Pixel trade!

[simtarts]

Why did I never make a pixel trade hood before? It's oodles of fun downloading cute sims, giving them minor makeovers, and then - Viola! - a new home in Boomtown, my PT hood. I have plans for this hood, oh yes. :)

Sadly, there are some creators whose sims I cannot get installed into my game no matter what! Brilliantcat, Nilou, Stake-it-UK....a few others, too. I use mac-unpac and everyting, but no dice. I think it must be an EP compatibility issue, or something. Weirdly, there are some people whose sims I can -sometimes- install but then sometimes not. Hmph.

Comments

[mikelisryker.livejournal.com]

Which sims in particular are you having trouble with? I can always unpack them for you, and then upload the sim file itself.

[simtarts.livejournal.com]

Which of the other people's sims, you mean? That sounds like a lot of work on your part, though. :)

I have your Lamb, Hemlock, and Merce, by the way! The only one I had trouble with was Merce - for some reason the CC version wouldn't install, but the CC one did!

[mikelisryker.livejournal.com]

Oh I don't mind, I love to help out where I can. Especially since it's not like I can recolor or do anything useful :p

Wait, did you have issues with the CC free or with CC version?

[simtarts.livejournal.com]

CC free. Weird, huh? You'd think it would be the other way around. It was just with Merce, though. I don't know what makes it so that certain sims don't install...and why some makers, like Brilliantcats, never work at all. I'll link you to one each (of BC and Nilou's sims) to try to see if either works, but I don't want to give you a long list in case it doesn't.

Keenan Elwood (http://community.livejournal.com/brilliantsims/1894.html#cutid1)
Maximilian Stahl (http://niloublue.livejournal.com/16251.html#cutid1)

Thanks! :D

[mikelisryker.livejournal.com]

you want the CC free versions, or the ones with cc?

[simtarts.livejournal.com]

Huh, I actually just downloaded the CC'ed version of Keenan and he installed. So again, it seems the CC-free versions are what gives me trouble, because most of BC's sims are packaged without CC and I still can't get them to work. So strange!

So there's no "with-CC" option with Maximilian, he's completely CC free, but if you can somehow upload him that way, I could give it a try.

[mikelisryker.livejournal.com]

I went ahead with CC free, since Maximillian only came CC free.

Keenan (http://www.box.net/shared/b0sqaeypz5)
Maximillian (http://www.box.net/shared/v21dbxs3d6)

Assuming this works like I think, you just need to place them directly in your downloads folder :]

[simtarts.livejournal.com]

Ok, I will fire up bodyshop and see if he's there!

[simtarts.livejournal.com]

It worked! :) You are a monkey genius!

Here's some others I wouldn't mind having, if you are so inclined. But no rush or pressure at all!

Brigitte and Tom (http://niloublue.livejournal.com/15590.html#cutid1)
And Brilliantcat's Ondott Wulfmangler (http://community.livejournal.com/pixel_trade/298269.html#cutid1).

[mikelisryker.livejournal.com]

I'm honestly not doing much else but rushing the 10th generation of Marcossi's to adulthood, so I don't mind :]

Brigitte (http://www.box.net/shared/8yhe3jq5gk)
Tom (http://www.box.net/shared/63s5blfj2r)
Ondott (http://www.box.net/shared/7vdk6ghy89)

[simtarts.livejournal.com]

thank you again! This works perfectly. :)

If you get a chance (I see in your LJ that you're writing a paper, so no rush) I would love Onyx and Justice from This months founder collection (http://community.livejournal.com/pixel_trade/444451.html#cutid1) (they were the only ones that didn't work for me of the ones I downloaded). But then I PROMISE to leave you alone, because I think I will FINALLY be sick of making sims!

[mikelisryker.livejournal.com]

Sorry, that took some doing. I had to edit the shared links about a million times to get to the actual download, but here you are :p

Onyx (http://www.box.net/shared/riz50o9nit)
Justice (http://www.box.net/shared/o1d9ay7yd1)

And I honestly do not mind. The paper is done, terribly, but it's done and I hate writing papers anyway :p

[simtarts.livejournal.com]

Thanks again. :)

If you ever need help with a paper let me know!

[onedizzypenguin.livejournal.com]

What is Mac-Unpac? I get the feeling it's something I should have!

[simtarts.livejournal.com]

It's basically the mac version of clean-installer. You can read more about it here (http://forum.jfade.com/viewtopic.php?f=11&t=456).