I just want the witches.

The funny thing is, I don't like them as is.  I don't like the green thing, I find it too old school.  You'd think since EA does the HP games, they'd be up to date on modern fictional witches.  So hopefully it's just an overlay like the vampires and werewolves rather than a body type change like the zombie.  I just want to make it to where they turn into witches but keep their body type/skin color.

Hrmm.. well if ACR works fine with AL, I can live w/o Inteen until Jase updates it.

I heard when the teens become witches, their faces don't turn green like they're supposed to, just the bodies.  But the vampires in NL had a similiar issue at first, seems like a minor issue.

I won't be installing it until ACR and Inteen are updated for it..

You have to focus on this...

More information
Coming soon*

*March 19th 2008

So the information is what you'll be getting on the 19th.. not the game.  

But I'm looking forward to the information because I'm curious as to how advanced the new title will be.  I mean I'm not even sure at this point if it will be worth getting.

Its just the website.

At the last game convention type thing, one of the reps for EA said the game itself probably won't be due out until early 2009.  Some are predicting they may go for a December 2008 release though so they can nail the xmas holiday.  But we'll see.  Supposedly there will be one more expansion pack for the Sims 2 before then.

It sounds like either a securom issue or a graphic card issue.  Does your new computer use an ATI graphic card or a nvidia?

WHen you reboot do you get any type of error pop up about an infinite loop or a dll file not responding correctly?  

Before the crash do you hear the audio stutter at all?

If you can at least get into the town but not a lot, you can get into the options.  If you can do that, try lowering the graphic settings.  You'll want to set the resolution to 1024x768, put the other settings on medium.  Then go over to the audio options, there's a setting for audio quality, set it lower.  See if that helps at all.  

As for requirements, this new computer may meet and exceed them but there can still be conflicts because Maxis is notorious at not beta testing their software as thoroughly as they should.

I'll try to keep this updated and if I run into more hacks with issues I'll edit the original post.

If anyone had the teen birdwatch issue and figured out how to fix it..

Share ..

I'm trying to put together a list of the hacks that have already been updated and the ones that need to be updated.  

1. Crammy Boy's Nudist hack
Someone else over at MATY updated it for BV and I believe they're updating it for FT.  But at the moment, it does have a few bugs if you use it with FT.  Your male sims may stay nude longer than normal and some have said the fitness enthusiasm at times doesn't boost with the hack.

2. Perfect Gardens and Perfect Plants
TwoJeffs updated them the other day I believe, you can get them over at the Inteenimater site.

3. Inteenimater
It current does not work with FT.. updates usually come about a month after a new expansion.

4. DMA Sims 2
None of the packs are FT ready..

5. XXXsims woohoo package 3
It's an adult oriented mod but I'm not linking it here.  Quite a few had an issue with it causing their sims to become inanimate with BV, the issue seems to have become more common since FT.  I don't believe they're going to update this one but I'm hoping I'm wrong.

6. See Them 2.31
According to its creator, it is totally 100% compatible with Free Time, so no need for an update

7. Paladin's Place
The RC objects he has up need to be updated for FT since FT changed the code for remote control objects, he's working on that now.  There are a few other mods that need fixes.. you can find the list with the fixes here.  But for the most part most of his stuff works without any updates.  He even has a new mod up to change the pre-selected enthusiasm each sim has.  

8. Sim Sourcery from MTS2 seems to be working.. but I'm currently running it through the fire now..

Updated - 03.05.08

WHen you say you can't play, what do you mean by that?

Does the game crash, freeze, or what?

You're going to need to be more specific...

I have it but I'm not installing it until inteen and a few other mods are updated for it.  

Mods > expansions..

This is just a simple re-color with a tiny image edit.

I borrowed Corrines punk outfit which can be found here.  Then I just changed the band logo and recolored the shoes to give it a more deathrock look.  The band image may be a bit choppy, for some reason adobe shows everything brighter than image actually is.



Nothing special..

Just figured I'd share..

You'll need the mesh from here

Thanks go out to Warlokk and Corrine for the mesh and outfit..

There's a way to remove securom but if you do so, you can't use the new patch for the game.  If you remove securom you have to use a nocd crack on Boy Voyage to play the game.  The new patch installs the new version of Securom which is worse than the version of securom Bon Voyage currently uses.  And there's no legit nocd crack for the new patch, the old nocd crack supposely works but hrmm.. it's really confusing..

A nocd crack is written to overwrite the executable file..

A patch generally overwrites the exectable file with fixed data..

Using the old nocd crack overwrites the patch and any fixed data on the patched exe will be taken out..

Does that make sense?

I've been discussing this on MATY all day so I'm kind of burnt out..

But here.. read this..

http://www.deviancy.ookiespookie.com/doom/

I included every little detail of how this works and then there's a link to the instructions on how to remove securom.  But make sure to read every little thing..

The instructions were made for Bioshock players but they work exactly the same with the Sims..

The patch re-enforces the securom 7 software which is known to cause issues on some pc's.  The issues the software causes will not necessarily affect you, but it could.  There's also no available nocd crack for the new patch so therefore if you use it, you'll be stuck with securom.

Also, the new patch has been known to cause more issues.. which is why I created the thread below this one.  I'd hold out on the patch until a nocd crack is made for it.. that way you can bypass securom and not have some of the burner issues and other issues some are experiencing.  Especially considering the only major fix this patch seems to do has already been fixed by the kids on MATY.

When the screen goes blue does it freeze the entire system, or can you ctrl, alt, del back to the desktop?  Securom is known to suck up ram fast, that can cause lockups like what you're experiencing.  But I'm not sure on your video card, how much ram you have or if you're using a creative soundcard.

As for the anti redundancy hack..

Most are leaving it in from what I've read so far.

Unless the next expansion has something really, really neat.. I'm avoiding it as if it was the plague.

I haven't used the patch yet, I built a new pc that uses onboard sound so the clipping went away.  But from what I heard on the board, the clipping is still there with the patch and there's new lag but removed lag if that makes sense.  They fixed one minor lag issue, created a new one.  

I understand that the Sims is a complex lil game, so resolving minor issues that only affect certain users, that's hard.  But when a game has an issue with a creative soundcard, that isn't minor.  Most gamers who build their own pc's use creatives products since onboard sound has limitations.  I no longer do because a lot of other game developers also stopped testing their products on the soundcards, or so it seemed.  

Here's another tidbit.. securom is known to eat up ram.  I don't mean it ruins ram but it pulls a lot of memory and has a habit of not letting it go again when you quit the game.  So every time you restart the game it eats up a lil more.  Eventually the system will run out of ram and that's what can cause the pc to freeze or even possibly cause that out of sync error some were getting and blaming on nvidia.  

MATY has a thread on removing securom, this may seem like the thing to do..

One big warning though...

In order to run the sims without securom you need a nocd crack.  There is no proper nocd crack for the new patch yet, if you apply the old nocd crack to the patched version, it may work but it may also override some of what the patch fixed.  So I do not recommend it.  I also do not recommend removing securom if you're a normal gamer and have other games on your pc.  A lot of games use securom these days.  So then you'll need no cd cracks for all of those games as well.