Warning for Aussies buying Celebrations
Simlover:
It seems in EA's ultimate wisdom they sent the UK english version of celebrations to Australia instead of the US english version. Besides changing the clock to 24 hour time, seems it can also alter names. I know that this isn't something new to people who have used mixed packs but whereas there was a fix by changing the registry this doesn't work with Celebration pack due to their being no US-en support files for it to switch too.
I know backing up your game is a recomendation in any case before installing an expansion, but I stupidly had become complacent and not done so (especially considering this was just supposed to be stuff) and consequently have lost months of gameplay. Changing the names of the pets in game wasn't an option because when I went to do that the game seemed to think they were plant sims not pets. Who would have thought :-\
Faizah:
I'm confused... Nothing to do with Celebrations, but why do we get the US version? I would've thought we'd get the UK version. If that's the case, why are there even separate versions for UK and US? It can't be because of the difference in language, as we tend to follow the UK in that department. ::)
jsalemi:
Quote from: Faizah on 2007 April 08, 08:15:34
If that's the case, why are there even separate versions for UK and US?
Differences in spelling, most likely -- US English and UK English are diverging more and more on this as time goes on. Plus there are some common objects with different names in the two countries (i.e., elevator vs. lift).
J. M. Pescado:
Actually, near as I can tell, Sims never makes use of this. All English strings use American spelling regardless of whether it's en_us or en_uk. The en_uk strings are usually identical to the en_us strings, except in spectacularly noted bugs, making them a waste of space.
Skadi:
Yeah, I'm pissed about this.
My lovely custom hood got weird names, but only for CAS sims. All sims born in game were okay.
Is there any fix for the clock? Could some one post a link if there is?
*sigh*
What a waste of $30.00
-Skadi
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