I saw Ancient Sim say something about fixing genetics as well.
Maple Valley started out as Zythe's project, people went into the thread and ideas were put forward, some were kept, some not.
I went in late with my stories and wasn't really a part of it until one of my own families in our testing version messed up and I had to get them sorted.
Just after that the age thing stopped any progress and by sheer accident I found a cure.
We had been trying to work out at the time whether to scrap it altogether and start over or fix it as best we could.
I'd come here over something, and J.M himself seemed as if he was advising 'another route'.
It wasn't 'my thing' to say 'stop' and no real or definite decisions were made...I said what had been advised and left it to 'the group' to decide, but that was hard.
Not everyone had stayed around and it would have meant a few of us redoing other peoples sims and Zythe putting all of it together again himself.
He was in the middle of Exams at the time and we didn't know if it would be possible for him to do.
We'd dwindled to three main people and just a few others dropping in and out. No one really knew what to say for the best. We wanted it to work, but Zythe was then under pressure.
Maple Valley was something we really wanted to play have and keep as something we'd each made as a group.
I felt guilty for making over other peoples houses...I knew those buildings pretty well after I'd finished but was very aware that people might be upset with any change I made...but they weren't around and it had to be done, so I took it on.
Having cured the non aging with new houses we still had odd LTW inaccuracies, quite a few $ value lovers and such and also $ signs in some memories.
A few people said they had played them before sending and I think some had SimPE alterations done as well before they were uploaded, I suppose people not knowing the possibility of fiery balls visable from space, and Zythe had to do a lot of hack sifting as well.
In the end with the aging sorted we decided it was ready and as good as it was going to be without starting completely over.
It was a nice fun idea, and it's grown to have taken over a fair chunk of my playing life!
I truly love it and thoroughly enjoyed *most* of my experience with it.
As to the DNA/Genetics I wouldn't know...I'm not a SimPE user and not very technical.
We'd love to know what is wrong with it...just 'because', unless this 'fixing' is just altering custom skins over our Maxis ones or something?
Some of it might have a bearing on future play even if it isn't.
As to lots, Zythe calls me the architect, but I *think* that's because I'm the only mug to have stayed around to bug him, so he asked and I said yes!
It started because I showed my pictures of some of my redone houses, and he liked them...others later made 'Add on lots'.
No, there weren't many community lots, there's my Mall and park and babajayne's Coffee Shop. I offered a gym but I think Zythe wanted the file size limited as we didn't know where or how it would be hosted.
No one else gave any at the time of putting it together...
I made a set of Uni lots because someone wanted them and my sims are about ready for Uni too. They were on my Simpage but EA tidy up regularly and now if anyone wants them I've said to PM me over at TSR and I'll either upload them again or package them up and send them probably via yousendit.com again.
Thank you for the offer of the lots though. It's 'out' now, so no new things will be added to the file.
I think the idea was that we had the basics and anything else was part of the fun of getting a new neighborhood. The same with the houses, I know even though most of them there are now ‘mine'…I've still made them over now I have them for real and added my own things, because nothings ever quite how I like it....that's the fun in playing.
It's had a bigger response than I thought it would (even though we don't have exact numbers) and the response has been very positive.
I like people to saying what they're doing with it and not many do, so anyone's input from here would be welcome!
If we were doing it again, there'd have to be definite rules...A house made by someone with only Body Shopped sims...and anything else either redone if it's suspicious or not included.
I hope you play it if you get Uni…hope you like it as well!
I'll have to go look for Motoki's post now…
Edit: Our host has just agreed to keep it until the New Year!
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