Mod The Sims - Water "half tile" flowers fix & Water inaccessible flowers fix

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Water "half tile" flowers fix & Water inaccessible flowers fix

by dickhurt Posted 11th Jun 2008 at 3:38 AM - Updated 29th Oct 2008 at 6:49 PM by dickhurt : compatibility

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* Compatibility: Seasons, Bon Voyage, FreeTime, Apartment Life
* Modifications: Semi-Global (affects all flowers)
* Hack Version#: 1.0

Quick Info
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There are 2 hacks included here.

The first one allows Sims to water one-half tile flower beds, even if a diagonal fence or foundation runs through the tile.

The second one, named df_water_inaccessible_flowers_fix.rar, does the same but also allows you to water all flowers regardless of their location on the lot, including completely inaccessible or blocked ones. It works for the "full tile" flower beds if the tile is completely surrounded by fences, walls, or foundations. And it allows for the disposal of all dead flowers, even if 100% surrounded by fencing or if completely inaccessible (such as using cheats to put flower beds on your roof!).

Effects
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Originally, the game did not allow any Sim or Hydrobot to water these flowers. It would also prevent you from disposing of such flowers if they died. Having such a flower bed fully surrounded by fence tiles also prevented watering.

Sims will still display a 'door' icon above their heads while watering, which means that they are blocked by a wall/fence/foundation. However, the watering will still be successful and the flowers will get the water they need to live. All animations work perfectly.

* Check out the readme.txt file for more information.

Tags: #water flowers

You must have the expansion or stuff packs listed below installed to use this custom content. Please see the post text for any exceptions.

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Filename - Tip: You can click the magnifying glass to see the archive contents	Size	Downloads	Date
df_water_inaccessible_flowers_fix.rar Size: 1.6 KB · Downloads: 32,585 · 11th Jun 2008 Download	1.6 KB	32,585	11th Jun 2008
df_water_half_tile_flowers_fix.rar Size: 1.4 KB · Downloads: 24,989 · 11th Jun 2008 Download	1.4 KB	24,989	11th Jun 2008

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poifectly_poiple

Lab Assistant

16th Jun 2008 at 8:02 PM

Thank you! I was getting so irritated that the gardener couldn't water my plants. Will this work with clipping inaccessable shrubs too?

treena410

Field Researcher

16th Jun 2008 at 8:04 PM

Thanks, I needed this! My flowers always die because to make a pretty flower garden, half of them are blocked by fences or hedges, etc and can't be watered.

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spiffeystar

Field Researcher

16th Jun 2008 at 9:53 PM

Thank you! I was so sick of being unable to water flowers I just gave up on putting flowers on my lot altogether. I'll be sure to try them again with this

Sim-Wolf

Lab Assistant

16th Jun 2008 at 10:58 PM

Yay. I really needed this mod. Its so frustrating that Sims can't even water plants which have the edger fences from Pets around them. The diaganal plant bug also got on my nerves. Thanks so much.

ganguro

Top Secret Researcher

16th Jun 2008 at 11:14 PM

that's great! i also often had problems with watering the plants properly. this will help a lot!!!

Deeney

Field Researcher

17th Jun 2008 at 3:13 AM

Thankgod it pissed me off to no end when the gardner would stamp his/her feet and not water plants. Can you make a trim one too so they can trim plants they can't reach?? Thanks

pjbrooks56

Lab Assistant

17th Jun 2008 at 3:42 AM

This is a fantastic idea...I so agree with Deeney, all that fussing about not watering, was annoying. Looking forward to using the modd and a trim one too....

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CatOfEvilGenius

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17th Jun 2008 at 4:29 AM

Oh thank you! I can finally, finally have the realistic flower beds I want! No more, oh no, there's an itty bitty little half fence in my way, I can't POSSIBLY water the flowers now. Silly sims!

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Llionei

Test Subject

#10

17th Jun 2008 at 1:49 PM

Great! I hated that in sims, you are my hero.

snspinelli

Instructor

#11

17th Jun 2008 at 2:04 PM

THANK YOU! This is a much needed mod that I have been waiting to see for a long time. This will allow my Sim gardens to look much more realistic without being forced to use the "plastic" decorative plants out there (which are nice, but sometimes limiting). Anyway, thanks again for sharing this!

starfleetcadet

Field Researcher

#12

17th Jun 2008 at 2:38 PM

Thank you so much!!! I've been waiting for something like this.

dialred

Test Subject

#13

17th Jun 2008 at 4:41 PM

U Rock! I have been waiting for EA to fix this problem since day one! Thanx *S*

aixlachaise

Lab Assistant

#14

17th Jun 2008 at 5:51 PM

YES!!! This is something that has plagued me since the very first day I installed the game. It so severely limits what you can do with the landscaping, but your mod has fixed all that. Thank you SO MUCH!

endxisxforever

Test Subject

#15

17th Jun 2008 at 6:39 PM

Thank you, I can't even believe how useful this is. I have so many beautifully landscaped lots with dead flowers everywhere, and I was wondering if I was the only person this irked...I can't believe it took this long to get something this awesome.

Thank you!!

SvJW

Forum Resident

#16

17th Jun 2008 at 6:39 PM

ThankYou very much!!!

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raindrops84

Lab Assistant

#17

17th Jun 2008 at 10:14 PM

Thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you!!!!!

SO MUCH!

AmyLuthien

Lab Assistant

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18th Jun 2008 at 11:08 PM

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AmyLuthien

Lab Assistant

#18

18th Jun 2008 at 11:08 PM

These are great! Thanks for making them! I do have a question however; are these meant to be used together or separately? When I run the Sims 2 Hack Conflict Detection Utility (http://www.simwardrobe.com/), it comes up as these two hacks conflicting with one another:

*** POSSIBLE CONFLICT DETECTED ***
File Type: BHAV
Procedure Name: Water - Route to Flowers
Group ID: 0x7F8A5209
Instance ID: 0x00002001
Packages Containing This Procedure:
\downloads\df_water_half_tile_flowers_fix.package
\downloads\df_water_inaccessible_flowers_fix.package

End Of Report

1 possible conflicts detected.

Thanks again!

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dickhurt

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Original Poster

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