Nysha is aware of it, and Tashiketh is going to be working with them on a server upgrade. So we just have to wait a while!

I have noticed that SFS gives you more trouble if you want to download big/huge amount of cc bytes. Like...over 6 or 7MB it takes you FOREVER to download, at least thats ny experience. Feel free to correct me if I am wrong.

It's because the servers are getting old and need some updating. Plus the fact that there are thousands of people using makes it work a little slower.

As explained before your post, Nysha is aware of the problem and will be working on it.

I haven't heard that name in years, glad to hear Nysha's still behind the scenes of some of the community magic!

Remember BUDGET state from 1, where you could see how much money sims earned, spent and similar stuff? I think it would be usefull to have a mod, hacked object or plug in with same or similar function.

That's hard coded. I am afraid it won't be possible in game.

All we can do is wait and see...you know that some creators surprused us with awesone mods and cc.

I just wish the home business budget didn't include household expenses. "I bought groceries for my family, so my art gallery lost money today." That's not how it works.

I'm sure it's equally unlikely to have a mod fix, but it's annoying that home businesses have to deal with this and not community lot businesses.

A mod that allows ghosts to be interactable, like a normal sim - much like in TS3.

Midgethetree and jellymeduza have mods which allow sims to be made into playable ghosts. I use several in my game - just gotta remember to turn aging off if you use some sort of time sync/story progression mod.

Sorry but I need to post this link because I dont know how to explain this suggestion/idea. Kind of DOUBLE SWING SEAT thing. I think this would be cute for couples.

https://www.tumblr.com/l-1-z-a/7725...72?source=share

There are non-animated versions, like this one: https://modthesims.info/d/191978/po...sion-style.html

And it is possible to add animations (like swinging forth and back) to a seating item, because there have been rocking chairs with rocking animation added, like this one: https://modthesims.info/d/549228/de...king-chair.html

I doubt it would be easy to make the actual swings work like this, but making a swinging seat (cloned from a bench/loveseat)? Likely. No idea if 2-seaters are more difficult to work with than chairs, though...

I'd like to completely revamp the way bars work in TS2. They should be way more involved, and social. The way it is now, sims sit at the bar and order a drink, or stand near the bar, order a drink, and wander around sipping it for quite some time. There should be a much deeper social engagement tied to the bars. And sims should be able to sit at a table and be served by a waitress, as well.

First things first, sims should be able to buy a drink for another sim. They can buy them coffee, why not buy them a drink? And speaking of drinks, adding shots could be amusing! There should be a bunch more social interactions, like telling a group joke or singing a drinking song, with multiple sims around the bar. Maybe a sports cheer, if there's a tv with sports on (the "throw sports party" interaction could use some fine-tuning, as well -- but that's another story). There should be sims clinking their glasses. There should be bar munchies... pretzels, beer nuts, etc. I'd like it if there were certain flirtations tied to the bars as well.

I find that most "drink" mods are either heavy bonuses OR heavy consequences. Truth is, if it was all bad, nobody would ever do it... and if there were zero consequences, no one would ever stop! The effects of drinking ought to be different than a glass of water, though. Maybe they should make things +fun, +comfort, +social... but it shouldn't be all ++ either. Perhaps -comfort, and energy gain is reduced for the following 24 hours. Passing out and throwing up isn't unrealistic. Maybe social interactions should be more easily accepted, representing lowered inhibitions. Maybe some more random autonomy, like skinny dipping, streaking, telling dirty jokes to strangers, serenading, etc. Probably definitely increase the advertising for karaoke machines! haha... These things can be implemented sorta like vacation benefits and penalties... Je ne sais quoi & productive benefits at first, but jetlagged & cranky penalties the next day.

I know there's the T rating to worry about... I'm not sure how far you can go and keep a T rating. But they already have adult beverages implied in there. Consequence-free drinking is probably more harmful than having to pay the piper, wouldn't you think? And anyway, mods don't get rated. haha.

At the very least though, being able to be served drinks seated at a table should be an option. Anybody got any other ideas for benefits/penalties, BV style? Or different bar/drink -linked social interactions? Or anything else related, that you'd wanna see?


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I second this. I think TheNinthWave has two bars that serve various drinks but the options are strictly tied to the objects, not to the very function.

http://www.theninthwavesims.com/202...lended.html?m=0

http://www.theninthwavesims.com/201...bar-20.html?m=0

If someone could "separate" these drinks and make them into real FUNCTION options it would be cool.

I love these ideas, especially the bar munchies! In Sims 3 you can buy a food from a bar, and in Sims 2 we have the snack platters which would be ideal. Would be great to be able to order pretzels or chips or cheese plate when at the local pub!

Could the snack platters be added as option for the bars? Or maybe a hacked object that allowes you (when you put it on a lot) to have (as spawning) snacks at bars?

I would love it if teens could take an SAT and based on that they can go to college.

Kind of...patch that makes Community Lot Time and Story Progression mod compatibile. Sims can go to a comnunity lot (with time flowing, not stagnating) and players should still have news/notifications of what happens with unactive (both townie and playable) sims.

I would love a mod that made landlords or some other custom NPC available to clean, repair, garden, etc. for University dorm lots. Maybe even just once before sims graduate and move out. I like the extra opportunities to gain skills for my students, but as is the work just piles up and by the time most sims graduate the dorm would be in shape to get condemned and bulldozed for numerous health and safety violations!

Can you not hire a maid or a gardener in a dorm?

Yeah, I hire at maid for dorms. We had a cleaning staff at my dorms in college who maintained the bathrooms and common areas. And for Sims logistics, you can't even clean the opposite sex bathrooms if you have a single sex household.

Hack the JPEG quality for everything in the game to be higher, but particularly the story snapshots. The portraits only look good because they are downsampled a bit at a normal resolution. The Family snapshots are shown at close to their saved size. Red features and fuzzy and small red things like women's mouths are not red anymore. Taking print-screen shots is not convenient.

Maybe Lazy Duchess could do it. I could only find that the Intel JPEG Library expects 2 subsampling factors, IJL_411 and IJL_422 (1 and 2) and there is no directly swappable value for "none".

I use influence to have dorm mates or mascots clean up!