AL Adorable

[orikes]

I haven't really had much of a chance to play with Apartment Life, what with going to Binghamton and working on the BC, but today when I went in to shoot a couple of plotty scenes for the next BC update, I saw a new interaction that made me melt. And this is even taking into account the odd couple I saw doing it.





Apparently, if one half of a couple wakes up before the other, they'll now stay in bed and cuddle their sleeping partner for a while. There are even tender little kisses on the other's forehead. If it had been anyone other than these two, I would probably be a puddle of squeeing goo at this point.

I can't wait to find out even more of these little interactions.

Comments

[penguingirl03.livejournal.com]

Ahahaha! That is creepy and yet still full of win. I just picked up AL today. I was going to just get the Prima guide but then I got a discount if I bought both at the same time and I was going to get it eventually anyway. How much RAM do you have now Ori? I'm curious as to whether I should add some more before installing this or not.

[orikes13.livejournal.com]

I currently have 1gb of RAM. I'm going to be upgrading to 3gb very soon. I've got the ram and the new power supply sitting at home. I just need to arrange a time with a tech-minded friend to get the power supply installed. I could do the ram myself, but I figured i'd wait and do it all at once.

[penguingirl03.livejournal.com]

Ah good to know. I have 2 gigs at the moment and was wondering if I should get a third. You'll have to let me know how it runs with 3 gigs in please? Things slowed quite a bit when I finally installed FT. I could just break down and turn off reflections but I like not having to be constantly turning them on and off when I play.

[orikes13.livejournal.com]

I'm hoping to be able to turn the useshaders on again so I can see fish. If upgrading my power supply and ram doesn't help, it's time to start looking at new video cards for me. :}

I will definitely let you know how it does with the 3gb of ram, though.

[wtsims.livejournal.com]

What's your video card? I didn't even have to turn shaders off with my old machine with only 512M of RAM, but I did have a fairly good video card (though nowhere near as good as the new one, heh).

[orikes13.livejournal.com]

It's not that my video card is bad.. it's that I suffer from the Nvidia Blue Screen of Death if I don't play with use shaders off.

I've got EVGA GeForce 6800GS 256MB 256-bit GDDR3 PCI Express x16 as my card. It's a solid card from what I understand, but it and Sims2 do not play well together. I think after Bon Voyage, I had to turn use shaders off to keep from having the BSOD problem constantly.

[wtsims.livejournal.com]

More RAM isn't going to fix that BSOD problem. That's purely a problem with the shaders coding and your card series. However, I think I read somewhere that one of the newer driver releases finally fixed it, so if you update your drivers you might be able to turn it back on. (I can't confirm it works, I'm an ATI gal myself, but it's worth a shot.)

That having been said, if you've got the money to upgrade the card, you might want to anyhow. A 6800GS is a few generations old at this point, though for a card from that series it's pretty good. Still, if you're thinking of getting any newer games (Sims 3, Spore, whatever) you might want to see if you can fit an 8800GT into your budget if you want to stick with nVidia... and if you're running an Intel box, you probably should. If you're using an AMD CPU, you might want to switch to ATI though, in which case I recommend my card, the HD3870, which should be about the equivalent power and price. Neither of those are exactly cheap, but they're not the brand-newest cards, either, so the price is coming down on them. Preferably the 512M versions, either way.

[orikes13.livejournal.com]

I know the BSOD is an inherent conflict between the video card and the game, but after talking with a few tech minded folks, it was agreed that replacing the power supply and increasing the RAM was the first step I needed to do.

While these things won't erase the BSOD issue, they may alleviate the problem enough that I can play with useshaders on again. I'm going to look into the latest nvidia drivers as well. It's been a while since I last updated them anyway.

If I get through this and I still get the BSOD, then I'll definitely be shopping for a new video card. While I plan on sticking it out with Sims2 for a while, I may still get Sims3 when it comes out, so I sould be prepared.

I definitely want to switch to ATI and that I'll need some guidance on.