Strangetown Extras: Llama Dance Party

[strangetomato]

I spent some time tonight testing out some ideas for a photo shoot of Llama Dance Party to make some band posters, but then I realize that I can't really do anything the way I used to without InSIM. It's a lot worse than I thought it would be. I really depend on the ability to make sims selectable when setting up my shots. How else am I going to move everyone around? I can teleport a sim in, but then I can't control them. I can't tell them to practice the instrument instead of perform. I can't even tell them which instrument to play. I can't select another sim, so there isn't a plumpbob in my shot. *sigh*

I see now that it's going to be impossible for me to get my next update out unless I have InSIM. I'm either going to have to wait for it to be updated or risk using the current version with Free Time. I've heard many people say that using the object version with FT is no problem. Is there really nothing to worry about?

These photos really aren't what they could be. I was working around a lot of issues to get them. Well, the photos are fine, since closely cropped shots weren't such an issue, but I wanted one of the whole band, and it wasn't really possible.

I also noticed a jumping glitch, where the girls just snapped off the game table, and I could no longer click on it. I guess I'll have to remove all of my downloads to try to figure out what's going wrong. *sigh*

I'm feeling a little bummed out about this right now.

Comments

[strange-tomato.livejournal.com]

Oh, thank you! I missed that one when I was downloading a teleporter. That just proves that you should always read through all of the information before you make a decision. How could I miss that?

I didn't realize I could toggle the plumbbob with a cheat. Sometimes I'm amazed at how little I really know about this game.

A Grunt family reunion? That, as they say, is relevant to my interests. :D

[madame-ugly.livejournal.com]

I'm glad someone beat me to the teleporter thing.

That's the one I plan to use if/when I get around to FT (hearing about this jump bug thing makes me leering, this is the first I'm hearing of that issue).

Just get a pet on each lot. I use the pets to hide plumbobs all the time!

[strange-tomato.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I got the link to the teleporter from you, but I was hasty and picked the wrong one, missing the information about selectable features. Pretty silly of me.

The jump bug scared me a little. I've only seen it happen with that Llama game table so far. I've been playing on the J/R/O lot quite a bit and haven't notice anything weird. (Then again, it's hard to see anything through all the heart clouds launching forth in that place.)

I use pets like that too, where I can, but it's inconvenient for everyone to have a pet if it's not supposed to be there in the story, and it doesn't help for community lots photos. Also, there are no pets allowed on campus, so this doesn't help me in these situations.