BV patch is out
Marvin Kosh:
Quote from: Havelock on 2007 October 10, 07:43:39
Game will no longer create new vacation NPCs each time a lot is visited which was causing many issues due to character file overload. Any existing extra NPCs will be unlinked and their character files greatly reduced in size.
How great the patch produces tons of unlinked Character Data Files how nice of EAxis. I think this if of value.
I think they mean that those extra unneeded NPCs created before the patch anti-redundancy was installed will be unlinked. There won't be any additional extras because the patch anti-redundancy has been installed, so there won't be any unlinkage spam.
I don't know why they bother releasing a 15 MB patch to fix nothing. Most of the actual file is probably installer :P
jolrei:
Quote from: Marvin Kosh on 2007 October 11, 13:23:05
Quote from: Havelock on 2007 October 10, 07:43:39
Game will no longer create new vacation NPCs each time a lot is visited which was causing many issues due to character file overload. Any existing extra NPCs will be unlinked and their character files greatly reduced in size.
How great the patch produces tons of unlinked Character Data Files how nice of EAxis. I think this if of value.
I think they mean that those extra unneeded NPCs created before the patch anti-redundancy was installed will be unlinked. There won't be any additional extras because the patch anti-redundancy has been installed, so there won't be any unlinkage spam.
This is more of a problem for those of us who only had 5 or 6 tour guides spawned before the antiredundancy update, and who never bothered to "Deleted 2" them. In my game, for example, 4-6 additional character files are not a problem, whether they get used or not. However, if I put the patch in and they then become unlinked, this would be a problem. Hence, no patch for me so far.
@ athinamj: if your game is working reasonably well with awesome hacks installed, you may well wish to avoid the patch for the moment. JM has listed it as "not recommended".
muridae:
Quote from: jolrei
This is more of a problem for those of us who only had 5 or 6 tour guides spawned before the antiredundancy update, and who never bothered to "Deleted 2" them. In my game, for example, 4-6 additional character files are not a problem, whether they get used or not. However, if I put the patch in and they then become unlinked, this would be a problem. Hence, no patch for me so far.
10 tour guides and 5 charlatans here. The patch doesn't come anywhere near my game until I've had a crack at them with Deleted 2 first.
Also, it's been kind of restful watching the game load up without stuttering lag from the point I hit the neighbourhood chooser screen until after the neighbourhood finishes loading, and I don't miss my DVD player doing aircraft engine impersonations either. The no-cd crack seems much less intent on wearing out my PC's moving parts.
FourCats:
Quote from: jolrei on 2007 October 11, 03:26:05
Quote from: FourCats on 2007 October 11, 02:59:31
I don't trust it.
I've removed the securom folders and the registry entry, and added the no-cd hack
I installed the patch then re added the no-cd patch.
Well, you are obviously more trusting than a number of us here who have not installed the patch at all. You need to read previous posts in this thread re: installing the patch and then running the no-cd crack. Unless your no-cd download is for this patch, you may or may not end up with a BFBVFS due to the Unholy Hybrid of BV versions. All the best.
Yeah, I should have went with my first instinct and come here first. But then I reasoned. A patch fixes problems right.
Next time I'll be coming here first.
I had to re remove securom because of that patch. I hope the no-cd crack + patch = unholy hybrid doesn't create that dreaded BFBVFS :-\
Invisigoth:
I haven't patched yet. I have had antiredundancy in since I've started playing with my real hoods, so I should have only one tour guide and one unsavory, IIRC. I am unusually anal about keeping my character files low and I am not thrilled about the idea of even two unlinked character files per hood. Of course if I decide to bother with the patch I can deleted 2 them before putting the patch in, but what a pain in the ass.
Most of the other stuff is already handled by FFS hacks but one issue remains. I've heard a lot of stories lately about the shuttle coming back after dropping the sims off at the end of the vacation and bringing you back to an empty hotel lot which I believe can result in both the hotel lot and the residential lot getting FUBARed. This hasn't happened to me, but I'm not eager to experience it. The patch claims to fix this, but Pes has put the patch on the not recommended list. So, will there be a comparable FFS release or will I just have to cross my fingers when I send families on vacation?
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