Deleted 2: Electric Boogaloo!
Sky:
I'm sure it's evident but I'll say it; I am/was utterly clueless about this stuff.
I went to some forum and told them of my woes with BV and they gave me a link to this thread.
After a few days of trying to understand the tutorial here I decided I had to ask some questions. When I mean utterly clueless I mean it. I have only played the sims 2. When I go looking thru this forum and see an area called FFS hacks, I didn't think that was even related to the sims 2. I thought this was a forum for a myriad of games and FFS may as well have meant Fairy Fuck Safari, I didn't know what a hack was in the context of TS2. I thought the war room was the "Sims 2 section".
I look at the tutorial and I don't know what a lot debugger is, or what debug mode is. I don't know what "Ye Olde simPE" or "newfangled craptastic" are, whether they are part of the game or what, much less how to get to each shown window. I don't know where to find character files.
I ask for a bit of help, I never whined or complained, and all I hear is "HAY DUMY IT DUN SAY RITE THARE WUT 2 DUE!" Am I dumb because I have never explored TS2 outside of the playable game? Maybe. I don't know, but coming to that realization didn't help me.
So I figure it out and delete my problem sim, with almost zero help from anyone (a few people gave a vague link like "look around in there"). And my game ran fine. Again, clueless, I thought this meant the threat was gone, because I was not aware of how a little corruption can get worse, because I know nothing about stuff like that. You simply tell me how stupid I am. A nice person comes a long and subtly lets me know that I am stupid, while telling me how to improve my situation.
That's why I don't like you(@invisigoth). Your interest involves telling people they are wrong, whereas I would tell them they are wrong and help them, to my ability, to understand why they are wrong and help them become right. That seems like the right thing to do if you know something someone else doesn't. If people didn't share their knowledge we would be building the wheel.
Invisigoth:
Yes, we have cleverly hidden all of our TS2 knowledge by publishing it publicly on the internet for anyone to search, access, and learn from freely. It is wrong of me to expect people to read that information. I have contributed to this knowledge base and helped other players whenever I had the pertinent information or technical ability. When I arrived at this forum I had never used a hack, I had never heard of FFS or Pescado, and I knew nothing about the information available here. I had only played the game. What you are expected to do at MATY, and what most of us have done, is to use the search button, to look through the forums, and most importantly to read the FAQ before expecting others to hand you everything that you want. I didn't just magically know all about hacks so I read everything I could find. I took the time and energy to learn.
Actually, by explaining a little bit about MATY culture and linking you to our site guide I am helping you once again. One of the two unofficial MATY mottos is "lurk moar". That means spend some time and take some initiative to try to figure things out on your own. Looking around the site would be a good first step. Familiarize yourself with your surroundings. If you think that I'm horrible just wait until you see Retardo Land; the second MATY motto is "Moar Fight".
Sky:
I did read the FAQ. I learned a lot of acronyms and some stuff about the site, it was helpful. The main problem was finding it.
The search is useless. I typed in lot debugger most of the results were anything with the word clothes. I typed FAQ into the search and the actual FAQ was not even on the first page of search results.
I think it would be easier if I had stumbled upon the site and been like "hey, lots of sims 2 info, I'll start reading" when I didn't have a goal in mind.But I came here need to find something in particular, and then have to look around for the info I needed, because that was very frustrating having a goal of what to find, largely because the names of the forum sections didn't make any sense to me. I did find a lot of good stuff in my searching, but finding what I was looking for was hard.
Anyone can learn/find/discover anything given enough time, but you know, I'm on my break from school, looking forward to some time to relax and play some games, so I wanted them to work so I thought I'd ask for help and try to speed up the time I spend fixing my game so I can spend more time playing it. :-\
cwykes:
Hi sky - think of these guys as high-priced expert consultants - if you call them in for what they think of as 101 questions it costs in emotional wear and tear. ;D Some of us hang out on other boards as well and do some explaining there. I don't mind explaining stuff, in as much as I understand it on the Sims2 bit of the sims1 BBS. A small group of Sims2 regulars hang out there - we don't know as much as these guys, but we like to help. :)
http://thesims.ea.com/us/index.html?menu=community&content=/us/chat/
MTS2 is another board where you can get help www. modthesims2.com
Enjoy your simming!
On searching here, I think the results you get depend on where you are when you hit search as well as what you put in the search field. You'll get used to it and to the layout and terminology - it does make sense I promise.
J. M. Pescado:
You kinda always have to use the Advanced search to set your search options. The default configuration for SMF isn't so great.
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