Mod The Sims - FreeTime Cribs - NOW ANIMATED!!! UPDATED 31-JAN-09

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FreeTime Cribs - NOW ANIMATED!!! UPDATED 31-JAN-09

by Menaceman44 Posted 4th May 2008 at 6:00 PM - Updated 26th Mar 2009 at 5:35 PM by Menaceman44 : Updated Files

24 Comments / replies (Who?) - 19 Feedback Posts, 4 Thanks Posts

Picked Upload! This is a picked upload! It showcases some of the best talent and creativity available on MTS and in the community.

These two packages that I have created enable the animations on the two cribs that came with FreeTime. Finally your Sims wont stick their arms through the railings anymore!

This was another oversight on EAxis' part as they modelled the cribs incorrectly. Instead of there being several railing morphs seperate from the crib frame as in the base game crib, there was only one set of railings modelled onto the main frame. I simply added in the missing railing morphs.

This took me roughly 5 hours to complete so I feel EAxis have no excuse as to why it was missed out.

I also altered the textures of the canopy crib slightly to remove the shadows cast by the railings as they didn't move with the railing which looked odd.

31-01-09. Thanks to Pheanoh's new crib based on these fixed cribs I have found and corrected two errors. An incorrect shadow has been removed from the canopy crib and the wall shadows now no longer count as part of the bounding box.The new files will overwrite the old.

I hope you find this correction useful in your game.

Please don't upload this to any other sites, especially not paysites.

Additional Credits:
WesH SimPE Milkshape
Photoshop
The Ramaswami family

Tags: #crib, #cot, #ft, #freetime, #toddler, #baby, #bed, #fix, #correction

Type: Fixed

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Filename - Tip: You can click the magnifying glass to see the archive contents	Size	Downloads	Date
MM_FT-Cribs-Animated.zip Size: 582.6 KB · Downloads: 21,926 · 26th Mar 2009	582.6 KB	21,926	26th Mar 2009

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24 Comments / Replies (Who?) - 18 Feedback Posts, 4 Thanks Posts
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VkToriA

Lab Assistant

5th May 2008 at 10:16 AM

Oh thank you, thank you, thank you! It's been bothering me for ages, It seems EAxis is getting lazier in every EP.

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DecoraChroi

Test Subject

5th May 2008 at 2:34 PM

Awesome, thanks for this deserved detail which counts the most.

Question, does this go in our downloads folder or object catalog bin?

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Mimi52861

Field Researcher

5th May 2008 at 5:12 PM

Good job Menaceman44! I hadn't noticed this EAxis oversight until you made this mod. I agree with VkToriA about EAxis getting worse with every EP. It's really getting to be a very bad habit. But thanks to people like you Menaceman44, our games are not totally EAxis's borked! Thank you for sharing your work!

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d4nny

Instructor

5th May 2008 at 5:49 PM

thanks for this!

EAxis is getting very very lazy

CatOfEvilGenius

Not actually evil.

5th May 2008 at 8:16 PM

EA sloppiness is just astounding.

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Menaceman44

Mad Poster

Original Poster

5th May 2008 at 9:49 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by DecoraChroi

Awesome, thanks for this deserved detail which counts the most.

Question, does this go in our downloads folder or object catalog bin?

Putting it in the Downloads folder is fine. Thats where I've placed them to get them working. It doesn't add a custom content star and the delete button isn't enabled either as these packages only replace the mesh, not the entire object.

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SimJymm

Instructor

5th May 2008 at 10:43 PM

Thanks! This a great fix for more EAxis sloppiness.
It was nice of you to credit the Ramaswami family for their work in testing this.

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girlfromverona

Instructor

6th May 2008 at 4:11 AM

Thanks for fixing this! I hadn't noticed it yet, but I'm sure it would've bugged me once I did.

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pureheart

Instructor

#10

6th May 2008 at 5:20 AM

Thank you so much for fixing what EAxis *should* have done in the first place. Very much appreciate your sharing this with us!!

pokedude9777

Field Researcher

#11

11th May 2008 at 11:48 PM

Thanks, If only EAxis actully PLAYED the games they made, perhaps you woudn't of had to go to all this trouble! Thanks!

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DecoraChroi

Test Subject

#12

13th May 2008 at 12:38 AM

Thanks Menaceman for answering my question! Looking foreward to more of your uploads.

Ena sue weep burwa beep

Elizabeth46

Lab Assistant

#13

13th May 2008 at 6:58 PM

thank you so much... this seemed strange that it didn't work since the orginal crib did...

Avaluna

Forum Resident

#14

8th Jun 2008 at 6:45 PM

I hate the sloppiness of EAxis. I was very surprised when I saw that there were no animations! I didn't downloaded a piece of CC... I bought an EP, I want a little more quality please!! Thanks for fixing this stupid mistake.

hexameter

Forum Resident

#15

9th Jun 2008 at 12:29 AM

You and many others as well should earn a "Thank You" of EA for fixing another bug they produced as professionals. It's really boring to see so many bugs and patches that follow each EP they release.
Thank you for your special work.
hexameter

MajorMercedes

Lab Assistant

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29th Jul 2008 at 11:06 PM

This message has been deleted by MajorMercedes. Reason: Friggin double post... XO

MajorMercedes

Lab Assistant

#16

29th Jul 2008 at 11:06 PM Last edited by MajorMercedes : 29th Jul 2008 at 11:08 PM. Reason: I am failing miserably at the English language today...

I can't believe someone outside of EA actually had to add animations to an EP crib. That's really sad.

Thanks for putting in the small amount of time and effort that EA didn't!

Do you think that these will ever be made to use recolors from the base game crib? This annoyed me as well. :/

simsbabii

Test Subject

#17

20th Jan 2009 at 2:21 AM

I have a question: Since it is now animated, can toddlers escape like they do with the kinder koddler?

Menaceman44

Mad Poster

Original Poster

#18

20th Jan 2009 at 1:11 PM

As far as I know toddlers should have always been able to escape from these cribs and I've not changed that. All this mod will do is make sure the railings actually move when the toddler does escape.

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dickhurt

Lab Assistant

#19

26th Mar 2009 at 5:23 AM

Hey Menaceman44,
can you please re-upload the "UPDATED 31-JAN-09" version of the hack. It seems that only the old original version is up, probably due to the server's crash.

Menaceman44

Mad Poster

Original Poster

#20

26th Mar 2009 at 5:41 PM

Cheers. Should be updated now.
The sleigh crib file has a later date as I did some fiddling with the file after the original release but no changes have been made.

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SnowQueen

Test Subject

THANKS POST

#21

3rd Jan 2012 at 4:43 PM

Thank you SO MUCH for doing this, I still play Sims 2 (In fact it's the first & only Sims game I've played so far...) and I'm happy someone fixed this. I noticed this annoying bug when I was taking storytelling pictures-EA should thank you for your awesomeness!

Dazro

Lab Assistant

THANKS POST

#22