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crammyboy
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 For OFB Patch 1 Only (Although it may work pre-patch) Reduces the risk of robots breaking from 10% every 30 sim minutes to 1% every 5 sim hours Installs into downloads directory |
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notovny
Garrulous Gimp
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Sweet manatee of galilee... It's that high?! That works out to a mean lifetime of about 3.3 hours of activity, versus 544 hours with your mod. Downloading...
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afcb_gayle
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Brilliant thanks, it might stop my hydrobot breaking down every time I use it!  |
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Sweethrtcc
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I am looking forward to not having to repair the stupid cleanbot all the time, not to mention picking up all the trash it spews all over the place. Thanks!
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Celestra
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::)Thanks for this i stopped using the robots exactly because of the constant breaking down and if you didnt spot them in time it took longer to moveobjects on and clean the crap up that any benefits you got from having them on the lot  |
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MissDoh
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Ah I lIke the odds of your mod. Others simply make it so they would not break at all and it does not suit the way I play.
Probably someone at Maxis find it funny to see it break often, I don't.
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« Last Edit: 2006 March 31, 19:08:55 by MissDoh »
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J. M. Pescado
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I thought it was pretty funny. After all, robots do kinda exist to DESTROY ALL HUMANS...
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crammyboy
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I thought that was little blue-green aliens.
"One giant step on mankind"
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MissDoh
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If only they would "DESTROY ALL HUMANS" when they break. Instead they throw trash or water everywhere. Yeah!  Funny a few times after that I prefer to see it less often. |
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dadditude
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Is it just me, or does anyone else think this one should be upgraded to annoyance? Those robots are a pain in the keister!
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"Outside of a dog, a book is man's best friend;
Inside of a dog, it's too dark to read." - Groucho Marx
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J. M. Pescado
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Considering it that a robot's purpose for existence is to destroy all humans, it seems only natural that robots go berserk and start destroying things as often as possible.
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dadditude
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True, but the annoyance comes from the fact that the robots don't do an effective enough job of destroying all humans. |
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"Outside of a dog, a book is man's best friend;
Inside of a dog, it's too dark to read." - Groucho Marx
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J. M. Pescado
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True, but the annoyance comes from the fact that the robots don't do an effective enough job of destroying all humans. Maybe this means we need a "Robots Destroy Humans Better" hack, as opposed to robots breaking less. |
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Grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things I cannot accept, and the wisdom to hide the bodies of those I had to kill because they pissed me off.
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pcgeekri
Dimwitted Dunce
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CrammyBoy,
Will this work in FFS Patch 2? I guess I'll let you know.
Thanks,
Pcgeekri
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jsalemi
Town Crier
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In dog we trust, all others pay cash...
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Will this work in FFS Patch 2? I guess I'll let you know.
Yes, it works fine with FFS P2. |
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Persephone
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Would you consider doing a robots break NEVER version?
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miros
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Has anyone tested this with Pets?
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HelloKit
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Also wondering about Pets compatibility...
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Countess
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The breakdowns are annoying, but I think your odds have gone a little too far the other way. 1% in 5 hours, means its probably never going to break down on you. 10% in 5 hours maybe? or possibly 1% in 30 mins
As Maxis programmed it, you only really get a lot of breakdowns if you leave the hydrobot and cleanbot running all the time. Do you leave your vacuum cleaner running all the time? ... No, it would break down! QED. OK turning them on and off is a nuisance, but it's realistic. I guess the breakdown rate ought to be age related as well. Appliance reliability is much better than it used to be, but things do break down irretrievably in the end.
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Sick of Bluewater? Try Sedona or Meadow Lawns instead. Meadow Lawns is a whole neighbourhood built to explore OFB. Sedona is a sub'hood you can install as a permanent alternative to Bluewater - it's an "out of this world" experience! www.moreawesomethanyou.com/cwykes |
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miros
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Things break the day after the warrenty runs out.
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Avalikia
Furry Lover
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Unless, of course, you have to pay a small fee for the warranty and you decide not to get it, in which case it will break before you even get it home.
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All generalizations are false, including this one.
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miros
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Most places have an implied warranty of 30 or 90 days, so it would break the day after that (check the tiny print on the back of your receipt with a magnifying glass). Or at least the day after it cannot be returned.
I think credit cards also have "warranty protection" built it, which might be up to one year. Again, tiny print...
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Countess
cwykes
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I've been finding that hydrobot and cleanbot still break far too often. My earlier comment that the odds looked too low was utter rubbish. Do you think you might re-visit this and lower the odds some more? Odds closer to the munchie and security bot breakdowns would be good. Here's how it's working in my game: Susan Jackman's house in Meadow Lawns has a large lot with garden and some/all of the fleet of robots break down and run riot every day. The munchie bot and sentry bot on the other hand almost never break. I've already had one death by flies on this lot because of the breakdowns. Susan Jackman has about 8 hydrobots to water, 4 cleanbots to clean up after the broken hydrobots and a servo to fix the robots (10mech points of course), cut the hedge and pull up weeds + crafting and other chores. There are some unreachable shrubs, so daily gardener is not the answer. I'd like the fleet of robots to work rather more reliably. Meadow Lawns is 100MB RAR on www.moreawesomethanyou.com/cwykes if you want to try the house and see how it works for you. |
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Sick of Bluewater? Try Sedona or Meadow Lawns instead. Meadow Lawns is a whole neighbourhood built to explore OFB. Sedona is a sub'hood you can install as a permanent alternative to Bluewater - it's an "out of this world" experience! www.moreawesomethanyou.com/cwykes |
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J. M. Pescado
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It is the rightful and proper behavior of robots to attempt to destroy their human masters. What else do robots live for?
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Grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things I cannot accept, and the wisdom to hide the bodies of those I had to kill because they pissed me off.
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