Judgement Call: Bon Voyage
kutto:
I'd like to know if the time is right to install it. I haven't got it yet, and all the drama has put me off, but there also seems to be some cool stuff that I'd like to have in my game. There are several factors that would influence my decision, and I'd like the opinion of those of you who have it:
*Stability- Is it still too buggy? Even with Awesomeware installed?
*Anti-piracy- Are there easy ways to avoid the dreaded Securom? Will the ARR-ficial version be free of this taint?
*Launcher- Is it easily skipped?
*Lag- Have all the preventable sources of lag been stopped? Are there workarounds?
*Overall opinion- Do I really want this in my game? Is is worth of a gig of my space to install it?
Any other factors that influenced you are certainly welcome. I'm pretty happy right now with just Seasons, so I can accept a "no," but I'd like to play it if it's worth it.
ZiggyDoodle:
I think your best bet is to read the threads on BV in the Podium. There's some very good information there about SecuROM, avoiding it, using the .exe file to launch, lag, etc. No sense in reinventing the wheel and there's been plenty said.
As to its stability, I've had no play issues since installing the antiredundancy and antiprank hacks. Others may have.
kutto:
I suppose you're right. I have been reading and lurking in the podium, but I don't think I ever found a solid answer about the stability of the game. I figured since I was asking about that, I might as well ask about everything. Good to know that your game functions well, though I might wait for at least a second opinion on that. Although, I'm still not sure about which version online is free of Securom. I heard the "fairlight" edition is fine, but I wouldn't know where to start looking for that one. I've used BTJunkie in the past on a recomendation, and it served me well, but with all the options to choose from, I don't know which ones don't have Securom, whether it be all of them or only a few.
dizzy:
If you want my opinion, the BV version is better than Seasons with respect to speed and stability. I haven't seen any sign of this "lag" other people are screaming about, but then I never connect to the internet when I run Windows.
The Launcher is very easily skipped, in fact the readme file in support tells you how to do this.
BV is very much worth it if you like the idea of beach lots. ;D
Brynne:
The lag problem almost seems to be a random issue. I've seen people with higher specs than me saying they have lag. I haven't had any lag whatsoever, and I play on a laptop! It's a macbook pro, mind you, so it's a pretty powerful one, but still. My game loads faster than ever, with over 6 Gigs of cc. The only time there's any lag is when one of my sims is getting a sunburn or a tan, but it's just a few seconds. Doesn't bother me, much.
The launcher is easily bypassed. The most annoying thing about that, to me, was that I was used to clicking the shortcut icon, and going to get a drink or something and coming back to find my game loading. With the launcher, I'd come back to find I was supposed to have hit "play". That's what made me bypass the launcher, not any of the spyware talk. Yeah, I'm goofy like that. :P
I've had the same bugs I've seen documented elsewhere: the taxi taking off for vacation, again, as soon as it drops the family off at home (my sims don't just camp, they re-re-re-re camp!), not being able to walk to other lots, things like that (many of which have fixes, now). And the same annoyances: ENDLESS sandcastle building. Thank god for no autonomy hacks. My sims were wanting to go build sandcastles in a friggin' thunderstorm, and I had to lock them in their house. Bwahahaha... I played with free will off most off the time to stop that Sea Chantey obsession.
But, all in all, I love, love LOVE this EP. BV is, IMHO, the best EP since Nightlife. I have become so addicted to the game, again. Unfortunately, I have very little time to actually play it. I'm still at my office right now, and it's almost 11 pm. I'm jonesin'. Seriously.
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