AutoYakYak Macro Phone Caller (10/25/06)

[DMDye]

I have autoyak, callover, noeatcrap and phonehack (nothing else) and the autoyak is not showing any options for me either on the phone or on the sim. I don't really want Macrotastics... is there any other option?

[J. M. Pescado]

If you downloaded from the thread previously, reupdate. There was previously only one link for the OFB- version.

[Xav]

I have the similar issue of the friends option not showing up, but it's only in some households. Some do have it, cellphone or just a regular phone, and some just don't whether I move them to a new place or not. I'm not sure why.

I checked that the sims do have friends status, called them individually to see if it's the issue of them being away, but they do have the friend status and aren't away. All hacks have been updated and the results are the same.

Edit: I tested moving a household without the calling friends option into a household with one, and it showed up. But once I moved that household out to a new lot, the option disappears again.

[DMDye]

I got the most updated hack (from what I could find) today, here: http://www.moreawesomethanyou.com/ffs/pets/hacks/
I had not downloaded any Pets hacks before today.

[J. M. Pescado]

What is the age of these lots? Are the lots which have it from pre-Pets while the lots which don't are newly installed? If you've tried everything to get it to appear already, try forcing an error on anything on that lot, then attaching the error log so I can see if the controller is actually there.

[Xav]

Both of these lots are pre-Pets, but one of them has it and the other doesn't.

t11910.txt doesn't have it and t250511.txt does.

[J. M. Pescado]

As I suspected, the AutoYak controller is simply missing from the lot. Will look into why it ddin't spawn.

[Karen]

I noticed a problem yesterday with trying to call a child.  All the playable teens in my hood have cell phones, but none of the kids do.  When I try to call a kid, it says "So-and-so doesn't have a phone".  But the kid in question does have a regular phone in his house.

Karen

[rhodaloo]

I realized  yesterday that autoyak wasn't working for me either.  I was playing the two new maxis lots (Kim and Kat families) in my test neighborhood..

Oops, went back to download all the phone related hacks and I didn't have the most recent.  I hope it'll work now.  Will there be a newer autoyak than 10/21?

[pcgeekri]

Pescado,

I'll be glad when this mod is functional again.  Realized just how much my sims have used this in this past.  Thier number of freinds are dropping fast. 

Later,

Pcgeekri

[Dopp]

It does work, at least with macrotastics. The problem is getting the Sims to stop yakking.

[Jorenne]

All my lots have lost the Call/family option.  The call/friends and call/targets are there but not family, did I miss an update where it was intentionally removed or is something strange happening in my game?

[jrd]

Are there valid family members to be called?

-Not already 100 STR
-Not at work or school
-Possessing a phone or cellphone

If any of the above three is not true, the option does not appear.

[Jorenne]

for one or two families I can see those might be factors, but is definately not the case for every lot in my hood, I've tried different lots at different times of day and different days of the week, none of then can call/family.

Specifically one lot where the adult female in the family has two siblings, eight children, 18 grandchildren, and eight nieces/nephews of ages ranging from child - adult (including YA), every lot has at least a normal telephne, some sims have cell phones, relationships range from fairly high eighties down to almost zero.  And she can't call/family at any time of day or any day of the week, when at least someone should be home and therefore callable.

[rhodaloo]

Yeee-haw!!!  Auto yak finally showed up when I clicked on a sim.  Version whatever the lastest is WORKS! I'm doing my best not to dance around the computer room. 

[J. M. Pescado]

Are you using it in OFB, or using it in Pets? Don't use old OFB versions in Pets. The Pets version has not been back-tested for OFB yet so remains seperate.

[pcgeekri]

Pescado,

Just noticed the new version here.  I ususally just check the URL http://www.moreawesomethanyou.com/ffs/ofb/hacks/ where I usually just look for dates to see what you have updated like the MissingManagerFix which I downloaded earlier today because it has a new date on it.  Let me try the autoyak I just downoaded here for Post Pets. 

Edit:  Thanks Pescado, yes it works with the cell phone.  Sorry about the drama.  (It's a Queen thing.) 
        I'll start checking this url: http://moreawesomethanyou.com/ffs/pets/hacks/  I didn't think about you starting a new directory.

Reminds me of what Toto said to Dorothy when she said "I don't think we're in Kansas any more.", Toto replied Uh-DUH!

Thanks,

Pcgeekri

[rhodaloo]

Are you using it in OFB, or using it in Pets? Don't use old OFB versions in Pets. The Pets version has not been back-tested for OFB yet so remains seperate.

Since I'm the proud owner of the Pets ep, I'm using Pet's versions of your hacks.  I have been reading the posts.   

[GayJohnScarritt]

   Hello Pescado, i just downloaded your update to the AutoYakYak from
http://moreawesomethanyou.com/ffs/ofb/hacks/?M=D     a couple hours ago.
   I don't have Pets EP and now i'm having a problem.  I tell my sim to call/Friends, they bring cell phone up to their face, then immediately put the cell phone away.  I had debug mode on and no errors produced.   Also, the option to call/Family was not available, tho she had a sister who was home at 96/96 relationship available to call.  She was able to call/Sim.
  I wasn't sure if i had downloaded the update to phonehack a couple days ago, so i downloaded that again, at the same time.

[Soja]

I'm having problems with this hack. When I use it, the sim I call shows up on the lot. 

[Fish Dude]

I'm having problems with this hack. When I use it, the sim I call show up on the lot. 

I think thats a problem which the cause of is unknown.

[Motoki]

That's an old, old bug going back to the base game. I have no idea if the current version of this hack is contributing to it in any way, but it has happened and still happens even for people without any hacks.

[SimMoon]

Oh, old bugs came calling on me. I forgot about Lizzies Love Bed being in my game and suddenly I had the one, the only JUMP BUG! I almost fell out of the chair. I found the bed and deleted it pronto and it will stay gone. Especially since I like TJ's CR a lot more.


SimMoon

[Jorenne]

I'm having problems with this hack. When I use it, the sim I call shows up on the lot. 

I'm also getting this when using the call...friends/family/targets tey talk to the phone for a few minutes and then *bam* the sim is on the lot, no jump-bug type resets on the phone user though, they just hang up, turn around and start socialising face to face.

[GayJohnScarritt]

   Hello Pescado, i just downloaded your update to the AutoYakYak from
http://moreawesomethanyou.com/ffs/ofb/hacks/?M=D     a couple hours ago.
   I don't have Pets EP and now i'm having a problem.  I tell my sim to call/Friends, they bring cell phone up to their face, then immediately put the cell phone away.  I had debug mode on and no errors produced.   Also, the option to call/Family was not available (Edited - the next lot i played, Call/Family was available), tho she had a sister who was home at 96/96 relationship available to call.  She was able to call/Sim.
  I wasn't sure if i had downloaded the update to phonehack a couple days ago, so i downloaded that again, at the same time.

   After deleting every old/unwanted file i could find, and still having that problem, i removed the entire Downloads Folder to my desktop.   Created a new empty Downloads folder, re-downloaded the autoyak package and started my game.   The autoyak is the only thing in the Downloads folder.   And my sims are still unable to Call/Friends.  They pick up the phone then set it right back down again.  Does Autoyak need another hack to work?  Am i the only one having this problem?