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Random Limo Drive By
« on: 2007 September 09, 18:39:07 »
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I was playing my Legacy family, around 4.00 Sim-time, and randomly a limo drove by. It stopped for about three seconds halfway to the mailbox, and then just continued driving. No Sim was sent to work or coming home at this time. I'm really not sure what happened. All I know is it's never happened to me before, and I've never even heard of it happening at all (but then again, knowing me, it probably has happened to others and I never found out).
Did something get borked?

Edit: This is a separate question/annoyance. I keep hearing picture snapshots, like there's a Sim reporter hiding in my bushes. It's happened quite a few times, and only on my Legacy lot. I've checked the lot every time, but only the family is on lot. I don't have the camera career reward, so it's not that. And I'm not taking pictures then, either. I'm confused.
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« Reply #1 on: 2007 September 09, 21:16:13 »
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Sounds like you have the Obsessed Fan hiding out in your yard! Cheesy
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« Reply #2 on: 2007 September 10, 15:58:55 »
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   I did hear that Donald Trump was looking to buy a new Mansion, so he's having your lot appraised.
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« Reply #3 on: 2007 September 10, 16:24:02 »
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It reminds me of way back when no sims would be home and I would constantly hear whistling.
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« Reply #4 on: 2007 September 10, 16:46:10 »
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Sounds like you have the Obsessed Fan hiding out in your yard! Cheesy

ooh, wasn't that guy the worst? I had trained dogs and everything but he just didn't give up!

I've had the occasional carpool show up when there was nobody in the house set to go to work (or even in that particular carpool type) most recently, the yellow sports car.
I was a little worried because it was a house full of vampires who were all sleeping in their coffins, but it wasn't for any of them.
Just pulled up, waited about 4 seconds then drove off...

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Re: Random Limo Drive By
« Reply #5 on: 2007 September 10, 18:40:44 »
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Seems hard to believe that after all this time it's something entirely new that nobody's noticed.  Can sims interact with the limo?
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« Reply #6 on: 2007 September 10, 18:48:45 »
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Could it be caused by a hack conflict?
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« Reply #7 on: 2007 September 10, 19:10:58 »
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Probably. Smiley
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« Reply #8 on: 2007 September 10, 19:45:57 »
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I was too amused by this random limo that I didn't check to see if they could interact with it. It didn't stop long enough for them to have anyway.

As far as hack conflicts, unless it's one that I can't easily see using the Hack Detection Utility then I have no idea. Or, you know, using a bit of common sense.
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« Reply #9 on: 2007 September 10, 19:55:45 »
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As far as hack conflicts, unless it's one that I can't easily see using the Hack Detection Utility then I have no idea. Or, you know, using a bit of common sense.

The HCDU won't tell you about hacks that conflict with game updates, though, only hacks that conflict with each other. So the hack conflict could be caused by an older version of a hack lurking in your downloads somewhere.

Do you have BV installed?  Could be a hack not compatible with BV yet.  If you don't have BV, it's possible for older versions of hacks to sneak into your downloads with downloaded lots, especially if you use the EAxis installer instead of the clean installer.
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« Reply #10 on: 2007 September 10, 20:09:34 »
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Also, terribly easy to miss one hack when you update your hacks, and there's one left in the folder that hasn't been updated because it's now obsolete.
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« Reply #11 on: 2007 September 10, 20:12:05 »
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Sounds like you have the Obsessed Fan hiding out in your yard! Cheesy

Oh it's much worse than that. Drew Carey is stalking the neighborhood, just WAITING for a party to crash! RUN!!
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Re: Random Limo Drive By
« Reply #12 on: 2007 September 10, 20:35:13 »
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In any case in game probably must be not only walkbys,but traffic too. Smiley
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« Reply #13 on: 2007 September 10, 23:00:28 »
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No, I don't have BV, and I also just cleaned out my hacks and updated them all recently. I also don't download lots, and I use clean installer every time I install something. I haven't seen the Maxis installer in a long, long time. *RK sighs*
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« Reply #14 on: 2007 September 10, 23:25:18 »
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Your hood may be on the verge of turning into a BFBVFS, I'm afraid...
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« Reply #15 on: 2007 September 11, 01:36:25 »
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Sounds like you have the Obsessed Fan hiding out in your yard! Cheesy

Oh it's much worse than that. Drew Carey is stalking the neighborhood, just WAITING for a party to crash! RUN!!

Could just be the Clown......or the Mime..... Grin......or even a cake dancer looking for a party!
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« Reply #16 on: 2007 September 11, 16:47:35 »
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As to the camera noises... do you, by any chance, have the radio on and set to the pop station?

One of the songs has camera noises as part of the "music".
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« Reply #17 on: 2007 September 11, 17:56:16 »
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It is possible for sounds to go buggy and get stuck.  On one lot I had the screetchy sound the base guitar makes as a sim stops playing it get stuck.  It was terribly annoying, and the only way I found to get rid of it was to move the family out.
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« Reply #18 on: 2007 September 11, 18:31:30 »
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Oh, purplebunny, I do have the pop music always on! That might be it. I'll check the next time I hear it.
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« Reply #19 on: 2007 September 11, 19:37:10 »
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I've had the sound of garage doors get stuck too.  Very annoying.
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« Reply #20 on: 2007 September 11, 21:16:25 »
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It is possible for sounds to go buggy and get stuck.  On one lot I had the screetchy sound the base guitar makes as a sim stops playing it get stuck.  It was terribly annoying, and the only way I found to get rid of it was to move the family out.

I've had this happen quite frequently. For me it stops if I exit the house and go back in.

The Music career reward seems to be the worst for it so I rarely place that anymore.
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« Reply #21 on: 2007 September 11, 21:25:56 »
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Oh, I know how to fix the sounds issue, I used to get it all the time with the gardener's truck and the drum kit. Go to your music options, change the settings from 'stereo' to the next option along (4.0 I think, but not sure) go back to live mode, play for a couple of seconds, then change back to 'stereo'. The looping sounds should be gone.
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« Reply #22 on: 2007 September 11, 22:54:11 »
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Emma, that's useful to know!  Will it also cure the stereo that goes silent on you - sometimes telling a sim to play "next song" only lasts until that song is over, then it goes silent again.
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« Reply #23 on: 2007 September 11, 22:58:26 »
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I don't know, I've never had that problem. Worth a try though!
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« Reply #24 on: 2007 September 11, 23:22:01 »
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I'll certainly do that!  I get the problem a lot, don't know why, but I always have done.  Maybe if my sims were allowed to turn the things off it wouldn't happen, but of course, they're not......
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