Living In Bon Voyage Limbo - Page 3

Miros1 · 09-12-2007, 12:28 AM

That was "you" plural... you singular plus the computer!

Zenmistress · 09-13-2007, 12:08 AM

ahhh, I already know the computer would prolly puke if I installed anything past Pets.

Now I see there's another new stuff pack - The Sims 2 Teen Style Stuff - coming soon.

Zirconia Wolf · 09-13-2007, 01:50 PM

I think the main reason I don't get the whole testincheats thing is that I have been an InSim user from- almost- the word go, so for me it just never seemed needed. Also, since the game generates it's own report logs of crashes & whatnot, I always figured I could just look through them for any problems...if I could understand them, that is! Then there is the ever present (albiet cryptic) warning about running testingcheast "too often". I did run into problems with Sims 1 & forgeting to turn the moveobjects on back to off, so I think I'm still a bit gun shy about those continous "offical" cheats. (Again, since 99.9% of my errors are audio- often because a custom floor doesn't "flag right" for the correct walking sound- there isn't much I would ever be able to do in order to fix said errors. I like my various custom flooring, so...)

On the subject of Maxis hitting us with another pack, I just saw the teasers for the Teen Style SP & thought "oh carpletunnel, by the time SimPE is finally ready for H&M/BV it'll be outta date again"...that I caught a glipmse of yet another EP currently set for release in 2008 called The Sims 2 Hobbies. Could it be that Sims will finally have a use for the whole interest thing other that plugging their ears when there kids are talking to them?? (Okay, that's a silly reaction for an adult, but I just couldn't stand having all my Sims have 100% interest in everything. Anyway, snails is a stupid subject anyway...)

On a personal update, my BV preperations are taking longer than I thought, so it may be a while before I can inflicte it on my game. Not that anyone really cares, but...

*EDITED TO ADD*

Here's a (not so great) link that kinda has a little info about the Hobbies EP:
http://www.podthesims.com/index.php?view=38

I say not-so-great this dude seems convinced that a picture of a dog on vacation from Sims 1 constitutes proof that pets can go on vacation in Sims 2. (bottom of the page.)

Also, from what I understand Hobbies is no longer "pending", but on it's way.

Miros1 · 09-13-2007, 03:05 PM

I've never heard testingcheatsenabled can cause problems except for the infrequent error loop Greg described.

If a Sim throws an error that won't go away with Reset, I just hit Delete, save, go back to the 'hood and open the lot again. Does mess up your stuck Smart Milk tho, but I figure that's grounds to use the Lot Debugger's "Make Me Smart" function. (Hm, wonder if that beast is recolorable...)

Move_objects, oh yeah, I've screwed the pooch that way myself!

Greg · 09-14-2007, 07:29 AM

As I said, I can't say that I run the Testing Cheats "too often" since I almost never start them more than once per game session.

Golly, I'm not at all hopeful that a teen style stuff pack would be to my liking. The style sense at Maxis is rather out in left field, especially the guys' clothing. I was looking through the meshes yesterday and came to the conclusion that Maxis must be staffed exclusively by pimps, nerds, and slobs.

Zirconia Wolf · 09-14-2007, 07:46 PM

Being me, I'm sure I will snarf up Teen Style because I like having lots of decore options in my game. (Anyway- being a child of the 80's- the "Trasher" look reminds me of my high school days. Well, not me, but many of the kids I went to school with!!)

I have to agree with your take on some of the Maxis clothing though! I think the Elders in perticular got screwed big time! (Actually, I think alot of stuff Maxis "did" to the Elder stage is rotten. Do they think anyone over 50 is ready for the grave or something??? )

Miros1 · 09-14-2007, 08:40 PM

Elders can be fixed in SimPE (even if you have H&M).

Pick your favorite adult outfit, open it in SimPE, ignore the warnings, and change the Age flag to 0x58 so it will fit YA-A-Elder.

They still have bad posture, but no more droopy boobs, pot belly, or saddlebag thighs!

Illustrated tutorial

Zirconia Wolf · 09-14-2007, 10:16 PM

Sweet!

Not as sweet as a fix for the rest of the "Elder Stereotype", but sweet none the less!

TomP · 09-15-2007, 02:40 PM

As far as performance with Vista, and every expansion pack including Bon Voyage, and I have pretty much all settings maxed, I have an initial lag right at the start but then it quits after that. Load times are a little slow but I attribute that to my hard drives.

Unfortunately I can't play Sims 2 at all right now, my graphics card is busted, it's causing major graphic corruption.

Here's the specs on my computer:
Asus M2N-SLI Deluxe Motherboard
AMD Athlon64 X2 4200+ Dual-Core
1 GB DDR2 Memory ( Will probably bump this to 2 GB soon )
1 Seagate 250GB 7200RPM SATA Hard Drive
1 Western Digital 250GB 7200RPM IDE Hard Drive
1 DVD+-RW Burner
EVGA Geforce 7600GS 256MB Graphics

Miros1 · 09-15-2007, 04:16 PM

You need more hard drives!

Nice video card -- any chance of an inwarrenty fix?

TomP · 09-15-2007, 08:35 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Miros1

You need more hard drives!

Hehe, I really need a bigger one, the 2nd drive I have is about full.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Miros1

Nice video card -- any chance of an inwarrenty fix?

Nope only 1 year warranty, and I'm about 3 months past expiration. Got a new one on order now, won't be here till Wednesday though

Miros1 · 09-15-2007, 09:42 PM

I have a special card that Maxtor makes, so you can have up to 6 drives.

TomP · 09-15-2007, 10:16 PM

I think I can hook up 8 hard drives to this thing off the SATA bus, but I don't have a need for that many.

2 or 3 Maybe.

Zirconia Wolf · 09-15-2007, 10:57 PM

Wow- only 1 gig of RAM with Vista & you say it's working pretty good?

That suprises me after what I've seen at the computer shops...

Dang, that IS a nice graphic card! Sucks that it's not working !

TomP · 09-16-2007, 02:12 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Zirconia Wolf

Wow- only 1 gig of RAM with Vista & you say it's working pretty good?

That suprises me after what I've seen at the computer shops...

Dang, that IS a nice graphic card! Sucks that it's not working !

Yep, it works well on 1GB. It only performs marginally less than XP to me anyways.

Greg · 09-16-2007, 08:37 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by TomP

... I have an initial lag right at the start but then it quits after that. ....

Does that mean the game quits, or it stops lagging?

Golly, I gotta upgrade my graphics card!

Miros1 · 09-16-2007, 10:14 PM

Lol, you've got the same 5500 I've got! Just upgrade the drivers. My game is smoking now! (With Pets and Seasons, no BV)

Greg · 09-16-2007, 11:24 PM

Mine is even wimpier. It's a 5200, and I'm running the latest drivers for it.

TomP · 09-17-2007, 01:25 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Greg

Does that mean the game quits, or it stops lagging?

Golly, I gotta upgrade my graphics card!

Guess I could have explained that better, it quits lagging. It'll lag for maybe 15-30 seconds after that it's smooth.

TomP · 09-17-2007, 01:29 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Greg

Mine is even wimpier. It's a 5200, and I'm running the latest drivers for it.

Funny that's what I use to have before I moved to the 7600.

09-13-2007, 12:08 AM	#42
Zenmistress Solar Max Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 153	ahhh, I already know the computer would prolly puke if I installed anything past Pets. Now I see there's another new stuff pack - The Sims 2 Teen Style Stuff - coming soon. __________________ Sandy All my life, I wanted to be somebody... now I see that I should have been more specific.

09-13-2007, 01:50 PM	#43
Zirconia Wolf Reticulated MoonBat Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: My trusty computer in Issaquah WA, USA. Posts: 848	I think the main reason I don't get the whole testincheats thing is that I have been an InSim user from- almost- the word go, so for me it just never seemed needed. Also, since the game generates it's own report logs of crashes & whatnot, I always figured I could just look through them for any problems...if I could understand them, that is! Then there is the ever present (albiet cryptic) warning about running testingcheast "too often". I did run into problems with Sims 1 & forgeting to turn the moveobjects on back to off, so I think I'm still a bit gun shy about those continous "offical" cheats. (Again, since 99.9% of my errors are audio- often because a custom floor doesn't "flag right" for the correct walking sound- there isn't much I would ever be able to do in order to fix said errors. I like my various custom flooring, so...) On the subject of Maxis hitting us with another pack, I just saw the teasers for the Teen Style SP & thought "oh carpletunnel, by the time SimPE is finally ready for H&M/BV it'll be outta date again"...that I caught a glipmse of yet another EP currently set for release in 2008 called The Sims 2 Hobbies. Could it be that Sims will finally have a use for the whole interest thing other that plugging their ears when there kids are talking to them?? (Okay, that's a silly reaction for an adult, but I just couldn't stand having all my Sims have 100% interest in everything. Anyway, snails is a stupid subject anyway...) On a personal update, my BV preperations are taking longer than I thought, so it may be a while before I can inflicte it on my game. Not that anyone really cares, but... EDITED TO ADD Here's a (not so great) link that kinda has a little info about the Hobbies EP: http://www.podthesims.com/index.php?view=38 I say not-so-great this dude seems convinced that a picture of a dog on vacation from Sims 1 constitutes proof that pets can go on vacation in Sims 2. (bottom of the page.) Also, from what I understand Hobbies is no longer "pending", but on it's way. __________________ Long Live All Wild Canines! Leader Of The Moon-Bat Revolution! Last edited by Zirconia Wolf : 09-13-2007 at 01:59 PM. Reason: link

09-14-2007, 07:29 AM	#45
Greg Da Guy Wut Owns Dis Joint Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Texas Posts: 3,566	As I said, I can't say that I run the Testing Cheats "too often" since I almost never start them more than once per game session. Golly, I'm not at all hopeful that a teen style stuff pack would be to my liking. The style sense at Maxis is rather out in left field, especially the guys' clothing. I was looking through the meshes yesterday and came to the conclusion that Maxis must be staffed exclusively by pimps, nerds, and slobs. __________________ Who are all these people and what do they know?

09-14-2007, 07:46 PM	#46
Zirconia Wolf Reticulated MoonBat Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: My trusty computer in Issaquah WA, USA. Posts: 848	Being me, I'm sure I will snarf up Teen Style because I like having lots of decore options in my game. (Anyway- being a child of the 80's- the "Trasher" look reminds me of my high school days. Well, not me, but many of the kids I went to school with!!) I have to agree with your take on some of the Maxis clothing though! I think the Elders in perticular got screwed big time! (Actually, I think alot of stuff Maxis "did" to the Elder stage is rotten. Do they think anyone over 50 is ready for the grave or something??? ) __________________ Long Live All Wild Canines! Leader Of The Moon-Bat Revolution!

09-14-2007, 10:16 PM	#48
Zirconia Wolf Reticulated MoonBat Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: My trusty computer in Issaquah WA, USA. Posts: 848	Sweet! Not as sweet as a fix for the rest of the "Elder Stereotype", but sweet none the less! __________________ Long Live All Wild Canines! Leader Of The Moon-Bat Revolution!

09-12-2007, 12:28 AM	#41
Miros1 Goddess for Life Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: NY State Posts: 3,303	That was "you" plural... you singular plus the computer!

09-13-2007, 03:05 PM	#44
Miros1 Goddess for Life Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: NY State Posts: 3,303	I've never heard testingcheatsenabled can cause problems except for the infrequent error loop Greg described. If a Sim throws an error that won't go away with Reset, I just hit Delete, save, go back to the 'hood and open the lot again. Does mess up your stuck Smart Milk tho, but I figure that's grounds to use the Lot Debugger's "Make Me Smart" function. (Hm, wonder if that beast is recolorable...) Move_objects, oh yeah, I've screwed the pooch that way myself!

09-14-2007, 08:40 PM	#47
Miros1 Goddess for Life Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: NY State Posts: 3,303	Elders can be fixed in SimPE (even if you have H&M). Pick your favorite adult outfit, open it in SimPE, ignore the warnings, and change the Age flag to 0x58 so it will fit YA-A-Elder. They still have bad posture, but no more droopy boobs, pot belly, or saddlebag thighs! Illustrated tutorial

09-15-2007, 02:40 PM	#49
TomP I'm a Computer Nut Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Indiana Posts: 34	As far as performance with Vista, and every expansion pack including Bon Voyage, and I have pretty much all settings maxed, I have an initial lag right at the start but then it quits after that. Load times are a little slow but I attribute that to my hard drives. Unfortunately I can't play Sims 2 at all right now, my graphics card is busted, it's causing major graphic corruption. Here's the specs on my computer: Asus M2N-SLI Deluxe Motherboard AMD Athlon64 X2 4200+ Dual-Core 1 GB DDR2 Memory ( Will probably bump this to 2 GB soon ) 1 Seagate 250GB 7200RPM SATA Hard Drive 1 Western Digital 250GB 7200RPM IDE Hard Drive 1 DVD+-RW Burner EVGA Geforce 7600GS 256MB Graphics __________________ Tom My System Specs Last edited by TomP : 09-15-2007 at 02:50 PM. Reason: typos, additional note

09-15-2007, 04:16 PM	#50
Miros1 Goddess for Life Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: NY State Posts: 3,303	You need more hard drives! Nice video card -- any chance of an inwarrenty fix?

09-15-2007, 09:42 PM	#52
Miros1 Goddess for Life Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: NY State Posts: 3,303	I have a special card that Maxtor makes, so you can have up to 6 drives.

09-15-2007, 10:16 PM	#53
TomP I'm a Computer Nut Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Indiana Posts: 34	I think I can hook up 8 hard drives to this thing off the SATA bus, but I don't have a need for that many. 2 or 3 Maybe. __________________ Tom My System Specs

09-15-2007, 10:57 PM	#54
Zirconia Wolf Reticulated MoonBat Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: My trusty computer in Issaquah WA, USA. Posts: 848	Wow- only 1 gig of RAM with Vista & you say it's working pretty good? That suprises me after what I've seen at the computer shops... Dang, that IS a nice graphic card! Sucks that it's not working ! __________________ Long Live All Wild Canines! Leader Of The Moon-Bat Revolution!

09-16-2007, 10:14 PM	#57
Miros1 Goddess for Life Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: NY State Posts: 3,303	Lol, you've got the same 5500 I've got! Just upgrade the drivers. My game is smoking now! (With Pets and Seasons, no BV)

09-16-2007, 11:24 PM	#58
Greg Da Guy Wut Owns Dis Joint Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Texas Posts: 3,566	Mine is even wimpier. It's a 5200, and I'm running the latest drivers for it. __________________ Who are all these people and what do they know?