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22nd Jul 2011, 03:07 PM	Matching Two Different CAStable Patterns #1
fway Original Poster Theorist Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 2,314 Thanks: 11525 in 19 Posts 21 Achievements View My Journal	Is this possible at all? I've been busy at fixing the trashcans to make them CAStable. So far I've enabled the second channel, and have been attempting to match the pattern of the lid to the pattern of the barrel just so it will be overriden in-game. It turns out there's something in the game not allowing me to do this. Any ideas? Many thanks in advance.

22nd Jul 2011, 04:44 PM	#2
Inge Jones Mad Poster Join Date: Sep 2004 Posts: 6,862 Thanks: 7428 in 17 Posts 18 Achievements	I don't play much so I don't remember this - but when a sim picks the lid up, does it change into a different object (an accessory)? That can be one cause of problems with changing appearance in play.
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22nd Jul 2011, 06:20 PM

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Originally Posted by Inge Jones

I don't play much so I don't remember this - but when a sim picks the lid up, does it change into a different object (an accessory)? That can be one cause of problems with changing appearance in play.

Actually the lids are all white now, and when a sim picks the lid up, the color changes back to the original color. Please note that the texture of the bin was a "custom" EA made recolor. Meaning that EA recolored the bottom, which may be causing the top to be white.

It also appears that when I change the color to something else the texture of the top goes black. A Preset EA trash bin ^

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22nd Jul 2011, 06:24 PM	#4
Inge Jones Mad Poster Join Date: Sep 2004 Posts: 6,862 Thanks: 7428 in 17 Posts 18 Achievements	Just as I suspected, it looks like the lid disappears (maybe geostate?) then the lid that is attached to the sim's hand is an accessory, which is actually a seperate object.
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22nd Jul 2011, 06:35 PM

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Just as I suspected, it looks like the lid disappears (maybe geostate?) then the lid that is attached to the sim's hand is an accessory, which is actually a seperate object.

AHA! You're right. It's AccessoryTrashcanOutdoorLid. Why in the world would a trashcan need a separate accesssory?

22nd Jul 2011, 06:41 PM	#6
Inge Jones Mad Poster Join Date: Sep 2004 Posts: 6,862 Thanks: 7428 in 17 Posts 18 Achievements	That's how TS2 worked also - sims can't remove parts of objects and hold them, so the part vanishes and they get to hold something else
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22nd Jul 2011, 07:17 PM	#7
fway Original Poster Theorist Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 2,314 Thanks: 11525 in 19 Posts 21 Achievements View My Journal	Come to think of it, I do remember that. With that said, should I disable Pattern B in the barrel package, and enable it for the lid? Or what else?

22nd Jul 2011, 10:09 PM	#8
Inge Jones Mad Poster Join Date: Sep 2004 Posts: 6,862 Thanks: 7428 in 17 Posts 18 Achievements	Well you have a problem with that accessory lid. There is no way the player can select it to CAST it. I think you'll just have to explain "sorry, when the sim lifts the lid it goes black briefly" Other than that, leave it as it is.
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