AwesomeMod is, well, Awesome - New Version & Install

[Jezabel]

I think you all speak remarkably good English for a bunch of foreigners. 

Of course, my English isn't perfect, but then, I've spent too much time in the US, or watching the myriad TV shows they export to over here, so I'm polluted, or corrupted, or possibly both. Either way I remain English. God save the language, because I do think we are on the slippery slope to a global tongue, and it won't be "English English".

Oh, and Jezabel, your English is way better than my French, so I don't think you have anything to worry about. I do try, but as you say, unless you can think in the language, you can't really speak it without messing up the flow of it. I can get by, but every Frenchman knows the minute I open my mouth that I'm English, even if I don't start my sentences with "Um..."

TV shows, books and horse-riding trips around the world where all the other tourist were English are the ways I learned to speak it.

Some pointers on how to better integrate in french culture even if you don't speak it perfectly : throw some "merde !" here an there, complain about everything and be vocal about it and remember that french are always right just because they are french so don't try to argue with them.

Really, being french is not that hard even though speaking the language can be!

Of course then the question would be : who the heck would want to integrate in french culture when he doesn't have to ?  It's french !   

[jolrei]

I know there is a long-standing tradition in English to criticise all things French, but don't feel you, as a French person, have to be self-denigrating.  After all, the French have given the world a lot of things, such as wine that you can call either burgundy or claret, Quebec, and that thing where you spit after you say something to express displeasure.

Also, without there being real French people, English speakers could not do comedy in outrageous French accents.

Don't sell yourself short.

[Jezabel]

I know there is a long-standing tradition in English to criticise all things French, but don't feel you, as a French person, have to be self-denigrating.  After all, the French have given the world a lot of things, such as wine that you can call either burgundy or claret, Quebec, and that thing where you spit after you say something to express displeasure.

Also, without there being real French people, English speakers could not do comedy in outrageous French accents.

Don't sell yourself short.

I don't sell myself and other French people short, I love a lot about France, French people and French culture, but I also know it's faults.

It's my non French side speaking.
That's the thing when you're bi-cultural, one side of you sometimes feels the urge to point and laugh at you other side.
The problem being that if you're living in the country of the side being laugh at it's hard to find people to share the fun.

[Fikcija]

It's my non French side speaking.
That's the thing when you're bi-cultural, one side of you sometimes feels the urge to point and laugh at you other side.

I can relate to that. But even so, don't you sometimes get the urge to defend that very same side?

[Jezabel]

It's my non French side speaking.
That's the thing when you're bi-cultural, one side of you sometimes feels the urge to point and laugh at you other side.

I can relate to that. But even so, don't you sometimes get the urge to defend that very same side?

Absolutely !
Sometimes it leads to very interesting though strange discussions with myself.
But it's not very often.

Of course  I won't stand someone else pointing and laughing at one of my countries even if I was doing the same myself only moments ago 

Still I won't get upset, just won't be able to stand listening without pointing to the other side of the coin and telling about all the great things that also exist in said country.
In all fairness I'll probably even begin with "You're not wrong, but ...."

Well except if it's someone I dislike ! Then there will be fighting 

[ssoot]

It's rather intriguing that this post morphed into a warm discussion regarding the hardships of ESL, considering how it started
That said, I totally understand and respect you Jezabel. I've known english for more than half of my life, but it wasn't my native language either.

And I respect you more for French. God I gave that language up in one semester of high school.

[BlueSoup]

You might want to keep in mind that there are some "HEIL GRAMMAR types" pretty high up in the pecking order around here, so yeah.

And EVERYONE should keep in mind that it's the Internet, and the Internet is made of antimatter and therefore who cares what a bunch of fake people (pecking order  ) on a forum say?

Although I still encourage proper grammar.

[Sita]

It does appear that people who are having issues with the language get more airtime, at least of the positive thought, than people who ask what appear to be on-topic questions - this is, after all, a board about Sims 3, is it not?

But as I said, I do not pretend to understand the "logic" of this place.

[curlz]

Will 1.18 work with the current AM?

[jezzer]

Will 1.18 work with the current AM?

*Jezzer sprays Noob-B-Gone*

Someone should check the screen doors.  They keep getting in.

[curlz]

I don't think it was really that bad of a question considering how this thread was created.

It's been a while since I last used AwesomeMod. I have a few basic questions:
Will it work with everything up to Outdoor Living?
Which thread do I use for download?
Which thread do I use for install instructions?

Also wizard_merlin said you need the test version for 1.22 or 1.19 for the current one. However, the manual on the download page for the regular AM says 1.22.

[Jezabel]

I don't think it was really that bad of a question considering how this thread was created.

It's been a while since I last used AwesomeMod. I have a few basic questions:
Will it work with everything up to Outdoor Living?
Which thread do I use for download?
Which thread do I use for install instructions?

Also wizard_merlin said you need the test version for 1.22 or 1.19 for the current one. However, the manual on the download page for the regular AM says 1.22.

You answered your own question, it works as said on the download page.

[wizard_merlin]

I don't think it was really that bad of a question considering how this thread was created.

It's been a while since I last used AwesomeMod. I have a few basic questions:
Will it work with everything up to Outdoor Living?
Which thread do I use for download?
Which thread do I use for install instructions?

Also wizard_merlin said you need the test version for 1.22 or 1.19 for the current one. However, the manual on the download page for the regular AM says 1.22.

Since that post AM moved from the testing phase to general release.  This is something that happens all the time when a new patch is released, AM goes into testing while the general release contains the pre patch version of AM, when testing shows AM to be stable enough the general release gets updated to the new patch version, as happened this time.

[jezzer]

You might want to keep in mind that there are some "HEIL GRAMMAR types" pretty high up in the pecking order around here, so yeah.

And EVERYONE should keep in mind that it's the Internet, and the Internet is made of antimatter and therefore who cares what a bunch of fake people (pecking order  ) on a forum say?

Although I still encourage proper grammar.

Oh, good.  We can all rest easy now.  The Soup has spoken.

[sarsbar]

You might want to keep in mind that there are some "HEIL GRAMMAR types" pretty high up in the pecking order around here, so yeah.

And EVERYONE should keep in mind that it's the Internet, and the Internet is made of antimatter and therefore who cares what a bunch of fake people (pecking order  ) on a forum say?

Although I still encourage proper grammar.

"Fake people?"  What the hell does that mean--are you all chatbots?

[Jeebus]

You might want to keep in mind that there are some "HEIL GRAMMAR types" pretty high up in the pecking order around here, so yeah.

And EVERYONE should keep in mind that it's the Internet, and the Internet is made of antimatter and therefore who cares what a bunch of fake people (pecking order   ) on a forum say?

Although I still encourage proper grammar.

"Fake people?"  What the hell does that mean--are you all chatbots?

No, just phailbawl, and occasionally Pescado.

[rohina]

GRAMMAR POLICE ARE WATCHING ALL OF YOU NOW.

[jezzer]

[columbia]

When I installed a couple of new houses today, I got the message that awesomemod needed to be updated. I did. I went back in to install and got the message that

"It looks like you have installed an unofficial game modification that does not match your current version of The Sims 3. We recomment that you either uninstall these game modifications or get updated versions of them - otherwise you may experience crashes or significant bugs."

I've version 6.2.4 as I've yet to install Outdoor Living and I don't have Generations. Am I being required to install the new patch anyway? Considering the issues I've had with patches in the past, I am hoping to keep awesomemod AND my current patches. I've been using awesomemod for quite some time and I don't remember having this issue before but, since my headache was the 1.19 patch, perhaps I'd been updating patches before that mod and it not making much of an impression on me (considering the huge number of patches, thank you EA!).

Installed awesomemod 6/15/11...

Thanks for your help,

[wizard_merlin]

I've version 6.2.4 as I've yet to install Outdoor Living and I don't have Generations. Am I being required to install the new patch anyway?

For fuck sake, the current version of AM requires 1.22 to work right.  It doesn't matter what fucking EP or SP you do or don't have, it is related to the base game version number, for which patches are available with or without any specific EP or SP

[columbia]

Do you feel better now? I'm tired of trying to get help and getting the curses and bad attitude. If you only put as much effort into helping as you do in showing yourselves to be small and having such fragile egos that you need to put others down, problems would be resolved much more quickly!

However, since I don't define myself by your tirades, I'd already patched my game (since the 1.19 patch screwed up my game for 2 months I was understandably reluctant to do this) and now the game won't load. Loads without AM - just sits on the load screen running tips with AM installed. I checked the "bug" thread but the wizard was his usual unhelpful, foul-mouthed self with an individual with a similar problem. I didn't use the updater - didn't know what it was until I read that thread but it doesn't seem as though it is necessary. I just updated AM the way I've always done, including running a new aweconf...

Now I'll run over to the bug thread and see if someone HELPFUL can assist me!

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Cursing is an indication of a lack of imagination...

[rohina]

Do you feel better now? I'm tired of trying to get help and getting the curses and bad attitude.

Well go the fuck away, then, because curses and bad attitude are the modus operandi around here.

[witch]

Do you feel better now? I'm tired of trying to get help and getting the curses and bad attitude. If you only put as much effort into helping as you do in showing yourselves to be small and having such fragile egos that you need to put others down, problems would be resolved much more quickly!

Solving problems quickly is an assumption on your part that has no validity in reality, this site does not purport to be a helpdesk for eejits.

However, since I don't define myself by your tirades,

Despite having a go at us, you still feel superior. Good onya.

I'd already patched my game (since the 1.19 patch screwed up my game for 2 months I was understandably reluctant to do this) and now the game won't load. Loads without AM - just sits on the load screen running tips with AM installed. I checked the "bug" thread but the wizard was his usual unhelpful, foul-mouthed self with an individual with a similar problem.

JM is remarkably patient in comparison to the rest of us. Have you had a very sheltered life then?

I didn't use the updater - didn't know what it was until I read that thread but it doesn't seem as though it is necessary. I just updated AM the way I've always done, including running a new aweconf...

Now I'll run over to the bug thread and see if someone HELPFUL can assist me!

Frankly, I think you've screwed your chances there, but you may find a newbie mug or two who hasn't been ground down by the same questions endlessly repeated.

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Cursing is an indication of a lack of imagination...

Ya reckon? I dunno so much, I've heard some terrifically imaginative cursing in my time.

Here's an example.

Or this one. God I love Malcolm Tucker.

[Jeebus]

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Cursing is an indication of a lack of imagination...

Ya reckon? I dunno so much, I've heard some terrifically imaginative cursing in my time.

Indeed, George Carlin was one of the most imaginative men I've known of.

[sarsbar]

Do you feel better now? I'm tired of trying to get help and getting the curses and bad attitude. If you only put as much effort into helping as you do in showing yourselves to be small and having such fragile egos that you need to put others down, problems would be resolved much more quickly!

However, since I don't define myself by your tirades, I'd already patched my game (since the 1.19 patch screwed up my game for 2 months I was understandably reluctant to do this) and now the game won't load. Loads without AM - just sits on the load screen running tips with AM installed. I checked the "bug" thread but the wizard was his usual unhelpful, foul-mouthed self with an individual with a similar problem. I didn't use the updater - didn't know what it was until I read that thread but it doesn't seem as though it is necessary. I just updated AM the way I've always done, including running a new aweconf...

Now I'll run over to the bug thread and see if someone HELPFUL can assist me!

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Cursing is an indication of a lack of imagination...

Oh dear, it sounds like you forgot to delete your caches--this can be done by dragging the Game/Bin folder for the base game (Sims 3) over to the trash bin and deleting it.  That should reduce the load-time and prevent your game from crashing.

Hope this helps, and sorry about all the swears!