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*2007 Update*Animated/Functional Value Vending Machine! (Chips, coke, & more)

by pacotacoplayer Posted 7th Oct 2006 at 2:37 AM - Updated 19th Mar 2009 at 1:54 PM by -Maylin-
 
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Test Subject
#126 Old 6th Jan 2007 at 1:06 AM
Wow, thanks! I'm gonna go try this out...
Lab Assistant
#127 Old 7th Jan 2007 at 11:31 AM
It really is such a shame that business customers do not use this autonomously as it would be perfect and is exactly why I downloaded it.
I do not care if the owner gets money from it just that it would help keep customer and staff needs up.
Is there no clever hackers out there that can fix this?
Or pacotacoplayer yourself!!! Hint! Hint!

Proud Member of TSR and Featured Artist at Crystal Clear Sims.
Test Subject
#128 Old 7th Jan 2007 at 9:46 PM Last edited by eln1122 : 7th Jan 2007 at 10:32 PM. Reason: Problem solved
I am getting an empty zip file when I dowload also tried the Q and it is empty, Help! I must have this vending machine. Is it just me or has anyone else had this problem? Its working now don't what my issue was.

Thanks for all your great downloads.
Top Secret Researcher
#129 Old 8th Jan 2007 at 3:24 AM
Wow! What great work, thank you for this.
Lab Assistant
#130 Old 21st Jan 2007 at 7:25 PM
Awesome!!!!!!!!!!

SONIC AND TOKYO MEW MEW ARE THE BEST ANIMES EVAH!
Test Subject
#131 Old 28th Jan 2007 at 9:38 PM
Great work. I miss the old vending machines and snack stalls from TS1
Lab Assistant
#132 Old 1st Feb 2007 at 7:30 PM
I really like your work. I don't know how the request thing works, but if you could, do you think you can create casino objects, such as gambling games, other than the downtown's default card table? Or, if you know where to find some, let me know. Trying to create a casino.
Lab Assistant
#133 Old 1st Feb 2007 at 8:13 PM
I tried to post a reply earlier after I downloaded this, guess it didn't work. I really like your stuff and I was wondering if you could point me in the right direction of casino objects, other gambling games, etc, or if you could create any? Trying to build a casino and needed more than just the downtown poker table.
Field Researcher
#134 Old 6th Feb 2007 at 11:41 AM Last edited by ronnie62 : 10th Feb 2007 at 1:39 PM. Reason: added info
This is fantastic, I mean what is a swimming pool without the vending machine, and one that sells cookies is just great. What wonderful work. How can I say thank you enough, Thank you, thank you thank you thank you thank you and forever more.

edit, well I downloaded it, put it in my download folder and the files are there, installed it with the maid installer. But I can't find it anywhere in my game, have I done something wrong or is it because I have all eps.? please help.

It does not do to dwell on dreams and forget to live.
Lab Assistant
#135 Old 6th Mar 2007 at 12:20 PM Last edited by cleaner : 6th Mar 2007 at 1:38 PM.
i saw that the "upload post" was updated the 6th january, but the file says it would still be from october. i now wonder if the version for download still overwrites the coke machine like it did a longer time ago (have been away from sims 2 for a while and am coming back to it now )
Test Subject
#136 Old 7th Mar 2007 at 6:46 AM
It really makes me wonder how a piece of crap like this gets to be a featured item....

Only controllable sims can use it.
Overwrites other objects.
Bags of doritoes that need to be "washed" after being eaten.
It's an object like a refrigerator but doesn't advertise that it can satisfy "hunger" but advertises it's a "fun" object. When was the last time you had that much fun with a food vending machine....

Piece of crap...... Enjoy
Scholar
Original Poster
#137 Old 7th Mar 2007 at 12:33 PM
Scratch, for one...yes, you have to tell your sims to use it, but the coding would take another ultimatly long strive to acheive that.

The only object it overwrites is my other vending machine. No maxis objects or other custom objects.

Bags of doritos can be directly thrown out or disposed of in Buy Mode and you get money for recycling them there.

It satisfies hunger, energy, and fun. Fun because unless you use a vending machine everyday or you're a lonely vampire who doesn't have a life, it makes you happy a bit to change to a vending machine for once and have a selection of different junk foods to choose from.

I don't think we should go around calling things crap if we don't know the work that's been put into it.

-paco

Call me Paco!
Rhymes with Taco

I'm currently taking requests until August 12th.
Test Subject
#138 Old 7th Mar 2007 at 8:44 PM
Quote: Originally posted by pacotacoplayer
Scratch, for one...yes, you have to tell your sims to use it, but the coding would take another ultimatly long strive to acheive that.

Were you pressured to have the object ready by a certain date?? Were the downloaders not willing to wait until you had it ready?? If you were able to code it to advertise fun then it should have been just as easy to code it to advertise hunger. After all, vending machines are just specialized refrigerators.
Quote: Originally posted by pacotacoplayer
The only object it overwrites is my other vending machine. No maxis objects or other custom objects.

That was one of the first issues that were brought up within a few days of this object being posted. Did you not want downloaders to use both objects?? So players can only use one of these objects in the game not both.
Quote: Originally posted by pacotacoplayer
Bags of doritos can be directly thrown out or disposed of in Buy Mode and you get money for recycling them there.

The Bags of doritoes can't be thrown out, they have to be washed... the game sees the bags as dishes not garbage... which is why the bot won't clean them up. Also, Buy mode is not available on an unowned community lot, so until the sim leaves the lot, the bags just pile up and drive down the environment score, unless your playable sims want to spend their time washing bags.
Quote: Originally posted by pacotacoplayer
It satisfies hunger, energy, and fun. Fun because unless you use a vending machine everyday or you're a lonely vampire who doesn't have a life, it makes you happy a bit to change to a vending machine for once and have a selection of different junk foods to choose from.

I never said it doesn't satisfy hunger, I said it doesn't "ADVERTISE" that it satisfies hunger which is probably why non-playable sims don't use it. If i send my playables to a community lot then i'm sure there will be other objects on the lot to satisfy fun.
Oh, and as an experiment, i put a sim in an empty room with just the vending machine and nothing else to see what would happen.... He died of hunger... it was fun for me though....
Quote: Originally posted by pacotacoplayer
I don't think we should go around calling things crap if we don't know the work that's been put into it.

WE didn't call it crap.... I called it crap. If all you wanted was to put this object out and then not work on it anymore then why didn't you just say so... you shouldn't have asked for testers if you didn't have any intention of ever trying to fix the issues that were pointed out to you by "testers".

It's still crap.... enjoy
Scholar
Original Poster
#139 Old 7th Mar 2007 at 10:23 PM
Just shut up and go critisize the next thread.

Call me Paco!
Rhymes with Taco

I'm currently taking requests until August 12th.
Test Subject
#140 Old 8th Mar 2007 at 3:59 AM
Paco, while scratch was unnecesarily obnoxious, he has some good points. Your vending machines are certainly clever, but they are sloppy. And the defensiveness you've displayed tells me that his last point is also correct; that it's unlikely you will ever update.

Hm, come to think of it, scratch's attitude seems to be the only thing that prompted you to even so much as answer a post here.
Scholar
Original Poster
#141 Old 8th Mar 2007 at 12:45 PM
The reason I said that is because of the way he was giving his points, and summarizing my work with "a peice of crap". Of course I would explain the reasons but he's ignorant but at the same time correct a little. I hate to admit it, but yes, I've been slow with the updates....if it will make you happy I'm going into SimPE to update right now.

Call me Paco!
Rhymes with Taco

I'm currently taking requests until August 12th.
Test Subject
#142 Old 8th Mar 2007 at 3:30 PM
Ok, new update. I tried it, and got the results I was expecting. No change.

The problem your 2 vending machines have with eachother is not a GUID conflict. If it was, only 1 of the machines would be available and the other missing entirely. This is not the case, and never was. Both machines are available, but when placed, both machines LOOK the same.

The GUIDs are not conflicting, it's the MESHES that are conflicting. I poked around a little in SimPE, and it looks like the mesh files are named the same filename. That might be the problem, I don't know. Perhaps exporting the mesh, renaming it, and reimporting might help.
Scholar
Original Poster
#143 Old 8th Mar 2007 at 5:03 PM
You may be correct. I'll see what I can do.

Call me Paco!
Rhymes with Taco

I'm currently taking requests until August 12th.
Test Subject
#144 Old 11th Mar 2007 at 5:41 AM
Glad to see you're working on the issues, PTP, because both items are nice enough that it is a shame to have to choose one over the other for them to work.

It's 95% perfect: when you fix the mesh conflict, the need to wash bags, and the lack of hunger advertising, it will be even better, and we'll all be able to have both nifty items in play at once.

I can live without NPC autonomy, OFB-enabled purchasing, or Sims picking up after themselves, but those would be nice areas to explore while you're tweaking.

Thanks for your hard work.
Field Researcher
#145 Old 13th Mar 2007 at 5:37 AM
This will be great espcailly for OFB. Thanks you did a awesome job.
Test Subject
#146 Old 19th Mar 2007 at 11:54 AM
thats really cool
Lab Assistant
#147 Old 19th Mar 2007 at 7:15 PM
This is so cool and so are your other creations! You're such a genius of a kid!! But I'm wondering if it's at all possible to send me the Sims guy in your pic. He looks EXACTLY like my teen (real) daughter's boyfriend! I've searched but none this close! She even thinks so (she's also the Sims in my pic here) PLEEEZE!!
Field Researcher
#148 Old 5th Apr 2007 at 8:00 AM
Did you ever fix the issues that were brought up? After dealing with so much other bad content I really don't want to download this if it isn't completely fixed.
Instructor
#149 Old 7th Apr 2007 at 1:47 AM
oh no you didn't!!!!!

<3

~Hi, I don't do Sims much anymore, sorry! I will respond to messages when able :)~
Test Subject
#150 Old 18th May 2007 at 12:55 AM
You are a genius! Thank you so much!

"A psychotic is a guy who's just found out what's going on."
William S. Burroughs
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