Request, nay Demand! for a new FAQ
Duckie:
I made a compilation of all the RTFM for the most recent Director's Cut for a friend. It may prove useful in this endeavor. Use it, don't use it, stuff it up your little sister's nose - I don't care. :)
MrsH:
evilredduckie - thanks. Taken and usen. Stuffen up sister's nose not really an option as she's bigger than me. But very tempting.
SaraMK:
Good idea. Here are some things to possibly add. Though they aren't necessarily neighborhood killers, they can shorten the life of a neighborhood by introducing annoyances that make it not fun to play.
* Why DAC is a bad
* How to change sims' first and last name, and why you don't want to change first names in SimPE
* Saving while a sim is on the phone (do only if you really hate the house)
* What to do when portals commit suicide
* Why the Tricou family should be left dead unless you know how to fix their corrupted memories/tokens
* How to respawn missing tombstones
* Which NPC's should not be made playable
These are all things people ask about (or come crying about after doing something wrong), so a FAQ that includes them would be good.
Soylent Sim:
Good work, ERD, but but most of my issue with DC FAQ's is that it can be a hassle to find the one you want when the hack itself doesn't have a thread to itself. If JM or some other kind soul feels obliging, it would probably be trivial to gather all the RTFM's individually, zip them all, and include them in the main directory near the hacks. Otherwise the sort of person who's prone to looking through a list will just look up the standard RTFM, while the sort of person who won't will just come here to bug us again.
As for the FAQ 2.0, I'd actually like to see it broken into two lists. The first shall be a list of simming commandments, full-out Thou Shalt Not style, where each is followed by a description in soothing, minimally technical n00bspeak explaining why doing so is a bad idea. The second should be a Not Our Problem section explaining various common problems and their solutions. Mostly as a shortcut for people to link to when they're tired of explaining the logic behind binary searches, or why MATYites cannot give proper support for non-awesome hacks. Especially the commandments would be nice, however, as it's all too easy to break one's game with apparently trivial things if one is not careful.
Edit: to preserve some peoples' sense of reality. Also, Venusy, baaa.
Venusy:
Quote from: Soylent Sim on 2007 June 03, 00:38:21
Good work, ERD, but but most of my issue with DC FAQ's is that it can be a hassle to find the one you want when the hack itself doesn't have a thread to itself. If JM or some other kind soul feels obliging, it would probably be trivial to gather all the RTFM's individually, zip them all, and include them in the main directory near the hacks. Otherwise the sort of person who's prone to looking through a list will just look up the standard RTFM, while the sort of person who won't will just come here to bug us again.
Ths has been here since October. Granted, it doesn't include DC-exclusives, and is nowhere near the main directory.
I doubt anyone will find this useful for the new FAQ, but it's from the unfinished Oops, You Broke It "Fix It Yourself Before Bothering Us" thread:
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Welcome to the Oops, You Broke It "Fix It Yourself Before Bothering Us" thread, version 1.
First things first: is your problem caused by hacks? Remove your downloads folder, and start the game. Does the problem persist even with no downloads?
>If yes, search Oops, You Broke It for a thread regarding your problem. If you find one, and it isn't necromancy, post in that. Otherwise, post a new thread in Oops, You Broke It, describing your problem in detail, preferably with an error log if appropriate.
>If no, put your downloads folder back in, and go to post 2.
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Post 2: If you have the InTeenimater in your downloads folder, remove it. Did this fix the problem?
>If yes, recheck the InTeen documentation. If the problem is not listed as a feature/known bug, then post about it at the InTeen site, NOT HERE.
>If no (or you never had it in anyway), go to post 3.
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Post 3: Remove all non-Awesome hacks (hacks which are not from MATY). Has this fixed the problem?
>If yes, do a binary search of your non-awesome hacks. When you find the culprint, yell at the original creator about it.
>If no, do a binary search of your Awesome hacks. When you find the culprint, go to post 4.
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Post 4: Does the awesome hack have its own thread?
>If yes, post in that, including an error log if appropriate. Disregard all complaints of necromancy.
>If no, post a new thread in OYBI, describing your problem in detail, including an error log if appropriate.
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