More Awesome Than You!

This mod fixes broken pie menus plagued with redundant functions, grammar mistakes and missing translations, especially in non-English languages.
Redundant pie menus are caused by carelessness on translators' part, like spelling errors, nonidentical translations or use of the ellipsis character instead of three dots. Cluttered pie menus are often frustrating, as you have to go through extra levels whenever you want to select other items, like meals or radio channels. So far German looks like the worst offender, redundant pie menus everywhere. Especially foods like Chef Salad, text strings for lunch and dinner all mixed up since base game.

Although this mod fixes mostly non-English languages, it also contains Art Nouveau Bookcase fix (http://www.moreawesomethanyou.com/smf/index.php/topic,12439.0.html), which affects all languages including English.
If you want other languages fixed, let me know the affected objects and your language. I'll include them in the next version.

Note: To fix cluttered Sim menu (like new AL kiss or Vamprocillin-D on Gypsy), I had to make overrides for PersonGlobals text strings. Chances are that it may conflict with other hacks (notably InTeen) which also alter these resources.


Pick only one version, depending on your latest EP.

• LdDarcy_PieMenuTextStringsFix.package: If your latest EP is FT, AL or M&G
• LdDarcy_PieMenuTextStringsFix_BV.package: If your latest EP is BV or earlier (attached in this post (http://www.moreawesomethanyou.com/smf/index.php/topic,13399.msg381833.html#msg381833) due to size limit)

Below is the list of fixes which were rolled into this mod. Remove them all to avoid conflict.

• "Read to Youngsters" Fix for Novellas Nouveau Bookcase in FreeTime (http://www.moreawesomethanyou.com/smf/index.php/topic,12439.0.html)  (LdDarcy_BookcaseArtNouveauFix_FT.package)
• Pie Menu Fix for Maxis Cheap Telescope in all non-English languages (http://www.moreawesomethanyou.com/smf/index.php/topic,12792.0.html)  (LdDarcy_PieMenuFix_TelescopeCheap_FT.package)
• Fridge Menu Fix for GER (http://www.modthesims2.com/showthread.php?t=300054) by K-C

List of objects fixed by this mod:

• Astrowonder Telescope (Telescope - Cheap)  [All languages except English]
• Cast Iron Cauldron  [German, Danish, Swedish, Traditional Chinese, Korean, Czech & Hungarian] (http://www.moreawesomethanyou.com/smf/Themes/babylon/images/english/new.gif)
• Novellas Nouveau Bookcase (Bookcase - Art Nouveau)  [All]
• Food - Snacks (All)  [German, Spanish, Danish, Swedish, Norwegian, Portuguese, Japanese, Traditional Chinese & Korean]
• Food - Meals (Chef Salad, Chili Con Carne, Cup O' Ramen, Grandma's Comfort Soup, Grilled Cheese Sandwiches, Holiday Roast & Fish Dishes)  [All]
• Food - Desserts (Baked Alaska, Berry Pie, Cheesecake, Crepes Suzette & Santa Cookies)  [French, German, Italian, Danish, Norwegian, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Korean, Czech, Hungarian & Brazilian Portuguese]
• ShoppingRackGlobals  [All languages except US English]
• FoodStandGlobals  [German, Dutch, Swedish, Thai, Korean & Czech]
• Radio Stations  [French, German, Finnish, Korean, Czech, Hungarian & Brazilian Portuguese]
• Learned Behavior - Command - Use Toilet  [Polish]
• Learned Behavior - Non-Command - Pee in Toilet  [Polish]
• PersonGlobals  [All] (http://www.moreawesomethanyou.com/smf/Themes/babylon/images/english/new.gif)
• FT Craftables  [UK English, French, German, Spanish, Dutch, Danish, Swedish, Norwegian, Portuguese, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Korean & Brazilian Portuguese]
• Newspaper  [German & Brazilian Portuguese]
• Phone Call - Landlord - Request Repair  [German]
• BookcaseGlobals  [French, German, Dutch, Swedish, Norwegian, Portuguese, Japanese, Polish, Traditional Chinese, Korean, Czech & Brazilian Portuguese] (http://www.moreawesomethanyou.com/smf/Themes/babylon/images/english/new.gif)
• Changing Tables  [French, German, Dutch, Danish, Norwegian, Finnish, Russian, Polish, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Korean & Czech]
• Pleasant Earth Dirt (Garden - Plot)  [Danish & Korean]
• DJ Booths  [All languages except US English]
• The Rock Hammer (Career - Guitar)  [All languages except US English]
• Poised Podium by Performance Arts (Sculpture - Human Statue)  [French]
• Ug-No-More Makeover Station (Chair - Salon)  [German]
• Grandiose Grimoire (Witch - Spellbook)  [Danish]
• PhoneGlobals  [German & Korean]
• BookGlobals  [German, Swedish, Norwegian, Korean, Czech & Hungarian]
• Don't Wake the Llama (Family Board Game)  [UK English, French, German & Korean]
• PetGlobals  [Polish & Korean]
• BedGlobals  [French]
• Phone Call - Party - Apartment Party  [Spanish, Traditional Chinese & Czech]
• ComputerGlobals  [Thai & Brazilian Portuguese]
• OFB Craftables  [All languages except Finnish]
• Phone Call - Magazines - Subscribe  [Spanish]
• Rack - Perfume - Counter  [German & Korean]
• Phone Call - Ownable Lots  [Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese & Brazilian Portuguese]
• Social - Talk - Tell About Hobby  [Brazilian Portuguese]
• Controller - Hobby Instruct  [Korean, Czech & Brazilian Portuguese]
• Computer - Cheap  [Simplified Chinese & Brazilian Portuguese]
• Computer - Expensive  [Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Korean & Brazilian Portuguese]
• Television - Channel - Movie - Drama - Bubble Bath  [Brazilian Portuguese]
• Television - Channel - Movie - Drama - Pool Table  [Brazilian Portuguese]
• OrchardTreeGlobals  [Polish]
• Violin  [traditional Chinese] (http://www.moreawesomethanyou.com/smf/Themes/babylon/images/english/new.gif)
• Food_Globals  [traditional Chinese] (http://www.moreawesomethanyou.com/smf/Themes/babylon/images/english/new.gif)
• Potion - Turn Off/On  [traditional Chinese] (http://www.moreawesomethanyou.com/smf/Themes/babylon/images/english/new.gif)
• Potion - Vampire Cure  [traditional Chinese] (http://www.moreawesomethanyou.com/smf/Themes/babylon/images/english/new.gif)
• Potion - Witch Cure  [English, Traditional Chinese & Korean] (http://www.moreawesomethanyou.com/smf/Themes/babylon/images/english/new.gif)
• Potion - Bottle O Nastiness  [traditional Chinese] (http://www.moreawesomethanyou.com/smf/Themes/babylon/images/english/new.gif)
• Potion - Bottle O Win  [traditional Chinese] (http://www.moreawesomethanyou.com/smf/Themes/babylon/images/english/new.gif)

Installation:

 Place in your My Documents\EA Games\The Sims 2\Downloads folder.
 (Or in a subfolder of Downloads folder.)


Changelog:

v1.0: Initial release.
v1.01: Tons of updates. (2008/10/18)
v1.02: Added Salon Chair (German), Human Statue (French) and Spellbook (Danish). (2008/10/19)
v1.03: Added PhoneGlobals (German & Korean). (2008/10/21)
v1.04: Added BookGlobals (German & Korean). (2008/10/24)
v1.05: Fixed Radio Stations in Finnish. (2008/10/25)
v1.06: Added BedGlobals (French). (2008/11/07)
v1.07: Added FT Family Board Game. Removed redundant UK English strings. (2008/11/19)
v1.08: Added PetGlobals (Polish & Korean). (2008/12/04)
v1.09: Updated to ALp2/M&G. Restored BedGlobals. (2008/12/11)
v1.10: Fixed OFB business strings for souvenir racks. (2008/12/23)
v1.11: Added Building Party Phone Call, ComputerGlobals and OFB Craftables. (2009/01/24)
v1.12: Added Phone Call - Magazines - Subscribe, computers, Drama TV channel and OrchardTreeGlobals. (2009/03/27)
v1.13: Fixed several Traditional Chinese strings. (2009/05/02) (http://www.moreawesomethanyou.com/smf/Themes/babylon/images/english/new.gif)

Wow :o It looks like that German translators are really stupid morons.

He is for sure stupid. It looks sometimes they got an Student who translates with Google. We have broken Jobtitles forever, they got never fixed.
A General is a General even in german, but he translated this into "Allgemein" like in general Hospital.
And there are other stupid translations like female jobtitles for males.
In AL he translated Gyro into Hamburger. If he got the fear german Players would not know what Gyros are there was the possibility to translate into Kebab which is known well here.

Well I know about this, I play the game in German too, but I never thought that there were so many incredible wrong mistakes only in the German game. I thought it was meant to be this way.... The only real annoyance are the college marks that they break with OfB (I know there is a fix for that on MTS2, but it is still annoying)
Something I noticed too is when a dog (cat?) looks at himself in a mirror the little icon on the upper left will show the English text.

Lord Darcy the Switch to.../Jam Band/New Age  [German] has included Custom Radiostation also its now alone in a separate switch to... menue.
Is it possible to put it also in the main Radiostation menue ?



Well i have never seen it as meant to be this way. Remember the potty wich had the empty string translated into leer (meaning there is nothing in it). Or the lying Fisherman Fountain who got translated into a crying Fisherman Fountain (i never found out why he was crying while reading the description, until i looked how he is named in english to post a recolor on MTS2.


Yes the Pet reflection string but i dont know if it has a proper text in any language, i think this string is a Placeholder not a icon text.

I would send an angry letter, really. With all people who use this game to learn foreign languages...

My friend told me that in Polish version they translated cat's command "Use toilet" to "Use litter box", I guess they didn't really check what the command did...
Danish version seems pretty neat reading of all these things. One unforgivable mistake they made was translating some song titles and bands' names for the songs that play in radio (for instance Kajagoogoo's song is entitled "Genert")...

Anyway, I just remembered one thing:
(http://img366.imageshack.us/img366/5443/potterymg6.jpg)
Well, undoubtly there's "et tesæt" and "en vase", but I would gladly change the strings into "Lav/en vase" and "Lav/et tesæt" for better organization. Same thing at sewing machine.
Which file are the pie menu strings saved in?

Already fixed in v1.0. (Food Stand SemiGlobal) No duplicate hamburgers, it will show up correctly as Gyro.

I couldn't figure out where the text string of custom station was stored. I ended up using an ellipsis character on all stations, and removed the fix for Jam Band and New Age. At least all stations will show up together.

It sure looks like that EAxis did not hire a native German speaker.
The German string for "Empty" is "Leeren". Is it an awkward translation? Perhaps "Ausleeren" is better?

"lügende" instead of "weinende" - is it right? My German became awfully rusty.

"Use Toilet" shows up as "Użyj kuwety" in Polish. If your friend can provide a correct Polish translation for "Use Toilet", I can fix it.

They are stored in text strings of craftable objects.
Are "en/et" feminine and masculine indefinite articles in Danish, like "ein/eine" in German?
Looks like "Lav mange..." means "Make Many..." in Danish. Could you provide a suitable translation for "Make One..."?

I am glad i could pull out now my Textlist override.


If i had known it would double your work i would have sayd nothing. Sorry.
 

No need for a fix Lord Darcy it works with leeren.


Yes you are correct the fountain should be named  Der lügende Fischer Brunnen

Lord Darcy i have fixes for the Jobtitles and the Newspaper would you like to look if i have the correct textlists and add them ?

I have made them because a male Astronaut is not a Astronautin and Medium should be a Medium not a Mittel.

The proper translation should be "Użyj ubikacji". But note the pet commands not only appear in pie menues, I don't know if it doesn't mean you have to correct it in several places.

They're not exactly feminine and masculine (because "en" is used for both female and male nouns) but they are indeed indefinite articles like a/an or ein/eine.
They also mean "one", so "Lav en/et..." should work here.

I'm not sure how it's handled in OfB, because I rarely use these stations.

This might regard more translations - eg. Swedish and Norwegian, that have the same articles (spelled differently though).

I think I might have a stab at editing the computer pie menu strings. It's so cluttered, and could be so easily made much more organised than it is now.

No, it's my fault that I forgot custom station the first time around. ;) Thanks for reminding me, your input is always welcomed.

Does it need to be fixed as well?

Praise for.../Peeing in Toilet -> Pochwal za.../Załatwienie się w kuwecie
Scold for.../Peeing in Toilet -> Zgań za.../Załatwienie się w kuwecie


I'm thinking about making a separate fix for spelling/translation errors found elsewhere, as pie menu fix carries the risk of incompatibility.

"Lav en..." and "Lav mange..." in OFB craftables. I'll stick to it in FT craftables for consistency.

Indeed, Norwegian is affected as well.

My friend is not sure what these exactly regard. If scold/praise for using sim toilet, litter box or both. Could somebody clarify it?

It is possible that there was no "Lav et" in these stations because the items you could create were all "en". Majority of nouns are "en".
It should be "Lav en/et..." for the stations where both articles appear because it's a grammar mistake if you use a wrong article.

I'll think of an alternative without slashes.

Thanx, thanx, THANX!!

The messed up pie menues in German always annoyed me to death.
But one question: is the fix compatible with the official patch? The magic cauldron was updated so it has the new "Weiter (...) herstellen" (Continue crafting (...)).


I noticed even more errors in several pie menues in the German language, I will list them here in the case you have the spare time to fix them  ::)

- the self-interaction "Unterhalten...Breakdance vorführen/Breakdance für Trinkgeld vorführen" (Entertain...Perform breakdance in English ?) is not in the same menu with "Unterhalten...Rappen" oder "Unterhalten...Feuertanz aufführen" (Rap and Firedance) due to an additional space right before the three dots

- the new kiss in AL ("Küssen...Abknutschen") (suck face) is not in the same menu with all the other kiss-interactions (again additional space thing)

- the "buy potions"-option in the matchpaker menu is messed up: if you choose the number of potions you want to buy they are spread across different menues (hm, is this comprehensive?)

Yes it works. Weiter (...) herstellen is there if the Witch/Warlock got canceled while crafting something.

Only for Sim toilet.

Polish Litterbox strings:

Praise for.../Peeing in Litterbox -> Pochwal za.../Załatwianie się do kuwety
Scold for.../Peeing in Litterbox -> Zgań za.../Załatwianie się do kuwety

Spread the word to German forums, German is the worst-affected language.
I'll look into the text strings that you've mentioned.

Praise for.../Peeing in Litterbox -> Pochwal za.../Załatwianie się do kuwety
Scold for.../Peeing in Litterbox -> Zgań za.../Załatwianie się do kuwety
both stay unchanged.

Praise for.../Peeing in Toilet -> Pochwal za.../Załatwienie się w kuwecie
should be Pochwal za.../Załatwienie się do ubikacji
Scold for.../Peeing in Toilet -> Zgań za.../Załatwienie się w kuwecie
should be Zgań za.../Załatwienie się do ubikacji

If there any window saying "your cat has learned the command" etc. or on the list of learned commands in the job view - will need corrections, too.

I came to think that the best way to change the strings for craftable objects will be to use "Make object..."/"Make many objects..." (like the cauldron options) instead of "Make one"/"Make many".
So for Danish it's "Lav genstand..." and "Lav mange genstande..."
For Norwegian: "Lag gjenstand..." and "Lag mange gjenstander..."

I discovered another inconsistency in the German telephone menu:
"Anrufen...Vermieter...Kakerlaken melden" (report cockroaches to the landlord) is correctly in the normal "Call..." menu but "Anrufen ...Vermieter ...Reparatur anfragen" (ask landlord for repair) again has two times an incorrectly inserted space and thus appears as an extra menu option.

So if you get to fix that along with the other mentioned errors I really will adore you for the rest of my life.   :D

I love your fix! I play in German as well and there were just errors everywhere! Especially the meals menu is so much better now, it acutally makes sense and does not randomly call some meals lunch and some dinner at the same time of day.

In case you are still adding stuff, I found two more as well: The new play interaction for AL (where the parent swings the child around) is separate to the other play interactions because of the space before the three dots. And in the newspaper, there are separate "read parts" (=Teil lesen) for different hobbies.

Also, I seem to remember that the makeover chair from OfB was all wrong, you can't see whether you are offering a makeover for free or for payment because the text is the same. Unfortunately, I couldn't look that up properly right now.

Thank you so much for doing this.

More in Danish:

Wardrobes:
Change name for Plan outfit/outdoors from "Planlæg tøj.../Udendørstøj" to "Vælg nyt tøj.../Udendørstøj" to match other clothing.
(on the side I noticed that there's no option to change appearance for toddlers on the wardrobe with mirror that came with AL)

Changing board:
(with multiple toddlers at home)
Change string for casual clothes and pajamas from "Klæd om.../(...)" to "Klæd.../(...)" to match text for single child. For outdoors outfit it's ok.

Gardening soil:
Change string for fertilize many with compost (or whatever it is in English) from "Gød meget.../Fra kompost" to "Gød mange.../Fra kompost".

Interactions:
Change string for influence to bathe from "Påvirk til at.../Bade" to "Påvirk.../Bade" to match other Influence actions.
Change string for dance together from "Dans sammen" to "Dans.../Sammen" to merge it with "Dans.../Klassisk" (are they together in other languages?)

Here's my contribution :

French

Piano, guitar, bass guitar and battery
The interaction "Danser le Smustle" should be "Danser.../Smustle" to match the others dances (ex : "Danser.../Polka").

Fridges
Check out the "..." in the names of interactions. Happy Holiday meals are seperate from others meals.

Living statue
"Donner un conseil" should be "Donner un pourboire", to correct the litteral traduction.

Bookcases
"Acheter des poissons" should be "Réassortir" (only if we sell the books of the bookcase)

Wardrobes
"Prévoir une tenue.../Tenue d'extérieur" should be "Choisir une tenue.../Tenue d'extérieur" to regroup all outfits into same menu.

Sims
"Danser ensemble" should be "Danser.../En duo" to match the interactions "Danser.../Classique" and "Danser.../En solo". This problem affects all languages.

Stereo
The name of the station "College Rock" in English is "Rock FM" in French with Apartment Life installed. It should be "Pop-rock" (in the sound options, too).
With Free Time installed, name of the "House Mix" station is "Mix perso" in French. When clicking on radio, it's "House mix" or "Mix house". It should be "Mix perso".
Location of the country station is "Changer de CD.../Country". It should be "Changer de style.../Country" to match other stations.
Location of the New Wave station is "Mettre.../Shopping". It should be "Changer de style.../Shopping" to match others stations.

DJ turnables
With Free Time installed, name of the "House Mix" station is "Mix perso" in French. When clicking on radio, it's "House mix" or "Mix house". It should be "Mix perso".
The interaction "Danser le Smustle" should be "Danser.../Smustle" to match the others dances (ex : "Danser.../Polka")..

And, every interactions that begins with a capital "é", "è", or an capital "à" begins with "E", "E",and "A" instead of "É", "È" and "À". Combinaisons for these letters are ALT + 0201, ALT + 0200 and ALT + 0192.

The string is called  Read Section.../(...) and there are 10 strings  in every Language its made this way by EAxis. However the wording Teil lesen.../(...) is wrong. It should be Rubrik lesen…/(...).

Edit: removed Attachement.

I forgot this :

Nightlife ceiling
"Changer animation.../$Local:0 en boucle (Oui)" and "Changer animation.../$Local:0 en boucle (Non)" are incorrect ! The first interaction turns on all lights, the second turns off all lights. I tested it by night, at 03:00 AM.

(http://img509.imageshack.us/img509/4662/sanstitrebl8.jpg)

2008-10-18: Updated to v1.01.

Wow :o the amount of requests is quite overwhelming. Guess I've just opened a whole new can of worms. :D
With such a long request list, I must have missed something. Please test the new version and let me know if I forgot something.

To fix cluttered Sim menu (like new AL kiss or Vamprocillin-D on Gypsy), I had to make overrides for PersonGlobal text strings. Chances are that it may conflict with other hacks which also alter these resources.


Yes, both "Offer Free Makeover to..." and "Offer Makeover to..." use the same German text string, "Umgestaltung anbieten...". I need a proper German translation for free makeover.


In Norwegian, Everyday and PJs use "Kle på...", while Outerwear uses "Kle...". Which one should I use?

Also fixed "Påvirk.../Læse om (hobby)" which suffers from the same glitch.

No, "Dance Together", "Slow Dance" and "Dance.../Classic" are all scattered in other languages too.
All 3 dances now show up under "Dance..." in English, German, French, Danish and Korean. If anyone has better suggestion for translated text, please let me know.


Looks like French can give German a run for money. Stereo menu is an even bigger mess than German.

Can't find the text string for "Danser le Smustle". Are you sure that this happens in Maxis objects?

Not sure what you mean by "living statue". Is it a decorative object?

Exactly where? It appears as Pop-rock under "Switch to..." menu.

That's a tall order, as I can't read French. I wouldn't know which interactions need to be fixed.

I can't figure out what those broken interactions are supposed to do originally.


Added in the new version. Thanks for the fix.

"Offer Free Makeover to..." would be "Kostenlose Umgestaltung anbieten...".

Hmm... I think I should wear glasses. Sorry.

Hmm... I mean... I don't speak English very well... huh... this !
(http://krysec.fr.free.fr/dailysims/bonus/appart_test/magspecial_clip_image101.jpg)

That's the matter : I don't know what is the right name : "Rock FM" or "Pop-rock" ? In the list of the radio stations, in sound options, without AL, it's "Pop-rock", and with AL, it's "Rock FM".

Lord Darcy Living Statue is called Poised Podium by Performance Arts.

Edit: removed Fixes.

Actually I don't speak Norwegian, but they used "Kle på" both for one toddler and more toddlers in original game. I'd stick to that for outdoors, then.

Sweet. Slow dance is back to the menu now. I'm either blind or it went missing after some EP.

More mess:
Someone mentioned messed buying potions from the matchmaker.
In Danish they appear under "Køb drik", "Køb mikstur" and "Køb eliksir". Best change all to "Køb eliksir", to match with the cauldron.

Speaking of potions and cauldron...
The cauldron is more messed up than it seemed at first sight. Some names of potions don't correspond with names given to actual objects. Here's the corrected version of the strings:
Lav eliksir.../Plantophic-C should be Lav eliksir.../Vita-Visno
Lav eliksir.../Kærlighedseliksir nr. 8,5 should be Lav eliksir.../Elskovsdrik
Lav eliksir.../ReNuYu-transpotyller should be Lav eliksir.../FahNihDien-transpotyller
Lav mange eliksirer.../Plantophic-C should be Lav mange eliksirer.../Vita-Visno
Lav mange eliksirer.../Kærlighedseliksir nr. 8,5 should be Lav mange eliksirer.../Elskovsdrikke
Lav mange eliksirer.../ReNuYu-transpotyllere should be Lav mange eliksirer.../FahNihDien-transpotyllere

These lacked/wrongly used capital letters (rushing work is bad >:( dear translators)
(Here are corrected strings):
Interactions:
Påvirk.../Drik Farvellerhek-S ($local:0)
Påvirk.../Drik Fortryllet essens af hundehaler ($local:0)
Påvirk.../Drik Magisk krydret sukker ($local:0)
Lær mig lysets vej
Lær mig mørkets sti

Spellbook:
Studér mørkets sti

2008-10-19: Updated to v1.02. Added Salon Chair (German), Human Statue (French) and Spellbook (Danish).

Thanks zoebme and Havelock for providing German translation and fix. Added in the new version.

@bloodredtoe: Thanks for mentioning cauldron mess. While fixing Danish texts, I also looked into Korean texts, and discovered one glaring mistranslation. "Fist of Darkness Ceiling Light" was translated as "First of Darkness Ceiling Light". ::) Idiot.

Wow, great update ! Thanks !

I've notice a little mistake (in French) with the interaction "Danser un slow", that you had corrected in "Danser.../un slow". It should be "Danser.../Un slow". Yes, I'm perfectionist.

(http://www.moreawesomethanyou.com/cats/kittenkiller.jpg)

Inteen modifies the same PersonGlobal text string as this fix. If you can't part with InTeen, make sure that InTeen loads after this fix. You'll lose corrections for Sim interactions (like Dance or Buy Potion) though.

Noted. I'm a bit of perfectionist too. :D

I discovered another menu that's messed up in German. It's the "Meet group...", introduced by Nightlife. Options are doubled here, but one of them leads only to "Just for fun", while the other leads  to both "Just for fun" and "For an outing".

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Editing function here is also messed up, so I give precise info about "Meet group" here:

1) Gruppe einladen - Nur zum Spaß / Zu einem Ausflug
2) Gruppe auf Gemeinschaftsgrundstück treffen - Nur zum Spaß
3) Gruppe auf Gemeinschaftsgrundstück treffen... - Zu einem Ausflug

Same here as in several other menus: One option with 3 dots, one without (why the hell did they do that?). 2) and 3) should be merged together.


Moderator edit: Inline modify button seems to be unstable. Use regular Modify button on top of the topic instead.

Because he get stupid sometimes.

Lord Darcy i have attached the fixed strings.

Edit: Attachement removed.

2008-10-21: Updated to v1.03. Added Phone SemiGlobal text string to fix "Meet Group on Community Lot" in German. Also fixed the PersonGlobal glitch in Nursery Rhyme popup that affects all languages except for US English. Wrong translation was used for "Gained XXX Skill" popup.

@Havelock: Thanks for the fix. Added in the new version.

Another:

Learning from single books (that weren't put back into the shelf before) is divided into "Lernen ..." and "Lernen...".

Made Fix and also fixed Very Mysterious Shelving.   Read Book.../Mysteriously Mysterious Mystery Novel ( Buch lesen .../Mysteriös mysteriöser Mystery-Roman also divided by space.)

Lord Darcy if you add this to your fix no thanks in your next post please.  :D Only tell me its added so i could remove the attachement.

Thanks.  ;D

Edit: Attachement removed

2008-10-24: Updated to v1.04. Added Book SemiGlobal to fix German and Korean.

Ah yes, this is MATY after all. :D Fix was included in the new version.

There's this annoying little thing with radio stations in Finnish where two radio stations are separate from others because of an extra space.

(http://i356.photobucket.com/albums/oo1/Hirvox/fail1.png)

It's not a big issue but I would be thankful if it would be fixed.

2008-10-25: Updated to v1.05. Fixed Jam Band and New Age stations in Finnish.

Hey there !

EAxis were very very lazy - or they leave some bugs to decrease the price of theirs Sims games, I don't know... But there's always a new bug to find !
In French, the new expensive bed that came with AL (who vibrate) has an incorrect name for the interaction "Vibrate"... It's "Vibrate" and it should be "Vibrer".
And I think this interaction doesn't work entierly.

2008-11-07: Updated to v1.06. Added Bed SemiGlobal to fix French text for vibrating beds.

The vibrating bed works fine in my game.

BTW: Anytime you include a modified stringset, it is recommended that you just nuke the EN_UK strings to force them to default to the EN_US strings, as there is no point in having a redundant identical stringset and it will make the resulting file a good deal smaller, unless you actually implement British spelling...and even then, you'd only need to keep those strings.

I found many wrong interactions names, in French, of course.

First of all, the classic error of "Danser" and "Danser.../Smustle" :
(http://img255.imageshack.us/img255/8928/captureriy6.png)

Should be "Danser.../En solo" instead of "Danser".
And, there's this interaction (when you select a Sim, and then "Kiss.../") :
(http://img99.imageshack.us/img99/4481/captureriz9.png)

It should be "En dansant".
And, the interaction between two members of a secret society is "Jouer.../Poignée de main secrète". It should be "Saluer.../Poignée de main secrète".

And, there's so many errors for those interactions :
(http://img118.imageshack.us/img118/8585/capturereh5.png)
This interaction appears if you want your Sim join others Sims that play Footbag. Should be "Participer au Footbag".

(http://img389.imageshack.us/img389/7499/capturer1xr1.png)
Appears if you want your Sim join others Sims that play with water bombs, or snow balls. I think it's the annoying game that came in Seasons... Should be "Participer à la bataille de bombes à eau" and for the winter's game "Participer à la bataille de boules de neiges".

(http://img522.imageshack.us/img522/6817/capturer5wm9.png)
Appears if you want to dance (the base game dance) and if you click on a Sim that already dance. Should be "Participer à la danse".

(http://img389.imageshack.us/img389/8681/capturer10vk3.png)
No comments... Should be "Participer aux fléchettes".

(http://img151.imageshack.us/img151/7910/capturer11ep5.png)
Should be "Participer aux échecs".

(http://img523.imageshack.us/img523/2333/capturer13el5.png)
This is the game that came with Free Time. Should be "Participer au Lama qui dort".

(http://img522.imageshack.us/img522/37/capturer14hu3.png)
Mahjong game from Bon Voyage. Should be "Participer au Mahjong pour s'amuser".

(http://img509.imageshack.us/img509/2025/capturer15kg2.png)
Should be "Participer au Mahjong pour de l'argent".

(http://img266.imageshack.us/img266/1742/capturer17sz4.png)
The water game (I didn't know the English name) that came with Bon Voyage. Should be "Participer aux bûches nautiques".

(http://img118.imageshack.us/img118/7664/capturer18tu4.png)
Basketball game that came with Free Time. Should be "Participer au basketball".

(http://img151.imageshack.us/img151/1773/capturer20by0.png)
The train game (why I didn't remember the original name ?) in Free Time. Should be "Aider pour ajouter l'élement".

(http://img407.imageshack.us/img407/3631/capturer12oa2.png)
It's the poker table from Nightlife. Should be "Participer au poker".

(http://img406.imageshack.us/img406/6200/capturer16zh2.png)
Soccer goal from Free Time. Should be "Participer au football" (yes, in French, "football" means soccer !).

That's all today !

About the whole bunch of "Join" and "Ask to Join" requests:

Not broken, they are working as intended. It's the same way in English too, e.g. just "Join" and "Watch", not "Join Soccer". "Join" and "Ask to Join" are dynamic pie menus which are globally added to the objects when required, not tied with specific objects. Same goes to the solo dancing in all instruments.


ETA: About Secret Handshake.

Secret Handshake is a Play interaction, not a Greet interaction. It appears under "Play" in English too. I'm not arbitrarily moving interactions around to where I see fit. AFAIR, "Greet..." was only introduced in AL. If I move Secret Handshake from Play to Greet, Sim menu in pre-AL EPs will be cluttered more, not less.

I think it means that basically everywhere but the US.

Also, you people need to volunteer to translate my stuff. When I get a free moment, I'm going to start picking out people to volunteer, and those who perform the tasks will receive the prized "not being thrown in a vat of boiling sharks" award.

2008-11-19: Updated to v1.07. Removed "(Play) For Fun" from FT Family Board Game in UK English, French, German & Korean. Fixed "Kiss.../Dance" in French.
Removed redundant UK English strings as suggested by Pescado.

Like translating Macrotastics?
Korean people can really use some translations for Awesomeware. Although critical fixes like alfix are widely used, I don't remember anyone mentioning feature-mods like Macrotastics or BUY in Korean communities.

I could do the Finnish translations.

I found another error. When you want to play football if you have FreeTime, you'll see in French "Jouer.../Football"...

English       Canadian French       French
Football       Football       Football américain
Soccer       Soccer       Football
Rugby (same name in English, Canadian French and French)

In France, we didn't use to play football. "We" prefer rugby (personally I hate soccer, rugby and tennis ; I love fencing). So I didn't know which name would be correct, cause Sims just play with the ball. For froggies that live in France, it should be "Jouer.../Rugby", and for French that live in Canada, should be "Jouer.../Football". Or not ?

Yes. You should show up in grah so we can work through this.

Critical fixes don't need translation, though, as they contain no text.

I almost forgot about gardener members. When you want to buy some chlorophyl... dechlrophyllli... hmm, if you want buy a potion that turn Plantsim to a normal Sim, you'll see (in French, of course) "Acheter une potion.../Chlorophylline/". It have to be "Acheter une potion.../Chlorophylline.../", of course !
And, gardener members will always sells only this potion ; it's the same thing for all NPC that sell potions, except gypsy and witches.

I've been thinking about this. This would reduce the number of strings, too. I could provide you with Danish version, but I need the things to translate in a text file.

I noticed yet another thing. Before "Fly to school" action for no reason there's an asterisk ("*"). I believe it's like that in all languages.

Will be fixed in the next version.

You are aware that it's not a bug, aren't you? Garden Club members are supposed to sell only Plantophic-C (that's English name), and no other. It would be weird if they also sell vampire cure or love potion.

SimPE can export/import strings into text files. Export English strings, translate them, and import back into Danish. Pescado instructed me to send him translated text files.

Exactly where? STR# 0x0000012E of PersonGlobal has "Fly to Work" and "Fly to School", but I see no asterisk.

Pescado told me about those strings beginning with asterisk. They are not intended to be displayed, so no translation is necessary.

Lord Darcy i have attached German textlists for autoyak and sleepclock i am working on makrotastics but i need to know which textlists are used, for now the MakeActionString prim string set is mostly translated but i could not find the string for Business.../Be Salesperson it stays English in Game all others are under Geschäft.../.

Edit: Strings removed they are in the other replies now.

2008-12-04: Added PetGlobals. Fixed a lot of existing strings in different languages. Removed garbage strings in unused languages for smaller file size.


Business.../Be Salesperson exists in autosoc, which is now part of Macrotastics.

Probably you will need to contact Pescado directly via IRC. Although I heard that he is very busy with InSim/Walt business ATM.

Lord Darcy i have removed German Strings i have translated at this time. There is some reworking needed i will post when they are finished. Its a PitA to find all strings needed in the hacks i get still a cluttered Menue sometimes.  :-[

Ow, and I just informed Pescado about your reworked BUY toilet paper mesh... :P
The new mesh looks much better, no more clunky and angled toilet paper.

2008-12-11: Updated to v1.09.

AL patch fixed b0rked cauldron strings for "Resume Making" interactions. Previously, wrong object name was displayed in cauldron pie menu.
I forgot to incorporate this update. Fixed in v1.09.

Also restored AWOL BedGlobals strings, stupid me.

Just checked it. Only Danish actually. But it does display. Somebody must've pressed the wrong key. It should be "Flyv i skole" without an asterisk.

Thanks for the cauldron fix again.

Looks like most of glaring mistakes were taken care of.

Will be fixed in the next version.

Are those "Resume Making (potion)" strings grammatically correct in Danish? I copypasta'ed Danish potion names from this post (http://www.moreawesomethanyou.com/smf/index.php/topic,13399.msg382550.html#msg382550) to fix them.

I recently used the three "clutter boxes" (which came with Bon Voyage I think) in a business owned by a sim.

(http://i42.tinypic.com/2elrpxk.jpg)

(http://i39.tinypic.com/1z4zqky.jpg)

I made the boxes "buyable" but the texts which are shown when I click the objects does not make any sense in german:
"Durchsuchen" which means "search through" will set the price
"Objekt zeigen" which means "show object" will set the price
"Preis festlegen" which means "set price" will refill the box when something was sold
At least "Ware präsentieren..." (= show to sb.) does what is says.

IIRC the boxes with jewelry show correct texts.

Could you please have a look into that and correct the texts?

Or are these objects not save to use in a sims business?
I ask because the animation when a sim buys something out of these boxes doesn't seem to be correct. At least in my game in this sim-owned shop the sims will not grab towards these boxes when they want to buy as they do with any other object they want to buy. But they will go to the cash desk and pay afterwards so they actually must have taken something out of the box.

2008-12-23: Updated to v1.10. Fixed OFB business strings for souvenir racks and Danish string for "Fly to School".

The business strings for BV souvenir racks were wrong in all languages except for US English, because OFB features of souvenir racks were never completed. Furthermore, EAxis deliberately crippled remaining OFB features of souvenir racks in one of BV patches.


You need my other fix (http://www.moreawesomethanyou.com/smf/index.php/topic,12603.0.html) to make souvenir racks fully functional in OFB businesses. It fixes the animation problem you've mentioned, and makes restockers "aware of" souvenir racks in their restock routine.

Hey just saw it in my German game:
The new AL kiss interaction (Suck Face/ Abknutschen) is not in the same string as the older kissing ones.
There is an space between "Küssen"("Kiss") and the three dots.

I discovered another mistake in French.
While clicking on a radio, Maxis music stations are in "Changer de style.../<name of the station>". But custom stations are in "Changer pour.../Station personnalisée.../<name of the custom station>". Maxis stations should be in "Changer de station.../<name of the station>" (yes, I made a mistake a long time ago) ; custom stations should be in "Changer de station.../Station personnalisée/<name of the custom station").

I already fixed it around v1.01. Tested in my German AnyGame:

(http://i239.photobucket.com/albums/ff243/creamgray/The%20Sims%202/PieMenu_German_Kiss.jpg)

Are you sure you don't have another hack that also modifies PersonGlobals strings? A lot of hacks contain this stringset to add new functions in Sim pie menu.


@Timoram: I can't figure out where the text string of custom station is stored. (http://www.moreawesomethanyou.com/smf/index.php/topic,13399.msg381833.html#msg381833) The only way I can merge them under one menu is to change all Maxis stations like "Changer pour.../<name of the station>".

I have a question about food strings used by cooking objects. Both "Get (cooked food)" and "Make.../(single plate or group meal)" use "Préparer". Except for OFB desserts, which use "Prendre". They should not share the same verb, otherwise pie menu can be jumbled when Sims take cooked food off the stove.
I'm going to use "Prendre" for all base game food to maintain consistency. Is it a suitable translation for "Get" function? Like "Prendre.../Omelettes" or "Prendre Homard Thermidor", for example.

Shit! I have only one new hack that would make such a mess. I have to contact MadCat.

All the things below should apply to all cooking objects.

1. "Servir le déjeuner.../Soupe "Le potager de Mamie" and "Servir déjeuner.../(any other group meal)" should be merge into "Servir le déjeuner.../(name of the group meal)"

2. "Prendre.../Omelettes" doesn't have sense, because it means "take a meal already cooked" ("Omelettes" needs to except if the meal is already cooked and ready to be eaten. The "Get" fonction should be only available for these meals (that doesn't need to be cook) : "Gelée" and "Repas instantané", and also FT plates that only appear with a minimum hobby enthousiasm for Cooking. I think the "Get" interaction should be "Prendre.../Repas de groupe.../(name of the group meal)" or "Prendre.../Plat individuel.../(name of the single meal)".

3. I think fridge interactions are too much complicate.
- With "Servir déjeuner.../" (or "Servir le dîner.../" or "Servir le petit-déjeuner.../"), a Sim will cook will cook a group meal, then put it on any counter or island, and then take one plate to eat, except for "Repas instantané" : they'll take (without cooking), put on any counter or island and then eat a "Repas instantané" in group meal size.
- With "Déjeuner.../" (or "Dîner, or "Petit-déjeuner"), a Sim will cook a single plate, then put it on any counter or island, and then take one plate to eat, except for "Repas instantané" : they'll take (without cooking), put on any counter or island and then eat a single "Repas instantané".
- With "Servir le dessert.../", a Sim will cook will cook a group meal, then put it on any counter or island, and then take one plate to eat except for "Gelée" : they'll take (without cooking), put on any counter or island and then eat a "Gelée" in a group meal size.
- With "Préparer.../Repas de groupe.../", a Sim will cook (without eating) a single group meal, and put it on any counter or island.
- With "Préparer.../Plat individuel.../", a Sim will cook (without eating) a single plate, and put it on any counter or island.
- With "Préparer plusieurs.../Repas de groupe.../" and "Préparer plusieurs.../Plat individuel.../", a Sim will cook respectively group meals or single plates until you stop him/her.
- With "Servir une assiette.../", a Sim will take a group meal, then put it on any counter or island, and then take one plate to eat.

I think "Petit-déjeuner.../(name of the meal)" should be "Cuisiner le petit-déjeuner.../Plat individuel.../(name of the meal)" and "Servir le petit-déjeuner.../(name of the meal)" should be "Cuisiner le petit-déjeuner.../Repas de groupe.../(name of the meal)", in order to match OFB interactions.
Lunch : "Déjeuner.../(name of the meal)" should be "Cuisiner le déjeuner.../Plat individuel.../(name of the meal)" and "Servir le déjeuner.../(name of the meal)" or "Servir déjeuner.../(name of the meal)" should be "Cuisiner le déjeuner.../Repas de groupe.../(name of the meal)".
Dinner : "Dîner.../(name of the meal)" should be "Cuisiner le dîner.../Plat individuel.../(name of the meal)" and "Servir le dîner.../(name of the meal)" should be "Cuisiner le dîner.../Repas de groupe.../(name of the meal)".

And in French Canadian :
Breakfast : "Petit-déjeuner.../(name of the meal)" should be "Cuisiner le déjeuner.../Plat individuel.../(name of the meal)" and "Servir le petit-déjeuner.../(name of the meal)" should be "Cuisiner le déjeuner.../Repas de groupe.../(name of the meal)".
Lunch "Déjeuner.../(name of the meal)" should be "Cuisiner le dîner.../Plat individuel.../(name of the meal)" and "Servir le déjeuner.../(name of the meal)" or "Servir déjeuner.../(name of the meal)" should be "Cuisiner le dîner.../Repas de groupe.../(name of the meal)".
Dinner : "Dîner.../(name of the meal)" should be "Cuisiner le souper.../Plat individuel.../(name of the meal)" and "Servir le dîner.../(name of the meal)" should be "Cuisiner le souper.../Repas de groupe.../(name of the meal)".

Also, I think you should merge "Servir une assiette.../(name of the meal)", "

In fact, "Préparer" means cook a meal and put it somewhere to eat it later. "Cuisiner" means cook a meal, serve it (or take a plate) and then eat it.

I all... i'm spanish and my english is terrible but i want made a request...

http://valdea.com/

All the things they do are for english users only, i'm having problems to understand all the interactions with the npc's that they offer...  ???

Mmm... i don't know a thing of create a mod, but i figure it's a huge work... sorry for importune you with this...

Well, goodbye.

P.S. Another request, but this is something different, in sims 1, play with toy house with another, increase friendship, but in the sims 2, only social... i have two twin toddlers that have 0 friendship... that's make me angry, they play all day toguether... >_< someone can do something, or is already fixed with a mod?

My games are:
# Original
# University
# Nightlife
# Open for Business
# Pets
# Seasons
# Bon Voyage
# Free Time
# Family Fun Stuff
# Teen Style Stuff

I forgot a thing...
I have all Castway Stories conversions, and I saw that CS potions can be drink while clicking on a Sim and click "Drink Potion.../(name of the CS potion)" and in French "Boire la potion.../(name of the CS potion)". Why not include the TS "Drink" interaction into "Drink Potion.../(name of the potion)" (French : "Boire la potion.../(name of the potion)", in order to match CS "Drink" interaction ?

Example (in English) : "Drink Potion.../Love Potion"
Example (in French) : "Boire la potion.../Essence enchantée de queue de chiens"

So this change should apply to those potions (name in French) :
- Chasse-sorcière (AL potion) (the original name of the interaction is "Utiliser le Chasse-sorcière")
- Chlorophyrine (SSN potion) (original name of the interaction : "Utiliser de la chlorophyrine")
- Délycanthropique (Pets potion) (original name : "Boire le délycanthropique")
- Vampirociline (NL potion for vampires) (orignal name : "Utiliser la Vampirociline")
- Philtre d'amour 8.5 (Love Potion, came with NL) (original name : "Boire le philtre d'amour 8.5")
- Oublicine pré-dosée (can change the turn on/turn off, came with NL) (original name : "Boire Oublicine pré-dosée")

Others potions that can be make by a witch (Essence enchantée de queues de chiens et Sucre épicé magique) cannot be drink when they're inside the inventory.

Well, I already mentioned this issue a couple of times, in case you didn't notice. :P



Personally I don't Kill Kittens, but it would be nice if MadCat includes fixed PersonGlobal stringset in the new version of InTeen. I only fixed it in the EAxian way it was supposed to be. The only exception is Sim menu for dances. "Dance Together" "Slow Dance" and "Dance.../Classic" are now found under "Dance.../".


@Timoram: For Food strings, original EAxian strings should be honoured, however awkward they may be. The key is consistency. If I arbitrarily change them as I see fit, fridge menu will be hopelessly cluttered when you have custom food.

I'm going to move Grandma's Comfort Soup under "Servir déjeuner...", rather than to move all the other foods under "Servir le déjeuner...".

"Get" function is not what you think. Observe:

(http://i239.photobucket.com/albums/ff243/creamgray/The%20Sims%202/PieMenu_GetFood_Stove_1.jpg)

(http://i239.photobucket.com/albums/ff243/creamgray/The%20Sims%202/PieMenu_GetFood_Stove_2.jpg)

(http://i239.photobucket.com/albums/ff243/creamgray/The%20Sims%202/PieMenu_GetFood_ToasterOven.jpg)

Both "Get" and "Make..." use "Préparer". Except for OFB desserts, which use "Prendre". Unless "Prendre" is something really unacceptable, I'm going to stick to existing EAxian strings for consistency, rather than to introduce a whole new verb.


This mod is mainly for correcting mistakes, not for drastically changing EAxian way as you see fit.

This is a FT-exclusive function, so it should be left untouched.

I'm not going to include CS fix in this mod. Contact the makers of CS conversions.
Had a reading comprehension fail moment, now I understand what you meant. I never used CS potion before, I'll have a look at it.


Lolwut? Why should I support someone else's payshit? And what does dollhouse have anything to do with pie menu fix? This is NOT a request forum, in case you didn't notice.

Use "Prendre" is not so unacceptable (if the meal has to be taken from the stove, the microwave or the grill), except for this :

But, in fact, the meal will be ready and you'll have to take it. So this verb's correct.

Sorry... for being stupid...  :'(
Sometimes I forget that however geniuses that you are, aren't omnipotent... and you do not have a magic wand to do the job.
And sorry for write this here (it suddenly occurred to me to put it) where I should not.
Again sorry.

Thanks for the confirmation. The string is changed from "Resume Cooking" to "Get (food)" or "Get.../(food)" when the cooking process is completed with that "ting" sound.


More French help is needed.

(http://i239.photobucket.com/albums/ff243/creamgray/The%20Sims%202/PieMenu_French_Encourage.jpg)

"Encourage.../To Be Outgoing" string is translated into "Encourager.../A se montrer extraverti", while the rest of strings are translated into "Encourager à être.../(personality)", resulting in inconsistency. "Encourager à être.../A se montrer extraverti" doesn't seem to be grammatically correct.


(http://i239.photobucket.com/albums/ff243/creamgray/The%20Sims%202/PieMenu_French_Management.jpg)

From "Management..." on OFB employees. Crafted flowers use "Composer", unlike all the rest of craftables (OFB and FT alike) which use "Fabriquer". Can I safely use "Fabriquer" on OFB flowers too? Like "Fabriquer des Bouquets de fleurs mélangées" or "Fabriquer à l'unité.../Bouquet de tulipes", for example. Just like food strings, I'd rather use "Fabriquer" if it's something acceptable.
(Notice that I already moved the orphaned "Management.../Craft Robots.../Servo" menu under "Make Many...".)


(http://i239.photobucket.com/albums/ff243/creamgray/The%20Sims%202/PieMenu_French_Snuggle.jpg)

"Snuggle" on toddlers. Looks like this interaction was originally designed as "Hug.../Snuggle" but changed at the last minute, after all translations were sent in. It should be just one verb sans slash. What do you suggest? Will "Se blottir" work?


Man, this PersonGlobals string is a mess. Every time I update this fix, I come up with a fresh batch of b0rkenness from PersonGlobals. I also fixed orphaned "Comment tu me trouves" (Do You Like What You See?), so that it properly appears under "Demander..." (Ask...).

EAxis is partly to blame for this mess, failing to provide enough information for translators to maintain consistency. They used to give detailed descriptions around EP1 or EP2, but recent EPs come with almost nil information to guide translators. One more evidence that quality control is a long-lost concept inside EAxis.

I never noticed this bug before! I should seriously wear glasses.


Hmm... "Fabriquer" only apply to technology. "Composer" is correct, since the badge's name is "Composition florale". For a correct verb for all OFB craftables, "Créer" is more appropriate.


Yep, exactly.

Any suggestion for Encourage strings?

Is "Créer" suitable for FT craftables too? Because all craftables, OFB and FT alike, should use the same verb. It must be something generic like "Make".

For Encorage strings, it should be "Encourager.../À être (personality)" to match english strings "Encourage.../To Be (personality)". So "Encourager.../A se montrer extraverti" should be "Encourager.../À être extraverti". (dont forget the accent on the A), and all others strings should be "Encourager.../À être soigné", "Encourager.../À être sympathique", "Encourager.../À être actif" & ""Encourager.../À être espiègle".


In French, "Make" is translate into "Faire". "Faire" is too general and not enough specific. "Créer" is more appropriate.
But it will be better if we have (in French) a specific verb for every craftable, but it will not match others languages and it would be redundant.

2009-01-24: Updated to v1.11. Added Building Party Phone Call, ComputerGlobals and OFB Craftables.
This time, "Read Sections.../(hobby)" menu was really fixed in German and Brazilian Portuguese.
Chili Con Carne and Grandma's Comfort Soup use "Grab a Bowl" instead of "Grab a Plate".

As per your suggestion, I changed both "Gestion.../Fabriquer plusieurs.../" and "Gestion.../Composer plusieurs.../" to "Gestion.../Créer plusieurs.../". This only applies to Management menu on employees. Strings for crafting stations themselves were not altered, they still use "Fabriquer" and "Composer".


2009-03-27: Updated to v1.12. Added Phone Call - Magazines - Subscribe, computers, Drama TV channel and OrchardTreeGlobals. (http://www.moreawesomethanyou.com/smf/Themes/babylon/images/english/new.gif)

"Drink (potion)" in Sim pie menu will be merged under "Drink.../(potion)", just like CS potions.

I'd love a fix for the phone menu. I have the Happy Holiday Stuff and I get two "Throw Party" menus. One of them Throw Party -> New Year's Bash (or something like that) and the other Throw Party with all the regular (House party, Sports party, Wedding party etc.). So maybe you could make them all appear in one "Throw Party".

Duplicate "Throw Party" glitch in UK English and many other languages was fixed in my SP Objects Fix Collection for AL (http://www.moreawesomethanyou.com/smf/index.php/topic,12894.0.html). It's not included in Pie Menu fix, because it doesn't work in Downloads folder.

If you don't have AL or M&G, use this separate fix (http://www.moreawesomethanyou.com/smf/index.php/topic,13399.msg426671.html#msg426671).

Thank you.

Hello
I am using a Traditonal Chinese version and want to raise requests.
Should I request in Chinese?

Such as,
Bookcases:
 X) 學習…
 O) 學習...

Is that OK?

Yes. People contribute corrections for their own language, and I include them in the next version. I already fixed several glaring errors in Traditional Chinese, like cluttered fridge menu.

It's one of those "ellipsis character vs. three dots" thing, isn't it? Will be fixed in the next version.

Right.
Below are some more requests.

Violins:
1. X)玩
   O)演奏

2. X)玩把戲
   O)演奏賺小費

Phones: (And sim-self if having cellphone in the inventory)
 X)辦派對...
 O)舉辦派對...

Stoves, Ovens, Fridges:
 X)製造許多的...
 O)製作許多的...

Other Sims:
1. X)玩...
   O)玩耍...

2. X)親吻…
   O)親吻...

3. Dance:
    There are some complication about dance. The "Dance...>Together | Slow Dance | Classic" is somehow splitted.
    Could this be fixed? Also, mistranslations exist.

   X)一起跳舞
   X)慢舞
   X)跳舞...>慢舞

   O)跳舞...>一起跳(I think this translation would look better in submenu)
                >慢舞
                >標準舞(Not really sure what "Classic Dance" means; this is "Ballroom Dance" or "Dancesport". Hope my guess is right.)

There are other translation mistakes. I'll keep reporting.
Thank you so much for all your fixes and mods.

Please give me the exact Play interaction names which are wrongly categorized under "玩...", with their English names or descriptions. There are so many Play interactions from various EPs that I may miss some of them.

Again, please give me the exact Kiss interaction names. From the look of it, I guess it's from AL.

Yes. This issue was raised earlier in this thread, which I already fixed for several languages.

Sorry for being vague. The interactions are listed below.

Other Sims:
1. X)玩...(Play...)
   O)玩耍...
   The interactions categorized in it are: Toss Football | Rock-paper-scissors

2. X)親吻…(Kiss...)
   O)親吻...
   The interaction: Dance

Forgot about Party phone call. I need the exact Party interaction names which show up under "辦派對...".


Is it for orphaned "Make Many.../Single Plates..." menu?

Action: 新年倒數

Yes



Cauldron:
Most of the reagents, potions, and items have wrong names in "Make..." or "Resume making" interaction.

製造多種藥水…              -> 製造許多藥水...
製造多種藥水…/化狼人B群    -> 製造許多藥水.../人狼藥劑 B 型
製造多種藥水…/種植多旋C    -> 製造許多藥水.../去植物維生素-C
製造多種藥水…/愛情藥水#8.5 -> 製造許多藥水.../愛情特調 #8.5
製造多種藥水…/吸血盤西林-D -> 製造許多藥水.../吸血盤尼西林 - D
製造藥水…              -> 製造藥水...
製造藥水…/化狼人B群    -> 製造藥水.../人狼藥劑 B 型       
製造藥水…/種植多旋C    -> 製造藥水.../去植物維生素-C
製造藥水…/吸血盤西林-D -> 製造藥水.../吸血盤尼西林 - D
製造藥水…/愛情藥水#8.5 -> 製造藥水.../愛情特調 #8.5
繼續製作龍之鱗           -> 繼續製作龍的鱗片
繼續製作光之本質         -> 繼續製作光之精髓
繼續製作神秘粉塵         -> 繼續製作奇異粉
繼續製作毒蛇本質         -> 繼續製作毒蛇萃取液
繼續製作凝視壁燭         -> 繼續製作星塵壁燈
繼續製作光明君主         -> 繼續製作天際椅
繼續製作月亮豆結晶       -> 繼續製作月光水晶
繼續製作星塵吸頂燈       -> 繼續製作天際星晨吊燈
繼續製作魔法香料糖       -> 繼續製作神奇辣味糖
繼續製作固化藥水 -E      -> 繼續製作去女巫-E
繼續製作狼人藥水 -B      -> 繼續製作人狼藥劑 B 型
繼續製作植物藥水 - B     -> 繼續製作去植物維生素-C
繼續製作愛情魔藥 #8.5    -> 繼續製作愛情特調 #8.5
繼續製作小妖精之火落地燈 -> 繼續製作仙子火焰落地燈
繼續製作小溫德妮小姐雕像 -> 繼續製作小溫道靈小姐雕像
製造試劑…     -> 製作試劑...
製作物品…     -> 製作物品...
製作許多物品… -> 製作許多物品...


And I need to correct one of my previous requests
Dance:
The "Dance.../Classic" that I previously translated into "跳舞.../標準舞" should be "跳舞.../經典慢舞"
to match the translation of want slots.

New Year's Party glitch was already fixed in my SP Objects Fix Collection for AL (http://www.moreawesomethanyou.com/smf/index.php/topic,12894.0.html). Read this post (http://www.moreawesomethanyou.com/smf/index.php/topic,13399.msg423221.html#msg423221) for more information.

I attached a separate fix for people who don't have AL or M&G, because jordi's fix only works for English.
It should go to Overrides folder of your latest EP.

C:\Program Files\EA GAMES\The Sims 2 <your latest EP>\TSData\Res\Overrides
  (or the corresponding folder on your system if your game is not installed in C:\Program Files)


I already fixed cluttered "Buy Potion..." menu on Gypsy and Grand Witch in Traditional Chinese. Have you tested it in your game? Is anything wrong? Like incorrect potion names?
I'll post the new version as soon as I get confirmation from you.


ETA: Further investigation revealed more mistakes in PersonGlobals.

Play.../Toss $Object in Air  (for toddlers)

Play.../Steal A Bite & Play.../Throw Food  (NL dining interactions)

Play.../Show Off.../Cartwheel  (I believe they are from OFB)
Play.../Show Off.../Somersault
Play.../Show Off.../Headstand

Play.../Peek-A-Boo  (from AL)
Play.../Swing Around & Play.../Swing Me Around

All of above interactions will show up under "玩耍...", including Pets interactions like Finger Wiggle or Fetch.

I have AL and M&G installed, as well as your great objects fix collection... v1.02.
I downloaded it from MTS2 site and it works now. Sorry for not knowing about such an awesome place before.  ;)

The translations are all correct except a whitespace before dash in:
吸血盤尼西林- D  ->  吸血盤尼西林 - D
The latter, which currently have only a subchoice "buy 1", is correspondent with the translation in the spellbook so I think it correct.


I haven't even used some of those interactions so far. Thank you so much for these mods.

Oh damn. Looks like they used a DB backup from several months ago after their server crashed.  :P Thanks for the heads up.


Noted. "Influence To.../Drink Vamprocillin-D" will also be fixed accordingly.


Found yet moar inconsistency with potions.

影響.../喝吸血盤尼西林 - D($local:0)
影響.../飲用化狼人B群($local:0)
影響.../飲用種植多旋C($local:0)
影響.../飲用去女巫-E($local:0)
影響.../喝神奇狗尾原液($local:0)
影響.../喝神奇辣味糖($local:0)

Which verb should I use for "Drink", 喝 or 飲用? Also, wrong potion names again. ::)

I'm not very sure since they are somewhat exchangeable.
Personally I prefer 飲用, because 喝 is more often used in daily life and for regular drinks;
飲用, as a more formal form, would be more suitable for these not-so-regular potions.

Also, I found the direct interactions to those potions have the same inconsistency problem.

I'm playing the english version of the game, but I could install on my laptop and play-test the russian if needed. I still remember the funny times with the first sims when my friend had russian version installed and the "fill bowl" (in unleashed) was translated into russian like "fill aquarium".

I forgot that there IS actually an official EAxian string for "Drink.../(potion name)" in Castaway Stories, which can be found in Awesome CS conversions (http://www.moreawesomethanyou.com/ffs/index.php?dir=csconv%2F). EAxis used 喝 for this string. ("喝藥水.../") I already used this string in my fix, so that "Drink (potion)" in Sim pie menu will be merged under "Drink.../(potion)"

If both verbs are exchangeable, I think that it's better to stick with 喝, keeping consistent with official EAxian strings.

I noticed a couple of glaring mistakes in PersonGlobals, i.e. "Propose.../Be Roommate" is translated into "Сделать предложение.../Переехать в квартиру", while other Propose functions use "Предложить.../", resulting in an orphaned submenu. Is "Предложить.../Переехать в квартиру" grammatically correct?

"Сделать предложение" is only used when proposing engagement, but I think it would look good with marriage as well. "Предложить" is a more common word, like "offer". I would also suggest to replace "Переехать в квартиру" (which means "move into the apartment") with "Снимать квартиру вместе" ("Rent an apartment together), because there is no actual word for a roommate in russian. There's nothing grammatically wrong with "Предложить.../Переехать в квартиру", but my suggestion would be more accurate knowing what exactly it means in the game.

2009-05-02: Updated to v1.13. Fixed several Traditional Chinese strings. If I missed something, please let me know.

Fixed in the new version.

If you need any Hungarian translation for this, or any of your fixes, let me know!