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Re: EA Spawned Taxi's

I do understand EA's "official" stance on mods but I don't see why it is wrong to discuss mods (as long as people understand EA's stance).

Anyway, here's the XML that controls the zombies (from the NRaas website):

<XML>
<FullClassName>Sims3.Gameplay.Controllers.LunarCycleManager ,Sim3GameplaySystems</FullClassName>
<FieldName>kNumSimsToBeZombifiedOnFullMoon </FieldName>
<Value>2</Value>
</XML>

As you can see, it's not a spawner like insects, etc., but an integral part of the game. If you turn off the lunar cycle in the game, you will not have zombies, but neither will your witches, etc., benefit.

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  • rumbutter's avatar
    rumbutter
    Hero (Retired)
    11 years ago

    i have the moon set to half moon and my alchemist makes a potion to whats the word hmmm replenish the  ah yes the bottle of potion is essence of magic which can be made at lvl 4??  alchemy skill which restores magical power

  • From the Sims Wikia:

    During full moon, witches spend 50% less magic power and gain 25% more successful spell rate

  • mrstragicclown's avatar
    mrstragicclown
    Rising Vanguard
    11 years ago

    I like you very much fxchristensen 🙂 OK So, all this time I have been digging, deleting and removing the ground for nothing  ☹️ /Cry  OK So, when you say my witches won't benefit does this mean they will just be gone?? :0 I'm reinstalling everything for Sims3 atm after banging my head on the comp after trying to play Sims4....... again ☹️  I gave up on alchemy because I got a sim up to level 10 without cheating and then BOOM! I logged in one day to find I could no longer make potions and couldn't figure out why. Everytime she went to make a potion she would just reset. That's another issue though. 

    So, If I try deleting that file from the game my game is gonna go wacko or something? 

  • rumbutter's avatar
    rumbutter
    Hero (Retired)
    11 years ago

    i don't thinkthere is a file for that as the sims that become zombies are the NPC's friends/neighbours  the ones we love and not love so much like madison , hank goddard , vita  alto et al

  • mrstragicclown's avatar
    mrstragicclown
    Rising Vanguard
    11 years ago

    I have to try this now!!!! I can always uninstall and reinstall if anything goes wrong. I've done this now 1000 times I think. I really don't care if she has more or less power she only uses her spells for hunger, hygiene and apples so she won't starve to death while adventuring in tombs. And she won't need the daylight spell if there are no zombies! All the zombies do is run away and vanish anyways. They do not even live in the town. If they were not so annoying I wouldn't even care but wow I have had two gates and still all night long they spawn and try to attack you.

  • mrstragicclown's avatar
    mrstragicclown
    Rising Vanguard
    11 years ago

    Hi 🙂 None of my family members or neighbors are zombies we personally zapped everyone. The zombies coming up from the ground do not live in the town. Vita Alto? She's dead, as always! She lasts for maybe one day of game play until I send her to the graveyard AND leave her urn in the cemetary vault where she can't do anymore harm. Which reminds me of another annoying issue... Why is the game auto tuning and adding the Evil trait to sims in my town? I remove the evil trait from one sim and boom someone else becomes evil who wasn't just out of the blue!?!? 

    But ya the zombies that come out of the ground once they are zapped go to a vacant lot and poof vanish into thin air. They don't live in my town I know every single person who lives there.

  • rumbutter's avatar
    rumbutter
    Hero (Retired)
    11 years ago

    mhmmm i know makes me want to run awwaaayyyyyyy tooo..actually i do have them in one game but the rest of my beloved and long running very much loved my first sims  very spoiled sims family is (NEVVVERRRRR EVVERRRR going to die) no zombie in their game

  • mrstragicclown's avatar
    mrstragicclown
    Rising Vanguard
    11 years ago

    Once you get the zombie with that daylight spell follow them. They will run or take a taxi, junk car to a vacant lot and poof they are gone forever. I have followed them many times but also deleted them while they were coming up from the ground. And the fact that they can try to attack you and through TWO locked gates!???! It's just crazy. 

  • rumbutter's avatar
    rumbutter
    Hero (Retired)
    11 years ago

    mrstragicclown wrote: I know every single person who lives there.

    hi ya , and me 3 i know everyone in the town ohh which reminds could it be the tourist if you have world adventures installed it may be them becoming zombies ?

  • mrstragicclown's avatar
    mrstragicclown
    Rising Vanguard
    11 years ago

    No zombe in their game rumbutter? How did you remove them? Are you using a mod or can you hack the game?? What's your secret?? Yaaa I thought my family would live forever too but EA keeps killing them no matter how many death flowers or life fruit we have. We have to keep starting over again. I also noticed there has not been a patch for over a year now? Since 1.67? The rounting is still a Tragic mess in island Paradise. Do you have any idea when the next patch will be???

  • mrstragicclown's avatar
    mrstragicclown
    Rising Vanguard
    11 years ago

    If it was a Tourist they would be from China, Egypt or France..... Now, in the past we have captured a few zombies and they were normal sims. If you click onto them and go into CAS or experiment on them you can tell.  I'm reinstalling now but in the past I have shut that option off to allow tourists. They aren't allowed because they teach me the wrong songs....☹️ The Tourists in Egypt were trying to teach me French songs!?!? :0 

  • rumbutter's avatar
    rumbutter
    Hero (Retired)
    11 years ago

    @mrstragicclown wrote:

    If it was a Tourist they would be from China, Egypt or France..... Now, in the past we have captured a few zombies and they were normal sims. If you click onto them and go into CAS or experiment on them you can tell.  I'm reinstalling now but in the past I have shut that option off to allow tourists. They aren't allowed because they teach me the wrong songs....☹️ The Tourists in Egypt were trying to teach me French songs!?!? :0 


    LOL sorry but that is funny here's one for you thats funny too had my sim teach their adopted son to drive he got his licence in the mail i put  that on the wall something about it caught my eye so i zoomed in closer to look at it the logo is a deep sea diver

  • mrstragicclown's avatar
    mrstragicclown
    Rising Vanguard
    11 years ago

    Be careful of those Tourists rumbutter! They do not really live in China, France or Egypt. They are really homeless sims and if you go to there country looking for them your going to be very disapointed because they do not really live there. They are just homeless spawned imposters! ☹️ They are not the real thing. Unfortunetly. If they were they would be more than welcome! 🙂 

  • mrstragicclown's avatar
    mrstragicclown
    Rising Vanguard
    11 years ago

    Haha well look at it this way rumbutter.. he got his license yes? He can drive yes? Why is it no matter how many times I go they always teach me the wrong songs? It's really frustrating. Especially since I really love the songs! Some people find them annoying but I love listening to them sing. I just wonder if and when they will ever get it right or is there a way to fix it?? If they learn the wrong song in the wrong country can it be changed???

    Now, I do not remember ever getting a drivers license in the mail. But!! at the same time I was getting 10000's of things daily in my mail and had to shut off celebs. As it is now I would break my phone given the option but I haven't found one yet. 

  • mrstragicclown's avatar
    mrstragicclown
    Rising Vanguard
    11 years ago

    I am accepting this as a solution and have given you credit fxchristensen. Tyvm for trying to help and the path. 

    <XML>
    <FullClassName>Sims3.Gameplay.Controllers.LunarCycleManager ,Sim3GameplaySystems</FullClassName>
    <FieldName>kNumSimsToBeZombifiedOnFullMoon </FieldName>
    <Value>2</Value>
    </XML>

  • fxchristensen's avatar
    fxchristensen
    11 years ago

    As I said in one post, witches can do more when it is a full moon, so it's not a big deal if there is no full moon. I don't recommend deleting any part of your game (!) - just turn off the lunar cycle within your game. No full moon - no zombies generating.  If you still wish a full moon, you can turn zombies off with mods (shhh! don't say that too loudly here).

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