you guys can you plz help me lmao i feel stupid af ;_;
this is one of just many held accessories i need to make, and i've made one before and it worked completely fine!! In milkshape and in simpe the mesh shows as attached to the r hand or r wrist joint (i tried both at dif times), and it is attached bc it moves with the sim in game but its so far away and idk why i feel like its something so stupid but i keep trying it over again and comparing it to my previous held accessory drink that worked fine and i cant tell whats different!
like should it not actually be placed on the hand in milkshape or something?? my last one is in the same exact spot on the skeleton and appears in the hand so truly i am dying.
its just the protein shake mesh from the game i exported the obj
OK THIS IS WHAT HAPPENED im pretty sure I accidentally included additional bone definitions when importing the body mesh to figure out where to place the item. Thus everything was crazy forever and when I started over suddenly it was fine--so I'm 99% sure this is what i did.
screenshot taken from MDP's shoeswap tutorial
The tutorial I used to make my accessory is this really great, detailed tutorial by digi
Just be sure if you are a noob like me that when you are in the section "changing the sims 2 mesh to the one you extracted"
"2. Next import the base body, we're doing accessory for face so you'll only need the face file but if you were working on for example belt you should import the body instead and with necklace you might want to import both body and face file so you can get it positioned on the neck right where you want it. Choose Unimesh Import again and click on OK on the warning dialog. Navigate to your folder and choose the file you need:
.....When it asks if you want to create blend groups click "No" and then Yes for if you want to fix the skin weights."
The first warning dialog you click YES on is the one that's like "it might be unreliable to bring another mesh in" or w/e. Then if you are like me your milkshape/unimesh set up then has ANOTHER dialog immediately come up that is the one above from the screenshot "do you want to INCLUDE additional bone definitions?" CLICK NO
Then also click no to create blend groups and yes to fix skin weights like digi says above. āØāØ
this is a very basic thing i should have remembered from the other times i did meshing stuff but i forgot lol!!
you guys can you plz help me lmao i feel stupid af ;_;
this is one of just many held accessories i need to make, and i've made one before and it worked completely fine!! In milkshape and in simpe the mesh shows as attached to the r hand or r wrist joint (i tried both at dif times), and it is attached bc it moves with the sim in game but its so far away and idk why i feel like its something so stupid but i keep trying it over again and comparing it to my previous held accessory drink that worked fine and i cant tell whats different!
like should it not actually be placed on the hand in milkshape or something?? my last one is in the same exact spot on the skeleton and appears in the hand so truly i am dying.
its just the protein shake mesh from the game i exported the obj
Treeag made a "No Unneeded UI Sounds" mod a long time ago, however I only wanted to remove the sounds of pausing & changing speed. I still like the action cancel noise, pie menu click, etc.
idk if there was an easier way to do this, but in order to figure out which instance #'s in the mod package were for which sound effects, I extracted & converted all base game sound effects from the Program Files with the same group # as the ones in Treeag's mod, then I listened to every single one and marked off what their instance #'s were. after that, I deleted all the ones from the mod package file that were not the pause/speed sound effects. which is why I thought to share this, because then nobody else would have to do the same thing lol.
my thought was to use this for recording gameplay videos, as the reason my last dozen-ish videos involved me never pressing the Speed 2/3 button a single time was solely to avoid annoying people with the sound effect lol.
I mean you can use Treeag's original mod with the same results, I just wanted to retain the ~experience~ of the other UI sound effects and not the annoying ones.
omg yessss i've thought of doing this one million times but never got around to it, i have always wanted the other ui sounds back just not the time speed/pause sound!!! thank u!!
Hey bunny! Just finished watching your asylum challenge, and I'm OBESSED! Adore your sense of humor, and your creativity is inspiring!! I've been lurking on your Pinterest and Tumblr, but I don't see your infamous motivational poster from the challenge anywhere. WCIF if you don't mind me asking!!
hi omg thank you so much!! i'm so happy that you enjoyed it, i appreciate your kind words!! šš
omg you're right i could have sworn i remember pinning them but indeed I do not see them!
For anyone curious it is the recolor on the far right!
They are recolors by @moocha-muses of Lady on Red using textures by budgie2budgie!
Here is the post:
I really appreciate this habit @pixelry has of converting all the meshes I need to get every recolor that @budgie2budgie has made into my ga
Well it wasnāt just me, to be fair. I would have never been able to without @fireflowersims help and HugeLunatics trust in both of us. Thank you to both of them for their work and thank you @teaaddictyt for reaching out and doing the more public communication.
Iām super happy I got the chance to work to fix it. It wasnāt an easy undertaking. It seemed like every little thing would cause more errors, I fixed one and another thing broke. But now it seems stable, finally.
A lot of technical stuff below the cut, beware.
Fixing such an old forum is not easy. Documentation is rather sparse because the framework it runs on is old. There is however a more modern version, but updating is difficult. Here was the issue for the forum - upgrading failed.Ā
A website (usually) consists of two different parts: 1 - The files. They contain the code, scripts, designs, images, attachment, profile pictures etc. 2 - The database. The database connects all the different parts and tells the website where to find something. Everything gets stored in tables, assigned IDs and given values. Everything written, each post and topic is also stored in the database. So without the database the whole page would be useless.
It was clear from the beginning that the database was the culprit for the failed upgrades. I got an earlier backup from HL and started working.
I set up a local environment with two versions of XAMPP. One running on php 7.4 (the last version having compatibility for the forum framework version and the upgrade script to the recent version) and the other on a modern 8.3, which was the same as the version the server @fireflowersims set up for GOS.
I ran the upgrade script (which consists of 4 separate parts) on the old backup and ran into errors right away. The script would just outright crash on me, most often without a log or message. The (local) server would just stop responding. My original plan had been to upgrade to version 2.0 first, then 2.1, since it was the recommended order. However the database backup had already been partly upgraded to 2.1. That was the reason my upgrade script failed. Reversing those changes could have been a possibility but extremely time intensive.
(This is the frontpage of the upgrader. I stared at it so much. Like you can see it has a ton of steps)
Instead I asked for the current database and HL provided it to me. This one was already further along on the upgrade and I could see the error HL had run into before handing over. I had to look at the upgrade scripts and source php files to diagnose what the framework was expecting - and failing - to find in the database.
Thatās where I found the main culprit for *most* of the errors: Time tables. The framework saves every action that a user does in a log, a long table with the action, an id and a date. This was where everything had gotten wrong. The upgrader expected to see one column for the date, named *day*, while the current table had a different column for day, month and year. I tried fixing the table at first but that didnāt seem to work, so I completely deleted the table and created a new empty one myself. (By now I think the issue stems from forgetting to uninstall certain packages before upgrading, more on that later)
That was possible because the log actually doesnāt hold relevant information for the forum to work. It just records each step, probably for moderation purposes. Once I had done that step the upgrade script was finally able to proceed.
There were a few more errors where I had to look at what the script was doing, find the corresponding code in the sources and edit the database myself. Thankfully the code is relatively well commented and named, so I was able to find what I needed.
Finally I got the upgrade script to run to the end and I was actually able to open the forums (local) page. I hadnāt been able to for now so it was a first. But a lot of stuff was still missing, like all the topics. I could see that the posts were back, but not sorted correctly.
The fix was simple but annoying. The forum framework comes with a repair_setting.php file which I had run several times to fix all the paths, but apparently it didnāt fix *all* of them. So back to the database I went, ran some queries and fixed them myself.
Then the forum finally worked again!
(This is what the forum looked like when I first opened it. It ONLY had recent posts)
(The working local forum, no files yet with the default theme. Seems wrong to look at GOS without the dark theme, right?)
There were still a few things I needed to fix but the database seemed to work fine now. I had never done so many queries in my life. I know SQL, and had to fix databases before but not this intensely. So I guessed I learned something new haha.
Next was the exciting step to upload my clean install to the server. @fireflowersims and I had some directory issues, but I was able to fix them manually once again.
Then I had to take a look at the files which mostly consist of avatars and attachments. They didnāt work at all once moved to the clean install. Once again I took a look at the code and realized that the upgrade script would have changed those files as well, but because I ran it on a clean install it didnāt actually do this step.
I didnāt want to run the upgrade script again, worried that it would mess up a now working database. Instead I wrote a script myself that sorted through all the attachments, looked for the IDs of the avatars from the database so it could move and rename them.
Last were the attachments. This was an easier fix. They just had to be given the ending .dat. @fireflowersims ran a command through the console and then the attachments worked too!
We were getting closer!
Next was the theme. The old theme didnāt work on the modern framework anymore so @fireflowersims looked for a new one which I customized with CSS, trying to get it closer to the way the forum looked before. I think it turned out quite alright, hope you guys think so too!
(Trying to find out what CSS class addresses what? Make everything red and green!)
(All the spider webs)
Next was packages, or mods, to the framework. Fire and I encountered some hiccups here too, since there were some leftovers in the database. The packages hadnāt been properly deinstalled before running the upgrade script, which was another source of the errors. I tried fixing them manually but one of the packages would continue to just break the site no matter what I tried, so we settled for an alternative.
Some more work was put into SSL and making the forum secure. Once again some settings seemed to just break the page and each time I had to go back in the database and manually fix what had gone wrong. It was tedious but by now I knew my way around quite well.
@fireflowersims handled a lot of the server administrative work and DNS settings. I know very little about that part so having @fireflowersims there was great and they made sure the page is reachable at the correct address.
So yeah, I hope the site stays online for a long time now. Itās such a big part of our community and communities history. I used to download so much from there when I was younger. I wanted to give back to the community I love so much. That was the reason I spent many many hours digging through code and old forum threads.
should people @ you if we find the original download links to CC that were uploaded to GOS/s2a before the shutdown? do they count as unavailable cc? just wondering
Hello yolkema! I was just about to make a post about this, hope you don't mind me using your ask :-)
I'm aware of the GOS/S2A situation and I've been lurking. I wanted to see how it all turned out before making a post about it. @teaaddictyt shared an update where she explained that GOS/S2A aren't dead just yet, people are working on getting it up again. I've also reached out to @liquidsims if this is something they would perhaps be able to "mirror" like the old ts2 sites they have done before (if all else fails).
In the meantime, @simnostalgia scraped GOS back in 2023 and you can find it here. I also found this sfs link on reddit. There's also the mediafryer archive. For links, you can plop them into wayback, a lot of links has been saved but not all ofc. I've already stumbled upon some links not archived. To answer your question, yes, feel free to share the links you find!
I've seen people post some links etc already, and I will probably reblog those, and until GOS/S2A are up and running again, I will reply to asks looking for GOS/S2A content. But pleeeease include links* if you have them! Even if wayback hasn't archived it. And if the creator is still active, reach out to them first.
*It makes it so much easier for me, it's already hard enough as it is with Google's fucking (sorry) AI shit. If anyone has any recommendations for working image-search and search engines, please enlighten me.
Also, packrat turns 10 today! I was planning on celebrating with something, but it feels kind of odd doing that right now. But nevertheless, happy birthday to packrat! š
I managed to make something in time for the GOS theme! Check it out, I hope you like it! :D
edit:oops of course I put the wrong psd in the simfileshare folder gimme a sec lol
edit edit: ok replaced it with the right one!!
edit edit edit: omg the theme was march and april not may and i didn't even make it in time... -_- lol
EDIT: OCTOBER 2023
added some new recolors into the orig simsfileshare link and a swatch is included!
i hope im wrong and there's some way we can come together to get gos and s2a back online and/or recover all the content, but just in case here is the PSD and mapping "guide" (i mean its a hot mess bc the mapping is crazy but maybe its helpful for someone lmao) that were originally only linked to in my GOS post
psd and mapping image:
http://www.simfileshare.net/download/3897918/
the actual recolors are in the SFS folder i shared in the post above but just repeating it here: http://www.simfileshare.net/download/3897917/
here are the swatches of the recolors that are included
You may know how sinks get wiped from counters if you put some clutter in their corner slots (usually with moveobjects) and went to Live mode. I fixed that!
pinterest sucks so much and apparently just implemented some aspect ratio requirement that pics you pin have to be square, so it is now basically impossible to pin anything (like from tsr or basically any other ts2 cc website) unless you are a bot or a dropshipper or a dropshipper's bot pinning square advertising pics from insta lol kill me
just wanted to add some old wallpapers from tsr to my pinterest and what do you mean it suddenly can't pin ANY picture unless i make a freaking square screenshot of it myself
I've always hated how the camera jumps up and down when playing tall and slim buildings. Turns out, it's really easy to fix! Itāll take you less than a minute. All the details under the cut.
All it takes is opening the LiveCamera.txt file in your Documents>Cameras folder with a text editor and changing these two parameters near the bottom to a higher value. Doesnāt matter if you're using a custom camera mod or not. Those parameters should be there. I have set mine like this (remember to save a backup just in case you don't like these changes).
It might seem a bit extreme, but I still think itās fine.
-The top parameter, floorheightsamplerange, handles how much the floors āextend outā, so the camera object can stand on it mid-air. The higher it is, the further the floor will extend. This will make it so your camera will be able to stick to the floor youāre on, even if you pan away from the building. No more annoying jumps up and down!
-The parameter below that, floorheightsampleinnerrange, handles the transition between sticking to the current floor and dropping to the ground level once it goes past the edge. The higher it is, the smoothest the fall will be.
Iāll note though that the behaviour of these parameters might not be 100% accurate with how the game actually works, but from what I tested I think itās pretty close as an explanation. If someone knows better how this Live Camera works, please let me know and Iāll try my best to correct any inaccuracies.
Save the .txt file and check how it works in game. It might feel weird at first, but personally I find it so much smoother and easier to handle. If youāre not happy with these values, close the game and edit those parameters until you find your sweet spot. Unfortunately, you will have to close and open the game every time you change it to check how it works.
Thereās so many cool Custom Camera mods out there that I thought itās probably better to just show how to edit those 2 parameters than editing and reuploading all of them.
So yeah, thatās it. Now you can play those tall lots without getting a headache. Go ahead and send your college simmies to that hideous Sim State Tower with a hot tub on top of it. Now youāll be able to see whatās going on up there.
ohhhh myyy GODDDDDD i need to try this
maybe i'll be able to stop editing out 3 second clips of video where the camera is just crazy jumping up and down
OMFGGGGGG..........i realized why all the sound on my s3 videos i filmed is bad...besides my old mic becoming a bit janky...........
because i finally noticed that at some point in the last year windows decided that every time i connect my bluetooth headphones it should turn the computer volume to 50....i usually have it set to like 25...so i would have all my settings the same and take a break etc, then reconnect my headphones and it would blast the volume up but i just wouldn't notice somehow...then it would set off a chain reaction where the game volume + the audio of me speaking is peaking even tho each track separately doesn't peak and im talking way louder cuz i can't hear myself cuz of the game volume. I would record a clip and listen back like oh ok cool that sounds fine and good volume because the computer was on 50! ohhh my GOD IM SO ANNOYEDDDDDD. luckily the sound in the remaining bad-sound-episodes isn't nearly as bad as the really-bad-sound-episode i was ranting about for the last million years, but im frustrated i didn't notice because its so stupiddd!!!!! AHH!!!!
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does anybody have these? looks like psychosims urban walls on bb nooks and niches but its from simpearls (rip) in 2016 and i can't find it in any simpearls backups that i can tell
me every time i'm cleaning out cc: i def don't use these walls for sure, i am in the clear to delete these. i don't think i have EVER even used them!!!
me visiting every lot and seeing they all now have unfinished walls: š®
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