Life Stories Welcome Package?

[spookymuffin]

Well I stuck all of the extracted objects in my game last night and they havn't caused any crashes.
Mayhap, you need pets installed for some crazy reason

[J. M. Pescado]

You know what I discovered from playing Life Stories, though? The one hack I absolutely, positively, cannot tolerate the game for longer than 23 seconds without...is Manual Navigation. 23 seconds and two dropped queues in, and I had to install that. Because let's face it, even frikken Starcrap let you tell a unit to MOVE THERE and then DO THAT. Without it, you may as well not have a command queue. Giving units only a single order at a time is simply obsolete.

[KatEnigma]

You know what I discovered from playing Life Stories, though? The one hack I absolutely, positively, cannot tolerate the game for longer than 23 seconds without...is Manual Navigation. 23 seconds and two dropped queues in, and I had to install that. Because let's face it, even frikken Starcrap let you tell a unit to MOVE THERE and then DO THAT. Without it, you may as well not have a command queue. Giving units only a single order at a time is simply obsolete.

I don't use that hack and I very rarely have dropped actions. I just have to build my own houses, because 1 staircase and narrow walkways won't cut it.

[J. M. Pescado]

No, the actions ALWAYS drop. The moment you try to queue anything after it, your sim stops moving and stares stupidly instead of going there first.

[jrd]

Yup. That hack and no what's this immediately went in.

[J. M. Pescado]

Yup. That hack and no what's this immediately went in.

I actually never practically never encounter "what's this", perhaps because I rule with an iron fist, but apparently it's very annoying, undoubtedly because it grants no benefit to the sim doing it. And because it's stupid, and I generally disapprove of sims attempting to speak to me as if they were actual people. Because I hate actual people and become murderous when they do.

[SaraMK]

Manual Nav is the first hack I stuck in when I started testing hacks, too.

Hey SaraMK, any chance that you'll post the LS families and houses once you get the wallpaper/floor issue resolved?

I'm actually in the process of uploading the houses to my simpage. But I will not fix the wall/floor problem, it's just way too much work since the walls/floors don't actually exist in Sims 2 and would need to be converted (although apparently someone is working on that). I just put some random walls and floors in all the houses.

Uploading families isn't safe (installing occupied houses will blow up the game, you know), but I might upload clones of some of the sims, since I've seen a couple of people ask for them. Don't know why anyone would want them, really, since they're just the usual ugly Maxis-made sims.

[SaraMK]

Update: GunMod's Lighting works in Life Stories. Use the one for base game. Do not use the one for NL (the horror! the horror!). It doesn't look quite the same though. Here's a sunset pic:

[maxon]

What I want to know is, is Gunmod's lighting mod going to work with Seasons?

[Elven Ranger]

thats what im wondering to maxon

[Eggs]

There's probably going to be messy bits where he hasn't added the right code, but it should.

[OpiumGirl]

Can anyone who has this tell me....
Is there any way to do a facelift on the sims in story mode?  It looks interesting, but....yuck...default sims scare me very, very much

[RainbowTigress]

Uploading families isn't safe (installing occupied houses will blow up the game, you know), but I might upload clones of some of the sims, since I've seen a couple of people ask for them. Don't know why anyone would want them, really, since they're just the usual ugly Maxis-made sims.

I don't think the Maxis-made sims are that ugly.  It's the Maxis townies that are so ugly, e.g., Goopy and Aaaabhijeet.

[SaraMK]

Can anyone who has this tell me....
Is there any way to do a facelift on the sims in story mode?  It looks interesting, but....yuck...default sims scare me very, very much

Sadly the code does not appear to be there. InSIM does not allow face lifts and there is no in-game way to do it (the Uni surgery machine is not included). So, I guess not. But you could use SimPE Surgery as usual. I've tried it and it works.

I don't think the Maxis-made sims are that ugly.  It's the Maxis townies that are so ugly, e.g., Goopy and Aaaabhijeet.

Well, I could clone and upload the sims. But I won't upload occupied houses that will mess up people's games. 

[RainbowTigress]

Well, I could clone and upload the sims. But I won't upload occupied houses that will mess up people's games. 

That makes sense. 

[OpiumGirl]

Okay, thanks SaraMK...
I was thinking maybe Shaklin's dresser would work....but I bet there would be some important features missing and it might only partially work....
If Simpe can handle editing the game, then I guess I won't be stuck with the fuglys.

[SaraMK]

I was thinking maybe Shaklin's dresser would work....but I bet there would be some important features missing and it might only partially work....

If it allows facelifts then it is probably based on Uni code, in which case it won't work just like InSIM does not work.

[Brenda]

I went and got the game and paid the 40.00 .. its okay but just sims 2 with new people... it basically teaches you how to play sims in my opinion.. the graphics seem better and I do have to say it loads up alot faster..  so far I have worked the Riley story to its completion and all it does is drop out of the story line and you can continue to play it like it was an astablished neighborhood ... theres enough object to chose from but I miss having the buyable Career objects and I use the university clock all the time and im not sure if this game would take those two functions or not... is it worth the 40.oo ,, yeah i guess so but its really just sims 2 with a catchy new name. but its still sims and lets face it we are all sims crazy.. so we will buy it and its spin offs lolol and hope the hackers that make us the objects to help it be more fun make things for this one too... two to work on ..... something to change the life time wants and buyable career objects.  lololol 

The things I dont like about the game is .. it dont fill up a screen ;  and you have to use your key board to move back and forth and side to side and find myself pushing keys I shouldnt.  so it makes you pause just to move around the screen .. so little clue dont make your house too big in this one or your lost lololol....


I tried to register the game but it wouldn't take it so I didnt get the welcome package yet..but I will keep trying...

Have fun fellow simmers ..

Brenda

[Sleepycat]

heh, I may love TS2 & its EPs & SPs but I won't buy Life Stories. It seems stupid to me to buy what is basicly sims 2 lite when I already have the real game 

[Simsbaby]

* simsbaby already removed it from his computer.

Meh, since I can already have the objects in TS2 and I completed the stories, there is nothing that interests me in this game now. It also was annoying how the sims would seemingly at random loose their fingers or lighting would stop pouring in from the windows. The Intel 945GM in my laptop might be a major cause, but TS2 doesn't even do that with the crapload of custom content I have. 

[SaraMK]

hope the hackers that make us the objects to help it be more fun make things for this one too... two to work on ..... something to change the life time wants and buyable career objects.

Those hacks would most likely work in the game. Put them in and try. In any case, InSIM works, so you can change LTWs with that. What do you need the college clock for when THERE IS NO COLLEGE?

The things I dont like about the game is .. it dont fill up a screen

You can turn off windowed mode. It's under Options.

[Giggy]

I was thinking maybe Shaklin's dresser would work....but I bet there would be some important features missing and it might only partially work....

If it allows facelifts then it is probably based on Uni code, in which case it won't work just like InSIM does not work.

it won't work as the code isn't there so no facelift which means maxis/EA left out yet another feature

Edit: I hate EA for leaving the face lift feature out

[KatEnigma]

us the objects to help it be more fun make things for this one too... two to work on ..... something to change the life time wants and buyable career objects.  lololol 

The things I dont like about the game is .. it dont fill up a screen ;  and you have to use your key board to move back and forth and side to side and find myself pushing keys I shouldnt.  so it makes you pause just to move around the screen .. so little clue dont make your house too big in this one or your lost lololol....

Neither of these are true. You can go in and have it not play in windows mode (it's under game options) and within windows mode, to move the camera, you can hold right mouse button and  drag yourself around the screen by moving the mouse. To go back and forth, you scroll in and out. No keyboard required.

[PandaGirl]

I went and got the game and paid the 40.00 .. its okay but just sims 2 with new people... it basically teaches you how to play sims in my opinion.. the graphics seem better and I do have to say it loads up alot faster..  so far I have worked the Riley story to its completion and all it does is drop out of the story line and you can continue to play it like it was an astablished neighborhood ... theres enough object to chose from but I miss having the buyable Career objects and I use the university clock all the time and im not sure if this game would take those two functions or not... is it worth the 40.oo ,, yeah i guess so but its really just sims 2 with a catchy new name. but its still sims and lets face it we are all sims crazy.. so we will buy it and its spin offs lolol and hope the hackers that make us the objects to help it be more fun make things for this one too... two to work on ..... something to change the life time wants and buyable career objects.  lololol 

The things I dont like about the game is .. it dont fill up a screen ;  and you have to use your key board to move back and forth and side to side and find myself pushing keys I shouldnt.  so it makes you pause just to move around the screen .. so little clue dont make your house too big in this one or your lost lololol....


I tried to register the game but it wouldn't take it so I didnt get the welcome package yet..but I will keep trying...

Have fun fellow simmers ..

Brenda

I think the people here are less fangirl/boy when it comes to the sims stuff. I'm not planning on buying this, I might at some point torrent it but that would be it.
I don't see the point in buying something I already have, just because it's got "new features".

[Ness]

That, and the fact that it's $90 here in Aus...  I believe I will be passing on this one!