Tutorials:How to Make a Posebox Base-Game Compatible - Revision history

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 And you're done! Now you can start up SimPE again and continue on with cloning your posebox. It will now be base-game compatible - as long as the pie menus don't have more than one sub-menu level. In that case, see below.
-===Pie menus with several sub-menu levels===
+===Pie menus with several sub-menus===
-If the pie menu strings for your posebox have several levels of sub-menus - that is, look something like 'Female.../Legs.../Right Leg Pose.../Start' - then your posebox ''will'' require at least one expansion pack to run properly. It doesn't matter ''which'' expansion pack, though; it can be [[Expansion Packs:EP1 University|University]] or [[Apartment Life]] or anything in between, as long as it is an ''expansion'' pack and not just a stuff pack.
+If the pie menu for your posebox has several levels of sub-menus - that is, look something like 'Female.../Legs.../Right Leg Pose.../Start' - then your posebox ''will'' require at least one expansion pack to run properly. It doesn't matter ''which'' expansion pack, though; it can be [[Expansion Packs:EP1 University|University]] or [[Apartment Life]] or anything in between, as long as it is an ''expansion'' pack and not just a stuff pack.
 Don't worry, nothing will crash or be damaged if the person using your posebox only has the base game installed, but the behaviour of the posebox will be unpredictable. The base game doesn't understand more than two pie menu levels, so once you get to the second level ('Legs' in the example above), the pose will run, even if there are more menu levels below. Which pose? The one whose pie menu function comes first, which may or may not be the pose the player wanted.

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-And you're done! Now you can start up SimPE again and continue on with cloning your posebox. It will now be base-game compatible - as long as the pie menus don't have more than one sub-menu levels. In that case, see below.
+And you're done! Now you can start up SimPE again and continue on with cloning your posebox. It will now be base-game compatible - as long as the pie menus don't have more than one sub-menu level. In that case, see below.
 ===Pie menus with several sub-menu levels===
-If the pie menu strings for your posebox have several sub-menu levels - that is, look something like 'Female.../Legs.../Pose 1.../Start' - then your posebox ''will'' require at least one expansion pack to run properly. It doesn't matter ''which'' expansion pack, though; it can be [[Expansion Packs:EP1 University|University]] or [[Apartment Life]] or anything in between, as long as it is an ''expansion'' pack and not just a stuff pack.
+If the pie menu strings for your posebox have several levels of sub-menus - that is, look something like 'Female.../Legs.../Right Leg Pose.../Start' - then your posebox ''will'' require at least one expansion pack to run properly. It doesn't matter ''which'' expansion pack, though; it can be [[Expansion Packs:EP1 University|University]] or [[Apartment Life]] or anything in between, as long as it is an ''expansion'' pack and not just a stuff pack.
 Don't worry, nothing will crash or be damaged if the person using your posebox only has the base game installed, but the behaviour of the posebox will be unpredictable. The base game doesn't understand more than two pie menu levels, so once you get to the second level ('Legs' in the example above), the pose will run, even if there are more menu levels below. Which pose? The one whose pie menu function comes first, which may or may not be the pose the player wanted.

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-. Under '''Simple Settings''', uncheck everything, except '''Include CEP''' and '''Include Original'''. Click OK.
+. Under '''Simple Settings''', uncheck everything, except '''Include CEP''', '''Include Graphics''' and '''Include Original'''. Click OK.
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-And you're done! Now you can start up SimPE again and continue on with cloning your posebox. It will now be base-game compatible - as long as the pie menus don't have several levels. In that case, see below.
+And you're done! Now you can start up SimPE again and continue on with cloning your posebox. It will now be base-game compatible - as long as the pie menus don't have more than one sub-menu levels. In that case, see below.
-===Pie menus with several levels===
+===Pie menus with several sub-menu levels===
-If the pie menu strings for your posebox have several levels - that is, look something like 'Female.../Legs.../Pose 1.../Start' - then your posebox ''will'' require at least one expansion pack to run properly. It doesn't matter ''which'' expansion pack, though; it can be [[Expansion Packs:EP1 University|University]] or [[Apartment Life]] or anything in between, as long as it is an ''expansion'' pack and not just a stuff pack.
+If the pie menu strings for your posebox have several sub-menu levels - that is, look something like 'Female.../Legs.../Pose 1.../Start' - then your posebox ''will'' require at least one expansion pack to run properly. It doesn't matter ''which'' expansion pack, though; it can be [[Expansion Packs:EP1 University|University]] or [[Apartment Life]] or anything in between, as long as it is an ''expansion'' pack and not just a stuff pack.
-Don't worry, nothing will crash or be damaged if the person using your posebox only has the base game installed, but the behaviour of the posebox will be unpredictable. The base game doesn't understand more than two pie menu levels, you see, so once you get to the second-level pie string ('Legs' in the example above), the pose will run, even if there are more menu levels. Which pose? The one whose pie menu function comes first, which may or may not be the pose the player wanted.
+Don't worry, nothing will crash or be damaged if the person using your posebox only has the base game installed, but the behaviour of the posebox will be unpredictable. The base game doesn't understand more than two pie menu levels, so once you get to the second level ('Legs' in the example above), the pose will run, even if there are more menu levels below. Which pose? The one whose pie menu function comes first, which may or may not be the pose the player wanted.
 ==Finally...==
 Even if you have followed the above instructions to the letter, you should of course always test your posebox with only the base game installed to make sure that it really ''is'' base-game compatible - for example by setting up a basegame AnyGame with the [http://www.modthesims.info/d/250555 AnyGameStarter]. You can also set up an AnyGame with only one expansion pack (preferably one of the earlier ones, like University), to check a posebox where the pie menus have several levels.

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 ==Introduction==
-Just as it is possible to make a Sims 2 object that is [[Base Game Compatible Checklist|base-game compatible]], even if you have all [[Standard Content Catalogue|expansion packs]] and stuff packs installed, it is possible to make a Sims 2 posebox that is base-game compatible, even if you have all expansion packs and stuff packs installed. To do this, you need to change some settings in [[SimPE]] - but ''before'' you clone your posebox! Any poseboxes that have been cloned before you changed the settings will ''not'' be affected.
+Just as it is possible to make a Sims 2 object that is [[Base Game Compatible Checklist|base-game compatible]] even if you have all [[Standard Content Catalogue|expansion packs]] and stuff packs installed, it is possible to make a Sims 2 posebox that is base-game compatible even if you have all expansion packs and stuff packs installed. To do this, you need to change some settings in [[SimPE]] - but ''before'' you clone your posebox! Poseboxes that have been cloned before you changed the settings will ''not'' be affected.
-This also means that changing the settings in SimPE won't affect any poseboxes you might already have in your game. If you have a posebox that's incompatible with your game, it will continue to be incompatible - unless the creator of the posebox makes a new version or you get the required EPs.
+Note that changing the settings in SimPE won't affect any poseboxes you might already have in your game. If you have a posebox that's incompatible with your game, it will remain incompatible unless the creator of the posebox makes a new version or you get the required EPs.
 ==How to do it==

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 ==How to do it==
-. In the menu bar, select '''Extra''' -> '''Preferences...'''
+. In the menu bar, choose '''Extra''' -> '''Preferences...'''
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-. In the new window that pops up, select '''FileTable'''.
+. In the new window that pops up, choose '''FileTable'''.
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−	Even if you have followed the above instructions to the letter, you should of course always test your posebox with only the base game installed to make sure that it really ''is'' base-game compatible - for example by setting up a ~~base game~~ AnyGame with the [http://www.modthesims.info/d/250555 AnyGameStarter]. You can also set up an AnyGame with only one expansion pack (preferably one of the earlier ones, like University), to check a posebox where the pie menus have several levels.	+	Even if you have followed the above instructions to the letter, you should of course always test your posebox with only the base game installed to make sure that it really ''is'' base-game compatible - for example by setting up a basegame AnyGame with the [http://www.modthesims.info/d/250555 AnyGameStarter]. You can also set up an AnyGame with only one expansion pack (preferably one of the earlier ones, like University), to check a posebox where the pie menus have several levels.

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 Don't worry, nothing will crash or be damaged if the person using your posebox only has the base game installed, but the behaviour of the posebox will be unpredictable. The base game doesn't understand more than two pie menu levels, you see, so once you get to the second-level pie string ('Legs' in the example above), the pose will run, even if there are more menu levels. Which pose? The one whose pie menu function comes first, which may or may not be the pose the player wanted.
-==In Closing...==
+==Finally...==
-Even if you have followed the above instructions to the letter, you should always test your posebox with only the base game installed to make sure that it really ''is'' base-game compatible, for example by setting up a base game AnyGame with the [http://www.modthesims.info/d/250555 AnyGameStarter]. You can also set up an AnyGame with only one expansion pack (preferably one of the earlier ones, like University), to check a posebox where the pie menus have several levels.
+Even if you have followed the above instructions to the letter, you should of course always test your posebox with only the base game installed to make sure that it really ''is'' base-game compatible - for example by setting up a base game AnyGame with the [http://www.modthesims.info/d/250555 AnyGameStarter]. You can also set up an AnyGame with only one expansion pack (preferably one of the earlier ones, like University), to check a posebox where the pie menus have several levels.