Ok, everything on this is working fine for me until I have to save the changes I made to the brodcast file. It keeps saying that it cannot create the file and to make sure that the path and file name ar correct. How do I get past this?

hey can some one please make me a movie chanel becuase i have a movie theter
but no movie tv chanel for my sims to watch tere please can some one do this
it can be any movie except for movies that are rated R PLEASE

what version are you using???

Hi i couldn't create my channel, the audio in the video works perfectly, but on screen it's just like:

TVSATION_NICK TVSTATION_NICK
TVSATION_NICK TVSTATION_NICK
TVSATION_NICK TVSTATION_NICK
TVSATION_NICK TVSTATION_NICK

with a big cross in th middle.
Can anyone help?
thx

This is too fucking confusing. I tried to modify and it is already done for me...and I tried to start a new one and none of the options were open....gahhh.

Hello,
This works for me but i don't have the right channel name. I got i think it is the default for the .package used in this tutorial. How to change it?
Bye,
Sander

This is probably the most simple tutorial i have ever seen here. Thank you so much!

It Didn't work
the blue screen contineus
but i can see my videos on other channels, but i whant my own channel pleaze help me

I'm totaly lost i think im using a newer version and the layout if different. can some make an updated one but use more detail and explain stuff.

thank but one question why is it just blinking blue?????? i have movies in the file but still is just blue!!!

Do you have Vista? If yes, you don't have the administration rights (because of some kind of security thing) and that's why you can't change the file.
Google it, there's plenty of stuff about it out there.

I tried everything in this thread to eliminate the blue flashing screen, and nothing worked. However, I discovered something on my own:

There are actually *two* broadcast files in c:program files/ea games/the sims 2 mansion and garden stuff/tsdata/res. One is under c:program files/ea games/the sims 2 mansion and garden stuff/tsdata/res/Config which is the one everyone talks about. The other is under c:program files/ea games/the sims 2 mansion and garden stuff/tsdata/res/UserData/Config It looks like the same is true of AL as well.

By changing *both* of these files, as well as the one in my documents, I was able to eliminate the blue flashing =) If everything else fails, give this a shot.

First of all, thank you very much. I used this tutorial years ago and I'm not sure if I ever expressed my gratitude.

I have the same problem, whether I use my custom movie category or an existing one. Could someone please let us all know how to add new Movie options (not channels)?

This worked great for me! New version of SimPE a little bit different than in screenshots, but got it figured out. First time I ever tried to mod a game like that!

i have double deluxe, and i have the blue screen problem. i did what skyler and dan&mel but i dont have a broadcasts thing in my downloads folder. i got the pie menu ting up but thats all i can do, so any tips for double deluxe users?

Am I able to just change the existing chanels name to something else and not go through all the confusion by creating a brand new one ?

And what about custom radio stations ?

I have a problem: I don't seem to have a "Custom Television Channel.package" file! what do I need to get one?

Same here = = I don't know how to work with SimPE, so it's kinda not understandable for me ^^" I'm stuck at changing the caption, there's no "value" thing in the newer SimPE, there's only filename, string and description.

I know it probably sounds stupid but I've never seen the program before D:

ok so i have all the expansion and stuff packs from sims 2 deluxe instead of base game and nightlife to mansion and garden. so what am i supposed to do in regards of the broadcast.ini file? it says:

[Broadcasts]
0=tvstation_sbn
1=tvstation_music
2=tvstation_children
3=tvstation_food
4=tvstation_workout
5=tvstation_static
6=static_short
7=tvstation_sports
8=tvstation_pets
9=tvstation_weather_spring
10=tvstation_weather_summer
11=tvstation_weather_fall
12=tvstation_weather_winter
13=tvmovie_familyfun
14=tvmovie_bubblebath
15=tvmovie_bwcat
16=tvmovie_checkers
17=tvmovie_faires
18=tvmovie_fetch
19=tvmovie_mimecat
20=tvmovie_pooltable
21=tvmovie_weather
22=tvmovie_werewolf

so am i supposed to add my channel as 23=tvstation_"name" right after number 22?

or should i add it between numbers 12 and 13 and make the new channel number 13 and adjust the rest of the numbers?

please help i am really confused thanks

i have managed to find channel but havent name or vids, please help

my question is the same as natigirl's. Do i adjust the numbers or add the channel at the bottom? (actually i originally wnated to know why the custom channel i downloaded worked, but all my movies from freetime flashed blue, but i figured that out. i had gone the easy route and copied the broadcast file the creator provided over my m&g broadcast file, except it was made pre freetime. so now that i'm going to fix that issue the right way, do i need to adjust the numbers or can i just add the new channel to the bottom of the list?)

EDIT: I checked and added my new channel(s) to the bottom of the list using the next available number and all three channels I've added work just fine. And nothing else screwed up like it did befroe.

What's happening with the blue screen is that some of the later expansion packs are overwriting your broadcast.ini file in your "My Documents\EA Games\The Sims 2\Config" folder. What I did to get around it:

1. Edit "My Documents\EA Games\The Sims 2\Config\broadcast.ini" to add in your station
2. Save the file
3. Right click on broadcast.ini and click "Properties"
4. Check the box marked "Read Only"
5. Click "OK"

Your blue flashing screen should now be fixed.

Ok, spent a few days toying around with tutorial. Vista users cant change the Broadcast file in game, so copy the Broadcast.ini file from the LAST expansion BEING USED.

C:/Program Files (x86)/EAGAMES/Apartment Life/TSData/Res/UserData/Config

and paste it to your desktop, edit that one. Use lower case only for that one, no caps! If your last channel listed is

[Broadcasts]
0=tvstation_sbn
1=tvstation_music
2=tvstation_children
3=tvstation_food
4=tvstation_workout
5=tvstation_static
6=static_short
7=tvstation_sports

then yours would be #8. If your last channel listed is

[Broadcasts]
0=tvstation_sbn
1=tvstation_music
2=tvstation_children
3=tvstation_food
4=tvstation_workout
5=tvstation_static
6=static_short
7=tvstation_sports
8=tvstation_pets
9=tvstation_weather_spring
10=tvstation_weather_summer
11=tvstation_weather_fall
12=tvstation_weather_winter
13=tvmovie_familyfun
14=tvmovie_bubblebath
15=tvmovie_bwcat
16=tvmovie_checkers
17=tvmovie_faires
18=tvmovie_fetch
19=tvmovie_mimecat
20=tvmovie_pooltable
21=tvmovie_weather
22=tvmovie_werewolf

then yours would be #23.


When finished, copy the finished one and replace the old ones. (It will prompt you for permission, say yes, and its done) Must replace the Broadcast file for ALL expansions and its subs (mansion, etc.)

C:/Program Files (x86)/EAGAMES/Bon Voyage/TSData/Res/UserData/Config
C:/Program Files (x86)/EAGAMES/Nightlife/TSData/Res/UserData/Config

and so on.

Also, when making your changes to the CustomTelevisionChannel.package with Sim PE, the material names instance 88 file MUST be lower case only. The others seem to matter not.

I also found that there was a Name Reference (NREF) file within the SimPE CustomTelevisionChannel.package that said Television_Channel_SBN, I changed that file also to read my channel... Television_Channel_ReelTv (which is what my channel is called). Dont know if that matters or not, but it took only 5 seconds to do, so why not.

Hope this helps!
Mine works great. Thanks for the tutorial!


Another note for those that asked; anything you record within the game converts it to an .avi . To test if your new channel is working, play the game, hit the "V" key to record, it then saves it into your documents/EA Games/Sims 2/Movies. Rename and move that video clip into your new channel directory and it should work. You can also place those into existing Maxis channels to over ride the Maxis TV shows.

I have Mansion and Garden and AL . So which Broadcast.ini should I edit ?
And when editing , should I write


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