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Title: List your Bon Vonyage bugs and compatabilty issues
Post by: DecoraChroi on September 07, 2007, 07:35:28 am
However you play the game, there will always be bugs with or without glitches. Post whatever you have concluded upon gameplay, weither CC, hacks or conflictions. This thread can help players discuss, compare notes and save forum space. :)
Example

From playing, here's my issues:

With the Insimenator installed, just like fishing in Seasons; it will not let you dig for treasure or shells. Bon Vonyage isnt compatible yet with the Insimenator and will effect gameplay. Every single EP released without an updated version automatically wont function well. It would be wise to remove it from your downloads folder till. Remember, Patience is a Virtue. Eric and Kathy and all the other creators  have lives and you have to give them time to update when they can.

Mods and Global Mods that work:

MaryLou and Numenor's "Shop-at-Home" Hacked coat rack
Simky's Durable food Mod
Dave Luv's "See Them" censor remover
*Note, with diagonal or out of grid option, windows maynot work. Turn it off*


Title: List your Bon Vonyage bugs and compatabilty issues
Post by: lewisb40 on September 07, 2007, 08:19:03 am
I had one issue, the game crashes when going between lots on vacation. Since I downloaded the updates from Twojeffs @ http://box156.bluehost.com/~aestudi1/forums/inteenimater/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=15 , I haven't had that problem since.  I use twojeffs, ACR and Homework Sometimes mods.  I need to go to MATY and check what was updated.


Title: List your Bon Vonyage bugs and compatabilty issues
Post by: ancienthighway on September 07, 2007, 08:22:32 am
There is NO version of the Inteenimater that will work with Bon Voyage.  Remove it and all "inteenimated" mods from your Downloads folder if you have Bon voyage.  If your favorite neighborhood has pregnant teens or YAs, don't play it unless you don't mind losing the pregnancies.

TwoJeffs has been busy updating his mods.  There is currently an initial Bon Voyage compatible ACR available.


Title: List your Bon Vonyage bugs and compatabilty issues
Post by: Samantha2977 on September 07, 2007, 12:13:52 pm
When I removed the Insim. I just went ahead and removed all of my downloads (I had about 4000 lol) cleared out my folder and decided I am going to start over. Well I installed BV last night and wanted to play for a bit but that game keeps pausing on me. I can hear the game like it is still running but it just stops in it's tracks. Last for about a min. or so then starts up again. Runs for a couple of sim hours then stops.

I really dont know what to do, if anything. Anyone else had this problem? It's just getting really frustrating....


Title: List your Bon Vonyage bugs and compatabilty issues
Post by: jinyc on September 07, 2007, 12:17:47 pm
There's a thread about BV & game lag at N99:

http://p218.ezboard.com/fstarlightsimsfrm51.showMessage?topicID=16170.topic


Title: List your Bon Vonyage bugs and compatabilty issues
Post by: DecoraChroi on September 07, 2007, 12:33:38 pm
Often, when sims on visting another lot while on vacation, there is lil bug. After you have spent a good day or so and have not returned to your hotel, the game ignores the option to go to another community lot. It also disables the save button. Somtimes, the game will either let you click on the lot payphone and return to your hotel or somtimes you are unable to control your sims AND the clock is stuck on fast forward.


Title: List your Bon Vonyage bugs and compatabilty issues
Post by: Samantha2977 on September 07, 2007, 12:53:16 pm
Quote from: jinyc;920846
There's a thread about BV & game lag at N99:

http://p218.ezboard.com/fstarlightsimsfrm51.showMessage?topicID=16170.topic



thank you for the link but I really dont want to join any more forums or anything right now. Trying to keep up with the many I'm already a member of lol I'll figure out whatever the problem is, Going to get some more RAM for my computer next week, Mabey that will help too.


Title: List your Bon Vonyage bugs and compatabilty issues
Post by: jinyc on September 07, 2007, 01:54:57 pm
Samantha, N99 is one of the best TS2 & TS1 forums available. The members are amazing in their generosity and willingness to help. You really should reconsider. It would be the best decision you have made to help your game run well.

I read at N99 that staying for more than 3 days on vacation seems to be the biggest cause of game lag.


Title: List your Bon Vonyage bugs and compatabilty issues
Post by: Bloody_Tears on September 07, 2007, 02:09:11 pm
I'm not entirely sure what caused it, but the plumbobs have turned into teddy bears that stick out of my sims stomachs. I removed Insim and Inteen, having to go through my download folder and see if I can find any others. It's times like this that I wish I was more organised and had bothered to put stuff in different sub-folders... *sigh*


Title: List your Bon Vonyage bugs and compatabilty issues
Post by: Barnabus on September 07, 2007, 02:46:43 pm
same thing happened to me Bloody_Tears I still have no idea what happened. I moved him out of my house with custom content in it and that seemed to work, but not sure it will help you. All the houses I used before Bon Voyage seemed to be crashing or has issues of some sort. :(


Title: List your Bon Vonyage bugs and compatabilty issues
Post by: jinyc on September 07, 2007, 02:52:08 pm
Do any of you still have a prior version of the InSim in your game? Plumbobs change if you have old InSim parts on your lots.


Title: List your Bon Vonyage bugs and compatabilty issues
Post by: lewisb40 on September 07, 2007, 02:56:12 pm
Tried getting on N99. Sent through this registration, then sent to a page for the admin. to approve my request for membership? Forget it!  I just needed to know if it was safe to use GunMod's camera hack in BV? I have the version that was compatible with ep's up to Seasons, but when I installed BV, I lost the camera mod.


Title: List your Bon Vonyage bugs and compatabilty issues
Post by: jinyc on September 07, 2007, 03:04:35 pm
N99 might have updated info on Gun Mod's compatibility but it would be better to try MTS2 as that's where the original mod is housed.


Title: List your Bon Vonyage bugs and compatabilty issues
Post by: lewisb40 on September 07, 2007, 03:06:58 pm
Thanks for the info jinyc, I have posted my question in GunMod's post.


Title: List your Bon Vonyage bugs and compatabilty issues
Post by: Samantha2977 on September 07, 2007, 03:34:52 pm
Quote from: jinyc;920933
Samantha, N99 is one of the best TS2 & TS1 forums available. The members are amazing in their generosity and willingness to help. You really should reconsider. It would be the best decision you have made to help your game run well.

I read at N99 that staying for more than 3 days on vacation seems to be the biggest cause of game lag.


Alright, when I get a few min. I will go check it out. This stopping every few min. is driving me up the wall lol  When I was on vacation I dont think I was even there a day, It seems to have started as soon as my sim got  off the shuttle. I'll have to take her home and see if it continues. As soon as I went into my lot I booked a vacation and went on it lol


Title: List your Bon Vonyage bugs and compatabilty issues
Post by: Ali on September 07, 2007, 04:21:35 pm
OK, I have no CC in my game and i have a problem with the accessories - namely, the watches. Gave my sim a lovely watch, in CAS, then decided that I wanted to changed from ALL outfits to only certain outfits .... wrong! Game don't like that, once they've got a watch they've got it for life it seems

This was for a female adult


Title: List your Bon Vonyage bugs and compatabilty issues
Post by: sapmb24 on September 07, 2007, 04:46:44 pm
My Mailbox will create newspapers almost every couple of minutes and the vacation van will not stop at my sim's house.


Title: List your Bon Vonyage bugs and compatabilty issues
Post by: Ghen on September 07, 2007, 05:11:42 pm
I can't seem to buy Vacation homes over the phone, the sims will be talking and then the animation will reset, I can on the computer though, though the dialog box is blank only with the yes or no option, and when I select yes, the pop-up box is blank.
edit: Are there any cheats to make people you vacation with controllable like in Pets?


Title: List your Bon Vonyage bugs and compatabilty issues
Post by: lewisb40 on September 07, 2007, 05:21:11 pm
I would like to know that one Gen0ism. I didn't know there was an hack for that.  Gen0ism, check for phone hacks, or default replacements.


Title: List your Bon Vonyage bugs and compatabilty issues
Post by: Kitty! on September 07, 2007, 05:30:22 pm
I have 10,245 CC in my folder, with it, 13 hacks, I have hacket coat hanger (numenor?), mysterious voodoo bottle(carrigon), merola multipainting(merola), college clock (maty), childsupport controller(dont remember, it was in modthesims2), pregnancy wear any outfit(squinge), lizzlove swinger bed with pregnancy(lizzlove), teen woohoo_seasons(jenflower), smonaff_jogging(dotn know, its from modthesims2), no relationship decay(squinge), decorgal model pose hack(decorgal), baby memory fix(squinge), teen runaway enabled(squinge).  Im wondering whats gonna happen with squinge's hacks?  Cause since he quitted he wont be updating the hacks, so that means i have to delete them right? :(  My game crashes, in fact, it even turns off my comp when playing it, i tried disabling all CC, loaded very fast, no lag, but it crashed once i booked my vacation.  Last night i played it, it didnt happen,(with CC enabled)  But the lag was horrible, game running slow.  Taking like 10 sec sometimes.


Title: List your Bon Vonyage bugs and compatabilty issues
Post by: ForNeverKrystle on September 07, 2007, 05:46:34 pm
Against my better judgement I removed the InSimenator and all other hacks from my game and loaded Bon Voyage. The problem started when the group of four going on vacation arrived at their destination, only one was playable (the one who'd actually booked, and payed for, the holiday), the other three weren't selectable. Unfortunately one of the three unselectable Sims was my own self-Sim and as a result I ate food with green mist rising from it and spent the night wandering the hotel corridors along with my other unselectable companions. Admittedly if you go on vacation in reality there's always a chance of food-poisoning and sleepless nights but surely this can't be right, is the un-selectability a glitch, it was the worst holiday I've ever had, woo-hoo wasn't even an option!


Title: List your Bon Vonyage bugs and compatabilty issues
Post by: Annette1955 on September 07, 2007, 06:46:51 pm
I've complained about the lag elsewhere, but I may as well complain here too!
My game computer is not on the internet, so I don't think it is the phone home option the new launcher has. I noticed that every time the lag happens someone has started a water balloon fight. I'm on the look out for a hack that can nuke this behaviour to see if that will help. If it's not that I'm out of ideas. I've turned off shadows, turned other graphical effects to medium, deleted groups cache, upped my ram to 2gig, even removed the sims folder and let the game generate a new one so that the test game really was vanilla. Bon Voyage will be fun eventually.....just not right now!


Title: List your Bon Vonyage bugs and compatabilty issues
Post by: lewisb40 on September 07, 2007, 07:12:54 pm
Have you tried Squinge's noautonomyballoonfights hack? I know it may be old, but I am desperate. If it don't work, I will pull it out of my hacks folder.
the link:  http://files.sims2graveyard.com/squinge/noautonomous_stuff/


Title: List your Bon Vonyage bugs and compatabilty issues
Post by: ancienthighway on September 07, 2007, 07:17:24 pm
Quote from: ForNeverKrystle;921295
The problem started when the group of four going on vacation arrived at their destination, only one was playable (the one who'd actually booked, and payed for, the holiday), the other three weren't selectable.


The only selectable/playable sims on vacation are members of the household that booked the vacation.  Any non-household members invited along remain non-selectable just as they normally are in the main neighborhood.

BTW, Insim wouldn't have helped you make the others selectable.  I use testingcheatsenabled true and tried making my guest selectable with the game cheat.  Didn't work.  It goes for townies, but not my guest.  I think it has something to do with they show up in the sim bar so you can see needs and the like even though you can't control them.


Title: List your Bon Vonyage bugs and compatabilty issues
Post by: mysticgoddess on September 07, 2007, 07:41:23 pm
So is anyone else having problems with not being able to click on the doors at the resort? having problems with it and was wondering what was wrong?


Title: List your Bon Vonyage bugs and compatabilty issues
Post by: Deviancy on September 07, 2007, 07:55:48 pm
I get the hang or lag at the content screen and the town selection screen.  If I remove my mods, I just get it at the town selection screen and the vacation lots.  

I also noticed the hang up does not happen when I play from a normal house, the real bad hang happens when they sims visit a vacation spot.  I mean it gets bad.  I disabled reflections, set shadows to medium, makes things better for a minute but then gets bad again.  I'm far and above the minimum requirements and I'm slightly above the recomended requirements, so I don't know what the story is with this expansion.

I know the vacation lots have a bit too much content and a few to many sims on the lots.  But I think this expansion is screaming for a patch already.

One good thing.. Bon Voyage adds jewelry.  Which is a good because I noticed after I installed Seaons the custom jewelry would flash blue quite often, but now I don't have to use that custom junk.  Not that I can even play the game right now, the lag is to annoying.


Title: List your Bon Vonyage bugs and compatabilty issues
Post by: sapmb24 on September 07, 2007, 09:55:23 pm
I just found out, you can't use the selector on a sim you bring with you on your vacation.


Title: List your Bon Vonyage bugs and compatabilty issues
Post by: MutantBunny on September 07, 2007, 10:11:14 pm
Try the pet cheats--your friends on vacations are pets, didn't you know :)

Pretty sure that lag every few minutes is the game trying to phone home--whether you're on the internet or not. You can take a look at your taskmanager: The phone home is a rundll32.exe that pops up when you use the launcher. Switch your shortcut to point to the sims2ep6.exe and bypass the laucher.


Title: List your Bon Vonyage bugs and compatabilty issues
Post by: Deviancy on September 07, 2007, 10:47:13 pm
I'm bypassing the launcher and still getting the lag.  I just did a clean install of all of the packs, didn't help.  But I did find something odd in my task manager, an instance of iexplore which shouldn't have been there. But it was only using 234k, that wouldn't cause any kind of lag.  I also verified my drivers, latest nvidia drivers though.  Oddest thing.  I'm gonna try a few more things though.. not done yet.


Title: List your Bon Vonyage bugs and compatabilty issues
Post by: MutantBunny on September 07, 2007, 11:23:21 pm
Also, for whatever reason, I had to 'switch' my shortcut twice. The first time for some reason didn't 'take'. I don't know what I could have done wrong. That is when I found the rundll running with the launcher. But the second time I switched it I hit apply, the saved then went back in to make sure it was switched. When I loaded the gaME THAT TIME, THE CORRECT EP6.EXE WAS RUNNING AND THERE WAS NO RUNDLL*.EXE. Ooo damn caps lock sorry. I also checked my firewall settings just to make sure. EP no phone home.


Title: List your Bon Vonyage bugs and compatabilty issues
Post by: BeosBoxBoy on September 08, 2007, 01:45:05 am
Just stepping in to give everyone a heads up, there are serious problems with sound drivers conflicting BV.  At this point, I know we all expect video drivers to be the nightmare, and there are conflicts there, but it's more than likely that a lot of you are having problems because of your sound cards.  I don't have a list of bad drivers/cards yet; but so far I have tested Audigy Vortex of Sound 8800, 8810, 8820, 8830 and all the Sound Blaster cheap cards and been rewarded with halts and crashes under Windows XP.  It may be the hardware or it maybe the driver.

the 8800 series was made originally by Aureal Semiconductor but seen on a wide variety of sound cards - including Turtle Beach and Creative SoundBlaster cards, but Aureal was either purchased by Creative or they sold the augidy chip technology to Creative about 2000 or 2001.  The chips were good "back in the day" but have long since fallen behind in DirectX compatability.

I won't own a copy of Windows Vista, I'll go back to Unix before I do that :lol:

Some problems in WIndows Vista may be a result of 32-bit software being run under a 64-bit Operating System.  I will leave that to those more expert in the matter to determine.


Title: List your Bon Vonyage bugs and compatabilty issues
Post by: Deviancy on September 08, 2007, 04:05:17 am
Good call there Beos...

I went ahead and went into the device manager..

Disabled the Audigy 4..

Tossed a few hacks into the downloads folder..

Opened the game..

Now without music it's hard to tell if the music was cutting off.  However, no freezes.. I scrolled up and down the mod list to make sure it wouldn't hang.. it didn't.  I then ok'd that and got to the town selection.  Now the freeze usually caused the little animated pictures to well.. freeze.  They did not freeze.. so I picked a town and entered..

Now this is where I can't if there's an issue..

The loading screen stayed up for quite awhile.. maybe 2 minutes..  Then the town loaded and I picked a house and loaded that.. that loaded at the normal speed it always does.  The sims were having a balloon fight.. seemed to be stable.. they weren't freezing up at all.  The only time I got a little hesitation is when the nanny came and when the carpool came.  This is normal for me however, I always get hesitation any time a car enters the lot or the sun comes up.  

I did not try a vacation lot.  

So the freezes are occuring because EA screwed up and didn't test things properly.  It isn't that much of a task, Creative hardly ever updates their drivers.  They've had the same ones up for 12 months and the other expansions had no issue with them.

But this explains why some are having a blast with BV.

There is one other bug.. unless I'm going nuts.

When I click on the door to exit the game, the sims always brings up the yes or no question.  Ever since I installed BV, that prompt comes up but sometimes exits before I click on yes or no.. heh.

They really should have tested this expansion better..


Title: List your Bon Vonyage bugs and compatabilty issues
Post by: ForNeverKrystle on September 08, 2007, 04:10:34 am
Quote from: ancienthighway;921425
The only selectable/playable sims on vacation are members of the household that booked the vacation.  Any non-household members invited along remain non-selectable just as they normally are in the main neighborhood.



Thanks ancienthighway (!) that had never occured to me, all four Sims were from different households, it's a mistake I won't be making again!


Title: List your Bon Vonyage bugs and compatabilty issues
Post by: BeosBoxBoy on September 08, 2007, 05:06:43 am
Deviancy, I just came back from testing a Creative Audigy 4.0 Pro to add a note on that model and it's like you describe, choppy play at best.  Almost any of the audigy cards will be buggy.  These seem to be only slightly modified versions of the same chipset that was used in the AWE-32 sound cards - and those were barely DirectX 8 compatible, so it is really pushing the technology beyong its limits and defrauding the public on Creative's part to claim these cards are DX9 compatible.

If you have an onboard sound chip of some sort, I have discovered even the ones most people consider complete crap will get the job done with no choppy performance.  the AC'97 series is what is most common for onboard sound, and it worked admirably well.


Title: List your Bon Vonyage bugs and compatabilty issues
Post by: joanne1977 on September 08, 2007, 05:10:01 am
ohh ive been lucky with my game,no problems at all.


Title: List your Bon Vonyage bugs and compatabilty issues
Post by: Rayea on September 08, 2007, 05:54:10 am
Beo's right about the AC97....i have that, and all i get is an occasional pause in the sound and some slowdown when theres a lot of simies on my lot (on the vacation island)

so far, i havent had that many probs.
but they havent realy thought things out.....i can order food as a child from room service, but i cannot get seated and order food with a kid? 0.o toddler, i can understand, who wants a rugrat underfoot on their hols (from a sims pov)

i had a few hacks that no longer worked, like the no dance on toes, flush lavies ect. took them and a few others out...

oh, the merola's multipainting? i heard that was no longer compatable past um, was it Nightlife, when the Vincents sim modder came out? try removing that one and squingies, since each ep, they need re-doing anyway :(

also..if your going to have kids/teens on a vacation, i found that its better, but not as good, to book only ONE suit/room...the kid could'nt go to her room when i had the hacks i took out in, (i also removed the extra gypsy potions, the ones with the virility and sterilty option, all sims had check my pots stats over their heads) then afterwards, she was the only one that could, mom and pop were stuck unable to select doors, so i left the hotel and went to another smaller one (i was at the twikkii named one) and went to the 1simoleon listed one and bought a 1 single 1 double room and bingo...everyone could go to bed....

(so, for those wanting to make useable good hotels, i sugest a seperate room for kidies, that way, mom and pop can have some fun when the kids asleep ^^ i duno if kids react to whoowhoing pearants in the same room when they are asleep, but i bet they will now *grumble*)

hm.....i wonder if they(ea) are messing about with the non vista users....i have win2K on my sim machine, and 1 gig mem, and i only get slowdown sometimes, i played all night last night....i never had insim or inteen though....(i can see enough teen mom where i live lol, just look outa my window and HELLO! ^^)

havent tried buying a vacationhome yet from the normal neighbourhood, but i cant buy it from my hotel....hm.....oh and i wonder..can we make a from scratch isle, or will we need to moddy the ones they give us?

will keep looking for bugs though :D


Title: List your Bon Vonyage bugs and compatabilty issues
Post by: ancienthighway on September 08, 2007, 07:14:08 am
Quote
oh and i wonder..can we make a from scratch isle, or will we need to moddy the ones they give us?

BV added 6 terrains for custom 'hoods, the 3 used for vacation locations,1 other island, and what may be fixes/updates for Bluewater and RiverblossomHills templates.


Title: List your Bon Vonyage bugs and compatabilty issues
Post by: Tvldiva on September 08, 2007, 07:38:02 am
Hi everyone, I was reading all the replies about BV, and I have the same lag, but I generally just wait and it starts up again it's like it's thinking about what to do next...lol.  I had a problem with a hack in my game my sims couldn't check into their hotel room, but I found the problem and if any of you have the hack "buybuild" for pets remove it from your files.  So far these files I have seem to work with the game:
Merola's painting
Christianlov's all in one npc (even though he is retired)
DMA Sims
Monique's banking computer

I still have these and a few more in the game and  no problems so far.  However I did notice that when using the phone to order room service I never get it.  But this may be due to a phone hack I have in my file.  Thats all for me. :)


Title: List your Bon Vonyage bugs and compatabilty issues
Post by: Kitty! on September 08, 2007, 07:41:19 am
Merola multipainting not working past nightlife? ^^ I have all EPs and im still using it, works still for me, I have the hack conflict detection utility and no problems.  With BV i still using Merola multipainting and it works , lol, that baby aint going nowhere.  Now im really considering uninstalling BV until 1.they make a patch or 2.my hacks are updated. Yes the game is very cute and adds a lot to it, but im not gonna have a meltdown cause my game crashes or freezes a lot, ill stick to seasons until this is resolved.  :(


Title: List your Bon Vonyage bugs and compatabilty issues
Post by: Tvldiva on September 08, 2007, 07:46:44 am
I know it seems like a lot, but what you need to do, is remove any and all files that you think are suspect including the hacks and try to run the game, then end it, and go back and grab a few files at a time and put them in the download folder and run game again and see what happens.  I had to do this and found a file in my mod the sims folder that was causing problems and once I removed it my BV runs fine with the exception of not being able to order room svc which is no big deal for me really.


Title: List your Bon Vonyage bugs and compatabilty issues
Post by: Tvldiva on September 08, 2007, 07:52:19 am
Also, anyone having a problem with the way the tour guide talkes when asking a question?  For me he says unk?  or when you ask whats cool around here he says "mascot" or "chd" or "unk" ........lol go figure.


Title: List your Bon Vonyage bugs and compatabilty issues
Post by: Kitty! on September 08, 2007, 07:53:08 am
I have 10,245 CC, lol so i dotn have that much patience to look for the conflicting file ;)  I did take all hacks out, except merola multipainting, but as i said in another thread, i deleted all CC just to try, and the game runned incredibly fast, but it crashed as soon as she arrived to the vacation island.  Must be the game, and not our comps.  I updated all my drivers once seasons came out, in fact i just upgraded my comp like 6 months ago.  I know my comp is not the issue.  Has to be this game. LOL no, the tour guide guy seems fine to me.  I cant walk to any vacation lots, at 1st got the option, it crashed, and now it doesnt come up at all.


Title: List your Bon Vonyage bugs and compatabilty issues
Post by: YANFRForm on September 08, 2007, 07:58:49 am
My problem with Bon Voyage is that you can't edit/make new jewelry as I was hoping to do.  I can't believe jewelry isn't available in BodyShop.  I'm sure if there's a hacking program out there I'm unaware of that the jewelry files must be in one of the dll's or other binary files.  I just don't know where to start looking so any clues would be appreciated!


Title: List your Bon Vonyage bugs and compatabilty issues
Post by: charlotterose23 on September 08, 2007, 08:36:08 am
Hey. I installed Bon Voyage this morning when I got it and er I'll let the pictures do the talking:

(http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g194/charlotterose23/Images%202/He-She.jpg)

(http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g194/charlotterose23/Images%202/Newspapers.jpg)

I didn't even get a chance to go to the vacation place because sooner or later my lots would all fill with newspapers and stuff. I took my hacks out (all that I could find) :(


Title: List your Bon Vonyage bugs and compatabilty issues
Post by: Kitty! on September 08, 2007, 09:34:15 am
OMG im so sry ur experiencing that thats been the most traggic thing i heard about BV!  If i was u i would uninstall it, and wait for a patch, im doing the same cause its unbearable the lag and crashing.


Title: List your Bon Vonyage bugs and compatabilty issues
Post by: DecoraChroi on September 08, 2007, 09:45:18 am
Quote from: Kitty!;923021
If i was u i would uninstall it, and wait for a patch...  


Heh, I hope you have a 2 years of plenty things to do because I dont see that happening in the near future. :toothy4:


Title: List your Bon Vonyage bugs and compatabilty issues
Post by: Deviancy on September 08, 2007, 10:22:55 am
Quote from: beosboxboy;922669
Deviancy, I just came back from testing a Creative Audigy 4.0 Pro to add a note on that model and it's like you describe, choppy play at best.  Almost any of the audigy cards will be buggy.  These seem to be only slightly modified versions of the same chipset that was used in the AWE-32 sound cards - and those were barely DirectX 8 compatible, so it is really pushing the technology beyong its limits and defrauding the public on Creative's part to claim these cards are DX9 compatible.


I wouldn't put this on Creative entirely, the only thing I give them shit for is flooding the market in regards to audio cards.  But it's the same card I used with all of the other expansion packs as well as other games that push dx9 to the limit.  EA just didn't optimize things properly, most likely they rushed the release.  I even noticed at times their jewelry gets the blue flash, which is amusing to say the least.  Slightly differnet fix this time though because the face also flashes blue.  So the eyeliner has to be re-picked and then everything comes back.

I ran a few weird tests..

I set the compatibility mode to Windows 2000, this seemed to help quite a bit.  It didn't help with the load time between towns and lots but I was able to play vacation lots with far less lag.  Now my sim knows how to hula dance, fire dance and do massages..

I also noticed that sims can sun bathe and tan this time out.. pretty cool.

So they put in some fun new things.. but will they bother to try to patch what a good chunk of their fanbase is whining about on their board..

Are these issues happening with Vista?  Or is this isolated to XP?


Title: List your Bon Vonyage bugs and compatabilty issues
Post by: charlotterose23 on September 08, 2007, 11:18:56 am
I actually found that I hadn't taken InTeenimator out and that solved most of the problems until my computer decided to restart itself. I dunno if thats BV's fault though. I've had that problem before but I thought I'd sorted it. It hadn't restarted itself in ages until just now :( My sims were on their honeymoon as well :(

My game wasn't slow in the slightest though. Which is great :)


Title: List your Bon Vonyage bugs and compatabilty issues
Post by: Ali on September 08, 2007, 12:01:33 pm
Quote from: lewisb40;921015
Tried getting on N99. Sent through this registration, then sent to a page for the admin. to approve my request for membership? Forget it!  I just needed to know if it was safe to use GunMod's camera hack in BV? I have the version that was compatible with ep's up to Seasons, but when I installed BV, I lost the camera mod.

Hey Lewis

Just put the camera mod back in BV and the only other stuff I have in is clothes and hair and it seems to be working just fine :D


Title: List your Bon Vonyage bugs and compatabilty issues
Post by: Deviancy on September 08, 2007, 12:36:31 pm
I found bigfoot..

Bigfoot can move in...

But this is where one of the hacks may cause trouble.  Mister Foot went to go take a shower, he lost his furryness except for his head in the shower.. and he doesn't change back.  He can't use the dresser.. so I had to do a force error to re-load him.  Kinda odd, they gave mister foot most of the same interactions as the other sims, they just removed the romance ones and removed the option of allowing him to use the dresser.


Title: List your Bon Vonyage bugs and compatabilty issues
Post by: Sir.Cheatalot on September 08, 2007, 03:47:33 pm
So sims can travel by foot now, nice option...you think...the problem i encountered is that after they arrived at a community lot, after about 30 mins (ingame time) a taxi arrives to take them home again, so i deactivated and let them stay, then went home by foot again ( no probs ).

Next is that if you own a vacation house and you buy a car and use that to go to a community lot and you Book a Tour the shuttle whom supose to take you stops behind your car and stays there, only option i had was to close the game and reload, went back to the vacation home and that brought them back from the community lot *yay* pffffft.

*note* these things occured without CC or hacks and mods*


Title: List your Bon Vonyage bugs and compatabilty issues
Post by: galaxyflier on September 08, 2007, 03:53:35 pm
My clock doesn't get stuck on fast forward, but the same stuff happens in my game.  Even on the normal lots I'm having problems.  I'm also getting tons of rain and storms which is ruining gardens that aren't in green houses.  I like sims from all income levels, so my poorer ones are taking a beating with this.


Title: List your Bon Vonyage bugs and compatabilty issues
Post by: mamxnb on September 08, 2007, 10:41:09 pm
geeeeeeee this new expansion is just full of problems! i must get the other expansions now  i think.  i m so behind  in sim2 sigh. i have to get pet and the other after. but to get the stuff pack i dont know. the glamour is nice . oh mm do i have to install in order now ugh. bv i will get way down the road when it safer to use  i think.


Title: List your Bon Vonyage bugs and compatabilty issues
Post by: mamxnb on September 08, 2007, 10:41:54 pm
and this  game should get awarded worst buggy pc game of the year? as consumer are we getting ripped off though?


Title: List your Bon Vonyage bugs and compatabilty issues
Post by: Denimjo on September 08, 2007, 11:10:10 pm
Quote from: Tvldiva;922909
Also, anyone having a problem with the way the tour guide talkes when asking a question?  For me he says unk?  or when you ask whats cool around here he says "mascot" or "chd" or "unk" ........lol go figure.


I had this problem as well. It was resolved after I removed the DMA Sims Objects from my Downloads (the yellow and red recolored security devices on the walls).


Title: List your Bon Vonyage bugs and compatabilty issues
Post by: jinyc on September 08, 2007, 11:57:43 pm
I thought there would be a problem with custom jewelry but saw no flashing blue when I entered my first lot. My teen had her purse, watch and jewelry and it all seemed fine.


Title: List your Bon Vonyage bugs and compatabilty issues
Post by: Annette1955 on September 09, 2007, 12:26:38 am
My lag seems solved 'does happy dance with fingers crossed' thanks lewisb40!
For some reason I thought we would need a new version of all hacks.....silly me.
So turning off shadows, getting rid of the water balloon fights and adding more ram has got me a working vanilla game; now I just need to see if my 'real' cc filled game will work.


Title: List your Bon Vonyage bugs and compatabilty issues
Post by: vpyroman2 on September 09, 2007, 01:39:44 am
De-fragmenting your HDD will help.
Memory doesn't seem to be a problem, because even with 3GB of memory, the game lagged after loading anything. However this was before I defraged, leading me to believe that data access was the problem.


Title: List your Bon Vonyage bugs and compatabilty issues
Post by: MixdCrysy on September 09, 2007, 02:02:31 am
Ok, I went out and bought bonvoyage. I read this thread prior to my purchase so I removed all of my downloads (just in case). I wanted to try it first without and then with. Well, for starters, it loads everything so slow like if I had 5gb downloads folder. It took forever just to get to make a family. Did anyone else have the clean installer from mts2 dissapear after the Bon voyage installation? And, Once I made a hotel and left the lot, it doesnt let me change the doors if I go back in to the lot (without any sims). I wanted to change the doors becuase for some reason they wouldnt let me check in.
Still cant check in.....and I cant save in the hotel either. It blows. Too much trouble and soooo dissapointing. I have 2 gb ram , and a 2.8 hrtz processor running on xp media center. I havent had so many issues with other eps (excluding pets). I am scared to try it with all my downloads... if it runs this slow now with out cc...

I am going to uninstall until a patch is released. I can live without beach properties. I just wish I could have seen the sims swim in the ocean.


Title: List your Bon Vonyage bugs and compatabilty issues
Post by: Ghen on September 09, 2007, 04:48:08 am
I can add borked bodyshop to the list, it keeps crashing after taking AGES to load up, I thought it might be because of a corrupt mesh as usual but I could get into CAS fine.


Title: List your Bon Vonyage bugs and compatabilty issues
Post by: AlbinoBambi on September 09, 2007, 04:55:15 am
Oeh, I didn't try out Bodyshop yet. Might want to take a look at that. :P


Title: List your Bon Vonyage bugs and compatabilty issues
Post by: GossipGirl. on September 09, 2007, 04:57:41 am
Okay, so it's a bit off-topic, but if I install Bon Voyage, will it get rid of all my save files and downloads or not? Thankyou x


Title: List your Bon Vonyage bugs and compatabilty issues
Post by: YANFRForm on September 09, 2007, 05:18:12 am
Quote from: swannyswish;925334
Okay, so it's a bit off-topic, but if I install Bon Voyage, will it get rid of all my save files and downloads or not? Thankyou x


It didn't get rid of mine, but then I haven't experienced most of the problems here, either, so make a backup!

Although my MTS2 Clean Installer is also missing now...


Title: List your Bon Vonyage bugs and compatabilty issues
Post by: RanaPeachGa4 on September 09, 2007, 06:25:22 am
Inteen is the hack responsible for the newspapers and shuttle not stopping.  I had same problem, removed inteen and work fine now.


Title: List your Bon Vonyage bugs and compatabilty issues
Post by: Mihura on September 09, 2007, 06:38:43 am
Yes as far as I have see the installation of Bon Voyage keep the Downloads and the rest (neighborhoods...). I don't understand why. :roll:
But yep, a save before installation is always useful. :D


Title: List your Bon Vonyage bugs and compatabilty issues
Post by: blu00 on September 09, 2007, 07:29:16 am
Wow ... I must admit, I haven't encountered most of these problems with Bon Voyage. The only bugs I had were that sometimes times stops and some of my lots won't load (waited once almost 1/2 hour for a lot to load, after that
I had to turn off my game using the task manager). My Clean Installer is still there and i can still use all of my CCs without any problems, escept for the hacks. I guess this release is the worst (bugs concerned) until now 'cause probably it was too soon. I hope they will release some patch soon enough ...


Title: List your Bon Vonyage bugs and compatabilty issues
Post by: DecoraChroi on September 09, 2007, 07:35:07 am
Before I installed BV, I moved my downloads to the desktop, ran the game to see how it functioned. Just to warn new players, know that your saved games will remain intacted, but if you test the game without cc and you save while playing a house before BV or any EP installation, the game will revert back to default objects.
Also, I installed H&M and Glamour Stuff after BV, and the game works fine.


Title: List your Bon Vonyage bugs and compatabilty issues
Post by: poundingheart on September 09, 2007, 07:44:06 am
I have just installed BV and it is great going on vacation but the Insim multiplys on my vacation lots so for now I cannot send my sims on holidays or just put up with the Ins all over the place. lol .

I would just like to add that I can wait patiently for the updates as BV has a lot of new things etc and will take some figuring out. cheers and great work Eric and all the team here.


Title: List your Bon Vonyage bugs and compatabilty issues
Post by: Kitty! on September 09, 2007, 07:45:32 am
Yeah things are getting a little better for me too, i played last night with all my CC and hacks, didnt have a single problem, it paused for like 5 seconds a couple of times, but didnt crash or anything bad.  One thing did happen though, when i quitted the game and saved, it took foreveeer.  Then my monitor turned off, and turned on back again and was in my desktop.  So weird...  Anyone know where i can find bigfoot?  I know his in the mountains but im staying there and havent seen him>?


Title: Warning!!!
Post by: MixdCrysy on September 09, 2007, 08:15:12 am
Be careful to back up everything before you install!!!

I decided to unistall  the game becuase of the many crazy problems I had. I kept me from playing completly with all the stops and freezes (and I tested without cc) and I didnt even think about trying to finish my meshes.

I removed all my dowloads and saved sims folders before so they dont get "changed " and become incompatible. I unistalled just the BV, only the BV. When I went to check my My doc\Ea\Sims 2 folder (to put all my cc back) the folder is gone!! I looked and tryed to see if Im just blind but it is not the case. The sims 2 folder deletes after an uninstall.
So make a back up of your Downloads, your Saved Sims (if you make cc), AND your teleport lots (+ lots you packaged prevoiusly) becuase they will all be nonexistant after an uninstall.

 I have prevoiusly uninstalled other EPs (pets for one) when I had issues and only the downloads folder was missing, which can easily be remedied by making a new one. So everyone, beware, Ea has made it more difficult to restore the game if you choose to remove BV. I had lots I made that I havent uploaded (was planning too) and they are gone with the wind...:pale::crybaby::cwm21:


Title: List your Bon Vonyage bugs and compatabilty issues
Post by: Deviancy on September 09, 2007, 08:17:20 am
Ok first off..

The long quit time is normal, the game is saving at that time usually.  It takes about an additional 15 seconds with BV installed though and even longer if you're using a resolution in the game that doesn't match the resolution on your desktop.  I had to switch to a lower resoltion to play BV because of the sound bugs, it limits the audio clipping somewhat.  I still get the 5 second hangs though.  

As for Big Foot..

When you dig for treasure there's a map to be found.  I found the map on the cheapest lot on the vaction spot.  I can't remember name of the camp grounds area, twills?  But if you dig for treasure in front of the home, you'll find a map.  Once you find the map and then pick "walk to lot", the hidden locaiton will show up and you can pick it.  The same goes for the witch doctor, you have to find the map in order for his lot to show up.  

The witch doctor so far is the best hidden area.  He gives you the voodoo doll which allow you to cast spells that sometimes back fire.  However, you can spawn the voodoo doll using cheats, so if you're an impatient type you can go that route.  

Almost everything learned on vaction such as hula, massage, fire dance, and voodoo can be done on the normal lots.  Sunbathing appears to be the only thing that can only be done on beach property.  

Fun expansion.. just wish they'd have tested it better.. but I have faith in a patch..


Title: List your Bon Vonyage bugs and compatabilty issues
Post by: MixdCrysy on September 09, 2007, 08:48:47 am
Quote from: Deviancy;925497
Ok first off..

The long quit time is normal, the game is saving at that time usually.  It takes about an additional 15 seconds with BV installed though and even longer if you're using a resolution in the game that doesn't match the resolution on your desktop.  I had to switch to a lower resoltion to play BV because of the sound bugs, it limits the audio clipping somewhat.  I still get the 5 second hangs though.  




What resolution works best for you? I always had mine set to 1280 X 800 (same for desktop). I tried with a lower resolution 1024 X 768 and my lag is still crazy slow. For me its not an extra 15 seconds, sometimes its like 10 minutes or more with all the screens. To make a new nieghborhood it took almost a half hour. I have all eps and stuff pack except H&M and this is the first time the game did this for me without a large downloads folder. I usually remove most of the downloads when Im working on a mesh, becuase its much easier to see how the mesh works with bone assignments (it loads to the lot screen in a minute or two at most).

Did anyone else experience that kind of delay? I dont have a super gaming pc, but my comp is more than adequate according to the specs on the EA BV page.  I really wish they tested it better before release too.  I also made sure that I did not have any other programs running except the usual in the background (windows, mcaffe monitoring, and my wireless connection).  

Any suggestions would be welcome and much appreciated!  :h3lp: :wave:


Title: List your Bon Vonyage bugs and compatabilty issues
Post by: Sleepycat on September 09, 2007, 09:01:51 am
I haven't had a chance to actually play BV yet, I've been busy doing the hack dance and trying to get a new hood started (finding a good terrain that would work with beach lots slowed me down but got some nice ones now)

about the only issue I have noticed is an occasional 2 second pause/freeze


Title: List your Bon Vonyage bugs and compatabilty issues
Post by: MixdCrysy on September 09, 2007, 09:18:47 am
Quote from: Sleepycat;925538
I haven't had a chance to actually play BV yet, I've been busy doing the hack dance and trying to get a new hood started (finding a good terrain that would work with beach lots slowed me down but got some nice ones now)

about the only issue I have noticed is an occasional 2 second pause/freeze



Had these two before and they worked ok (now the game deleted them so Im searching for all my old hoods).
http://www.modthesims2.com/showthread.php?t=238451
http://www.modthesims2.com/showthread.php?t=238464
I too had to find a vacation hood for the beach lots to work.


Title: List your Bon Vonyage bugs and compatabilty issues
Post by: Sleepycat on September 09, 2007, 09:28:30 am
Quote from: MixdCrysy;925550
Had these two before and they worked ok (now the game deleted them so Im searching for all my old hoods).
http://www.modthesims2.com/showthread.php?t=238451
http://www.modthesims2.com/showthread.php?t=238464
I too had to find a vacation hood for the beach lots to work.


I got a couple yesterday that are made for beach lots :toothy4:

from this site -> http://www.simsanne.com/


Title: List your Bon Vonyage bugs and compatabilty issues
Post by: MixdCrysy on September 09, 2007, 09:32:23 am
Quote from: Sleepycat;925562
I got a couple yesterday that are made for beach lots :toothy4:

from this site -> http://www.simsanne.com/


Oooh wow they look really nice, thanks!!  :D  :D  :D


Title: List your Bon Vonyage bugs and compatabilty issues
Post by: Sleepycat on September 09, 2007, 09:36:23 am
your welcome :) a friend of mine found them and sent me the link and I nearly squealed like a little girl :lol:


Title: List your Bon Vonyage bugs and compatabilty issues
Post by: SlayerAngel90 on September 09, 2007, 09:38:55 am
I'm going to get BV later when they have the patches and hacks that will solve for those glitches. You can count on Pescado for that. :)

Also it'll be cheaper after it's been a while. I always wait a few months before buying the EP.


Title: List your Bon Vonyage bugs and compatabilty issues
Post by: Deviancy on September 09, 2007, 10:05:52 am
Quote from: MixdCrysy;925522
What resolution works best for you? I always had mine set to 1280 X 800 (same for desktop). I tried with a lower resolution 1024 X 768 and my lag is still crazy slow. For me its not an extra 15 seconds, sometimes its like 10 minutes or more with all the screens.


Ok.. that's excessive..

Did you try the other things I suggested such as turning down the audio quality?  I used to run the game at 1280x1024 with everything on high and reflections off.  Reflections only tend to hurt lag wise when I have a big downloads folder, otherwise they work fine.  Besides, reflections to me are kind of pointless since I can see the sim, I don't need to see its reflection as well.

1280x800?  Are you using a laptop?  

Try this..

Try setting the game at 1024x768, lower the audio quality via the sims ingame menu.. and have your desktop set at 1024x768.. then quit the game and see if it still takes as long.

I'm starting to feel as if quite a few of you have little faith in EA patching things properly.  Are they bad at supporting their products?


Title: List your Bon Vonyage bugs and compatabilty issues
Post by: MixdCrysy on September 09, 2007, 10:48:08 am
Quote from: Deviancy;925631
Ok.. that's excessive..

Did you try the other things I suggested such as turning down the audio quality?  I used to run the game at 1280x1024 with everything on high and reflections off.  Reflections only tend to hurt lag wise when I have a big downloads folder, otherwise they work fine.  Besides, reflections to me are kind of pointless since I can see the sim, I don't need to see its reflection as well.

1280x800?  Are you using a laptop?  

Try this..

Try setting the game at 1024x768, lower the audio quality via the sims ingame menu.. and have your desktop set at 1024x768.. then quit the game and see if it still takes as long.

I'm starting to feel as if quite a few of you have little faith in EA patching things properly.  Are they bad at supporting their products?


Yeah, I use a dell M140. I had a decent desktop but it died a horrible death (:crybaby::crybaby::crybaby:). I have been using the laptop for about a year now, and its only slow when my downloads folder exceeds 5 or 6 gb (which happens alot becuase I cant stop downloading!). I am trying to revive the game as we speak, as BV destoyed my universe and I now have to reinstall (I hope not everything). It wiped out My doc\Ea\Sims 2 folder after I uninstalled it.

The support from EA has not helped in the past ... I have lost alot of faith in them. I feel like if they released the game, then they should have posted exactly what the comp needs to run it properly. According to their specs, basicly any pc you could buy would be ok becuase most pcs come with more ram, decent graphics cards, and better processors than they did 6 years ago, and its clearly not the case. I have Xp, with a 2.8GHz Intel Pentium, 2 gig of ram and the same graphics card Ive had when I bought it (sadly, its from dell and cannot be upgraded :crybaby:). It worked great before, thats why I did not buy a new desktop yet.

They seem to charge a pretty penny for a product that does not live up to what they specified it would be, that is full of problems they could have fixed before its release. I had all the games for Sims 1 and I remember the hype about the Sims 2 and all they said we could do with it, and I also remember that sad feeling when I realized there were no cars, no seasons, no college; ect, until they started realeasing the Eps for it. I will try to turn down the audio quality, ( I dont remember if I did) and the reflections were off.

Thanks for trying to help me. I am glad its working better for everyone and thankful this thread was started so that we can try to help each other. :D
Insim is really the best community to be a part of.


Title: List your Bon Vonyage bugs and compatabilty issues
Post by: Foxybaby on September 09, 2007, 12:37:11 pm
I have gone on vaction yet, as I started 2 new sims in a brand new neighbourhood in Uni. As soon as I use the flirt interaction-all my other interactions disappear-except for flirt/kiss/hug. I have removed Inteen-which is basically the only hack I use. I deleted the sims and exited the lot. Then re-entered the lot and all the interactions where back. The 2 said sims went on a date and all the lightning bolts from the interactions had disappeared-although their relationship score wasn't very high. I got them to "kiss-tender" and they sprang apart, and all the interactions were gone again-but all the ones left (same as above) had the bolts back on them. I have NO idea what this bug is all about, but i can't find anyone else who's had this bug.

Any idea's?

*DOH!* scrap the above-I'd left in 2 flavour packs from Inteen!!-Jeez I'm stupid!


Title: Update:
Post by: MixdCrysy on September 09, 2007, 01:01:04 pm
I am trying to bring my sims back after I uninstalled BV and BV deleted the folder in my docs (My Docs\Ea games\Sims 2). I reinstalled to try it again, hoping the reinstall will bring back these files that the program deleted. It did not.

So i decided to try running the bodyshop to see what would happen. It did put the some files back. It put back a few files ... the C:\Documents and Settings\User\My Documents\EA Games\The Sims 2, and the dowloads, collections, logs, teelport, and cigen.package in that folder. It is still missing some, but I am not entirly sure which ones.


After exporting a texture, it put back the projects and after importing it put back my saved sims folder.

I assume that after I have a need for a folder, the game will create it (movies, ect). I am going to try playing again. Bodyshop started very easily this time (I still have not put any CC back). It loaded within 30 seconds. I will change the graphiics settings now, and then disable the audio in game. So far, so good (with bodyshop anyway).

Foxybaby: I have not tried any interactions yet, due to my other bugs, but if all is well when I go in, I will try to see if the interactions go crazy after the flirt interaction.

Note: I blocked that launcher just now, my firewall poped up an alert. I already changed the target on the desltop icon.


Title: List your Bon Vonyage bugs and compatabilty issues
Post by: Deviancy on September 09, 2007, 01:22:06 pm
Quote from: MixdCrysy;925695
and its only slow when my downloads folder exceeds 5 or 6 gb (which happens alot becuase I cant stop downloading!). I am trying to revive the game as we speak, as BV destoyed my universe and I now have to reinstall (I hope not everything). It wiped out My doc\Ea\Sims 2 folder after I uninstalled it. .


Eeek.. I always have about 700 megs worth in that folder and I thought I had too much.  But I don't have a lot of skins which tend to be the larger files in regards to the mods.  Like all of those different bodyshapes like Rio, largeo, and all that.  I don't like huge boobs in real life so I don't need em in a game.  

Quote from: MixdCrysy;925695
The support from EA has not helped in the past ... I have lost alot of faith in them. I feel like if they released the game, then they should have posted exactly what the comp needs to run it properly. According to their specs, basicly any pc you could buy would be ok becuase most pcs come with more ram, decent graphics cards, and better processors than they did 6 years ago, and its clearly not the case. I have Xp, with a 2.8GHz Intel Pentium, 2 gig of ram and the same graphics card Ive had when I bought it (sadly, its from dell and cannot be upgraded :crybaby:). .


Their websites forum is horribly chaotic.  And judging by all of the posts, BV is bug happy.  

But you don't need upgrade..

There are people on their board, gamespot, IGN, etc.. etc.. all claiming to have the lag and freezes.. and they're all using dual core systems with the best GPU's out there.  This issue comes down to the fact that EA didn't optimize this expansion properly with every chipset out there.  Which is why when I disable my soundcard the game seems to run a lot faster.. and with no hangs.  I still get 30-60 load times between towns tho which blows ass.  I can live with that tho.. it's in game playing that I hate lag.

You know what doesn't help.. those who post to the threads saying..

"I can run the game totally fine.."

I mean I'm uh.. happy for them but it's like why are they posting to a bug thread if they don't have a bug?  Unless they know the fix they shouldn't get involved in the conversation because it just makes EA assume it's a problem between the keyboard and chair.  But to be fair.. it is a problem between the keyboard and chair.. but it's their designers with that issue.. not those here.


Title: List your Bon Vonyage bugs and compatabilty issues
Post by: MixdCrysy on September 09, 2007, 02:44:00 pm
Quote from: Deviancy;926023
Eeek.. I always have about 700 megs worth in that folder and I thought I had too much.  But I don't have a lot of skins which tend to be the larger files in regards to the mods.  Like all of those different bodyshapes like Rio, largeo, and all that.  I don't like huge boobs in real life so I don't need em in a game.


Sometimes I just cant help it. We have so many creators who make these beautiful things I just cant wait to play. In the end, I probably download more than I play, and I probably fiddle with meshes more than I dowload. I know, its a sickness.. lol.

Its better now that I disabled the sound and changed the pixels. It took 9 minutes to load to the nieghborhood, 9 to make the hood, and there was a relative improvement for switching between houses, family, and hotel lots.
I just wish that we didnt have to take so many steps to make the game playable. I like to create things for the game and having it look clear is important for screen shots. I will just have to change it everytime I make a new mesh.

Quote
Their websites forum is horribly chaotic.  And judging by all of the posts, BV is bug happy.  

But you don't need upgrade..


You can say that again. I hoped I didnt have to upgrade, becuase really, it doesnt seem like its worth it right now even if I had to. As far as vacationing, it seems like EA droped the ball again.

Quote

There are people on their board, gamespot, IGN, etc.. etc.. all claiming to have the lag and freezes.. and they're all using dual core systems with the best GPU's out there.  This issue comes down to the fact that EA didn't optimize this expansion properly with every chipset out there.  Which is why when I disable my soundcard the game seems to run a lot faster.. and with no hangs.  I still get 30-60 load times between towns tho which blows ass.  I can live with that tho.. it's in game playing that I hate lag.

"I can run the game totally fine.."

I mean I'm uh.. happy for them but it's like why are they posting to a bug thread if they don't have a bug?  Unless they know the fix they shouldn't get involved in the conversation because it just makes EA assume it's a problem between the keyboard and chair.  But to be fair.. it is a problem between the keyboard and chair.. but it's their designers with that issue.. not those here.


I understand completly. I hope in time, it will improve. I really think I'll just go back to seasons for now.

Foxybaby : I didnt have a problem with the interactions on the home lot or in the hotel, but then agian I reinstalled and didnt get a chance to check before. I wouldnt reccomend reinstalling unless you copied all of the folders and files in the C:\Documents and Settings\User\My Documents\EA Games\The Sims 2 first, becuase the unistaller will delete everythingthere.


Title: Issues caused with Inteen and Insim
Post by: Necro Lolita on September 09, 2007, 03:47:28 pm
I got BV a few days ago and all was well except regarding some glitches caused by Inteen and a few little things with Insim.

Inteen caused visiting sims on my lot to their repeat animations when they tried to leave. It also screwed around with my female sim who had a want panel of six; it only showed two of her wants at the time leaving the rest empty. When it was removed the glitches disappeared and her wants panel returned to normal.

As for Insim, nothing really big nor frustrating has happened with it. It doesn't allow my sims to sunbathe, make sand castles, or any beach related stuff. I can live with that for awhile. There is a problem where the objects tend to multiply on the vacation lots, but that might be because I have the SIM version.

Other than those listed...All is great! Hehe...I liked getting the Twiiki Island secret reward!:happy8:


Title: List your Bon Vonyage bugs and compatabilty issues
Post by: Deviancy on September 09, 2007, 03:57:20 pm
A hack is any custom content that changes the way the default game behaves.  For example, woohoo for teens is a hack because it changes the actions of the default game.  Sometimes these hacks interefere with new actions that expansion packs install.  Bon Voyage adds a lot of new interactions such as teleporting, tai chai, and voodoo.  Some of the older hacks may or may not interefere with those.  Teleport hacks for example should be totally removed if using BV.

Of course the teleport in Bon Voyage has to be learned from the Ninja, which can be a bitch because when you do see the ninja on a vacation spot, he teleports out of the lot to fast sometimes.  

But there's a trick to do it right away..

Enter the cheat command boolprop testingcheatsenabled true..

Shift - left click on the mail box.. go to spawn npc or create npc.. ninja is in there.  He won't come right away.. may take a few minutes.  When he does run to him right away.. he'll ask a question.. "what came first.. the ninja or the sword".  The answer is ninja.. I don't think this changes each time..

Then bingo.. teleport..

There are quite a few little secrets in BV.. There's still the ghost pirate I haven't found yet.. and I can't spawn him.  When I Try to spawn him I get an error.  I think I have to be at the vacation spot where he resides.. the other npc's can be spawned from town.


Title: List your Bon Vonyage bugs and compatabilty issues
Post by: MidnightVoyager on September 09, 2007, 06:29:43 pm
I have a... massive problem. See, I can't walk anywhere. At all. My Sims start walking, then... stop and go back to doing random things. I have large numbers of mods. Any tips on finding the one that may be the problem? (Or has anyone else figured this one out?)


Title: List your Bon Vonyage bugs and compatabilty issues
Post by: vanessa on September 09, 2007, 06:58:03 pm
Got BV the day it came out,my only problem so far seems to be the lag,it takes from 2 to 15 seconds.Hard to play without the Insim but I'm using the Merola painting and the Merola control mirror(to make people selectable).I have more then 8 GB of CC and some hacks,no problem with instaling with all this on place.I didn't try to make them walk yet.
Hacks I'm still using and don't need updating are Inge Jones schrubs,simsky multilarm,Carrigon's "harvestable"hacks,all of Christianlov hacks,that's what I tried up to now.


Title: List your Bon Vonyage bugs and compatabilty issues
Post by: Corylea on September 09, 2007, 07:33:47 pm
Quote from: Deviancy;926301
he'll ask a question.. "what came first.. the ninja or the sword".  The answer is ninja.. I don't think this changes each time..


Actually, the question does change.  I've never gotten the ninja and sword question.  I've talked to the ninja twice, and each time the question was different, so (with those two plus yours) there are at least three possible questions.


Title: List your Bon Vonyage bugs and compatabilty issues
Post by: Denimjo on September 09, 2007, 09:44:57 pm
Quote from: Corylea;926578
Actually, the question does change.  I've never gotten the ninja and sword question.  I've talked to the ninja twice, and each time the question was different, so (with those two plus yours) there are at least three possible questions.


You are correct, Corylea. I got the ninja/sword question, answered 'sword,' and was granted the ability to teleport. The questions are basically (according to Pescado) weighted so that option A is correct 51% of the time and option B is correct the other 49%. There's no way to know which answer will be correct during each encounter.


Title: List your Bon Vonyage bugs and compatabilty issues
Post by: sandshifter on September 10, 2007, 06:02:52 am
I sent a family on vacation and it was all fine, so I saved it and exited the game, and now, I cannot get that hotel to load again, so my favorite family is lost and so is the largest hotel on that neighborhood.
Also, why can't we build or change Vacation Lots???

Sandshifter


Title: List your Bon Vonyage bugs and compatabilty issues
Post by: MixdCrysy on September 10, 2007, 07:59:01 am
Dealing with BV and the bugs was too much. I uninstalled and went back to seasons. I dont understand how the same game could be giving us all of these unique bugs?

sandshifter: I am not sure. this ep is not really player friendly. I spent 3 hours making a hotel (all maxis stuff) and once I finished I had my sim test couple go on vacation. They could go in but they couldnt pick there rooms to check in so they walked around for hours. I clicked every door but nothing. And also, I tried to change the doors to some other doors. When I went in to the lot without sims, I wouldnt let me change barely anything in the build menu.  So I moved the lot to the lots bin, and moved it back to the hood, I realized that I couldnt access doors, windows, stairs...at all! The only thing I could do was change the wall paper. After all my time making the hotel, I couldnt get it to function as a hotel. I even cont+shift+c and did changelotzoning hotel to make sure It was a hotel, went to the hood, then went back in and I still couldnt do anything!

It seems like EA made the game so we couldnt build hotels... we could only use theirs. I guess well know for sure if someone else posts that they have the same problem. But I have seen creators here post vacation lots. Not sure if they were a hotel or just a vacation lot to buy.


Title: Takemizu...
Post by: Frog Girl on September 10, 2007, 08:58:17 am
Most of my problems happen in Takemizu Village. Every time I try to go to the Steaming Dragon, I end up at the Buy/Build option. I CANNOT stay there. I have exited and restarted the game a number of times.:smt120:smt120 I even took out ALL my CC and I still cant check into the hotel. Is any one else having this or a similar problem? I can go to the other hotels, just not Steaming Dragon. My other problem is the lag. My game will NOT go into fast when I am on vacation in Tekemizu. The fast forward button lights up, but the time doesnt go faster. And I seem to have a problem with time stopping every few seconds too. I dont know why this happens. I havent had water balloon fights so it isnt that. Could it be the fish? It seems that wherever there are big ponds is where the time stops the most. Any help or ideas would be much appreciated.:happy8:


Title: List your Bon Vonyage bugs and compatabilty issues
Post by: Deviancy on September 10, 2007, 09:01:49 am
Quote from: Denimjo;926800
You are correct, Corylea. I got the ninja/sword question, answered 'sword,' and was granted the ability to teleport. The questions are basically (according to Pescado) weighted so that option A is correct 51% of the time and option B is correct the other 49%. There's no way to know which answer will be correct during each encounter.


That's one of the few things I dislike about the Sims 2.  I personally think the questions that pop up during careers, the ninja, tours, etc.. should be legit questions with fact based answers.  It would give the game a trivia like edge but since the answers change on whim.. it doesn't make any sense.  

Still a fun game though.. I mean usually I uninstall a game right off if it has issues.  But I'm trying to work through the BV ones, which makes me feel like an addict but whatever.  

So now the Sims has..

Vampires, werewolves, zombies, plant people, bigfoot, and ninjas and a witch doctor.

I'd have preferred actual witches but they'd probably go with the stereotype and upset a shitload of wiccans.


Title: GRKIDDO
Post by: GRKIDDO on September 10, 2007, 09:23:11 am
I have the Insim.  I can't dig for treasure, can't  swim in the ocean, can't build sandcastles (although haven't taken a child on vaca yet, so maybe that's it) And I can't figure out how to snap photos.  I've tried talking to friends, but no take my picture option comes up.  Any ideas?  I'm having problems with NPC's showing up on lots, so I haven't seen any locals to chat with.  But I did see the pickpocket guy.  He stole the cashiers simoleans.  I tried talking to him, but ony got the what's good around here (or whatever) option.  Somewhere I read that you could get rid of him, haven't figured that one out!

I like the Bon Voyage EP though!  Just waiting for the updated Insim!:worship:


Title: List your Bon Vonyage bugs and compatabilty issues
Post by: GRKIDDO on September 10, 2007, 09:26:12 am
Frog Girl

I had that problem with the steaming Dragon too.  I was alreaddy checked into another hotel, and tried changing to that hotel, and got the build option.  They sent my sims back home.  I haven't tried playing that family since, so I don't know if they are mad about being sent home early or not!


Title: List your Bon Vonyage bugs and compatabilty issues
Post by: Frog Girl on September 10, 2007, 09:41:36 am
When it has happened to me the vacation doesnt even register with the family. The shuttle drops them off and they just go about their day as if nothing happened. So you will have to call and book the vacation again. That is another problem with it. If you get any of the memory mementos they are gone when you get home. I just dont go there anymore and I would suggest others do so carefully...:happy8:


Title: List your Bon Vonyage bugs and compatabilty issues
Post by: MissDoh on September 10, 2007, 12:55:03 pm
MixdCrisy, I uninstall BV a few days ago (but have reinstall it since then).  You did not you saw the pop-up asking if you were sure you wanted to uninstall because it would delete the complete folder since it was unsuable with another ep?

It pop-up right after I hit the uninstall button and it was asking if I would not prefer to cancel and make a back-up first.

So the game does warn you.


Title: List your Bon Vonyage bugs and compatabilty issues
Post by: MixdCrysy on September 10, 2007, 01:46:28 pm
Quote from: MissDoh;927824
MixdCrisy, I uninstall BV a few days ago (but have reinstall it since then).  You did not you saw the pop-up asking if you were sure you wanted to uninstall because it would delete the complete folder since it was unsuable with another ep?

It pop-up right after I hit the uninstall button and it was asking if I would not prefer to cancel and make a back-up first.

So the game does warn you.


It was not just the downloads folder it deleted. I have installed and uninstalled and then reinstalled EPs before. I only ever had to back up my downloads and saved sims folder becuase they were the only ones that the unistaller deleted. BV deleted movies, pics, teleport, and every other folder including the my docs/sims 2 folder.

This is the first time that happened, and I was worried that I would have to reinstall seasons because the whole directory was deleted. I found out later that bodyshop and seasons will make the folders (and files like the cigen.package) new after running it again. Lol.

I just wanted to let everyone know it deletes all the folders and the directory, so other community members know if they want their pics, movies and neighborhoods, to back them up as well (I had movies of my new meshes that I lost). :) I did see a pop up but dismissed it as the usually "blah blah back up downloads blah" pop up...lol. Next time I will pay attention. :D:D


Title: List your Bon Vonyage bugs and compatabilty issues
Post by: ancienthighway on September 10, 2007, 01:57:38 pm
The TS2 uninstaller has always deleted everything as far as I know.  Probably to ensure that all references to that EP are deleted from the save area.  I wouldn't want to see the bugs that come up after uninstalling an EP and having the game try to read a reference to it in an undeleted folder.


Title: List your Bon Vonyage bugs and compatabilty issues
Post by: ancienthighway on September 10, 2007, 02:24:50 pm
Quote from: MixdCrysy;927303
I spent 3 hours making a hotel (all maxis stuff) and once I finished I had my sim test couple go on vacation. They could go in but they couldnt pick there rooms to check in so they walked around for hours. I clicked every door but nothing. And also, I tried to change the doors to some other doors. When I went in to the lot without sims, I wouldnt let me change barely anything in the build menu.  So I moved the lot to the lots bin, and moved it back to the hood, I realized that I couldnt access doors, windows, stairs...at all! The only thing I could do was change the wall paper. After all my time making the hotel, I couldnt get it to function as a hotel. I even cont+shift+c and did changelotzoning hotel to make sure It was a hotel, went to the hood, then went back in and I still couldnt do anything!

It seems like EA made the game so we couldnt build hotels... we could only use theirs. I guess well know for sure if someone else posts that they have the same problem. But I have seen creators here post vacation lots. Not sure if they were a hotel or just a vacation lot to buy.

I know that some people don't like to hear about things that go right in a things that are wrong thread.  But...

I just built a hotel for my main neighborhood.  Nothing fancy, just a rundown dump you never notice (I really wish I could get a grungy swimming pool  lol).  Then after changing lot zoning to hotel, I waited for my sim to get home from work.  Not even a kiss for his wife and baby girl, and he hopped back in the car to head down to that dive, checked in, called up an old girl friend....

While the sim was there, several other rooms were rented also, so it wasn't just playables that would check in.

It worked  just fine for me.   From what I can tell there are two requirements for the hotel, the ConciergoSum Desk in the lobby and the Solidity Door on the rooms.  My hotel was built with cheap furniture released with the original game.


Title: List your Bon Vonyage bugs and compatabilty issues
Post by: skizicks on September 10, 2007, 02:34:15 pm
Ok so just got the game a few day ago and I'm having issues from the get go. Here is my list so far

- my toddlers won’t age and get stuck in the same position for hours
- my sims when I play them seem to have a glitch and will freeze  and unfreeze (lag issue)
- other sims will get stuck on my lot and repeat the same thing over and over again like a stuck record (ie they will walk down the stairs get to a certain point the reappear on the top of the stairs again they will do this over and over) it will get to the point that I have to turn on the “moveOjbjects” command and delete them.
- the paper person will get stuck on my lot and keep delivering papers (one time I had over 30    papers)
- tried to book a vacation and the shuttle will just keep driving by the house and will not stop for my sims to get in the car (so I can’t go on vacation)
- also when the car pool comes to pick up my sim it too will keep driving by my house and the only way my sims can get to work is if their out side waiting and I click on the car just at the right time. (this does not work when I try to go on vacation).
- my sims wants and fears are blank, nothing is there, it’s just blue.

Does any ony have any ideas...suggestion....please help!


Title: List your Bon Vonyage bugs and compatabilty issues
Post by: ancienthighway on September 10, 2007, 02:42:41 pm
Remove Inteenimater and all of your other mods.  Try it again.  Once you're are satisfied it's working you can start to put your mods back in.  But in any case Inteenimater is not compatible with BV and will cause many of the problems you're having at the moment.


Title: List your Bon Vonyage bugs and compatabilty issues
Post by: skizicks on September 10, 2007, 02:50:47 pm
thanks ancienthighway I'll try that too.....oh man now I have to actually find where I put them (hacks) ugggggg. Well I'll be busy for the next few hours


Title: List your Bon Vonyage bugs and compatabilty issues
Post by: MixdCrysy on September 10, 2007, 02:55:28 pm
Quote from: ancienthighway;928054
I know that some people don't like to hear about things that go right in a things that are wrong thread.  But...

I just built a hotel for my main neighborhood.  Nothing fancy, just a rundown dump you never notice (I really wish I could get a grungy swimming pool  lol).  Then after changing lot zoning to hotel, I waited for my sim to get home from work.  Not even a kiss for his wife and baby girl, and he hopped back in the car to head down to that dive, checked in, called up an old girl friend....

While the sim was there, several other rooms were rented also, so it wasn't just playables that would check in.

It worked  just fine for me.   From what I can tell there are two requirements for the hotel, the ConciergoSum Desk in the lobby and the Solidity Door on the rooms.  My hotel was built with cheap furniture released with the original game.



Yeah, I guess its just one of those unique bugs I had that others didnt. I had the ConciergoSum Desk and the doors too. At least the transport picked my sims up. The bugs in the gamed sucked, but for me it was the slooowness. My game seemed to freeze up for long instances and in build mode it was worse.


Title: List your Bon Vonyage bugs and compatabilty issues
Post by: ancienthighway on September 10, 2007, 05:18:52 pm
Quote from: DecoraChroi;920616
However you play the game, there will always be bugs with or without glitches. Post whatever you have concluded upon gameplay, weither CC, hacks or conflictions. This thread can help players discuss, compare notes


Apparently my input to discussions is not appreciated or wanted.  I agree EA/Maxis missed the mark in making this EP and others compatible with popular hardware on the market.  I think complaints about this may be better addressed if EA is notified.

As far as issues with game play, while this thread makes it appear that I'm in the minority, I don't feel that I am.  Yes, I run across some bugs.  I've had some issues.  But everything I've come across has been, in my opinion, minor.  The game when hardware issues are resolved, whether work around or replacement, in an unmodified, hack-free, CC free condition works with relatively minor problems.  I've now got 1444 files, 1 GB of mods and CC back into my game.  It's still working with relatively minor problems.

This is my experience.  

In the nature of discussion and sharing of notes this thread was created for, I come and where people have had problems and issues with areas, I express my experience.  Anyone that knows me, knows I don't come on to a thread to gloat.  I don't say things just to say things.  At least 80% of my posts have been trying to help people resolve problems they've been having.  When I do help, there's a damn good chance the cause of the problem will be identified and a solution developed.

Rather than a discussion and note sharing, I'm hearing an underlying message from some members to get off their complaint thread.  You've got it.  I'm done trying to help people that would just rather whine.


Title: List your Bon Vonyage bugs and compatabilty issues
Post by: socurious on September 10, 2007, 06:33:07 pm
Quote from: ancienthighway;928316
Apparently my input to discussions is not appreciated or wanted.  I agree EA/Maxis missed the mark in making this EP and others compatible with popular hardware on the market.  I think complaints about this may be better addressed if EA is notified.

As far as issues with game play, while this thread makes it appear that I'm in the minority, I don't feel that I am.  Yes, I run across some bugs.  I've had some issues.  But everything I've come across has been, in my opinion, minor.  The game when hardware issues are resolved, whether work around or replacement, in an unmodified, hack-free, CC free condition works with relatively minor problems.  I've now got 1444 files, 1 GB of mods and CC back into my game.  It's still working with relatively minor problems.

This is my experience.  

In the nature of discussion and sharing of notes this thread was created for, I come and where people have had problems and issues with areas, I express my experience.  Anyone that knows me, knows I don't come on to a thread to gloat.  I don't say things just to say things.  At least 80% of my posts have been trying to help people resolve problems they've been having.  When I do help, there's a damn good chance the cause of the problem will be identified and a solution developed.

Rather than a discussion and note sharing, I'm hearing an underlying message from some members to get off their complaint thread.  You've got it.  I'm done trying to help people that would just rather whine.


I'm very greatful for all the input that has been provided.  I have installed BV but haven't played very much.  I came here to find out what I could expect and what to do if I encountered any problems.   It's really important to know that some are experiencing glitches, while others aren't; that way, we'll be aware of what is normal, and what is a glitch.  You also give advice to those that are experiencing game-play problems - invaluable!  Thank you for helping us all out!


Title: List your Bon Vonyage bugs and compatabilty issues
Post by: Sleepycat on September 10, 2007, 07:00:30 pm
the saddest part is the same shit happens every time a new EP is released...people whine whine whine about 'bugs' they have because in many many cases... they didn't bother to take out their old hacks/CC...yet they blame maxis/ea for all the bugs/problems they are having.

granted some people don't even know they have hacks from downloading dirty custom Lots off the exchange (and other places) but do they remove their Downloads and try the game CC Free, no...many come here and expect others to figure out what is causing their problem...and those of us that try to help have to walk people through the same steps over and over and over again... which is very very frustrating and not something I can do often anymore without getting bitchy.



First rule of thumb people, remove all CC, specially hacks, if you are having problems. Sometimes problems are fixed by reinstalling the newest EP if the problems aren't caused by CC/hacks.

Once you truly know something is a real bug, then you have a right to bitch and whine about bugs/maxis/ea.


*sigh* not that anyone will pay any attention to this except to complain about my 'attitude' :-P


Title: List your Bon Vonyage bugs and compatabilty issues
Post by: Moonangel1121 on September 10, 2007, 07:15:04 pm
The only problem that I have found is with the Insimenator when it comes to the digging for treasure and looking for the shells... Which I am sure this has been talked about before on here.... And I took it out after I played the first time.... Besides that... everything I have for my game works great.... I have not found any other bugs besides that.... But I have not played the game long enough to found others....


Title: List your Bon Vonyage bugs and compatabilty issues
Post by: Denimjo on September 10, 2007, 09:27:48 pm
I'm having a problem in my game that gives me cause to think that it's due to an erroneous EA altering of their own game code. I recall that they released a patch (one of the Seasons ones) that fixed it so that when a Sim drank eggplant juice, their wants panel would reflect this (and if it caused them to maximize the skill, they'd get credit for that as well). However, I have a Sim that gains a Maxed [Skill] memory almost every time they drink the juice even if they haven't maxed it yet.

I suspect Bon Voyage has screwed with the patch fix, but no one else can tell me if this is a problem that only I am having. Is there anyone out there willing to test this out for me?


Title: List your Bon Vonyage bugs and compatabilty issues
Post by: mrs ladybug on September 11, 2007, 06:55:50 am
I only just really installed my and always remove my CC and hacks and always have the original neighbourhoods as always back these up case things go wrong. I even back bon voyage ones as well. I have all exps. Ok game starts up ok booking hoilday fine.I can book into hotels ok but order  service turns up if no resturant is there ok, but if there is resturant no service. Also game it real acts up in Steaming Dragon hotel and red Dragon hotel goes into slow motion :(  I even done adjustments to hotels like less rooms still the same. Am going to try other Vacction spots see if this happens  in them.


Title: List your Bon Vonyage bugs and compatabilty issues
Post by: ss4keef on September 11, 2007, 07:12:57 am
I keep getting two bugs, one is when my sim/s are moving they end up in the air looking like the sim is upstairs if in 2 story building, and the other bug is when loading and playing the music keeps stopping then starting again and makes the game hang for afew seconds each time. Hopefully a patch is released really soon to fix game issues and bugs. I seem to have no problems with INsim just don't use it for the bon voyage parts of the game.


Title: List your Bon Vonyage bugs and compatabilty issues
Post by: kathy on September 11, 2007, 07:48:42 am
I'm going to chime in and agree with Sleepy and Ancient. Look we all know there will be bugs, legit bugs, with every EP. This is unavoidable however to track down real bugs people need to test in a cc free enviroment. With every new EP you should remove all mods until you have confirmation from the creator or other members in the community that such and such mod is compatiable.
 
Also make sure your game is completely patched PRIOR to installing the EP's. I have said this many, many times. The installer to make sure it is patched with the latest EP is crap and has never worked properly. If you did not install the last Seasons patch install it yourself prior to installing this EP.
 
I tested this about 2 hours without CC, prior to a beta version of the InSIM being available. I did notice a lag but after defraging I only notice a slight one occasionally on Vacation lots though the lag is pretty bad on home lots.
 
Now I have been reading many complaints about the jewelry now functioning correctly in CAS and it does not display in BS. I haven't tried this yet but honestly can anyone be suprised? They didn't update BS with Pets so we could add cc for Pets, which is probably the main reason I won't play with Pets, so why would they spend the time doing it with BV?


Title: List your Bon Vonyage bugs and compatabilty issues
Post by: sbt on September 11, 2007, 08:32:36 am
My daughter and I have have all the expansions and stuff packs on our computers, We have alot of the wonderful hacks and mods to make gameplay better, I have 1.99 GB of downloads, she has more because she collects clothes and hair lol. To add, we also have all patches and updates.

Anyhow, as we always do when a game is to be delivered, when BV said out for delivery, we copied and pasted our complete My Documents Sims 2 folder to another folder on our hard drives, just in case. I removed the downloads folder, CC hacks and all. Then we install.

We always leave in the neighborhoods though, maybe with this exp that is what went wrong.

I have played more than her, so will post what mine has done. I played with no downloads folder at all. These are either Sims I created in CAS and also one clone from Strangetown who is in my own created neighborhood, and I usually only play with houses I build myself from house plans.

Anyhow, this first family is jumpers, jumping out of actions, for one the options were also missing when clicked on, could only do meditate and yoga, moved her into another lot and that resolved but she lost her 6 wants and 2 locks, became 3 wants with 1 lock and her wants were child wants even though she was an adult college graduate, odd, did stop jumping though. The brother that had moved out before BV did not lose his wants, locks or graduate status.
Her older sister who is still at the family lot is odd, cannot describe it really but she is not the way she was before BV.

Then there is Ajay Loner, the clone from Strangetown who was cloned and rebuilt in CAS, moved into this my created neighborhood, my house, all seemed well. Had him be in love with townie Marisa Bendett, she moved in. I clicked him to propose and it dropped out of queue, then again, so she engaged him. Then click him to kiss romantic, dropped out of queue but she did him, hmmmmm. So they go on vacation to the Asain One. Anyhow, he gets their room and talks to the clerk and click on bed to relax. He gets up when she gets to bed, and again. So get her in first then he will, click on him to makeout with her, falls out of queue, but she can to him, hmmmmmm. Anyways the Flaming Dragon had lots of roaches so they came home since all they wanted to do was cry and stomp. In the neighborhood, he still cannot do anything to her romantically, she has to to him.

In fact, anyone that moves to a new lot loses all 6 wants and 2 locks and even locked wants reroll, tried other Sims, this never happened before when moving, especially losing their graduate status, once you graduated you were always a graduate, however they do have the memories intact about graduating, they just no longer have the extra wants or the graduate icon by their age bar.

Another thing, everyone is angry, they are all arguing with each other, this was a loving family always hugging and kissing but every one is different. Their personality bars did not change but their personalities did if you know what I mean.

So what to do? Not even gonna try messing up the other Sims, so, copied and pasted that entire neighborhoods folder, writing to disc and instead playing Maxis neighborhoods that I reinstalled, Played the Goth family yesterday and not one glitch anywhere so added back some of the newly updated hacks and everything is still okay. BV seems to have borked our lots and Sims, but that is okay, this kinda thing has happened many times before, we just start over. No whining, lol. My daughter is deciding what to do with her game, she has not played since last Wednesday.

Just wanted you all to know that we have had problems too with no CC or hacks in the game. Have not been on vacation yet with Mortimer and Dina but the honeymoon is booked. The other Sims vacationed at the Asian and the Beach, the Asian is incredibly slower and lagging than the beach.


Title: List your Bon Vonyage bugs and compatabilty issues
Post by: fway on September 11, 2007, 09:29:22 am
Here's Everything I've Expereinced

Walking to Community Lots Will Not Work
This issue happens when I want my sims to walk to community lots. They start walking, and then all of a sudden BAM they restart themselves. --Fixed Now With J.M.'s BV Fixes

this quote was by me I was trying to find a way to strike out though.
Quote
Weird Door Thing for Reservations (May be a hack issue on my part)
I Get a "Key"... "Remove Key From Insertnamehere 392" (or any other number) I click it... go into the room. The room works, but then I Do Lock..."Lock for Household Only" I send them into the room.... they stop at the door and do the "i don't know" gesture

(oh and I checked in after "Reserving")

Walking/Taxied to Community Lots From a Hotel
Where's Walking to?
I am unsure why this never showed up when I clicked the active sim it never showed up...
Invite Sim to Community Lot Only?
I am unsure why this happened when I clicked transportation, waited for my sim to call, and then get that option
even if I did that it said "I don't know any people ... blah blah."
<-it seems Inges door hacks don't want to work with this.

Going to a hotel with less rooms than the number of guests
This only happened once, but this is what happened:
1. Go to Another Accomidation with four people (2 Guests and 2 of my Sims)
2. Go to a Hotel with for a Max number of 3 in a room
3. One of My Sims are Missing BUT they come along (they weren't in the "Pets [what I like to call it]" section either and one sim who was a guest was with my original Sims)


Controlling Guests who come along with your Sim(s) Not a problem but a cool thing I found (i think it only works if you have Pets)
I typed these two in
boolprop controlpets on
boolprop petActionCancel on

^your guest sim can interact with people and build sandcastles, swim, etc., but they can't sunbathe lol.

Now Why Would your Guest be considered a pet I knew they'd use something from pets...


Title: List your Bon Vonyage bugs and compatabilty issues
Post by: skizicks on September 11, 2007, 11:28:29 am
I would like to say that this EP is the first time I ever had any real problems with any expansions, but a big thank you to Ancient (and a simple answer) I removed insim and everthing is working fine so far.


Title: List your Bon Vonyage bugs and compatabilty issues
Post by: mrs ladybug on September 11, 2007, 11:36:00 am
Like said I have removed all hacks and cc and even double check only thing I had left was Scriptorium so uninstalled it to see if this help but it has made no difference. I had trouble with Pets but not bad as BV.


Title: List your Bon Vonyage bugs and compatabilty issues
Post by: Mihura on September 11, 2007, 11:42:49 am
And to find hacks (if you haven't create a special folder for them for exemple ;) it's easy with the sims 2 pack clean installer or the DDO. They are in red. :)


Title: List your Bon Vonyage bugs and compatabilty issues
Post by: mrs ladybug on September 11, 2007, 03:21:42 pm
Yes all my go in special folder it makes it easy and always use clean installed the best program for Sims 2. I check everything with it.


Title: List your Bon Vonyage bugs and compatabilty issues
Post by: YANFRForm on September 11, 2007, 05:40:02 pm
Bon Voyage has now gone past annoying.  I'd spent over 2 hours working on a new house I was building from scratch and when I went to save and go back to the neighborhood, it crashed the whole game!  After reloading, there was no sign of the house I'd been building.  That's it.  BV is coming out, I don't care if destroys the rest of my sims installs and I have to reinstall everything else from scratch.  At least I made a complete backup of everything before I installed BV.  At worst, I might lose and have to rebuild three new families, but that's it.

Saving a house/family should be the most elemental thing in the world, and Maxis can't even get that right.

Now we can't build houses, we can't make new jewelry, and as Kathy pointed out we can't even make cc for pets.  Why does Maxis hate creative people?


Title: List your Bon Vonyage bugs and compatabilty issues
Post by: ancienthighway on September 11, 2007, 09:37:37 pm
In the help section, Miss Doh has a post that mentions EA was spawning unnecessary Tour Guides every time one was needed.  In it a post to MATY is referenced with details.

Pescado has updated he anti-redundancy hack to address this issue.  The may solve many of the difficulties some people have encountered.


Title: List your Bon Vonyage bugs and compatabilty issues
Post by: kathy on September 11, 2007, 10:15:49 pm
Thanks for the update


Title: List your Bon Vonyage bugs and compatabilty issues
Post by: Moonangel1121 on September 12, 2007, 12:55:04 am
Well I have played the BV game now for a few days now and the only time I had any problem was when I had my Insimenator downloaded. Since I took it out I have not had one problem... My game runs without lag... I have all my CC and hacks besides the Insimerator.... Waiting for an update for that and I will be all set again.... I am sorry to see a lot of you are still having problems even with out CC and mods.... Its a good EP I like it a lot.... But I am a Simmer.... Happy Simming to all....


Title: List your Bon Vonyage bugs and compatabilty issues
Post by: lewisb40 on September 12, 2007, 05:27:42 am
Don't be scared Sliim, I had a few problems, but found out it was my hacks. I was testing them to see what works, but now I have updates. It is running smoother now.  They do spawn tour guides alot and I can tell when a new one is coming, my game pauses. I have an older computer and I can't put new ram in, it is at the limit. (1 Gig). :(


Title: List your Bon Vonyage bugs and compatabilty issues
Post by: Anglknghts on September 12, 2007, 05:58:57 am
In my game, I have voodoo bottle (carrigon), multi painting (merola), both of which I have never had a problem with from the first, and the hacked coat hook (marylou & numenor), none of which seem to be causing my game any problems. I do have a small problem, and I think it was mentioned above, that most of the time, when I give a sim jewelry, it then can't be taken off, be it male or female.  I too, would like to know if there is a hack to be able to control your 'holidaying friends', as it is so annoying that you can't control the people you take on holiday. I love BV, and I am having a ball with all the new features.


Title: List your Bon Vonyage bugs and compatabilty issues
Post by: Frog Girl on September 12, 2007, 08:45:00 am
Just wanted to check in and see if any one else is having the problem I am with the Steaming Dragon going into Build mode when I try to check in. I posted earlier and got one person. Does any one know how to fix this?

It seems that Takemizu has the most problems but I have to agree with the positive. I am a simmer and I look forward to the new stuff coming out. I know there will be problems and that they will eventually be fixed. If you have been playing this game for a while you should expect problems as well. We are all just silly humans and we ALL make mistakes.:happy8: So try to be patient and enjoy the game. And remember it is just a game.:smile: I dont want to offend anyone, but I dont like all the negative being thrown around. I love having cheats and hacks in my game, but again if you have been playing this game for a while you know you have to start out without them. It will be ok tho. All of the wonderful people that make those hacks and cheats will update them so our gaming can be more interesting. So here is to being a happy simmer...:beer:


Title: List your Bon Vonyage bugs and compatabilty issues
Post by: mrs ladybug on September 12, 2007, 09:50:46 am
Your right it is Takemizu has most problems i've done pretty well with other two am going through my hacks thanks people that have posted what work and does not work.


Title: List your Bon Vonyage bugs and compatabilty issues
Post by: one_unique_sist on September 12, 2007, 10:01:39 am
my game is soooooooooooooooooooo slow, its so dreadful, what should i do?? omg im sooooo annoyed.


Title: List your Bon Vonyage bugs and compatabilty issues
Post by: ancienthighway on September 12, 2007, 10:32:40 am
Quote from: one_unique_sist;930929
my game is soooooooooooooooooooo slow, its so dreadful, what should i do?? omg im sooooo annoyed.


Quote from: ancienthighway;930388
In the help section, Miss Doh has a post that mentions EA was spawning unnecessary Tour Guides every time one was needed.  In it a post to MATY is referenced with details.

Pescado has updated he anti-redundancy hack to address this issue.  The may solve many of the difficulties some people have encountered.


Here's one place to start.

Deviancy has some good suggestions in this post (http://www.insimenator.org/showpost.php?p=925510&postcount=7) to look into


Title: List your Bon Vonyage bugs and compatabilty issues
Post by: Deviancy on September 12, 2007, 02:58:27 pm
Bon Voyage is the oddest expansion yet.

I ran it today and it was lag free.. I'm still using 1024x768 though.  I didn't try it using my native resolution like I need to.  The game looks like ass on 1024x768, and i'm used to 1280x1024.

Here's the weird thing.. I tossed in the werewolf/vampire fix from MATY prior to playing.  

But before this post comes off like that hack fixed things..

I quit the game.. went out for a bit.. came back.. played again..

The lag was still less but it was back somewhat.  Of course it crashed haha.  

Some have said the game causes their computer to shut down.  That's not what's happening though, or maybe for them it is but I'm pretty sure it isn't.

The game is popping out of sync.  Therefore this shuts the video signal to the monitor off which causes the monitor to shut down.  Therefore it appears the operating system is crashed but chances are it is still operational.. there's just no getting the display back which requires a reboot.  Now on some computers this very well may be causing the computer to go into suspend mode or reboot.  The Sims is by far not the first game to do this, I've had this issue with a handful of games.  I prefer the blue screen of death, at least it tells me something.  

In short, BV has an audio glitch, a video glitch and a few spawning issues.  The audio glitch and video glitch will not affect everyone.  Some are using hardware accelerated cards, some are using software accelerated ones.  Some are using creative's chipset.. some are using nvidia's.. at least I think Nvidia has an onboard audio chipset.  So again, this expansion just was not properly tested.  I think EA just throws out expansion packs with their fingers crossed on one hand.. while the other hand goes for your wallet.  

I'm still wondering what they were thinking when they released that new Harry Potter game.  It isn't bug happy like BV but damn its lame..


Title: List your Bon Vonyage bugs and compatabilty issues
Post by: Mama Lino on September 12, 2007, 03:23:46 pm
Quote from: mysticgoddess;921482
So is anyone else having problems with not being able to click on the doors at the resort? having problems with it and was wondering what was wrong?


I had the same problem and found out that it was the

buybuildenabler-hack for the PETS-addon.

the problems I had with this hack:

-I couldn´t reserve hotel rooms
-SIMs couldn´t leave lots to visit other lots
-SIMs couldn´t go back home
- vacation time bar below the aircraft didn´t change

simply deleted it and everything was fine.


Title: List your Bon Vonyage bugs and compatabilty issues
Post by: YANFRForm on September 12, 2007, 04:47:19 pm
There's something else with BV too, bug-wise, that I wasn't sure about until I removed it.  When you're trying to select something with your mouse, like to turn off your aspiration display,  the mouse pointer isn't quite on target with BV running, you have to hit it to one side or the other.  After removing BV, my mouse is pointing normally again.


Title: List your Bon Vonyage bugs and compatabilty issues
Post by: CHAS1977 on September 12, 2007, 09:43:11 pm
Okay I removed my download folder and still when I go to load a house the game crashes. :( I don't know what it could be if I don't have any downloads.


Title: Sorrowful Mouse's Glitches
Post by: Sorrowful Mouse on September 12, 2007, 10:19:05 pm
In my game the biggest issue I have is that the Ramen from the Far East Food Stand overrides the Cup O' Ramen, from the University EP. And for some weird reason, that "desperations enabled" hack from Squinge is still acting like it is in my game, even though I deleted it ages ago. My Sims don't have the option to play Marco Polo, they have Desperation, family. And if they want to buy Plantsim tonic, it comes up with: Desperation, Family, Romance, and Fortune. (Instead of the money amounts.) None of the mod-identifying programs I have can detect any trace of it either. :(  :saber:

On a Bon Voyage/Seasons note: the ghost Captain of the pirate ship passes out from heat stroke, and his skin gets burned. :sad4:
Bon Voyage:
The Beds blink on Maxis-made hotel lots, but not when I create my own.
Sometimes my Sims walk on the Ocean, and they can't climb the Crow's Nest, trust me, there is nothing blocking them. The command just fades away.

Other then that, it is just really, really, slow. And some times the game freezes.
This is actually an all time low for glitches for me. The only thing that could make my game worse then it is, is Maxis/EA making another screwy patch.
Hopefully, they have learned from their past mistakes, but I trust Maxis/EA as far as I can spit, and sense I can't spit.....:read2:


Title: List your Bon Vonyage bugs and compatabilty issues
Post by: ancienthighway on September 12, 2007, 10:41:28 pm
Sorrowful Mouse, you've got mods not compatible with BV in your game.  Squinge's Talkpool is among them.  It's displaying the desperation actions.


Title: Beach Lots
Post by: One4JW on September 12, 2007, 10:48:30 pm
Hi
I'm new to the posting area of this site, but since BV came out I've been lurking in the shadows reading all the posts.

I have noticed something with the beach lots that I think is weird, but not a bug.  With Insim installed you don't have the sunbathe option etc... but if you click on the water you can still have your sims 'get in' but you have to be facing the water from the front of the lot.  Even without Insim when you click on the water from behind the lot you get nothing.  

Just thought I'd share an observation and hopefully this will be helpful to some of you because for some reason I am more comfortable watching my sims from behind the lot and not from the front (street) as I think others may be as well.


Title: List your Bon Vonyage bugs and compatabilty issues
Post by: Cleo999 on September 13, 2007, 01:22:10 am
Hi everybody.
So far, BV is the only expansion I've ever had problems with (and I have all of them). Thanks to Pescado, I never experienced the spamming issue, but my game does have a bad habit: sometimes it freezes for a couple of minutes, sometimes the image goes blue (a nice shade of blue, but really annoying!) for some minutes, once the game crashed and I had to restart my PC.
I found out that saving after these events (well, except for the crash) does help the game to run smooth. However, they keep happening randomly.
I don't have hacks / mods on (excpet for Pescado's antispamming). I'm wondering wether this could be due to a sound card problem? It is DirectX9 compatible, but reading your previous messages has started me thinking.
Any idea?


Title: List your Bon Vonyage bugs and compatabilty issues
Post by: simkitty on September 13, 2007, 04:14:13 am
I lowered my audio settings in the game and turned off shadows and reflections and that seemed to decrease the lag.But I was also informed that there may be a memory leak with the game launcher itself from what i read on another forum.Go figure.The atiredudancy hack stopped the Charlatans and Tourguides so now I have 7 charlatans and 3 tourguides but in the main hood I noticed it creatd 3 of those 7 there....wierd EP ahhh UNI days revised.


Title: List your Bon Vonyage bugs and compatabilty issues
Post by: blu00 on September 13, 2007, 08:30:05 am
Hi all

I have noticed something again and it's pretty annoying. My mystery hut won't load. I don't know if anyone else has this problem but I really hate it. I almost have my "complete" traveler sim but unfortunately I can't go on that lot. Anyone has any idea about this?


Title: List your Bon Vonyage bugs and compatabilty issues
Post by: Deviancy on September 13, 2007, 09:48:41 am
My bad, I forgot list one of the things that helps with the lag somewhat.  Someone had already mentioned it so I didn't put it in my list.. so I'll do the list of tricks again..

1. Go into My Computer > C drive > program files > EA Games > The Sims 2 Bon Voyage >  TSBin

You'll see a few pretty icons.. One of them is called "Sims2EP6".  Right click on that icon, click on create shortcut.  Now you'll have something called "shortcut to sims2ep6".  Drag it out of that window and put it on your desktop.  Once it is on your desktop delete the shortcut to Bon Voyage that you had prior to the one you just made.  What that does is it bypasses the stupid launcher that BV has. This helps with the lag a bit if you have a dozen other processes running such as virus programs and what have you.

But you're not done yet..

Now what you want to do is you want to right click on the new shortcut that's on your desktop.  Left click on properties.. then you'll see the "compatibility" tab.  Click on it.  Put click on the box that says "Run this program in compatibility mode for".. then use the drop down box to pick Windows 2000.. click apply.. click ok.. you're done.  This trick helped me with the lag a little bit, the audio still clips but not as bad.  

2. Run the game..

3. Once in the game go to options, go to audio.. lower the audio quality as far as it goes. Remember.. the audio quality not the music volume.

4. Go to graphics options.. set shadows to medium or disable them.. your choice.  Make sure your refresh rate in that window is the same you use on your desktop.  Most likely you're using 60.. that's the norm.  Disable reflections as well.. helps quite a bit.. especially if you're using a lot of custom content.  And like I said before, do you really need to see your sims reflection in a mirror?  I mean I know there are some objects with reflection for clubs and such that people like but.. it's not worth the lag.

5. Keep your family sizes down.  I keep it down to 4 per lot.  Not much you can do about vacation spots since they tend to have a lot of visitors.  I generally buy lots on vacation spots therefore the sims can visit their own lot and this is better than staying at a hotel since there's less sims and less lag.

Now these steps help with the lag somewhat.. but you may still experience the out of sync error which causes your monitor to shut off or will give a blue screen of death error.  This might might be due to a video error or a memory drain issue.  The game does have a memory leak.  This causes your pf usage to go to high which at times can make the operating system unstable.

As for patches..

Unless I'm reading this wrong..

Sims Seasons came out on Febuary the 23rd..

The first patch came out on April the 2nd.. it took them over a month to solve the first batch of issues?  That's bullshit..

The second patch, which supposedly fixed the really big issues came out in June.  That's Microsoft like.. and totally unacceptable.  I mean the guys at Winamp fix things faster and winamp is freeware.. well the basic version is.


Title: List your Bon Vonyage bugs and compatabilty issues
Post by: mrs ladybug on September 13, 2007, 04:40:47 pm
Ok now get I can get reasonable game there are few glitches still with the dragon and other big hotel  but have to deal with them and avoid the dragon breath for now.. I hope Maxis comes out with patch soon I think it could be realyl good game. Thanks to every one for helpful tips :)


Title: List your Bon Vonyage bugs and compatabilty issues
Post by: Sorrowful Mouse on September 13, 2007, 05:52:29 pm
Quote from: ancienthighway;931908
Sorrowful Mouse, you've got mods not compatible with BV in your game.  Squinge's Talkpool is among them.  It's displaying the desperation actions.


"Talkpool"!?!? What do you mean? I know I deleted that hack. I cannot find it anywhere in my files! Oh, no. It would not happen to have an extra file with numbers and letters in it, would it? I don't think it did. But, if it did...:smt120:sad4:

Oh, jeepers. :jaw::help:


Title: List your Bon Vonyage bugs and compatabilty issues
Post by: ancienthighway on September 13, 2007, 06:14:49 pm
SM, I'd delete all those files with the 32 character name consisting of numbers and letters.  Use Clean Installer to find them, and if there's no type, use a big sledge hammer on it.


Title: List your Bon Vonyage bugs and compatabilty issues
Post by: honestsim on September 13, 2007, 08:20:27 pm
my game is absolutely fine it runs great no crashes i can move from lot to lot easily and quickly went on vaca and it was awesome one of my sims left..lol...then it was over it feels like bvo is missing something i do need to get the prima guide for it....


Title: List your Bon Vonyage bugs and compatabilty issues
Post by: bulldawg on September 13, 2007, 09:22:11 pm
At first I couldn't 'dig for treasure' or use any of the beach commands like 'watch waves' & 'dig for shells', but that was due to the insimenator.  I removed insimenator & those commands are available.  I patiently await the new version. :angel:  

The only problem I have experienced since then has to do with a Vacation lot one of my Sims owns.  My Sim was able to visit the lot after he bought it but since then it is unavailable if he wants to visit.  Also, if you click on him, the option to sell the property is nowhere to be found.  The deeds are still in his backpack so he still owns the property in effect.  The only thing I can think is that it must be a bug...................................or maybe my Sim is self-aware and did it......................{{{cue Twilight Zone music}}}


Title: List your Bon Vonyage bugs and compatabilty issues
Post by: lilibet on September 13, 2007, 10:13:30 pm
I just want to respond to an earlier thread.  I've had several Sims lose the wants that they earned in college.  This was before I installed BonVoyage.  I never know why it happened, suddenly they are gone and with it the chance to lock the second want.  Also would like to be clear about the talkpool that was mentioned a couple of times earlier.  Is that the hack whereby people talk while in the swimming pool and build friendship points?  If so, I probably need to delete it even though it does help a lot in friendship building.  Ancient, I've learned a lot from your responses.  It isn't possible to make everyone happy.  Just think of all of us you have helped!!!


Title: List your Bon Vonyage bugs and compatabilty issues
Post by: Cleo999 on September 14, 2007, 01:25:16 am
I contacted EA listing all the issues I experienced plus the spamming problem. They told me they are currently working on a patch, as these issues are pretty common ... so all we have to do is wait - wait and apply Deviancy's tips which are really helpful (thanks for sharing!).


Title: List your Bon Vonyage bugs and compatabilty issues
Post by: Deviancy on September 14, 2007, 07:24:49 am
I'd imagine they would be pretty common.  The hardware it seems to be buggy with is very popular hardware.  

Any of you try my tips with Vista?  For the first time since Windows 3.1, I haven't updated my operating system right away when something new has come out.  I mean I hopped to windows 95 right away.. I hopped to 98 right away.. I got Windows Millenium right away.. tried 2000.. went to XP.  But I won't touch vista.  I've heard it's buggier than Bon Voyage.. so I was curious how the Sims 2 works under it..


Title: List your Bon Vonyage bugs and compatabilty issues
Post by: Petalstaken on September 14, 2007, 07:58:00 am
i had to erase all the folders in my document ea game file, it had been doing fine then boom, a family got stuck between home/vacation, the home lot said they were on vacation but the vacation lot was stuck on build.
and i did get it back up, but it crashed shortly there after, i have vista and have has since seasons.


Title: List your Bon Vonyage bugs and compatabilty issues
Post by: KarateMama on September 14, 2007, 12:35:27 pm
I have a minor annoyance, it seems when the phone rings and some one in the household answers using the cellphone everyone who is on the low end of the friendship meter (about to lose friends) comments -- " Hello.....I am sure you are busy....."   It happens for every person in the household, not just the one who answers the phone.


Title: List your Bon Vonyage bugs and compatabilty issues
Post by: Sleepycat on September 14, 2007, 01:41:17 pm
I found an interesting Bon Voyage bug list on the Sims2wiki

http://www.sims2wiki.info/wiki.php?title=Game_Help:Bon_Voyage_Bugs


Title: List your Bon Vonyage bugs and compatabilty issues
Post by: nonna77 on September 14, 2007, 02:05:54 pm
i installed BV today and it seemed like it was running fine until i tried to go on vacation...the shuttle came to the house but only drove by. it didnt stop. and after that there started appearing newspappers on my lot. they just kept showing up one by one. i sat and watchd for a while and eventually i have newspappers all over my lot!!

so im thinking maybe i should get rid of my CC, i know i have to get rid of the inteenimator and insim. but i really have no idea of how much CC i have and what is what. this might sound stupid but is there some type of program that I can D/L to keep better track of my CC? please let there be...

i hope someone can help me! thanks, nonna


Title: List your Bon Vonyage bugs and compatabilty issues
Post by: Ghen on September 14, 2007, 02:18:21 pm
I've heard the multiple newspaper bug occurs becuase of Inteen


Title: List your Bon Vonyage bugs and compatabilty issues
Post by: Scotty on September 14, 2007, 04:08:36 pm
Quote from: Deviancy;933772
I'd imagine they would be pretty common.  The hardware it seems to be buggy with is very popular hardware.  

Any of you try my tips with Vista?  For the first time since Windows 3.1, I haven't updated my operating system right away when something new has come out.  I mean I hopped to windows 95 right away.. I hopped to 98 right away.. I got Windows Millenium right away.. tried 2000.. went to XP.  But I won't touch vista.  I've heard it's buggier than Bon Voyage.. so I was curious how the Sims 2 works under it..

I have Vista, and the game runs with no problems. Just the usual bugs that every one else is reporting. I like Vista alot better than XP. It helps if you have a good system too.


Title: List your Bon Vonyage bugs and compatabilty issues
Post by: Xylune on September 14, 2007, 09:43:02 pm
Quote from: Bloody_Tears;920951
I'm not entirely sure what caused it, but the plumbobs have turned into teddy bears that stick out of my sims stomachs. I removed Insim and Inteen, having to go through my download folder and see if I can find any others. It's times like this that I wish I was more organised and had bothered to put stuff in different sub-folders... *sigh*


If it hasn't been mentioned already, you can fix this little problem by using the "move_objects on" cheat and deleting the plumb bob.  A normal one will respawn in its place.


Title: List your Bon Vonyage bugs and compatabilty issues
Post by: jurgcl29 on September 14, 2007, 09:55:57 pm
I have a strange problem. Ever since installing BV, my pet will sink into the floor and not move. Its motives will drop until it finally it will move again. I have gotten rid of all of my mods, and I still get this problem....


Title: List your Bon Vonyage bugs and compatabilty issues
Post by: bear5000 on September 14, 2007, 10:14:40 pm
Aside from insim, I found I couldn't use adult mods and have my sims learn the new gestures and the dances, once I took them out of the game I was ok.


Title: List your Bon Vonyage bugs and compatabilty issues
Post by: mrs ladybug on September 15, 2007, 07:29:34 am
I want to ask this before do you think that the weather is acting up alot and are u getting lots Thunderstorms with lighting? I mean one thunderstorm is enough but have two  while playing is bit much so am Using SW season control turn the weather off for now.


Title: List your Bon Vonyage bugs and compatabilty issues
Post by: Deviancy on September 15, 2007, 09:23:38 am
The weather seems like a hack issue, but I'm not sure what custom content you're using, if any.  The video and audio clipping may be causing that, could also be due to the memory leak.

I tested the memory leak yesterday, it is pretty bad.

So to really help with lag.. I recommend a soft boot at least daily depending on what else you use your computer for during the day.  Besides, a soft boot is so much better than having the game crash the system which forces you to hit the reset button.


Title: List your Bon Vonyage bugs and compatabilty issues
Post by: brigdania on September 15, 2007, 11:17:15 am
I don't have any hacks in my game, only bodyshop CC. I cleared out my downloads folder when i installed BV, then re-downloaded the hair, clothes, etc that I wanted in my game. The only issues I notice with BV are the vacation memories. A lot of the time my sim will complete something (like "take a bow" or "meet bigfoot") and it will not show up as completed in their vacation memories screen. Then I have to go back on vacation and do it again for it to show up. I know this isn't a major problem, but it's kind of annoying. Don't know if anyone else has this issue.


Title: List your Bon Vonyage bugs and compatabilty issues
Post by: Deviancy on September 15, 2007, 11:36:58 am
I have that issue once in awhile.  I also have it in reverse where they'll learn the greet, it'll show up in the vacation memories but then they'll forget it hah.  There's a hack for those things to show up in specific areas and not others but I don't use that hack, so it's just yet another bug.

Bug.. bug.. bug..


Title: List your Bon Vonyage bugs and compatabilty issues
Post by: newtosims on September 15, 2007, 01:21:53 pm
No "DELETE BUTTON" in section 4 of CAS.


Title: List your Bon Vonyage bugs and compatabilty issues
Post by: friendlyquark on September 15, 2007, 01:22:04 pm
Room service will only come if you unlock your door to let in the bellboy.

I had a glitch where, when I checked out, the other members of the family froze in place until the van came to get them. I think it was because they were still in their rooms at the time, but I am not certain. I need to play some more to figure it out.

I also had one where when I clicked on the phone booth while on a community lot on Vacation the sim I used to click dissapeared. I could use the "Restore Family" to get them back, but I am not sure if that was an actual bug or if it was a custom content problem. :P Using the cell phone to call teh Taxi worked to get off the lot, but teh phone booth was problematic. I am going to take out my hack folder (an invaluable thing for organizing, by the way, folders, makes it much easier when you get a new EP - LOL) and then see what happens.


Title: List your Bon Vonyage bugs and compatabilty issues
Post by: Deviancy on September 15, 2007, 01:42:21 pm
I saw this when I was looking for new drivers..

http://www.nvidia.com/Download/Scan.aspx?lang=en-us

Useless to use unless you're using a nvidia card..

Basically in the past you had to manually select your card and os then search for a new drivers.  This just does it all for you and checks to see if you have the current drivers.  If you don't, I imagine it brings up an install screen.


Title: List your Bon Vonyage bugs and compatabilty issues
Post by: olil on September 15, 2007, 02:13:41 pm
Hello, for everybody who has lags go to  "Bon Voyage bugfix" thread, this important bug may cause your game to slow very much.


Title: List your Bon Vonyage bugs and compatabilty issues
Post by: Xylune on September 15, 2007, 05:38:25 pm
Quote from: bob_or_not;936046
Im having the same problem:sad4::sad4:


Each new expansion or stuff pack you install will overwrite the custom camera settings of Gunmod's cameras.  All you have to do is reinstall it after installing your pack/expansion.  I've extracted the one I use into a folder labled "Gunmod cameras" so that I can easily put it back in after each new expansion.  

It's safe to use Gunmod's cameras, btw.  It's not a "mod" so much as custom camera settings, so it doesn't change game codes.


Title: List your Bon Vonyage bugs and compatabilty issues
Post by: alison1550 on September 16, 2007, 04:21:27 am
I installed 2GB RAM (up from 256MB) and my game flies.  No glitches that I can see, other than not being able to alter the build mode of Maxis vacation lots.  I wanted to change a hotel room into a bar and was unable to remove the hotel room door and replace it with a regular door or archway. If I build a vacation lot, either residential or business, from scratch I have access to everything though.  
Can't wait for game mods though!  If my Sims don't stop building sand castles I'm going to scream :P


Title: List your Bon Vonyage bugs and compatabilty issues
Post by: loryah on September 16, 2007, 05:37:02 am
hello
I can't use the insimenator with my pets since I have Bon Voyage. For the moment it's my only bug but I don't take holydays.


Title: List your Bon Vonyage bugs and compatabilty issues
Post by: KristalRose on September 16, 2007, 09:32:42 am
Loryah, the Insiminator has not been updated for BV.  Please take out all hacks and mods, and then visit the sites you downloaded them on to watch for updates.
 
Okay, now, here's my bug:  One of my vacation lots seems bugged.  It's "Potter's Bungalows" on the Beach.  The time will not speed up, even when sims are on tours or asleep.  My sims keep jumping out of activities, and their needs drop much quicker there than normally.


Title: List your Bon Vonyage bugs and compatabilty issues
Post by: Tomkat on September 17, 2007, 01:46:50 am
Something else that might have been mentioned earlier (and I probably missed)
The game's photoalbum (and game story) being cleared when you order and view a "album" of the pics you've taken with the handheld cam.  
I've lost stories that have been building for weeks now... on the one hand its probably good to start anew, but it's still a bug.

By the way... I tested Bigfoot out to get the "met bigfoot" memory  - another bug - you have to actually move him in if you want that memory it seems...
Anyway... he took a shower, and took his fur suit off... so he had the hairy face, and a normal body...hmmm.. Dont know if that's normal?  Ill post a pic if anyone wants to see that..


Title: List your Bon Vonyage bugs and compatabilty issues
Post by: TanyaAnnB1971 on September 17, 2007, 09:47:20 am
I've only sent a few of my sims on holiday, but have a problem with the two sets of ancient ruin community lots - Ancient Ruins of Numchuck and Majestic Ruins of Jumbok IV on Twikii Island - plus the secret lot in Takemizu Village. Each time my sim arrives at one of these lots the game sends him straight back to his hotel before he's had a chance to look around :( The other problems I've had include wristwatches being stuck on my sim (in CAS anyway), and a vampire cured with Vampirocillin from the Matchmaker still walking around with her arm over her face:

(http://i109.photobucket.com/albums/n43/tanyaannb1971/Misc/Curedvampindenial.jpg)

The vamp in question is one of the Grand Vampires. Other than the issues I've mentioned, I haven't noticed any more serious problems - yet.


Title: List your Bon Vonyage bugs and compatabilty issues
Post by: freshsfs2003 on September 17, 2007, 10:24:56 am
Quote from: Mama Lino;931290
I had the same problem and found out that it was the

buybuildenabler-hack for the PETS-addon.

the problems I had with this hack:

-I couldn´t reserve hotel rooms
-SIMs couldn´t leave lots to visit other lots
-SIMs couldn´t go back home
- vacation time bar below the aircraft didn´t change

simply deleted it and everything was fine.


Thank you! thank you! God thank you! I've been reading all of these posts and I know I should remove al of my hack first. But I've been testing the main ones I love and they all seem to work fine, i.e. The updated version of INSIM, Preg. wear any outfit, etc. And the only problem I seem to have is the reservation doors. I just found out I'm not the only person, so thank you for this post because I would rather not play BV than remove my favorite hacks or mods. :worship:


Title: List your Bon Vonyage bugs and compatabilty issues
Post by: Mihura on September 17, 2007, 12:51:22 pm
Tomkat, I feared this family album problem was a bug but it's the case for only one family in my game. The 2 others can use camera, create a photo vacation album etc. and they keep their story. Fortunately. :)

For the other family I don't understand why this happen. I see only one difference, the change of the family name and a house moving. When a sim girl in a lot get married her name change and there is a difference with the lot name, no problem as I have see... but when a family in this case move, the new features of the vacation pictures can't be applied correctly. Why ? This is the question... :roll:

And for Bigfoot, I've managed to fulfill this memento without moving him, so... :-P

Ok... All is relative. ;)


Title: List your Bon Vonyage bugs and compatabilty issues
Post by: KristalRose on September 17, 2007, 01:12:11 pm
Here's a new one, I think. . .it's happened twice to me so far, and I haven't seen it mentioned (but might have missed it, sorry)
 
If I send a family home early, they go in their house, then turn around and leave again, going back to the same hotel they just left.  Their Vacation Time Remaining Bar is full, they can't check into the hotel, and they can't go back home.  (They will dial the number for the shuttle service and then hang the phone up and walk away.)


Title: List your Bon Vonyage bugs and compatabilty issues
Post by: Care on September 17, 2007, 10:18:54 pm
my game seems to be fairly fine except I keep getting two nannies? One shows up then a little bit later another comes. Other than that its great a little slower than I would like bit not too awful bad.


Title: List your Bon Vonyage bugs and compatabilty issues
Post by: Deviancy on September 17, 2007, 10:24:13 pm
I had that happen once..

I also had a sim walk to a community lot and instead of loading the community lot with the sim there.. it brought me to the build screen of the lot i wanted to visit.. hah.

Buggy ass game.. haha..


Title: List your Bon Vonyage bugs and compatabilty issues
Post by: Knukleur on September 18, 2007, 12:12:50 pm
Gameplay wrinkle/exploitable glitch: Thanks to some odd circumstances in Bon Voyage and University, I have an adult Sim living in my college neighborhood without any mods.  I had a young adult take a break from her college life to go on vacation. She invited along an adult guest that had become a very good friend as a teen; he's one of the "Mr. Big" special townies from Nightlife. I intended for them to become romantic so they could become engaged, and that happened as expected.  During the vacation it occurred to me to click on the guest's icon in the control panel (it's sort of like having a pet) and noticed he wanted marriage.  And surprisingly, propose marriage was available on the young adult's menu. So I decided to experiment and have her try it.  He accepted and changed from being a guest to being a playable family member.

After the vacation ended she returned to her greek house in the college neighborhood and her husband was waiting by the mailbox, sort of like when you make a zombie at the secret society.  I was worried he might mess up the play of my greek residents' college career, so I had him find his own place.  He went to the college neighborhood's Sim bin and then into a rental house.  If I play his lot long enough I suppose he'll finally go to his professional party guest job (he moved on Monday and doesn't work until Friday at 2 AM); I'll probably have him buy a car in case the car pool doesn't come.  His life expectancy never progresses; it's locked at "29 days left to become an elder."  I might have his wife drop out so I can try to have her invite him back to the home neighborhood sooner rather than later, or I may leave him in the college neighborhood indefinitely to see if I could exploit his situation some unique way. He was able to use the phone to join his wife's greek house affiliation; his wife and brother-in-law pranced over and accepted him immediately.  He can't invite his wife to move in with him although I could try merging them from the neighborhood view.

I know there are a few mods (some not very far away!) that let adults live on campus, so this glitch might not be the way some players would prefer to achieve this. I thought the way the game tricks itself was interesting, though.


Title: List your Bon Vonyage bugs and compatabilty issues
Post by: Sorrowful Mouse on September 18, 2007, 04:46:46 pm
Quote from: ancienthighway;933101
SM, I'd delete all those files with the 32 character name consisting of numbers and letters.  Use Clean Installer to find them, and if there's no type, use a big sledge hammer on it.


Okaydokey. Thank you! :happy8:


Title: List your Bon Vonyage bugs and compatabilty issues
Post by: vyksin on September 19, 2007, 02:21:31 pm
I just installed the latest InSim(2.7) And the problem having is missing interactions.
My sims cannot ask other sims on dates (or anything else)
My sims cannot take pictures.They can't even have another sim take their picture.


Title: inseminator spawns, Help!
Post by: t2igger817 on September 20, 2007, 03:00:44 am
Check out this picture! I entered a hotel lot that i'd just finished. At first I noticed one inseminator on the corner of the house, hidden behind  a deck. I thought it was funny, 'cause I didn't remember putting one on the lot.  So, I wasn't even using the inseminator. In fact, I didn't even think I installed the latest version yet. I shrugged and kept playing. Then I happened to notice on the other corner of the lot, there were a whole bunch spanning the left side of the hotel. I even saw them as they just kept popping up. I thought it was kind of funny. Hopefully by re-installing the new version that won't happen again.


Title: List your Bon Vonyage bugs and compatabilty issues
Post by: Taruto on September 20, 2007, 06:22:17 pm
I think it should be expected that you should remove hacks and backup your game (just in case) before you add a new EP. Because you do not know if a hack is compatible with the EP. You should bookmark and check that site frequently for updates. If you're still unsure, ask the mod creator.

Any other problems in the game should be addressed in a patch from EA (if they make one).

Not exactly a bug, but I noticed on one of the Twikki lots, the male and female restroom doors are on the wrong rooms (male door on female restroom and vice versa). :P


Title: List your Bon Vonyage bugs and compatabilty issues
Post by: freshsfs2003 on September 20, 2007, 08:42:18 pm
Quote from: t2igger817;943918
Check out this picture! I entered a hotel lot that i'd just finished. At first I noticed one inseminator on the corner of the house, hidden behind  a deck. I thought it was funny, 'cause I didn't remember putting one on the lot.  So, I wasn't even using the inseminator. In fact, I didn't even think I installed the latest version yet. I shrugged and kept playing. Then I happened to notice on the other corner of the lot, there were a whole bunch spanning the left side of the hotel. I even saw them as they just kept popping up. I thought it was kind of funny. Hopefully by re-installing the new version that won't happen again.


This is a really funny photo. I'm not laughing at your pain though. I could only imagine watching them all pop up, like WTF. Funny very funny.


Title: List your Bon Vonyage bugs and compatabilty issues
Post by: jinyc on September 20, 2007, 09:43:43 pm
Maxis has announced that they are working on a patch especially to fix the regenerating tour guide and charlatan. Too bad Pescado blinked and we had a fix with in a day or two.

If anyone is missing interactions or missing options he or she should really bite the bullet and find what down loaded hacks are causing the problem.


Title: List your Bon Vonyage bugs and compatabilty issues
Post by: ryanjuzi on September 21, 2007, 01:31:10 am
Hi, I have installed Bon Voyage onto my pc and when I click on it to play it the screen pops up, it shows which other ep's I have installed but not bon voyage. It asks me to insert the sims pets disc and then goes to that game but nothing about bon voyage that I can see? I can also access the 'body shop' and other links, just not the actual game? Can anyone help, am I installing it incorrectly, do I have to do something first to enable the holidays or is there a certain order I need to install all the expansion packs?
I hope this is clear enough, I m newish to this type of forum. Thanks.

ps. I did a full uninstallation (incl. reg keys) of all games as per ea instructions but still have same problem.

Please can someone help, I so badly want to play bv!

Juzi


Title: Re: "juzi's" glitch
Post by: t2igger817 on September 21, 2007, 11:35:04 pm
I had the same type of thing going on when I first installed BV. I did a clean install from start to finish. I was all excited, then frustrated, then pissed. My error had to do with "daemon software  or tools conflict". I didn't have any of that on my computer. I practically took my computer back down to the bare minimum. Nothing worked and Maxis tech. was no help. I was so frustrated, I wanted to cry. I couldn't play the damned game I'd been waiting for. Never had any problems like that before. But I also felt pretty stupid crying because I couldn't play my "dumb" game.

Then, I had an idea! Since  the game thought I had a virtual drive somewhere when I didn't, why not use one. I went to one of 'those' gaming sites. I got a copy of the no cd hack, (I mean patch ;)). It worked!

So, now I play my game  with the no cd patch and my original cd is safe from wear and tear. Everybody's happy! sooo.....try the no cd patch. hope it helps

t2igg


Title: List your Bon Vonyage bugs and compatabilty issues
Post by: fftamfan on September 24, 2007, 12:14:10 pm
Bv has installed a bug in itself. Its called securom. The anti-piracy software has changed with this ep, problem is it causes more harm than good for legitimately owned consumers. Securom is know to cause very poor game performance and lag due to memory loopholes from securom, no matter what your specs are it will cause the same effect even on high end machines. This is a widespread issue in the gaming community, has effected other games in the past eg.tomb raider anniversary,supreme commander bioshock and list goes on. This issue should not be ignored, i believe this is one of the main culprits of bv's "memory leakage", other than the npc respawning.

Some further information regarding this issue of what SecuROM does:
- conflicts with normal programs eg.anti-virus, system explorer programs and nero
- scans unused areas of computer memory incl. the hard drive (leading to memory leakages)
- blacklists legitimate software eg. auto-run programs running in the background
- been reported that making backups and reinstalling bv is proven to be difficult due to secuROM
- can dysfunction cd-rom drives and virtual drives

Further discussion of this issue at:
http://bbs.thesims2.ea.com/community/bbs/messages.php?threadID=441e9fea8dbed1225b1461466d6267b9&directoryID=189&startRow=1&openItemID=item.189,root.1,item.43,item.104,item.41,item.127,item.23


Title: List your Bon Vonyage bugs and compatabilty issues
Post by: DokiePlayer on September 24, 2007, 02:40:56 pm
1) My sims can't go out to eat in that tropical beach hotel restaurant,that silly woman is always talking trough the phone and won't help my simmies:bawl:

2)Sometimes my sims don't move anymore angry9:

3)And lot more problems ,I forgot.:?


Title: List your Bon Vonyage bugs and compatabilty issues
Post by: stillfoolish88 on September 25, 2007, 07:34:53 pm
umm.. i dunno if this is a new one or not. when i took my family on vacation to the islands i stayed at the hotel (i forget the name) that has a beach in the back. not the one with the individual houses but the hotel that has a resteraunt and the hula thing on the side.. anyway not the point. when i loaded the lot the insiminator was already on the lot.. in several diff places might i add. also on the lot was the relationship heart and the teddy bear and the motives diamond. the problem is.. they duplicate! like.. repeatedly.. over .. and over.. and over.. till theres no more walking space on the lot! i tried going to buy mode and just deleting them but its no use.. they keep appearing.. and just duplicating more and more. i dunno if theres a fix yet.. i just thought i'd put that out there.


Title: List your Bon Vonyage bugs and compatabilty issues
Post by: babyj870508 on September 26, 2007, 11:56:44 pm
I need help!!!!! None of my CCs work, the only things that work are lots and objects all others just don't show. up!!!!! I'm going out of my mind with that and the fact that my sim has a sunburn that won't go away how do I get rid of it???


Title: List your Bon Vonyage bugs and compatabilty issues
Post by: SuperFake on September 27, 2007, 06:13:42 am
My list so far:

- graphic errors caused by nvidia+vista, can be toggled off by switching reflections off and restarting the game, than turning reflections ON again. Don't forget to toggle them OFF before leaving the game. Instead of restarting you can also type "vsync off" in the cheat box, then "vsync on" again. It's not logical, but it works as if it were....

- people start dancing the group dances where it's coming to their mind, not in the room where the music is. Quite annoying in discos or partys, because there's still a high chance that they got struck by lightning outside.

- overall there's no specific behaviour left- what I mean is, that serious, neat persons behave just the same way like playful, messy sims do. Elders behave like childs, childs behave more serious than their parents (ever saw an adult read the newspaper the last time? My kids do so, while their parents are playing in the sand at the beach or throwing water baloons). That's really annoying, because I like to *watch* the game, not only commanding them to do what I want.

That isn't a bug, but watching my sims on the lot, I sometimes guess that the next EP ist something like "Gone Crazy"- build your own sanatory, become a psychatrist and help your sims out of their mania.

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sorry for raping the English language;)


Title: List your Bon Vonyage bugs and compatabilty issues
Post by: freshsfs2003 on September 27, 2007, 08:50:31 am
Once I figured out what hacks were bother BV for me, I removed them. Had no problems, just really small glitches here and then. But yesterday morning before work I played, NO PROBLEM. Last night I came home tryed to run it and (this is VISTAS) now it crashed before it get's started. It's really wierd. I already a long time ago bypassed the launcher and it showed up again with saying Launch Sim2ep6. I restared my computer because sometimes that helps. Then started again this morning and it crashes five seconds after I click the shortcut. I haven't downloaded any new CC either. I'm still trying to figure this one out. I love this game but I was reading the complaint thread at Sim2.com and it just pisses me off. I hate that some J@#$a#@ decided that BV needed SecuROM. Thanks Maxis!


Title: List your Bon Vonyage bugs and compatabilty issues
Post by: freshsfs2003 on September 27, 2007, 01:41:26 pm
Quote from: Deviancy;921516
I get the hang or lag at the content screen and the town selection screen.  If I remove my mods, I just get it at the town selection screen and the vacation lots.  

I also noticed the hang up does not happen when I play from a normal house, the real bad hang happens when they sims visit a vacation spot.  I mean it gets bad.  I disabled reflections, set shadows to medium, makes things better for a minute but then gets bad again.  I'm far and above the minimum requirements and I'm slightly above the recomended requirements, so I don't know what the story is with this expansion.

I know the vacation lots have a bit too much content and a few to many sims on the lots.  But I think this expansion is screaming for a patch already.

One good thing.. Bon Voyage adds jewelry.  Which is a good because I noticed after I installed Seaons the custom jewelry would flash blue quite often, but now I don't have to use that custom junk.  Not that I can even play the game right now, the lag is to annoying.


OK I finally bypassed the launcher (AGAIN) and got my game to start. I built a house and everything in this house was fine. Until I bought clothes. Before anyone asked the only hack related to clothing I have is the compatible pregnancy wear anything hack. But I did use InSim to buy my clothes. I noticed that one I bought clothes this lot began to lag. Now I was tons of memory and a Vistas HP. I noticed this happened on another lot too. But only in my normal Neighborhood. Not anywhere else not even BV lots. WTF?


Title: my problems with bon voyage
Post by: cheriec on September 30, 2007, 06:00:32 pm
Hey just wanted to put in my two cents. when i first got bonvoyage i had some problems like the hotels wouldnt let me check in etc and then after i got that fixed when i ordered room service my food would dissapear when the bellhop brought it i found out it was the community party hack and the buy build enabler causing my problems after i removed them everthing seems to be going fine and i really like the new vaccation destinations. well just my 2 cents so if you are having the same problems remove the buy build mode enablers and community party hacks and it sould work
 
Cherie


Title: List your Bon Vonyage bugs and compatabilty issues
Post by: gali on October 01, 2007, 11:03:42 am
I don't know if anyone noticed, but the "schizophrenia" returned again. Suddenly, my sim rolled a want to see the ghost of...himself...:).

As SimPe isn't compatible yet with BV, I used the Enhanser, and saw, that he hates himself -100! Of course I fixed it, but I think EAxis programmers should fix it again in their new patch.


Title: List your Bon Vonyage bugs and compatabilty issues
Post by: llamalover82 on October 01, 2007, 12:17:48 pm
my mailbox makes awhole bunch of newspapers, plus when i go to the phone to schedule a vacation, the airport shuttle just drives right on by... any suggestions?


Title: List your Bon Vonyage bugs and compatabilty issues
Post by: Lisen801 on October 01, 2007, 01:46:27 pm
Quote from: llamalover82;963143
my mailbox makes awhole bunch of newspapers, plus when i go to the phone to schedule a vacation, the airport shuttle just drives right on by... any suggestions?


Remove inTeen....


Title: List your Bon Vonyage bugs and compatabilty issues
Post by: simkitty on October 01, 2007, 11:01:40 pm
What another poster put on here about SecuRom,you might want too check that out and reseach it it seems it wasbundled into H&M Stuff pack and BV and may be causing memory leaks and security loopholes from what i have seen over at the BBS boards,also can cause conflicts with CD/DVD writers and Anti-Virus software.Just a heads up.


Title: List your Bon Vonyage bugs and compatabilty issues
Post by: chancey137 on October 03, 2007, 07:40:21 am
I installed BV about two weeks ago and have had nothing but trouble since.  I had to uninstall the all games and reupload everthing.  The taxi kept going by my house when I wanted to go on vacation.  Now that I reinstalled BV my game either crashes or freezes.  I have a 2 yr old computer with a lot of ram and a big hard drive so that would be the problem.  Has anyone else had any problems like this. I do have hacks in my game but always have also having a hard time getting some old hacks back from insimateur. Any help would help.


Title: List your Bon Vonyage bugs and compatabilty issues
Post by: Mihura on October 03, 2007, 02:11:38 pm
If you have hacks or mods you should remove them. To make it easy use the Sims 2 Pack Clean Installer and search for red files. Place them in a special folder out of your Downloads and test only these files. It's not safe to keep hacks and mods in the Downloads folder without knowledge of where they are. ;)


Title: List your Bon Vonyage bugs and compatabilty issues
Post by: ancienthighway on October 05, 2007, 11:13:25 am
You might check the Simlogical site and see if it's been updated for BV.  Inge has forums there too that you should be able to ask about her mods.


Title: List your Bon Vonyage bugs and compatabilty issues
Post by: Cleo999 on October 06, 2007, 01:51:33 am
If you have an Nvidia video card there are some (slightly) good news: a new driver has been released last week. I downloaded it and it does help a little with the blue screen issue.


Title: List your Bon Vonyage bugs and compatabilty issues
Post by: kittypoo2005 on October 06, 2007, 01:34:36 pm
I'm having alot of problems with the new sims bon voyage,,i have news papers all over my yard and lots of other stuff to...


Title: List your Bon Vonyage bugs and compatabilty issues
Post by: Mihura on October 06, 2007, 02:06:30 pm
I guess you have some mods in your Downloads folder Kittypoo2005 :roll: like the Inteen maybe. :D Remove them and all will be tuned. :)


Title: List your Bon Vonyage bugs and compatabilty issues
Post by: chriskay on October 06, 2007, 02:26:03 pm
Is it true about the game keep generating new NPCs every time we visit Vacation Lot and Maxis has yet to fix this bug?


Title: List your Bon Vonyage bugs and compatabilty issues
Post by: HollyD1983 on October 08, 2007, 05:52:26 am
I purchased Bon Voyage the very first day it was released,and since then I have had to uninstall and reinstall at least ten times in the past month,I must say that personally I have experienced every weird or disturbing "bug" known to man,the lag was unbearable,and there was even a time when noone in my main CAS family's home could even age transistion(including babies):hmph:
This expansion has been the worst so far when it comes to bugs,heck,my hack filled Seasons games never gave me this much trouble! That's why last night after I experienced three game crashes right in a row(I had long since removed every hack known to man)I immediately backed up my CC folder once again,uninstalled the game,and reinstalled,this time leaving out Bon Voyage,and I have to say that I don't miss it,at least I can play my game again without worrying about losing everything a few days later,after all of the trouble I have had with Bon Voyage,I must say that whatever new and tempting expansion EA can conjure up next,I'm not buying it,the Sims 2 has stopped with Seasons for me:rant:


Title: List your Bon Vonyage bugs and compatabilty issues
Post by: trl on October 09, 2007, 06:37:40 am
Chriskay, yes it is true but there is a fix for it. See this sticky by MissD'oh  here  (http://www.insimenator.org/showthread.php?t=59293) . This thread will explain and provide a link to the fix. :)


Title: List your Bon Vonyage bugs and compatabilty issues
Post by: chriskay on October 09, 2007, 08:22:08 am
Quote from: trl;978515
Chriskay, yes it is true but there is a fix for it. See this sticky by MissD'oh  here  (http://www.insimenator.org/showthread.php?t=59293) . This thread will explain and provide a link to the fix. :)


So helpful! Thanks a lot :D


Title: List your Bon Vonyage bugs and compatabilty issues
Post by: Josh1092 on October 09, 2007, 01:03:33 pm
Anyone else having a problem when an error comes up and the sim is reading a book? It's REALLY annoying. Maybe it's some hack I downloaded thats not compitable with BV?


Title: List your Bon Vonyage bugs and compatabilty issues
Post by: Mihura on October 09, 2007, 01:45:19 pm
Yes maybe... verily surely. :D Try to take out your hacks to test if one of them is the culprit. :)


Title: List your Bon Vonyage bugs and compatabilty issues
Post by: Sleepycat on October 09, 2007, 06:55:11 pm
BV patch is up on the official site.


Title: List your Bon Vonyage bugs and compatabilty issues
Post by: Ghen on October 09, 2007, 07:01:14 pm
Quote from: Sleepycat;979717
BV patch is up on the official site.


Yea, but there are about 5 fixes, none of which affects my game *facepalm*


Title: List your Bon Vonyage bugs and compatabilty issues
Post by: azgal on October 13, 2007, 10:08:30 pm
Does anyone know if the learnedbehaviors behave and the garden talk to many hack are compatiably with BV?


Title: List your Bon Vonyage bugs and compatabilty issues
Post by: Josh1092 on October 14, 2007, 07:44:00 am
Quote from: Mihura;978904
Yes maybe... verily surely. :D Try to take out your hacks to test if one of them is the culprit. :)


I found the culprit. It was a replacement set of the books. I'll go check if it's updated for BV. Thanks.:happy8::smile:


Title: List your Bon Vonyage bugs and compatabilty issues
Post by: Ghen on October 23, 2007, 07:55:11 pm
Quote from: drake123;995999
When i download my sims news paper delivers 20 news papers at once and people get stuck on my lot when they visit . Is there any download that will let me play with out bugs


That might be becuae you have an incompatible hack installed (maybe a pre-bv inteen?)


Title: List your Bon Vonyage bugs and compatabilty issues
Post by: monkeynoddle on October 24, 2007, 05:13:47 pm
Hey, I was wondering if anybody else was having this problem, when I took my sims on vacation I couldnt check into the hotel, nor could I click on any of the doors when I did it just said no options avaible(sp?) Also I built my sims a vacation lot (to make up for the lack of hotel lol) and now their stuck there, the livemode (sorry I cant think of a better way to decribe this option) button is greyed out like their not there? But when clicking on their house in pleasantview it tells me their on vacation? Ive taken my hacks out and reinstalled the games thinking that might be whats wrong, Can anyone help me I really want my family back lol,

Thanks everyone :)


Title: bv suks
Post by: BlooM on November 03, 2007, 07:48:49 pm
Lol, bv suks so bad......
On my game the CC of a downloaded and installed lot loses the link with the lot the moment i try to reorganize my cc(put it in a subfolder)
Also there's still that the game wont start 9 out of 10 times.....

And, im not sure if this is normal.
I just downloaded Nouk's ponytail and put it in my dl folder.
Later i was testing on a lot and there comes a Townie walking on the lot wich i never had seen before and she had Nouk's ponytail.....i was like wtf?
I zoomed in on her and look at her hands...........I think im going to uninstall that terrible EP.....
(http://www.insimenator.net/attachment.php?attachmentid=99781&stc=1&d=1194137311)


Title: List your Bon Vonyage bugs and compatabilty issues
Post by: metalkidpenny on November 09, 2007, 12:22:10 am
well i got a new computer still with all my original downloads (over 10k) and you know it goes alright then all of a sudden in play mode it can be anywhere from 30 minutes (normal time not sim time) to 3 hours and it just goes to this blue screen and restarts the computer and it's really fucking annoying! im pretty sure it's bon voyage because i have everything up to bon voyage and with seasons it's plays well nothing happens only with bon voyage. like one of the previous comments was that the mailbox kept delivering newspapers 24/7 and the shuttle bus wouldn't stop at their house that's what happened in mine.

edit: i just read more of this thread and i deleted all my inteenimator and all that jazz but then when i went into my previous family i was playing it kept lagging and then it pretty much froze when i typed in a cheat :/ and it took like 5 minutes even though the mouse was still moving so i just had to restart it!

i think bon voyage is really fucking shit and has too much problems!


Title: List your Bon Vonyage bugs and compatabilty issues
Post by: AlbinoBambi on November 10, 2007, 06:02:47 am
Well metalkidpenny, if you still have your downloads in your game, not checking if stuff is compatible with Bon Voyage, you can't blame the game.
You'd have to take out all of your downloads, see if it works then. If it still doesn't, that's when you got the right to complain.


Title: List your Bon Vonyage bugs and compatabilty issues
Post by: metalkidpenny on November 10, 2007, 08:57:27 pm
sorry for the swearing it's just really annoying.

anyway i have deleted all my downloads and it still restarts and everything. the last thing i want to do it uninstall everything and install it back on with no downloads and start fresh but i guess thats the only thing i really have to do :/ argh! lol.


Title: List your Bon Vonyage bugs and compatabilty issues
Post by: dreamcatchermwh on November 10, 2007, 09:04:58 pm
No talk to many plants and learnedbehaviors are not compatible with bv. I just removed them from my game. I went to inteen to get the perfect plants update but that was having problems with my game to. So i now have only insim. and crammy boys cock in my game. BV does not like hacks.


Title: List your Bon Vonyage bugs and compatabilty issues
Post by: sunshine alley on November 12, 2007, 06:27:05 pm
I don't have Inteen installed and my shuttle still won't stay stopped. It comes, leaves, comes again, leaves etc. until I'm ready to tear my hair out.


Title: List your Bon Vonyage bugs and compatabilty issues
Post by: sunshine alley on November 12, 2007, 06:56:48 pm
Hi, Has anyone had a problem with screen freezing when a plant sim is made? I have BV installed and when my Simmie turned into a plant sim, my screen froze. Other than this one little problem, I haven't had too much go wrong with BV. I did find one funny thing with Bigfoot when he moved in with a household, he could get alien pregnant. He had twins. To bad he can't marry his live-in girlfriend.


Title: List your Bon Vonyage bugs and compatabilty issues
Post by: Sleepycat on November 15, 2007, 07:34:29 am
Quote from: makial;1030931
Insiminator works fine in my game if you stay away from waterfront lots and don't take it to a hotel on vacation.  Just like in the first post of this thread by DecoraChroi, it interferes with digging for treasure and finding shells, as well as sunbathing.

I took Insiminator on my first vacation and it began randomly spawning Insiminator machines as well as skill and relationship adjustors, dozens of them, it was actually humerous when they blocked all guest access to the beach and trapped others from returning to the hotel.  If I deleted them, they would respawn at other locations.  Needless to say, I remove the Insiminator from downloads when beaches or vacations are contemplated.



you could just download the BV updated version of InSIM :roll:


Title: List your Bon Vonyage bugs and compatabilty issues
Post by: lewisb40 on November 16, 2007, 04:20:20 pm
I think hacks with Nanny controls can cause problems with the shuttle bus. I had problems, til I took out all cc or mods pertaining to nannies. Now my nannies come when I complete the call booking a vacation. Then the shuttle come and stop in the right spot.


Title: List your Bon Vonyage bugs and compatabilty issues
Post by: hailey1 on November 17, 2007, 04:38:26 pm
they should of added more stuff to it


Title: List your Bon Vonyage bugs and compatabilty issues
Post by: roerzman on November 20, 2007, 12:31:25 am
what the hell have maxis done,never have i had so much trouble installing a game and then trying to get the stupid thing to run and when it did it kept crashing. if this is the way of the future i wont be buying any more expansion packs,


Title: List your Bon Vonyage bugs and compatabilty issues
Post by: Happenstance on November 20, 2007, 06:33:26 am
The bug that I have is when my sims go to twiki (sp?) island, they disapare (sp?) and the lot is going to building mode, as if I wanna build when my sims are on their honeymoon!
But the other places (the forest and to the far east) works just fine...

Oh and I had Zoo Tycoon 2 installed, and then I installed Bon Vonyage, and the last mentioned game started to blink and jump and was really crazy untill I uninstalled Zoo Tycoon 2...

weird...

//H


Title: Bon Voyaged worked at one point
Post by: bunny_kissies on November 20, 2007, 01:51:43 pm
I had Bon Voyage for a month, with lots of cc and the insimenator it worked fine. One day my game just started crashing when loading houses. I uninstalled all my games with no cc or hacks and now they all crash anyway. Even without Bon voyage installed they are unplayable and I hate EA. What a waste of money.


Title: List your Bon Vonyage bugs and compatabilty issues
Post by: dreamcatchermwh on November 24, 2007, 12:28:36 pm
I have insimenator and my sim dig for treasure they do everything they should be . So for me it is not the insim. I have all custom content hair, makeup. skins, and showerproof skins, and clothing, recolours and meshes. I do not have any custom objects however. I find that is when the game gets finicky. someone mentioned they have problems purchasing vacation homes. You have to use the computer and select purchase vacation home.And when your on vacation if you choose to walk to community lot then you have to choose to walk to either another community lot, or walk home. Same when you call a taxi on vacation when you choose taxi to visit community lot you also have to use the taxi to go home, or another community lot.The only time i find a pause is when they are done sunbathing they have a tan or burn the game kind of pauses as this about to happen.And when they are combing for sea shaells or digging for treasure, if they find something important then a gain the game has a short pause.I have a good computer and i still find i have to play around with the defult game options . My game won't do well if i play with the default settings on. Which my computor is more than capable.When i turn down the settings my game seems to run fine. I turn off reflextions. I turn off the window inside the window or the special event window.I turn lighting to medium.Things of that nature.So you might want to give that a try.And i use the task manager to end programs running in the background on the computor.And never run virus scanner during game play.Read your manual it best explains how to this safely.If i can do it so can you.


Title: List your Bon Vonyage bugs and compatabilty issues
Post by: soveregingamer on November 27, 2007, 01:30:05 pm
After installing BV I now have a problem where whenever a Sim answers the phone the game crashes.
Fun!


Title: List your Bon Vonyage bugs and compatabilty issues
Post by: erica_jean698 on November 27, 2007, 08:33:07 pm
Here's my list.

Number one annoyance, Sims cannot use the phone booth to call a taxi when on a downtown lot.  The game crashes every single time.  I've updated with the newest patch and it didn't make a difference.  It's all right though, with the new "Walk to" option, I just walk around my neighbourhood and it works fine.  

Number two.  Pet's don't age.  Not puppies or kittens, or dogs or cats.  They never get one day older.  I've tried everything turning the ageing option on and off in the cheat window.  I've also made the pets selectable and tried using insiminator to turn their aging on.  That doesn't work either.  It kinda takes the joy out of having pets a bit.

Number three.  The ... game ... runs ... so ... slow sometimes.  Other times it's fine, with the same number of sims on the same lot.  Drives me crazy.

Well that's all for now, but I'm sure their's more.  If anyone has any advice to help me with my problems I would be thrilled.


Title: List your Bon Vonyage bugs and compatabilty issues
Post by: glenglenda on December 07, 2007, 06:07:36 pm
I'm not sure if this is a bug with BV or what, but a few days ago I tried to go into Body Shop for the first time since installing BV and it doesn't load properly. the screen looks like this :-x:

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v358/tearmedown789/bodyshopbug.jpg)


Title: List your Bon Vonyage bugs and compatabilty issues
Post by: Nelson340 on December 07, 2007, 10:29:48 pm
I've been trying to run Bon Voyage, but when it's at the loading screen, it sticks while readying the relaxation receptors. What's wrong?


Title: List your Bon Vonyage bugs and compatabilty issues
Post by: glenglenda on December 07, 2007, 11:13:59 pm
Nelson, I've had the same problem before. it could be some CC or a faulty mesh that's freezing the game.  When that happened to me, it turned out to be a living room set I downloaded. The easiest thing to do is to go through your recent downloads, take them out of the folder, and restart the game to see what's causing the problem.


Title: List your Bon Vonyage bugs and compatabilty issues
Post by: Nelson340 on December 07, 2007, 11:45:54 pm
(EDIT: Never mind, but I have another issue: I got the blue screen of death after checking in to a hotel.)


Title: List your Bon Vonyage bugs and compatabilty issues
Post by: Keekers on December 25, 2007, 10:51:21 pm
the newspapers just keep  coming, and i cant get picked up to go on vaca the van never stops it just keeps passing by every few hours and doesnt stop and i cant click on it


Title: List your Bon Vonyage bugs and compatabilty issues
Post by: bedfordbay on December 26, 2007, 02:25:01 am
I Have all expansion pacs. My game now does not show the Menu to dig or sunbathe( it worked at some point) . Cannot walk to lots, or the game crashes. cannot use the phonebooth to end vacations. The game crashes a lot. Un-installed and re-installed. Tried to un-instal Mods, but still the same.


Title: List your Bon Vonyage bugs and compatabilty issues
Post by: AlbinoBambi on December 26, 2007, 06:11:07 am
Keekers, you probably still have the old InTeenimater in your game.
The first thing everybody should do before installing a new EP, or at least before complaining about it, is removing all incompatible hacks and mods.

Bedfordbay, have you already tried the patch? That should fix some of the problems you're having, I think.


Title: List your Bon Vonyage bugs and compatabilty issues
Post by: cee_cee7951 on December 26, 2007, 10:21:02 pm
Yea Keekers the same thing was happening to me, the newspapers kept coming, I just deleted the mod and it stopped.

....but there is a new InTeenimater for Bon Voyage so just replace it
http://box156.bluehost.com/~aestudi1/forums/inteenimater/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=570


Title: List your Bon Vonyage bugs and compatabilty issues
Post by: AuntySocial on December 28, 2007, 02:07:42 am
Right now I am going through my downloads.  I removed them all from the EA folder, and am slowly putting them back and testing.  My problem was that the mailbox was spitting out newspapers - one about every 30 seconds.   So far,  I haven't found the problem but, will keep testing.


Title: List your Bon Vonyage bugs and compatabilty issues
Post by: Mihura on December 28, 2007, 07:49:18 am
The last Insimenator (v 2.7) is compatible (and useful ;)) with bon Voyage.

AuntySocial are you sure to have make leave all your hacks (probably not actualized with Bon Voyage) ? The old InTeen make appear newspapers. :)


Title: List your Bon Vonyage bugs and compatabilty issues
Post by: KateTheSuperKat on December 29, 2007, 07:48:53 am
I'm not sure if this is mentioned before, but my main bugs are:

-I can't delete downloads in the make-up section of CAS.
- Downloaded Body shop items show up, but the game doesn't see downloaded furniture.


Title: List your Bon Vonyage bugs and compatabilty issues
Post by: AlbinoBambi on December 30, 2007, 07:03:30 am
Ehrm, King Euron, I'm assuming you know this, but you do realize that you have to buy the jewelry (on a community lot) to be able to have sims wear them? Well, and you can already give them some jewelry when you create sims of course.

Kate, I had that problem, but for me I had to already allow cc, instead of clicking that I allowed it when loading the game. I know you can select if the screen comes up when loading the game, but I don't know where anymore.

AuntySocial, Mihura already said it, but your problem probably is that you still have the old InTeenimater in your game.

Vicky, you should ask that on the General Help thread I think, since your question is about the InSIMenator, and not about Bon Voyage.

soulmateofdraco, I'm not sure what your problem might be. Are you sure that you have all parts of the InTeenimater in your downloads-folder, and that your A, B, C, D, E and F files are being loaded before your flavor packs?


Title: List your Bon Vonyage bugs and compatabilty issues
Post by: KateTheSuperKat on December 30, 2007, 10:51:50 am
@AlbinoBambi; I tried that multiple times but it was no good. Ah well, I just uninstalled the whole thing and learned not to be so fast with buying new EP's. XD


Title: Re:compatabilty
Post by: azgal on December 30, 2007, 09:04:30 pm
Quote from: dreamcatchermwh;1026428
No talk to many plants and learnedbehaviors are not compatible with bv. I just removed them from my game. I went to inteen to get the perfect plants update but that was having problems with my game to. So i now have only insim. and crammy boys cock in my game. BV does not like hacks.


I have BV and I kept the Talks to many hack and the learnedbehavior hack...becuase I seen on another site that they were compatible. My game works just fine with them in....knock on wood.
Does anyone know if a hack has been made to stop the sims from Singing the Cheny song or from Doing the other common thing...they do it all the time now that BV has that new option....they even miss work because of it...I really hate it.


Title: List your Bon Vonyage bugs and compatabilty issues
Post by: SugaFairy on January 03, 2008, 04:33:45 pm
i don't know if this was already mentionend, but everytime i want to create a new sim in bodyshop and a random male sim appears, he's got this yeti hair and beard style, which was really creepy for me when i firstly didn't realize this. Has someone experienced the same or knows what the problem is?
(http://i261.photobucket.com/albums/ii57/SugaFairy/yeti.jpg)


Title: List your Bon Vonyage bugs and compatabilty issues
Post by: newme2day on January 05, 2008, 10:24:04 pm
I've had stairs that stopping working (meaning my Sims aren't able to go up or down them as if they are invisibly blocked by something) and I deleted the stairs and bought new stairs and it seems to fix the problem... But here is where it got messy....

I have Sims on vacation at a hotel. They are stuck on the floor of their hotel room, unable to check out because it seems the stairs have stopped working again. I had to order room service so they wouldn't starve and now the bell-hop/concierge guy is stuck upstairs along with some other Natives. NOTHING WORKS...

The build mode is inactive in the hotel so I can't delete the stairs and buy a new one. Sims can't own the hotel so I can't get another Sim to own it and then reconstruct things that way either. The Sims on vacation are just 2 of 5 Sims and 3 pets in their household and I can't delete the household because the 2 Sims are vacationing on another lot.

I've run out of options other than cutting off food and fast forwarding until they all die of hunger then having 5 dead Sims in the hotel. (my 2 Sims, 2 townies and the bellhop).


Title: List your Bon Vonyage bugs and compatabilty issues
Post by: Mihura on January 06, 2008, 07:15:56 am
Newme2day you can try to use the Insimenator to active the buy / build mode and to change the stairs. It would be a pity to make the sims dead and besides it wouln't settle the problem. :)


Title: List your Bon Vonyage bugs and compatabilty issues
Post by: tibby13 on January 10, 2008, 12:10:46 am
I am having an error caused by the hammocks,any time a sim tries to go to the hammocks and relax they freeze themselves and all sims on the lot, the fishes and butterflys still move about and the music still plays and I can click to have the sim move on to the next thing but they just stand there like statues. On vacation lots I loose everything because I have to quit without saving or leave the neighborhood. I now have 2 locked up vacation sites because I don't want to delete the lots or families if I don't have to.
 I know it has to be them because when I try to put one in my residential lots, it does the same thing, but at least then I can remove the hammock and it all works again. Is any one else getting this?
I have InSim, InTeen, and several hacks from InSim Adult and MTS2 in my game and the conflict detector but it is only saying what it always says InSim and InTeen.


Title: List your Bon Vonyage bugs and compatabilty issues
Post by: Mihura on January 10, 2008, 01:23:04 pm
Your hacks are update for Bon Voyage ? I haven't any problems with the hammocks and InSim and InTeen are compatible I guess. :roll:


Title: List your Bon Vonyage bugs and compatabilty issues
Post by: tibby13 on January 11, 2008, 12:40:56 am
I waited to install BV ill I had and InSim and InTeen that was compatable but the other hacks in my game I can' find anymore and while I know I got them off MTS2 I can't rmember file names to find them in my downloads. I just want to rule out the InSim and InTeen before I start digging ruthlessly thru my over 3000 downloads :( The only hack I can remember still having is a vampire hack that calls the vamp to the coffin right before daylight and keeps them in till night


Title: List your Bon Vonyage bugs and compatabilty issues
Post by: Mihura on January 11, 2008, 05:04:04 pm
Tibby13, use the Sims 2 Pack Clean Installer to search your hacks. They will be in red. :)


Title: List your Bon Vonyage bugs and compatabilty issues
Post by: Romeo75 on January 12, 2008, 05:59:26 pm
I'm a Mac user {version10.4.11}.

I wanted to clean some of the custom I've uploaded {whilst on Create-A-Family} which I really haven't been using much. To my dismay, only the hair, skintone & sims are deletable. Make-Up, accessories, facial hair  etc. etc. {everything on #4 basically} doesn't have the "garbage can" icon.

*sigh*

Now, I am painstakingly compelled to to go to Body Shop & delete the custom content from there. It would be easier to delete them though on Create-A-Family because you can instantly see the contents which I really won't use. And believe me, I;ve got hundreds.

*sigh*

Is there something wrong with my game? Or are other Mac users are having the same problem?

Please let me know. I'm starting to develop paranoia. LOL


Title: List your Bon Vonyage bugs and compatabilty issues
Post by: truhottgirl on January 13, 2008, 05:21:58 am
I have University, Nightlife and Bon Voyage, with over 2800 CC, including Insim (without updates, it doesn't work), that Phone thing from Descorgal I think, uh, one where the guys can pee on shrubs and possibly some others.

Up until a few days ago, my game worked fine. Then I downloaded a house which was compatible with BV (it required it, actually) and when I went to move one of my existing Sims into that house, I lost my CP and time stopped. I could still click, but that was all. I had to use the Task Manager to get out. When I got back in and tried her again, it worked fine.

Then! Today I went into CAS after making a boy in Bodyshop and I clicked the 'Make New Sim' as usual, only to find that no Sim showed up. I thought it was a weird new feature, until I went to the ready-made sims and selected my boy. He did not show up at all. Unwilling to risk him, I made a woman called 'moo' whom I completed (by giving her aspiration and turn-on/offs) and when it got to the loading screen to go back to the neighbourhood she was there. I picked a lot and put her in, and when it loaded up I had the same problem as before! Even though it was a completely empty lot. This time, though, I could move her around, though it was like the Sims didn't even recognise I had a keyboard.

So, I'm going to delete Insim and go disable the stuff that came with the lot. I'll leave that there. I shall go check and report back.

Turns out Insim just really didn't like it. It's strange, I had Insim for ages and it only decided to hate me when I installed that new lot. At least I know that my game works! -celebrate-

Oh, and I went on holiday for the longest time available and my sims didn't go back to their hotel at all until the end of the visit (cheats) and my game didn't lag or screw up at all. And it's not all that fancy a computer, either.


Title: List your Bon Vonyage bugs and compatabilty issues
Post by: tibby13 on January 14, 2008, 10:03:29 pm
Thanks for the suggestion Mihura I never actually thought of using my clean installer to see my mods, and I have more than I thought I did, so I will reanble them one by one and see which is causing the error. It sounds like truhottgirl is having a simmilar issue but hers isn't caused by the hammocks so I think it is just a combo of my mods.


Title: List your Bon Vonyage bugs and compatabilty issues
Post by: Mihura on January 15, 2008, 01:45:23 pm
Some mods can be (sometimes) downloaded in houses without warn, so if you use the Sims 2 pack clean installer to install the houses it will be more safe too. ;)


Title: No visitors generated?
Post by: Lythanda on January 16, 2008, 05:55:46 pm
:notsmili:
:smt119 This is a weird issue :sign6: but I haven't seen anyone with this particular problem as of yet.  My sim will go to a community lot and while they are moving to the new lot, I get this error with the "Controller - CLP - Community Lot - Populator".  Cancel or reset does not work so delete is the only option I can use when this pops up.  It loads the lot with NPC's but no visitors show up. I can call and invite someone to join them though. Any suggestions?  
My error log is attached (wish I could understand what's causing the problem). :dontknow:
I just did a massive cleanout of my hacks and mods, (before I did, they couldn't leave the lot at all!) so if there are any conflicts, I'm not sure what it is. :hmph:

:h3lp: Help?  :headbang::blast:

:pray: :???:


Title: Your not the only one!
Post by: SexyBeast0979 on January 22, 2008, 10:20:47 am
Quote from: Lythanda;1101178
:notsmili:
:smt119 This is a weird issue :sign6: but I haven't seen anyone with this particular problem as of yet.  My sim will go to a community lot and while they are moving to the new lot, I get this error with the "Controller - CLP - Community Lot - Populator".  Cancel or reset does not work so delete is the only option I can use when this pops up.  It loads the lot with NPC's but no visitors show up. I can call and invite someone to join them though. Any suggestions?  
My error log is attached (wish I could understand what's causing the problem). :dontknow:
I just did a massive cleanout of my hacks and mods, (before I did, they couldn't leave the lot at all!) so if there are any conflicts, I'm not sure what it is. :hmph:

:h3lp: Help?  :headbang::blast:

:pray: :???:

Have you checked out the forums on the official Sims 2 website... Because, well, there are apparently A LOT of people having problems with BV. I know that they have a patch here (http://thesims2.ea.com/update/getpatch.php?appVersion=1.10&languageCode=). But to be honest I would consider uninstalling it for now because EA doesn't  generally seem to be concerned with the overwhelming fact that thousands of people from the Sims 2 community are all having some sort of problem with this new EP for the game.
I personally had my computer give me the blue screen of death while I was playing BV. All I was doing was having my character study at home and bam, blue screen of death. luckily I was able to recover, but on other forums I happened to read, other people have not been so lucky.


Title: List your Bon Vonyage bugs and compatabilty issues
Post by: Lythanda on January 22, 2008, 01:31:06 pm
I ran the patch but it was the same one I'd already installed.  Last time I had an error and opted to uninstall and reinstall, I lost everything and had trouble reintegrating my lots back into the new neighborhoods.  I did look there first, but had no luck in finding a solution beyond what you suggested.


Title: List your Bon Vonyage bugs and compatabilty issues
Post by: chris626 on January 27, 2008, 04:12:34 pm
Im having a problem with BV. When i first installed it and made a new home with a family strange things started happening. Like when they bought a vacation home and wanted to visit it the taxi never comes until way later on, but just passes by. Just like the car ride for work. Another problem was with the paperboy i can never see him. He just leaves a bunch of newspapers over and over again. Also with the visiting neighbors! they come and they get stuck. *never leaving sims* ay ya yai
can somebody please help me!


Title: List your Bon Vonyage bugs and compatabilty issues
Post by: AlbinoBambi on January 29, 2008, 09:33:46 am
You have to close and reload the game a few times, after enabling the cc. After that it should show up as usual.


Title: I lost all my people.
Post by: bestock on January 29, 2008, 12:03:23 pm
I don't know how this happened! I had a house/lot I downloaded called '"UDCC" and I tried to move a sim family into it. The game crashed and quit. Tried a second time and the same thing happened. I deleted the lot, but somehow all the people in my neighbordhood, except for 2 families (very trange) disappeared! Their houses were there, but darnit, disappeared later.

Any Ideas?


Title: List your Bon Vonyage bugs and compatabilty issues
Post by: nixandbeen3 on February 01, 2008, 10:37:56 pm
Okay, my sims keep getting stuck on vacation! IT'S SO ANNOYING. they can't save so pretty much the entire vacation is a waste and nothing happend. Does anyone know how to get them off?

I tried calling and saying end vacation and they just hang up.  And when I call and say end vacation and return home it just doesn't work.

Plus, when I arrived it already said time to return home. AND I CAN;T CHECK IN!! This is so weird.


Title: List your Bon Vonyage bugs and compatabilty issues
Post by: sarahkratos on February 02, 2008, 11:02:45 am
:smt120HI i also have same problem i can take my sims on vacation save my game and go back to it later. But when it,s time to go home and check out no car arrives to take sim bake home so my sims are stuck on vacation and i cannot check back in..SO THEY DIE...But if i buy holiday house it works so it,s  like what the....SO ANNOYING..


Title: List your Bon Vonyage bugs and compatabilty issues
Post by: sarahkratos on February 06, 2008, 06:02:35 am
I think I solved my problem that I had with bon voyage I backed up my downloads folder,sims,houses,accessory etc-uninstalled bon voyage and then reinstalled I then put downloads folder back in loaded game fine went on vacation fine check out come so did car to take sim home..Idont think bon voyage installed properly.. Thats not to say that uninstalling and reinstall well  work for everybody with this problem or that my game will not bug up again...Thats EA for you we love them when it works and hate them when its not. SORRY ABOUT SPELLING..


Title: List your Bon Vonyage bugs and compatabilty issues
Post by: tweetyilliam on February 14, 2008, 04:12:37 pm
For some reason my sims cant walk to other lots, they'll head for the portals, and then jus stop, can nay1 help me?


Title: Baby turned black
Post by: Bertie on February 18, 2008, 06:10:42 pm
My Japanese couple had baby which was cute when born, saved etc. When re-opened game, baby was very cute still but completely black with no skin.

I mucked around a bit selecting, ageing etc which initially failed but finally managed to toddlerize and get skin and menu back. I didn't use InSimenator for this resolution completely ...(parents couldn't grow up baby) except for active sim menu first and then used the little babyhack model (I think)..'grow me up' to finish it off. Because it was intense I can't quite remember but It's okay now after fiddling around a lot.

This was in standard lots not anything to do with the holiday site but I am running BV.


Title: List your Bon Vonyage bugs and compatabilty issues
Post by: Jayde_lady on September 23, 2008, 06:13:43 pm
well my issue is that it wont open body shop 4 me


Title: List your Bon Vonyage bugs and compatabilty issues
Post by: erinexia07 on September 23, 2008, 07:17:06 pm
I have got a question..

so I stopped playing BV for 2 months, it was working perfectly fine when I last played. all my cc worked, hacks and everything and no lag whatsoever. I come back to it today (after installing other games from other companies on my comp), and I try to go into a house, freezes and crashes at the loading screen. OK, maybe the other programs I had running messed with it. I turn them off, reload and try another house in a different neighborhood. freezes and crashes again. I restart my computer, take out my downloads, reload again and try to create a family, crashes at the loading screen again. I went out and bought Free Time to see if installing something else would help, does the same thing.

I can go into neighborhoods, but cant play houses? anyone ever have this problem or know how to fix it?


Title: List your Bon Vonyage bugs and compatabilty issues
Post by: EKozski on September 23, 2008, 07:20:59 pm
You might want to try deleting your groups.cache and accessories.cache files and go into your Thumbnails Folders and delete those also.

The games regenerates those files when you start it up again.


Title: List your Bon Vonyage bugs and compatabilty issues
Post by: erinexia07 on September 23, 2008, 07:41:13 pm
Just tried that and it didnt work :( the game just freezes right when its nearly loaded.


Title: List your Bon Vonyage bugs and compatabilty issues
Post by: EKozski on September 23, 2008, 07:42:38 pm
Is there anything in your Saved Sims Foldeer?


Title: List your Bon Vonyage bugs and compatabilty issues
Post by: erinexia07 on September 23, 2008, 07:54:48 pm
yess theres alot of junk actually should I delete it? lol


Title: List your Bon Vonyage bugs and compatabilty issues
Post by: EKozski on September 23, 2008, 07:56:21 pm
Yes you should, or move them to your downloads folder.


Title: List your Bon Vonyage bugs and compatabilty issues
Post by: erinexia07 on September 23, 2008, 08:16:20 pm
tried it... still froze on me. I really dont know what else to do besides reinstall now


Title: List your Bon Vonyage bugs and compatabilty issues
Post by: EKozski on September 23, 2008, 08:19:08 pm
I'm just trying to think of a few other things.

Don't reinstall just yet.


Title: List your Bon Vonyage bugs and compatabilty issues
Post by: EKozski on September 23, 2008, 08:25:42 pm
Did you download the patch?


Title: List your Bon Vonyage bugs and compatabilty issues
Post by: erinexia07 on September 23, 2008, 08:34:28 pm
yupp I got the patch.

the only thing I can think of is something I had installed between the 2 months I didnt play is somehow conflicting. I dont really wana go uninstalling things though haha


Title: List your Bon Vonyage bugs and compatabilty issues
Post by: rosidbon on October 29, 2008, 11:47:20 am
I have not been able to play on my game since installing BV at the beginning of the summer. I have been desperately trying to find any info for months. I am on a Mac so most of the stuff on this thread probably won't be of any use to me but I just thought that I would let you all know that no matter what kind of sim hell EA/XIS puts you through, it's a thousand times less than the mind numbing horror of trying to play this shit on a Mac.
There is NO patch available for BV  for Mac. Eaxis seem to be saying that if the game has problems it is Apple's security that is at fault !!


Title: List your Bon Vonyage bugs and compatabilty issues
Post by: loonyravenclaw on November 02, 2008, 04:19:07 pm
I just installed Bon Voyage.

I'm not sure if I'm doing something wrong or if this had been mentioned before, but when my I use my phone or computer to go on a vacation the only option is 'book vacation'.  There is no 'vacation home' option.  So I choose book vacation and when I choose my destination and everything, the shuttle comes, picks the sim up, drives away, and a few seconds later a taxi drives up from behind it and drops them back off.  There is no going on the vacation.  They go, they come back, and I stay at the house.

Am I doing something wrong or is this a glitch?


Title: List your Bon Vonyage bugs and compatabilty issues
Post by: AlbinoBambi on November 02, 2008, 04:55:23 pm
Do you have any outdated hacks installed?


Title: List your Bon Vonyage bugs and compatabilty issues
Post by: loonyravenclaw on November 02, 2008, 04:56:24 pm
The only thing I have downloaded is the insimenator.


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