Title: Maxis alienware PC for Pets Post by: jrd on 2006 December 11, 18:32:15 This is simply the Alienware PC from the
Some menu options have also been enabled for visitors. So you can now run a cybercafé which is /used/. Title: Re: Maxis alienware PC for Pets + Redstorm laptop for Pets Post by: dizzy on 2006 December 11, 18:57:49 Why didn't EAMaxis just provide some PC globals? You mean for the Pie Menu strings? Don't those need to be tweaked accordingly? Title: Re: Maxis alienware PC for Pets + Redstorm laptop for Pets Post by: jrd on 2006 December 11, 18:59:24 Dunno. I'm not an advanced modder.
Maxis has two copies of the PC pie menus: one for cheap PCs, one for expensive. All custom PCs I've seen contain a copy of either (they're identical). Title: Re: Maxis alienware PC for Pets + Redstorm laptop for Pets Post by: dizzy on 2006 December 11, 19:00:41 I don't think it's the strings as much as the need for a different Pie Menu table (with slightly different advertisement values, etc.).
Title: Re: Maxis alienware PC for Pets + Redstorm laptop for Pets Post by: Argon on 2006 December 11, 19:06:42 I just copied the pie menu table and strings from the expensive computer for mine (well, that's not entirely true, I got rid of the duplicate animations and added the University research paper movie reference but you get the idea), the alienware does use the computer globals it just has a different text list to reference the "tower" specific animations. I finished it a while ago for my non-custom content bins, but I'm at school and can't upload it at the moment.
Title: Re: Maxis alienware PC for Pets + Redstorm laptop for Pets Post by: Giggy on 2006 December 13, 08:14:38 Oh theres no need to do the
Title: Re: Maxis alienware PC for Pets + Redstorm laptop for Pets Post by: vilia on 2006 December 14, 19:07:32 Yes but then you would actually have to visit their site.
Title: Re: Maxis alienware PC for Pets + Redstorm laptop for Pets Post by: miros on 2006 December 20, 19:01:58 I put the Alienware computer in my new frat house, and one student tried to write his term paper on it...
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