New EP procedure - would love recommendations.
BastDawn:
You could do what I do, and wait a month or two before installing it. All of the hacks are updated by then, there's often a patch out, and the major game-breaking bugs are known so you can avoid them. You've lived without it this long, it's not like you can't wait a little longer. (I know that almost no one will find my advice palatable.)
idtaminger:
You know, this year when I came back from Europe and finally got Seasons I was in the exact same situation. I got the game months after and so all fixes and patches and stuff were out already. It just wasn't the same...
I guess I rather liked the minor chaos that ensues every time an EP is released. And when it wasn't there I kinda missed it. :'(
jolrei:
Quote from: Kyna on 2007 August 21, 15:26:10
My procedure is
1. Do not install new EP until Pescado has acquired his copy and has started putting out updated mods
2. Drag existing downloads folder to desktop and create a new, empty downloads folder
3. Attempt to play without hacks
4. Run screaming from the room when my sims insist on behaving like the idiots Maxis programmed them to be
5. Have a caffeine fix and come to my senses
(edited)
Hmm, maybe next time I should just skip steps 3, 4 and 5.
Never skip step 5a (caffeine fix) - step 5b (coming to senses) is optional.
I have never put in an EP before mods were out and updated. Thinking of making an exception for BV (if it should prove not to be just Lies and Propaganda after all). Also not happy about the potential for totally stupid sims (yay, coffee cups in the bedrooms again and everyone freaking out about a former lover from university having woohoo with his wife that he's already had three kids with).
My strategy so far is to add in what I think are absolutely necessary (i.e. romance mod, notownieregen, etc.) and try to play. If errors, then remove and retest. When update, replace old versions. Hopefully this will eliminate or minimise my total annoyance. I've learned to live with a permanent background annoyance level, but there are limits to what is acceptable. I'm not sure that one sim slapping another one as he washes his dishes in the bathroom and walks all the way across the house past the dishwasher to set his coffee cup on his daughter's desk necessarily counts as cause for total irritation on my part. I'll probably just get a laugh out of it.
Anyhow, as has been pointed out already, it's all just L&P right now.
Arina:
Quote from: BastDawn on 2007 August 21, 16:45:40
You could do what I do, and wait a month or two before installing it. All of the hacks are updated by then, there's often a patch out, and the major game-breaking bugs are known so you can avoid them. You've lived without it this long, it's not like you can't wait a little longer. (I know that almost no one will find my advice palatable.)
Ah, reading this strengthens my resolve :) I only managed to wait a week and a half before installing Seasons (probably because my sister, who trashes and remakes neighbourhoods at a rate of knots and thus has no need to be careful, had already installed and was taunting me with the cool things). But I'll probably only be able to wait for a month at the most! XD
Emma:
Quote from: BastDawn on 2007 August 21, 16:45:40
You could do what I do, and wait a month or two before installing it. All of the hacks are updated by then, there's often a patch out, and the major game-breaking bugs are known so you can avoid them. You've lived without it this long, it's not like you can't wait a little longer. (I know that almost no one will find my advice palatable.)
I had to do this with Pets and Seasons as my DVD drive didn't work and I was waiting for my shiny new PC to arrive. It is actually easier than you think. I'm waiting to install until everything essential is updated :D I'm still going to buy it on first day of release though. Baa!
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