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1  TS3/TSM: The Pudding / The World Of Pudding / Re: Late Night bugs & annoyances on: 2010 November 11, 03:54:38
Wow, this expansion is bugged.  Anyway, a few more I've noticed:

Toddlers (at least in theory) can't use elevators;  however, this seems to be borked with some of their more basic actions.  I can consistently duplicate this by starting with the Hemlock family, taking Belisama into her room, then telling her to 'play with toy' from her toybox.  She'll pick up the toy, walk to the elevator, get in, push the button, then go to the ground floor.  There's no 'push button' animation for toddlers, so this also causes her mesh to briefly distort in a freakish and amusing way.

Sims going to bars with no VIP section (eg Plasma 501) will occasionally roll a want to get into the non-existent VIP section.

The 'heating up' moodlet doesn't seem to trigger when Vampire sims are riding bicycles.  A vampire sim can happily go for a six-hour bike ride without beginning to heat up.

It also appears that many of the issues with Sunset Valley buildings also apply to service rewards.  I've tested with sims in the ghosthunter and stylist professions;  when they finish a few jobs, and get told to go to city hall to receive an award, the award ceremony is apparently taking place in the Sunset Valley city hall rather than the Bridgeport one.
2  TS3/TSM: The Pudding / Facts & Strategery / Re: Gem Cut Profit Values - Now A Little Awesomer! on: 2009 November 25, 19:12:15
Tiberium Spire Cut definitely is better than Heart cut. What multiplier did you use for it?
The Tiberium Spire Cut has a multiplier of 69 and a cost of $6500, while the Heart cut has a multiplier of 5 and a cost of $1000. The worth of raw Tiberium ranges from 75 to 125, so this is where the numbers come from.  Again, though, this multiplier only applies to the normal spire-cut Tiberium.  When a cut Tiberium grows into a Large crystal, it gets a new price.  The point is that this new price for the large Tiberium is not (apparently) affected by the worth of the original cut.  Here's a quick example:

Spire-cut Tiberium:  81.86 grams, worth $6,831
Same crystal after it grows: 487.67 grams, worth $37,950

Heart-cut Tiberium:  66.2 grams, worth $405
Same crystal after it grows:  473.88 grams, worth $36,846

So, since there's no real correlation between the cut of the original gem and the large crystal it grows into, it's better to use the Heart cut because you'll save money on the cut.  This is one of the reasons why I suspect that allowing the Heart cut for Tiberium is a bug.
3  TS3/TSM: The Pudding / Facts & Strategery / Re: Gem Cut Profit Values - Now A Little Awesomer! on: 2009 November 25, 12:16:32
Here's the equivalent list for the WA gems:

Alabaster
Emerald: -8 to 4, -2
Oval: -15 to 8, -3.5
Pear: -28 to  6, -11
PlumbBob: -41 to 5, -18
Marquis: -63 to -3, -33
CrystalBall: -86 to -12, -49
Brilliant: -227 to -112, -169.5
Heart: -964 to -780, -872

Turquoise
Emerald: 5 to 8, 6.5
Oval: 10 to 15, 12.5
Pear: 10 to 18, 14
PlumbBob: 10 to 20, 15
Marquis: 3 to 16, 9.5
CrystalBall: -4 to 12, 4
Brilliant: -100 to -75, -87.5
Heart: -760 to -720, -740

Lapis Lazuli
Emerald: -7 to -2, -4.5
Oval: -14 to -5, -9.5
Pear: -26 to -12, -19
PlumbBob: -38 to -20, -29
Marquis: -59 to -36, -47.5
CrystalBall: -81 to -52, -66.5
Brilliant: -220 to -175, -197.5
Heart: -952 to -880, -916

Jade
Emerald: 20 to 50, 35
Oval: 40 to 100, 70
Pear: 55 to 145, 100
PlumbBob: 70 to 190, 130
Marquis: 81 to 237, 159
CrystalBall: 92 to 284, 188
Brilliant: 50 to 350, 200
Heart: -520 to -40, -280

Amethyst
Emerald: -5 to -4, -4.5
Oval: -11 to -8, -9.5
Pear: -21 to -17, -19
PlumbBob: -32 to -26, -29
Marquis: -52 to -44, -48
CrystalBall: -71 to -62, -66.5
Brilliant: -205 to -190, -197.5
Heart: -928 -904 -916

Citrine
Emerald: -1 to 3, 1
Oval: -2 to 7, 2.5
Pear: -9 to 5, -2
PlumbBob: -15 to 3, -6
Marquis: -29 to -6, -17.5
CrystalBall: -44 to -15, -29.5
Brilliant: -162 to -117, -139.5
Heart: -860 to -788, -824

Opal
Emerald: 78 to 120, 99
Oval: 155 to 240, 197.5
Pear: 228 to 355, 291.5
PlumbBob: 300 to 470, 385
Marquis: 380 to 601, 490.5
CrystalBall: 460 to 732, 596
Brilliant: 625 to 1050, 837.5
Heart: 400 to 1080, 740

Soulpeace
Emerald: 353 to 515, 434
Oval: 705 to 1030, 867.5
Pear: 1053 to 1540, 1296.5
PlumbBob: 1400 to 2050, 1725
Marquis: 1810 to 2655, 2232.5
CrystalBall: 2220 to 3260, 2740
Brilliant: 3375 to 5000, 4187.5
Heart: 4800 to 7400, 6100

Quartz
Emerald: -7 to -5, -6
Oval: -15 to -11, -13
Pear: -27 to -21, -24
PlumbBob: -40 to -32, -36
Marquis: -62 to -52, -57
CrystalBall: -84 to -71, -77.5
Brilliant: -225 to -205, -215
Heart: -960 to -928, -944

Geode
Split:  -24 to 123, 49.5
Heart: -940 to -520, -730

Septarian
Split:  25 to 445, 235
Heart: -800 to 400, -200

Tiberium
Spire: -5480 to 1660, -1910
Heart: -940 to -520, -730

Tiberium is rather a special case;  if you leave a cut gem sitting around on the ground for a bit (20 to 28 hours) it will turn into a 'Large Tiberium Spire' crystal that's worth over $35,000. This appears to happen regardless of the cut -- over a bunch of test cases, I couldn't see any difference between what happened with heart-cut and spire-cut crystals (aside from the extra $5500 cost to cut spires).  On the other hand, I'm pretty sure that allowing heart cuts for tiberium is technically a bug, so I wouldn't be surprised if EAxis removes it in a later update.
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