Kitchen & Bath Stuff Objects Fix - SNS/FT Functions Enabled (Updated 2008/07/10)

[Zazazu]

actually i dont think its laziness on EA behalf i just think its cos they know there are so many problems with FT/BV/Seasons that noone has it installed  so therefore they dont have to make kitchen stuff compatible with thoses games LOL

Uh, no. Think about that for a minute, will you? Let's say you aren't a completionist. Let's say you got NL and OFB, skipped Pets and Seasons, then got BV. Guess what? The items from BV still have pets options (scratching, chewing) and Seasons options (leftovers, struck by lightning) available to them, even if you wait until 2049 to get Pets or Seasons.

There also were not any real significant problems with Seasons. BV, the only major problem was the NPC spawning, which was fixed by a hack and then by their patch. FT...is still kinda borked.  Oh, there's SecuROM...but Kitchen & Bath has SecuROM as well. EAxis doesn't listen to their customers, don't you know?

Conclusion: You are a dumbass. Borrow a couple of brain cells, and reacquaint yourself with your SHIFT key.

[Gus Smedstad]

Conclusion: You are a dumbass. Borrow a couple of brain cells, and reacquaint yourself with your SHIFT key.

... and punctuation, and the correct spelling of "because" and "no one."  The SHIFT key would be a start, though.

 - Gus

[Andistyr]

Thank you so much Lord Darcy - You're just so awesome - Thank you for all the fixes you've been doing - basically cleaning up EA/Maxis messes.  I don't know what we'd do if you weren't here to fix things.  I guess I wouldn't play the game.  Like you say, they're  being lazy and they could take the time to make sure things are right.  Or provide a patch.  Oh well - we have modders like you to fix up what they should be doing.  I think they should hire you.

[X-Phile]

LD don't you get a headache for fixing EA's screw ups?

Anyway Thank you for fixing this issue so fast. 

And as for EA my money is save in my pocket to spend it on stuff
with more quality.
It is suprises me that I'm no longer suprised to see these errors in the sims 2 game.

[Maxwell]

I alpha-edited the bangs to NOT be in the sim's eyes, which made a huge improvement. I'd upload it, only it comes linked with the usual straight-parted in the middle hair, and I haven't bothered to try to un-tangle that.

Would you consider just uploading the alpha image, then? 

Sure! Here you go.

I've fiddled around in SimPE and managed to apply Annan's alpha file to the five original textures. 7Zip archives are attached below, split into two parts only because the five textures together in one file is 45kB over the damn filesize limit for this forum. My package just overrides the original textures for these hairstyles, so if you drop the package somewhere in your Downloads folder, all Sims who have this hairstyle will now not have their faces covered by hideous bangs.

Feel free to distribute these files as you wish, as long as credit is given to Annan for creating the alpha replacement in the first place.

[Maxwell]

And the elder file... damn size limit! If only I weren't too lazy to find proper hosting....

[Annan]

Oh, awesome! This is pretty much what I hoped would happen - SimPE untangling is not my forte.

[Ambular]

I've fiddled around in SimPE and managed to apply Annan's alpha file to the five original textures. 7Zip archives are attached below, split into two parts only because the five textures together in one file is 45kB over the damn filesize limit for this forum. My package just overrides the original textures for these hairstyles, so if you drop the package somewhere in your Downloads folder, all Sims who have this hairstyle will now not have their faces covered by hideous bangs.

Feel free to distribute these files as you wish, as long as credit is given to Annan for creating the alpha replacement in the first place.

Oh, awesome! This is pretty much what I hoped would happen - SimPE untangling is not my forte.

Spiffiness!  Beat me to the punch.  XD

[Emma]

Does anyone have a picture of the alpha-edited hair please?

[Annan]

Coming right up! (Screenshotting, brb)

ETA: Damn, I saw I was beat to it. Here is the pic anyway:

[Emma]

Excellent! Yay!

*Emma waits for Annan

[Clara]

Does anyone have a picture of the alpha-edited hair please?

Here's one. It looks a ton better! Thanks, Annan and Maxwell.

[Emma]

Oh, that looks great, much better! Thanks Annan, Maxwell and Clara

[Gus Smedstad]

I'm looking at the two screenshots, and I'm trying to figure out why Annan's is so much more attractive.  It's the eyes, isn't it?  I've never bothered with custom eyes, but if that's what's going on here, it's a convincing argument for them.

 - Gus

[Clara]

I'm looking at the two screenshots, and I'm trying to figure out why Annan's is so much more attractive.  It's the eyes, isn't it?  I've never bothered with custom eyes, but if that's what's going on here, it's a convincing argument for them.

 - Gus

Mine are actually custom too, but oepu's Maxis matching custom eyes. They themselves look a billion times better than the original ones although it's not as noticeable with the darker colours. I am a sucker for Maxis-like stuff; realistic sclera on Sims freaks me out. Look out, it's the uncanny valley! 

[Annan]

I have Barcelonista eyes, Paradisesims replacement skins (I don't know if they're still up though, I heard she was taking them down), and the lips are called "Ephemera Nature lip set" from MTS2, but I don't think I've ever managed to find them through a search to link, I've just been lucky to find them.

Also, sims always look better when they're not in CAS.

[Clara]

It's amazing what facial expressions and camera angles will do. Sometimes in CAS closeups (like when picking hair) my Sims always smile and sometimes they always have a neutral expression. In that screen she's obviously neutral but I booted up the game again just now and every single CAS Sim is smiling. Does anyone know what affects that? Am I just crazy? I don't want to be crazy!

[Emma]

When you delete stuff like hair or makeup (which you can't do now because EAxis broke it) the sim smiles like an idiot. To fix it I either press on 1 (the naming, gender, skintone etc bit) or 5 (clothing) on the CAS buttons then go back to the selection screen I was on.

[No Cheats]

thx again for patching my game.

Can someone reactivate this wedding dress? Think it´s lost in K&B.  In the Cheating part, "N" in last name, it works as normal.
http://img292.imageshack.us/my.php?image=snapshot7514dbc41514dbckn1.jpg

 

[Charamei]

That's the old default wedding dress from before whichever EP allowed normal custom formalwear to be used for weddings (OFB?), and shouldn't be showing up in your wardrobe anyway, as far as I know. Did you have a hack to enable it in the first place?

[Blueblood]

I have Barcelonista eyes, Paradisesims replacement skins (I don't know if they're still up though, I heard she was taking them down), and the lips are called "Ephemera Nature lip set" from MTS2, but I don't think I've ever managed to find them through a search to link, I've just been lucky to find them.

Also, sims always look better when they're not in CAS.

MTS2 is down for maintenance right now so I can't link to his profile, but I know Ephemera has Teru K, or possibly Teru_K, as his screenname there. I don't know why he doesn't rename his files to match it though.

[Emma]

That's the old default wedding dress from before whichever EP allowed normal custom formalwear to be used for weddings (OFB?), and shouldn't be showing up in your wardrobe anyway, as far as I know. Did you have a hack to enable it in the first place?

No, but it became buyable as from OFB (I think?) once the formalwear was enabled to be used for weddings. I don't think it shows up in Bodyshop-I'll just check.

[edit] Nope, it's gone.

[Lord Darcy]

That's the old default wedding dress from before whichever EP allowed normal custom formalwear to be used for weddings (OFB?), and shouldn't be showing up in your wardrobe anyway, as far as I know. Did you have a hack to enable it in the first place?

No, but it became buyable as from OFB (I think?) once the formalwear was enabled to be used for weddings. I don't think it shows up in Bodyshop-I'll just check.

[edit] Nope, it's gone.

This is yet another typical PHAIL by EAxis. As KBID stuff is based on Pets engine, Property Sets of all base game clothing are now updated to Pets as well. (Bodyshop version 4) Instead of updating newer Property Set of wedding dress included in OFB, they updated unused version included in the base game. The hide flag in the base game version is now back to the wedding dress, so it's hidden in CAS and Bodyshop just like back in pre-OFB days. I discovered this when all my clothing unlockers for base game clothing stopped working after installing KBID.

Made a quick fix. Will post it soon. Fix is now here.

[Emma]

*Emma waves her 'LD Rocks' flag

[Kyna]

LD, you really need your own section here, so lazy non-awesome types like me can find your fixes all in the one spot.