I don't really see the big deal as long as the developers don't mind the work involved. And it's not like the work can't be merged back into SimPE if Quaxi decides to go back to work on it.

Okay. I'm not a lawyer, but the "LICENSE.txt" indicates that SimPE is your standard GPL v2 code. So, unless you're dealing with some portion of the code that's licensed some other way, it should be okay to use in a new project as long as the new license for the new project is not more restrictive than the GPL itself.

Forking would mean taking the free as in freedom parts of the code and starting a new project with it. People don't always like it, but it's sometimes necessary when things aren't getting done.

Just tell them you intend to fork the project if they don't shut up. That'll shut them up. If it doesn't then go ahead and fork it. I'll applaud in advance of that decision. 

It seems fairly obvious that this is a regression of the bug that Seasons patch 2 (1.7.0 r158) fixed.


http://thesims2.ea.com/update/getpatch.php?appVersion=1.7&variation=cd&languageCode=

That's the thing about rar. Not quite as good as 7-zip compression-wise, but it is a bit better known.

I just tried out SimPE_0_64_0_TestDist.rar, and it works okay for my purposes (which aren't that much, admittedly).

Dormies look to me like they use some hideous predefined templates (for the whole sim, not just the face).

Could you also post an updated rar on sf.net? I'd really hate to be too dependent on any one site.

Funny, but in my experience, that always gets you fired. In fact, at the university I went to even the appearance of being difficult (without any evidence whatsoever) is enough for them to hand you a pink slip. On the other hand, the registrar always seemed to be able to keep her job despite being a racist bigot and a complete bitch.

You have blackmail material on the Dean or something?

Normal YA's use adult face templates, but not dormies.

By "interact," I mean any type of social as a visitor on your residential lots. Those sims do not properly behave in normal situations.


Cab Drivers = Bus Drivers (IIRC)

Ninjas are like Social Bunnies. Not really designed for interaction.

Same thing goes for Grim Reaper, Therapist, Mrs CrumpleBottom, and Bus Drivers (although it's rather odd about Bus Drivers).

Nannies and Grand Vampires could cause an unsightly social faux pas, and in general it's a bad idea to interact with Hermits, Food Stand Chefs, Fire Dancers, Witchdoctors, and Ghost Captains. I've also recently discovered that Tour Guides tend to be unresponsive, though I haven't discovered why just yet.

I used to be nice to telemarketers, but they've gotten wise to my kind and started using scripts rather than engage in real conversation. So really, there's no point in listening to them. Just hang up.

I find the Wants system tends to need "warming up" (you have to make sims do that stuff for a while, first). They probably just need to gain a few points before the normal wants can kick in.

You can check out any time you like, but you can never leave. 

Reformatting and reinstalling everything (including the OS) is my preferred method.

That's pretty weird, but then Wants never really work quite right. What type of lot/neighborhood are they on? A normal residential?

A word of caution to others who download this. MediaFire requires cookies enabled.

Maxing a skill should give a visible memory. If they have the memories, then they *should* be able to achieve the LTW.

In retrospect, it's probably some difficulty related to DAC. You're probably not doing it at the appropriate time and/or not cleaning up afterward properly. Maybe an empty template would be a better way to go.

If it's the VC, then it's some version of it I've never seen. Monique's computer cannot possibly have anything to do with those errors (plus I use Monique's computers and I have yet to see the described error).

Probably the BV one, since that's the exe you're running, right?

If it isn't "tight pants" then you must have corrupted the objects.package file. I don't see how else you can get that particular object error.

For me, the most compelling thing about OfB was setting up a home business. I don't really get the appeal of community lot businesses.

I'm rather fond of Hobbit names.

http://www.geocities.com/shireofthehobbits/concerninghobbits/names.htm