Awesomod discussion/questions/helpful tips thread

[shinygobonkers]

Ok, I am at a loss. I followed the how to install awesome and framework guide EXACTLY. Just installed a new game on a new computer so nothing old to remove. I made a documents>ea>sims3 new mods folder, downloaded the cfg from the guide and put in the mods folder, made a package folder, put the awesome.package in there....and my game blackscreens, wont start, and i get the unauthorized/outdated mod error message to boot. dont understand what i could be doing wrong. I have NO other mods installed either...

edit: nevermind, patching with the modthesims patch tool fixed me issue, it looks like...

[Sanasun]

Hi! I'm new here and I apologize for my bad english

I've installed yesterday the awesomemod and all was fine. But after few minutes of games, all slows down and the sound disappear. So I've uninstalled the awesomemod and all come back to normal.
But now I'm not able anymore to change the active household! When I try the game come back to the previous household or worse, it freeze!
I've tried in another neighbourhood and it works...what the awesomemod did to my poor Bridgeport?

[J. M. Pescado]

I don't think this is AwesomeMod-related, as AwesomeMod cannot alter the sound and I have never seen this. I think it is just your computer running out of RAMs, which is why restarting the game with or without AwesomeMod had any effect.

[Sanasun]

I don't know, but before awesomemod nothing similar has happened to my game!

Btw, do you know if the problem of change active household is awesomemod-related? Maybe the neighbourhood is corrupted? Sigh

[J. M. Pescado]

Probably? I have no idea. I haven't seen any such problems before.

[schwinnrider]

New Question: Has anyone else had any problems trying to read/view the skill reward certificates, as I am unable to do so?  It has been a while since I tried, so not sure if it started with the latest patch, something from Generations, or possibly before that.

I usually sell those post-haste but I got one in the mail today, hung it on the wall, the only interaction available was Nraas.

[wizard_merlin]

New Question: Has anyone else had any problems trying to read/view the skill reward certificates, as I am unable to do so?  It has been a while since I tried, so not sure if it started with the latest patch, something from Generations, or possibly before that.

I usually sell those post-haste but I got one in the mail today, hung it on the wall, the only interaction available was Nraas.

That's all I get.  It use to be possible to view and see who it was given to and why.  I am guessing it is an EAxian bug, but not sure.

[vorpal]

I noticed recently that motives of non-playeds in LN venues are not locked anymore. Is this AM or the patch that did this? I am asking because this now has the side-effect that NPCs working there (especially any nectar merchants) now suffer from Hygiene and Energy decay and end up unconscious after several days. All of their other motives are still locked at 100% but these two decay like any other Sim's motives on a lot.

[pandora]

hey guys,
is it possible to turn off emigration with Awesomemod?

edit: i can't make households/sims sacred. i tried ctrl-clicking on some sims but the option doesn't appear.

[J. M. Pescado]

Emigration is not a feature of AwesomeMod. AwesomeMod will never arbitrarily destroy neighborhood contents. Because that's what it really is. That implies that sims continue to exist after "emigrating".

[pandora]

thank you, pescado, thats really great.

well, i still have another question: do i still need to install framework in order to make AM work properly? because i thought this was only necessary when the mods-folder wasn't in the user files directory.(forgot where it was before).

[J. M. Pescado]

I really have no idea. If it doesn't work without it, you'll know why, though. I always install it anyway, because my game doesn't boot without it.

[pandora]

It works without framework, too. im happy now

[kissing_toast]

It's the FPS limiter, press f10.

[kissing_toast]

It's the FPS limiter, press f10.

I made a new config, del. caches, restarted the game with the updater and the flashing fps limiter is gone.
But thanks for the tip.  I'll have that in mind next time the fps limiter eventually is showing up.

The blur is still on. I have no other mods.
 

Awesome mod only removes the blur when the sim is naked, not when they use the terlet. Also the green numbers are turned off/on by pressing F10, all that other stuff is unnecessary, since they have nothing todo with the game itself.

[Grumptastic]

Sorry if this is a no-brainer question. I just bought TS3 last week, and a forum/wiki search did not produce an answer. Do I need to uncheck EA storymode in the game in order for AM story progression to work, or does it need to be checked in order to work? 

[Eeyore]

Sorry if this is a no-brainer question. I just bought TS3 last week, and a forum/wiki search did not produce an answer. Do I need to uncheck EA storymode in the game in order for AM story progression to work, or does it need to be checked in order to work? 

I don't believe you did more than one search or read past the first few search results. If you did, you wouldn't have asked this "no-brainer" question. So, don't be sorry but rather use the search box at the top of the page. Try "story progression".

[Grumptastic]

I don't believe you did more than one search or read past the first few search results. If you did, you wouldn't have asked this "no-brainer" question. So, don't be sorry but rather use the search box at the top of the page. Try "story progression".

You are 99% correct. My searches were for storymode, rather than "story progression". My apologies, and thank you very much.

[simsmx]

How do I add custom books using AwesomeMod's CustombooksXX plugin?

I searched on Google and MTS, but apparently there are no mods that add new books this way. The only post I could find was this one and it didn't have too much information.

I created the following XML and changed its instance to be the FNV64 hash of "SimsMxBooks." However, there are no new books in the bookstore.

Code:

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<Books>
<BookFish>
  <Title>Placeholder</Title>
  <Author>UnknownComposer</Author>
  <SkillLevel>0</SkillLevel>
  <Length>0</Length>
  <Value>0</Value>
  <PagesMinNorm>1</PagesMinNorm>
  <PagesMinBW>2</PagesMinBW>
  <FishTypes></FishTypes>
  <NotInBookStore>False</NotInBookStore>
  <GeometryState>BookSmallThin</GeometryState>
  <MaterialState>bookMedical</MaterialState>
  <AllowedWorldTypes>Base,Downtown</AllowedWorldTypes>
  <AllowedWorlds></AllowedWorlds>
 </BookFish>
<BookFish>
  <Title>BookFishLateNightTitle</Title>
  <Author>BookFishLateNightAuthor</Author>
  <SkillLevel>4</SkillLevel>
  <Length>180</Length>
  <Value>450</Value>
  <FishTypes>SeaSludge, KissingGourami, SewerTrilobite</FishTypes>
  <GeometryState>BookMediumThin</GeometryState>
  <MaterialState>bookFish3</MaterialState>
 </BookFish>
</Books>

[J. M. Pescado]

To use the old CustomBooksXX method, simply FNV64 "CustomBooks##". If you wish to use the assembly-keyed method, you will need an assembly that goes with it, a SimsMxBooks.dll file. This method guarantees you will never have a conflict with anyone else's file.

[simsmx]

I managed to get custom books by using the old method, but I cannot assembly-keyed method to work. I've created the SimsMxBooks.dll file and a corresponding SimsMxBooks XML file with several books. However, the books are not loaded. Below is the code I used in the SimsMxBooks.dll file.

Code:

[assembly: Tunable]

namespace CustomBooks
{
    public class SimsMxBooks
    {
        [Tunable]
        protected static bool kSimsMxBooks = false;
    }
}

[J. M. Pescado]

That's quite strange. I can't think of any reason why it wouldn't work, I've doublechecked the code, and it works for me. Did you name your assembly correctly? Try "listasms" to see if the game is even seeing it.

[simsmx]

Should I type it in the cheat command? I'm getting an "Unknown command."

These are the files I have:

• SimsMxBooks.dll (0xD5F738CDEEEC5072) - code shown in my last post.
• CustomBooks.SimsMxBooks (0x0A279D6AA751EA8F) - sets "kSimsMxBooks" to true.
• SimsMxBooks (0xFB14D2687D798684) - contains book information. It's the same file I used to test the old method.
• Strings_ENG_US (0x0014D2687D798684)

Also, I just realized that the custom books made with the old method can't be bought from the bookstore. I was only able to get them through the library and the debug interaction "DEBUG: Add Books."

[J. M. Pescado]

You may need to turn the debug commands on. Then do "listasms" and see if yours even appears. If the assembly doesn't appear, then neither will your files, because the game can't find them.

[simsmx]

Apparently the game is loading my assembly. "SimsMxBooks" is on the list, but there are no books in the bookstore, book register, or library.

I've attached my file. I've no idea what's wrong.