To use Apartment Hacked objects, YOU MUST have the Apt Controller and Room Token (distributed as a single apartments.far file) from Sim Logical installed in your game. Some game configurations may even crash without the apartment.far installed.
Apartment Hacked Globals
Makin' Magic Required
Sounds rather scary, doesn't it? It's actually super straightforward.
APARTMENT HACKED SOCIAL INTERACTION :
Download Apartment Hacked Personglobal (Makin' Magic Required)
Stops Sims from trying to interact with other Sims that are in their own apartment.
Download Apartment Hacked DogGlobal & CatGlobal (Unleashed and Makin' Magic Required)
Stops Sims from trying to interact with Pets that are in other apartments.
Download Apartment Hacked DragonGlobal (Makin' Magic Required)
Stops Sims from trying to interact with Dragons that are in other apartments.
I have no images to entice you, of course, so let me paint the picture. Joe Sim's spent all day reading a cookbook in his apartment and his social's plummeted. He decides to chat with his neighbor Kathy and fix that but Kathy's already gone into her apartment and the door has locked behind her. Joe spends the rest of the evening trying to figure out how to break in while Kathy is constantly interrupted by Joe adding himself to her queue. Night finally falls, joe wets himself and falls in a heap on the stairs while Kathy, finally free of the nagging notion that someone is lurking about trying to get her attention heads to bed, leaving her housework undone. HOLY MOLY I hated that!! But let's face it ... it's not Joe's fault. He follows the apartment rules and they never said Kathy was off limits! Not, that is, until now!
You wont believe the difference this file makes for your apartment lots. It's tremendous.
So here's the bad news. If you are already using a hacked personsglobal.iff you will need to decide whether you want to install this one OR continue using the one you have. You simply may not have 2 personglobals in a single game. (You CAN use the txt file included in this zip as a guide to apartment hack the other but you do so at your own risk)
AGAIN ... I have the complete collection installed, this file was extracted from my own game and worked on, and so Makin' Magic is required. I swear on my Loony Tunes salt & pepper shaker collection that I'll bean anyone who writes me fussing who's not got Makin' Magic installed. I MEAN IT!
APARTMENT HACKED PHONEGLOBAL:
Download Apartment Hacked PhoneGlobals (Makin' Magic Required)
Stops Sims from trying to answer the wrong phone.
No explanation needed here, I imagine. With this file it's possible to place a phone in each apartment and everyone will use their own phone. It's brilliant and wonderful. So I'll leap right ahead to the reminder that I have the complete collection installed, this file was extracted from my own game and worked on, and so Makin' Magic is required. I'll skip the threat this time but I DO STILL MEAN IT!
APARTMENT HACKED SEMI-GLOBALS for Objects:
Download Apartment Hacked CounterGlobals.iff and SofaGlobals.iff (Makin' Magic Required)
Automatically hacks all counters, sofas, and love seats (except "No EP required" ones).
There are some objects (counters, for example) in the game that store most of their code in "outside" files ... in iffs called Globals. For counters this is the CounterGlobals.iff. For Sofas (and love seats) it's the SofaGlobals.iff. Whether you have 20 counters or 120 counters in your game they all use that one CountersGlobal.Iff. So you have the choice ... your can apartment hack 20 separate counters or download and install a single appartment hacked global file never worry about apartment hacking another counter again.
Unfortunately, this does not apply to "no EP" counters and sofas since they do not use the semi-globals at all. Those will still need to be apartment hacked in the traditional manner.
Object Makers: It is perfectly safe to continue cloning and sharing your work as you always have after these files installed. It is the global that is hacked and not the individual object, so any sofa base that was "normal" before you installed these files will result in "normal" clones. These clones will, of course, work with the apartment hack in YOUR game, thanks to the global, but will be perfectly normal in any game that does not use these globals.
Lot Builders: It is perfectly safe to continue sharing your work as you always have after these files installed. The globals do not change your lots in any way. If you are making an apartment lot and end up using a "normal" counter of sofa, however, do remember that the objects will "revert" to normal for anyone who does not have these globals installed. You may wish to include the globals in your shopping list to prevent that.
To use Apartment Hacked objects, YOU MUST have the Apt Controller and Room Token (distributed as a single apartments.far file) from Sim Logical installed in your game. Some game configurations may even crash without the apartment.far installed.