Another disappearing food problem

Jeanie wrote:
> Monkey in SF wrote:
> > kat wrote:
> >
> >>In news:1147800570.337621.230830@j33g2000cwa.googlegroups.com,
> >>Monkey in SF <mnkeebutt.TakeThisOut@aol.com> said
> >>
> >>
> >>>So.. does anyone with all the exp's still have the turkey/lobster
> >>>option? or is it just me maybe? I'm sick of pork chops and salmon! My
> >>>Sims want turkey! <g>
> >>>
> >>Yup, I have OFB, turkey and lobster. I have one sim with full cooking
> >>points who sets the stove on fire regularly when cooking lobster, which she
> >>will keep doing when my back is turned!
> >>
> >>
> >>--
> >>kat
> >> >^..^<
> >
> >
> > Really? Wow! Then it is just that my game is really screwed since OFB.
> > Every day i discover a new bug and i am seriously pissed off at this
> > exp! LOL
> > Surely it isnt because my Sim is a guy. This game has never had that
> > sort of discrimination about gender and such of any sort at all.
> > Hmmmmm.. I suppose maybe there is a pacth for OFB on the Sims site
> > perhaps? I've never messed with patches and really don't want to start
> > now. But this exp has countless glitches on top of it freezing up on me
> > on a regular basis. Not enough not to enjoy the game mind you.. just
> > enough to make it annoying.
> > (Grumble) i want my turkey back in my game! Feh!
> >
> > Cheers,
> > Eddie
> >
> Every time you install a new expansion pack, you are installing the
> patch for the old one along with it. Why wait until the next one comes
> out? Unless you *like* playing with all the glitches, why not just go
> to the sims2 website and download the OFB patch? I mean, I can
> understand not wanting to play with hacks and mods, but the patches are
> kind of mandatory if you want to play at all, seems to me.
>
> Jeanie


Noooooo! i dont like playing with all the glitches LOL You are
absolutely right on, Jeanie.
I have just never at all messed with patches.. but truly i may start
now. The bugs i am finding are piling up and i miss my regular game
play. I was thinking i would just wait for the next exp- but i may take
your advice and get the patch for this one. I've just never done it
before and i always hesitate before doing something new that i have no
clue about. Why the hell don't they just make a game that works the way
it's supposed to without having to "patch" it up i will never know- but
that has always been a point of discontent with Maxis in here frankly.
I'm sure if i have any questions about the patch i will ask in here,
natch! Thanks Jeanie.

Cheers,
Eddie
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In news:1147800570.337621.230830@j33g2000cwa.googlegroups.com,
Monkey in SF <mnkeebutt RemoveThis @aol.com> said

> So.. does anyone with all the exp's still have the turkey/lobster
> option? or is it just me maybe? I'm sick of pork chops and salmon! My
> Sims want turkey! <g>
>

Yup, I have OFB, turkey and lobster. I have one sim with full cooking
points who sets the stove on fire regularly when cooking lobster, which she
will keep doing when my back is turned!


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kat
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Monkey in SF wrote:
> kat wrote:
>
>>In news:1147800570.337621.230830@j33g2000cwa.googlegroups.com,
>>Monkey in SF <mnkeebutt.RemoveThis@aol.com> said
>>
>>
>>>So.. does anyone with all the exp's still have the turkey/lobster
>>>option? or is it just me maybe? I'm sick of pork chops and salmon! My
>>>Sims want turkey! <g>
>>>
>>Yup, I have OFB, turkey and lobster. I have one sim with full cooking
>>points who sets the stove on fire regularly when cooking lobster, which she
>>will keep doing when my back is turned!
>>
>>
>>--
>>kat
>> >^..^<
>
>
> Really? Wow! Then it is just that my game is really screwed since OFB.
> Every day i discover a new bug and i am seriously pissed off at this
> exp! LOL
> Surely it isnt because my Sim is a guy. This game has never had that
> sort of discrimination about gender and such of any sort at all.
> Hmmmmm.. I suppose maybe there is a pacth for OFB on the Sims site
> perhaps? I've never messed with patches and really don't want to start
> now. But this exp has countless glitches on top of it freezing up on me
> on a regular basis. Not enough not to enjoy the game mind you.. just
> enough to make it annoying.
> (Grumble) i want my turkey back in my game! Feh!
>
> Cheers,
> Eddie
>
Every time you install a new expansion pack, you are installing the
patch for the old one along with it. Why wait until the next one comes
out? Unless you *like* playing with all the glitches, why not just go
to the sims2 website and download the OFB patch? I mean, I can
understand not wanting to play with hacks and mods, but the patches are
kind of mandatory if you want to play at all, seems to me.

Jeanie
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In news:1147805609.751119.42280@v46g2000cwv.googlegroups.com,
Monkey in SF <mnkeebutt.RemoveThis@aol.com> said

> Noooooo! i dont like playing with all the glitches LOL You are
> absolutely right on, Jeanie.
> I have just never at all messed with patches.. but truly i may start
> now. The bugs i am finding are piling up and i miss my regular game
> play. I was thinking i would just wait for the next exp- but i may
> take
> your advice and get the patch for this one. I've just never done it
> before and i always hesitate before doing something new that i have no
> clue about. Why the hell don't they just make a game that works the
> way
> it's supposed to without having to "patch" it up i will never know-
> but
> that has always been a point of discontent with Maxis in here frankly.
> I'm sure if i have any questions about the patch i will ask in here,
> natch! Thanks Jeanie.

They ant to get it out as soon as possible, and I suppose there's things
that don't show up when the testers are testing that do when us "normal"
people get it.

Me, I haven't bought a single EP until the patch was already out.


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kat
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Monkey in SF wrote:
> So, i was reading about the disappearing pork chops a day or so ago in
> another thread.. now i have a problem.
> I am just running on the stuff from the game.. no downloads or hacks.
> Got my Sim up to maximum cooking skills. Was very excited about having
> him make a turkey.. and lo and behold... no turkey option. I could have
> *sworn* i had made a turkey once way back when it was just Sims 2 with
> no exp. I have all exp's now.. and i guess the turkey option went away?
> Also.. i thought for sure i had once made Lobster Thermidor.. but now
> that option is gone too. There are sooooooo many bugs that came with
> OFB.. i am sort of guessing that maybe this one came with it also.
> Aside from some of the objects and walls and such.. i am seriously
> regretting putting OFB on my game. It has screwed it up in SO many ways
> now.
> So.. does anyone with all the exp's still have the turkey/lobster
> option? or is it just me maybe? I'm sick of pork chops and salmon! My
> Sims want turkey! <g>
>
> Cheers,
> Eddie
>
um... which stove are you using? and which fridge? because the stove
which is only a range (it only has a cooktop and no oven), won't allow
you to make either lobster or turkey.

~SL
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>>Every time you install a new expansion pack, you are installing the
>>patch for the old one along with it. Why wait until the next one comes
>>out? Unless you *like* playing with all the glitches, why not just go
>>to the sims2 website and download the OFB patch? I mean, I can
>>understand not wanting to play with hacks and mods, but the patches are
>>kind of mandatory if you want to play at all, seems to me.
>>
>>Jeanie
>
>
>
> Noooooo! i dont like playing with all the glitches LOL You are
> absolutely right on, Jeanie.
> I have just never at all messed with patches.. but truly i may start
> now. The bugs i am finding are piling up and i miss my regular game
> play. I was thinking i would just wait for the next exp- but i may take
> your advice and get the patch for this one. I've just never done it
> before and i always hesitate before doing something new that i have no
> clue about. Why the hell don't they just make a game that works the way
> it's supposed to without having to "patch" it up i will never know- but
> that has always been a point of discontent with Maxis in here frankly.
> I'm sure if i have any questions about the patch i will ask in here,
> natch! Thanks Jeanie.
>
> Cheers,
> Eddie
>
Well, all you need is a little encouragement. LOL Honestly, though,
I've never had any trouble with a patch. Just go get it and install it.
It should go like a breeze.

Jeanie
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Well, EA does tend to rush things out but most games are patched these days.
I have one that's been patched 67 times since it was released. The game is
quite old now, I should add. The patches didn't necessarily correct
problems all the time - the makers have added quite a lot of extra content,
gameplay and flexibility to the build feature via the patches (which
contrasts markedly with The Sims where those things get added in expansions
and cheapo 'fun' packs which they make you pay for - a whole other issue).
Anyway, it's not at all unusual to patch a game.

However, the OP's original question reminded me there was a bug with (some)
sims getting to the top of the cooking skill in which some of the cooking
options disappeared. I thought that had been dealt with in a patch but
maybe not.

Also, not all stoves cook all the options - you need an oven for both
lobster thermidor and turkey.

Best wishes
maxon

"kat" <kat.TakeThisOut@ntalk.org> wrote in message
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>
> They want to get it out as soon as possible, and I suppose there's things
> that don't show up when the testers are testing that do when us "normal"
> people get it.
>
> Me, I haven't bought a single EP until the patch was already out.
>
>
> --
> kat
> >^..^<
>
>
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Lerren wrote:
> Monkey in SF wrote:
> > So, i was reading about the disappearing pork chops a day or so ago in
> > another thread.. now i have a problem.
> > I am just running on the stuff from the game.. no downloads or hacks.
> > Got my Sim up to maximum cooking skills. Was very excited about having
> > him make a turkey.. and lo and behold... no turkey option. I could have
> > *sworn* i had made a turkey once way back when it was just Sims 2 with
> > no exp. I have all exp's now.. and i guess the turkey option went away?
> > Also.. i thought for sure i had once made Lobster Thermidor.. but now
> > that option is gone too. There are sooooooo many bugs that came with
> > OFB.. i am sort of guessing that maybe this one came with it also.
> > Aside from some of the objects and walls and such.. i am seriously
> > regretting putting OFB on my game. It has screwed it up in SO many ways
> > now.
> > So.. does anyone with all the exp's still have the turkey/lobster
> > option? or is it just me maybe? I'm sick of pork chops and salmon! My
> > Sims want turkey! <g>
> >
> > Cheers,
> > Eddie
> >
> um... which stove are you using? and which fridge? because the stove
> which is only a range (it only has a cooktop and no oven), won't allow
> you to make either lobster or turkey.
>
> ~SL

Well.. it is one of the nicer more expensive stoves and same with the
fridge. AFAIK the stove does have an oven. I will check that.. if i'm
wrong i'm going to feel like a dumbass though LOL It is one of the
shiny ones that looks like it belongs in a restaurant.
If that is not the case.. i will just go mess with the patch and ask
you lovely folks in here if i need any help with that.

Cheers,
Eddie
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Maxon wrote:
> Well, EA does tend to rush things out but most games are patched these days.
> I have one that's been patched 67 times since it was released. The game is
> quite old now, I should add. The patches didn't necessarily correct
> problems all the time - the makers have added quite a lot of extra content,
> gameplay and flexibility to the build feature via the patches (which
> contrasts markedly with The Sims where those things get added in expansions
> and cheapo 'fun' packs which they make you pay for - a whole other issue).
> Anyway, it's not at all unusual to patch a game.
>

True enough i suppose. Sims is the only game i play on the pc.. so i
don't have any experience with that. Everything else i play is on PS2.

> However, the OP's original question reminded me there was a bug with (some)
> sims getting to the top of the cooking skill in which some of the cooking
> options disappeared. I thought that had been dealt with in a patch but
> maybe not.
>
> Also, not all stoves cook all the options - you need an oven for both
> lobster thermidor and turkey.
>

I'm gonna go check that in a bit and hope i didn't cry wolf too soon
<g>. My mind automatically went for the "bug" option because OFB is
FULL of them.

> Best wishes
> maxon
>
> "kat" <kat.TakeThisOut@ntalk.org> wrote in message
> news:e4defo$9sc$1@localhost.localdomain...
> >
> > They want to get it out as soon as possible, and I suppose there's things
> > that don't show up when the testers are testing that do when us "normal"
> > people get it.
> >
> > Me, I haven't bought a single EP until the patch was already out.
> >
> >
> > --
> > kat
> > >^..^<
> >
> >

Thanks for the input Maxon!

Cheers,
Eddie
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kat wrote:
> In news:1147887997.287569.73990@j73g2000cwa.googlegroups.com,
> Monkey in SF <mnkeebutt.TakeThisOut@aol.com> said
>
> > Well.. it is one of the nicer more expensive stoves and same with the
> > fridge. AFAIK the stove does have an oven. I will check that.. if i'm
> > wrong i'm going to feel like a dumbass though LOL It is one of the
> > shiny ones that looks like it belongs in a restaurant.
> > If that is not the case.. i will just go mess with the patch and ask
> > you lovely folks in here if i need any help with that.
> >
>
> It's not the one they introduced for Uni, for Dorm kitchens, is it? They
> never seem to do anything on that that needs the oven.
>
>
> --
> kat
> >^..^<

Not sure which exp. it came from because i installed University and
Nightlife on the same day one after the other. It is shiny sliver with
like some brown trim around the sides that also comes with black trim
or silver i think. Looks like an industrial type of stove.
I will fire my game up here in a bit and look more closely at it. Just
take several minutes to get to the neighborhood screen.. then downtown
Veronaville.. then for the house to load yaddah yaddah. So ill mess
with it after lunch perhaps.

Cheers,
Eddie
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Monkey in SF wrote:
> kat wrote:
> > In news:1147887997.287569.73990@j73g2000cwa.googlegroups.com,
> > Monkey in SF <mnkeebutt RemoveThis @aol.com> said
> >
> > > Well.. it is one of the nicer more expensive stoves and same with the
> > > fridge. AFAIK the stove does have an oven. I will check that.. if i'm
> > > wrong i'm going to feel like a dumbass though LOL It is one of the
> > > shiny ones that looks like it belongs in a restaurant.
> > > If that is not the case.. i will just go mess with the patch and ask
> > > you lovely folks in here if i need any help with that.
> > >
> >
> > It's not the one they introduced for Uni, for Dorm kitchens, is it? They
> > never seem to do anything on that that needs the oven.
> >
> >
> > --
> > kat
> > >^..^<
>
> Not sure which exp. it came from because i installed University and
> Nightlife on the same day one after the other. It is shiny sliver with
> like some brown trim around the sides that also comes with black trim
> or silver i think. Looks like an industrial type of stove.
> I will fire my game up here in a bit and look more closely at it. Just
> take several minutes to get to the neighborhood screen.. then downtown
> Veronaville.. then for the house to load yaddah yaddah. So ill mess
> with it after lunch perhaps.
>
> Cheers,
> Eddie

Well- i'll be damned! That is *exactly* what is was and i *am* a
dumbass! LOL
But hey- the stove looked like it had an oven on it.. and it is the
only one that matches my kitchen's decor in that house.. but sure
enough.. it had no oven! Now i have to put one in there that looks like
nothing else in this particular kitchen and just live with it. Like i
said.. my first reaction was that is was a bug due to the amount of
them.
Thank you all for your input.. and i will go smack myself on the head
now and go have a V-8.

Cheers
Eddie (the "DUH! Monkey)
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Monkey in SF wrote:
> Monkey in SF wrote:
> > kat wrote:
> > > In news:1147887997.287569.73990@j73g2000cwa.googlegroups.com,
> > > Monkey in SF <mnkeebutt.RemoveThis@aol.com> said
> > >
> > > > Well.. it is one of the nicer more expensive stoves and same with the
> > > > fridge. AFAIK the stove does have an oven. I will check that.. if i'm
> > > > wrong i'm going to feel like a dumbass though LOL It is one of the
> > > > shiny ones that looks like it belongs in a restaurant.
> > > > If that is not the case.. i will just go mess with the patch and ask
> > > > you lovely folks in here if i need any help with that.
> > > >
> > >
> > > It's not the one they introduced for Uni, for Dorm kitchens, is it? They
> > > never seem to do anything on that that needs the oven.
> > >
> > >
> > > --
> > > kat
> > > >^..^<
> >
> > Not sure which exp. it came from because i installed University and
> > Nightlife on the same day one after the other. It is shiny sliver with
> > like some brown trim around the sides that also comes with black trim
> > or silver i think. Looks like an industrial type of stove.
> > I will fire my game up here in a bit and look more closely at it. Just
> > take several minutes to get to the neighborhood screen.. then downtown
> > Veronaville.. then for the house to load yaddah yaddah. So ill mess
> > with it after lunch perhaps.
> >
> > Cheers,
> > Eddie
>
> Well- i'll be damned! That is *exactly* what is was and i *am* a
> dumbass! LOL
> But hey- the stove looked like it had an oven on it.. and it is the
> only one that matches my kitchen's decor in that house.. but sure
> enough.. it had no oven! Now i have to put one in there that looks like
> nothing else in this particular kitchen and just live with it. Like i
> said.. my first reaction was that is was a bug due to the amount of
> them.
> Thank you all for your input.. and i will go smack myself on the head
> now and go have a V-8.
>
> Cheers
> Eddie (the "DUH! Monkey)

Oh and by the way.. as a side note- apologies for my typos. I'm a
little over medicated today.
(sigh) i'd better go have lunch now.
........ nevermind........
<bg> Thanks again you guys!

Cheers,
Eddie
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In news:1147887997.287569.73990@j73g2000cwa.googlegroups.com,
Monkey in SF <mnkeebutt.RemoveThis@aol.com> said

> Well.. it is one of the nicer more expensive stoves and same with the
> fridge. AFAIK the stove does have an oven. I will check that.. if i'm
> wrong i'm going to feel like a dumbass though LOL It is one of the
> shiny ones that looks like it belongs in a restaurant.
> If that is not the case.. i will just go mess with the patch and ask
> you lovely folks in here if i need any help with that.
>

It's not the one they introduced for Uni, for Dorm kitchens, is it? They
never seem to do anything on that that needs the oven.


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kat
>^..^<
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