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« Reply #550 on: 2009 May 21, 12:20:50 »
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My neat/green thumb sim appears to have some options similar to macro > clean and macro > garden. She has a "clean house" action by clicking on the floor indoors and "tend to plants" will apparently deal with all of them that need any kind of attention. I don't know if these are trait specific or if anybody gets them but it's a nice improvement over unmodded TS2.
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« Reply #551 on: 2009 May 21, 12:38:00 »
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I would have thought being evil would leave little room for other sentiments, such as friendliness or romantic urges.   They should have made all other emotional traits unavailable once evil is chosen, leaving only skill type traits such as how intelligent or artistic they are.
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« Reply #552 on: 2009 May 21, 13:08:38 »
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I would have thought being evil would leave little room for other sentiments, such as friendliness or romantic urges.   

Not true.  As the Son of Perdition, I am dedicated to evil, and yet I lead a full life, rich with friendships and romance.  Evil IS "romantic" in a literary sense.  It is just moar fiery and dangerous.  Why do girls like guys with a "dark side" after all?  It's certainly not because they have no room for romantic urges.  Evil people don't like being bored or lonely any more than the hypocritical good people.  If you have no room in your life for others, there is nobody to torment.
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« Reply #553 on: 2009 May 21, 13:11:39 »
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Has there been any advancement on trying to hack the file formats?

Is there somewhere on this site (or elsewhere) that this is being reported?

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« Reply #554 on: 2009 May 21, 13:32:40 »
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I would have thought being evil would leave little room for other sentiments, such as friendliness or romantic urges.   

Not true.  As the Son of Perdition, I am dedicated to evil, and yet I lead a full life, rich with friendships and romance.  Evil IS "romantic" in a literary sense.  It is just moar fiery and dangerous.  Why do girls like guys with a "dark side" after all?  It's certainly not because they have no room for romantic urges.  Evil people don't like being bored or lonely any more than the hypocritical good people.  If you have no room in your life for others, there is nobody to torment.

And how better to win your way into potential victims' trust than to charm them with your friendliness and and sense of humor?
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« Reply #555 on: 2009 May 21, 13:48:42 »
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I played it for some hours, and while I have no issues with the sims, or the gameplay, I do have some concerns regarding the graphics. I have an nvidia 8600 videocard with 512 mb memory and inspite of the fact that all settings were on high and gameplay was smooth, the textures look very blurry and pixelated, especially on close-ups. Even the sims's skins. Also, I noticed that from a normal play camera height, texture details go missing. I made a sim with red and white polka dots shoes and the dots were visible only when I viewed them in extreme close-up. I also have an issue with the dark shadows on the objects. I tried to make *white* towels but the result was more like dirty white towels. And the same thing happened with the curtains, the bedsheets, the leather couch that's also in sims2.  And the indoors lightning seems to suffer from the same drawback as the radiance lightning mod for sims2. The objects near the light source glow and appear overexposed while those a few squares away are very dark. Maybe I don't play enough games to make a reasonable comparison of what is realistically achievable in terms of technology, but I find these issues very annoying, especially when we had very beautiful clean textures in Sims2 and the lightning was good even though it was not realistic. Maybe it's an issue with my card, or maybe it's just the way the game renders objects. But if that's the case I don't think it should render objects with lower quality when you're inside the lot. It's very annoying because things seem hazy.


Just wanted to say that I have the same card and the same problem with grey textures that should be white... dunno if it's the game or the card though that does it... but I guess on the game.

I know exactly what you mean. Ever play EA's Godfather on the PC? Same kind of hazy pixellated look to the graphics. The blurry textures in Sims 3 remind me of that game.
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« Reply #556 on: 2009 May 21, 13:50:54 »
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Anyone ever made it to the top of the science career? You get to do experiments on all the furniture, whic can either give beneficial effects like better comfort or roomscore, or set stuff on fire. Finally something good came out of this tedious work business.

BTW, anyone figured out how to get an omni plant at home?
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« Reply #557 on: 2009 May 21, 13:52:30 »
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Let's put it this way.  Peter has already made a "sort of" SimPE for sims 3.  Er in a rudimentary non-user-friendly sort of way.  But it already allows for the editing of files that will dictate stuff I have already mentioned, like the conditions for using particular objects, and how fast your bladder fills etc etc.
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« Reply #558 on: 2009 May 21, 14:02:08 »
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It's the modded sims skins for sims 3 that will really make a difference this time, I think.

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« Reply #559 on: 2009 May 21, 14:04:43 »
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That's great news Inge!!  I assume the objects work when put back in the game (IE don't need Digital Sigs.)?

Any chance of it being made available for download?  Maybe in the SimPE QA section?

We don't know if the objects work when put back, because I am not running the pirate version in order to test it.  However, it could be as good a time as any to release what we have, so someone can test it and report back.

NB, This is a *modders* tool, not a player utility.  Support will not be given to anyone without existing technical or game modding abilities.  Other authors are planning player-targeted tools.
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« Reply #560 on: 2009 May 21, 14:09:22 »
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I also have an issue with the dark shadows on the objects. I tried to make *white* towels but the result was more like dirty white towels. And the same thing happened with the curtains, the bedsheets, the leather couch that's also in sims2. 
Just wanted to say that I have the same card and the same problem with grey textures that should be white... dunno if it's the game or the card though that does it... but I guess on the game.
If you want a crisp, clean looking white use a pattern without any texture.  Under the Misc. tab there's one lonely swatch that's white.  Try that.   
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« Reply #561 on: 2009 May 21, 14:09:44 »
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« Reply #562 on: 2009 May 21, 14:18:10 »
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Sims3Tools, that up-till-now neglected site.  It's nothing to do with SimPE so we won't burden Quaxi's server with it.
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« Reply #563 on: 2009 May 21, 14:59:24 »
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If you want a crisp, clean looking white use a pattern without any texture.  Under the Misc. tab there's one lonely swatch that's white.  Try that.   

I already did that. The problem is that the alpha for the shadows for the said objects is too dark. My guess is they made it so it shows on dark colours as well. But for the light colours it is too dark. Also, the clean white does not look clean and white, it's more like a mix of pixelated white, cream, pink, grey and green. I repeat, I tried this without a texture. All white objects show this issue, including the fridge and the oven.
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« Reply #564 on: 2009 May 21, 15:01:41 »
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we waited 6 years for this???cmmon EA your kidding?



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« Reply #565 on: 2009 May 21, 15:05:43 »
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If you want a crisp, clean looking white use a pattern without any texture.  Under the Misc. tab there's one lonely swatch that's white.  Try that.   

I already did that. The problem is that the alpha for the shadows for the said objects is too dark. My guess is they made it so it shows on dark colours as well. But for the light colours it is too dark. Also, the clean white does not look clean and white, it's more like a mix of pixelated white, cream, pink, grey and green. I repeat, I tried this without a texture. All white objects show this issue, including the fridge and the oven.
Are you sure that's the problem?  Because when I use that swatch in my game things actually look white.  *shrugs*
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« Reply #566 on: 2009 May 21, 15:10:15 »
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Some of you have already seen these images, but I wanted to share an interesting bug that happened to a toddler in game.  Cheesy





I think she was trying to talk to her mom, who was on the couch in front of her. Since she already learned how to talk. But they kind of fucked the animation. Tongue
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« Reply #567 on: 2009 May 21, 15:13:08 »
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The more I see it, the more gruesome it gets.
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« Reply #568 on: 2009 May 21, 15:14:29 »
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That is just terrifying, hahaha!

I've seen something similar happen in TS2, but this is worse.  Shocked
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« Reply #569 on: 2009 May 21, 15:15:30 »
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I'm finding these stretched toddlers hilarious. They look like something out of sci-fi.

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Speaking of, I know it's a minor question with the wealth of crap to wade through, but do we have alien abductions in the game? Or any 'supernatural' element?
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« Reply #570 on: 2009 May 21, 15:20:19 »
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It sucks that it takes twice the number of old rotting newspapers now before the damn paper delivery kid will stop coming.
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« Reply #571 on: 2009 May 21, 15:21:31 »
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It's really obnoxious that they pushed back the release date to "fix up the game", when it looks far more buggy than TS2 did (at least, that I remember -- it's been a long time since I played an unmodded TS2).  I know they wanted to improve their profits and all, but it would have been nice if they actually did work on it some more.  It really seems like this should be a beta version, though I know it isn't.  

I wasn't planning on arrr'ing the game at all because downloading was taking a million years, but I'm reconsidering now.  A game this buggy certainly isn't worth $50.

Speaking of, I know it's a minor question with the wealth of crap to wade through, but do we have alien abductions in the game? Or any 'supernatural' element?

I'm pretty sure there are no abductions -- ghosts are supposed to be the base game's 'supernatural' creature.  
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« Reply #572 on: 2009 May 21, 15:26:27 »
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Is it bad that I'm most bothered by the fact they couldn't be bothered to put in an upper and lower body slider?  Come on, people.  Both men and women have different proportions.  And most overweight women I know do -not- have an A-cup chest.  Plenty of other games have a teen rating and the ability to adjust the chest out.  And even men have different proportions between hips and chest.  No wonder our sims all look alike in 3
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« Reply #573 on: 2009 May 21, 15:39:34 »
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Personally, I have no qualms about downloading it. It isn't the first time I've downloaded a game, and it certainly wont be the last. If a game is worth it, I will fork out the money for it. I'm sure this game is destined for the bargain bin at Kmart sooner or later. I may buy it then.

And they left out the freakin pool table, again!
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« Reply #574 on: 2009 May 21, 15:42:44 »
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I have noticed books disappearing after learning a new recipe. I figured that it should go in the bookcase for others to learn. What is up with costing 1000 simoleons for a book learning that cake, I forgot the name. Too high.

Are we talking about the cook book series, or is this something else?  When they finish a book -- any book -- that they own, they put it into their inventory.  If you want them to put it on the bookshelf, go to their inventory and click on the book and choose "Put away."
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