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Can't rely on it much until/unless Eric updates it, but for now I try using it sporadically for little things... I'll install it, launch the game, use the InSIM to boost personalty traits, skills, badges, relationships, etc, save and exit, remove the InSIM, and relaunch the game.

Personally, I enjoy The Sims 2 pretty much out of the box, but there are some issues that bother me and the InSIMentor resolves them beautifully.  The big ones are the random things that you can't select in Create-a-Sim, like interests and lifetime wants, so I love using the InSIM to change those.  Also high on my list are turning off aging or resetting the days in a life stage and turning of jealousy.  After that I just use it to cheat now and then for building skills and relationships, etc.

As I recall, I waited till the InSIM was updated before I installed Seasons, but with Bon Voyage I couldn't wait.  I'm gonna make a donation to the site if we get an updated InSIM, even if it's not for a while... Eric deserves it!  (Kathy too)

not at all, it's not compatible with BV, that's why I've taken it out and there are other ways to boost the motives without resorting to all that rigmarole you said up there

No I don't use it anymore. It's sometimes difficult (to organize big parties for exemple ;) ) but I'm able to wait a new version. :)

download merolas painting,you can add skills etc with that and it wont mess up your game!

Thanks for the heads up.  I found and downloaded it, and it covers most of what I use the InSIM for.

Any other mods out there that boost relationships?  Or add talent badges & perks?  Or let you choose a lifetime want?

Other than the boolprop testing cheats, that is.

I find myself using InSIMenator quite a lot; it's very handy for lots of things, and I love how it allows you to use facelift options without failure. Plus, the ability to change a sim's type (zombie, vampire, etc.) is really great. :D

So, yeah, I still love InSIM... Now I've just gotta patiently wait for the BV version. lol

Well i took insim. out but i miss it....i mostly only used it to get thru university fast cuz that Ep can b boring otherwise....i also liked being able to age babies and toddlers and keep the parents young...otherwise the parents are elders before a kid finishes their teens....and as far as motives u can still do that without boolprop.....So until insim is updated i'm having fun with BV anyways....Thank u Eric for all your hard work and i'm a paitent person so do what u can when u can.....

you can also use the `maxmotives` cheat in the cheat menu if you dont want to put the painting on every lot!!! lol

Ugh I can totally relate to that. I just finished getting my first lot of YA through Uni without the INSIM since the EP was released. It was a nightmare. I had to download Merola's painting, as I've almost forgotten how to keep my sims alive without INSIM... That's probably a bit worrying isn't it. Maybe I should go back to basics for a little while!:-(

I think I will stop playing the sims if I couldnot use the INSIM I have the obj version installed and have no problem at all I went to all my vacation lots and put the motive plumbbob there so my sims need not sleep on vaction....

I LOVE THE INSIM!! Cant wait for the update..

I usually use the dest version but switched to obj version for bv till the new one comes out granted I haven't tried everything but so far I have had no problems.

Hmm, I've always used the object version myself, since it seems to be the simplest... maybe I'll try leaving it in a little longer until I run into some real problems.

I too will wait till it is updated. Until that time I have been using the Multi Picture (one time and 3 tile versions) as well as the Moniques Computer from MTS. This has proven helpful as well.

i'm nuts about the insim ! especially with the "jalousy off" fonction on it and the hidden skills

The old version of the InSIMenator still works for me and I have Bon Voyage installed.....

I use many of it's functions all the time in my game.  Thank you Eric for all the time and thought you have put into the InSIM.  Whenever you have time to do an upgrade I will be patiently waiting.
Thanks again.
newby

I use it and I have had not problems with it so far, but I use the object version.  I heard there were a lot of problems with the destination version.  I tryed the game without it and ran the game for one sim week (with a week long vacaion in there to so if you add up the days that is 2 sim weeks)  Then I put in insim since it is the biggest hack that I can not live without.  I ran the game again and took sims on vacation and I had no problems.  I just hate that you can't access the insiminator objects while on vacation.

If I need to get skills up, get badges or change interests during that period when the latest version of InSim is being developed, I use the "ubercheat" (boolprop testingcheatsenabled true) and alter them that way.

i want the new insim... i cant live without it... i am dying here... hurry...

Ditto! :)

Hey Danigirl...i was just thinking mayb u could get the insim. objects by putting them in your inventory and then getting them from there while your on vacation...not sure if it will work or if u can but it might b worth a try....
Also i have a question for those of u who say the insim is working fine in your game r u able to do all the things with vacation such as dig for treasure....comb for sea shells...ect...i know with insim in Seasons u couldn't build snowmen or snowangels....just curious if those things work?

Well, I have played now without the Insim. and... I am missing it so much.

I took it out and you cant use the Inventory at all when you are on Vacation.  Right now i am playing without Downloads at all, so it must be a Maxis Thing. Does anyone know when the new Version of Insim. might be out to Download?

Greets Maggy

When it's ready.  Not a moment before.

I don't find myself drawn to the larger hacks like InSim InTeen, and Pescado's macro stuff.  I can't actually think of anything wrong about InSimenator, it just feels "large" lol.   Maybe I am worried they will clash with my own hacks or something.   I was more of a Squingey type of downloader :)

what is IMSIMENATOR? Am i missing something great here? Sorry I know I should b ashamed of myself, but please someone tell me. ty mad

Haha yes very funny :)

I still use the obj version of inSIM with BV installed, no problems at all. You CAN access them on vacation lots or community lots even with the obj. version if you have Uni (i think its Uni only code at least thats what i was told), just type in - boolProp dormspecifictoolsdisabled false - and it will allow you to access buy mode while on a community lot or vacation. If there are no sims on the lot you can type that in on a vacation lot and it will also allow you to access the walls and things, so you can modify the existing hotels. Someone told me about this code and I have been the happiest simmer since with my inSIM and vacations lol.

I miss it! cant wait for an updated version cant tell you how manytimes I go to use it then realize I dont have it cause its not BV compatable yet :(

Okay, I still haven't learnd all of what it can do but this is what I do know.
It is an object/hack that lets you do a lot of stuff that you couldn't do without it.  Like      growup "babies-elders", change the grade on kids report card from I think C- to A+, you can turn off the jelocy, change the fitness leavle I think, and there are a lot of other cool things that it can do that I can't think of right now. I hope that helps you out some. I think it's a great hack my fav.

Also I've got BV and everything in the insimenator is working for me right now. Although I can hardly wait till the new one comes out. But I'm sure Eric is very busy so I'll just be good and wait.:angel:

What is the Insim???

Is it similar to the hacked mailbox at MTS2?

I think I'm going to wait until there's a patch and all content and the insiminator/inteen will work with Bon Voyage. It's easier that way. It's probably going to be a very long wait, but I would rather not deal with the bugs and errors. But it is nice to see that some of you aren't having any problems :)

Ah the Insimenator... :roll: For me it's the hack. :tongue5:

More info on this thread  (http://www.insimenator.org/showthread.php?t=269). :D

^^^^Thanks.

I took it out after installing the new ep.  I'll definately use it again when a compatible version is made, but until then I rely on boolprop cheats.  They'll come out with a new version for BV soon enough, I'm sure.

What is it with Insim that doesn't work exactly? Is it the whole thing or specific things? Insim always worked with expansions that came after its respective version (though without options for new features), but why isn't it working in this expansion?

I, personally, would die and so would my sims without Insim. If even the basic features don't work, I'll definitely have to wait to install that expansion.

asaasafighting,

As with most new ep's, BV changed some coding and as a result insim (which is using older coding) conflicts with certain things.  People who have stubbornly left insim in the game have had problems with their sims performing some of the new actions, blank wants panels, lots freezing, stuck sims, etc.  The obj. version is the least conflicting one but even just using that you'll have issues.  Also keep in mind that BV introduced not only new actions but new places for sims to whoohoo.  Hacks that affect behave codes are unstable.

Just be patient.  While it's not as convenient as insim, you can do most anything using boolprop cheats that insim is capable of.  Spawning the sim modder, the clothing tester, badge juicer, tombstone of life and death, etc. will give you most of the same cheating options as insim did.  

The only thing I'm not sure about is school.  I always used the "no school" option because I don't like the education system for kids-teens in The Sims.  All of my sim kids were "homeschooled" because I wanted them to have the time to earn skill points for college and adulthood.  It seems to me that if they're going to school every day they should get skill points out of it, but they don't and by the time they get home from school and do homework, they have no energy left to learn skills or socialize (unless you cheat and boost their needs).

Merola's multi-painting still works and it has a lot altering features concerning needs, aspiration, personality, interests, DNA, job and so-forth.  Honestly it's a good suppliment along with boolprop cheats until they can update insim.

lol...sorry, I had to chuckle.  I've left my children and teens in the Sim School System, and have had them skilling up far too much for my style of play.  Childhood is for doing child things.  I let them play if that's what they are going to do.  I'm also working on putting some skill building into play activities, not as much as if they were to study, but something.

Teens on the other had may get a job or not.  Depends on their aspiration.  But again, I pretty much leave them alone to do things their personality leads them to do.

I've played the directed style and have had a teen go to college with EVERY skill maxed out.  Upon graduation, because all they had to do in college was make friends, they would get their first job at level 8 and two days later reach the top of their career.  All this without using InSim to boost motives or skills while they were children or teens.

For those that are waiting for InSim, that can't play without it, patience and it will come.  Joey has been giving some good alternatives until it is ready.  

I will admit that playing a YA in college without InSim to speed up the clock for the final is a bit of a drag, but I've gotten over it.

silly ancienthighway, just use twojeffs 'collegeadjuster' ;)

naww.  Just got my pre-beta make-Uni-interesting hack from Jase.

Hi everyone

Anew version af the insim is ready. Has anyone tried it out yet?
Thank you so much Eric for being so fast about this. Have fun, all

Yes a new Insim since yesterday, 17 september is a great day for that by the way. :D
Ok. So no problem or conflict for Bon voyage (of course ^^). New features that I like the more : spawn a servo easily, add vacation days (for a better trip), get the poison ivy (for some stories), correct some bugs (?) like a dance learned according to the message / memory and not learned in fact.

It's only some... I enjoy a lot this mod for the bonus it gives to the game. Great job and thank you Eric ! :beer: