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Suburban Dream and BV Price Glitch

First off, my apologies for releasing the "Suburban Dream" lot with the Aging Off cheat still active. This actually started out as a bare bones beta testing lot and I didn't want my resident Sims growing out of the age stages I needed them to be. Thanks to Pinecat I now know that the Aging Off code stays with a lot when it gets packaged.

I've fixed that little problem and taken care of a couple of other minor tweaks that became evident. The revised lot has been uploaded and you can either redownload or (much easier, especially if you've been playing the lot and have a family living there), just open your cheat window (Shift + CTRL + C) and type in "Aging On" (without quotes). Then press ENTER.

BON VOYAGE PLAYERS
may see a few other oddities, as described in my previous entry. Nothing major and nothing that can't be fixed in the game, but BV does seem to wreak a bit of havoc in pre-BV lots. Some other builders have come forth to describe similar incidents. However, the biggest glitch appears to be a substantial increase in the lot price when pre-BV lots are installed in Bon Voyage. The lot will install at the stated price but as soon as you enter the lot, with or without Sims, the price zooms. This may rankle with purists who don't want to use cheats to increase their Sims' funds, and as the value of a Sim lot is figured into a Sim's total assets, this would increase their worth quite a bit. Wish it were that way in real life!

Anyway, I don't know as yet whether this is being addressed by EA/Maxis and will be taken care of with the upcoming patches. I'll post more as I get more information. In the meantime, if anyone has any more problems with my lots, using Bon Voyage or only up to Seasons, let me know, preferably by PM. I'll do whatever I can to fix the problem immediately.

BV Bug in Pre-BV Lots?

Someone left a comment for me on my "Suburban Dream" lot saying that her Sims weren't aging. She didn't mention whether or not she has BV installed. The lot was created and packaged before I installed Bon Voyage and only requires EPs up to Seasons. I tested it rather extensively before submitting it. It was also run through the Clean Installer.

I downloaded the lot myself from TSR and installed it in my clean testing game, and encountered the same aging problem. Also, a few other weirdnesses popped up:

The chess board and chairs will need to be moved. I used a cheat to get the board and chairs centered in front of the windows, but where my Sims could use them before Bon Voyage they now stamp their feet and can't use one of the chairs. There is also a plant in back of one of the chairs that will have to be moved.

The bed in the master bedroom has some odd texture that I have no idea where it came from. Clicking on it with the design tool immediately returns it to the color it's supposed to be, which is the dark wood.

The teddy bear in the boy's bedroom is turned around. It was placed with the 45 degree angle cheat, but apparently something in BV messed with that, too. Strange, because other objects in this lot placed with that cheat are still at the 45 degree angle and are working fine.

Finally, the lot price when I packaged it in Seasons was $48,703. Installed in BV, the lot price is $57,042! I have no clue as to why this is.

Now that I've got BV installed it's impossible for me to go back and fix these problems and then repackage and reupload, without making the lot require Bon Voyage.

You can fix the aging problem quite easily: Just bring up the cheat window (press Shift, Control and C at the same time) and type in: Aging on. I did this and my Sims resumed normal aging.

The placement problems I described can be fixed simply by repositioning the affected items. The chess board and chairs will no longer be centered in front of the windows, but it's a minor design thing. I like things centered, that's all, which is why I did it.

I can't do anything about the price and I'm clueless as to why that happened. Inflation, I guess. We'll elect Hillary in 2008 and she'll take care of all that. :D

Apologies to all those who've experienced problems with this lot, and please, let me know if you have problems with any of my other lots. So far they were all created and packaged with all the EPs up to and including Seasons, and worked fine.

Gray is beautiful!

With Bon Voyage, EA/Maxis has once again given woefully short shrift to our elder Sims, and it's about time we fought back!

Many people don't realize that meshes that work for adult Sims will also work very well for elders. Using SimPE, you can take any adult clothing and add elders to the age groups that can wear them. The possibilities are almost endless for expanding (not to mention improving) your elder Sims' wardrobes.

An added benefit is that your older Sims no longer have to look like droopy, dumpy fashion victims. They'll still walk like elders, but their bodies will be firm and slender and your female elders will finally look like they're wearing proper support garments! I don't know about you, but I see plenty of older people all the time who are fit and trim and very fashionable. (I'm not one of them, but that's another story...)

My first project along these lines is a series of outfits from Bon Voyage recategorized for elders. Eventually I plan to go through the entire catalog from the base game on up. Anyone who wants a particular outfit is welcome to contact me, but in lieu of special requests I'll be doing only those outfits I want to make available for my own game.

Note that I'm not creating any meshes or even creating recolors, and there are no hacks or mods involved. If you want the Bon Voyage kimonos, for example, you're going to have to have Bon Voyage. If you want outfits from Nightlife or University, you likewise have to have those EPs installed.

Please, don't ask me to recategorize custom clothing for you! It's easily done in SimPE, or you can contact the original creator and ask them to do it for you.

First, a word of thanks

I think it's only right that my first blog entry on my shiny new minisite should be a big THANK YOU to Thomas and to Anita (Atwa) for granting me this privilege, and especially to the incomparable Lola (with sister Gabi, the team you know as Sims2Sisters). Lola, you know how special you are, my friend.

I also want to thank my buddies and fellow Simaholics on the TSR forums who take the time to help me figure out the nuts-and-bolts of creating and submitting work to TSR. Special kudos to Cindy (Wildstar24) for asking me to be a beta tester. Cindy, it's still fun and still an honor!

Big hugs and thanks to Cyclonesue, Madisim, Pinecat, Tigerblue, Cashcraft, Spaik and all the other FAs whose work I've been privileged to beta test, for inspiring me, encouraging me and for putting up with my nitpicking and occasional faux pas. Gang, no matter what, you know I think you're all the cream of the crop.

And finally, thanks to all the people who've downloaded my creations. Nothing makes me smile wider than visiting my submissions page and seeing how many people liked my work enough to give it a place in their own games.

You have all made my life richer. My deepest thanks!

Gina

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