SimPE, cloning dead sims. Halp.
DrNerd:
Rebuilding is tedious but not impossible. I did it myself two generations ago.
You'll basically have to recreate everyone from scratch. Extract the dead Sims, and then make them live Sims in CAS, and re-kill them however they died in the first place, once you've repaired the family trees. I used InSim to repair the family trees, because it seems to snap the subordinate relationships (ie, make Sim B Sim A's son, and Sim B's kids will snap to being Sim A's grandkids) in a way that SimPE doesn't. I didn't get too unglued about everyone having the proper memories, all I was really concerned about was personalities, relationships, and family ties.
If you want to keep your lots, turf out the Sims living in them and bin them unoccupied. As long as the lots aren't glitchy, that won't cause corruption in your rebuilt 'hood--that's what I did with my lots, and things have been moving smoothly for the last couple of generations.
ShadySentinel:
Quote from: DrNerd on 2008 December 12, 19:42:51
I didn't get too unglued about everyone having the proper memories, all I was really concerned about was personalities, relationships, and family ties.
I'm not too concerned about the memories, it just seems as though people think they're necessary? I'm not sure.
I think I won't worry too much about rebuilding the entire family (dead sims and all) but just the living ones and just bid my dead sims adieu. SimSurgery isn't too bad and linking them isn't too hard either. Perhaps I'll attempt the dead sims in a different Neighborhood folder and see how it turns out.
Thanks for the help.
DrNerd:
It didn't take much to recreate the 2 dead generations and re-kill them. I wanted the graves, and the ghosts, and the complete family tree.
The only thing to watch out for is, if you're using InSim to rebuild relationships, DON'T use the Mutual Relations... Everyone Here option on the Quick Relations Sectional. Your Sims will end up with Made Best Friends With Self memories. I was reassured on the InSim board that that wouldn't kill my neighborhood, but I have about 4 Sims who pretty consistently roll Wants to Play With or Talk To themselves, and Fear their own deaths (not unreasonable, but still), and that's AFTER nuking every memory I could find related to them befriending themselves with SimPE.
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