have you checked out ModtheSims2? Seems to me I may have run across one there..... but don't quote me.
I don't know of one, WhtCivicEk (what an tongue tangler ) There is a gizmo you can download which keeps track of time so that you can synchronize a number of homes if you wish to play them all but keep them in synch with each other, but to have to time pass on other lots without playing them would require an awful lot more background processing that most systems (mine included) would probably fail to cope with. Goto MATY and drill down > FFA Hacks & Support >> The Armoury >>> Hack Directory - All Hacks After that you want the section suits your game go in there and ... choose to open the "hacks" directory Look down the list for synchtimer.zip download it, unzip into your Downloads directory and its a buyable object (looks like the green reward elixir) Buy it, plop it, click it, follow instructions.
ok, i did all of that and i do not konw how to work it, i put an exilir in both lots i dont know how to make them both sync...?
Click the "elixir" and choose "Install for family". You need to do the instal thing for every family you want to play.l After that you need to be a clever. It won't do everything for you. Say the first family you install a timer for, is "at" a Monday. When you install the timer, the day number (on the timer's menu) will show as day 0 and the list of other synched families will be blank ... cos you aint' installed any other famblies. Whatever ... every day at 6pm the day number will now increase by one as the synch timer keeps track of the time. You will also see menu option to change the day number and a "time warp" option which will let you change the week day and the time on the lot (it will also try to stop you doing this by warning you not to ... you can screw up big time if you're not careful) Go to the next family and install a synch timer there when the weekday reaches the same day of the week that you installed a synch timer in the first family. Now they are synched together. On the list option of the menu each house will show the other house and what day that house it at (as well as what day the house you are playing is at). Like I told you. It doesn't play other houses while you're not there. It just makes it easier to keep houses in synchronicity with each other by showing which house you need to play, and for how many days, to keep them all in synch with each other. If you decide to use the time warp function be advised that it is best to stick to just changing the day of the week (and only then if everyone is home and you're not expecting adoptions, social workers, gardeners, maids, nannies -- specially nannies!! -- etc.) You will need to go thru the time warp function three times before the day will change. This is because Pescado designed it that way to prevent nosey people from doing a time warp accidentally Time warping will quickly move a lot thru time to get into synch but, like I said, if you're not very careful you will mess up and ruin the whole neighbourhood. As of this moment, the synch timer still won't change seasons. You will need to make your own strategy for synching seasons on different lots (the weather machine aspiration reward is what I have been using).
Yeah, that's what I said. If you want the lots playing playing automatically you'll need (a) an extremely powerful computer and (b) a genius of Pescado-esque talent to write the macros to do the work for you ... or you could pay a programmer a few thousand bucks to do it instead. One other way would be to leave the lots you don't want to play running while you sleep or go to work with the synchtimer set to interrupt the game when a certain amount of time has passed (I haven't tried it yet, but there's an event setting so it must do something like that.) Turn on free will and leave the game running ... ? Hm ... reminds of that idiotic VCR joke from the 80's ... the one that recorded programs you hate and plays them back while you're asleep ...
