My sim has vanished without a trace.
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Quote from: jsalemi on 2008 April 22, 17:51:38
Quote from: WandaAnn on 2008 April 22, 16:41:31
Just curious, when the error messages came up, did you hit delete? I had a sim go into an error, reset, cancel, nothing worked, same error kept returning. I had to hit delete. This cause my sim to be gone from the game.
i hadn't saved in a while, but I did have a more recent backup. I replaced his charector file with the backup file. Anyway, had problems as it really screwed up memories as a sibling had been born before the delete but after the backup. The games was still playable, just memories in that family were messed up.
FYI, deleting an active sim from a lot doesn't actually delete the sim from the game. If you save the lot and exit to the neighborhood, and then go back into the lot, you'll find the deleted sim standing by the mailbox. This is how you do an 'ultimate reset' on a somewhat borked sim when all other tools fail.
That's why the sim's memories were borked when you restored a backup of just that sim -- you overwrote the proper version of the sim that would have just returned if you saved and reloaded. As it is, you've probably sent that hood spiraling towards a BVBVFS, as messed-up memories tend to propagate over time, eventually corrupting the memories of other sims unrelated to the family. I suggest you put the lot debugger on that family's lot, and use all of its tools to clean out trash and corrupt memories -- that may save your hood, or at the least, buy you time before it implodes.
That's why I no longer play that neighborhood and started Crescent Island. This was sometime ago. All I remember is that he was gone and nowhere to be seen after saving and going back ingame. He was the most gorgeous toddler ever born in my game, I didn't want to lose him. I think he arrived at the mailbox with the old charector file installed as a toddler but acting like an infant. It was a mess, I used the age Sims cheat to grow him back to a toddler. When the next baby was born, the memory wasn't right between them. I just tip toed out and cloned him in SimPe and started a new hood and haven't played the hood since.. I knew that I made a mess and wanted to stop before it got worse.
So if an error is on the sim person, it wasn't on an item or action just the sim itself, the deleted sim will return?
I know that when an error has occured on a item, and I am forced to use delete, the item is gone and doesn't return to the lot. Is something different happening if it is a sim rather than an item?
Good to know that there is a chance to fix it with the lot debugger, I will definately try it as I really do miss those families. Thank you for the suggestion.
jsalemi:
Quote from: WandaAnn on 2008 April 22, 21:46:37
So if an error is on the sim person, it wasn't on an item or action just the sim itself, the deleted sim will return?
I know that when an error has occured on a item, and I am forced to use delete, the item is gone and doesn't return to the lot. Is something different happening if it is a sim rather than an item?
Yes; unless the sim is really borked, the sim will return if you save the lot, exit, and reload it immediately. Sims are different from objects because they're sims. Unlike objects, a sim has a "home base", so the game will attempt to return the sim there.
Same if you delete a playable that's a walk-by on another lot -- the sim will still be at their home lot when you go there.
Zazazu:
Quote from: jsalemi on 2008 April 22, 21:55:00
Sims are different from objects because they're sims.
That was classic.
jsalemi:
I couldn't think of any better way to say it. :)
kuronue:
Quote from: Emma on 2008 April 21, 14:14:01
Quote from: jolrei on 2008 April 21, 14:05:43
Isn't this a movie where Nicole Kidman loses her daughter on an airplane and is the only person in the world that even remembers that she ever had a daughter? Spooky.
I think you mean Jodie Foster. :P
Was it a good movie? Worth huting for on IMDB and then Netflix? I'm always on the lookout for new movies and I like odd plots like that
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