Apartment Life: Obligatory Hate/Love Topic

[Dark Trepie]

Anyone else notice the extremely small text in the dialog box when you have to name a baby now?  I find myself leaning close to the screen now to see if it's a boy or girl.

My nearsightedness, let me show you it.

[Solowren]

Apparently, that is because EA left out some code. Alex knows how to fix it.

[Diala]

I've seen some people saying this on the BBS, and I just don't understand it.  What would be the point of having an apartment feature with special doors if you still had to control everyone at the same time?  That's the way it worked before if you tried to make apartments.  You could still do it that way if you want to.

Likewise, I don't see the point of the apartment feature if everyone has to be controlled separately. I wouldn't mind it so much if the other player houses were blacked-out and the Sims inactive, say for going to work or school, but they aren't. They're fully, er, conscious and going about doing stupid things. Perhaps I am just a control freak, but it bothers me a bit.

Perhaps, once I screw around with some throwaway Sims, I'll get over it or learn to live with it.

[kemowery]

The biggest thing which I'm kind of torn on is making a witch character high enough level to build a throne.  At that point, I'm playing that character in God mode.  Witch sims with a throne don't need to eat, or sleep, or talk to other people, or do fun things.  They can just sit in a chair and skillinate 24 hours a day.

Eugh, especially with the Education bookcase. Really, the thrones make me feel like I'm cheating horribly. =\

It's a little better with a regular bookcase--but not much.  The throne regens needs *really* fast, so you can work a sim to the point they're in desperation, then sit them down to study something in a book for a little while, and they're full up again.  But at least it means you have to do things with them occasionally.

I don't think I'm going to make any more witches in my house with the education bookcase.

[Angie Baby]

I've seen some people saying this on the BBS, and I just don't understand it.  What would be the point of having an apartment feature with special doors if you still had to control everyone at the same time?  That's the way it worked before if you tried to make apartments.  You could still do it that way if you want to.

Likewise, I don't see the point of the apartment feature if everyone has to be controlled separately. I wouldn't mind it so much if the other player houses were blacked-out and the Sims inactive, say for going to work or school, but they aren't. They're fully, er, conscious and going about doing stupid things. Perhaps I am just a control freak, but it bothers me a bit.

Perhaps, once I screw around with some throwaway Sims, I'll get over it or learn to live with it.

I want it both ways. I want something like clicking on the apartment door to turn control on or off and if it's off I want them inactive and blacked out. That would satisfy my inner control freak and my laziness if it was a mega apartment block.

[witch]

The whole point for me is having other sims being on the lot that my playables can choose to interact with or not. Way easier than traipsing round community lots. It will be quite interesting to see what the other families do when I'm not playing them.

[Kyna]

Likewise, I don't see the point of the apartment feature if everyone has to be controlled separately. I wouldn't mind it so much if the other player houses were blacked-out and the Sims inactive, say for going to work or school, but they aren't. They're fully, er, conscious and going about doing stupid things. Perhaps I am just a control freak, but it bothers me a bit.

Perhaps, once I screw around with some throwaway Sims, I'll get over it or learn to live with it.

The sims in the other families are going to work and school in my game - the adults walk to work, and the kids & teens get on the schoolbus.  Teens also walk to their after school jobs if they have one.  And they all head off inside their apartments at 10pm.

The other apartments on the lot are supposed to be blacked out - and are in my game.  If they're not, I suspect that you are playing in the wrong premade apartments (some of the premade apartments are glitchy about blacking out, most notably the Cho/Riley lot) or that you've been using build cheats while the lot is occupied.

I enjoy watching the sims from the other families interact - especially if they're playables.  As witch said, it's like going to a community lot without the loading screens.  It's as if I gave the playables in the currently unplayed apartments unlimited free will, without any consequences.  The currently played family can interact with their neighbours (either by free will or by macro/socialise) or they can ignore their neighbours and be busy doing whatever else I have in mind for them.

[J. M. Pescado]

And they all head off inside their apartments at 10pm.

I have an Undiscovered Shiny aimed at addressing this particular nuisance, where they are inappropriately asleep at odd times. Despite being vampires. Or run off in the middle of your group, or other such obnoxiousness.

[Diala]

The other apartments on the lot are supposed to be blacked out - and are in my game.  If they're not, I suspect that you are playing in the wrong premade apartments (some of the premade apartments are glitchy about blacking out, most notably the Cho/Riley lot) or that you've been using build cheats while the lot is occupied.

Oh, so that's what the problem is. The only co-joined lot I played was the Cho/Riley lot. I really should have played with it more before opening my yap about the issue.

Hurr durr, don't mind me.

[jsalemi]

The other apartments on the lot are supposed to be blacked out - and are in my game.  If they're not, I suspect that you are playing in the wrong premade apartments (some of the premade apartments are glitchy about blacking out, most notably the Cho/Riley lot) or that you've been using build cheats while the lot is occupied.

Oh, so that's what the problem is. The only co-joined lot I played was the Cho/Riley lot. I really should have played with it more before opening my yap about the issue.

The fix for that lot is easy -- have whichever one you're playing visit the other for a bit, and then leave -- the other apartment blacks out properly after that.  Do the same when you play the other one, and everything works fine from then on.

[Menaceman]

Referring back to a point made earlier in this thread, I have created a fix for the broken spellbook text. You can download it at MTS2 here> http://www.modthesims2.com/showthread.php?t=301159
Its only for English users though.
I have also made a Dutch version which can be found here> http://www.modthesims2.com/showthread.php?t=301214

[NothingToSee]

Referring back to a point made earlier in this thread, I have created a fix for the broken spellbook text. You can download it at MTS2 here> http://www.modthesims2.com/showthread.php?t=301159
Its only for English users though.
I have also made a Dutch version which can be found here> http://www.modthesims2.com/showthread.php?t=301214

Oh good, that one has been driving me nuts squinting at the screen. Thanks.

[Kyna]

I'm not sure if anyone has mentioned or noticed this but I absolutely abhor the new cuddle in bed thing. It was cute the first couple of times but I started to notice that if one sim wakes up it wakes the other one up, even if they aren't done sleeping! Grrr. DO NOT WANT.

Agreed.  What's really irritating is that it overrides the sleepclock.

It's particularly annoying in the pre-made apartments with only one bathroom.  If the carpool for one adult + child are coming at 8am, but the other adult's carpool is coming an hour later, then I want the other adult to stay in bed for another hour.  I don't want them waking and competing with the other two sims for the only bathroom.

I've noticed it only happens if the later-waking adult is at 100% energy, though.  If they're less than 100% energy they don't wake up.

[rufio]

This isn't really a like/dislike, but since it seems that some of the minor features from FT and BV got carried through, does anyone know if AL (without FT) has the option to age townie kids up with playables?  Because that would be cool.  It was one of the few things that actually made me consider buying FT.

[Menaceman]

I have a new dislike!
Roomies needs don't fill while they are at work like a regular Sims' needs do. As soon as he gets back from work he has to go "run errands" to refresh his needs and by the time he gets back he has time to either sleep or eat (which never seem to go green when he buggers off lot) just before going to work to have his needs drained again.
I have also nearly electrocuted my roomie twice by forcing him to repair my Servo. Broken Servos and apartments do not mix! Nobody attempts to fix them and because other Sims live on the lot they will not auto dial a repairman either.

[Sagana]

Will the landlord repair your sim's servo? He repaired my family's tv without a hitch - quickly too.

[kemowery]

I've decided I've got an actual annoyance with AL (at least, it's not something I've ever noticed before): Obsessive diary writing.  "Hey," my sims think, "I just went to the toilet and took a shower, and I didn't immediately have anything else in my queue--I'd better write in my diary about my latest BM!"

I can at least understand my sims wanting to obsessively browse the internets.  Keeping a written record of everything they do, immediately after they do it, is weird. 

[floopyboo]

And now you understand the reasoning behind trainwrecky blogs.

[Menaceman]

Sagana, the landlord wouldn't fix him because he broke down inside his apartment and the landlord will only fix broken stuffs inside an apartment if you ask them too. As he was broken my Servo couldn't ask.

[sloppyhousewife]

I've decided I've got an actual annoyance with AL (at least, it's not something I've ever noticed before): Obsessive diary writing. 

I hate that, too, especially because sims don't need to get to a bookcase to write in their diaries. So when the action pops up, it's already too late to cancel it. And it takes fucking ages for them to undock. I moved TJ's "No autonomomous diary" from the "Nice to have" to the "Must have" folder.

[Menaceman]

Obsessive diary writing? Really? I don't think I've had a single Sim write in their diary since getting AL.

[coralleane]

I had one wake up because his wife was going into labour.. instead of watching, out came the diary.  But apart from that one, I've not really seen it happen much. 

[kemowery]

I've decided I've got an actual annoyance with AL (at least, it's not something I've ever noticed before): Obsessive diary writing. 

I hate that, too, especially because sims don't need to get to a bookcase to write in their diaries. So when the action pops up, it's already too late to cancel it. And it takes fucking ages for them to undock. I moved TJ's "No autonomomous diary" from the "Nice to have" to the "Must have" folder.

I didn't even know that mod existed . . . but now I have it and TJ's other "no autonomy" mods. 

[Dark Trepie]

Just discovered this one.  I guess EAxis got tired of everyone yelling and screaming for toddler to toddler interactions.

[vecki]

Aww the cuteness!  I had a set of twin todders that did that autonomously, but I was too slow to take a picture.