*Since there is no TS1 download/upload section here, I'm creating a thread for this download.
*This mod has been confirmed to work for both original and Legacy versions of the game.

This is a mod for the original Sims game which restores the Rap, Rave, Disco, Country Dance, and Beach stations for use on these five Maxis stereos.


Apparently Maxis had forgotten to add the stations to those radios and that in turn made the stations only available on the DJ Booth and Jukebox by default. But with this mod, no longer is the case. You can rap, rave, luau, square dance, and get your Oogie Fever on with any default Maxis radio now.

Installation is simple and very easy. The folder structure in the download is setup to indicate where to place these files. None of these radios, with exception of the Señor Tinnitis' Box o'Boom, will overwrite the original files. They will instead act as default replacements and be loaded after the original Maxis stereos.


Changelog:
0.1.0.0 - Initial release
0.2.0.0 - Added 'Country Dance' station
0.3.0.0 - Added Spanish translations courtesy of @ed95

I think its intentional that they made stereo-specific stations because of the change in the price, but this modification seems nice for people who want options. Thanks :D

Posting to say that I was able to figure out how to get the Country Dance station to work. Files and thread have been updated.


It just seems really weird to me to make stations exclusive that's why I consider this to be a fix.

Thank you! Be it intentional or not, sometimes the 'base' radios are better suited for a style than the jukebox or the DJ booth. Not only that, but it happens that lots of CC radios are cloned or based on these base game radios, so they don't have the new stations!

EDIT: The stations seem to be only in English. Can this mod be translated? I play in Spanish, and easily could write a translation.

It believe it can actually. The TTAs have sections for other languages. If you're willing to translate and do some testing to make sure it works, I'll add them to the mod.


CC radios won't pick up this change, unless they're (re)cloned from the edited versions I did. This fix was done by changing the BHAVs and TTABs of the default radios. Due to the way TS1 works internally, every individual piece of CC has its own BHAV and TTAB functions contained within its .iff file, and so older CC radios will need to be updated to have the same changes this mod does. I've already updated a few of my personal favourites from AroundTheSims, but I'm not sure I'm allow to share them.

TL;DR This isn't a global mod, and I'm not sure if global mods are even possible with TS1.

Of course I am! Tell me how can send you the translation.




Yep, I unfortunately tested it... it's nothing, I will use the mod anyway

Under the spoiler contains the strings that the radios use. Quote this post and replace the lines with your translations. I ask that you keep the three dots [...] and forward slash [/], as keeping those allows the radios to be placed in a submenu.

Here you go! For some strange reason, they called the 'Rave' station 'Tecno' in Spain.

(The verb 'Oir' -Listen- has an accent on the 'i', but apparently this forum doesn't show it properly)

Bumping this thread to say that the Spanish translations are done. I had honestly forgot to upload them. Mod has been updated a new version containing these translations. Hopefully they work as I don't play in Spanish and couldn't test them.

I am looking for more translators. So if you're fluent in a language that isn't English or Spanish, use the template in post #7 to contribute your translations.

Oooh thanks a lot!!!

...after testing it, IT WORKS LIKE A CHARM!!! Really, thanks a lot. Amazing how a game this old still can be changed and experimented with; I would love some day to hack myself on this game... but that's all, someday. Lucky we have people that still take great care and like this game!

Been a while, but I found some of the stereos from Around The Sims that I updated on an old HDD of mine. I am uploading them merely as a backup, but I am leaving the link open to anyone who wants them. I don't remember exactly which radios they are, and I don't recall if the Spanish translations were ever done to them.

What I do recall is that I did write new object descriptions for them to be Maxis-Matchy and some of the purchase prices changed to better reflect the game economy.

Anyway, BIG thanks to Sandy for all her hard work creating them originally. I DO NOT take credit for the objects themselves. Only for the new descriptions and the radio station fix(es).

Thank you.

Hey HarVee! Nice to see you 'round here again!!!

I really love what you did with the first mod, is such a small change but a big improvement on the game. I'll take a peek since I was the one who asked for CC radios to also have this options, and I actually have a lot of radios from Sandy. I'll see if they have the Spanish translation too.

Thanks again and hope to see you more times soon!!!

I didn't want to make a new thread just for this, so I will add my question here:

Do the Sims in the game have any preference for radio stations? Does the game actually check if they would like a certain station or not or just music in general?

I was thinking of renaming some stations and adding different music, so I wanted to make sure there wasn't any code that made sims prefer a type of music.

I looked at the code, and this is weird. It looks as if they enjoy music more -- any kind of music -- the higher their interest is in Style.

I may need to re-hack my interest adjusters to account for this. :-)

Thanks again for the help! I'm gonna be checking out the mod too.

Not Music?? Maxis, you absolute weirdos.

Well, I mean, good news is with my mod you'll have more options for music. Sims can actually listen to the other stations now!

I'm bumping this thread to ask if any has or will test this on the new rerelease version? I don't have a copy of the rerelease, but I'd like to know if they work or not so I can put a note in the OP. Thanks.

What's the difference between this and the All Stereo Stations.far in here?

Would have no clue. Never knew that existed.

I can confirm that this works in the Legacy Edition While they're handled slightly differently, I can't see any functional difference between this and the one by bklj2007, although this one seems to rename 'Techno' to 'Rave'. I was wondering, would you perhaps have any interest in adding a workout interaction to all the Maxis stereos like Woobsha did for this custom one here?

Not sure why this would rename the station but I suppose it doesn't matter as the music that plays on this station is rave music by default anyway. There's no techno to be found there. Anyway thanks for confirming that it works. Made a note in the OP.



I'll look into it, but no guarantees.