The Good, the Bad, and the Randomly @Toaded
rufio:
Oh yeah, I'm sure he's not going to make mods just because the peasantry whines that they want them. I'm just trying to make it clear that that wasn't what I was doing. I'm probably not even going to be playing much TS3, though if Pescado does make mods for it I might reconsider.
J. M. Pescado:
Quote from: rufio on 2009 May 20, 17:22:12
So, are you going to attempt TS3 mods, or are you giving it up as too much of a royal pain? It doesn't really surprise me that they apparently went to a lot of effort to prevent third-party mods, but it's still kind of disappointing.
It depends on which threshold is reached first. It's sort of a race to see how my dislike of the game ramps up. Observe the following sample:
As you can see, the red irritation line races against the black patience line and the green power line. If the power line catches up with my level of irritation, I become a modder. If the red line hits my patience first, I quit. Graph is sample and not to scale.
Quote from: rufio on 2009 May 20, 17:22:12
ETA: Something else I'd wanted to ask you, when you'd decrypted the game code: Since TS3 sims seem to be better at autonomously taking care of their needs, would it be possible to turn TS3 autonomy algorithms into TS2 hacks?
I wasn't the one who did the decryption. As for turning TS3 autonomy algorithms into TS2 hacks, TS3 autonomy algorithms still suck, they just have more braking conditions...which is essentially what the unreleased Macrotastics-based AI did, only BETTER!
rufio:
Quote from: J. M. Pescado on 2009 May 20, 17:48:28
...which is essentially what the unreleased Macrotastics-based AI did, only BETTER!
Did? Did you stop working on that shiny?
eevilcat:
Modability (including creation of CC) is probably the one feature that has contributed most to TS2's longevity so I'm stunned that EA could have gone so wide of the mark on this one. I did suggest ages ago that they might go down the route of licensing a tool for the creation of CC and this would certainly fit with that. Does the digital signing effectivlely replace GUIDs for uniquely identifying content? I expect that EA would rather be in control of the master database than let a third party do it as in TS2/SimPE.
MuertoElBarto:
Quote from: J. M. Pescado on 2009 May 20, 16:41:39
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Where at? I figure I'm overdue anyway. Is the subscription link valid? Cheeseserver?
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