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TS2: Burnination / The Podium / Another Environment Question: Greenhouses
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on: 2007 April 03, 14:36:05
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The thread about Red Green reminded me of something I ran into recently:
I've got a farmer Sim - worked his butt off to maximize gardening badge (and was even a plant sim for a while until I got bored with it). He owns a farm and vegetable stand....good business, very popular. Once he got into his stride, all plants and trees were constantly thriving, and he was able to take care of minor needs quite quickly. As late fall approached, he fertilized and planted inside the greenhouse. Those plants were almost instantly thriving as well...but I would keep catching Farmer John whining about completely depleted environment scores. And yes, all the plots were used...Maxian grow lights added...
WTF? What am I missing about the greenhouse goodness?
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TS2: Burnination / The Podium / Re: Get Over It, Already!
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on: 2007 March 18, 15:07:14
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But there is no body.
Which is too danm bad, really. I think it would be cool to have a police detective come to the house, have CSI swarming around the body, and actually haul away another sim if there's murder involved. And then they could have a REAL funeral, with mourners and coffins and black clothing...and THEN all the fuss would be over and there would be no more annoying mourning sims. Or maybe I've been watching too many cop shows.
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TS2: Burnination / The Podium / Re: Seasons: What mods are you already begging for?
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on: 2007 March 17, 01:22:09
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I think I finally figured out what i would like - that hasn't already been so awesomely attended to.
I would LOVE to be able to grow/tend/spray/harvest FLOWERS and HERBS. I'm tired of veggies and would love to sell a bunch of basil or dahlias. Can you imagine how sparkly the food would be then?
On a related note...is there any way to make the strawberry plants LOOK like strawberry plants, the cucumber plants look like cuc plants, etc? I hate that everything looks like pole beans or tomatoes.
Okay, okay, I'm probably asking for more realism than Maxis can provide, I know...I just....sigh...long for more perfection in the idyllic world of Seasons....
TIA
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TS2: Burnination / The Podium / Re: How do I make art appreciate?
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on: 2007 March 14, 23:47:31
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I'm not certain how this will work long term - but it's worth a try:
I noticed that there's a bed from 4esf that has (according to Sims 2 Categorizer) the following price specs:
initial cost - 300 initial depreciation - 450 daily depreciation - 300 depreciation limit - 1200
Now I know that if I use that bed and delete it a day or so later, it makes me a quick 900 simolians. I don't know whether it does a long-term appreciation, since I tend to use this bed as a short-term fix for poor sims. However, I wonder if adjusting the depreciation costs to above initial price might not do what we need.
I'll experiment on my end...
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TS2: Burnination / Oops! You Broke It! / Re: New graphical glitches
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on: 2007 March 12, 22:01:12
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To save your sims, try packaging the lots...then when you reinstall them, only choose the lot and the family. BE CERTAIN you don't load in any of the extra people who might be along for the ride, though. (I borked a favorite lot because my Sim had invisibile friends.)
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TS2: Burnination / Oops! You Broke It! / Jumping the OCD Mailman
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on: 2007 March 11, 14:15:05
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So this has been going on since OFB, but I haven's played this lot in ages and just put a new version into my new neighborhood. The mailman jumps and does no action other than circling the mailbox and trying again. And again. And again.
I've tried moving the mailbox and trashcan, deleting the mailman (I've raptured about a dozen Pao Mellons in the last few days), reloading the game, the lot, rebooting, etc.
This is the only lot that's ever had this problem, and because I really do like it, I'd rather not destroy it and rebuild from scratch. So...
How do I debug this one lot? Will testing cheats help me isolate what's happening?
Thanks in advance.
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TS2: Burnination / The Podium / Re: Bathroom envy
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on: 2007 March 09, 06:33:53
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Shot in the dark here:
Could it possibly have something to do with which language or which country's version? I have the US version...and while bathrooms are wildly popular with my sims, I have NEVER seen that thought bubble, no less a swarm of them.
Note: I'm not running BUY.
::::shrug::::
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TS2: Burnination / Oops! You Broke It! / NOT a Seasons crashing problem
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on: 2007 March 05, 17:07:41
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But it is a crashing problem of sorts.
Since January 21 (I don't know why I remember the date, but I do), I have reloaded Pets seven times. I can play successfully the day before and close down properly, and then the next day, the program will simply NOT load. I move my CC, uninstall, then reinstall.
As I said, this has happened seven times. Now each time before this last, I've blamed CC that I downloaded, isolating, cleansing, and purging as needed (I sound bulemic). This time, there was NO computer activity other than a routine email check between shutting down last night and attempting to open up this afternoon.
I'm on WinXP with Visiontek Radeon 9600SE graphics card, 1.0 gHz speed, OODLES of HD space and over a gig of memory.
What might be causing this conflict? It's almost as though something edits the startup routine that makes it stop before it starts...
Thanks in advance.
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TS2: Burnination / The Podium / I need a demon.
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on: 2007 February 13, 06:39:40
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(Moderator: Please move this topic as required.) I don't know how many of you are fans of Kids in the Hall, a brilliant sketch-comedy troupe from Canada who were prolific in the 1990s....whether you know them or not, you'll appreciate this clip: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xWlsYWC2pCsNow I show you this, because I need a demon for my Sims. I am NOT a modder - so I won't be building it. But I hope that someone out there might be interested in this little project. The specs: - Must look an awful lot like the KITH demon - Must sit on the floor and a shelf - Must modify mood and/or aspiration (what's the point of having a demon if he doesn't do any good? After all, he feeds on negativity). - Should probably shout out random insults upon viewing/clicking (should be dialog window...something like "[Sim Name], your head is a boil. You suck worms. I hate your feeeeet!"). These could be from the sketch or made up. (Perhaps inspired by Blackadder or Chef!?) Any takers? Thanks for considering this project... Kim
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TS2: Burnination / The Podium / Re: Houses. I need 'em build. And I suck at building. </3
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on: 2007 February 07, 18:35:54
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I build boatloads of houses - from starters to sprawlers - but I never upload them anywhere, because everyone's got restrictions about custom content, and I use LOTS of pay stuff (thanks to the Booty). I also have little patience for cleaning up the Sim2Pack of all the unused recolors. What a bother! I am sure it's important, but oy vey.
So here's the deal: I can send fully loaded houses or empty shells (with wallpaper) or both. I have modern and traditional homes, from studios to 3-4 bedroom homes. My speciality is taking real-life homes and translating them for the Sims. Lately, I've been working with books on innovative architecture with tremendous results (better than the cookie cutter house plan sites online).
Let me know what you want....and give me a day or two to pack 'em up.
Kim
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TS2: Burnination / The Podium / Re: Clothing Organization - and PLEASE don't send me to SimPE!!!
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on: 2007 February 04, 08:01:30
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jfade, you are my HERO! ::::strikes up the band and ticker tape parade:::::
Your list of probable features looks terrific. The other feature that would be of interest to me is the skin/mesh matching. Perhaps you can provide a way to examine a mesh and see a list (picture?) of associated skins? And on the flip side, a utility to find skins unmatched to meshes would be good too.
I would willingly be a tester, obviously.
Thanks!
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TS2: Burnination / Oops! You Broke It! / Re: FUBAR'ed restaurant prices
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on: 2007 February 02, 06:09:46
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I have the same issue, but noticed that it doesn't always happen.
Is it possible that one of the bill-paying hacks adds those lovely dining coupons to our Sims' invisible personal inventory and activates when they eat out?
(I'm not going to complain too much, however!)
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TS2: Burnination / The Podium / Clothing Organization - and PLEASE don't send me to SimPE!!!
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on: 2007 February 01, 06:51:05
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Remember way back in the Sims 1 days when someone had created a utility to look at skins ON a model so you could see what you were deleting/recategorizing? And it helped you find skins without meshes and meshes without skins so you could do some housekeeping? Remember? ::::: wistful sigh :::::: I want this for Sims 2! I have searched high and low and can't find anything even remotely useful....and SimPE has crashed my computer more than once AND prompted me to completely reload the Sims (plus expansion packs). And when I had it actually working, I couldn't get it to do what I wanted anyway. If you say SimPE is my only option, I will have to get Stephen Colbert to put you on notice. (For the uninitiated, go to www.colbertnation.com.) Thanks.
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