suddenly having problems, argh!
jennydeenyc:
So, my Somerset family has been chugging along nicely, and then Nicholas (son of Tianna, shown in my avatar, and father of teen twins Charlotte and Devon) goes and gets himself abducted by aliens and impregnated. Now I should mention that throughout my play session today, I've been experiencing graphical issues, basically amounting to what appears to be my video card "flashing" its resolution. It hasn't really affected my gameplay, since the image reappears almost instantly, but it has been an annoyance. I've tried turning down some of my graphics settings, and updated my video card drivers (yup, nVidia, blech) and installed all updates for Windows XP that were awaiting download.
The real problem occurs when I tried using the FFS Lot Debugger to prevent "firstborn syndrome" on Nicholas' alien baby. The game crashes upon attempting to reload Veronaville. After the crash, I can get back into the game & the Somerset lot fine, but 3 times in a row now I've experienced a crash to desktop after trying to run the sim randomizer function. Anyone have any suggestions on how to track down what is causing this issue? I've run the hack conflict program, but nothing I have has ever conflicted with the Lot Debugger. For now I'm avoiding playing the lot until I can figure a way to get rid of this issue & randomize my impending alien baby properly.
Emma:
Try loading another lot in the neighbourhood and running the randomiser from there. Then load up the Somerset house.
J. M. Pescado:
I have no idea why it would CRASH unless bad CC is causing the sim-generator to barf (which may leave debris in your neighborhood files). Reload from backup.
jennydeenyc:
Well, since I was an idiot and hadn't backed up in several days (and don't want to lose all my game progress during that time span), I'd like to try tracking down the offensive CC first. Everything I added to the game just prior to yesterday's play session (when I started having issues) are in one folder in my Downloads directory, and I can easily disable the new packages with Clean Installer. My main question is: what happens if I disable CC currently in use by a sim? Like a blush or contacts I mean, nothing genetic. Is it better to go into the game and give all my townies "no CC" makeovers before attempting to disable any custom makeup files, or is that a big huge waste of time?
Gwill:
Makeup just disappear from the sim if deleted. Clothing and hair gets replaced by maxis content.
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