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Awesomeware / AwesomeMod! / Re: Awesomod discussion/questions/helpful tips thread
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on: 2009 July 10, 04:14:56
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New features: ANTI RAYMUNDO: Your sims will now read NEW books instead of RAYMUNDO. Alright, I'll bite. What does RAYMUNDO mean? I believe it is one of the books in game that sims read instead of anything else if it is in the house or their inventory. Thanks, sumpsychochic, for the reply. |
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TS3/TSM: The Pudding / The World Of Pudding / Re: THE HORROR: The REAL TS3 Scoop As It Unfolds
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on: 2009 June 02, 00:31:58
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To people saying about how parts of the game seems like WoW etc with the buffs . I guess this could be due to the fact that Rod Humble's last job before this was on Everquest . No doubt he got the ideas there and thought they would fit in well in The Sims . Maybe that's also why the game now seems more of a levelling grind than an open-ended toy .
From this interview:Fargo: No more stat bars? It's all done through the "wants" system now, similar to the Sims 2 system of wants and fears?
Humble: Yeah but it's kind of deeper now. You can have as many [wants] as you want, they compress down there. [The new system] is similar to buffs in role-playing games. You can tell exactly what your sim is thinking. So, if your sim is crying, then there'll be a little thing that says, "I'm crying because I was in the rain, and I'm cold." And you can say, "Oh, now I get it." Or "I'm crying because my best friend isn't my friend anymore." These things add up, and it's this nice little look into their metaphysical life. From this interview: With Will Wright having stepped back from The Sims to concentrate on Spore, it's clear that Rod Humble's MMO past has encouraged him to move The Sims away from its simulation background towards a gameplay experience which will appeal more to existing gamers - while The Sims 3's increased sophistication and depth will excite current fans who would not otherwise characterise themselves as gamers. So yeah, Rod Humble's MMO background has royally f'ed my Sims toy. Edit: Fixing Links |
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TS3/TSM: The Pudding / The World Of Pudding / Re: OK, so why would I want this mess?
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on: 2009 May 30, 18:15:01
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How the hell is that any different than TS2, though? In both games, the Want trees are pretty much completely deterministic, and adding "life" or individual personality to a Sim pretty much comes 100% from player imagination and creativity. What the text says when you click on a shower to play that animation really doesn't say anything in terms of storytelling or whatever. Whether you come up with a cool personality and plotline for any given Sim is mostly going to come from you, because in both games there's not all that much going on that's not going to be the same across every single Sim you have.
*edited for brevity*
There's a lot that pisses me off about TS3, but in terms of the storytelling sandbox specifically, the "it is game, not toy!!111eleventy!1" argument makes no freaking sense. Lack of CC, SPT, potential unmoddability, yeah, sure, but I really don't get where "zomg it forces you to do grindypantsery!!!" comes from. Not much more than TS2, really.
Best post in this thread. I too am a Storyteller, having created a very in depth hood in TS2. The game mechanics do not determine story, the Storyteller's imagination determines story. The Sim taking the extreme shower? Well, you are the only one who sees that and once you adapt, i.e. block it out, you won't see it either. I still do not like the look of the Sims, but the world itself, the potential integration of the characters into a living breathing town, is a delicious enticement - after I get my hands on a neighborhood creation tool, that is. After playing for an extended time last night, I think I finally figured out what is missing from this game for me.
I had hoped that Sims 3 would improve the personalities and that the randomness of having families in the background moving on without us would aid in the storytelling, as someone mentioned above. However, after several hours of game play, my second generation now has children of their own. It happened so fast, that I am not attached to my sims like I am in Sims 2. I barely know the neighbors because I don't play them.
This isn't necessarily a bad thing, its just different and I must learn to adjust my thinking. Rather than attach to the individual sims, I need to attach to the entire legacy, the family generations. I need to force myself to do more with the townies, get to know them, spend more time with them, because their lives will go quickly as well. I also changed to a longer life span hoping that will help.
*edited for brevity* Being able to "get into" your Sims does take time. Everytime I read about Story Progression being broken, I think about how build mode was disabled/broken in the first Reloaded Sims 2 release. I think once the folks start getting the store version into their hands we will see Story Progression working as intended (not that that means much with EA). But I really feel that once we can turn off aging AND Story Progression, the immersive and connected feelings some of us desire will grow. In fact, I have a Sim that I am already becoming attached to. Sadly, I am afraid to switch houses because he might move outta town! |
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TS3/TSM: The Pudding / The World Of Pudding / Re: Technical problems with THE HORROR: downloading, installing, and running it
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on: 2009 May 30, 17:44:10
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Basically, at this point I've got a bunch of files that I can't open, no .iso files that I can SEE, so I'm not sure if I'm supposed to extract files rzr-sims3.001 through rzr-sims3.054. Also, I've got 2 NFO files called "revolver.nfo" and "rzr-sims3.nfo"--do I extract those?
Inside the Crack folder I've got 4 files: 0.bin, rzr-sc3f.001, rzr-sc3f.nfo, and rzr-sc3f.svf. No clue what they're for or what to do with them. UPDATE: I've "verified" the sfv files, but I don't know why I needed to do that. It didn't teach me anything or get me any closer to my end goal, which is to find the .iso files and figure out what to do next.
Help is appreciated in advance. I'm overwhelmed.
No worries. I was mighty confused at that point, too. Download 7-zip, or use WinRAR if you have it. I find that 7-zip does everything that I would have needed from WinRar and it is FREE. I like free. Whichever method you use, click on the FIRST .001 file That is a rar file that has been broken up into many parts. .001 is the first part. Unless you have a file called rzr-sims3.rar, then THAT is the first one. If you are using 7-zip, RIGHT click on the first file. Choose EXTRACT HERE. 7-zip will quietly go about extracting every file in order. You will be left with an .iso file. NFO file is simply an INFO file. Open it with Notepad. Should have text in it. Also, googling really does help you learn. Typing in ".001 file" in google gives you this page as the first link: http://www.binaries4all.com/001/And that taught me what I am now teaching you. I also google NFO file to learn what that meant, too. Most folks have struggled before you have, asked and you can just google to learn what they learned! So use GoogleU (Google University) to learn. |
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TS3/TSM: The Pudding / The World Of Pudding / Re: OK, so why would I want this mess?
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on: 2009 May 30, 03:49:12
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Having been invited, oh so politely, to fuck off and die on N99 for not joining in the cheering section for Sims 3, someone give me some reasons to not think it's a total waste of hard drive space.
Oh, don't listen to those morons at N99. I was banned there years ago foe calling Barb a fucking bitch. Most of those people over there are a bunch of sheep anyway. I have tried getting back in there a couple times, just to see whats going on, and maybe point and laugh at that group of sad sacks. But I'm still banned. But I could care less. Anyway, if people don't like the game, that's their business. No reason for people to get their panties in a bunch just because you don't agree with them. I'm surprised N99 is still around. May they all fry in hell. I hate them even more than T$R, and that's saying something. Agreed. And I have not been banned at N99. But the place is full of brainless stepford wives - morons is a kind epithet for some of the N99ers. If someone called Pescado an asshole, he'd be flattered I expect. Anyway, I can understand your desire to open discussion about this, but in the end, if you hate the game I don't think lots of mods, CC and a $1.98 price tag would sway you too much. I agree with so much of what you said, especially the creepy eyes. To me the Sims look doughy and demented. P.S.: In the years I have watched things over there, I can assure you that Barb IS a bitch. Quite nasty under the happy, happy exterior. |
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TS3/TSM: The Pudding / Pudding Factory / Re: Neighborhood Sharing -- Test a Simless 'Hood
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on: 2009 May 24, 20:37:59
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EDIT: familyfunds [familyname] [number] works, but only for a static amount. You can't add $40 or take away a thousand, but if you can do simple math it really shouldn't be a big deal. I still can't find a way to add skill points besides actual skilling, which is not a option when developing an entire community!
Excellent. This game may be worth my time after all. Played with your sims for a bit and no probs with them at all so far. |
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TS3/TSM: The Pudding / Pudding Factory / Re: Neighborhood Sharing -- Test a Simless 'Hood
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on: 2009 May 24, 19:05:32
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EDIT 2: While this will be 500% easier with the actual site working, I've uploaded a family from my game. Download the Sunfellow household into the Electronic Arts/The Sims 3/Library folder, and check to see if 1) you overwrite anything, 2) you can put the family in a lot and 3) you can read the characters' bios. File did not overwrite anything. Characters moved into lot in your empty hood no prob. Bio is there for both characters. ETA: Roux that is VERY good news. |
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TS3/TSM: The Pudding / Pudding Factory / Re: Neighborhood Sharing -- Test a Simless 'Hood
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on: 2009 May 24, 18:08:50
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Just tried it, worked like a charm. No residences, just empty lots. But all comm lots were there. Only thing: Sims in the sim bin, both EA's and one I made some days ago, were still there. Not sure if that is a meant to or not.
Thank goodness no more Eaxis fuglies! (Oh wait, all Sims 3 sims are fugly. Nevermind.)
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TS3/TSM: The Pudding / The World Of Pudding / Re: THE HORROR: The REAL TS3 Scoop As It Unfolds
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on: 2009 May 22, 07:59:50
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I have played it this evening and my initial impression is that the Sims' heads, once in game, truly look doughy and demented. I had all settings maxed as I have a brand new computer with 4gb ram.
I just could not get over how the look and move. Although I did encounter a cool looking sim named "Gunther". :-)
I agree with another poster who said that s/he could not connect with the Sims because of they way they look. I will be going back to TS2 and keeping this on the virtual shelf until, or if, mods and CC come out.
The world itself is very pretty, but since I cannot make my own custom hood, the pretty does not hold enough appeal to make the game cost worth it. (If I were to buy it, which I am not going to.)
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