Stupid question about Downloads folder
Venusy:
Note that if you have Pets or Seasons, you can place your Downloads in the Overrides folder in (Pets/Seasons directory)\TSData\, and they'll be loaded globally (which reduces duplication if you play using the same .exe).
Hook:
Mine is in C:\Program Files\EA GAMES\The Sims 2 Seasons\TSData\Res\Overrides
It contains something I've never seen before:
HolidayNewYearsPartyPhoneCall_Override.package
I don't have any holiday packs. Hm.
Hook
Venusy:
Quote from: Hook on 2007 June 15, 06:33:05
Mine is in C:\Program Files\EA GAMES\The Sims 2 Seasons\TSData\Res\Overrides
It contains something I've never seen before:
HolidayNewYearsPartyPhoneCall_Override.package
EA borked all (or most, not sure) phone plugins in Pets, including their own "Throw Party...\New Year's Party" phone plugin, so they include that file to fix the problem in every version of the game post-Pets, regardless of if you have the Holiday Pack or not. Of course, the fix is also slightly broken (but only if your language is set to something other than En-US, due to what I assume to be MSWord checking of the pie-menu strings).
SnootCB:
Quote from: Venusy on 2007 June 15, 06:23:28
Note that if you have Pets or Seasons, you can place your Downloads in the Overrides folder in (Pets/Seasons directory)\TSData\, and they'll be loaded globally (which reduces duplication if you play using the same .exe).
Please excuse my ignorance, but what does this mean? I simply made another user, logged on to it, then loaded up the game. None of the game files are in the Shared folder. But, since it is the "same" game, does that mean that both users are using the same .exe? ???
jsalemi:
Quote from: SnootCB on 2007 June 15, 14:00:50
Please excuse my ignorance, but what does this mean? I simply made another user, logged on to it, then loaded up the game. None of the game files are in the Shared folder. But, since it is the "same" game, does that mean that both users are using the same .exe? ???
Yes -- the contents of the C:\Program Files\EA GAMES\<etc> remain the same, and are used by all the users on the computer. Only the contents in the particular users My Documents\EA GAMES\<etc> vary. Lots of folks create multiple users so they can have a regular game with all their custom content, and a 'plain vanilla' game for testing, building and the like.
But if you put stuff in the Overrides folder mentioned previously, it'll appear in all users' games, regardless of the content in their particular My Documents folder. Handy for having some custom content (such as the bonus files that you can get with each EP/SP) appear in every game. Plus, I believe stuff in this folder doesn't show up as cc in the game (no asterisk).
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