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#51
26th Feb 2013 at 10:52 PM
Posts: 286
Quote: Originally posted by Peni Griffin
Well, Anaticula, I've been posting a few Widespot pictures mixed in with my regular Drama Acres ones over in the Pictures forum, like this morning in Family Photos and Snapshots. You could poke around there a bit. |
Thanks Peni, I'm so used to checking only the Sims 2 discussion boards I completely forgot there are photo threads in the other sections.
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#52
26th Feb 2013 at 11:50 PM
Quote: Originally posted by Mootilda
If I remember correctly, the creator of Seagull Island seems to have started with Pleasantview and then added the Pleasantview playable characters again, then tried to correct that mistake without actually deleting the sims safely. I'm sure that s/he didn't follow my guide, since it wasn't written yet. I wrote that guide after researching the existing neighborhood downloads, to try to help people avoid making the same mistakes that were made with those early hoods: http://www.modthesims.info/journal....howentry&e=5285 |
Seagull Island really has a neighborhood terrain template that looks like Driftwood or Isla Segunda. I am certain that the neighborhood does not use Pleasantview.sc4. It is also a main neighborhood that looks as if it's created in the base game.
Quote: Originally posted by Mootilda
Addition of pre-made sims to a neighborhood, and spawning of sims, has nothing at all to do with the AGS, except that the AGS is a tool which has an "empty" mode which allows you to create junk-free neighborhoods. |
I think I was referring to the "empty mode". In a sense, the "empty mode" suppresses main neighborhood townie/NPC creation or appearance.
Quote:
If someone has a copy of Widespot which contains the pre-made townies from Pleasantview (without going to a lot of work to add them manually), then I'd really like to see that neighborhood. |
That would imply that Widespot does not come with Pleasantview townies. So, that means that if I were to download Widespot, then I would not receive Pleasantview townies.
This is what Peni Griffin said that confused me:
Quote: Originally posted by Peni Griffin
Aegagropilon has the Pleasantview townies, too. I took the folder out of AnyGameStarter and dropped it into the full game to test it several times before I started playing for real, and always got the familiar townies. It should generate townies and NPCs according to however you have things set up for the game you play it in. The point was to keep character data to a minimum - both to maximize customization at the player end, and to minimize the possibility of screwing up at my end. The simpler I made it, the less likely I was to make a major mistake. |
I interpreted it as saying that Widespot would be installed and then familiar Pleasantview townies would show up, even though there were no Pleasantview townies to begin with in the characters folder of the Neighborhoods folder.
#53
27th Feb 2013 at 12:11 AM
CrèmedelaCrème, perhaps we need to take this discussion to another thread. It's definitely off-topic for this one, especially the questions about how a completely different neighborhood was created by some other creator, and (if I read correctly) Peni seems to prefer that we stick to the topic.
#54
27th Feb 2013 at 12:49 AM
Posts: 1,196
Finally finished my first rotation!
Right now, I'm still trying to figure the people out and who they are better. At least I've got the names down :P
I love Penny Weiss. She's pretty in an alien way. It was so funny, she loves to dance (its her special hobby) and when she got her first baby bump she ran down the stairs (she just woke up, pregnant women have weird schedules) and started dancing to Woody's guitar playing. Even after he stopped playing for a while she continued dancing. I had to force her to to stop because she was low in the hunger, hygene, and bladder. I guess shes so excited about her baby!
EDIT: I'm at the Beeches right now. I was confused about someone saying that Sandy was pregnant. Not in my game! So I bought the Sim blender and clicked Pregnancy. Sandy was an option. So she is pregnant, and yet doesn't have any bumps or morning sickness in my game. So I made sure not to click the info thing (because I don't want to know if shes having twins or who the father is) and instead clicked Accelerate. She spun around, changed into maternity, and appeared to be in her third trimester. So I clicked Deccelerate so now it's back to normal, she appears to be pregnant, and all is well. (So I hope?)
Right now, I'm still trying to figure the people out and who they are better. At least I've got the names down :P
I love Penny Weiss. She's pretty in an alien way. It was so funny, she loves to dance (its her special hobby) and when she got her first baby bump she ran down the stairs (she just woke up, pregnant women have weird schedules) and started dancing to Woody's guitar playing. Even after he stopped playing for a while she continued dancing. I had to force her to to stop because she was low in the hunger, hygene, and bladder. I guess shes so excited about her baby!
EDIT: I'm at the Beeches right now. I was confused about someone saying that Sandy was pregnant. Not in my game! So I bought the Sim blender and clicked Pregnancy. Sandy was an option. So she is pregnant, and yet doesn't have any bumps or morning sickness in my game. So I made sure not to click the info thing (because I don't want to know if shes having twins or who the father is) and instead clicked Accelerate. She spun around, changed into maternity, and appeared to be in her third trimester. So I clicked Deccelerate so now it's back to normal, she appears to be pregnant, and all is well. (So I hope?)
#55
27th Feb 2013 at 12:56 AM
Quote: Originally posted by Mootilda
CrèmedelaCrème, perhaps we need to take this discussion to another thread. It's definitely off-topic for this one, especially the questions about how a completely different neighborhood was created by some other creator, and (if I read correctly) Peni seems to prefer that we stick to the topic. |
Yeah. I agree. I initially began posting, asking whether or not there would be townies/NPCs in the neighborhood. Peni Griffin responded that Pleasantview townies might turn up, depending on the player's preferences. I poked a little further, because I was confused on what she meant by that. I later found out, thanks to your explanation, that there were no Pleasantview townies in the neighborhood characters folder, and that supported my hypothesis all along, because I did say that Pleasantview townies could not just regenerate after neighborhood creation. In order to play with Pleasantview townies, one might have to make the neighborhood into a sub-neighborhood and attach it to Pleasantview. Another way is to just play Pleasantview.
#56
27th Feb 2013 at 1:06 AM
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Wow, Becky, your Sandy had no morning sickness? She had it so bad in development she clogged one of the upstairs toilets (because Hamilton and Daytona were downstairs and she wouldn't throw up on the same floor as them, apparently - kept running upstairs to upchuck and coming back down to eat); she threw up twice while I was fixing the front door problem; and then when I had her in my full game she threw up about five times before she popped! My impression was that she was sick as a dog for most of the playtesters, too.
It's nice that she got an easy pregnancy in one of her lives, anyhow!
Ugly is in the heart of the beholder.
(My simblr isSim Media Res . Widespot,Widespot RFD: The Subhood, and Land Grant University are all available here. In case you care.)
It's nice that she got an easy pregnancy in one of her lives, anyhow!
Ugly is in the heart of the beholder.
(My simblr isSim Media Res . Widespot,Widespot RFD: The Subhood, and Land Grant University are all available here. In case you care.)
#57
27th Feb 2013 at 1:21 AM
I am going to wait patiently until Widespot is uploaded for the public on MTS or some other site.
#58
27th Feb 2013 at 3:36 AM
Last edited by Darby : 27th Feb 2013 at 4:18 AM.
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My simblr now officially has two whole posts, both of pics from Widespot. Not much to speak of, but I'm finding Tumblr easy to work with, so will post more as I play.
#59
27th Feb 2013 at 3:55 AM
Quote: Originally posted by Darby
My simblr now officially has two whole posts, both of pics from Widespot. Not much to speak of, but I'm finding Tumblr easy to work with, so will post more as I play. |
Darby, your link is not working. It looks as if it's a private blog.
#60
27th Feb 2013 at 4:04 AM
Last edited by Darby : 27th Feb 2013 at 4:19 AM.
Posts: 3,127
Dang... Thank you - I'll look in to it.
ETA: I think I fixed it, above. Someone let me know?
ETA: I think I fixed it, above. Someone let me know?
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#61
27th Feb 2013 at 4:26 AM
Posts: 286
I was able to see the pics when I clicked on the link, so you must have fixed it.
#63
27th Feb 2013 at 5:08 AM
Last edited by CrèmedelaCrème : 27th Feb 2013 at 5:40 AM.
Actually, this Widespot neighborhood gives me an idea. I can make a Griffin-inspired neighborhood in my own game! A neighborhood with three special characteristics:
1. Unique, distinct faces (I have been experimenting with a lot of facial features in Bodyshop lately.)
2. Names that sound like puns (It takes me back to my younger days, when I often made a list of pun-names in my journal that I thought I would eventually use in a story. Back then, I was an amateur writer that focused mainly on creative writing, personal writing, and academic writing. Now, my creative and personal writing is waning, as I focus more on academic/professional/scientific writing. My favorite name to use was something like "Dewinter Mellon" or "Walter Mellon" or "Oprah Tune Nutty". They are really puns for "the winter melon", "watermelon", and "opportunity".)
3. Clean neighborhood (not even Pleasantview townies or NPCs)
1. Unique, distinct faces (I have been experimenting with a lot of facial features in Bodyshop lately.)
2. Names that sound like puns (It takes me back to my younger days, when I often made a list of pun-names in my journal that I thought I would eventually use in a story. Back then, I was an amateur writer that focused mainly on creative writing, personal writing, and academic writing. Now, my creative and personal writing is waning, as I focus more on academic/professional/scientific writing. My favorite name to use was something like "Dewinter Mellon" or "Walter Mellon" or "Oprah Tune Nutty". They are really puns for "the winter melon", "watermelon", and "opportunity".)
3. Clean neighborhood (not even Pleasantview townies or NPCs)
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#64
27th Feb 2013 at 12:49 PM
Last edited by A-chana : 27th Feb 2013 at 1:31 PM.
Posts: 68
I still haven't finished my first run through the houses. I've played a week in the Beech and Mann houses and am currently working on Weiss, but so far everything's turning out to be a big mess, just as planned. Obviously this is full of spoilers:
I'll start posting pictures of the new kids once they hit their teen years.
I have Academie le Tour attached to the neighborhood, so in the next round I'm gonna start shipping teens off to college. I need to move in the bin families, too, as the Beech kids have been bringing the Newsons home from school. There's a pet store and a pet park already in town, but no one seems interested in getting cats or big dogs; Rich got an African Grey, Skye wanted a womrat, and Daytona has a little toy dog.
Maybe once I'm done with this run, I'll restart the town and make Widespot into the hub of a megahood and see what terrible things they can do to the other premades (Spoilers: There'll be a house with Valentine and Rhett Hart, Don Lothario, Daniel Pleasant, and possibly some more romance dudes. I'll be sure to map out the family trees when I'm done there.)
I played a day in every house and got acquainted with everyone, kicking off various subplots. Became increasingly terrified at the number of pregnant women and had to triple-check the elderly women and Skye to make sure they weren't somehow pregnant, too. Not a whole lot got done on these first days, besides Woody and Goldie turning out to have triple-bolt chemistry and getting their first kisses together, and me sticking around in the Hart house longer so that Candy gave birth to her son Brock (heart of stone / Rockman). Eventually I went to check out the Lands.
Even though the memories made it clear who the father of the baby was, I had Mary propose to Junior anyway because he's rich and because he had a want to get engaged to her (I hadn't changed him to Pleasure/Fortune yet. My excuse is that he didn't really understand how serious marriage and babies were.). Surprisingly, getting engaged was actually a negative memory for her; I had her as Family/Popularity, so I don't know what happened there.
But it worked well with the storyline I had in mind: Mary's parents demanded to know who the father of the baby was, and under duress she fibbed that it was Junior, so they coerced her into marrying him, which she wasn't quite ready for yet. The Mann family then had a grand wedding to legitimize the pregnancy and Mary moved into their house, which I stuck with until the next Friday.
Because I am a glutton for punishment, I had Mary eat nothing but cheesecake, and unsurprisingly she had twin boys, Leon and Cole (Lion Man / heart of a lion and Coleman / heart of coal). She and Junior immediately got to work on having a child of their own, and it was straight back to being constantly hungry and tired, on top of taking care of the smelly babies all the time. I eased up on the cheesecake, and this time Mary had one child, Aaron (Iron Man)
These days, Mary's wants are...hahaha. Literally right before giving birth to Aaron, she suddenly rolled "Have a Baby" as a fear, but thankfully I locked the want version of that and managed to keep her happy.
But then she rolled the dreaded "have ten children" want.
Mary, no.
I am seriously tempted to just have her suddenly move out and take the kids with her. During the birthday celebrations for the kids, the twins peed themselves and are going to bed without taking a shower because they're so tired, Cole has low fun on top of that, Aaron has passed out on a bathroom floor after playing with the filthy clogged toilet and will also pee himself upon waking up, and Mary is passed out on the kitchen floor in her swimsuit, with tanked comfort and very low hunger and hygiene. So she's probably miserable with her life now.
Although I've been meaning to continue her relationship with Valentine, I haven't actually gotten around to that. Junior did go out on several dates with Candy, though. And I'm not entirely sure how Candy even got into the house because I sure didn't invite her in myself, but I remember suddenly hearing the affair sound effect and quickly discovering Rich and Candy going at it in bed while Lana was only a few rooms away from them. Lana's not happy at all but doesn't seem likely to divorce Rich. Possibly because he got a huge bonus from work due to a chance card (captured a superhero and threatened to kill her unless she gave him $50,000+ and hung up her cape).
I left the Mann family wallowing in the filth of rotten milk and dirty diapers and played the Beeches for a while. They weren't quite as hectic, possibly because Sandy only had one child, a daughter named Sunny (sunny beach; I tried to think of a secondary pun once I realized who her father was but couldn't). I even tried to get her pregnant with one last child from Hamilton, but the first two Try for Baby actions were unsuccessful and I gave up and decided that maybe I should feed Sunny already.
Daytona had some success with chance cards and got promotions and skill points, and by the time Friday came again she was already on level nine, close to a promotion. So hopefully I can get that done before she kicks it (I don't really want to buy her Elixir of Life; I'm only using it on Rich because he already had some in his house). Another odd thing that happened is that Virginia brought Scot home from school and almost immediately had sex with him. I...don't think ACR is supposed to do that without extra teen mods? Or maybe that applies only to pregnancy. But, hey, I didn't really have any plans for Virginia, so I'm rolling with that. Sandy also turned out to have good chemistry with Valentine, so I let them go at it while everyone else was out of the house.
The only other notable event was inviting the headmaster over, although Sunny was still a toddler then and started off in public school when she aged up the next day; I forgot if I'll have to invite him over again to put her into private school, but I'll find out soon. I've also had Rocky working the telescope because he rolled a want to get the scholarship for being abducted by aliens, but it's not panning out so far because I didn't give him Knowledge primary so that he could summon them. At least he'll get that logic scholarship and the occasional money from discovering stars.
Then it was on to the Weiss house. Skye rolled wants to get his first kiss and fall in love, so I skimmed over his relationships. The only person he had good chemistry with was Mary, but even though they are pretty good friends, she rejects all of his flirts, so I've given up on her. And at the moment the Weiss house is dirt poor and can't afford a matchmaker to bring in someone compatible and single. My first few excursions onto community lots didn't provide any townies with decent chemistry.
So now I'm torn on what to do with Skye. On one hand, it would probably fit his character better if I kept him single. On the other hand, I gave him Family secondary to explain why he raised the kids and now he keeps rolling wants related to love. Maybe I'll give Penny a job and hope he won't die before I can raise enough money for a date that doesn't totally suck. Or maybe I'll luck out and he'll roll a bunch of wants about his grandson.
Woody continues to see Goldie. Possibly because of his Family secondary, he rolled a want to go steady with her even though it goes against his primary aspiration, so I went ahead and had him do that (Goldie doesn't even have a secondary aspiration right now because I blew all her points on her primary, so for her this was positive; I'd have probably given her Pleasure or Romance otherwise). He even rolled a fear that they would break up. Penny hasn't been visiting anyone lately, although I kind of want to have her meet with Valentine because she also has good chemistry with him. Mostly I just focused on her pregnancy, with her eventually giving birth to Booker Weiss (book wise...? Book smarts. And it doesn't play into the heart pun at all.). I was a bit surprised as the cutscene played, for Booker had a human skintone...then at the end of the cutscene, Penny turned him toward the camera, revealing that he had her eyes. <3
Even though the memories made it clear who the father of the baby was, I had Mary propose to Junior anyway because he's rich and because he had a want to get engaged to her (I hadn't changed him to Pleasure/Fortune yet. My excuse is that he didn't really understand how serious marriage and babies were.). Surprisingly, getting engaged was actually a negative memory for her; I had her as Family/Popularity, so I don't know what happened there.
But it worked well with the storyline I had in mind: Mary's parents demanded to know who the father of the baby was, and under duress she fibbed that it was Junior, so they coerced her into marrying him, which she wasn't quite ready for yet. The Mann family then had a grand wedding to legitimize the pregnancy and Mary moved into their house, which I stuck with until the next Friday.
Because I am a glutton for punishment, I had Mary eat nothing but cheesecake, and unsurprisingly she had twin boys, Leon and Cole (Lion Man / heart of a lion and Coleman / heart of coal). She and Junior immediately got to work on having a child of their own, and it was straight back to being constantly hungry and tired, on top of taking care of the smelly babies all the time. I eased up on the cheesecake, and this time Mary had one child, Aaron (Iron Man)
These days, Mary's wants are...hahaha. Literally right before giving birth to Aaron, she suddenly rolled "Have a Baby" as a fear, but thankfully I locked the want version of that and managed to keep her happy.
But then she rolled the dreaded "have ten children" want.
Mary, no.
I am seriously tempted to just have her suddenly move out and take the kids with her. During the birthday celebrations for the kids, the twins peed themselves and are going to bed without taking a shower because they're so tired, Cole has low fun on top of that, Aaron has passed out on a bathroom floor after playing with the filthy clogged toilet and will also pee himself upon waking up, and Mary is passed out on the kitchen floor in her swimsuit, with tanked comfort and very low hunger and hygiene. So she's probably miserable with her life now.
Although I've been meaning to continue her relationship with Valentine, I haven't actually gotten around to that. Junior did go out on several dates with Candy, though. And I'm not entirely sure how Candy even got into the house because I sure didn't invite her in myself, but I remember suddenly hearing the affair sound effect and quickly discovering Rich and Candy going at it in bed while Lana was only a few rooms away from them. Lana's not happy at all but doesn't seem likely to divorce Rich. Possibly because he got a huge bonus from work due to a chance card (captured a superhero and threatened to kill her unless she gave him $50,000+ and hung up her cape).
I left the Mann family wallowing in the filth of rotten milk and dirty diapers and played the Beeches for a while. They weren't quite as hectic, possibly because Sandy only had one child, a daughter named Sunny (sunny beach; I tried to think of a secondary pun once I realized who her father was but couldn't). I even tried to get her pregnant with one last child from Hamilton, but the first two Try for Baby actions were unsuccessful and I gave up and decided that maybe I should feed Sunny already.
Daytona had some success with chance cards and got promotions and skill points, and by the time Friday came again she was already on level nine, close to a promotion. So hopefully I can get that done before she kicks it (I don't really want to buy her Elixir of Life; I'm only using it on Rich because he already had some in his house). Another odd thing that happened is that Virginia brought Scot home from school and almost immediately had sex with him. I...don't think ACR is supposed to do that without extra teen mods? Or maybe that applies only to pregnancy. But, hey, I didn't really have any plans for Virginia, so I'm rolling with that. Sandy also turned out to have good chemistry with Valentine, so I let them go at it while everyone else was out of the house.
The only other notable event was inviting the headmaster over, although Sunny was still a toddler then and started off in public school when she aged up the next day; I forgot if I'll have to invite him over again to put her into private school, but I'll find out soon. I've also had Rocky working the telescope because he rolled a want to get the scholarship for being abducted by aliens, but it's not panning out so far because I didn't give him Knowledge primary so that he could summon them. At least he'll get that logic scholarship and the occasional money from discovering stars.
Then it was on to the Weiss house. Skye rolled wants to get his first kiss and fall in love, so I skimmed over his relationships. The only person he had good chemistry with was Mary, but even though they are pretty good friends, she rejects all of his flirts, so I've given up on her. And at the moment the Weiss house is dirt poor and can't afford a matchmaker to bring in someone compatible and single. My first few excursions onto community lots didn't provide any townies with decent chemistry.
So now I'm torn on what to do with Skye. On one hand, it would probably fit his character better if I kept him single. On the other hand, I gave him Family secondary to explain why he raised the kids and now he keeps rolling wants related to love. Maybe I'll give Penny a job and hope he won't die before I can raise enough money for a date that doesn't totally suck. Or maybe I'll luck out and he'll roll a bunch of wants about his grandson.
Woody continues to see Goldie. Possibly because of his Family secondary, he rolled a want to go steady with her even though it goes against his primary aspiration, so I went ahead and had him do that (Goldie doesn't even have a secondary aspiration right now because I blew all her points on her primary, so for her this was positive; I'd have probably given her Pleasure or Romance otherwise). He even rolled a fear that they would break up. Penny hasn't been visiting anyone lately, although I kind of want to have her meet with Valentine because she also has good chemistry with him. Mostly I just focused on her pregnancy, with her eventually giving birth to Booker Weiss (book wise...? Book smarts. And it doesn't play into the heart pun at all.). I was a bit surprised as the cutscene played, for Booker had a human skintone...then at the end of the cutscene, Penny turned him toward the camera, revealing that he had her eyes. <3
I'll start posting pictures of the new kids once they hit their teen years.
I have Academie le Tour attached to the neighborhood, so in the next round I'm gonna start shipping teens off to college. I need to move in the bin families, too, as the Beech kids have been bringing the Newsons home from school. There's a pet store and a pet park already in town, but no one seems interested in getting cats or big dogs; Rich got an African Grey, Skye wanted a womrat, and Daytona has a little toy dog.
Maybe once I'm done with this run, I'll restart the town and make Widespot into the hub of a megahood and see what terrible things they can do to the other premades (Spoilers: There'll be a house with Valentine and Rhett Hart, Don Lothario, Daniel Pleasant, and possibly some more romance dudes. I'll be sure to map out the family trees when I'm done there.)
#65
28th Feb 2013 at 2:38 PM
Posts: 1,258
I Aten't Dead
I'm really enjoying reading everyone's stories! While I can't share my own game's Adventures in Widespot right now, I can share the Mann family cat Doomsday DeVice :D
http://aegagropilon.dreamwidth.org/4304.html
(And I have no idea why the post shows March 1st! It's February 28th here )
#66
28th Feb 2013 at 2:42 PM
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The paranoia with which A-chana triple-checked the elders makes me swell with pride. Also the idea of someone defining a certain type of neighborhood by me is almost embarrassingly flattering. (Psst...my own personal favorite pun name is Larry Penates. If you don't get why that's a pun, look here:
http://www.mythencyclopedia.com/Iz-...nd-Penates.html)
On the topic of seeing what these people look like, I posted a few Widespot pictures to the thread for experimentation while I was trying to sort out which host to use when I got fed up of Photobucket's tiny pictures. So you can get a reasonably good look at the Weiss and Land families, along with shots of the General Store, here:
http://www.modthesims.info/showthre...stpost&t=337371
Once I've been through the moderation process and made any changes they want and got an absolutely final version hosted, I'm going to see what happens if make a shopping district version. I understand that conversion to suburb may bork pregnancies, but if I could figure out a way to do it, it would be nice to be able to tack Widespot onto the edge of an existing neighborhood or make it part of a full megahood. Not that I need five more households in Drama Acres...Anyway, that's in the future if it happens at all.
Ugly is in the heart of the beholder.
(My simblr isSim Media Res . Widespot,Widespot RFD: The Subhood, and Land Grant University are all available here. In case you care.)
http://www.mythencyclopedia.com/Iz-...nd-Penates.html)
On the topic of seeing what these people look like, I posted a few Widespot pictures to the thread for experimentation while I was trying to sort out which host to use when I got fed up of Photobucket's tiny pictures. So you can get a reasonably good look at the Weiss and Land families, along with shots of the General Store, here:
http://www.modthesims.info/showthre...stpost&t=337371
Once I've been through the moderation process and made any changes they want and got an absolutely final version hosted, I'm going to see what happens if make a shopping district version. I understand that conversion to suburb may bork pregnancies, but if I could figure out a way to do it, it would be nice to be able to tack Widespot onto the edge of an existing neighborhood or make it part of a full megahood. Not that I need five more households in Drama Acres...Anyway, that's in the future if it happens at all.
Ugly is in the heart of the beholder.
(My simblr isSim Media Res . Widespot,Widespot RFD: The Subhood, and Land Grant University are all available here. In case you care.)
#67
28th Feb 2013 at 4:51 PM
Just be sure to test by attaching your shopping district to a full neighborhood. The idea is to force the game to change the Sim Description instance number of the father, then to check whether the pregnancy controller still contains the correct father ID. With any luck, this works for each EP configuration and there's no concern. I never did that testing, which is why I warned people about the potential for a problem.
If a problem occurs, one "solution" is to post the mother and father for each pregnancy, so that people can fix it themselves. Unfortunately, that would involve giving away information that you may not want to divulge.
Another possibility would be to make a mod which finds each mother and father by SimID, gets their Sim Description instance number, and then checks and / or modifies the pregnancy controllers. That may be beyond my in-game modding abilities, but perhaps someone else would be willing to help you with that one.
If a problem occurs, one "solution" is to post the mother and father for each pregnancy, so that people can fix it themselves. Unfortunately, that would involve giving away information that you may not want to divulge.
Another possibility would be to make a mod which finds each mother and father by SimID, gets their Sim Description instance number, and then checks and / or modifies the pregnancy controllers. That may be beyond my in-game modding abilities, but perhaps someone else would be willing to help you with that one.
#68
28th Feb 2013 at 9:25 PM
Last edited by BeckyBoo8 : 28th Feb 2013 at 10:09 PM.
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Please do not read unless you already know who is the father of Sandy's child:
I think my town may be corrupted?
First it was at the Beeches: I heard Darby or someone mention how Sandy was pregnant. But she wasn't in my game. The Sim blender said she was pregnant and yet she had the normal female body and no morning sickness or option for people to rub her belly. Which didn't make sense, because it said she was already 33 hours into her pregnancy. But I fixed it by clicking the thing that makes it the next trimester, and switched into maternity and appeared to be in her 3rd trimester.
Then it was the Harts: Penny Weiss walks by that house all the time! She comes onto the lot, walks into the home, (which isnt a problem anymore since I locked the doors) and if one of the Harts asked her leave, she does so, and then walks by the lot AGAIN and does the same thing. Also, Rosie Beech (a baby- the one from Sandy's weird pregnancy) keeps appearing at the end of the sidewalk. I use the SimBlender to remove all nonresidents from the lot and later around 6 P.M. she appeared at the sidewalk again.
So much happened at the Beech's. I haven't been able to play Sims since Tuesday (but I will play after I'm done on here) so I honestly don't remember. All I remember is when Sandy gave birth. The family (except Hamilton was at work- he got new hours from a promotion) was eating dinner and Sandy gets up. She moans and groans. Then the cut scene. Everyone stopped eating to freak out about her being in labor, and I was just waiting for the baby. The baby recieved tan skin (#3) and if I remember correctly black hair. It looked like it could've been Hamilton's or Rhett's child. Rocky was cheering about the new baby (unaware that his mom could have cheated on his dad) and I could tell Daytona didn't care and Virginia just walked out of the room. Crap! I checked the family tree, and saw Rhett Hart as the father. Geez! Did not see that coming, I thought the baby was Hamilton's! So the baby was a girl and named Rosie. It doesn't work with the Beeches last name on purpose, a rose symbolizes love. I chose that because of her father from the Hart family.
Now I personally think Hamilton is a good guy. I was NOT going to let him raise and love a child who's not his or let Sandy get away with this. Sandy wanted to woohoo with Rhett, and I was pleased with her want. She invited him over and they were making out on the bed. Then Hamilton came home from work and they were woohooing it up! So they got a divorce. Good, she doesn't deserve him! She moved out with Rosie and I moved her into a trailer park. Poor Rocky was crushed though, I thought it was so cute when I saw the action "Cope" in Hamilton's queue and he was supporting his son. So sweet! Now Sandy is going to have to support Rosie and raise her in a small trailer. Good luck with that!
Now I personally think Hamilton is a good guy. I was NOT going to let him raise and love a child who's not his or let Sandy get away with this. Sandy wanted to woohoo with Rhett, and I was pleased with her want. She invited him over and they were making out on the bed. Then Hamilton came home from work and they were woohooing it up! So they got a divorce. Good, she doesn't deserve him! She moved out with Rosie and I moved her into a trailer park. Poor Rocky was crushed though, I thought it was so cute when I saw the action "Cope" in Hamilton's queue and he was supporting his son. So sweet! Now Sandy is going to have to support Rosie and raise her in a small trailer. Good luck with that!
I think my town may be corrupted?
First it was at the Beeches: I heard Darby or someone mention how Sandy was pregnant. But she wasn't in my game. The Sim blender said she was pregnant and yet she had the normal female body and no morning sickness or option for people to rub her belly. Which didn't make sense, because it said she was already 33 hours into her pregnancy. But I fixed it by clicking the thing that makes it the next trimester, and switched into maternity and appeared to be in her 3rd trimester.
Then it was the Harts: Penny Weiss walks by that house all the time! She comes onto the lot, walks into the home, (which isnt a problem anymore since I locked the doors) and if one of the Harts asked her leave, she does so, and then walks by the lot AGAIN and does the same thing. Also, Rosie Beech (a baby- the one from Sandy's weird pregnancy) keeps appearing at the end of the sidewalk. I use the SimBlender to remove all nonresidents from the lot and later around 6 P.M. she appeared at the sidewalk again.
#69
1st Mar 2013 at 3:19 AM
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Well, Penny has ten outgoing points, so she's always in everybody's house, hottubbing naked and shocking everyone. Besides, she's in love with Rhett, so you know she's gotta keep an eye on what that no-good womanizer's up to now, and she's best friends with Valentine. I think best friends/lovers are more likely to let themselves in, and I know ten outgoing sims do it.
I'd be concerned myself about the Rosie/Sandy thing, but not Penny.
I made clones of Jane Stacks and Heather Huffington (in my head they're cousins), aged them up to adults, and moved them into one of Phaenoh's Katrina Cottages. The girls went around community lots and Heather met ALL sorts of interesting males. Of course, Heather thinks all males are interesting. Skye, however, was noticeably absent, but the girls couldn't turn around without tripping over Woody, who was the first sim onto all three lots after them. So Jane befriended Woody, poor motherless little fellow, and had him come over and bring his dad to have some comfort soup when they got back home. Skye now has an entirely appropriate love interest, and the incident at Rocky's birthday party will be chalked up to Hamilton's drinks. Jane also befriended Penny--I made Jane Penny's age, so I think Skye and Jane will be all set. (Just think about what Jane's married name will be, clearly this is fate.) Heather, of course, had other things on her mind, and she can wait for Woody to grow up a bit. Besides, Valentine left her a little extra gift from their date: she'll be plenty busy without swooning over green teenagers in about three days time.
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I'd be concerned myself about the Rosie/Sandy thing, but not Penny.
I made clones of Jane Stacks and Heather Huffington (in my head they're cousins), aged them up to adults, and moved them into one of Phaenoh's Katrina Cottages. The girls went around community lots and Heather met ALL sorts of interesting males. Of course, Heather thinks all males are interesting. Skye, however, was noticeably absent, but the girls couldn't turn around without tripping over Woody, who was the first sim onto all three lots after them. So Jane befriended Woody, poor motherless little fellow, and had him come over and bring his dad to have some comfort soup when they got back home. Skye now has an entirely appropriate love interest, and the incident at Rocky's birthday party will be chalked up to Hamilton's drinks. Jane also befriended Penny--I made Jane Penny's age, so I think Skye and Jane will be all set. (Just think about what Jane's married name will be, clearly this is fate.) Heather, of course, had other things on her mind, and she can wait for Woody to grow up a bit. Besides, Valentine left her a little extra gift from their date: she'll be plenty busy without swooning over green teenagers in about three days time.
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"English is a marvelous edged weapon if you know how to wield it." C.J. Cherryh
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1st Mar 2013 at 5:04 AM
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Yeah, I wouldn't worry about Penny's invasive tendencies, but the thing with Rosie is a little scary. Don't jump to the conclusion that the problem's corruption, though. I don't claim the neighborhood's perfect, but it should be robust enough to play for more than a few days before breaking down on its own. Examine every other possibility first. Weird behavior can be caused by hacks, strange bits of code that sneaked in with custom content, all kinds of things.
If it is corruption, though, I hope it's the hood and not your game files!
If the behavior's random, it'll be hard to test for, but back up your neighborhood and if you can get a handle on something that happens in game to trigger it, work the FAQ and see if you can solve the problem. Also, do you have SimPE? Take a look at Rosie's files and see if you can spot anything weird in them. The worst corruption doesn't happen in a visible area (wouldn't be such a big problem if it did), but maybe you can turn up a clue.
Ugly is in the heart of the beholder.
(My simblr isSim Media Res . Widespot,Widespot RFD: The Subhood, and Land Grant University are all available here. In case you care.)
If it is corruption, though, I hope it's the hood and not your game files!
If the behavior's random, it'll be hard to test for, but back up your neighborhood and if you can get a handle on something that happens in game to trigger it, work the FAQ and see if you can solve the problem. Also, do you have SimPE? Take a look at Rosie's files and see if you can spot anything weird in them. The worst corruption doesn't happen in a visible area (wouldn't be such a big problem if it did), but maybe you can turn up a clue.
Ugly is in the heart of the beholder.
(My simblr isSim Media Res . Widespot,Widespot RFD: The Subhood, and Land Grant University are all available here. In case you care.)
#71
1st Mar 2013 at 9:46 AM
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I know this sounds crazy, but I'm wondering if Rosie's sudden appearances are due to the anger rounds coding. Was she in the room when Hamilton caught Sandy with Rhett?
And Penny's always showing up everywhere in my Widespot game, too. She's harmless and easily distracted by pianos. Her little goblin daughters, however...
And Penny's always showing up everywhere in my Widespot game, too. She's harmless and easily distracted by pianos. Her little goblin daughters, however...
#72
1st Mar 2013 at 5:47 PM
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Quote: Originally posted by Aegagropilon
I know this sounds crazy, but I'm wondering if Rosie's sudden appearances are due to the anger rounds coding. Was she in the room when Hamilton caught Sandy with Rhett? And Penny's always showing up everywhere in my Widespot game, too. She's harmless and easily distracted by pianos. Her little goblin daughters, however... |
Yes she was on the floor in their bedroom when Hamilton caught Sandy with Rhett. I think today I'll give the town a break. I'll just work on building my Springwater Station. Then maybe tomorrow or when I get a chance I'll try it again.
#73
1st Mar 2013 at 9:04 PM
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One interesting thing about Widespot is the differences in playstyles it points up. My first reaction to all the kids' want panels was "What? Why do they want to talk to unrelated adults? I've never seen this before!" Of course, I expect to see from my sim kids things like do homework, get skill points, interact with relatives and child friends, get good grades, interact with pets, and maybe get a gardening/fishing badge. Because that's what I have them do all the time. It wouldn't have occurred to me to send Rocky Beach to talk to Candy Hart. But that was what he wanted to do right off.
I'd love to download half a dozen more neighborhoods like Widespot but from different simmers, just to see how people train their sims wants.
There's a link to get Widespot in the first post now, you guys. Also my Live Journal started working again, so there are pics there.
Edit: Mary had her babies last night--her twins by Valentine Hart. The twins' last name will be Land once they're big enough to easily change it with the bat box. Girl-boy: Grace and Gwynn Donald. Grace is Peni's suggestion, thanks!
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"English is a marvelous edged weapon if you know how to wield it." C.J. Cherryh
I'd love to download half a dozen more neighborhoods like Widespot but from different simmers, just to see how people train their sims wants.
There's a link to get Widespot in the first post now, you guys. Also my Live Journal started working again, so there are pics there.
Edit: Mary had her babies last night--her twins by Valentine Hart. The twins' last name will be Land once they're big enough to easily change it with the bat box. Girl-boy: Grace and Gwynn Donald. Grace is Peni's suggestion, thanks!
Pics from my game: Sunbee's Simblr Sunbee's Livejournal
"English is a marvelous edged weapon if you know how to wield it." C.J. Cherryh
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#74
2nd Mar 2013 at 8:08 PM
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Just curious, where can I download Widespot? I checked the link in the first post, but I couldn't find anything.
#75
2nd Mar 2013 at 8:17 PM
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It's the green text that's a link to mediafire in Peni's blog post.
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"English is a marvelous edged weapon if you know how to wield it." C.J. Cherryh
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"English is a marvelous edged weapon if you know how to wield it." C.J. Cherryh
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