#42
7th Jun 2005 at 2:18 PM
Last edited by Thraxwhirl : 7th Jun 2005 at
2:59 PM.
Quote: Originally posted by monique
Thraxwhirl, May I know what version of Sims 2 do you have?
That's weird you have EP and I have EP too, even I uninstalled it, I saw it.
For just testing purposes, can you rename your "my documents/.../EA Games/The Sims 2" to something mabe "The Sims 2 test" then launch the game, your game will automatically will create that folder "The Sims 2", play, quit and save, now you will see in "my documents/.../EA Games" two folders "The Sims 2 test" and "The Sims 2" in "The Sims 2" create downloads folder and place bookcase hack there with no other hacks just this hack. then play it again. Let me know what happen.
To return your back up, just delete "The Sims 2" folder then rename "The Sims 2 test" to "The Sims 2".
I really want to help...I think we should consider your Sims 2 version too. I'm using english (US) version. For I have PM asking my permission to translate it in Spanish.
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Hello. Yes, Monique, I'll certainly try that out for you today. I'll
backup my Ea Games folder first I think, just in case.
FYI, you'd be correct in concluding hat I live in England, UK, so I GUESS that would mean that I'm using an English version too... BUT are you quite sure if there's a seperate English (UK) version of this game from the US one, or do we in Britain get the same one you do?
Afterall, the difference between the two languages is mostly superficial - things like diferent spellings of "colo(u)r" and program(me), and a few infrequent words like "sidewalk"(US) versus "pavement"(UK), "diaper"(US) versus "nappy"(UK) - and since we get so much American TV here in Britain, about 99% of UK adults have NO trouble at all understanding what, for example, Americans mean when you refer to "The Fall", which we would call "Autumn".
Bearing this in mind, I'm inclined to think that the version of the Sims 2 which we get over here is identical to the US version for
2 reasons:
1) Sims can snack on "chips" at the fridge, but we in England would call them "crisps".
2) Sims can buy "cell phones", but in England they would be called "mobile phones".
You see, given that my game very plainly uses American English at every opportunity, I'm given to wonder if Maxis actually created a UK one?
As I say, it's never an issue 'cos nearly all Brits understand US English pretty well(though only a
very select
few of us have paid sufficient attention to John Madden long enough to know what "Turducken" might be! lol!)... SO, I suspect Maxis may well have given us over here the same version you have over there - cell phones and all - BUT I couldn't swear to it.
:D
Aaaaaaaanyway, I'll try the V3 that you've uploaded, and if THAT doesn't work, then I'll gladly try that little trick you suggested later on today... after I've backed up me folder.
I'll return later and report my findings.
Adam.
Update: By Jove! It does! It works!! Thank you sooooooooooo much!! :D
Well, it would seem that yes indeed, Maxis DID create a separate version for the UK. But I don't understand WHY? :confused: I mean, it uses US English anyway, and not UK English, so why code them independently? Just means more work and it throws up compatability issues as far I can see.
That makes no sense to me whatsoever.
Oh well.
Anyway, yes, it now works on my English computer, and I shall of course notify Her Majesty The Queen at once.
She'll be terribly thrilled.
I'm just kidding of course.
No, but seriously, thank you ever so much, Monique. It really is a ppreciated, because I know you went to an awful lot of effort to get a universal edition of this hack working - far MORE trouble than I'd have asked.
I really am grateful for what you've done, and I'm especially inclined to afford you a fair old bit of admiration for not having quit at the very begining when - in MY humble opinion - a few of the first responses to this hack were nothing short of RUDE. If I'd been the one who'd come up with osmething like this, and all I'd got were replies saying things like "add" such-and-such skill "and I'll and download it," instead of a far more appropriate and civil "thank you", then I'd have been inclined to give up and do nothing more.
The fact that you didn't do that, in the face of such INgratitude, and moreover that you put in a lot more tireless effort to debug it, really is to your credit.
I for one admire that. And believe me when I tell you that a LOT of Sims on this side of the Atlantic will now be very happy indeed to know that they can study another four skills from the pages of their books.
Many MANY thanks.
Adam.