SOLVED. Mysterious Hut Lot from Bon Voyage (BV) crashes game during load
KnightSkyKyte:
OK - I will try that (LOADLOT Mysterious Hut) tomorrow on my saved, well-played game and see what happens (now it's 12:33 am my time - for bed! Goddammit, not enough hours in the day...).
I did actually squirrel away a "clean install" version of the EA Games folder some time ago, so was able to perform a "clean install, no CC" version of the game with all expansion packs (no stuff packs) in the game.
SUCCESS!!! Mysterious Hut loads. So I conclude that the CD is fine, and the installation of the game was fine (because I did not re-install, I simply re-named the currently played (contains CC, has been played for ages over a number of expansion packs) EA Games directory to something else, and re-named the "EA Games Clean Install" folder and contents I had created as a last resort emergency backup quite some time ago to "EA Games" and ran the program.
Therefore, there must be something wrong with the saved game I had been playing for quite some time over a few expansion packs... I wonder what it is, and I'm determined to find out.
Will report back on how I go with your last suggestion when I am able to make some time to get at the game and tackle it again.
J. M. Pescado:
So, the Mysterious Hut crashes only when you attempt to visit it with a sim, even in a fresh, clean neighborhood? Did you DAC that neighborhood before, or after, installing Vacationlands?
KnightSkyKyte:
OK, if I am playing the game I have had for ages, then, even if I create a brand new custom neighbourhood that does not have any lots or sims and I had to create a lot and a sim so I could send one to vacationland, then yes, the Mysterious Hut would still crash when attempting to send a sim there. I confess, I did not DAC in the custom test neighbourhood I created because when I created a brand new custom 'hood, it did not contain any characters or lots at all, and I had to create a lot and a new sim so I had someone to send to vacationland (was I supposed to DAC anyway? It just doesn't seem logical to DAC in an empty 'hood, but if it's necessary, I will go back and do it exactly as suggested.)
The fresh, clean neighbourhood was created after installing Vacationlands EP.
What we know is this:
* All EPs installed (no stuff packs!) - with clean install EA Games folder (never been played), can send a sim to Mysterious Hut, no crashing and no problem.
* When replace clean install EA Games folder with EA Games folder containing my old, well-played game, then crashing of game occurs when send sim to MS, even if a custom test neighbourhood is created and a new sim is sent to a newly created Twikkii holiday desination for that hood. Removal of the DL and SavedSims folders does not solve the problem.
These things lead me to think that the problem:
1. is not due to any faulty installation of the BV EP - the installation is fine
2. is not due to any custom content or hacks
About the loadlot cheat - I tried the
loadlot "put the name of the lot in here if there are spaces in the lot name"
cheat, but, it did not work for me; this is what happens:
this is what I entered into the cheat window on one occasion:
loadlot "The Mysterious Hut"
The result:
ERROR TSCheatSystem: ERROR IN CHEAT: Unknown command
in command 'loadlot "The Mysterious Hut"'. OnErrorClearParserTempState called.
with command loadlot "The Mysterious Hut"
.\source\TSCheatSystem.cpp(68)
LOADLOT, LoadLot, loadLot and Loadlot do not seem to work either. Also tried the same command for a lot that I knew the name of in a different neighbourhood. Still no joy. Tried without quotation marks. Wish I knew what I was doing wrong, darn and buggrit.
I'm sure I will think of something else to try, but right now, the wheel is spinning and the hamster is dead. Tomorrow morning I get a new one delivered.
Thankyou for persisting with me through this J.M. - I appreciate your help.
J. M. Pescado:
It is odd that loadlot is not working for you, because it definitely works for me as given. Perhaps debug mode must be enabled inside your userstartupcheat? SimPE can do this for you.
However, if the EAGAME~1 folder replacement creates a noncrashing Mysterious Hut, have you tried the obvious culprit of purging all cache files (groups.cache, etc.)?
KnightSkyKyte:
OK, I'm a dickhead. Go point and laugh. But now the answer is closer.
I removed the DL folder and the SavedSims folder again, went to the test n'hood, created a new lot and sim (obviously no cc in it, given he was created from scratch with no access to cc content), sent this sim to the Twikkii Island, got him to find the map, and YES, *he* can get to the hut - note, this is my well-played game, not the clean install version.
Now this was a little different to the last time I removed the DL and SS folders in that the sims I sent to the Mysterious Hut *still had their cc in them* even though those folders were removed. Maybe those sims - still containing potentially offending cc - was the problem on sending them (which is one of the things you said in the first place - maybe it's a corrupt sim or sims).
I'm going to go back to those "corrupt" sims and change their appearance to no cc after removing the DL and SS folders, and see if that helps.
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