Fresh neighborhood, fresh install, fresh new bug.
OpiumGirl:
I just got around to reinstalling my sims and expansions, including freetime with the patch update...
Set up a completely fresh neighborhood using deleteallcharacters on desiderata valley (sp?) and then created all my own custom families.
Everything was working fine for a couple of days.
Today I fired up my game to find all of my families missing from their respective lots on the neighborhood screen.....strange. So, poking around here, I've seen that there were a couple of people who had this issue, but they all seemed to be able to fix it by using a backup.
I went back to a previous version of my hood, from a few days back and the same thing happened.
This leads me to the conclusion that something is being changed when I start up the game. My old game was definitely working when I backed it up since I was able to use it for a couple of days....
What could be changing when the neighborhood loads? It's so strange to me.....I've gone through and deleted caches, cigen...blah. Anything that I've found can get corrupt, but I still can't get my families to show on the neighborhood screen. The lots are there, but they show as empty and only allow me to load them via build menu.
Has anyone ever heard of this weirdness? What could be changing during loading the neighborhood that my families disappear from the neighborhood screen?
I would be exceedingly appreciative for any suggestions....I'm at my wits end with this....I've been at it for hours trying to figure it out.
Thanks!
Simsample:
The first question I want to ask is, are there character files in the characters folder?
OpiumGirl:
I've checked and there are characters in the folder....same amount as my backup.
I tried using simwardrobe's teleporter object to see if I could find any of my sims, but no sims came up under the "playable" tab.
I was thinking of using Inge's as well, but at this point, all that would happen is my lots would be deleted all over again, lol.
jolrei:
There are known issues with the deleteallcharacters cheat (since OFB, I believe) where use of this cheat can harm the neighbourhood.
Quote from: J. M. Pescado on 2006 December 30, 16:02:50
Actually, DAC doesn't corrupt a hood, but it also doesn't fully clean out the files and you will need to do pass in SimPE to nuke dangling data and reset the creation index.
Depending on whether you have already started trying to populate your 'hood, you may need to zorch it and start over. The best way to get a clean neighbourhood is to use empty templates. See this thread:
http://www.moreawesomethanyou.com/smf/index.php/topic,10798.msg300725.html#msg300725
OpiumGirl:
I have no problem starting a new neighborhood if it comes to that. It's completely new and there were only about 6 families.
My only worry about doing that is that the same thing will happen. Something is being altered only upon starting up the game and loading the hood.
I'm just hoping to get a basic idea on what exactly is happening when I start up my game. I actually will take your advice and start a new hood with a template, but I fear that may not be the immediate problem with my game. it seems more like the actual game is having a problem more than my neighborhood at this point.
I'm no pro, though. :/
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