LTW's

[Li'l Brudder]

WITCH FTW!!!

[Magicmoon]

Huh. It seems the Seasons version of the hack just requires you to drop stuff in the Downloads folder. I'd be more than glad to use the hack if I didn't have to modify core game files.

Didn't see that. I only saw the "haven't updated it yet" thread.

Interestingly, the file still contains wants.package and wantstuning.package although the intructions do say to drop it all into the downloads folder.

Has anyone tried to see if it actually works correctly this way?

I don't have Seasons yet, so I can't test it myself.

[Diala]

I just tested it. It does appear to work correctly, which is great.

[jsalemi]

I missed the 'drop it all in downloads' thing, and did the old method of replacing the wants and wantstuning files in the game directory, and it works fine that way too.

[Tigerlilley]

I did not even know that there was new LTWs with seasons 

[maxon]

Interestingly, the file still contains wants.package and wantstuning.package although the intructions do say to drop it all into the downloads folder.

Has anyone tried to see if it actually works correctly this way?

Yes, it is working so far in my game.  I don't see why it should be a problem since the game seems to read anything in Downloads last and that overrides game files.  A lot of hacks and mods work that way - in fact, most do surely?  It used to be said that replacing your CAS!.package required changing base game files but they work just fine in Downloads too.

[J. M. Pescado]

That is interesting. This issue warrants further exploration. It may be that they entirely changed how this stuff is read and more things may be open to overriding. If so, an Awesome version may be in the works.

[ScoobyDoo]

Speaking of LTW, is it possible to repeat the 20 best friends over again without first destroying friendships?  Especially if you've already hit the 30 best friends want. I know the career ones are easy to redo over.

[witch]

A LTW to be a Montana Mountain Man, eating raw meat and wearing bear pelts? 

[J. M. Pescado]

Speaking of LTW, is it possible to repeat the 20 best friends over again without first destroying friendships?  Especially if you've already hit the 30 best friends want. I know the career ones are easy to redo over.

Wait for them to die?

[Magicmoon]

If it is true that you can just stick them in the Downloads folder and not have to worry about anything else, then that makes things much easier. *shrugs* ... If anyone can confirm this, then perhaps the same thing would go for my teen woohoo wants hack.  That would definitely be useful to know.
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That is interesting. This issue warrants further exploration. It may be that they entirely changed how this stuff is read and more things may be open to overriding. If so, an Awesome version may be in the works.

Oooh. New Shinys! I've been holding off on the teen woohoo wants hack because of already changing stuff with Squinge's mods. Looking forward to these!

[J. M. Pescado]

An experimental revision of the Squinge LTW Mod is here. In the event that this link stops working, it will be because it was either discontinued or moved here. I've posted this information over in Squingeland also.

Due to the way LTWs interface with the game, it remains impossible to load more than a single LTW-modifying hack into the game. Ordinary wants may be possible, however. More experiments are currently under way.

[Kyna]

Due to the way LTWs interface with the game, it remains impossible to load more than a single LTW-modifying hack into the game. Ordinary wants may be possible, however. More experiments are currently under way.

* Kyna is non-awesome and a little confused. 

By LTW-modifying hack do you mean a hack that modifies the LTWs available in the game, or do you also mean hacks such as ltwvariety that modify the range of LTWs available to a sim?

[J. M. Pescado]

Modifies available LTWs by adding new ones. LTWvariety only modifies BHAV check trees, not wants themselves. More experimentation is ongoing.

[Kyna]

Thanks for clearing up my confusion.

Does this experimentation include a completely new LTW: winning x number of fights?  Grouchy, active sims would love that want.

[J. M. Pescado]

I am encountering some unusual behavior in the way wants appear to override. It appears possible to install a nonexistent want, yet an override for an existing want appears to fail to take.

[Liss]

well I just deleted squinge's and stuck yours in...i'll let you know if my game goes 'asplodie.

[trudy]

ah, great :-) Even if just one version works in the downloads folder, I woud like to see an awesome version with the uni careers and some extra goodies :-)

[J. M. Pescado]

Heh. So I went and told Squinge about this, and he apparently responded by nuking my post. See if I tell HIM about any more shiny findings.

[Liss]

hrrrmph. snob.

[Kyna]

Probably because of the massive size reduction you mentioned in your post over there (from nearly 1 MB to 32 kB).  Whoever deleted your post probably thought that kind of size reduction made Squinge look like a sloppy coder.

[rhodaloo]

I'll take massive size reduction in my hacks any day...That being said, I'm trying JM's version.  I loved finding the uni LTW's immediately.  I played all day without anything exploding. 

[Liss]

Probably because of the massive size reduction you mentioned in your post over there (from nearly 1 MB to 32 kB).  Whoever deleted your post probably thought that kind of size reduction made Squinge look like a sloppy coder.

hasn't that been pes's claim all along?

[maxon]

oooo - terrif.  Salutes - off to test.

[seelindarun]

I don't s'pose there's any chance of this being made available for Pets?  Seasons hasn't come to mac, y'see...  I put Squinge's into my game, but 1MB vs. 32K... that's a pretty big difference.