Things that make you go huh? - Page 2

Greg · 08-18-2007, 02:41 AM

Ohhh... now I get it!

It certainly counts as creative use of custom titles!

shorty943 · 08-18-2007, 04:28 AM

And, another thread successfully hijacked.

Greg · 08-19-2007, 07:49 AM

Huh?

shorty943 · 08-19-2007, 09:15 AM

Well that worked.

Greg · 08-20-2007, 03:37 AM

Indeed!

Greg · 09-07-2007, 03:15 PM

Aaaarrrgggghhhh! What Californicated Maxis Moron thought it would be a good idea to put hundreds of saguaro cacti mixed with deciduous trees on a lush moutain terrain?

Miros1 · 09-07-2007, 04:02 PM

Which terrain is that?

Greg · 09-07-2007, 10:28 PM

I'm pretty sure it's BrineyFjord.sc4. Maybe it's because so much saguaro grows around the fjord in Norway.

Grumble, grumble... I think I have at least 20 hours invested in deleting those dadgum cactuses so that they won't show up in screen shots.

Miros1 · 09-07-2007, 11:17 PM

Too bad you can't re-export that 'hood back to the SC4 format so you can use it again without the cactus decorations!

Greg · 09-08-2007, 05:02 AM

Oh, that would be nice!

Also on the list of things I sure with we had: A neighborhood editor that can fix terrain, modify roads, and has some tools for things like "delete all these bally saguaros"!

shorty943 · 09-08-2007, 12:05 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Greg

Aaaarrrgggghhhh! What Californicated Maxis Moron thought it would be a good idea to put hundreds of saguaro cacti mixed with deciduous trees on a lush moutain terrain?

It must be right, I'm sure I saw such a thing in a movie once.

Greg · 09-08-2007, 02:30 PM

Aha! That's it! They were thinking of making a movie set, like the guys who show palm trees in the jungles of Vietnam.

Miros1 · 09-08-2007, 06:13 PM

I have a nice lot with all temperate trees for download... People say my screenshots on that lot look like catalog pictures!

Greg · 09-08-2007, 07:36 PM

Are you thinking of a lot or a whole neighborhood? The problem I had with that neighborhood (it's the Meat Market) was the whole neighorhood terrain. It's one of those things I never worried about until I reinstalled Nightlife and suddenly could see all the neighboring terrain.

Saguaro aside, it's a pretty neat feature. You can do a lot for screen shots by dolling up the open terrain.

Miros1 · 09-08-2007, 11:44 PM

Mine's just a lot. I've gotta get the old puter going and see if it can run SC4 without crashing every time I turn around... then I can make 'hoods!

Greg · 09-09-2007, 05:33 AM

That's a neat idea! Some of the trees in SC4 show up in The Sims 2, but I don't know which is which.

Come to think of it, that might also explain where the saguaro came from. There might be a mismatch in the GUID for a different kind of tree in SC4.

Miros1 · 09-09-2007, 06:28 AM

That sounds like a reasonable explanation!

Greg · 09-09-2007, 01:26 PM

Yeah, in that case it just means the guys at Maxis were sloppy, but at least they weren't complete idiots.

08-18-2007, 02:41 AM	#21
Greg Da Guy Wut Owns Dis Joint Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Texas Posts: 3,566	Ohhh... now I get it! It certainly counts as creative use of custom titles! __________________ Who are all these people and what do they know?

08-19-2007, 07:49 AM	#23
Greg Da Guy Wut Owns Dis Joint Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Texas Posts: 3,566	Huh? __________________ Who are all these people and what do they know?

08-20-2007, 03:37 AM	#25
Greg Da Guy Wut Owns Dis Joint Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Texas Posts: 3,566	Indeed! __________________ Who are all these people and what do they know?

09-07-2007, 03:15 PM	#26
Greg Da Guy Wut Owns Dis Joint Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Texas Posts: 3,566	Aaaarrrgggghhhh! What Californicated Maxis Moron thought it would be a good idea to put hundreds of saguaro cacti mixed with deciduous trees on a lush moutain terrain? __________________ Who are all these people and what do they know?

09-07-2007, 10:28 PM	#28
Greg Da Guy Wut Owns Dis Joint Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Texas Posts: 3,566	I'm pretty sure it's BrineyFjord.sc4. Maybe it's because so much saguaro grows around the fjord in Norway. Grumble, grumble... I think I have at least 20 hours invested in deleting those dadgum cactuses so that they won't show up in screen shots. __________________ Who are all these people and what do they know?

08-18-2007, 04:28 AM	#22
shorty943 Banned Join Date: May 2007 Posts: 805	And, another thread successfully hijacked.

08-19-2007, 09:15 AM	#24
shorty943 Banned Join Date: May 2007 Posts: 805	Well that worked.

09-07-2007, 04:02 PM	#27
Miros1 Goddess for Life Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: NY State Posts: 3,303	Which terrain is that?

09-07-2007, 11:17 PM	#29
Miros1 Goddess for Life Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: NY State Posts: 3,303	Too bad you can't re-export that 'hood back to the SC4 format so you can use it again without the cactus decorations!

09-08-2007, 05:02 AM	#30
Greg Da Guy Wut Owns Dis Joint Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Texas Posts: 3,566	Oh, that would be nice! Also on the list of things I sure with we had: A neighborhood editor that can fix terrain, modify roads, and has some tools for things like "delete all these bally saguaros"! __________________ Who are all these people and what do they know?

09-08-2007, 02:30 PM	#32
Greg Da Guy Wut Owns Dis Joint Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Texas Posts: 3,566	Aha! That's it! They were thinking of making a movie set, like the guys who show palm trees in the jungles of Vietnam. __________________ Who are all these people and what do they know?

09-08-2007, 06:13 PM	#33
Miros1 Goddess for Life Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: NY State Posts: 3,303	I have a nice lot with all temperate trees for download... People say my screenshots on that lot look like catalog pictures!

09-08-2007, 07:36 PM	#34
Greg Da Guy Wut Owns Dis Joint Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Texas Posts: 3,566	Are you thinking of a lot or a whole neighborhood? The problem I had with that neighborhood (it's the Meat Market) was the whole neighorhood terrain. It's one of those things I never worried about until I reinstalled Nightlife and suddenly could see all the neighboring terrain. Saguaro aside, it's a pretty neat feature. You can do a lot for screen shots by dolling up the open terrain. __________________ Who are all these people and what do they know?

09-08-2007, 11:44 PM	#35
Miros1 Goddess for Life Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: NY State Posts: 3,303	Mine's just a lot. I've gotta get the old puter going and see if it can run SC4 without crashing every time I turn around... then I can make 'hoods!

09-09-2007, 05:33 AM	#36
Greg Da Guy Wut Owns Dis Joint Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Texas Posts: 3,566	That's a neat idea! Some of the trees in SC4 show up in The Sims 2, but I don't know which is which. Come to think of it, that might also explain where the saguaro came from. There might be a mismatch in the GUID for a different kind of tree in SC4. __________________ Who are all these people and what do they know?

09-09-2007, 06:28 AM	#37
Miros1 Goddess for Life Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: NY State Posts: 3,303	That sounds like a reasonable explanation!

09-09-2007, 01:26 PM	#38
Greg Da Guy Wut Owns Dis Joint Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Texas Posts: 3,566	Yeah, in that case it just means the guys at Maxis were sloppy, but at least they weren't complete idiots. __________________ Who are all these people and what do they know?