More Awesome Than You!

Well, once again it's that time when we all run around kermitflailing about all the mods by vanished creators that have been broken by the new EP.

I'll start the ball rolling by listing those abandonated mods in my downloads (see attachment) that hackdiff indicates may need an update.  Please note that these all appeared to work properly with Free Time, and as far as I know they are the most recent versions that have been released.

***ETA:  I knew I forgot something when I made this post.  If you check your own downloaded mods using hackdiff, as of the last concrete information I was able to pry out of Pescado, it's usually safe to ignore certain items that turn up as needing updates if ALL of the following are true:

1.  The only errors returned are of the "name unsupported" type; AND
2.  None of the instances listed are 0x12F, 0x130, or 0x12D; AND
3.  The mod appears to work correctly in the game and not break anything else.

This may be subject to revision, since I received this information a couple of EP's back.  But since all I can currently get Pescado to say on the subject is "It's like a sandwich, Ambular," caveat emptor.***

If you have more to add to the list that are either possibly or definitely broken as of AL, please comment below and I'll update as needed.
If you know of an update or an alternative to a borked abandoned mod, please mention that too and provide a link.
If you are a modder and are willing to check out/update/replace a mod on the list, thank you in advance and please let us know!
If a modder on the list is still alive and well and updating their stuff, comment and I will edit this post accordingly.
If you have a broken mod and don't know who made it, go ahead and post with the filename (attach if possible) and I'll put it here.  Perhaps someone will know the creator and their status.

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Bimbelina (Mmholt)

BV-BuildBuyEnabler.package


[Black_Spirit]

LBF_Biteneck.package


Crammyboy

CBOY_LessAutonomousFighting.package


Jase

fewer_bee_swarms.package
InTeeenimator and Woohoo Teens - WILL NOT be updated due to hard drive crash.  Alternative Teen Woohoo: TJ's ACR (http://www.simbology.com/smf/index.php/topic,19.0.html)   
teen_sibling_noogie_fix.package


Jaxad

jaxad_DoorGlobalsHack
jaxad0127_ResiBusi.package


Jordi

lotfullofsims.package Alternative: by ancienthighway here (http://www.ancienthighway.net/cs/viewtopic.php?f=12&t=45), currently in beta.


Marhis - Resurrected and promises to update

marhis-marriage-lastnamedialog_updatedforBV
marhis_pizzabox_notondesk.package
tipjarpickupmod


Monique

MQ_Animal_Incest_Mod
MQ_Auto_Order_Fridge
MQ_Bookcase_Global
MQ_Create_Baby_With_X.package - may or may not require updates
MQ_Find_Own_Place_Mod
MQ_Fridge_ViewMenu_Check_Food_Global_v3.0
MQ_No_Autonomous_Play_Music_Max_Creativity
MQ_No_Autonomous_Play_Swings_Fun_50
MQ_Serve_Count_Hack.package - Updated by Firefly here (http://www.moreawesomethanyou.com/smf/index.php/topic,11796.msg375275.html#msg375275)
MQ_Serve_Count_Hack_Hunger
MQ_Stop_N_Go_Work_School  - Updated without the school function by Firefly here (http://www.moreawesomethanyou.com/smf/index.php/topic,13295.0.html)
MQ_Teleport.package - Updated by Firefly here (http://www.moreawesomethanyou.com/smf/index.php/topic,11796.0.html)
MQ_Visitors_Stays_Longer
MQ_View_Pet_Hygiene_By_Percentage
MQ_Work_Bring_Friend


Shaklin

shaklin_vampkiss_more_interactions


Squinge is back at InSIM (http://www.insimenator.net/forumdisplay.php?f=655) and is officially taken off the Abandonated list!  For now.

EncourageAnyone.package   
greetvisitorswhentheyknock.package Alternative: By Inge here (http://www.simlogical.com/sl/Sims2Pages/Sims2_Doors.htm) (will be updated)
IncreasedBills
MakeOutFun
OFBHireYA Alternative: Pescado's nolamehires
OFB_NoBadSales
PregandServoChangeAppearance
PregnantSimsWearAnyClothing  Alternative: by Dizzy here (http://www.nectere.net/smf/index.php?PHPSESSID=4e5659d35589f1f2860e2144ab328a3e&topic=1140.0)
ShooInteractionEnabled.package   
woohoonaked.package


XPTL297 - No longer modding, but hacks have been updated by another modder using the same name?  XD

BirdsNeverDie.package - updated at InSIM
FTMoveAwayFromBusDoor.package - updated at InSIM
SelectableBabies.package - abandoned by XPTL; may get updated by Squinge
WomratsNeverDie.package - updated at InSIM


Unknown

AlwaysInsult.package   
Nukem Wall Speaker Fix.package  - by Menaceman44, needed only for UK installations, appears to work
ObjectsPetstoFT.package - non-viable mod, remove even if you don't have AL!
Object Min Cost Want Hack - by TwoJeffs, updated
PartyNoCops
pokeshoveback

Er...I suppose if I use any of these hacks (specifically LotFullOfSims) my game will be a BFBVFS?  :-\

Also, I learned Squinge's PregnancyWearAnyOutfit borks the new closets (thanks to some other posters).

This is not a certainty; some mods function all right even when they throw up a hackdiff error,  but it's not wise to consider it "safe" even if it appears to work, until an experienced modder has had a look at the code.

I've got lotFullOfSims in my testing game atm and it doesn't seem to do anything terrible (no errors or hiccups). I haven't tried getting more Sims in the household yet - there's only six in my testing family.

I believe BV build/buy enabler was by Carrigon @ The Sims 2 Workshop. *shrugs*

Nukem Wall Speaker Fix.package - by Menaceman44 @ MTS2, you could ask him about it though.
ObjectsPetstoFT.package - by Me ... you DO NOT WANT, take it out even if you don't have AL! Lord Darcy said there were certain problems with the Community to Residential items I had made available in the residential catalog. However if somebody wants to make a more awesome version, go right ahead. I failed and deleted the downloads off the face of the earth! (it was because I had changed the guid's on the OBJD's and such. Unfortunately, that was a stupid mistake by me. I'm betting there is a simpler way of not borking the game, correct? Macro me please. I'm still a 12 until Thursday.

edit: I hate my shift key.

Thanks for the info, fway!

Oh, goody. That's one of those mods that I have, rarely actually use, but would really truly miss. Another is Squinge's PregandServoChangeAppearance. I see that the slightly different version is not ok. This happened last time and I kept using Squinge's hack with no problems. Dizzy's throws errors for me, as it's conflicting silently (as in it doesn't show a conflict in HCDU) with something else.

Unsuprisingly Squinge's IncreasedBills needs updating.
Also his OFB_NoBadSales hack.

Simmodder at MTS2 has a higher bills hack here http://www.modthesims2.com/showthread.php?t=284809&c=1 But I don't think its been tested for AL

Well the Gunmod camera hack won't allow zoom-out in hood view with AL.
The loss of the other hacks i can temporarily cope with, but not this one.

What? Gunmod camera? That's working perfectly for me. Mind, I don't have FT, if that means anything to you.

Shaklin's shaklin_vampkiss_more_interactions shows as needing possible updates. This makes me very sad. Definitely going to be testing it out... I really, really, really hope it's a false alarm.

Also, Squinge's OFBHireYA, but I think nolamehires allows hiring YA's, yes?

I've got something for greeting visitors when they knock.  I haven't updated it for AL yet, but I intend to. http://www.simlogical.com/sl/Sims2Pages/Sims2_Doors.htm

Hmm, well i transfered my FT camera files over to overwrite the AL ones but if you say its working then it must be.
I have uninstalled now though and I loathe to go through all that "creating pets....creating weather" malarkey again

I think my only 'abandonated' mod left in my game is crammyboy's 'no computer madness'...and so far, it's still working - but then I have only played for a couple hours with AL installed and not on my custom neighborhood...not gonna lose another one.

Based off the hack diff:

• Age Duration Hack.package = probably deals with elders
• AlwaysInsult.package = insult back when insulted
• bath-shower-for-visitors-ft = not sure if this is from here
• Caged Pet Fixes
• Carrigon_TeleportHackFT
• CtfG_EP5_RakeFaster.package = rake faster
• Homework Sometimes
• jaxad_DoorGlobalsHack = I think this goes with christian luvs all-on-one npc (B 0x7FD0DEBA 0x2046 Sub - Locked - NPC Allow?)
• LdDarcy_MaxisMoreDecoSlot_Dresser-SlotOverlap = for more slots on dresses and stuff
• Low Food Warning
• MakeOutFun = this might be squige's???
• marhis-marriage-lastnamedialog_updatedforBV
• marhis_pizzabox_notondesk
• No Pet Code Spam
• Object Min Cost Want Hack = i think is for buy $$$ wants
• OFB_NoBadSales
• PartyNoCops
• Perfect Plants
• pokeshoveback
• School bus - bring friend dialog
• Social Sanity Fixes
• ]Students Move Away From the Portal
• Toddler Potty Fixes
• Welcome Wagon Dialog
• work-deliver3-40-20 = i believe this one will have the sim bring home pizza/food after work
• zTwojeffs_Preg For All Genders
• Christianlov_Controller_AllInOne = this was broken in BV, but still "works", just can't have room service in a hotel, no biggie

I'm rather upset that OFB_NoBadSales is broken.

   If i'm not mistakened, that's from Dizzy, and it's already been updated.

   LordDarcy from THIS site and it's already been updated. 
Those were the only two (other than a gazillion from TJ's (who had already posted at HIS site that they will need updated) that caught my eye.

already been updated for AL - at the sims2workshop where her stuff is.



edit -



Jase will probably check these at some point, either before or after he updates InTeen.

Sorry, thought a lot of those were squiges.  That cuts the list down nicely.

For what its worth theres a list of non-abandonated hacks here
http://www.insimenator.net/showthread.php?t=91108

Subfoldering your hacks if you have some from different sites is critical. Otherwise, you're spinning your wheels every time a new EP comes out. Late to the party, I know.

Well pulling them out/ putting them back in is no problem.  I've got a program that keeps track of what I install.

sub-thought: was there ever an updated version of visitors stay longer?  BV broke it, and I kinda miss it.

   I think those are Inge's (tho i'll wait on someone more awesome than me to speak up), and she says she's working on her stuff.
          Vironin had taken over for CtfG (which had been reported at all of the threads at MTS2), and all of those mods had been updated for BV/FT, so it's not abandoned.
            Also a Dizzy hack, updated.

I don't think they're Inge's.  She names all her hacks starting with the preface "ij".  If they were Inge's they'd be ijAlwaysInsult and ijpokeshoveback.

Duh moment... I forgot I saved the url for each of them...
Unfornately alwaysinsult and pokeshoveback, which was at insim, is gone.  I believe the topic title (which I normally use as the watched package title) was "Always insult when insults" and "Sims always defend yourself"  Did Inge put his/her stuff on insim?

Anyways, neither of them are really important for me.  Althought they're good at making enemies.  :)

I hope lotfullofsims is updated soon. I needs it! won't someone please think of the clowncar?!!!? :D

No it was never updated. Monique's still MIA. I miis that one too.  :'(

I take back my comment about PregandServoChangeAppearance causing no issues. It's blocking cloth-changing options on closets just like the other non-Servo edition.

I am gonna cry...I swear.

Marhis - tipjarpickupmod

is borked with AL.

Just tried it twice...no worky, makes stuck sims. Can we add it to the list and if anyone wishes to take pity on me and fix it or make it better or whatever, I shall worship you forever (or at least until I quit playing this game).

Squinge is sort of back -->  http://www.insimenator.net/showthread.php?t=91412

Oh goody. Maybe he'll redo the preggo hack. I tried Dizzy's again. I'm not getting errors, but pregnant women have no option to change into regular clothing. Kind of defeats the purpose, you know?

Hmmm, I always had a problem with that hack not allowing me to change a pregnant sim into Everyday clothing using a dresser or armoir. I always had to make her take a shower (or change clothes automagically after making the bed with a 'change automatically after making the bed' hack installed). This is not new problem with AL, AFIAK. That, or I had some sort of hack conflict I wasn't aware of.

My more recent stuff all begins ij but I hadn't started doing that to begin with.  However, no those aren't mine anyway :)

If it's a hack conflict, it's a silent one. I'm back to my normal game as I couldn't take it anymore with all cleared hacks plus about eight six* unsupported ones I'm taking the gamble on. I ran HCDU and nothing is popping up.

In FT, Dizzy's version threw errors for me on sim mouse-over. This is better.


*SEDD_BuyMailbox/Trashcan are bad with AL. The mailbox completely overrides the new apartment one.

Duh. Attention whoring.

The following Monique mods from MTS may require an update.

MQ_Browse_N_Buy_Faster100.package: may require possible updates:
    B 0x7F4A60B2 0x1006 Interaction - Browse (No update needed and other versions of this mod should work also.)
MQ_No_Autonomous_Play_Swings_Fun_50.package: may require possible updates:
    B 0x7FF7529C 0x1004 Interaction - Swing
MQ_Serve_Count_Hack.package: may require possible updates:
    B 0x7F8834C8 0x202B Get in Temp 0 - Serve Count

The following Monique mod found here in MATY in peasantry updated for FT will probably require an update based on every expansion pack an update was required.

MQ_Teleport.package: may require possible updates: (Update required for witch functions)
    P 0x7F1F956A 0x0080 name unsupported
    p 0x7F1F956A 0x0080 name unsupported

I do not have AL yet to test these four mods, most interested in feedback on MQ_Teleport.  I am considering updating it for AL.

Update:
MQ_Teleport is updated for Apartment Life and available in Peasantry.
MQ_Serve_Count is updated for Apartment Life and available in Peasantry.

Well it looks like I'm running 15 assorted Monique hacks - all are to stop annoying autonomous behaviors - including the Swing thing.
Even WITH that swing hack in game I haven't put a swing on a lot (residential or commerical) in at least 3 expansion packs...I so detest that thing.

So far, none of what I'm running from Monique has caused a problem...but again, I've got no swings in game...

I don't really understand hackdiff, so I can't tell you exactly what the problem is, and I haven't put them back in the game, but I miss some of Smonaff's potions (from MTS2.) I used to use them with Syberspunk's risky woohoo mod.  I had to start taking them out with FT, because of errors, and tried various alternatives, such as ACR, but I wasn't entirely satisfied with those. I'm using Pescado's Director's Cut, so some of these couldn't go back anyway, but I do know they're abandonated, and borked for AL. 

Breaking news!  Squinge is back at InSIM (http://www.insimenator.net/showthread.php?t=91412) and has mod status and his own section again.  Whether he will be updating his old hacks remains to be seen.  Stay tuned!

From dizzy readme:
Maybe that's the reason? I can't test right now.

Well, all I can say about that is, if he does update, get 'em while they're hot.  :p

People whine about Pescado's method for documenting things. I find Dizzy's more so. To get one hack, I have to download all of them, and the descriptions are near impossible to find.

Absolutely agree.  I can't use any of Dizzy's stuff for that reason.  Never have been able to.

Seconded. I've really missed having this one.

Ok, I went to Simbology to get some updated mods, and to check out TJ's dead mods (don't ask why). Now, he too has a Neukem wall speaker fix. I believe his fixes the wall speaker itself, while Menaceman's simply fixes the description; however, the speaker functions correctly with the right music playing. So, it is the speaker fix by Menaceman44.

I felt like I needed to confirm that.

He has several hacks I like, but the thing I hate about them is the fact that he gives each version a new file name, so I can't just dump in the hacks and overwrite everything in my Dizzy folder.   >:(

I do that too.  If a file has different contents, it should have a different name to indicate what version it is - IMHO.  Also, part of upgrading any software that doesn't come with an auto-installer is to clear out obsolete files.  For example, with something like my prison suite, one of the old files might contain overrides to a semiglobal group which in the interests of compatibility I might have decided to abandon in the next release and do a different way.  That file would not be present in my updated prison set.  If you simply used overwriting of files to update, you would retain the obsolete package and continue to have errors in your game.

So it's better to make the updating a more deliberate process of deleting the old and installing the new from scratch.

When I release models and game vp files, I usually end the filename with the date.... aka "Mymodel-09-02-08.vp"

Ok, hello people.
I've just come from testing my Neukem Reggae Wall Speaker catalogue text correction and it still functions with AL installed. It does in my game anyway and I've not had any reports to say otherwise at MTS2.

That's fine for a new expansion; everyone should be emptying out their hacks to start with anyhow.  But when you have fourteen versions of your personal director's cut for Bon Voyage alone and there's no way to update one hack without downloading them all, it gets a bit tiresome.

Ok well I don't issue directors' cuts anyway, everything has to be downloaded individually so that discretion can (should) be applied by the user.  Doesn't Squinge keep all his seperate too?

That he does. He's updated PregWearAllblahblah, which was the #1 hack I was still waiting on. Just have one more of TJ's I need, and I'm waiting for your all-clear on the school system hacks.

The school system all said "clean" and it's standalone (and therefore safe) anyway, apart from two considerations.

1. The optional patches  - eg for stuff like not complaining about people smelling bad on prison lots, or not reading in bed after lights out.  They're probably well out of date now.
2.  The institution sign that stops carpool and school bus.  Make sure you have the very latest version of that (its on its own page now with a link from the institution page.  Follow the instructions for choosing your "plugin" patches to work with it, and if you want either of the two that don't have the A icon on them, the Apartment version of those is in my testing forum.

Great! I'm not using the school hacks just yet, because for the most part my sims are still lower-middle class and this 'hood has a public school system, but Isabella got a windfall of $75k that she'll be passing on to her kids, all of whom but one rolled great careers. They'll be rolling in it soon enough. Plus, I have one teen who isn't going to college and I always use the school changer to set them to flexi-school for the last three days.

If it's the one posted here, I did the build/buy enabler.  Unfortunately, I'm not a modder and don't remember what to do to change the hack.  If anyone feels like taking it on, go for it.

Ah yes. I was just preparing to make the switch to AL, had fixed all of my Hack folders and was left with this unruly 'Unsupported' folder. Thank goodness for this thread-- I would have borkinated MOST of my lots because there is rarely a lot where I don't have more than eight sims. Because, you know, this was how I was running an 'apartment' before it was vogue to do so. :P

You don't need LotFullOfSims to play lots with over 8 sims living on them. You only need it for breeding more then 8.

About lotfullofsims, there's a recently released beta for AL here: http://www.ancienthighway.net/cs/viewtopic.php?f=12&t=45

Pwned on both accounts! It's so great to be stupid.

YAY! I was hoping AH would get this done soon! ;D

Is there any chance someone could take a look at this one:

http://www.modthesims2.com/showthread.php?t=225894&c=1

Hackdiff says it may need updates and I miss it  :-\

Already on the list, hopefully someone will check it out.

From my folders for the authors of the "Unknown":

BV-BuildBuyEnabler.package: by bimbelina at MATY (But can't find the thread in peasantry)
FTMoveAwayFromBusDoor.package: by xptl297
MakeOutFun (Squinge?): yes

Thanks for the corrections!

Does Morague's Increasedbills, http://www.moreawesomethanyou.com/smf/index.php/topic,8312.0.html (http://www.moreawesomethanyou.com/smf/index.php/topic,8312.0.html)
need updating for AL?

Does anyone have an updated alien pregnancy for females mod?
The two unsupported ones I know of are here

Smonaff's
Alien Pregnancy For Teens Male and Female
http://www.modthesims2.com/showthread.php?t=184470

or

almecho's
Female/Male Abduction Pregnancy v1.11 (Adults & Teens) - Updated 10/15/5
http://www.modthesims2.com/showthread.php?t=54848

*I know it was reported that almecho's worked with FT.

Smonaff's works fine for me

  Worked 3 times for me, actually

 Thank you Sluggo. I went ahead and put it in my game. I have Monique's child support mod (AL) and a Multi PT mod and everything seems to be working fine for me too.

All expansions plus FF and GL.

Eddie (xptl297) is no longer available. All his mods have been updated by another member and are available at Insim. Pets mods are working under AL. Selectable babies has been provoking crashes since FT and was abandoned. SatisfyPlayInBedAnyway is also not fit for AL. Eddie has no intention to update some of his works. Everything that is possible to update is done by DP (also under XPTL name. XPTL297 computer suffered a direct attack that caused the main computer to die hopeless. For this reason, there will be no more "registrations", mainly on sites that requires cookies to allow downloads. All uploads are and will be exclusively at www.insimenator.net

Resistance is futile!  You will be assimilated!

Main post updated to reflect recent developments.

This is officially my favourite new term of the week.  :D

What I like about it is it requires absolutely no explanation.  XD

FYI, for those that were complaining about Dizzy's two hacks for preggers wear anything. In the new update, he combined them into one auto-change-and-pregnant-normal. Be sure to delete the two outdated versions.

This just in: Marhis has resurrected and promises to update her mods.

Here is an update to Monique's Mods for Apartment Life. I have tested 80 out of 87 of her mods and listed below are my findings.


Monique Mods Updated for Apartment Life
MQ_Stop_N_Go_ Work  (available without the school function for Apartment Life) http://www.moreawesomethanyou.com/smf/index.php/topic,13295.0.html

Monique Mods No Update required for Apartment Life
MQ_Browse_N_Buy_Faster100.package (all versions of this mod is working and no update needed)

Monique Mods Needing Updating for Apartment Life
MQ_Animal_Incest_Mod
MQ_Auto_Order_Fridge
MQ_Bookcase_Global
MQ_Find_Own_Place_Mod
MQ_Fridge_ViewMenu_Check_Food_Global_v3.0
MQ_No_Autonomous_Play_Music_Max_Creativity
MQ_No_Autonomous_Play_Swings_Fun_50 
MQ_Serve_Count_Hack_Hunger
MQ_Visitors_Stays_Longer
MQ_View_Pet_Hygiene_By_Percentage
MQ_Work_Bring_Friend

I only want  you to know that the Create baby with X crib form Monique is working fine for me with AL installed, think is no need for updates.

Marhis has updated the last name chooser dialogue hack for AL found here: http://www.modthesims2.com/showthread.php?t=223528 (http://www.modthesims2.com/showthread.php?t=223528)

Thanks, I will retest and use the old base game cribs instead of the new cribs and see what happens.

I had been using the Sims2living teen woohoo and it was causing my Sims to lose the gestures option in thier interactions.. I went to the sims2living site to update and saw that it is now for donation only :'(

is the one at PMBD current for AL ?? I looked at it and thought it was still the older version

I knew that.. I just was unsure if it was updated to Apartment Life  on the PSMBD yet..

InTeenimator.

http://www.simbology.com/smf/index.php/topic,1014.msg42495.html#msg42495

Computer crapped on him.

And to add to the list: Christianlov announced on his blog, that he wont update his mods for AL.
Link: http://blog.daum.net/christianlov (http://blog.daum.net/christianlov)
All In One NPC works with AL, in normal residences like before, in apartments you need to switch off "pay bills" and also keep the doors to the apartments open if you have AIO on the lot, as they sooo want to clean all the apartments, hehe. If you have different NPC:s in different apartments, neigbbors maids tend to come over and help when you play the other family. CL Nanny works fine in apartments as far as I have seen.

Good god!  He has only just this minute returned, to a huge fanfair!  What was that all about?

Not that I read Korean that well (or at all, lol), but I guess he is focusing on his uni studies - super highly competitive as they tend to be in countries like South Korea and Japan. But thats just a guess.
He did update the mods last summer, for expansions up to FT.

The Korean version of  his announcement post (http://blog.daum.net/christianlov/8605603) does not specifically mention anything about uni studies, he just vaguely said that he's busy with RL stuff. If he is a college student, your guess is probably right.

Now Christianlov DID update the All-In-One for AL, which I know interests a lot of people, so I defy the scary necromancy warning, and post the link here anyway:
http://linna.modthesims2.com/download.php?t=286864 (http://linna.modthesims2.com/download.php?t=286864)