkin about the hacks that change or obliterate aspiration dependency, that makes sense. Those are just regular ole BHAV hacks. As for the Uni related LTWs? You mean you can actually stick the Want .packages in Downloads? I didn't bother reading the rtfm (is there even one?) I just pretty much stuck to what already worked. I suppose I could re-roll through LTWs and see if they show up. The majority of my sims are boring and all have the same LTWs (Knowledge get max 7 skills, Fortune typically gets earn $100..., Popularity gets have 20 Best Friends, and Romance gets have/woohoo 20 lovers). I only had a handful that actually had Uni career related LTWs...
Quote from: seelindarun on 2007 March 27, 19:01:36
Any testimonials as to whether Squinge's hack plays nicely with ltwvariety?
Depends on which hack you mean. If you are talking about the one(s) that add enable the Uni career related LTWs, then yes, they play fine together. ltwvariety was hacked in the first place with the intention that, should Maxis EA ever actually enable those LTWs, ltwvariety would already affect them accordingly. ltwvariety and Squinge's uni career related LTWs hacks modify totally different things, so they do not conflict. In fact, they work perfectly together imho.
Now, if you mean the other Squingey hacks that change the number requirements or which aspirations get them, my guess is no. At least definitely no for the later one (that changes aspiration dependency) since I'm pretty sure ltwvariety affect that too. As for the requirements one (like reducing them to 10 sims instead of 20), I don't know about that.
Quote from: seelindarun on 2007 March 27, 19:01:36
Ste, I remember you in a discussion about this hack in another thread a while ago. At the time, I wanted it but knew I was not in a sufficient state of Awesome Readiness to do the maintenance for anything but my DL folder. Even if you all have been lucky, I just hate the headache of sifting through hacks when something goes borken.
Anyway, I now have at least one other hack which requires such coddling, and more importantly a system of reminding myself of their existence. I feel ready. 8) Just wanted to confirm, if you hang out here long enough, eventually you get drawn over to the dark side... ;D
I've been using Squinge's uni career related hack since he first released it and I haven't had any issues since. If it is true that you can just stick them in the Downloads folder and not have to worry about anything else, then that makes things much easier. *shrugs* I could probably test it out one of these days, but meh. I barely get a chance to actually play for reals. If anyone can confirm this, then perhaps the same thing would go for my teen woohoo wants hack. That would definitely be useful to know. :)
Ste
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