Crash on resized lots at 7PM -- any ideas?
Doc Doofus:
Try this lot:
http://www.moreawesomethanyou.com/smf/index.php/topic,10087.msg276925.html#msg276925
Mootilda:
Some additional information:
I am not deleting any objects during the shrinking process. If an object, such as the window, disappears after shrinking, then this is being done by the game itself.
I am hoping that these crashes are issues with something in the lot file, and not with the game's inability to deal with walls at the edges of the lot.
Simsample:
I've been testing Pbox's lot on some sims. I created a clean hood and then placed several of the lot, obviously renaming them. Then I tested one with the Roseland family, one with the Ramaswamis. I added a few items to each lot and saved, then played.... nothing, no crash. Then I created a CAS sim and moved him into one of the lots... I added a few items, like a maxis stove and stereo, and then saved (without hitting play at all): the game crashed, giving me the Sims 2 exception with an 'Access Violation' error. I restarted the game, created another CAS sim, plonked her in another instance of the Pbox lot- this time I didn't add any items or save at all, I just hit play. At 6:59PM the game crashed. Again this caused a Sims 2 exception, Access violation. I reproduced this- create a CAS sim, plonk sim in clean Pbox lot, play without saving- three times in row the game crashed at 7PM or just before.
I'm attaching the exception logs, plus a config log in case it's useful- one for the crash on save (CAS sim), one for a case of 7PM crash (CAS sim). Some things that might be relevant are as follows:
1) There were other sims on the lot in all cases except the crash on save;
2) This was a clean hood: each time I played I caused a crash, therefore the hood configs haven't been successfully saved. When I boot the hood back up, the game gives me the 'greeting' pop up- 'would you like to create a holiday hood' etc., as though playing for the first time. Don't know if this is significant.
3) I have a bunch of hacks and custom content in game, and I have all EPs, SPs and the holiday packs. Fully patched to my knowledge, unless they sneaked one past me.
4) I haven't managed to recreate the crash on save.
I haven't managed to cause a crash using the Maxis created bin families, just CAS sims- but I haven't exhaustively tested this. Perhaps someone could reproduce my conditions- fresh hood, clean Pbox lot and Cas sim, no saving- to see if they could duplicate my findings? I hope this is helping on some way, I'd love to see this working!
pbox:
Thanks simsample! The CAS sim thing might provide a clue .. I guess most people who only want to test stuff won't go and make a new sim first, that might at least explain why it crashes for some but not for others.
I played with the Randoms though, not with CAS sims, when I crashed .. but I don't remember whether I had used them before, if not they might be equivalent to CAS sims.
Rascal says "I've twice managed to move a brand new sim into a brand new lot in a brand new test neighbourhood with no crash". "Brand new" would mean "CAS" to me, so this can't be the only thing triggering a crash.
I'll see if I can try this tomorrow with CAS sim + no saving.
Doc Doofus:
Well, you guys are making me nervous because I am not using a test neighborhood. I plopped my new house down in the middle of Pleasantview's Downtown suburb, so I have a game with many hundreds of Sims in the Characters folder.
Still, I'll give it a shot with Backdoor Lane tonight.
My 1x1 (link several posts above) has worked fine for me. Many saves, no crashes, many Sims days played. The Sim I moved in for its inauguration was a freshly made CAS-created Sim. She has also made a few trips to community lots without problem.
My earlier suggestion about trying it again in a lot with no neighboring lots on both sides... I wasn't suggesting just making the problem "go away" without understanding it. I'm just trying to help isolate the problem. Find out IF it goes away when you leave empty space on the sides (and make sure the empty space is FLAT). If it does go away, that's useful information to help identify the real culprit.
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