Sitting on the Fence -- What Do You Suggest?

KittyKat6369

I absolutely love creating interactive competitions for simmers across the globe to take part in. My only problem is that of a limited household.

Yes, I know about Awesome Mod and read about all of its features. However I am uncertain about downloading it. While I would absolutely love to be able to expand the number of contestants I accept I am wary about introducing a mod to the game.

So I would love to get some feedback on your thoughts of the Awesome Mod and also if you'd reccomend the download of it.

Zolt65

I like it, I use it.

littlemama879555

Awesome mod is great! As long as you know how to set up the framework properly, your game will be fine.

KittyKat6369

Thank you both for your fast input!

KittyKat6369

Anyone else have anything to put in? Did you guys run into any complications or was/has your experience been easy flowing?

Zachemc2

No. All easy flowing. Just make sure you DON'T use it with another core mod or your game is goin' down... :twisted:

KittyKat6369

Anyone else have any input they wish to share?

KittyKat6369

Is there anything else anyone wants to add?

Alisox

I'm too scared to use it.

I used mods all the time in TS2, but I'm keeping my game mod free this time. I don't want to lose my game.

ameliuh321

http://www.modthesims.info/download.php?t=381046

That core mod is the one I love, you get to pick and choose what you like so you can have it all or very little. It's pretty simple to install if you skim the readme and one of the choices is to choose how many people fit in a household. It goes 1-20 and then you may also choose infinite. :]

Also, another feature I love, is when you start up the game it tells you if you've installed it properly and to have fun.

beaynidSim

ill play a semi devil's advocate on this one

Generally, the only mod i would consider using personally would be a story progression enhancing mod. That being said i was more for indie stone than awesome mod in that respects due to the way they handled it. Now it would be twallans story progression.

Also, im not one to use a core mod. unless you know what you are doing, they generally can wreck havoc when updating to a new patch or expansion.

And on the side of expanding the current household: the cap of 8 in a household is there for a reason, expanding that number can cause issues, even with a good computer that can handle the extra processing it takes. Changing any variable in the original code can cause untold problems. sometimes the issues dont even show up right away. Save games can become corrupted, unplayable, etc. Using any core mod, or change in the original game/script coding is done at your own risk. Every persons computer is different so you will never know what its effects will be on yours until you actually use it. If the risk is worth it to you for what you want to do, then go for it. if not then dont. Its always personal choice

Have fun

KittyKat6369

Thanks for your comment Alisox.

ameliuh321, thank you for the alternative mod. I will have to look into the two and compare.

KittyKat6369

beaynidSim, thank you for playing the devil's advocate. It was nice to get some of the downfalls commented on. Much appreciated!

Toblie

awesome mod stinks. I had to constantly update it. I don't know why. I just ended up getting rid of it cuz it was more of a hassle than fun. But each to their own.

KittyKat6369

Thanks Toblie, nice to see some more users with experience express their opinions. I'll definitely take your comments into consideration.

windweaver

Hi,
When we first got our games, last year, I put the am in and it worked great for a while. Then one day it just quit and told me I needed to update it or something. At that point, I just pulled it and didn't bother again.

I appreciate that Pescado wants to keep it up to date and all, but I just can't be bothered pulling and installing every time we get a new patch, ep or sp. It's really just too much troule.

I have been reading about the different mods and would love to use one just for something different. But if I keep having to mess around with it, then I can't be bothered.

cyn

KittyKat6369

Thanks for your honesty windweaver, it seems that while the mod is updated it's fun to have but once updates are needed it's really not worth the hassle.

tallcoolone

If there was a chance that it could disrupt a competition that you were trying to do to have fun in the first place, I would say consider your own skill in resolving the problem if one should occur.

Toblie

if you want to do a comp with more than 8 why not try 2 different houses and eliminate from each house a week and then combine the households near the end. Just a suggestion i dunno what you wanna do.