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On Sat, 13 Nov 2004 04:32:38 GMT, "hangover_girl"
<hangovergirl@dodo.com.au> wrote:
:>"me/2" <null@127.0.0.1> wrote in message
:>news:ttuap0972dp6q9d28k6uij01g73s41v3oa@4ax.com...
:>> On Sat, 13 Nov 2004 02:44:31 GMT, "hangover_girl"
:>> <hangovergirl@dodo.com.au> wrote:
:>>
:>> :>"me/2" <null@127.0.0.1> wrote in message
:>> :>news:rghap0luinevjvi7ksdihbqrvsd2kr2lqa@4ax.com...
:>> :>> On Fri, 12 Nov 2004 04:01:30 -0600, "Jeremy Reaban"
:>> <jer@connectria.com>
:>> :>> wrote:
:>> :>>
:>> :>> :>Apparently the cause of the object.package file being updated is
:>> :>> :>because some of the NPCs are housed there - the Grim Reaper,
:>> :>> :>Therapist, etc. Whenver they get accessed, they apparently get
:>> :>> :>memories, and so the objects.package gets re-written.
:>> :>> :>
:>> :>> :>Weird, but not too sinister. Though potentially problematic if Maxis
:>> :>> :>wants to patch the objects.package in the traditional method.
:>> :>> :>
:>> :>>
:>> :>> I also am pretty sure I discovered another thing that causes that file
:>> to
:>> :>> be
:>> :>> modified. I've only given this a quickie test but it seems to be
:>> true.
:>> :>> If
:>> :>> you create a new Sim from within the program (not the separate Body
:>> Shop
:>> :>> program) their data appears to be also written into that file. The
:>> last
:>> :>> time the file was modified on my Sims installation was the 4th of
:>> October
:>> :>> which is when I created the Sim I've been "playing" since then. Also,
:>> :>> scanning that file with a viewer program I find the name of my Sim in
:>> :>> there
:>> :>> a couple of times. I've never had visits from the Grim Reaper or
:>> :>> Therapist
:>> :>> but I have "woohoo'd" 5 female "service people" since that date
:>> (gardener,
:>> :>> bartender, maid, grocery person and mail person) and I would hope they
:>> :>> "remember" it <GRIN>. I picked up a bunch of aspiration points when I
:>> :>> reached number 5 of the "service people". I got a bunch more when my
:>> :>> "Lusty
:>> :>> Lover" reached a total of 20 different "woohoo's".
:>> :>>
:>> :>> me/2
:>> :>>
:>> :>> PS: Hmm, I just had another thought. I wonder if that file also gets
:>> :>> modified whenever a new Sim is born? That would be consistent with
:>> the
:>> :>> theory it gets modifed whenever the player creates a new Sim.
:>> :>
:>> :>Yeah, but this is where I can slam both these theories outta the water,
:>> I
:>> :>create sims both in body shop and within the game, every few days...
:>> I've
:>> :>had quite a few babies born, and mine still says 18th September. I have
:>> :>hardly ever played whilst being online though, so I'm wondering if this
:>> is
:>> :>it. I disconnect as my silly virus program would update and my CPU
:>> wasn't
:>> :>coping with it. So I always go offline now before I play..... another
:>> :>theory?
:>> :>
:>> :>~ jo
:>> :>
:>> :>http://thesims2.ea.com/mysimpage/mysimpage.php?user_id=223269
:>> :>
:>>
:>> Well, just to confuse the issue, other than a few exceptions all of
:>> the original unmodified games files should be dated 8/17/04 (at least
:>> when installed from the US DVD version). There are a few files dated
:>> 8/18/04, mostly thumbnail packages. This means that your
:>> "objects.package" file has been modified at least once from the
:>> original.
:>>
:>> Also as I had noted in another message my "objects.package" file is
:>> dated 10/5/04 and I've always had an active net connection on the
:>> computer I play the Sims on. The fact that I found the name of my one
:>> and only created Sim while scanning the file really adds to the
:>> confusion here.
:>>
:>> I did discover one other file that has been obviously modified from
:>> the original. Check "The Sims 2\TSData\Res\Text\Wants.package". On
:>> mine that file is dated 9/21/04 which is the date I installed the game
:>> based on the time/date stamps on all of the directories. The date is
:>> the same but the time stamp on that file indicates it was modified
:>> about an hour after I installed the game. I did run the game almost
:>> immediately after finishing the install.
:>>
:>> me/2
:>>
:>
:>Mine says 18th of August there!! lol... and mine is the Australian DVD
:>version whether the date makes a difference.... arrghhh... confusing!
:>
:>~ jo
:>
:>http://thesims2.ea.com/mysimpage/mysimpage.php?user_id=223269
:>
Hmmm, interesting. In addition to the "full size" computer I've got
the Sims 2 installed on I also own another "full size" computer plus a
"laptop computer" (Toshiba 5205 with a 2.2GHZ Mobile P4, a Gigabyte of
RAM and a 64MB Nvidia Geforce 4 460 Go video card) that are both more
than capable of running the game. If I get time I may install the
Sims 2 on one of them. And then only run the game while disconnected
from the net and only play the included families and houses with no
additional downloads. That way I can check each time I quit the game
to see if I can figure out what triggers those files to be modified.
This has now become a challenge <GRIN>.
me/2
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