Awesomod discussion/questions/helpful tips thread

[Jessnova]

Thank you, Claeric.  That was the clue I needed.  I'd been scouring the forum for the mysterious 'test' link which people mentioned as if we all knew where to find.   If I'd known that it wasn't in a post anywhere I would have tried other things a while ago.  I'm glad to see that my search powers were NOT failing me, but that it simply wasn't where I was searching.  I do feel a little exasperated at how easily found it was once I knew where to look. 

Now my game can stop yelling at me and I can go back to mindlessly lurking.

[Claeric]

Yeah, I don't know why he hasn't updated the download page. Pretty big dick move to create something which expires, and not tell people where to get the new one once that happens.

[Zazazu]

Pretty dick move not to realize that it's in the test section because it is a test file and not for use by the masses yet.

[J. M. Pescado]

I think you missed the obvious sarcasm in that post.

[mourning.glory]

I know it's not directly an awesomemod question, but I didn't think it deserved a special thread...

Is it safe to change sex using editsim? I didn't know if this was just an appearance thing, or something special.

[Claeric]

I think i'm confused

I am pretty sure it was an awesomemod feature, but I can't find a way to be alerted to stuff. I wanna know when someone marries someone, when they have a kid, etc. As it is right now I get told when meadow Carpenter Rhodes makes another stupid sink unbreakable or when mags newbie learns that Knuckles The Echidna is rich.

[The_Goddess]

I think i'm confused

I am pretty sure it was an awesomemod feature, but I can't find a way to be alerted to stuff. I wanna know when someone marries someone, when they have a kid, etc. As it is right now I get told when meadow Carpenter Rhodes makes another stupid sink unbreakable or when mags newbie learns that Knuckles The Echidna is rich.

Twallan's Super Computer does that.   

[Zazazu]

Marriage announcements and baby birth announcements are also functions of awesomemod, but you have to set your config. The option is "Inform on Story Action".

[Tangie]

I think "inform on story action" notifies you about skilling, marriages, and pollinations, but doesn't actually notify you about births.

[Silent Dreamer]

I think "inform on story action" notifies you about skilling, marriages, and pollinations, but doesn't actually notify you about births.

That's because the newspaper tells you about births. Why would AS tell you about births if the newspaper already does this?

[witch]

I'd rather have a popup akshully, my sims never get the time to read the paper.

[snowbawl]

I'd rather have a popup akshully, my sims never get the time to read the paper.

Grab Buzzler's birth announcer in the Pudding Factory under "Event Notifiers".  Works like a charm.

[Zazazu]

I'd rather have a popup akshully, my sims never get the time to read the paper.

Mine don't even get the newspaper due to the lot I'm playing currently receiving no mailperson or newspaper child. They show up elsewhere, they just seem to have missed this lot on their route. I have a feeling it has to do with the mailbox placement but due to size constraints, it's stuck where it is.

That said, new issue: for some reason my graveyard isn't receiving tombstones. I witnessed a death and neither my controllable family or the family of the deceased had the option to manage graves. Using debug commands to view mausoleum inventory showed that nothing was in there, despite there being at least two deaths I'm aware of. I'm using the eqyptian mausoleum, but that shouldn't change anything.

Have others been having issues with this? I'm running up to current patches and the current version of awesomemod, but first death occurred before last patch and again, no mausoleum inventory back then. Is there a way to spawn tombstones for the deceased?

[Claeric]

The newspaper informs on births? 0_o I wasn't aware the newspaper was good for...well, anything.

[Sablesasha]

The newspaper informs on births? 0_o I wasn't aware the newspaper was good for...well, anything.

   For shame!

The newspaper is very handy! 

Find out who has moved into town, which family has moved house, so and so has died, who has had a baby.

Then of course there are the sales if your Sims are interested in taking a course i.e. gardening or logic.  What social events are happening around town.

Time wise, I make my Sims read it the moment they get home and then they just recycle it. On the way back in they pay the bills. 

[rampancy]

So, I'm trying Awesomemod, and I'm not quite sure how to see if its working or not, because I'm fairly sure I set Awesomemod to show relationships as Numbers, but they aren't showing up like that. I have the framework installed, another Awesome-made mod that I know works... so I'm not entirely sure wtf I'm doing wrong.

[Claeric]

Probably EVERYTHING since im pretty sure the instructions explicitly explain how to test if it is indeed working, but hey, whatever.

[cuthbert]

So, I'm trying Awesomemod, and I'm not quite sure how to see if its working or not, because I'm fairly sure I set Awesomemod to show relationships as Numbers, but they aren't showing up like that. I have the framework installed, another Awesome-made mod that I know works... so I'm not entirely sure wtf I'm doing wrong.

On 'Relationship' panel, you can see the thumbnail of the sims your sim knows. And relationship bar under each thumbnail. And a friendship status icon under the relationship bar. Move the cursor over that icon, and if AM is working properly you can see the number.

[rampancy]

Yeah, it turns out that I mentally equated the config file with the actual AM package.

Of course, now I have other problems. The loading bar doesn't load at all, and the thread on installing the Framework is as clear as mud.

'Copy the d3dx9_31.dll file into the Game>Bin folder of both the above directories'? Copy from where? After extracting the framework files into the directories in step 1, d3dx9_31.dll is already in the Game>Bin Folder. Same thing with Resource.cfg; that thread says to copy in files that, because of extracting framework files, already exist.

And that thread doesn't mention if I need to repeat this process for the HELS folder as well, and/or if I have to copy all my mod packages into each folder either...

[funkilla]

You should have separate directories for your expansions and base. If you've found it in one Game>Bin, copy it from that location into the other Game>Bin so that it is in all directories.

EA>The Sims 3>Game>Bin
EA>The Sims 3 WA>Game>Bin
EA>The Sims 3 HELS>Game>Bin

You should originally find it in your base game Game>Bin.
You don't have to move your Mods folder.

[rampancy]

Fair enough, that worked

I do have a small question, indirectly, about how vacations are treated, story-progression wise. If I have a family of Person A and B, and Person A goes on a Vacation, should I disable Story Progression while Person A is away so that Person B doesn't do anything in that time?

[witch]

No. Vacations are in a magic world where no-one ages, no-one gives birth and the people left at home are frozen in time.

[cassblonde]

Anyone know when Awesome Mod for us suckers with 3.2 is coming out?

[wizard_merlin]

Anyone know when Awesome Mod for us suckers with 3.2 is coming out?

It is out and available now from either here http://www.moreawesomethanyou.com/smf/index.php/topic,15185.0.html or here http://beta.moreawesomethanyou.com/ts3/base/

The test version for 3.2 was removed a couple of days ago and the base version updated at the same time.  It appears that when Pescado updated AM for 3.2 on the main download he didn't update the thread to change the version numbers.

I have this version in my game, which is 3.2, and it works without any problems.  Just download and your good to go.

[cassblonde]

Good to know - I also saw your reply in the other thread.