No I mean the pulse from the speaker like on stereos, not the sound that's played.

ETA: New version released.

EDIT2: For a quick and dirty conversion of Atavera's hack instruments use the table below for original GUIDs and delete the set category whatever line in the lead init bhav or change it to a no-op. It would probably be a good idea to replace the reset bhav with one for that object though (see argon_instrument hack.package for reference). Guitars need to have 2 bhavs replaced on their accessory (the 2 tests). Here's the contrabass for proof of concept, it's not necessarily finished but it functions. Pianos have a set category since BV, so you'll probably have to change the init bhav, but I don't know off the top of my head what it's supposed to be.

Fallback object GUIDs:

Instrument	Main GUID	Lead GUID
Bass	0x2EA762E8	0x6EF2C707
Drums	0x8EA66F90	0xAEA6708F
Guitar *	0x4EA0E858	0x6EF2CC17
Guitar (Seasons)*	0x324D0D87	0x324D0D83
Guitar (Life Stories)*	0xD2301285	0xF2301286
Piano*	0x11DEFEE4	0x0A7D020B
Grand Piano (BV)*	0xF2F1D455	0x72F87689
Modular Synth (FT)	0xF405297F	N/A
Violin (FT)*	0x7405298D	N/A

* All guitars are treated the same way in globals, the same goes for pianos.
* Cloning the bow is optional.

Other useful guid references:
0x4E9D0C46 - tip jar
0x8e9ba383 - Band controller

EDIT3: Drums barf unless you replace watch and watch test bhavs. Proof of concept acoustic guitar and conga drums, as well as contrabass with reset bhav. Does anyone know if watch on those conga drums ever worked in the first place?

EDIT4: Violin has been completed, all guid checks have been modified to two bhavs (like guitars).

EDIT5: wow I'm stupid haha, the proxy guid is listed as fallback guid in the object definition. If you were looking at the raw data view and changing the values on proxy guid 1 & 2 you'll be fine. It's been too long since I started writing this monster

Just wanted to say that I've been working on an update that should make cloning a little easier. It's just so you won't have to go guid reference hunting in all those bhavs.

Oh and does anyone know why the music effects crap out on the bass for high creativity sims after a while? The EAxis code does it too, both low and medium skill work fine.

That's the ground shadow, you either have the material definition pointed to the wrong texture or the texture is missing if that's happening (could also be that the UV map for the mesh is wrong).

It's exclusive, but it's not new.

Stumbled across this, it appears to sort out the bug where music is being played from the wrong category (CAS music in Nhood view, Buy music in Build, etc.) that's been around since Nightlife came out. Needs Pets or higher.

It's bugged me for ages, don't know about anyone else.

I'll probably do the Pet Stories objects, but I don't think I'll do Castaway. Right now I'm trying to figure out how the track references work so I can add in the 2 radio stations from PS.

Yes it's included, you can either make your own hider or ignore it. No globals are modified in the LS bundle, so whatever is causing your problems, it's not the guitar.


Atavera's hack has not been updated for Freetime, so it's highly like there will be a BFBVFS with instruments since they added some with this EP. Not all the required references to the instruments in the instrument globals and band controller were changed by Atavera, I'm just guessing he stopped when it looked like it was working.

ETA: ls_guitarplay is meant for Atavera's hack, not mine. Do not mix and match. RTFM on page 1.


Most likely culprit is tight pants or hack conflict, it works fine for me.


You're using a LS object on the lot and you can't get delete it because everything is in one file.




Side note: the reason other custom instruments blow up with instrument by proxy guid hack is likely because the init bhav makes reference to a non-existant bcon ("custom instrument" category) in Atavera's hack or because they changed the reference to the original EAxis instrument that it was cloned from. If you absolutely can't live without an instrument, I can see about updating it to work with that.

http://www.mediafire.com/?vdc9ebv75zm

Just wanted to point out that it's possible to recycle the existing meshes and not have to duplicate them. My building shrub texture is awful but it's better than nothing, low detail and neighborhood view also work by adding some lines to the shape references.

It's highly likely that I won't change much, if I end up doing it at all. I'll probably end up packaging them all into one file and change the diagonal guid for the curtains to one of the ones that was dropped (Havelock said he created a new one?) They all work in the bins folder and there's nothing wrong with them that I've seen, so I don't see a reason to.

Updated, includes Havelock's baliwood living chair fix and renamed the leather sofa mesh groups as per Lord Darcy's request.

On my to do list, but not high priority with fall semester coming up. I'm just playing with the object packages in "%ProgramFiles%\EA Games\The Sims 2 Store Edition\TSData\Res\Catalog\Bins" and haven't really used them yet.


At the moment, there is no real complete set of streak and streak-less afhairshortasymemetrica. There is a recolored version of it without streaks on InSimenator.net linked earlier in the thread, but these do not match the colors of the original textures. I have a package that replaces the textures for blond and gray but does not touch red and brown. Eventually I plan on creating a set like you've described with the streaked versions under the custom category in change appearance, but hidden in bodyshop and CAS (just like the Maxis hair).

Can you describe that a little more? It's kinda hard to fix if you don't tell me anything  If they started the action at all, then it's some other mod conflicting.

That would be great, since when I tried, I made the changes to the GMND and created a material override but it never showed up 

Updated collections with the cubic and deco icons from the store page, and corrected object sort order 

Haven't been making much progress on the CEP, perhaps someone more knowledgeable would be able to do it?

It can be deleted, it's been included in the main package.


  Havelock you're my hero

Television_Floor_Cubic.package in that link does not have FT functions, but TelevisionCubic.package in the older link does.

Yes.

ETA: Update 5 has been posted, includes shadow fixes by Havelock, and the 2 ls downloads.

I could have sworn I saw that painting in my game before I started dumping objects, that's why I didn't include it. So it's not just a recycled Maxis object? Also, I've got the lamp, I just need to assign a group to it. It might take a while for me to update again, at least until I get my school books and loan processed 


Oh ok good, I thought it was CRES error. Since the wall shadow is working, the model just needed to be pushed further out from the wall.

Townie brick updated, new features:

-Print report with token values for sleep outfits
-Add count to each token (ie. set your Sim's autonomous sleep outfit without sending them to bed! Also useful since the naked token works even if the menu option isn't available)
-Clear all sleep outfit tokens

Life Stories CEP now in progress, but until it's done recolors for objects that weren't recolorable won't work.

Umm.. I don't use recolors but I'm guessing through SimPE's object workshop.

Update FT4 posted.

Now if I could only update the page once without blowing the formatting up...

EDIT: TashaFaun... you're not using "ls guitarplay.package" and "argon_instrument hack.package" at the same time are you?

Atavera's hack conflicts with Pescado's tipping fix, that's probably what's causing the errors.


What EPs do you have? I had that happen originally when the object initialized incorrectly, but I'm pretty sure you need University or Seasons for the guitar to work. If not that, I'm guessing you have a hack conflict somewhere... maybe an older version of the guitar?

Also, working on the update as we speak.

Ok, so if you've ever noticed, on the guitar that came with University, you can click on either the guitar itself or the base with the amp thingy. However, with the Seasons career guitar or the Life Stories guitar, you can't.

Looking at the guitar accessory, it seems like the menu doesn't have anything preventing it from appearing and it just pushes the interaction on the base... but for some weird reason, it doesn't show up.

LS Guitar from here: http://www.moreawesomethanyou.com/smf/index.php/topic,12631.0.html and instrument hack from here: http://www.moreawesomethanyou.com/smf/index.php/topic,12644.0.html

If someone can help me figure out why the pie menu won't show up on either the LS guitar or Seasons guitar, I'd really be grateful.

No I didn't, I found out what was causing the resets though... I had apparently attached a bcon that I was using to keep track of all the npc families and forgot about it, it was unrelated to the brick and it got changed with Freetime. I should update that thing again since I keep getting those stupid stuck stink emitters for dogs again, give me a sec while I find it.

Edit: attached, also new version of pescado's sleep clock as of 6-28-08 11:27pm.