There are a number of unlocked floor tiles that I thought people might like to check out. The way you get them is by opening the txt file, for example for floor tiles you go to the following directory;

C:\Program Files\EA GAMES\The Sims 2\TSData\Res\Catalog\Scripts\floorPatterns.txt

and by putting a # in front of every instance of notInCatalog.

The easiest way to do this is to open the file with wordpad and use the find and replace feature found in the edit menu.

What this does is it basically tells the game to show the files in the catalog.

As per always when editing program files keep a backup of your original file.

There are a number of terrain paints and other goodies hidden in the other files in this directory too, so have a look.

Always backup the Original though!!!

Awesome - many thanks for this bit of info!

Your welcome, I stumbled on them recently and found some great floor tiles that are used for road markings and such. It was good to have them usable.

Thanks roxxy i need them road things... cheers:D

Just did it and copyied the original i hope i have done it right.... will be chuffed if i have done it correctly... thanks again

Thanks man.

I will check this out right away.

B

Thanks for sharing this information, much appreciated...

can you post the whole text as i have no idea what you mean

im having troubles. post your file please.

yeah all i get is the same tiles and walls that are already in the game and i have NO Hacks or Downloads!

Oh....thanx for the info. Why on earth does EA hide goodies like this from us? Are they meant to be "opened" in future ex packs or what? Or are they just roadcoverings and such?

if i have this here:

floorPattern "salvagedWood"
material "floor_salvagedWood"
#catalogTextIndex 33
subsort "wood"
surfaceType "wood"
notInCatalog # deprecated
deprecated


where do i have to place the # ?

i tried it this way:

#floorPattern "salvagedWood"
material "floor_salvagedWood"
#catalogTextIndex 33
subsort "wood"
surfaceType "wood"
notInCatalog # deprecated
deprecated

but the onliest thing that changed was the road which is now black an has got a white -1 on it...

I tried this way:

floorPattern "salvagedWood"
material "floor_salvagedWood"
#catalogTextIndex 33
subsort "wood"
surfaceType "wood"
#notInCatalog # deprecated
deprecated

floorPattern "salvagedWood"
material "floor_salvagedWood"
catalogTextIndex 33
subsort "wood"
surfaceType "wood"
#notInCatalog # deprecated
deprecated

Now I play Sims2 University. I don't see anything. Nothing happend.

I am truly amazed. How do you guys find out all this stuff?

Meyrin,
Did you save the file after making the changes? If you forgot to save and just closed it, it wouldn't change a thing. It is an easy thing to forget
McAlli

Yes, I save this file after making the changes.

Would it be possible to hide the uglier floors now in the game using this method? Somewhere, a long time ago, I think I saw where someone had extracted the hidden floor files and made them available to load like regular downloaded floors. I think I even had some of them, but can't find them now. I read somewhere that you can use the crosswalk tiles to make Sims cross where you want them to in community lots and such.

Ok I tried it and it worked! I need to ask some questions here. 1. I have a lot of road tiles showing now. Is there anyway I can get them into the main neighborhood setting so I can build roads with them? (Especially in new neighborhoods). 2. Does Maxis hide any other files from us that can be unhidden in the same way? For instance-walls, doors, windows etc.? 3.If there are some floor tiles of Maxis's that you don't like and don't intend to use, will deleting the # infront take it out of the catelog? 4.Also when you set them up not to be in the catalog, does that mean that they don't load and are not taking up memory?

I have problems with this. Can anybody post this file here? Please!!!! (file with changes, of course )

I found quite a few threads here on MTS2 with the hidden files, here are a few;

http://forums.modthesims2.com/showt...ighlight=hidden

http://forums.modthesims2.com/showt...ighlight=hidden

http://forums.modthesims2.com/showthread.php?
t=40376&highlight=hidden


Basically what I am saying is do a search and discover some goodies.

you need to change it both in the main game and in uni.

you forgot one right here