yeah... I broke it. Apartments are FUBAR.
lurklurklurk:
Quote from: J. M. Pescado on 2008 October 15, 11:20:03
Alll of these issues involving "sims that vanish" and stuff like this sound like "incomplete save" issues, where for some reason the game is not able to properly write part of your save data, resulting in dangling character files and failure to save lot state. Make sure you are not doing anything dumb, like trying to play the game with SimPE holding your neighborhood open. For some reason SimPE is stupid and locks all the files.
No, i don't have simpe open.
Could it be that I move this family into this neighborhood from another neighborhood by moving their lot to occupied lots bin? *hangs head in shame* I just didn't know better at the time. This was before AL, and I've been playing with them for a while no problem before that.
Is the whole neighborhood going to burst into flames eventually? can they be saved?
Quote from: MoonDragoness on 2008 October 15, 03:42:25
Just to clarify...
You took out everything and tried a different family to see if it worked? Did you try the broken family with no downloads in?
I think that when i got it to work it was with a different family.
Quote from: kutto on 2008 October 15, 05:16:19
If you're concerned that the neighborhood is causing the problem, try setting up an apartment in a fresh custom hood.
I'll try it. I'm going to try a whole different neighborhood with a fresh family and see if apts work there.
jolrei:
Quote from: lurklurklurk on 2008 October 15, 18:47:38
Could it be that I move this family into this neighborhood from another neighborhood by moving their lot to occupied lots bin? *hangs head in shame* I just didn't know better at the time. This was before AL, and I've been playing with them for a while no problem before that.
This could be it, yes. Problems do not necessarily manifest themselves immediately after such a "move", but it is a good way to bork your hood.
Quote from: lurklurklurk on 2008 October 15, 18:47:38
Is the whole neighborhood going to burst into flames eventually? can they be saved?
Quite likely. You can nurse it along, but it's likely DOOMED! You could spend a lot of time in SimPE trying to remove memories, SWAFs, etc, nursing your hood along, but you might still not prevent DOOM.
Quote from: lurklurklurk on 2008 October 15, 18:47:38
I'll try it. I'm going to try a whole different neighborhood with a fresh family and see if apts work there.
Likely the best course of action. If you really like those sims, you could clone them and rebuild them for the new hood. There's a tutorial on that if you search.
J. M. Pescado:
Quote from: lurklurklurk on 2008 October 15, 18:47:38
Could it be that I move this family into this neighborhood from another neighborhood by moving their lot to occupied lots bin? *hangs head in shame* I just didn't know better at the time. This was before AL, and I've been playing with them for a while no problem before that.
lurklurklurk:
Update:
I made a fresh hood, plopped an EA-made apt lot in it and moved the Picasos in or whatever, gave them some furniture, saved and exited. When I came back, everything was fine. So at least it is possible for me to play AL, even if it's not with my current sims.
I guess it's goodbye to my neighborhood, Vandalia.
I seriously hate EA for allowing me to blow up my game with regular game play. If there is a feature such as moving an occupied lot to the bin, the average non-awesome person like me thinks its ok.
I'd like to thank you all for helping me out. I guess I shall clone my favorite sims. I'll begin looking for a tutorial but if anyone feels like giving me a link that would be much appreciated.
J. M. Pescado:
Quote from: lurklurklurk on 2008 October 16, 01:36:45
I seriously hate EA for allowing me to blow up my game with regular game play. If there is a feature such as moving an occupied lot to the bin, the average non-awesome person like me thinks its ok.
Well, sure. That's a reasonable belief that a reasonable person could believe, and that is how it SHOULD be. It is NOT, however, how it actually is.
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