The Phone Ringing Is Driving Me Crazy!!

[yetyak]

I've never had to reinstall, either.  Just dumb luck, I guess.

[Motoki]

There's apparently a problem even without the phone hack on lots that were never played when the phone hack was installed with Sims on the phone being teleported to the lot.  I saw it once myself, although the Sim immediately disappeared.  I think the base problem is in the game, not in the phone hack.  I hope Pescado can fix it.

Right. This is actually a pretty old bug and I remember seeing it happen long before the phone hack, this was even before uni. I haven't had it happen for a long time though so I don't know if the phone hack fixed this from happening pre-NL or uni fixed it or what, but I've definitely had it happen before without the phone hack.

[LynnMar]

I don't have anybody coming over now when I talk to them on the phone but of course I am calling them because I have the ringer set to off.   thank heaven, I can finally install phones in my house again  but what I really miss it the taxi hack part of it.

 Now when you go downtown in your car, you have to take all of the sims or only one.   or if you want to take another member of your family you have to ask them to go on an outing with you. 

  I hope JM can make it where that when you get into the car you can choose who to take  with you.    that would be way cool.   

[simmiecal]

Hi JM I am using the phone hack and have noticed these problems

1.  Ringer can not be set but u can turn it off.

2.  The person whom rang gets telported to the lot.

That is all at the monent I am going to remove the phone hack

Don't know if this helps track down the problem or not:

I noticed in NL (before any hacks / custom content was installed) that when someone phoned for a group outing to my sim living in Uni or at a downtown lot, the phoner was teleported to my lot and left with my sim in the car.  Don't recall it happening in the home neighborhood. 

Not positive, but I think the person calling was not living in the same neighborhood as my sim. Maybe the sim is teleported if they live in another neighborhood?

[sanmonroe]

I don't have anybody coming over now when I talk to them on the phone but of course I am calling them because I have the ringer set to off.   thank heaven, I can finally install phones in my house again  but what I really miss it the taxi hack part of it.

 Now when you go downtown in your car, you have to take all of the sims or only one.   or if you want to take another member of your family you have to ask them to go on an outing with you. 

  I hope JM can make it where that when you get into the car you can choose who to take  with you.    that would be way cool.   

I believe you can take your choice if you just send them all to sit in the car and then have the driver leave.

[J. M. Pescado]

I hope JM can make it where that when you get into the car you can choose who to take  with you.    that would be way cool.   

This one happens to be in testing right now, the "Car Hack" of all things Car-Related, just like the Phone Hack for phones.

[LynnMar]

I love you J.M.        I am so glad that you are working on the car/taxi part of it.   U Rock.

[gali]

I downloaded a few days ago the last "in test" version of the phonehack, and so far it works perfect, receiveing the dialog who is going to drive to the community lots/downtown.

I think it belongs to carpool fix: when a sim drives with the car to the community - sometimes (if he is an elder or teen) he can't enter the car to drive back home, and I have to call a taxi; only after that I saw him driving the car back home - but only when I arrive home.

[baaaflatfit]

Thank you, JM, for working on getting this updated for us.  I will be so grateful/relieved to have this hack back again in my game! 

Max

[Sagana]

I've gotten the "don't call me so late" messages at normal times still (not using the phone hack yet). I think it varies according to the sim now (vampires and people working night schedules and whatnot don't seem to mind). They never mind if you're asking them on a date (although they can be at work) and will stay as long as the scores are good for dates/outings or anything timed, so you can have them hang around way late if you do it that way.

Speaking of harassing vampires, invite one that you have a good relationship with to a daytime party. They'll truck allllll the way over to your house to tell you they can't attend a party during the day, it's killing them and then walk back home. Don't ask me why they couldn't have thought of that when they took the phone call

Weird sense of humor, but I actually found this rather funny.

[NanCalz]

Or dating for fun and kinky thrills 

My dates keep rolling up wants to woohoo in the car, even if they're at home.  I figure eventually they'll woohoo the wheels right off the thing.  I'm surprised it hasn't happened yet.

Hook

And speaking of auto action, why in the world do the windows steam up when they make out???  I can understand during a woohoo, but I for one would like the voyeristic pleasure of seeing them make out in the car.. and not get hung up on the gear shift.

The phone is driving me crazy too.  I'm thinking of ripping every phone out by its roots until the NL compatible hack is ready. 
-N-

[Hairfish]

Am I the only one who has NEVER had to reinstall the game? Ever?

No... 

[Brynne]

And speaking of auto action, why in the world do the windows steam up when they make out???  I can understand during a woohoo, but I for one would like the voyeristic pleasure of seeing them make out in the car.. and not get hung up on the gear shift.

I agree. And as for the in-car woohoo, we were robbed of a very interesting cinematic.