Pets patch released

[MsMaria]

Not to take away from your problem there; but where did you get the cute toddler hair?

[V]

LOL MsMaria!!

Of course now I want to know too.

[ZiggyDoodle]

Am on dialup here at home; will check and get back to you.

[MsMaria]

Thanks so much ZiggyDoodle!

BTW, I'm not patching for the time-being, just to stay on topic here.

[ZiggyDoodle]

www.peggysims2.net/  - am pretty sure it was one of the free ones I picked up before PMBD came online.

[MsMaria]

You're an angel, thank you! 

Here's the link if anyone's interested.
http://freearea.peggysims2.net/hair.do?pagemethod=searchpage&direction=thistenpage&searchpage=44&pagesize=2&number=87

[Tigerlilley]

well... shit guys, i think i might clean reinstall without the patch
Although i could live with blonde maids even though it annoys me, borked kids and genetics is a little bit too much.  The only thing i hoped the patch would fix is any pets at all turning up on community lots, no stress there as someone said theres probably a lot of no pets signs around the place.

Once again i am immensely disapointed in EAs non caring attitude and crappy excuses for fixes.  Pets, in my opinion, was probably the biggest failure yet.  Bug infested, lacking creativity.  I mean something like the dogs could fetch the newspaper, just little shit, the little quirks that we love from the other EPs.  And cats and dogs have exactly the same animations when playing with each other?  Come on.  Put a bit of effort into it.  Remember in unleashed, instead of cockroaches there were mice and the cats could catch them?

And now the patch has caused bigger problems than it has actually fixed.  Am I alone here when I say I'm fucked off?

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edit:  Additionally, can anyone confirm if the DNA of the borked sims has *actually* changed?  Or do they just have random hair colours.

[ZiggyDoodle]

You're most welcome, MsMaria.   

Tigerlilley, agree that borked kids is bad, but I sure don't miss the dead mice being dropped throughout the house.  I hated those damned things and just hope that the moles/voles/groundhogs that destroyed TS1 gardens don't show up in Seasons.  No doubt there will probably be something equally irritating.

[Insanity Prelude]

Cute as the pets are, I have to admit I'm as underwhelmed as everyone else. And now I'm afraid to install the patch. :/

Shame on EA. I was vaguely considering buying Seasons before, but I don't dare now. XP

[Tigerlilley]

You're most welcome, MsMaria.   

Tigerlilley, agree that borked kids is bad, but I sure don't miss the dead mice being dropped throughout the house.  I hated those damned things and just hope that the moles/voles/groundhogs that destroyed TS1 gardens don't show up in Seasons.  No doubt there will probably be something equally irritating.

Actually the mice did suck i was just giving a example of little quirks and creativity that eps used to have.

[witch]

Well I'm still awed by the animations of the animals. I reckon they got lots of things just right, for instance, I love it when the pets beg at the table and the sims feed them scraps. I like how the animals can have relationships with each other, I've created several breeding pairs that ended up fighting all the time, just like real life. I'm looking forward to a greater variety of animals, not just cats and dogs, though I could be wishing on a star here.

[Velda]

Are those of you that are having problems playing with custom hoods or maxified hoods? Not that I think it matters, but I'm have 0 problems and play a completely custom hood.

I just tried breeding two redheads fresh from CAS in a custom neighborhood and their twins ended up with red eyebrows and black hair.   My NPCs' hair has changed, too.  Derek Viblahblah the paperboy showed up with black hair.  This is the only patch I've had any problems with, oddly enough. 

[Qosmic]

Does anyone know if the dogs' ears work correctly now?  Pre-patch (still haven't installed it...), my dogs with hanging ears got puppies with upright ears and vice versa. Very irritating, my salukis looked like farao dogs. 

[rohina]

Oh, my. Can we see the parents, for reference?

[MsMaria]

 

Are those of you that are having problems playing with custom hoods or maxified hoods? Not that I think it matters, but I'm have 0 problems and play a completely custom hood.

I just tried breeding two redheads fresh from CAS in a custom neighborhood and their twins ended up with red eyebrows and black hair.   My NPCs' hair has changed, too.  Derek Viblahblah the paperboy showed up with black hair.  This is the only patch I've had any problems with, oddly enough. 

First line of the list of fixes:  Fixed an issue where pointed-ear dogs would become corrupt when moved into a lot.

Not sure if that's the fix you refer to but they did fix an ear problem.

[Qosmic]

Oh, my. Can we see the parents, for reference?

Here they are:



and the offspring:

First line of the list of fixes:  Fixed an issue where pointed-ear dogs would become corrupt when moved into a lot.

Not sure if that's the fix you refer to but they did fix an ear problem.

Maybe. That's why I'm wondering if anyone have noticed this issue being resolved now; I don't trust Maxis, and I'm not 100 % sure this is the same problem as mine. If not, for me it's not worth it to install the patch.

[Tigerlilley]

actually my puppies from floppy eared parents have point ears as well

[Qosmic]

actually my puppies from floppy eared parents have point ears as well

With or without the patch?

[jrd]

There's a "lady who hates critters" painting in TJ's Visitor Controller.  Doesn't that fix the problem?  I've only used it on home lots, and not had any strays visit the lots where I've put it.  I assumed it would also work for community lots, including downtown.

Not really, since a) I don't use the VC, and b) it is not global: it requires placing the painting on all comm lots. I don't want to have to edit all lots to override a global change.
Besides, I want visitor playables to be able to bring their pets. Just no bleedin' strays.

[spookymuffin]

I'm going to re-install without the patch, none of the listed fixes are worth the ugly offspring my sims have started spawning.
A pair of sims with the "heart" face template manged to produce a baby with tiny eyes, fish lips and balloon cheeks.
Anyone who has not yet installed the patch, I would advise you not to

[Ness]

regarding that hair...  anyone else having huge problems with peggys right now?  The direct link won't work for me, and the site keeps giving me connection refused errors.

[maxon]

The most important fix in the patch which no modder had fixed yet, is the stopping strays visiting downtown lots. I was growing so tired of having to continually chase them off because of furniture destruction.

Well, Inge posted a no pets sign which seems to work for me.  But hopefully, I can take that out now.

Or maybe not - these reports are not encouraging.  What's the consensus, d'you think, patch or not?

[jrd]

I've patched. Asides from NPC hair (and only maids thus far), no issues. I see no reason to wait... even if Seasons comes out you still want a patched Pets.

[Havelock]

I have patched to.
But yesterday one of my Sims got autonomous friends with a stray at the HansTrap?  Lot  and could it adopt before i sent him home. 

Hmm i remeber it should be fixed by Maxis. No Strays in Downtown?
I visited 3 Lots, 2 had one Stray there. Prepatch i got 2 Strays at every Lot there.

[jrd]

I still get stray walkbys, but no longer stray visitors (destroying furniture).