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Carpool Bring Friend Dialog v1.05 for TS2AL v1.0p0
Made by: syberspunk

You will receive a dialog when adult/teen Sims want to bring someone home from work asking you if this is okay. If you say no, the sims will still get the 20/20 relationship boost but the sim won't come over.  Choose cancel and the sim won't come over and you won't get the automatic relationship boost either.

I also completely [s]stole[/s][i]borrowed[/i] the code for choosing the sim to bring home. You should notice much less lag while the game picks, as well as much smarter choosing. Sims are picked in this order of preference:

1. Playable sims not met yet.
2. Townies not met.
3. Playable sims met but not friends yet.
4. Playable sims or townies that are friends.
5. Townies met but not friends. (if you met them but aren't friends, you probably don't want to be).

There is also some randomness built in to keep sims from always picking the same people, and especially to keep them from always favoring the last created/born sims in the neighborhood.

This hack also includes the nofraternization portion that applies to bringing home co-workers.  I believe this makes it so that sims only bring home co-workers who are within 2 job levels/ranks.  Also, if any interactions are queued up for your sims who are away at work, then they will not bring anyone home.  If you don't want this, then I suggest using Monique's version.

[b]INSTALLATION:[/b]
This MUST be in your Downloads folder, typically found under:

C:\Documents and Settings\UserName\My Documents\EA GAMES\The Sims 2\Downloads

:!!: Note: You can use subfolders, however, be aware of 'benign' conflicts that depend on the load order of hacks.


[b]Compatibility:[/b]

This hack should be compatible with Pets and up, at least.  I am not sure if it is backwards compatible.  You can give it a try, I guess. :P

This hack is compatible with asprechargehack by FFS (but just in case, make sure this hack loads last).

This hack is compatible with most, if not all mods by MATY crew (Pescado, TJ, and CBoy), dizzy, and probably more. Again, up to you to help me determine any possible conflicts.

[b]REMINDER and fine print (to cover my ass ) :[/b]
Remember to ALWAYS BACK UP YOUR DATA BEFORE INSTALLING NEW HACKS. By using this hack, you agree to absolve me of any responsibility or liability for any potential loss of or damage to your data. You have been warned.

[b]HOW TO REPORT: Conflicts, problems, or errors[/b]
I would appreciate any constructive criticism and feedback that is actually helpful. With that in mind, it would be helpful, when reporting any conflicts or issues, that you include the following:

1) thorough but reasonably brief description of what you were doing
2) clear, comprehendible explanation of your problem
3) list of hacks that may be related aging, moving in sims, or inheritance
4) archived (.rar or .zip) of log produced by error

[b]HOW TO PRODUCE AN ERROR LOG:[/b]
1) Open the cheat menu - Ctrl + Shift + C
2) Enable the debug mode - Type: boolprop testingcheatsenabled true
3) Hit Enter :P
4) Play as normal until an error occurs. If an error dialog box pops up, note the location of the error log and choose Reset. If the error pops up repeatedly, choose Delete and exit WITHOUT SAVING!
5) Post your error log here, preferably as a .zip or .rar archive.

Posts which do not include a clear description of what your problem is will be pretty much ignored. (i.e. posts such as "This does not work! I am taking it out! You suck! Nice try! etc.") I can't and won't help you if you don't explain what's wrong.

Please be nice when trying to explain your problem and I might be nice and help you.

[b]Finally, my Thank Yous go to:[/b]

J.M. Pescado, twojeffs, dizzy2, and jase439 for being excellent tutors and providing excellent models in their mods. As always, thanks to those creators who've put out some excellent modding tutorials, Quaxi and co for SimPE, and dizzy2 for disaSim2, and the finally letters T and S, and the number 2, all of whom, without which this mod would not be possible.

[i]Special Credit:[/i] goes to

1) twojeffs since I basically narfed his code for the school bus dialog hack and used as a model to make this hack.

2) FFS since I narfed the nofraternization code.

[b]Version History[/b]
v1.01 - Fixed silly dialog text error; compressed resources
v1.02 - Tweaked code to prevent adult sims from bringing home retired sims.
v1.03 - Updated for Bon Voyage
v1.04 - Updated for Free Time
v1.05 - Updated for Apartment Life