Request, nay Demand! for a new FAQ
Sagana:
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The Ottomas brokenness, however, actually damages data integrity.
How? I still don't understand how that's different than a sim that has an affair so the parent is not the 2nd adult in the household? I dumped the Ottomas', they're ugly anyway, but I've got lots of simmies born on the wrong side of the blanket.
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I suppose we could terror-alert the various wrong things you can do.
Probably a good idea.
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DAC is "incomplete".
Dangling SWAFs then? Usually when I do something that causes that, I get kiddos that have weird wants and the like, but I'm several generations into this hood (probably honesly there's only one that I play regularly) and haven't seen that either. If it's not SWAFs, I guess it's just a matter of still having too many files (as they weren't deleted properly) and I can expect weird corruption when I hit the limit?
Khan of Wyrms:
I, for another one, would certainly like to see more detailed explanations of exactly why certain things have been blacklisted as dangerous to the game. You can put me in that category of people who have done some of these things a long time ago without serious consequences, so far*. I am not going to claim that I don't believe these allegations, but I am very interested in more specific details, for obvious reasons. Generally speaking, tossing platitudes in the manner of, "Doing 'X' is VBT, m'kay," and pointing people towards other forum topics where many others are posting the same is not really useful or making a point. Forgive me and others for not having read every single post in every topic here since the site began, but I do believe that this information would be most useful to be organized in one place with thoughtful clarification. Then someone could say, "Doing 'X' is VBT, m'kay, read the FAQ," and link the relevant information.
I have never been one to accept statements like, "'Such-and-such' is true because I/<someone> said so, and I/they am/are right because I/they am/are great/awesome/God (et.al.)." MATY heresy perhaps, but I am certain there are others who feel the same way. Having all of the information on the VBT's located in one handy FAQ would certainly be most awesome, and most useful for poking people who are too stupid to read it. Belittling someone for doing something the game allows without even activating a 'cheat' before they have been clued in that it might be bad is not awesome behavior, in my opinion, especially if the only reason given is 'because'. If the information is located and explained in an obvious FAQ, then let the abasement and condescension begin.
Then again, helping people or being friendly is something I am only inconsistently capable of, with some effort, so I am unsure why I would think anyone else should undertake this endeavor. It would still be awesome, though.
*No serious consequences with TS2, however, SimPE is completely unusable.
Strangel:
The first time I heard about SWAFs was when I was a fledgeling (sp?) MATYer. I saw people talking about something called "DAC" and how it was a "VBT" because it dangled "SWAF"...
Several searches later, I knew a DAC from a VBT and a BFBvFS.. and that something called SWAF could be deleted with SimPE - a program that, at that time, I'd never been able to figure out.
Definitely, an idjit-friendly FAQ of "Bad, m'kay?" and WHY it's bad would be great. Especially for most of the simming community (twelve) and the adults (me) that can't decipher the codes of Long Time MATYs. Arr.
Orikes:
Quote from: J. M. Pescado on 2007 June 04, 11:28:09
I suppose we could terror-alert the various wrong things you can do.
Terror alert rankings would be a wonderful addition to this type of FAQ. It would help explaining to what degree people should panic when they start experiencing problems. :)
syberspunk:
Quote from: J. M. Pescado on 2007 June 04, 11:28:09
Quote from: sagana on 2007 June 04, 11:20:49
Marrying a cheerleader is an annoyance, not a game-breaker. Same with the Seasons family with the twins (Ottowhoever they are) - it's annoying but doesn't seem to cause a BFBVFS. The annoyances can be fun, when someone gives the llama mascot a story-background (furry warning.)
Marrying a cheerleader is a harmless annoyance: Other than annoying the hell out of you, it doesn't actually have any negative side effects. The Ottomas brokenness, however, actually damages data integrity.
Question about the Ottomans. I was following that thread in the Oops... forum, and what I got from it was that the "problem" was fixable. All you had to do was point the pregger tokens to correct NIDs for the father or something like that. Did I misunderstand that? Or is there something else that is even more broken about them? If this FAQ is ever put together, I think there should be a brief section explaining what sort of things are borked with certain Maxis EA pre-made playables, and there should be references to baratrons thread about bad genetics and how to fix them, as well as references to (or recommendations to use) SaraMK's Clean and Empty templates. And maybe a brief explanation of how to fix the Ottomans using SimPE or what not. Sure there are plenty of people out there who might be too scared to use SimPE, but then there are some of us who are willing to take the chance and somewhat reasonably capable of fixing things if given sufficiently detailed instructions.
Quote from: J. M. Pescado on 2007 June 04, 11:28:09
I suppose we could terror-alert the various wrong things you can do.
I third this motion. In some cases you could "politely" recommend avoiding things, and in other cases you should prod with pointy sticks and threaten with pointing and laughter should someone fail to listen. ;D
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