bugs ive noticed.. any help please?

[verdaeni]

i had a cat refuse three clean food bowls and go into desperation starvation with a warning message.   just for fun i reported the bug and they send back they've updated the help system, didnt even give me a  link.  i bet they told me the bowls were dirty even though i plainly said they were both clean and full...

okay so we know the glamor life stuff isnt pet enabled.  <shakes head>

i had someone try to get a pet job for youser, my smart sheepdog.  only the human ended up getting the message, and sure enough when i look at employment the human has a job of vermin chaser.  is this normal or do i have too many hacks?  mostly i have this site, merola and simlogical, and so far a few by christianlov and monique

only on the roseland family and i tried this three different ways,  when i went to buy a collar for the dog, i bought the collar.  came home and tried to change appearance but it insists i have no collars.  i was able to buy collars for two OTHER family dogs.  now i redid the roseland thing, i redid the house.  made sure i had a dresser.  bought collars.  got the no collar message at home.  went back to store to buy new collars and it plainly shows me with that dresser symbol i already have collars.  i buy more anyway, go home, and sure enough,  it insists i have no collars.  i even retested this with no hacks at all and STILL the problem.

this is probably too many hacks, but im hoping someone knows which one...  instead of the plumbob now i have the red mask over heads.

[Ness]

About the collar thing - small dogs and large dogs need different collars...  make sure you bought the right size!

[eamethyst]

Look at the cats trained behaviors, she/he is probably trained to eat sim food.  If this is the case place a plate of food on the floor or counter and when the cat eats it scold her/him.  If the hunger is dangerously low, I'd wait until it is mostly full before scolding.  Continue to do this until you can click on the bowl and Call to eat...(cat's name).  When the cat eats out of the bowl praise him/her.

Search the forum about the pet job problem.  Others have mentioned it, but I didn't have the problem so I don't know how it was solved.

And only advise I can offer about the collars is to be sure you are using an non-custom floor mirror.  Again you might do a search, I vaguely remember someone mentioning something about them.

[Sleepycat]

dosen't need to be a floor mirror, I changed a dogs collar using a mirror that is over a bathroom sink in one sims house

[LFox]

Check to make sure that the cats bowl can't be filled i had a pet starving to death because the bowl LOOKED full when it was actually empty other than that i have no idea.

The sims acting like pets is a bug caused by christianlov's puppy and kitten creator item or so i read.

As for the collers make sure you have the right size, if you got the wrong size it's not going to show up.

[eamethyst]

Thanks for the correction, Sleepycat.  I assumed the dog (or cat) needed to be able to look into the mirror. 

Dang it, I didn't need to buy that frakin' floor mirror at all.

[verdaeni]

i had read something earlier in the week? and commented on the mirror issue.  its just EASIER if its a floor length mirror.  they jocky about for correct position and while occasionally it manages to work in the bathroom mirror, usually they spend three minutes or so moving around.  now it wouldnt be too bad if it failed with a message about no space, the usual one.  but the session just quits with no message at all,  which makes it a bug to me.  i guess i'll have to start the buglist on the BBS again with a big pets section.  it would be nice if we had one here,  i had the bug and then the link to fix if one existed or text for workaround right there.  but i dont know how to do that here.  ive put up requests for people to check my buglist on the BBS and add comments to add any extra knowlege but no one has ever done so.

im going to check the large/small collar thing.  its very odd, even the book didnt mention it.

also the last time my dog destroyed (a whole chair in one minute?) it left a stuck object, is anyone else having this problem?  of course we already have a stuck object remover but i was wondering if this was something i should bitch to maxis about.

check, i'll take out the christianlov baby maker and see what happens with the jobs.

does it irritate anyone else if you are like in personal relationships screen  and you switch to another human, it saves the place in the menu.  but when i switch to a pet it collapses everything and i have to reopen...

[LFox]

does it irritate anyone else if you are like in personal relationships screen  and you switch to another human, it saves the place in the menu.  but when i switch to a pet it collapses everything and i have to reopen...

Yeah that's incredibly annoying but it happens since the pet panels are completely different designed.  To be honest i think they woulda been better if they had a wants panel like normal sims but i guess it makes sense since their by default non controllable.

[jsalemi]

Dang it, I didn't need to buy that frakin' floor mirror at all.

Nah, the pets will have fun with it -- they play with their reflections....

[eamethyst]

I have noticed that.

[verdaeni]

oh thats great to know, i'll have to make sure they have a mirror.

i have most of my problems fixed.  itis actually one of pescado's hacks though causing the pet job problem where the person gets it.  i had all hacks shut off and got it to work.  then i put just pescado's back, and the problem reappeared.  probably ive missed something  thats incompatible with pets.   its going to be a pain figuring it out, i have 65 of his hacks...

[Ness]

Actually fairly simple...  ditch the lot, and get the updated ones from the pets directory.  I'd recommend the director's cut.

Although...  I recall it being mentioned that it's no age discrimination that causes the job thing...  I think!

[verdaeni]

pescado throws a few hacks into the directors cut that i dont want, and there are some old ones i want to keep and at least try to use.  thanks for the clue on noagediscrimiation, but i just checked and its not listed.  maybe i sholuld load the directors cut and just pull out the ones i dont want.

[Ness]

That's the way I do it...  it's really not worth trying to keep old, out-dated hacks in...  if Pescado says they aren't right for the new EP, then they aren't right.  He knows what he's doing.

[verdaeni]

you talked me into it.  only...  there is no directors cut link under 'the firing range'. 

[Ness]

try here

The links to the director's cut and all hacks are found in the armoury*.

* Yes, I know there's no u in it, but I'm Australian, and I insist on spelling it that way!

[verdaeni]

hey thanks for all the help.  im reloaded and ready to rock.

[breyerii]

petsp0-jobfixes.zip was updated today.

[J. M. Pescado]

No Age Discrimination is upgraded to pets compatible. Works in my game. Do make sure you have the new version.

[verdaeni]

i have the full directors version loaded now, only removed nospawnstrays and nospawntownies.

you're kind of like the borg.  its easier to give up and be assimilated.