Archived SOLVED Requests and Queries

ilikefishfood wrote:

I'm here shaking my head at Maxis!

And yet, it's not really a surprise, is it?

I'm not surprised that the coding is bugged. I'm more surprised that with as long as this game has been around and for as much as it's been modified that this hasn't been found and fixed before. This is really interesting stuff.

I think part of the problem is with how deep the code is buried in the game, To make the situation worse the code was updated with just about every expansion pack. So anyone looking to alter the code would have to find a way to lower the the game requirements or make a version of the mod for each expansion.

That's the current situation I am in. I have the basic mod made, But in it's current state it would require at least the Free Time expansion or newer games. Which personally I think is too high of a requirement.

Aaroneous wrote:

That's the current situation I am in. I have the basic mod made, But in it's current state it would require at least the Free Time expansion or newer games. Which personally I think is too high of a requirement.

Bummer!  But there're still a lot of simmers who do have FT and above.  Would you consider offering it anyway?  There're many mods out there with specific EP requirements.

I would only use that as a last resort, I am currently looking into lowering the requirements. I have done it with other mods I have made, So I know it's possible.

Aaron wrote:

On a interesting (but not so surprising) note
... It appears the relationship points lost during cheating were bugged from the very beginning. The way it's suppose to work is that the sim that was being cheated on was suppose to lose both LTR and STR points with both cheater and the sim the cheater was with. Unfortunately it never worked that way.

Toni wrote:

I'm here shaking my head at Maxis!

Cher wrote:

And yet, it's not really a surprise, is it?

Em wrote:

I'm not surprised that the coding is bugged.

I concur, folks ... Interesting but NOT SO surprising!

Aarpn wrote:

So anyone looking to alter the code would have to find a way to lower the the game requirements or make a version of the mod for each expansion...
...I am currently looking into lowering the requirements. I have done it with other mods I have made, So I know it's possible.

Yaaaay! As Timster so aptly put it: "Aaron's da Man"!!!

Good luck with looking into lowering the game requirements, Aaron!
Keep up the excellent work. You rock!

Just to let everyone know I have now lowered the game requirements for this mod. At this current point in time it will require at least Night Life or newer games. And to be honest that's fine with me. I made three separate versions of the mod. One for Night Life to Seasons, Anther for Bon Voyage and Free Time, And finally anther one for Apartment Life and beyond.  

The mod will currently works like this:
The sim that was cheated on will no longer slap the cheater, But will they go over to the cheater and grumble about it.
Relationship loss is currently 10 for crush, 15 for love, 30 for engaged/going steady, and 40 for married, This is for bother LTR and STR. This will affect both the cheater's and the sim the cheater was with relationship loss with the sim that was cheated on.
Fury will only be caused if the cheater and the sim that was cheated on is engaged, going steady, or married.
This mod also has a fix in it that fixes an issue that caused the sim that was cheated on to have double LTR loss with the cheater.

Also a few other things... The memory of being cheated on will still appear in both sim's memories. Anther thing I made this mod with ACR compatibility in mind, So they do work well together.

Let me know if this sounds ok.

Sounds great!

It sounds AH-MAZING!!!

Ok, Below You will find the links for the mod.
Night Life to Seasons version http://www.mediafire.com/download/kae4sxkr1o9bi6u/LessRelationshipLoss_AfterCheating_NLToSeasons.zip

Bon Voyage and Free Time version http://www.mediafire.com/download/8s44x3bsqu8n95q/LessRelationshipLoss_AfterCheating_BVAndFT.zip

Apartment Life and newer games version http://www.mediafire.com/download/xaz2i3h5gr5fb2f/LessRelationshipLoss_AfterCheating_AL_.zip

Only use one version of the mod.

Thank you! Gonna give this a whirl!

Awesome! I'm looking forward to trying it out (as soon as I find the time). I can't thank you enough for creating this. This goes way beyond what I was hoping for when I initially posted the question.

Well done Aaron! I will have to get this later!

Just a word of warning for anyone who is using this mod or is thinking about it. It appears there's a bug doing with relationship loss when sims woohoo in the hot tub, I have seen the loss as high as 80 points for both STR and LTR. I am not sure what is causing it, But I am in the process of tracking it down.

It appears the bug was not anything I did, But yet anther bug by EA that caused double STR lose with the cheater and the sim that was cheated on. This bug only happened if the cheater was woohooing in any of the hot tubs. I am not sure how in the world those two bugs were able to get past EA's quality assurance. I can understand one bug in the code, But two or more in the same piece of code is just bad programing. Makes me wonder if they have any quality assurance at EA.

Anyways that bug is fixed now and should cause no more trouble. Here is the updated versions of the mod.

Night Life to Seasons version  http://www.mediafire.com/download/xp34p48yvw4p7v4/LessRelationshipLoss_AfterCheating_NLToSeasons.zip

Bon Voyage and Free Time version   http://www.mediafire.com/download/zuj23te6zffrj2d/LessRelationshipLoss_AfterCheating_BVAndFT.zip

Apartment Life and newer games version  http://www.mediafire.com/download/w3kg817a3p51a6o/LessRelationshipLoss_AfterCheating_AL_.zip

Way to go Aaron!!!

Wow! What a great mod. I'll try it in my neighborhood.
Thanks a lot Aaron!

Now that I've mastered the uploading of a lot ( ), I'm looking for a new challenge and thought I'd try to make a self-sim. I would like to use a skin with freckles, but I haven't found any that are just right. The ones with freckled bodies have the freckles way too dark, and most of the rest only have freckled faces. I'd appreciate any suggestions on where I can find some skins that might meet my requirements: freckled body and face, but with light-colored freckles.

I had thought I had seen a really good one but can't for the life of me remember where...
Did a quick search not sure if you have seen this one or not: Freckles

I hadn't seen that one, Tim. Thanks for the link. I'm downloading it now and will check it out in my game tomorrow.

You are most welcome, hope it is exactly what you want, but will also keep checking around just in case.

I found a skin I am not exactly comfortable sharing openly, so I will send it to you in a message. It looks really good. Nevermind, I think it is a TS3 skin...can't believe how nice it looks though.

It really is a beautiful skin, and comes in a nice variety of tones. Thanks anyway!

Not sure where to post this, but thought this would be okay...lol

Anyone a member of Garden of Shadow? I'm still waiting admin approval, but someone had asked about having a shirt done and I thought that would be pretty simple, so I made one but can't post to see if it fits the person's bill 'enough'. I don't have the right color shirt (did my best on trying to match the color) or the exact mesh but figure it should be good enough. If you would be so kind as to go post in this link GoS and ask them to come here and check out this image and if it is acceptable, I'll be happy to post it for people and see about making it onto the male shirt too they wanted...or if someone here really likes it I can post it anyway.

Timmers, at GOS they're really particular about fulfilling the request exactly.  So it would have to be on the mesh that they requested, and in the colours too. That is probably why you haven't heard back from the admins.  But it's a great shirt!  Why not post it here in Gifts from Treasured Friends.