Sim stuck at Secret Society - can't get home
syberspunk:
I've seen this error before. Have you patched OFB? I think it was an OFB patch that fixed the sslots. The way they handled sslot funds was totally wonky. What happens is... (Or what's supposed to happen ::) ) when your sim arrives on the sslot, the game should switch funds. It is supposed to store in memory (on a lot token) the household funds of the incoming sim. It should then swap that number out for what the current funds of the sslot is. If it is the first time that you ever showed up on that sslot, it creates some default number (I forget what it is, but it's somewhere in the neighborhood of $39k). Then, when you are leaving the sslot, it is supposed to record the funds of the sslot, then swap out the original household funds, and save the sslot funds to that token.
There were two borked things with the original code. First, upon leaving the sslot, the funds wouldn't get switched back properly. So, when you went back home, your household funds were kinda screwy. I forget the details, but I think it either overwrote or added up the funds instead. In either case, it was buggy and you'd usually end up with more money. Unless, your original household had more than $39k to begin with. :P Second, it stupidly >:( tried to record the current sslot funds whenever you went into Buy Mode. This was totally retardo and didn't make any sense. I suppose they were trying to prevent you from doing cheaty stuff possibly? I'm not quite sure what the logic was supposed to be there. ::) In any case, when I fixed it, I pretty much disabled that BHAV altogether. It's quite funny, because I only got around to fixing it just about the time, I think, that OFB and/or the patch came out. In the end, Maxis EA actually fixed it! They even did the exact same things that I did (disabling that borked Buy Mode BHAV and fixing the swapping of the funds). On top of that, they actually did it more efficiently (they used the same token to swap the funds in and out of, whereas, I used separate tokens for the sslot funds and the incoming household funds).
Anyhew, if you haven't patched or you don't have OFB (or whatever EP/patch that fixed it), you can try using my fix. The thing is, I am not sure if it will work for you now that your lot is kinda borked. I mean, it should at least stop that BHAV from running whenever you go into Buy Mode. But it most likely will not be able to recover the sslot funds. You may just have to us a money cheat to reset it to some reasonable amount.
Ste
jolrei:
OK, will try the hack - syberspunk, your message implies that it may work even if I don't have OFB (which I don't). Anyhow, what's the worst that can happen? I might have to reload a backup sometime. Been there, can go again.
Not personally against using money cheats if necessary to continue the storyline. Naturally would rather things worked to spec the first time, but if life doesn't work the way you want, you cheat (within reason of course).
I'm not sure the hood/lot is borked - I always exited without saving since my sim never successfully managed to leave the SS in the limo. Hopefully the hack will solve things. If not, I can always try the "vanilla" route and see if it seems to be a hack conflict.
jolrei:
To update: I managed to find time to do the ss abduction thing again with another couple of students. I tried removing any ss hacks I had and then ran a few abductions, adding them back in one at a time. The nossrespawn hack is fine. The problem seems to be due to either:
ssfinalexamfix
ssfriendcountfix
It may be that I do not have the correct "uni" version of these hacks, but one of them seems to bork the initial "join secret society" sequence. Without them, the ss lot seems to work fine. I think I can live without them for now, especially since the friend count hack never seemed to work in my game.
syberspunk:
The ssfriendcountfix should theoretically be fine. I believe that's Pescado's.
The ssfinalexamfix is mine. If you put that in, and turn on debug mode, let me know if you get an error log. If so, please post it, so I can take a look at it. I don't remember if it's backwards compatible with games that only have Uni, but I thought it should be. I vaguely recall, but I think the fix was so that the money went to the sim's original household funds, instead of going to the sslot funds. It's not a critical fix, but if you hated that the sslot would "steal" your sim's "hard earned" cash from their final exams, the hack should fix that problem. I'll try and take a look at this sometime this week, and see if I can find the problem. :)
Ste
ETA: Doh! I fixed the mistake. :P
jolrei:
Quote from: syberspunk on 2007 August 06, 17:15:09
The ssfriendcountfix should theoretically be fine. I believe that's Pescado's.
The ssfriendcountfix is mine. If you put that in, and turn on debug mode, let me know if you get an error log.
I'm pretty sure you mean the ssfinalexam hack is yours - I can try to test this over the next week or so, and if I get anything I'll post error log as you request. Can at least tell you whether it seems to have any visible impact. I'll try to get back to you soon, but may not have a lot of time in game until the weekend.
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