FYI....I felt really bad for Tiki who has been working on this for over a year. I decided to try my hand at fixing what I could. This is what I have so far:
I've posted a fix at Simlogical for the items pictured with the exception of the frog as I'm still doing tweaking on that. I still hope Tiki's faith in EA comes through before Sims 4, but wanted to do something in the meantime.
If anyone tries the fixes and have issues, please post in that thread and I'll do what I can. These are not new items, they will only work if you have the real items.
So anyway, thanks Tiki. I really appreciate your efforts.
:shock: :shock: OMG sydsyrious!! You are so awesome!! Look at how wonderful they look with running water!! Thank you sooooo much!! Truly and deeply!!
I really wish you had something on your wish list!!
What? Functioning fountains? Thank you so much for sharing, sydsyrious, that's looking fantastic. :thumbup: I can't hardly wait to open my game and try your fix out. That's a great help while waiting patiently for an official fix. I hope Tiki will see it, how you have taken care about her issue.
Cheers
Edit: Oh, she has seen it already. I'm a little bit slow with typing.
Wow, those look great, sydsyrious! This was so nice of you.
Some questions:
1. Are there trickling sound effects as well?
2. How difficult was it to fix these, really?
3. Will you be working on the other fountains, like the pump fountain from Ambitions, etc.? (Yours may be the only fix we get.)
Thank you!
Hey Pam...yes, all the fountains use existing water animation scripts that are already in the game. All water scripts have the associated sound effect as well.
As it relates to difficulty....I saw Tiki's post when the patch came out "..Is this a Joke?" and started working on them shortly thereafter. Most of the fixes were just assigning the correct script file to the object. Others required some tweaking with the rig files and slot files...but if you do a couple of object tutorials anyone should be able to do the same so no, it was really not that hard. Funny thing I discovered, the script file associated with the Sphinx is a ....rug.
I am currently working on the frog, the Moroccan fountain and the water pump and will post updates to the thread I linked.
To Tiki: You are most welcome and I already own everything in the store. I spent a couple of hours, you spent an entire year so thank You. : )
Hey Pam...yes, all the fountains use existing water animation scripts that are already in the game. All water scripts have the associated sound effect as well.
As it relates to difficulty....I saw Tiki's post when the patch came out "..Is this a Joke?" and started working on them shortly thereafter. Most of the fixes were just assigning the correct script file to the object. Others required some tweaking with the rig files and slot files...but if you do a couple of object tutorials anyone should be able to do the same so no, it was really not that hard. Funny thing I discovered, the script file associated with the Sphinx is a ....rug.
I am currently working on the frog, the Moroccan fountain and the water pump and will post updates to the thread I linked.
You're a champ! What a sheer delight to know about the sounds and everything! Omigosh! This is fantastic that you would take your time to help with this sorely needed fix for all these fountains. Much appreciated - can't thank you enough. I was wondering about the difficulty level and whether that had something to do with EA's lack of coming through, but apparently not. It seems they have some other agenda.
Looking forward to getting all the fixes from you and eager to try out this mod in my game. Again, thank you so much. I'm so happy!
FYI....I felt really bad for Tiki who has been working on this for over a year. I decided to try my hand at fixing what I could.
I've posted a fix at Simlogical for the items pictured with the exception of the frog as I'm still doing tweaking on that. I still hope Tiki's faith in EA comes through before Sims 4, but wanted to do something in the meantime.
If anyone tries the fixes and have issues, please post in that thread and I'll do what I can. These are not new items, they will only work if you have the real items.
So anyway, thanks Tiki. I really appreciate your efforts.
Thank you sydsyrious. You're awesome. I'm gonna try it out now.
Edit: sydsyrious, everything works. I didn't know that the hot tub animations won't work unless a sim gets in it first. As soon as I had my sims get in both, it worked.
Thank you sydsyrious. You're awesome. I'm gonna try it out now.
Edit: sydsyrious, the two hot tubs aren't working for me. The fountains are fine though. I did register at Simlogical, but, no e-mail yet on if I'm "approved". In the mean time, I thought I'd mention it here. Plus I sent you a message at NRaas in case you don't see this.
Hey there! I just got your note at NRaas (I do hang out there a lot, don't I?). I'm glad the fountains are working for you but sorry about the hot tubs not working. I had activated the jets without a Sim in them to take the pictures, so you may need to have your Sim take a dip to test. The hot tubs use drivers from the Grotto Celebrity Hot Tub and the Spanish Column Hot Tub that has a Lion on it. If you have those two hot tubs in your game, it should work.
I find it embarrassing to the gurus that a modder fixed this easily in no time at all :oops:
It don't reflect positive on my faith in their skill to make a game without faults, so i'm gettin closer to a nay on sims4. I had my misgivings after sims2, and was proved right as sims3 has been riddled with stupid errors, and have been impossible to play at times. I finally gave in and turned to twallan and praice his skills for finally making the game playable
So thanks Tiki for nagging the guru's and keeping the founitains on the forum for a Whole year :shock: and Sydsurious for fixing them
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:shock: :shock: OMG sydsyrious!! You are so awesome!! Look at how wonderful they look with running water!! Thank you sooooo much!! Truly and deeply!!
I really wish you had something on your wish list!!
Origin ID: Tiki5872
Cheers
Edit: Oh, she has seen it already.
Hey Pam...yes, all the fountains use existing water animation scripts that are already in the game. All water scripts have the associated sound effect as well.
As it relates to difficulty....I saw Tiki's post when the patch came out "..Is this a Joke?" and started working on them shortly thereafter. Most of the fixes were just assigning the correct script file to the object. Others required some tweaking with the rig files and slot files...but if you do a couple of object tutorials anyone should be able to do the same so no, it was really not that hard. Funny thing I discovered, the script file associated with the Sphinx is a ....rug.
I am currently working on the frog, the Moroccan fountain and the water pump and will post updates to the thread I linked.
To Tiki: You are most welcome and I already own everything in the store. I spent a couple of hours, you spent an entire year so thank You. : )
You're a champ! What a sheer delight to know about the sounds and everything! Omigosh! This is fantastic that you would take your time to help with this sorely needed fix for all these fountains. Much appreciated - can't thank you enough. I was wondering about the difficulty level and whether that had something to do with EA's lack of coming through, but apparently not. It seems they have some other agenda.
Looking forward to getting all the fixes from you and eager to try out this mod in my game. Again, thank you so much. I'm so happy!
Hurray, Tiki!! 8)
You're a hero!!!
Edit: sydsyrious, everything works. I didn't know that the hot tub animations won't work unless a sim gets in it first. As soon as I had my sims get in both, it worked.
Hey there! I just got your note at NRaas (I do hang out there a lot, don't I?). I'm glad the fountains are working for you but sorry about the hot tubs not working. I had activated the jets without a Sim in them to take the pictures, so you may need to have your Sim take a dip to test. The hot tubs use drivers from the Grotto Celebrity Hot Tub and the Spanish Column Hot Tub that has a Lion on it. If you have those two hot tubs in your game, it should work.
You should submit a bill to EA for your work.
The real reason I'm posting is to say:
Thank You so much :thumbup:
*hugs*
Thank you sydserious and Tiki
Maybe it's time to start paying these nice people like Sydsyrious
They áre doing your job for you, are they not?
(Still think EA should fix these fountains.
This laziness really annoys me.)
It don't reflect positive on my faith in their skill to make a game without faults, so i'm gettin closer to a nay on sims4. I had my misgivings after sims2, and was proved right as sims3 has been riddled with stupid errors, and have been impossible to play at times. I finally gave in and turned to twallan and praice his skills for finally making the game playable
So thanks Tiki for nagging the guru's and keeping the founitains on the forum for a Whole year :shock: and Sydsurious for fixing them
You said this so well.
Thank you for the fix Sydsyrious
I will enjoy using the fountains now. I have been putting them in my games then removing them.
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