More Awesome Than You!

Hi,

Starting a new topic here because I didn't find a request forum (yeah, I'm dyslexic, hence lazy search)

I was thinking if there's an block thingy for though bubbles. I hate thought bubbles. :( I know you SHOULD be able to hide them with ShowHeadliness off - but I'd like it to be permanent. Or at least as long as I play and reset when gameplay end - which ever could be easier to do. I'm making movies and it's really annoying to have to destroy half the takes because of the bubbles/effects/whatevers. ShowHeadlines seems to like to be "on" sometimes anyway. The same goes with plumbbobtoggle.. :)

I was also thinking if it's possible to add weather/season changes to ffsdebugger, I love the MOAR! feature.

And badge editing (under Upgrade sim ->) straight to gold.

And skill maxing (all skills up to nine lvls or something like that)

Oh oh oh and if it could be possible to add temperature fixing in ffsdebugger as well? It's hard to shoot anything when the "actors" are having heat strokes all the time (or freezing their hineys)... (meaning resetting temperature to green manually)

I know these features can be found on various hack objects/hacks/stuffets, but it would be very convenient to find them "all-in-one"

Thanks for reading.  :-*

And If I'm really as stupid as I think and have had this fine thing slipped of my range, please point me to the right direction..

EDIT: explained

* witch backs veerrry sloowly and carefully away from this thread.

No need for that.

I'm going to do one thing for you before the carnage commences:

userStartup.cheat

Go ye forth unto the internet and search on that phrase.

Pescado doesn't take requests. He only has great ideas he is glad he thought of.

Pescado isn't into cheating to make the game easier.  Many of his hacks are designed to make the game more challenging (e.g. harderjobs, no20Khandout), not less challenging.  He is extremely unlikely to make hacks that will max out skills and badges without any effort.

Your best bet is to ask in the WCIF thread if anyone knows of hacks that will do the things you are looking for.  Insim provides at least some of the features you are looking for, but hasn't been updated yet for Free Time.

Can't you do all these things with testingcheatsenabled?

One approach I have been thinking about is that each of those bubbles and stuff is an image stored in a file.  It should be possible to replace all those images with nothingness.

Features that are trivially performed in-game will never be a part of the Lot Debugger. They are just not necessary. For instance, skill maximizing...why? Just turn on debug mode, click, and drag to taste. No hack is required. So why should I waste time redundantly coding a trivial feature that already exists? Badge Editing: Spawn the Badge Juicer. No hack required. Temperature Fixing: Will consider. It'll probably be more aimed towards setting the local temperature and not towards adjusting sim temperature, though. Because it would be funny to set it to "Heat From Hell" for the heck of it. But basically, if a non-hack does it, I'm not going to bother adding it, it would be a waste of effort to reproduce what was trivially included in the game itself.

For the heat issue I'm using Inge Jones' Air Conditioner (for my gym-rooms) it works perfectly well. I don't know if it's usable outdoors though. The Air-Conditioner in conjuction with Inge's "Ceiling Object Hider" works perfectly for me.

No it doesn't work outside.  Air conditioners tend not to.  My approach is diametrically different from Pescado's, I try to make realistic hacks, not wreak armageddon or utopia :D

However, like in real life, it makes the Sims aware that they can go indoors and stand near the air conditioner until they are a comfortable temperature again.   In my game they always do so in time before they collapse.

For what I know, ShowHeadLines off has to be applied on every sim individually. Putting it on userStartup.cheat won't do the trick. Or didn't do for me. If someone managed to do it, great for them.


kthanksbye  ;D


If we had a real-life air conditioner, we'd have no green house effect :)

Inge I love your air conditioners works great for gyms.  I was wondering, if it doesn't work outside then will it not work for the pleasant's atic room, I was thinking that would help because I have tryed everything to keep them from freezing and overheating in there--Stupid EAxis!!!  On the debugger mode,  it would be awesome to be able to respawn pet graves--:)  The respawner is invaluable to me since I have lost all my graves twice.  But it doesn't seem possible to get a pet's tomb back.

I CANNOT believe that no one has poked you with a very sharp, pointy stick for this most asinine of comments.

People! We have standards here at MATY, do we not? This noob has admitted to two cardinal sins: laziness and the "excuse" of dyslexia! If we do not poke with sharp pointy sticks, it will be glomping and emoties next!

Please, won't someone think of MATY?

I cant seem to stress this enough online or IRL.  YOU'LL NEVER FIND SOMETHING THAT ISN'T THERE!


*request forum bold by me*

The insiminator does all of these things. Why are you here?

Process Denied, I already tried the conditioner in the attic rooms at the Pleasants and you're quite right they don't work for that reason.  So I rebuilt the walls in their house that were attic walls, and that did the trick.

I'm sorry! I can help....

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Jonayla, is it?  Ok.  First things first.  Have you READ THE DAMN FAQ FOR MATY?  Secondly, shameless begging and premade excuses are not ok.  Thirdly, Dyslexia is a condition, but LAZINESS is a crime.  Grow up, search, and try again.  We'll be waiting with pointed sticks in hand.  This is your warning.

I want a pony and a million dollars. I bet I'll get my request first!

OOh, you're a brave one, Joyayla. . . keep this in mind for next time. . .


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Are you implying that my hacks aren't realistic? The Lot Debugger's temperature adjuster isn't meant for creating armageddon or utopia. It's purely a debugging aid. It's not meant to represent or cause anything. When I make an actual THING, it is generally meant to emulate some manner of realism, or at least consistency.

*cough*Smite*cough*

Hahaha, you guys are so funny!  :D

This is the best forum I've ever visited! It's full of flamers who think better of themselves and will actually waste their own time sending posts that either state that they're actually like that in real life OR they think anonymity excuses all manners and would - instead of showing their intelligence and knowledge - let other people hope it's not someone who you know in real life... I hope you people don't have kids, I wouldn't want to see them grow up like you.. Or at least let's hope your behavior is like this only online.

Keep sending nasty replies, so I can waste my time reading them! Thanks for daddy's trust fund, I'm able to.

Actually, I do have kids, ages ranging from 24 to 12 (in MATY terms).  The oldest of them is a regular here.

If one of my teens was behaving like a lazy, spoilt brat on the internet, as a loving parent who cares about the behaviour of her children I would deny them access to the internet until they could explain to me exactly why their behaviour was inappropriate.

One of the things I took the time to teach my kids was to do their own research, rather than expecting others to drop everything to hand them information on a platter.  (In other words, as you've already been told in this thread: Read the FAQ, and use the search button)

Another thing I cared enough to teach my kids was that when they go into a new social situation (whether online or offline) it makes sense to hang around quietly and get a feel for the way the regulars behave, rather than barging in without understanding the group culture of the regulars.  (I.E. lurk moar.)

It's a pity your parents couldn't be bothered to teach you these basic principles, one for learning, and one for getting along with others.  Maybe they just threw money at you instead of teaching you important life lessons.  Poor sad little rich girl.

Ouch, touched a tough spot there? :D

Laugh it up. You can find them all amusing and whatever else it is that motivates you. The problem is that if you actually want help and/or to get anywhere here you're going to need to dust off your own manners. Yes, people can be a little brusk. When you've politely said "Please read the rules and excercise good sence" whatever-bajillion times these guys have you'll get brusk too.

So, now, I've tried to help you, and you'll probably insult me too. It's my own mistake for thinking that somebody who reads Jean Auel must at least have some  intellegence.

Paris?  Could it be?  The intellectual level is about the same.

Neh, she hasn't been calling things "hot". Just your garden-variety spoiled little brat.


Jonayla, guess what? I was raised in an upper-middle class family, in a very nice house with a huge yard and basically everything I ever asked for. I was an only child. I was my grandparents' favorite grandchild, and my aunt & uncles' favorite niece. Never was a hand lain on me in anger. I was coddled and loved and indulged. I was also taught that behaving like a lazy, ungrateful brat was the fastest way to get everything taken away. I was taught to appreciate every single thing I had, because my parents had had to work two jobs each and live in a run-down rental before I was born, until they both were lucky in their careers, and if it weren't for that luck I would have been living in a van down by the river with a dead rat for a pet.

Apparently, your parents focused on giving you valuables but not values. Quit being a lazy ass. The world is not here to serve you. You are here to serve the world. Now you shall serve as target practice.

I love how when poked just a little bit, all the true colors come out. It's like a rainbow, only not as bright.

Yes, ta.

I had a feeling you were going to get butthurt over this.

When I posted that first post about backing away from the thread, Jonayla first responded with a sensible 'should I pull this post?' type of post. Next time I saw the thread it had been changed. She got confident that because nothing bad had happened immediately, therefore it wasn't going to happen. This instant gratification business raises expectations.

Or nearly as pretty.

Not everyone is as Awesome as many of the people are here. When I have encountered people with problems and they couldn't find answers elsewhere, I've suggested coming to this site to get answers. They have refused. Too many rather put up with the problem than post here for needed help. They don't want to become "targets".
This is a darn good site, with problems that aren't addressed elsewhere. Information that isn't available elsewhere. I have learned a lot by reading the information here which has been a valuable help to me. Since this is the best site around, I feel badly that there are others who intentionally stay away.

If people search MATY, and then POLITELY say "I've searched here, and googled, but I need help, please?", they get help, and no pokes.  "Help me damnit, because I say so and WANT IT NOW" posters are poked.  Sometimes they are flamed.  Anyone who uses excuses in their first post like "I have dyslexia and lazy", as Jonayla did, should be shot.

I just had to comment that I found it somewhat adorable that jonayla found the forum experience here memorable enough to rant about it at length in her blog. http://iamleftovers.blogspot.com/

Do your research, ask politely, don't grovel (no, it doesn't help), and provide all relevant information (and for fuck's sake, leave out the irrelevant), then you'll get answers, and not be ridiculed.
If you come running in here like you own the place, blame dyslexia for your laziness, talk like a 12-year-old who types with their thumbs, or ask questions that are common knowledge and could have been acquired with two keywords and google, then you will be poked with big sharp sticks and told to fuck off.
That's  why there's a high level of competence here:  We scare the sheep away, and leave only those with more than average brain power.

Main reason why I so like "matyism"-almost everyone here can to become "target".And in this case...
Than more awesome person is,then more the fear to look stupidly. ;D

That was interesting reading, so the dyslexia and trust fund is just testing us.  :'(

When I visit a new forum on the internet, one of the first things I do is read the FAQ & the stickies.  Then I lurk for a good long while before I post.  I've been doing this since my first visit to usenet (which was probably before the OP was born).

It's common sense to get a feel for what the group culture is before you go barging in.  It's not a case of other people not being as Awesome as many of the people here.  I know I'm not awesome (even the cat in my av is more awesome than me - and she's our doofus cat), I just use a little bit of common sense and old-fashioned manners when I visit a new forum.

If it is a case of having an urgent question, such as when I couldn't get another game to work and visited their help forums for the first time, then I replace the lurking with searching the forum.  In that case, not finding my answer after searching, I then posted a respectful post requesting help.

I've come across a lot of 12 year olds on the internet who don't want to find their own answers, they want other people to find the answers for them.  Do schools no longer teach kids about research?  My view is that if someone is too damn lazy to use the search button, then why should I bother to search for them?  Their problem is obviously not important enough for them to do their own searching, and since it's not my problem it's considerably less important to me.

Yes we are a mean & nasty lot, but we also expect people seeking help to use basic internet etiquette.  You'll notice Jonayla is getting a lot of criticism here for her lack of manners.  If you want other people to go out of their way to help you, then you need to ask for help, not demand it because of your admitted laziness.

EDIT: Oh, and I've read that blog.  Strange how her blog doesn't mention that she posted she was lazy before she even wrote her request.  In fact, her blog implies that she does do her own research.  If she's that good at research, she would have found our WCIF thread.

Apparently, you are all rude because you are North American.

I'm ruder than many people here and I'm Scandinavian.

Ha ha, I'm rude too and I'm a kiwi.  ;D

I think we're pretty well globally rude at MATY.

ETA: Choice quote from the Jonayla.
Whoops, better re-read that.

I like this, it's even better than the Brynnistas going back to their site to tell each other how they told someone off; this Jonayla's talking to herself about it. Hey girl, we're over here, come and tell us what you think.

Oh and PS. HOW do you know the origins of all the posters in the forums?

This is hilarious.  I can't wait for the next installment from the prima donna.

Oh, and she "knows" we're all Americans, because she just knows these things and is never, ever wrong.  Even though I'm an Aussie.

It can't just be me who found this a rather stupid thing to say. Last time I checked North America and Canada were two totally different countries.

As far as I was aware, North America and the United States of America, did not mean the same thing. Canada is still North America, even with as much as Canadians would love to distance themselves from us.

Edit: to remove an "I" and an "N", because I forgot what I was writting mid sentance again. Ewww.

Nah, morriganrant, that's what they tell us North Americans.

Any blog that doesn't accept comments is immediately on my "DO NOT WANT" list. Not only is the author only talking to themselves, but they show complete disregard to the opinions of others.

Indeed, what is the point of a publicly accessed Diary? I could see it if it was the blog of some famous person, their fans actually get a kick out of reading them. Some random kid on the web is just silly, you might as well type them out on Documents on your PC if you are going to disable comments. If you don't like the comments they leave, then you tell them off, I should hope that you have a good enough argument to back up your side.

I guess that makes me a "real North American", since I was born in Canada and live in the States. :)

So, um, she's not a spoilt little rich girl? Even though she said so?

That makes her a big fat LIAR. I'll get the petrol.

Yeah, I said petrol. That's what we call 'gasoline' in Australia.

Yes, Hejira.  Get the Petrol.  We have official permission to BBQ the thing.

Actually, I was gonna make her breathe in the fumes for the lulz...but that works too.

The combination of your av and the mention of petrol led to an obvious conclusion.

Um...er...that is...oh shut up. :P

It can be retardo lands time nao?

Don't get too smug, it could be your turn next ;)

Well, Venusy seems to be dead, so this will sit here for a while.

Did Venusy give any advance hints on disappearing, or did he just not turn up one day?

I have no idea, I just know that I started to notice "who Killed Venusy?" in the news box around a week ago.

Hmm  hope everything's ok!

Just suddenly disappeared. We think he may have been murdered.

Anyone tried emailing?  Did he have any simming friends who know how him more personally we could ask?

He normally informs us when he goes on holiday, so we can run amok.

I am particularly bemused by her indignant statement that this forum is full of "matter-of-fact adults". I wonder what she actually meant to say.

Oh, and the "signigiciant lack of language skills" of the Indonesians isn't bad either.

And as for "do onto others"... my visual imagination is getting in trouble here. I didn't know the Bible had this kind of advice...

I am an adult as a matter of fact.  But then I don't come here often so maybe it doesn't count?  Yeah, I read some of that blog (before I got too bored) and it baffled me too.

Sorry, I had to comment on this, even though I normally just lurk here.

Hee! I'm almost as rude as all the North Americans as I am a Finn! I feel so proud!  ;D


What a foolish little girl. When I was doing my intercultural studies degree, one of the most important things I learned there was that you cannot make sweeping generalizations based on people's nationality/gender/race. That is just as inane as claiming that blondes are ruder than brunettes, but redheads have best manners, or claiming that since all left-handed persons you've met (all 3 of them) have big noses, all left-handed people in the world have big noses.  ::)

I would have wanted to leave a comment to point out the fault in her logic, but alas, I cannot. Woe is me.  :'(

Fancy that, I thought all Finns were humourless nit-pickers.  :P ;D

Lazy, lying, wannabe-dyslexic, humourless nit-pickers, even.

Actually, that's not true.  We all know Finns are beet red and sit naked in a sauna drinking Koskenkorva all day while shouting "perkele!" at each other.

Damn it I wished I could have jumped on it earlier! Stupid Real Life...

Also, an idea, if we get bogged down with loads of threads hanging around maybe Pescado should appoint a trusted member to be a Global Mod until Venusy returns? Or track him down and find out what's up.

> A trusted member

But who does Pescado trust?

Pescado trusts no-one. That's why he is still alive :D

I have an idea though-why doesn't he get Mrs Pescado to step in as Venusy's stand-in? We'd all be really nice to her. Well I would anyway. I wanna give her a medal for putting up with the FOJ. :P

I'd certainly be very curious to meet her!  That is assuming she won't turn out to have Fairlight's hand stuck up her ribbed ankle band...

With Mrs. Pes around, I think we would all be in shock, with much proclamations of "you're real! Amazing".

I totally agree with this....I am mainly a lurker, but when I have a problem with my game this is the first place I look to see if there is a solution and most of the time I find the answer here just by a simple search....plus I am leary of hacks and mods and truly trust only the awesome ones from here ....as for becoming a target...a little courtesy goes along way, treat others as you would want to be treated and there should be no reason to be afraid of being a target.

Also a big thanks to everyone for all the help I have been able to find here

Indeed, there has been many an answer given to someone who was polite and courteous in their question and directed to the right place, if it was the wrong one, with care. There have also been many many people poked and prodded because they are lazy demanding bastards with the same kind of questions.

Since this is a derailment of what was originally a wishlist thread anyway....
My wish is for someone awesome to please post a tutorial on how to toggle actions (a la plat LTW in the lot debugger). I specifically need one for trees--autumn, winter, spring. I am playing a neighbourhood that roughly simulates the Pacific Northwest climate--spring, spring, autumn, autumn. No bitter cold or extreme heat. In the neighbourhood screen and on the lots I use a combination of evergreen and deciduous trees, and lots of them. Unfortunately that means several of my sims spend an absurd amount of time raking and composting leaves. The code for leaf drop seems to be on/off, and has no bearing on how many leaves a tree might reasonably be expected to bear. I found a hack that turns off leaf drop entirely, but I have to stop and exit to pull or add that hack every time the seasons change. I'd like to figure out how to do that with an in-game mod. Any suggestions?

 :D I bet she had never come to Indonesia at all. Not that they're rude, but definitely not very patient. Also, I believe the Indonesians will get offended by 'significant lack of language skills', true maybe their English isn't the best, but Indonesian is a language too.  ::)

In fact most of them can probably speak a bit of English at least.  How many of us native English speakers can speak a bit of Indonesian?