The more I learn, the more I realize what a noob I am...
dragoness:
Having read the brilliance of many posts around here over the past couple of days, I have come to realize that I know next to nothing about the sims. :o So I have a handful of questions that hopefully you good people will answer.
1. I'm just starting to play with the idea of creating my own custom neighborhood instead of trying to butcher Pleasantview into being what I want it to be. I read a topic which detailed deleting all the sims in a neighborhood and creating your own. Is there a reason you would want to do this, other than not having the same hideous townies all the time? Like for example, leaving the maxis-made ones in will cause some kind of Doom and FUBAR the whole neighborhood.
2. Speaking of FUBAR... I've seen an acronym around here referring to fiery balls of doom and such. What does this actually mean, referring to the game? If you get over 500 sims (or whatever) is there a literal rain of fire? Does it just stop loading one day? Does it get too glitchy to play?
3. Is it bad to make a new sim in CAS with custom hair? Is it better to create them with a basic black/brown/red/blonde hair color that can be passed down through genetics, then use the mirror to give them new hair once they're in play?
4. I would really like to have my own custom townies, now that I know such a thing is possible. Would it be better to get rid of my beginning of a neighborhood and start fresh so I can use the directions outlined in the thread I mentioned?
4a. Would doing something like the above be the only way to introduce custom skin tones and eye colors into the townie pool?
5. I really enjoy servos, especially to use them as managers for businesses my sims own. But I hate their mechanical look. Ever since I found it I've used the technique in this tutorial here (http://thesims2.ea.com/exchange/story_detail.php?asset_id=113665) to make Servos into androids. I make my template sim, move them into a lot, use them for Sim Surgery via SimPE, then move them out and delete them from the sim bin. They never talk to anyone. Is this stupid? Am I somehow inviting Doom by doing this? Is there some other, non-stupid way of getting servos to look human?
Thank you all for your help. :)
Li'l Brudder:
1. They're just bad spawners.
2. BFBVFS: Yes, your game will get glitchy and mean and refuse to work. This is rare, unless you are very stupid.
3. Try binning them. Not deleting them. Search for color binning.
4. Start fresh. You neighborhood will not be as broken as Maxis' are.
4a. Yes.
5.You should prepare them for this by using Deleted 2. Search for that too.
Use the FAQ's links section and Peasantry's Taster's Choice Section.
You will DEFINITELY need to get SimPE if you are to bin hairs.
With this and a little bit of effort, you too can become a Simmer Supreme...all for under 50 bucks!
Mirelly:
Q2 is answered in the awesome FAQs.
Assmitten:
Yes, I would hit the main FAQ first.
http://www.moreawesomethanyou.com/smf/index.php?topic=7437.0
And then, for most hacks, especially the more complex ones like autonomous romance, there are extensive RFTMs.
Welcome, we don't bite hard. Except when we do. ;D
RainbowTigress:
* RainbowTigress is very proud of the FAQ. ;D
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