Feel free to call me an idiot
Sette:
Aww crap. Deleting binned Sims is a Bad? I really thought I'd learnt all the bads.
I had created a family that was supposed to go into one of my NHs, but I accidentally hired one of them in a business. I later deleted the family because the
intended NH was getting too populated due to stupid Fam LTWs (grad millions, have millions). Later, when the business owner called employees in, Mr. Gotz didn't show for work and I couldn't phone him or Summon him. That's when I realised my error and now he's stuck as an employee. I've recently noticed I'm getting a few anomalies, but I initially attributed it to a hack conflict or some piece of CC. I'm still trying to find a culprit, but after reading this thread, I worry I've broken my NH.
Oops, nearly forgot to mention I hadn't played any other NHs while the Gotz' were binned and waiting for a home, so nobody outside the original NH had a chance to have a random encounter with any of the family members, if that makes any difference.
SimPE shows Mr. Gotz as an unplayable, info free token(?), but I'm not messing with it until I know exactly what to do.
If I have broken the NH, with as many playable Sims in that one NH with it's 'burbs, there's no way I'm going to try to salvage everything. It'll be a shame to wipe it as it was the first NH I started after making the Bad of transferring a family from one NH to another NH, and installing WAY too much CC and hacks at once. (had just discovered CC and didn't read enough, as usual, and the whole game went blammo)
If my NH isn't broken, how might I remove Mr. Gotz from the business? Is there a way to recreate him from the left over rags and fool the game into thinking the new one is the original one, and then making him a NPC (not that I want more, but those Cowplants are always at hand, and Gerry loves that juice)?
Once again, I've probably missed the obvious, so spnak away.
update - Damn, I finally found confirmation on what I was looking for in the War Room. Sadly, from the looks of it, yes my NH is toasted.
WhyTF would EAsses include an option to delete binned sims when it does SOOOO much damage to a NH? Also, it seems I'm reaching critical mass as far as residents/NPCs go, 819.
Since my last NH backup was after Gotz screwed things up, I'm just going to install the nospawn hacks, salvage and clean a few of my favourite families, bin my homes, and, since the binned sims from my newest EPs probably fecked my other NHs up, reinstall. Stupid, stupid freakin' EA, one deleted sim and my game is dead! <primal scream>
I really wish I'd found MATY a year ago, I could have avoided this second reinstall. At least it gives me an excuse to download Numenator's Super-mega-ultra Neighbourhood from MTS2.
Thanks folks for all the info, hacks and stuff.
2nd update - Duh, I didn't see Seelaurarun's response. Thanks.
The EAsses keep giving me more and more reasons to dislike them. I think I'll take a break from gameplay for a while. I'm just too pissed off right now to start over. (five wasted months wasted) At least I've got lots of organized CC with all the crap weeded out, and I found MATY, a great source of hacks to fix what the EAsses couldn't and the awesomest place for SIMming resources ever. Once again, thanks. I bow to the aweSIMness of you all.
seelindarun:
Nope, you've found the obvious.
Your 'hood is doomed.
rohina:
Quote from: Sette on 2008 December 04, 18:55:21
Once again, I've probably missed the obvious, so spnak away.
Well, you certainly missed the obvious misspelling of "spork."
Sette:
Quote from: rohina on 2008 December 04, 19:30:02
Quote from: Sette on 2008 December 04, 18:55:21
Once again, I've probably missed the obvious, so spnak away.
Well, you certainly missed the obvious misspelling of "spork."
Nope, it's Usenet-Trollese for "spank". Yeah, I'm that old, but never was a troll.
Thanks for resolving my issue, and easing my worried soul.
GelatinousSubstance:
I never knew any of this. What I've been doing for a while now is deleting all the neighborhoods before even starting and importing my own. I don't even have binned townies to delete. But is this also a bad thing to do?
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