suddenly having problems, argh!
jennydeenyc:
Alright, I'll give that a try. I dunno if it will do anything, since, like I said, I'd already tried disabling all the content I downloaded since the last time I ran the Randomizer function, but I still got the crash upon re-entry to Veronaville after running the randomizer. Otherwise, the neighborhood & lot loads & plays fine. Everything I had in my Downloads up until a couple of days ago gave me no issues whatsoever, but if it isn't something I added recently, I have no idea where to look. It's just annoying because it takes about 6-10 minutes to reload the game each time, enter the house, & run the randomizer to see if it still crashes, which so far it has done each time I try.
seelindarun:
Quote from: jolrei on 2008 May 08, 20:27:58
No. Your "garbage" is likely in your Downloads folder, not your Neighborhood folder.
It could be both. ;D It might have been bad CC, an interrupted save, or some random hardware flicker that caused the game to crash the first time. However, it's known that game crashes sometimes shred 'hood or character files in their wake, so even if that wasn't the cause of the first crash, it could be causing problems now.
Since the OP doesn't have a backup, we can't know the definitive cause of the first crash, but I maintain that it's worth making a backup and loading a CC-free game to see if that family behaves normally. It's possible that the corruption is subtle, and only detectable with SimPE, but this would be a reasonable first step.
Quote from: jennydee on 2008 May 08, 20:36:36
I dunno if it will do anything, since, like I said, I'd already tried disabling all the content I downloaded since the last time I ran the Randomizer function, but I still got the crash upon re-entry to Veronaville after running the randomizer. Otherwise, the neighborhood & lot loads & plays fine. Everything I had in my Downloads up until a couple of days ago gave me no issues whatsoever, but if it isn't something I added recently, I have no idea where to look. It's just annoying because it takes about 6-10 minutes to reload the game each time, enter the house, & run the randomizer to see if it still crashes, which so far it has done each time I try.
Make your backup and take out all your CC. Load up the problem lot, and see what happens. If it loads and plays normally, then you'll know that your 'hood and character files are probably not corrupt, and you'll know it right away 'cause the game will load much faster without any CC.
If that goes all right, then do a binary search on all your downloads, but start with an empty dl folder, and only put in the un-tested portion. That way, you'll never have to load more than half your downloads each time you restart.
jennydeenyc:
After some further experimenting...
First, I made my backup, and just for giggles, re-enabled all the CC I recently downloaded. I entered the Somerset lot, and immediately exited back to the neighborhood. No problem there. Then I entered the nearby Marlowe lot, which I haven't played in about 9 months or so. Ran the re-randomizer from there, and Veronaville loaded fine. Went back to the Somerset lot, tried the re-randomizer, got the crash. So, I'm not sure it's a CC issue at all - since the randomizer worked on another lot, but perhaps rather a file corruption issue with the Somersets? If that's the case, is the lot just totally screwed? Is there a way to track down file corruptions & fix them?
Or...
If I can successfully run the randomizer on another lot in the neighborhood, would it affect babies born on neighboring lots during the same play session? If its my only option, I guess I could live with saving the Somerset family during pregnancies, going over to the Marlowe lot & running the randomizer there, sigh.
maxon:
Quote from: jennydee on 2008 May 08, 21:01:51
If I can successfully run the randomizer on another lot in the neighborhood, would it affect babies born on neighboring lots during the same play session? If its my only option, I guess I could live with saving the Somerset family during pregnancies, going over to the Marlowe lot & running the randomizer there, sigh.
Yes, it randomises the personalities per playing SESSION not per lot. I have no idea about your possible lot or family corruption though.
jennydeenyc:
You know, I now have a sneaking suspicion that the corruption on the Somerset lot is a result of using the Wizards of SimPE Wardrobe Cleaner, with a more recent version of SimPE than my installed expansions warrant. Its the only lot that I used that plugin on. I've now downgraded to v. 0.62.1 of SimPE (for Seasons), and downloaded the appropriate Wardrobe Cleaner plugin for that version. I have to head out for a few hours, but when I get back I'm going to try re-cleaning the Somerset closet and see if that doesn't help with the apparent lot corruption issues. If not, at least I can do the randomizer on another Veronaville lot as a workaround, I guess.
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