Is Cloning a Neighbourhood a VBT?
J. M. Pescado:
Quote from: FourCats on 2008 October 10, 02:23:24
What if only one of those is in the sims2 folder at a time, then will it work?
That isn't cloning a hood, that is restoring backed up versions of hoods.
Orikes:
Please explain what you mean by crosstalk.
Let's say I have a neighborhood and a clone of that neighborhood in the game at the same time. If I kill a sim in the clone, how does that affect the original neighborhood? If two sims get married in the clone, how does that two sims in the original? What does it do to the files?
Basically, I want to know what degree of VBT thing this is. No offense, J.M., but your declarations of VBT are always delivered at the same intensity, so I don't know if this means immediate corruption or if it -might- cause problems. I've had a couple of other things done in the neighborhood that were delcared VBT, but haven't caused any visible issues with over a year of playing in the same hood.
J. M. Pescado:
Quote from: Orikes on 2008 October 10, 04:00:38
Please explain what you mean by crosstalk.
Let's say I have a neighborhood and a clone of that neighborhood in the game at the same time. If I kill a sim in the clone, how does that affect the original neighborhood? If two sims get married in the clone, how does that two sims in the original? What does it do to the files?
Well, you know how Crumplebottom is a single file, right? And that any attempt to modify Crumplebottom's state from within the game results in a BFBVFS? Same idea. Bad Things Happen.
Quote from: Orikes on 2008 October 10, 04:00:38
Basically, I want to know what degree of VBT thing this is. No offense, J.M., but your declarations of VBT are always delivered at the same intensity, so I don't know if this means immediate corruption or if it -might- cause problems. I've had a couple of other things done in the neighborhood that were delcared VBT, but haven't caused any visible issues with over a year of playing in the same hood.
Just because you are a dumb, unobservant Orikes does not mean there are no problems. I bet I could pull open your files and immediately spot tons of gunk you've caused as a result.
Sagana:
Is this different than pulling another copy of a Maxis hood and renaming it so you have 2 or would it be the same thing?
talysman:
I'd like some clarification, too. Are we talking about copying the N006 folder to another folder named N009, for example, or are we talking about copying a single package, like one of the suburbs, and attaching it as a subhood to the same neighborhood? The latter definitely seems like a Bad Idea, for exactly the reason that you have two files with the same database ID open simultaneously. But does having two different neighborhood folders with identical contents do the same thing? Does the game actually open all neighborhoods simultaneously?
If so, that's some monumentally stupid programming on EAxis's part. Although that *would* explain the slowness in loading...
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