suddenly having problems, argh!
jennydeenyc:
Ok, thanks. I'm going through with Clean Installer and disabling all non-mesh/non-hack files installed in the last 2 days to see if I can't track down the culprit. I already tried disabling everything I installed just yesterday, but still got the same crash, so hopefully it will turn out to be something I installed the day before. Should I be concentrating on BodyShop stuff, since this crash is only occurring when the game tries to reload the neighborhood after running the Rerandomize Sim function of the lot debugger, or could the culprit be a non BodyShop-related file as well?
seelindarun:
I think it's probably worth your while to make a backup now, and see if it really is a CC issue or garbage in your 'hood files. Also, if you make a backup you can test as many times as you like with the CC, until you track down the culprit. Then you can put everything else back into your pristine backup.
jennydeenyc:
Ok, but if I make a backup now, won't that include whatever garbage is causing the crash? I'm a bit confused about the best way to make a backup (use SimPE?) and then restore using it. So far, disabling everything I've downloaded in the past 2 days hasn't affected the crashing issue at all, so I'm really at a loss how to proceed. Its really frustrating because I wasn't having any issues using the Rerandomize Sim Generator function until yesterday, and I know it worked fine 3 days ago when I used it before the Somerset twins were born. Nothing that was in my game before then should be the culprit, but I just don't know anymore.
seelindarun:
It's true your backup will be just as corrupted, if it's garbage causing your troubles, but at least you'll know. ;) Furthermore, you'll know without having to sift all your CC first. Then you can choose to work around it, trash it, repair it, or whatever.
More optimistically, maybe it is just a problem mesh or some bit of CC. In that case, you can mangle your game with abandon while looking for it, if you have a backup. Once you've identified the source of your misery, you can put all your other shinies back into the game and not have to make over the whole 'hood. :)
As for making the backup, just copy your whole TS2 user folder to your desktop, or some other safe place. I don't know what the default setup is for the PC game, or I'd tell you where it is.
jolrei:
Quote from: jennydee on 2008 May 08, 20:14:45
Ok, but if I make a backup now, won't that include whatever garbage is causing the crash? I'm a bit confused about the best way to make a backup (use SimPE?) and then restore using it.
No. Your "garbage" is likely in your Downloads folder, not your Neighborhood folder. Here's what you do:
1) Back up your hood (in your Neighborhoods folder, numbered something like 0004.somthing) - simply use Windoze Explorer to copy your entire hood folder to a new folder. ("copy", NOT "move"). You will now have your hood in your game, and another duplicate in another folder.
2) Do your tests. This will result in all your sims reverting to maxis clothing (if you remove clothes from downloads), and having no makeup, as mentioned previously, but who cares, 'cos you have all that stuff in your nice backed up folder. No worries.
3) Once you find the file(s) or CC causing the problem, you delete it from your downloads and restore the rest of your downloads folder. Run your test again just to make good and sure.
4) "COPY" your backed up 'hood back into your Neighborhoods folder - it will overwrite the hood you used for testing, and will still have all your sims' settings intact. Thus, when you start your game, the sims will be wearing their regular clothing and have all their lip gloss back on and ready to smooch with. The only stuff that will be missing is the borked CC/mod/object, etc. that you deleted in your tests.
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