Starting over, 'hood-wise
Count Four:
I am very wary of doing anything in C:\Program Files\EA Games\Sims 2...
Not to mention that saraMK's cleaned up Strangetown seems to only be available bundled with Pleasantview and Veronaville (special barf for Veronaville; does anybody actually play it?) That makes it 26 MBs. I'm on dial up, it'd take forever to download that.
What about Dea's DNA fixes instead? http://www.moreawesomethanyou.com/smf/index.php/topic,7086.0.html
And if I download Dea's Strangetown, do I have to put it in Program Files\EA? Or only in Documents\EA?
And thanks for reminding me I can let the game regenerate the native hoods. Got so busy thinking about my precious sims I want to rescue I forgot about that. :P
Zazazu, I used to use conglomerate community lots, but after OFB they got laggy. After Seasons, they got impossible; it was just painful to watch a sim take a half-a-real-world-hour to get to the terlet. Is there anything in Visitor Controller to limit the number of sims allowed on a community lot? I went and looked but if that is a feature, he didn't mention in the post.
SaraMK:
I could separate out Strangetown for you, if you like. If you use Dea's version, remember that some stuff won't be fixed that is fixed in mine, since hers can't edit any info that's stored in the character files themselves, and does not remove any townies/NPCs.
Count Four:
Oh, could you? That would be very amazingly awesome of you. *kowtows* The bundled set is such a big download, with the two neighborhoods I wouldn't use.
I presume the instructions for install will be the same as in the thread...? Or do I presume wrong? (I hate doing something stupid because I forgot to ask an easy question.)
Edit to add: I've downloaded notownieregen. Now, I don't care if Strangetown has Maxis townies. Should I install notownieregen before or after installing/creating the new Strangetown?
Zazazu:
Quote from: Count Four on 2007 May 26, 23:15:33
Zazazu, I used to use conglomerate community lots, but after OFB they got laggy. After Seasons, they got impossible; it was just painful to watch a sim take a half-a-real-world-hour to get to the terlet. Is there anything in Visitor Controller to limit the number of sims allowed on a community lot? I went and looked but if that is a feature, he didn't mention in the post.
I feel your pain, I used to run Sims2 on a laptop that technically didn't meet the specs, but I somehow got it up to Nightlife. I only do a conglomerate downtown...and it's my only lot there now. It's not necessary, though...just personal taste. Basically, you should have at least one community lot downtown for invited outings & dates, and it can either be some huge everything-in-one 5x6, or a phone booth on a 1x1.
Whenever my sims get a want to meet someone new or flirt with some non-specific person, I make them go out of the house that day. Where they go depends on their highest interests. Enviro/Outside ones go to a garden, Paranormal ones go to the graveyard, Food ones go to a restaurant, Games ones to arcades, etc.
SaraMK:
Quote from: Count Four on 2007 May 27, 01:21:50
Oh, could you? That would be very amazingly awesome of you. *kowtows* The bundled set is such a big download, with the two neighborhoods I wouldn't use.
I presume the instructions for install will be the same as in the thread...? Or do I presume wrong? (I hate doing something stupid because I forgot to ask an easy question.)
http://www.4shared.com/dir/2250323/a7d398b0/Temporary.html
You want the file called CleanAndFixed_N002.
Installation:
You are downloading a file that has two things: N002_Neighborhood.package and a Characters folder with 93 files in it.
Go to C:\Program Files\EA GAMES\The Sims 2\TSData\Res\UserData\Neighborhoods\ and make a backup of the N002 folder. Open the N002 folder and delete the Characters folder and the N002_Neighborhood.package file. Then put in the ones you downloaded from me.
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Edit to add: I've downloaded notownieregen. Now, I don't care if Strangetown has Maxis townies. Should I install notownieregen before or after installing/creating the new Strangetown?
My fixed Strangetown comes with no townies and no NPCs. This means that if you install Pescado's hacks, such as notownieregen and antiredundancy, you will get no townies at all and only one NPC per job unless the game needs more at some point. It's up to you whether this is desirable. If you want to create custom townies, I would put in notownieregen before creating Strangetown.
Also, remember that you need to install my fixed neighborhood BEFORE you allow the game to regenerate Strangetown, otherwise there is no point.
Or, your alternative is to place the stuff you downloaded from me into the My Documents directory instead of the Program Files directory. Just remember that if you ever restart Strangetown again, the version you'll get will be the old, unfixed one, since you haven't changed anything in the Program Files directory.
To install into the My Documents directory, let the game regenerate the Maxis neighborhoods, but do not enter any neighborhoods once you get to the neighborhood selection screen (just exit at that point). Then go to \My Documents\EA Games\The Sims 2\Neighborhoods and open the N002 folder. Delete the Characters folder and the N002_Neighborhood.package file. Also delete any N002_Suburb00# files. Then put in the file and Characters folder that you downloaded from me.
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