Bon Voyage dissatisfaction

[Spicey]

IIRC, it was TJ's visitor controller that was the number one culprit of that (walk to lot) problem. He's since updated it.

thanks.  i was trying to figure out which behavior mod could possibly be causing the conflict, and i forgot i had a visitor transporter installed. 
i ran sw's conflict detector but it didn't come up with anything.

*off to get the new hack*

i just installed the ep today so i'm still fixing up the borks.

[J. M. Pescado]

Once again, I place the blame squarely on tight pants.

[Spicey]

Once again, I place the blame squarely on tight pants.

 But I like tight pants.


On men, anyway.

 

[Jelenedra]

I read through the ENTIRE thread, which was quite a task.

And I was wondering if most of everyone's dissatisfaction was taken care of by some of Pescado's fixes.

I know the too many character files is taken care of. And I think I saw a fix for banning the locals getting their greetings contaminated by stupid tourists trying to teach geishas to chest pound.

Also, I had this thought about how long the fire dance takes to learn in comparsion to the other local dances:

The reason it probably takes longer to learn the fire dance could be the fact that Tiki island has no Autumn? Mayhaps the reason you seem to learn the slap dance and tai chi faster is that you're there in a season that gives a boost to learning these things.

Also, can you take thinking caps on vacation and speed up the learning process that way?

[jsalemi]

Thinking caps only appear to affect core skills learning.  I've never seen them make a difference when learning the 'hidden skills'.

[jolrei]

Also, I had this thought about how long the fire dance takes to learn in comparsion to the other local dances:
The reason it probably takes longer to learn the fire dance could be the fact that Tiki island has no Autumn? Mayhaps the reason you seem to learn the slap dance and tai chi faster is that you're there in a season that gives a boost to learning these things.

Nah.  I don't have Seasons, and all my sims live in perpetual blissful weather, and the fire dance just takes a long time to learn.  I think EAxis felt that this would reflect a steeper learning curve.  By comparison, the slap dance takes less time to learn than the pounding chest gesture.

A lot of the earlier dissatisfaction was fixed by Awesome hacks, especially the interaction related stuff.  Some glitches are just "part of the fun" so to speak.  Lag is inconsistent and seems to have a number of possible causes (secuROM issues, computer specs, graphics card issues, unknown, etc.).

[Jelenedra]

It makes sense that it would take longer, I was wondering if the Seasons bonuses were affecting some people's view of it.

[Havelock]

A lot of the earlier dissatisfaction was fixed by Awesome hacks, especially the interaction related stuff.  Some glitches are just "part of the fun" so to speak.  Lag is inconsistent and seems to have a number of possible causes (secuROM issues, computer specs, graphics card issues, unknown, etc.).

For glitches are just "part of the fun" so to speak.
 
I would prefer a fix for seating on a Toilet overridden for pee in your Pants after struck by lightnig. I hate EAxis Peeobsession period.
And the only side of my sims Books flipping retour visible is not funny eighter. (an very old bug recreated)
Not to mention the Bellhop not able to enter the check in table (boot) whatever its called after serving a meal. Because of stupid Vacation townie behavior.
The very first impression i got from BV was a westwallshadow visible attached on the new campingchair. Because somone at EA dont know how to proper name the damn shadows. Same for the hoteldresser. But i found it later.

[Spicey]

i yanked out all my hacks last night, including "antiwatchout"  which i hadn't remembered was in there because it doesn't work, then reloaded the game.  everything worked perfectly.

then i put a few back in that shouldn't have affected the wants slots or the walking function, and simmies can still walk to other lots, but the want slots are borkened again.   not sure which behaviors are affected, although the lotdebugger fixes them temporarily. 
slogging on...   

[Jelenedra]

Has there been a fix for booking honeymoons?

[morriganrant]

What I want to know is if anyone will be able to enable the misc. jewelry slot for teens. I was all giddy about the new jewelry options only to find that my rebellious teens will not be able to pierce their faces. I don't see the point in re-categorizing most of my jewelry because a good deal of it can be used on teens. Or am I completely missing something? If i try to use the wardrobe wrangler to mark it for teens-adults or elders and the misc jewelry option, will that enable the misc jewelry option for teens in game? Some how I doubt it, but I couldn't be sure, the last time I attempted this my game crashed and I had to replace the files I'd changed.

[ZiggyDoodle]

Well, my elder Sims are going to file complaints against EAxis with the AARP for age discrimination!   

I had sent a wealthy, semi-retired couple to Takemizu Village for a few days.  When they went shopping in preparation for the tea ceremony, low and behold, no kimonos are available for the oldsters!  Not only do kimonos authenticate the ceremony and make for great photo ops, but they are perfect camouflage for those sagging bellies and boobies.

Come to think of it, none of the vacation clothing is available to elders.  Discrimination!!

[jsalemi]

I hadn't noticed that, but yea, that's really lame.  Especially since in RL (and in my game), it's the retired elders who usually do most of the traveling.

[morriganrant]

Well, you can get some kimonos at MTS2 for elders but I am unsure about whether they need the last happy holiday pack or not. I have these so I had not noticed the game didn't come with them but you shouldn't have to resort to custom to finish off what EA left out.

[KellyQ]

Well, my elder Sims are going to file complaints against EAxis with the AARP for age discrimination!   

I had sent a wealthy, semi-retired couple to Takemizu Village for a few days.  When they went shopping in preparation for the tea ceremony, low and behold, no kimonos are available for the oldsters!  Not only do kimonos authenticate the ceremony and make for great photo ops, but they are perfect camouflage for those sagging bellies and boobies.

Come to think of it, none of the vacation clothing is available to elders.  Discrimination!!

All About Style did some nice elder clothing for BV: http://www.all-about-style.com/senior_feca7.html and http://www.all-about-style.com/senior_maca3.html.

[Spicey]

Well, my elder Sims are going to file complaints against EAxis with the AARP for age discrimination!   

I had sent a wealthy, semi-retired couple to Takemizu Village for a few days.  When they went shopping in preparation for the tea ceremony, low and behold, no kimonos are available for the oldsters!  Not only do kimonos authenticate the ceremony and make for great photo ops, but they are perfect camouflage for those sagging bellies and boobies.

Come to think of it, none of the vacation clothing is available to elders.  Discrimination!!

i've got a mod that makes all the adult clothes available to all adults, eg. young, elder and "regular" ones, but being me i haven't checked it out since i installed bv.  i'm pretty sure i got it at mts2...

[sloppyhousewife]

i've got a mod that makes all the adult clothes available to all adults, eg. young, elder and "regular" ones, but being me i haven't checked it out since i installed bv.  i'm pretty sure i got it at mts2...

Sounds like Motoki's Clothing equality mod here. I'm not sure if it has to be updated for BV for the kimonos to show up for elders, though.

[Emma]

Moonlitmaiden has recategorised some adult clothing for elders, including the kimonos and mountainwear.

[BastDawn]

Moonlitmaiden's stuff aren't hacks for the games files, they are "recolors" make available to the elders.  I'd prefer something like Motoki's work.

[trevanac]

I installed Bon Voyage last week and downloaded the No Cd. I never ran the game without using it. At first everything was great, but perhaps after two days of playing it I got bombarded with a bunch of lag a choppy play. I can't even use the fast modes, they do nothing but run slower then the original speed. It drives me so nuts I have to shut down the game and do something else. Whats really frustrating is, it worked at first. I'm probably going to have to remove BV. I don't know what else to do. I looked through this thread and someone mentioned messing with your firewalls, but, I shouldnt have SecuRom so I shouldnt have a need to mess with firewalls right? I also fiddled with graphics and I've kept my downloads to a minimum. Anyone have helpful suggestions?

[Emma]

Moonlitmaiden's stuff aren't hacks for the games files, they are "recolors" make available to the elders.  I'd prefer something like Motoki's work.

Well, so would I really But these will do for now until someone hopefully updates Motoki's work

[Spicey]

Moonlitmaiden's stuff aren't hacks for the games files, they are "recolors" make available to the elders.  I'd prefer something like Motoki's work.

you say that like it's a bad thing.  aside from the added filesize, they look okay.

[Spicey]

Just for someone's (anyone's) eddification, I've managed to locate the files that were borking my game: "anitwatchout", which was already a known problem for Sims walking off the lots, and "teen_woohoo" which was screwing up the want slots.  I should be used to the Eaxis of Eavil policing my morals, by now, but it still irritates me a bit..

Anyway, hope this helps.


 

[jsalemi]

Just for someone's (anyone's) eddification, I've managed to locate the files that were borking my game: "anitwatchout", which was already a known problem for Sims walking off the lots, and "teen_woohoo" which was screwing up the want slots.

It has been established in its thread here that there is no problem with antiwatchout and BV; there's another hack causing the walk off lots problem.  And  woohoo_teens has been updated for BV over on the inteen site.  I suggest you do research before blaming the wrong hacks or your own stupidity for not updating them.


Carry on...

[morriganrant]

trevanac, you should not have Securom if you've used the no-cd key from the beginning but only if you installed on an administrator account on your pc. If it was on another user without admin access to files then SecuRom installed with the game.
Try checking your firewall logs and see if Sims2ep6.exe has been trying to access the net, making sure that you do not have auto-login enabled in game before you panic about it. Double check your processor and graphics card as well. The lag may be a pc problem. Especially if it plays fine for several minutes to an hour before the lag starts up. It may not be securom, it may be that your computer needs basic maintenance, that there's too much custom, or that it's your hardware. Or, it could be securom, it's up to you to track it down before you point fingers.