Okay. I did everything right but it won't let me copy and paste the stuff from the bin to notepad. It says access denied and that's where I can't continue. Can anyone help me?
WOW! Hats off to you my friend! This has done exceptional things for my game!
Like the poster above me, it seems the overall performance of my game has improved entirely. Bridgeport is blazing fast!? My clubs are now always filled with sims, especially places like Waylon's Haunt, and Eugi's, but also the Brightmore, and Aquarius! Late Night just got 100% more enjoyable. This is a must do for anyone who's getting empty clubs!
**I haven't tried to see how many people show up at some of the high-end lounges, like the Prosper Room or Plasma 501, but I'll check it out. Also, another tidbit of useful information. Go into create a sim, and make a family of 8 Young Adults. Make them all party animals, flirty, friendly, etc. and dress them in club wear and what not. Move them in to a cheap house and let them do their thing. They'll help contribute to the number of sims at your clubs, BIG TIME.
Hey everyone; just checking in. I've been away for a while (finally the semester ended [got another 4.0! One more semester and I'll actually graduate with a 4.0!), christmas AND my birthday also came and went... so I've been very busy!
I'm really happy to see that so many people are still benefitting from this. Aside from one complaint (someone messed up their game doing this? I don't know people manage to do that...), everyone seems to be having phenomenal results. That's great
So I have followed every step... I messed up the first time and didn't turn my file extensions on... ugh But I'm having a problem actually replacing the file now. I can only put the other file in the "bin" folder. What am I doing wrong?
My CPU rating is 1 BUT there is MORE then 20 sims behind the plasma 501 high rise that wont leave EA HAS TO FIX THIS and there is more MY SIMS ARE STUCK THERE TOO.
Hey I wanted to thank you for posting this and putting it really simple so even someone like me could understand...but i was wondering after i copy everything fromthe original bin it won't let me paste it into my new sgr folder, so could you tell me is there something i was supposed to do in between those two steps? Anyways everyone seems really happy and it looked like it worked very well for them..so thanks if you can :-o
oops thats what i get for not reading every page sorry for the bother :shock:
I having problems replacing th eold file i save it and then i go to the old sgr and try to replace it but how do i do that i try to right click it but nothing comes up im working with an labtop does that make a difference
My computer is pretty average as the CPU is concerned but my memory and graphics card are top notch so it really bugged me in the Sims 2 and I almost gave up on it becuase of this very same nasty! Luckily I found maxnumofvisitingsims cheat in a strategy guide
Thankyou so much for showing me the appropriate file to do a similiar fix; at least I won't have to add a command line cheat every time.
If people have tried this fix, and still feel like there aren't enough Sims at a bar/club, there are max limits to the number of guests based on bar type. These values can be quite less than the hardcoded max of 20. Dive Bars have a max of 8, Lounges a max of 19, and Dance Clubs a max of 14. These values do NOT include the staff.
There also seem to be be traits that are "non optimal" for venue gathering: Frugal, Loner, Looser for Dance Clubs/Lounges and: Snob, Coward, Neat, Family-Oriented for Dive. The game may not be "calling" Sims with these traits to the clubs/bars.
Great post. Learned quite a bit from it, especially the celebrity / slots explanation.
I'd suggest the "in-game only" workarounds be added as separate section in your OP, for those who really don't want to tweak their computer:
* Remove the security ropes from clubs.
* Add families of party-animals.
* Copy Celebrities into your Sims folder.
* Have fewer clubs.
* Maximum number of Sims in Dive, Dance, and Lounges.
In Riverview, I only have three nightclubs, with no security guards. But they're certainly busier than their Bridgeport counterparts!
(With the inevitable disclaimer: This seems to be a very clear case of under-rating my processor. Don't try and force an old machine do more than it can handle.)
OP's instructions worked like a charm, my hot spots are now actual hot spots, but I did notice one problem:
As warned, one side-effect of this was having my sims occasionally stand around, staring into space, when they should be doing something. Too much to handle at once, the game just goes "I'll process this later."
Dismayed, I opened up my DeviceConfig file again and noticed this.
Relevant bits are bolded and underlined:
=== Rating info ===
GPU: 5 GPU Memory: 4 CPU: 4 RAM: 3 CPU Speed: 2659 Threading: 2
Adjusted CPU: 2259 RAM: 3068 Adjusted RAM: 2556 Cores: 1
=== Machine info ===
OS version: MacOS 10.6.4
OS prod type: 0
OS major ver: 10
OS minor ver: 6
OS SP major ver: 0
OS SP minor ver: 0
OS is 64Bit: 0
CPU: GenuineIntel
Brand: Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU W3520 @ 2.67GHz
Family: 6
Model: 10 Cores: 1
HT: 1
x64: 0
Lies. I have a quad-core! :evil:
So I enlisted the help of my other half, who's a programmer, and we jumped back into GraphicsRules.sgr and dug around a bit trying to find the right setting to tweak to fix this, and make the game take better advantage of the processing power my machine actually has.
A bit below the "seti cpuLevel____" lines that were to be changed according to OP's instructions, there's another set that looks like this:
Well I went to all steps until make a new file and opening it up but it says that windows cannot open file and it says I need the correct program to open it so can anyone help me I really want full clubs and I have a vista if that helps with something so plz help.
Well I found out what to do and its working perfectly did create a bit of lag but it might have nothing to do with the changing of those things but anyway it is now perfect.
wow thanks *fingerscrossed* that my laptop wont hate me for doing this
loading up my game right now, going to go clubbing and see if i can find some simmys!
Well I went to all steps until make a new file and opening it up but it says that windows cannot open file and it says I need the correct program to open it so can anyone help me I really want full clubs and I have a vista if that helps with something so plz help.
i got that to! well im windows 7 and i used notepad, i figured that would be the simplest way, checking if it worked right now
Just tried this, but it seems to totally mess my options up. My Map view blanks out, it runs fine zoomed in, but the entire graphic options menu is at minimum and the changes wont save.
I tried this too and I think my game seems to run faster and smoother. Not so many lags.
So I enlisted the help of my other half, who's a programmer, and we jumped back into GraphicsRules.sgr and dug around a bit trying to find the right setting to tweak to fix this, and make the game take better advantage of the processing power my machine actually has.
A bit below the "seti cpuLevel____" lines that were to be changed according to OP's instructions, there's another set that looks like this:
Comments
This is the part that is giving me trouble.
Like the poster above me, it seems the overall performance of my game has improved entirely. Bridgeport is blazing fast!? My clubs are now always filled with sims, especially places like Waylon's Haunt, and Eugi's, but also the Brightmore, and Aquarius! Late Night just got 100% more enjoyable. This is a must do for anyone who's getting empty clubs!
**I haven't tried to see how many people show up at some of the high-end lounges, like the Prosper Room or Plasma 501, but I'll check it out. Also, another tidbit of useful information. Go into create a sim, and make a family of 8 Young Adults. Make them all party animals, flirty, friendly, etc. and dress them in club wear and what not. Move them in to a cheap house and let them do their thing. They'll help contribute to the number of sims at your clubs, BIG TIME.
I did everything and followed every instruction
I'm really happy to see that so many people are still benefitting from this. Aside from one complaint (someone messed up their game doing this? I don't know people manage to do that...), everyone seems to be having phenomenal results. That's great
oops thats what i get for not reading every page sorry for the bother :shock:
I did the little tweak and now all my clubs are PACKED!
Thankyou so much for showing me the appropriate file to do a similiar fix; at least I won't have to add a command line cheat every time.
Will try tomorrow.
There also seem to be be traits that are "non optimal" for venue gathering: Frugal, Loner, Looser for Dance Clubs/Lounges and: Snob, Coward, Neat, Family-Oriented for Dive. The game may not be "calling" Sims with these traits to the clubs/bars.
I'd suggest the "in-game only" workarounds be added as separate section in your OP, for those who really don't want to tweak their computer:
* Remove the security ropes from clubs.
* Add families of party-animals.
* Copy Celebrities into your Sims folder.
* Have fewer clubs.
* Maximum number of Sims in Dive, Dance, and Lounges.
In Riverview, I only have three nightclubs, with no security guards. But they're certainly busier than their Bridgeport counterparts!
It deserves to stay bumped, so...
Thank you.
(With the inevitable disclaimer: This seems to be a very clear case of under-rating my processor. Don't try and force an old machine do more than it can handle.)
OP's instructions worked like a charm, my hot spots are now actual hot spots, but I did notice one problem:
As warned, one side-effect of this was having my sims occasionally stand around, staring into space, when they should be doing something. Too much to handle at once, the game just goes "I'll process this later."
Dismayed, I opened up my DeviceConfig file again and noticed this.
Relevant bits are bolded and underlined:
Lies. I have a quad-core! :evil:
So I enlisted the help of my other half, who's a programmer, and we jumped back into GraphicsRules.sgr and dug around a bit trying to find the right setting to tweak to fix this, and make the game take better advantage of the processing power my machine actually has.
A bit below the "seti cpuLevel____" lines that were to be changed according to OP's instructions, there's another set that looks like this:
We changed it to this:
So.
Much.
Faster.
Events that used to make my game shudder to a halt I now barely notice.
loading up my game right now, going to go clubbing and see if i can find some simmys!
i got that to! well im windows 7 and i used notepad, i figured that would be the simplest way, checking if it worked right now
I tried this too and I think my game seems to run faster and smoother. Not so many lags.