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Tiny Filesize Invisible Driveway for Lot Builders

by Sophie-David Posted 18th Apr 2010 at 8:08 PM - Updated 9th Feb 2011 at 9:08 PM by Sophie-David : Put technical notes in an infobutton
 
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Scholar
#2 Old 18th Apr 2010 at 8:39 PM
thank you soooooo much for sharing this!

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#3 Old 18th Apr 2010 at 10:24 PM
Thank you for this, will be used quite a bit in my game! The smaller file size was needed, indeed. Thanks ^_^
Theorist
#4 Old 18th Apr 2010 at 11:08 PM
"I tested if this recolour is automatically packaged with lots. Using AnyGameStarter I discovered that with EPs from Nightlife through to Seasons these recolours will be included by the lot packager, but with Bon Voyage and later EPs they will not. As far as I can tell, this appears to be a game bug, and apart from making this recolour into a standalone object - which would defeat the purpose of making a tiny filesize invisible driveway"

Frillen did this in 2006 (2.47KB) and I'm almost positive this shows up even with all expansion packs installed or maybe I just never noticed? Here's some links for Frillen's if you want to check it out and see what you did differently:

http://thesims2.ea.com/exchange/lot...user_id=1313446
Or
http://www.sims2you.dk/downloads.as...4&sorter=nyeste

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I'm thrilled when I check in and see things like this or your barrels--so thank you for creating for Sims 2. It's appreciated.
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#5 Old 19th Apr 2010 at 1:29 AM
Quote: Originally posted by Honeywell
Frillen did this in 2006 (2.47KB) and I'm almost positive this shows up even with all expansion packs installed or maybe I just never noticed?
Thanks for the reference Honeywell, I was not aware of Frillen's invisible driveway. I just ran it through the same tests and - at least on my machine - got identical results as I did with my recolour. Both files automatically package with EPs up to Seasons but then fail to package with Bon Voyage and later EPs.

You are welcome, pegasaus, Goldlion122, and Honeywell.
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#6 Old 19th Apr 2010 at 5:11 PM
Thank you for this! Yay for small file sizes! :D

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#7 Old 20th Apr 2010 at 7:14 PM
Wonderful idea!!! Thank you for sharing this!!

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#8 Old 22nd Apr 2010 at 6:19 AM
I love the original, but if I can have the same thing for a smaller size, it's always an improvement!

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#9 Old 22nd Apr 2010 at 9:03 PM
You're welcome nichellerj, ange1face20 and Quinctia - thank you for the encouragement!
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#10 Old 5th Sep 2010 at 5:18 AM
Thanks! It's always good when I can cut down some of the file sizes in my game.
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#11 Old 5th Sep 2010 at 6:11 AM
You're welcome Nieri.
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#12 Old 20th Oct 2010 at 4:07 AM
this rocks ive always hated the driveways
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#13 Old 20th Oct 2010 at 5:14 PM
Glad you like.
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#14 Old 10th Nov 2010 at 6:08 PM
Thank you so much for this - I have included it in my Parcheggio Mall which allows a car park in the middle, and it just wouldn't look good without this. I have also recommended any one trying to make the same sort of lot with my Park in the Car Park mod, should use this too.
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#15 Old 11th Nov 2010 at 1:31 AM
Quote: Originally posted by MogHughson
Thank you so much for this - I have included it in my Parcheggio Mall which allows a car park in the middle, and it just wouldn't look good without this. I have also recommended any one trying to make the same sort of lot with my Park in the Car Park mod, should use this too.
Thank you for the recommendation, and I'm glad you found it useful.
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#16 Old 30th Apr 2011 at 5:12 PM
I love it! Awesome job!!!
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#17 Old 23rd May 2011 at 8:57 PM
I use this in every single lot in my game (and I've got about 150!). Thanks so much for creating this!
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#18 Old 25th May 2011 at 2:51 AM
Thanks for the encouragement romyta and Yaya.
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#19 Old 23rd Aug 2011 at 10:26 AM
Great idea! Just the thing to make my medieval lots a bit less modern-day. Thank you!
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#20 Old 23rd Aug 2011 at 5:12 PM
Yes, I made it with medieval usage in mind. You're welcome, alchemist.
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#21 Old 17th Dec 2011 at 3:52 AM
One word for you Sophie-David. Genius.
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#22 Old 17th Dec 2011 at 4:13 AM
This project really didn't take genius, but thank you.
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#23 Old 21st Mar 2012 at 12:46 AM
Very Much Needed! I am trying to repair a "Drive In Movie" Lot... Thankyou! :lovestruc

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#24 Old 21st Mar 2012 at 2:12 AM
You're welcome Tiya.
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#25 Old 1st Apr 2012 at 4:39 PM
Quote: Originally posted by Quinctia
I love the original, but if I can have the same thing for a smaller size, it's always an improvement!

Do you think that she could make 1 that was could be commpatible for ts2 base game, university, freetime and seasons.
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