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Title: More Family Members & Pets 12 - AL (UPDATED)
Post by: Chaavik on September 13, 2008, 11:09:11 am
This mod enables more than 8 Sims on a residential or apartment lot. But there are rules to the exception.

You can have any of the combination of both Sims and Pets on a lot:

8 Sims + 4 Pets
6 Sims + 6 Pets
7 Sims + 5 Pets
12 Sims

Or any combination as long as the total number of Sims AND Pets don't exceed 12.

** You can't have more than 6 Pets on the lot. The game limits only the Pets in that manner with the mod.**

MoreFamilyMembers&Pets12-AL is based off Squinge's original MoreFamilyMembers&Pets-12 (http://www.insimenator.org/showthread.php?t=25890).

There was an issue with SimPE not saving the mod properly.  The new version should work now for AL.

Please REDOWNLOAD the new version and delete the old mod from your Downloads folder.


MoreFamilyMembers&Pets12-ALv.1.0a is now available.

Do NOT upload anywhere. This mod is to remain on Insiminator.net.

10-30-08:

It allows 6 pets max & btw you can increase the max with the cheat code below:

uintProp maxTotalSims 50
uintProp maxTotalHumans 35
uintProp maxTotalPets 15
just use what ever # you want
 
You can type the three above lines in the file, "userStartup.cheat", located in:

 My Documents\EA Games\The Sims 2\Config

If it's not there, just create a new file with Notepad and then save as userStartup.cheat. Don't use WordPad or any other word processing program because they use special formatting rules that the game can't read once the file is saved and executed upon the game startup.

(http://i209.photobucket.com/albums/bb42/Chaavik_87/insimpersonaluseonly7fu.gif)


Title: More Family Members & Pets 12 - AL (UPDATED)
Post by: Pierre on September 13, 2008, 11:26:15 am
Thank you very very much


Title: More Family Members & Pets 12 - AL (UPDATED)
Post by: Ms.Perception on September 13, 2008, 01:09:34 pm
Thanks so much, Chaavik! This is perfect for my family sims that insist on spawning more and more kids. Thanks again! :worship:


Title: More Family Members & Pets 12 - AL (UPDATED)
Post by: AZSimmer on September 13, 2008, 01:37:22 pm
This will really come in handy, thank you!


Title: More Family Members & Pets 12 - AL (UPDATED)
Post by: Elven_Ranger on September 13, 2008, 01:48:18 pm
Great news! Thank you hon :D


Title: More Family Members & Pets 12 - AL (UPDATED)
Post by: Grannysims on September 13, 2008, 03:55:18 pm
Thank you


Title: More Family Members & Pets 12 - AL (UPDATED)
Post by: majesticg on September 14, 2008, 05:53:57 pm
Great job!!


Title: More Family Members & Pets 12 - AL (UPDATED)
Post by: Chaavik on September 14, 2008, 06:02:57 pm
Thanks all! :)


Title: More Family Members & Pets 12 - AL (UPDATED)
Post by: Oneblondmomma on September 14, 2008, 09:00:36 pm
YES! I soo needed this! Thanks much sweetie!


Title: More Family Members & Pets 12 - AL (UPDATED)
Post by: hawnsimmer on September 14, 2008, 09:31:01 pm
:thumbup:Thank You!!! Very Much Needed!


Title: More Family Members & Pets 12 - AL (UPDATED)
Post by: matze on September 14, 2008, 11:16:13 pm
Thank you very much.


Title: More Family Members & Pets 12 - AL (UPDATED)
Post by: pink_cherry105 on September 15, 2008, 01:47:16 am
Great thank you.


Title: More Family Members & Pets 12 - AL (UPDATED)
Post by: mrs ladybug on September 15, 2008, 03:35:15 am
Thank you


Title: More Family Members & Pets 12 - AL (UPDATED)
Post by: Happenstance on September 15, 2008, 06:33:49 am
thank you very much.

//H


Title: More Family Members & Pets 12 - AL (UPDATED)
Post by: RachelGirlie on September 15, 2008, 11:08:45 am
*worships you*
I love this!! thanks for sharing w/ us lowly humans. ;)


Title: More Family Members & Pets 12 - AL (UPDATED)
Post by: marciaraujo.ts on September 15, 2008, 11:35:13 am
Thanks a million, Chaavik!!! :)
Just one question: when we pass the usual 8 total sims (sims and pets together) limit does this mod allow "natural" pregnancy? Or is there any issue related to this?
Thanks a million once again. :)


Title: More Family Members & Pets 12 - AL (UPDATED)
Post by: Chaavik on September 15, 2008, 12:56:25 pm
If your sim couple have the Try For Baby option when you direct them to relax on a bed, use the hot tub or the closet, then they are able to have more children.


Title: More Family Members & Pets 12 - AL (UPDATED)
Post by: keirra on September 15, 2008, 06:57:02 pm
Thank you! I was hoping I could get something like this for AL.


Title: More Family Members & Pets 12 - AL (UPDATED)
Post by: spirit5 on September 16, 2008, 10:12:35 am
Thank you! :)


Title: More Family Members & Pets 12 - AL (UPDATED)
Post by: blondecrystal on September 17, 2008, 02:34:31 am
Thank you Chaavik.


Title: More Family Members & Pets 12 - AL (UPDATED)
Post by: Bananywammy on September 17, 2008, 05:22:49 am
yay!
thank you i love playing with big families!
=)


Title: More Family Members & Pets 12 - AL (UPDATED)
Post by: calalily on September 17, 2008, 05:45:11 am
Thanks so much. :D


Title: More Family Members & Pets 12 - AL (UPDATED)
Post by: pandasims on September 17, 2008, 07:28:36 am
Thanks a lot for great mod~ !:love4:


Title: More Family Members & Pets 12 - AL (UPDATED)
Post by: mandyscog on September 17, 2008, 07:51:26 am
this is actually an extra limit as the game allows up to 8 sims+6 pets unhacked.  i prefer the lot full of sims hack which allows any number of sims and pets you want on the lot.


Title: More Family Members & Pets 12 - AL (UPDATED)
Post by: Chaavik on September 17, 2008, 10:07:00 am
Some people can't handle more than 12 in total on a given lot, mind you. This mod would be perfect for them if they want more than 8 but not more than 12 due to their machine specs, type of lot or other reason.

Keep in mind that the more Sims you have on an apartment lot, the more difficult the game will play for you due to other factors as neighbors, weather, objects and the like to be drawn every few seconds by the video card and how much memory the computer has to be able to handle the stress of having more than normal the number of Sims per household on an apartment lot.


Title: More Family Members & Pets 12 - AL (UPDATED)
Post by: Llial on September 18, 2008, 04:58:41 am
Thank you Chaavic.


Title: More Family Members & Pets 12 - AL (UPDATED)
Post by: camarossz2888 on September 18, 2008, 04:55:04 pm
Thank you so much!!!~
i can finally use it on my AL
:D


Title: More Family Members & Pets 12 - AL (UPDATED)
Post by: aladybug61 on September 19, 2008, 04:59:02 pm
:worship::worship: we're not worthy, much thanks for all of your hard work :worship::worship:

:blob6::blob6:


Title: More Family Members & Pets 12 - AL (UPDATED)
Post by: odettesmom on September 20, 2008, 08:25:16 am
This is wonderful.  Thank you.  I'm also looking for something similar that will work for dorms.


Title: More Family Members & Pets 12 - AL (UPDATED)
Post by: harps36 on September 20, 2008, 09:24:44 pm
Quite Awesome!  Thank you!


Title: More Family Members & Pets 12 - AL (UPDATED)
Post by: Skye on September 21, 2008, 09:26:55 am
Wonderful! Thank so much!!!
hugs,
Skye


Title: More Family Members & Pets 12 - AL (UPDATED)
Post by: deekitty31 on September 21, 2008, 08:11:29 pm
Thank you!


Title: More Family Members & Pets 12 - AL (UPDATED)
Post by: Lauralli on September 24, 2008, 02:04:54 am
Thank you. :-)


Title: More Family Members & Pets 12 - AL (UPDATED)
Post by: friendlyquark on September 24, 2008, 09:26:27 am
So, I had this problem back in the old version and it has cropped up again in this one. When I have the larger family hack installed, my sims pop out of watching TV when I ask them to change the channel, or queuing up for the toilet if I click on the shower. Is this fixable, or a conflict with another hack? I will try playing it with Testing Cheats Enabled and get back to you, but if it was something that had been reported before, I figured I would just mention it here.

Love you truly, by the way. :) So glad that you are both making hacks!


Title: More Family Members & Pets 12 - AL (UPDATED)
Post by: Chaavik on September 24, 2008, 10:11:16 am
You should run HCDU to check for any conflicts and please post your error log in a new thread in the Mods Help Section (http://www.insimenator.net/forumdisplay.php?f=653).


Title: More Family Members & Pets 12 - AL (UPDATED)
Post by: friendlyquark on September 25, 2008, 09:36:56 am
Yeah, ran the utility and cleared up the problem, looks like I had more than one version of a couple of non-autonomous hacks. Doh! Everything is working peachy now.


Title: More Family Members & Pets 12 - AL (UPDATED)
Post by: Chaavik on September 25, 2008, 10:10:34 am
Glad to hear that! :)


Title: More Family Members & Pets 12 - AL (UPDATED)
Post by: DebWillDo on September 28, 2008, 10:22:43 pm
Thanks. This really helps.


Title: More Family Members & Pets 12 - AL (UPDATED)
Post by: Moon Jaguar on October 01, 2008, 01:04:29 pm
Dumb question... do the Newsons have some kind of invisible parents tokens or anything else that borks the count?  When I try to move them into a household with more than two people, the lot goes red, the warning pops and no amount of clicking will change it.  The mod works great otherwise-- Don Lothario's condo is full of dogs and cats :smt120


Title: More Family Members & Pets 12 - AL (UPDATED)
Post by: bratz_615 on October 03, 2008, 07:15:54 pm
Is there any mod that enables more pets?


Title: More Family Members & Pets 12 - AL (UPDATED)
Post by: Squinge on October 03, 2008, 07:36:08 pm
As posted in the description "You can have any of the combination of both Sims and Pets on a lot: 8 Sims + 4 Pets, 6 Sims + 6 Pets, 7 Sims + 5 Pets"


Title: More Family Members & Pets 12 - AL (UPDATED)
Post by: bratz_615 on October 03, 2008, 08:43:46 pm
Quote from: Squinge;1405590
As posted in the description "You can have any of the combination of both Sims and Pets on a lot: 8 Sims + 4 Pets, 6 Sims + 6 Pets, 7 Sims + 5 Pets"


umm, okay. Let me ask this:  How many pets does the game allow with the least amount of sims without any mods?


Title: More Family Members & Pets 12 - AL (UPDATED)
Post by: Squinge on October 03, 2008, 08:58:58 pm
It allows 6 pets max & btw you can increase the max with the cheat code below :)
uintProp maxTotalSims 50
uintProp maxTotalHumans 35
uintProp maxTotalPets 15
just use what ever # you want
 
you can type that in the file "userStartup.cheat" located in "My Documents\EA Games\The Sims 2\Config" if its not there just create a new file.


Title: More Family Members & Pets 12 - AL (UPDATED)
Post by: Chaavik on October 04, 2008, 01:34:53 pm
Use NOTEPAD not Word Document to edit your userStartup file which you can find there. Word Document has special formatting rules that the game won't recognize whereas Notepad doesn't.


Title: More Family Members & Pets 12 - AL (UPDATED)
Post by: bratz_615 on October 05, 2008, 07:12:54 pm
thanks, you know, I tried it.  I made a new file from notepad and copy and pasted what you provided into it. I then went to a family that had 6 pets and there was no option to try for kitten/puppy...


Title: More Family Members & Pets 12 - AL (UPDATED)
Post by: Squinge on October 05, 2008, 07:33:26 pm
Unzip this file to "My Documents\EA Games\The Sims 2\Config" & let me know if it works :)


Title: More Family Members & Pets 12 - AL (UPDATED)
Post by: Chaavik on October 06, 2008, 11:20:29 pm
Ah, I see what you're talking about. The mod limits 6 pets per residential lot and per apartment household (not the apartment lot). And no your pets won't have the option to try for puppies or kittens if your family has 6 pets.

That is the maximum allowed for pets.


Title: More Family Members & Pets 12 - AL (UPDATED)
Post by: Sari on October 19, 2008, 12:35:22 pm
This doesn't seem to work in my game... the family has 8 sims and only one pet but the parents can't try for a baby or adopt a child. Or maybe it's supposed to work like this... is there a mod that allows more sims, I don't care about the pets that much.


Title: More Family Members & Pets 12 - AL (UPDATED)
Post by: Chaavik on October 20, 2008, 11:47:45 am
Can you actually direct your couple to try for a baby or adopt a child? There are other factors in not being able to adopt a child: funds is usually the reason to allow your Sims to adopt or not.

You can try this in combination with the mod by following the steps and then direct your Sims to try for a baby or adopt a child:

1. Use Windows Explorer and go to:

C:\Documents and Settings\**Your User Name**\My Documents\EA Games\The Sims 2\Config

2. If you don't have a userStartup file in that location, you can create one with Notepad. **Don't use WordPad, Microsoft Works or any other word processor program since these programs use special formatting rules. Notepad doesn't and is ideal for editing the userStartup file.**

3. Open a new document in Notepad and type the following three lines:

uintProp maxTotalSims 50 <>
uintProp maxTotalHumans 35 <>
uintProp maxTotalPets 15 <>

<> is what you should do after typing the line.
**Total Sims MUST equal the number of Humans and Pets.**

4. Save the file as userStartup.cfg in the same location:

C:\Documents and Settings\** Your User Name**\My Documents\EA Games\The Sims 2\Config

The above lines will enable you to have more Sims on a given residential lot, whether it be a normal residential lot or an apartment lot. The mod is to let you have up to 12 but not more.


Title: More Family Members & Pets 12 - AL (UPDATED)
Post by: Sari on October 23, 2008, 07:53:42 am
Thanks I'll try adding those lines to my userstartUp file. The family has enough funds (over 40,000) to adopt and the parents have about 6 days left before turning elders so they should be able to try for a baby. Maybe it's my computer that's acting up again, it has been very annoying lately :)


Title: More Family Members & Pets 12 - AL (UPDATED)
Post by: blondecrystal on October 23, 2008, 08:18:16 am
Thank you


Title: More Family Members & Pets 12 - AL (UPDATED)
Post by: Chaavik on October 23, 2008, 10:47:19 am
Quote from: Sari;1430666
the parents have about 6 days left before turning elders :)

That's your problem there. Female adults with less than 7 days left in their adult life stages generally do not try for a baby at that point. You can give them a couple more days to try for a baby. Best advice is to get them to around 10 days left for an extra measure. The male adults, just like in real life, can try for a baby even when they're elders.

Good luck!


Title: More Family Members & Pets 12 - AL (UPDATED)
Post by: missaaliyah on October 25, 2008, 02:57:55 am
The cheat does actually work for me, which is great.  :)


Title: More Family Members & Pets 12 - AL (UPDATED)
Post by: UCFit on October 26, 2008, 10:21:10 am
I redownloaded when the update was first posted, and then again. But, the game will only let me have the usual 8.  :(


Title: More Family Members & Pets 12 - AL (UPDATED)
Post by: Chaavik on October 26, 2008, 11:40:04 am
Quote from: Chaavik;1426447
Can you actually direct your couple to try for a baby or adopt a child? There are other factors in not being able to adopt a child: funds is usually the reason to allow your Sims to adopt or not.

You can try this in combination with the mod by following the steps and then direct your Sims to try for a baby or adopt a child:

1. Use Windows Explorer and go to:

C:\Documents and Settings\**Your User Name**\My Documents\EA Games\The Sims 2\Config

2. If you don't have a userStartup file in that location, you can create one with Notepad. **Don't use WordPad, Microsoft Works or any other word processor program since these programs use special formatting rules. Notepad doesn't and is ideal for editing the userStartup file.**

3. Open a new document in Notepad and type the following three lines:

uintProp maxTotalSims 50 <>
uintProp maxTotalHumans 35 <>
uintProp maxTotalPets 15 <>

<> is what you should do after typing the line.
**Total Sims MUST equal the number of Humans and Pets.**

4. Save the file as userStartup.cfg in the same location:

C:\Documents and Settings\** Your User Name**\My Documents\EA Games\The Sims 2\Config

The above lines will enable you to have more Sims on a given residential lot, whether it be a normal residential lot or an apartment lot. The mod is to let you have up to 12 but not more.


I did not need to repeat what was already said in the thread so far. Please read through all posts before asking what had already been asked before.


Title: More Family Members
Post by: LysAka on November 25, 2008, 01:17:27 pm
Thanks a lot for you great hack :)


Title: Re: More Family Members & Pets 12 - AL (UPDATED)
Post by: ajy0903 on December 16, 2008, 05:58:03 pm
Nice.
Great job.
I have one question.
Is there any mod that can allow more then 12 sims a lot, including any playable sims and npc sims and npc sims in university?


Title: Re: More Family Members & Pets 12 - AL (UPDATED)
Post by: Chaavik on December 17, 2008, 04:24:39 am
Yes, granted that your machine can handle more than 12 or maybe more than 15 Sims on a lot. Ancient Highway made an update to Lot Full of Sims and gave instructions on how to use it here (http://www.ancienthighway.net/cs/viewtopic.php?f=12&t=45).

Keep in mind that not everyone can handle more than 12 in total on a given lot whether it be a normal or apartment lot in the normal hood or uni hood.


Title: Re: More Family Members & Pets 12 - AL (UPDATED)
Post by: wendylady on December 21, 2008, 10:09:51 pm
hi will this also work for UV lots so i can have more then the 8 college sims in one dorm? If not can you suggest one too me please.

Ty for you work
wendy


Title: Re: More Family Members & Pets 12 - AL (UPDATED)
Post by: yoyo23 on December 21, 2008, 11:06:38 pm
thanks  :cool:


Title: Re: More Family Members & Pets 12 - AL (UPDATED)
Post by: SimsFan333 on December 27, 2008, 02:40:32 pm
Really need this one! :cool:  Thank you!


Title: Re: More Family Members & Pets 12 - AL (UPDATED)
Post by: kamiccolo on January 07, 2009, 09:27:18 pm
You can try this in combination with the mod by following the steps and then direct your Sims to try for a baby or adopt a child:

1. Use Windows Explorer and go to:

C:\Documents and Settings\**Your User Name**\My Documents\EA Games\The Sims 2\Config

2. If you don't have a userStartup file in that location, you can create one with Notepad. **Don't use WordPad, Microsoft Works or any other word processor program since these programs use special formatting rules. Notepad doesn't and is ideal for editing the userStartup file.**

3. Open a new document in Notepad and type the following three lines:

uintProp maxTotalSims 50 <<press Enter>>
uintProp maxTotalHumans 35 <<press Enter>>
uintProp maxTotalPets 15 <<press Enter>>

<<press Enter>> is what you should do after typing the line.
**Total Sims MUST equal the number of Humans and Pets.**

4. Save the file as userStartup.cfg in the same location:

C:\Documents and Settings\** Your User Name**\My Documents\EA Games\The Sims 2\Config

The above lines will enable you to have more Sims on a given residential lot, whether it be a normal residential lot or an apartment lot. The mod is to let you have up to 12 but not more.

I did this but I still haven't been able to get it to work =(.  My household has 8 people in it and I'm trying to get 4 other sims to move in and combine households.  Could someone give me some more advice on how to make this work?  Thanks


Title: Re: More Family Members & Pets 12 - AL (UPDATED)
Post by: Chaavik on January 08, 2009, 03:09:47 pm
What is your latest EP?


Title: Re: More Family Members & Pets 12 - AL (UPDATED)
Post by: kamiccolo on January 08, 2009, 04:18:44 pm
Apartment Life.  I've got all the expansions but none of the stuff packs.


Title: Re: More Family Members & Pets 12 - AL (UPDATED)
Post by: Chaavik on January 10, 2009, 04:15:31 pm
Okay, a question:

Were you trying to combine a new family with a family of 8 that already lives on an apartment lot or a residential lot?


Title: Re: More Family Members & Pets 12 - AL (UPDATED)
Post by: kamiccolo on January 10, 2009, 05:48:13 pm
I have a family of 8 teenagers who already live on a residential lot and I'm trying to make another family of 4 other teenagers move in and combine households with them.

Edit:  I downloaded the userstartup file Squinge posted and it's working now =)


Title: Re: More Family Members & Pets 12 - AL (UPDATED)
Post by: Rosawyn on January 17, 2009, 06:56:15 pm
This will really, really help for sims who want to breed pets.  I felt so restricted when I had 5 sims (one of whom was pregnant) and two dogs and wanted some puppies.  This mod will ease that up a bit.   :cool:


Title: Re: More Family Members & Pets 12 - AL (UPDATED)
Post by: Jennifer32 on February 05, 2009, 08:06:46 pm
Thank you


Title: Re: More Family Members & Pets 12 - AL (UPDATED)
Post by: Mackerdog on February 19, 2009, 10:27:18 pm
Thank you very much I have been needing this for quite some time.  :kiss:


Title: Re: More Family Members & Pets 12 - AL (UPDATED)
Post by: Slide470 on February 23, 2009, 07:15:49 pm
Thankyou for updating this useful mod  1goodjob 1fanku


Title: Re: More Family Members & Pets 12 - AL (UPDATED)
Post by: LysAka on March 01, 2009, 01:08:07 pm
Thanks a lot Chaavik for this great mod !


Title: Re: More Family Members & Pets 12 - AL (UPDATED)
Post by: Skye on March 11, 2009, 04:58:07 pm
Thank you very much-this will help immensely!
hugs n snugs,
Skye


Title: Re: More Family Members & Pets 12 - AL (UPDATED)
Post by: ScooterBabe on March 19, 2009, 10:05:45 pm
Thank you!


Title: Re: More Family Members & Pets 12 - AL (UPDATED)
Post by: Chisagi on April 12, 2009, 12:20:30 pm
It works great for me.
I had 5 sims and 2 cats and the cats had 4 kittens so the total became 11. Yay!

Now one of the sims rolled a want to have 10 kids and I want to try it so I edited the userStartup.cheat file.
My question is Do I have to or should I press enter after I type/paste each line in? So that there's an empty line between them?


Title: Re: More Family Members & Pets 12 - AL (UPDATED)
Post by: Chaavik on April 13, 2009, 01:34:20 pm
You don't have to leave empty lines between the cheats you enter into the userstartup cheat file. The game won't care if you have empty lines in between or even the comment lines between those cheats either.


Title: Re: More Family Members & Pets 12 - AL (UPDATED)
Post by: Starrbaby on April 23, 2009, 01:07:19 pm
Will it make any difference if you insert the

unitProp maxTotalSims #
(Etc... Blah Blah Blah)
(Etc.. Yeah Yeah Yeah)

Into the C:Program FilesEA GamesThe Sims 2 Apartment LifeTSDataResConfigglobalStartup ?
Or the C:Program FilesEA GamesThe Sims 2TSDataResConfigglobalStartup ?
+PLUS+ the C:Documents and Settings**Your User Name**My DocumentsEA GamesThe Sims 2Config

I've had the Gunmod's global startup cheat from one of his lighting cheats. I removed the download but not the global startup cheat file. I did not bother to download the backup either. Is this causing any conflict which is making this cheat not work for me? For my senior project (Due in 2 weeks) I need to move in 12 people into the BellaDonna school I downloaded from GardenOfShadows. So far I have 8 sims living there, and am trying to move in 4 more sims. I'm debating on whether trying what the above posted and just using squinge's userstartup. The thing is, all of my other cheats in my unserstartup work fine. Any advice?

I've also tried the LotFullOfSims + LotFullOfPets no luck their either.
(Oh!) I'm ran the Hack Conflict Detection Utility, and 7 conflicts were detected. I removed all of the ones that were in conflict with this mod. I feel like I've dumped two 1000 pieced puzzles together on the floor and am trying to build one and keep grabbing pieces from the other. Make any sense?

 

Post Merge: April 23, 2009, 03:32:02 pm - Please remember to modify your post and not reply to yourself
Okay everyone I admit, I'm a HUGE Dummy! (But) I fixed my problem! 3yay

::!DO NOT BE AS STUPID AS I WAS!::

I have the Sims 2 + EP's installed on two different PC's. I figured I screwed something up when I noticed the globalStartup file(s) had crap in them so I took the original file from my newer computer which has all the EP's but no downloads, no hacks, and no altered settings. Copied it and replaced it into Every globalStartup cheat file under

C:\Program Files\EA Games\*ALL EP's*\TSData\Res\Config\globalStartup

I also used Squinge's userStartup.cheat file and just added my other can't live without cheats. Now it works!  2yay I am beyond happy.

So don't do dumb things like me and mess with your globalStartup cheat file, just leave it alone!


Title: Re: More Family Members & Pets 12 - AL (UPDATED)
Post by: SimDebster on April 30, 2009, 02:24:26 am
Is there a version of this hack for Free Time?  Or does this version also work with Free Time?  I have been looking and looking and I have not been able to find a Free Time version.  If there is one, could you please point me to it?  Thanks in advance.


Title: Re: More Family Members & Pets 12 - AL (UPDATED)
Post by: Eva Aisling on April 30, 2009, 09:15:29 am
Can I just edit my userstartup to allow more sims? Or do I have to use both?
What was the cheat intended for, if you still have to use a mod to get more sims?

Thanks in advance!



Title: Re: More Family Members & Pets 12 - AL (UPDATED)
Post by: Squinge on April 30, 2009, 09:23:18 pm
You can either use this mod or edit the userstartup cheat.


Title: Re: More Family Members & Pets 12 - AL (UPDATED)
Post by: nobody7382 on May 05, 2009, 09:22:16 am
actually, i'm pretty sure you need both the userstartup thing and a mod. because the different parts of the game code check different values to see if you have exceeded the maximum family members. Using only userstartup stuff alone, still seems to limit your maximum allowed in certain situations.


Title: Re: More Family Members & Pets 12 - AL (UPDATED)
Post by: Chaavik on May 05, 2009, 11:47:09 am
Any mod that allows larger families beyond the Maxis limits must have a userstartupcheat file edited to have the following lines:

uintProp maxTotalSims 50
uintProp maxTotalHumans 35
uintProp maxTotalPets 15


Copy and paste the above lines into your userstartupcheat file and then save the file. You do need Notepad to edit it. Don't use Word, Word Document, Word Perfect or any office processing program because they have special formatting rules that the game can't read.

Even AH's lotfullofsims mod requires those three lines in the userstartupcheat file.

If you continue to have problems, please open a thread in the Mod Help section and we'll look at your issue a bit more closely. We missed some of the questions here because they should've been addressed in the Mod Help section.

And for those of you using FT, please make a mod request and not here.


Title: Re: More Family Members & Pets 12 - AL (UPDATED)
Post by: hedgekat on May 24, 2009, 11:00:41 am
quote author=Chaavik link=topic=93232.msg1517664#msg1517664 date=1241542029]
Any mod that allows larger families beyond the Maxis limits must have a userstartupcheat file edited to have the following lines:

uintProp maxTotalSims 50
uintProp maxTotalHumans 35
uintProp maxTotalPets 15

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I don't have AL installed yet so your statement may apply to that EP, but I know for sure that those lines aren't required prior to AL as I have been using Jordi's LotFullofSims (dated 6/8/07) for nearly two years without adding anything to userstartupcheat.  I've had as many as 20 sims in a family and never had any problem with pregnancy.  Adding more sims from neighborhood is not possible but I've always used a teleporter to move new ones in if I needed to.


Title: Re: More Family Members & Pets 12 - AL (UPDATED)
Post by: Chaavik on May 24, 2009, 12:21:38 pm
Kind of late in responding to that, don't you think? The statement was in response to someone else using the mod from this thread. It is designed to let people with older machines have slightly larger families and be able to handle them without system issues.

If you're using Jordi's LotFullofSims mod and is not updated, you could run into potential risks for a fubared neighborhood.

Ancient Highway updated that particular mod to work with FT and up here (http://www.ancienthighway.net/cs/viewtopic.php?f=12&t=45). The mod was reported to work well with Seasons and BV. Possibly earlier EPs since there were a few bugs he fixed.


Title: Re: More Family Members & Pets 12 - AL (UPDATED)
Post by: zauberwindyx on May 26, 2009, 05:08:39 am
Super, thank you !" 
     2hug


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