Baby name from Hell
KarateKari:
So I was putzing around in the neighborhood checking out the spawn when I discovered a toddler who caused the game to hang every time I moused over her and displayed an enormous series of asterisks instead of a legitimate name.
Thinking I was being quite clever, I sent her mom off to City Hall to change the little brat's name (her thumbnail wouldn't even show up in the "Change Name" box, but I clicked the empty space and apparently selected her.) So ma heads into the building and I get this popup:
I can't get to the part of the dialogue box that allows one to enter a new name because her current bizarro name is so long that it heads offscreen in both directions. I had to kill the game because I couldn't exit the change name dialogue.
I'm using Awesomemod and a few xml hacks (just these four). I do have the No Duplicate Names option enabled in Awesomemod - any chance that's the culprit?
Also, anyone have a thought on how to fix this name so that the little twerp doesn't continue to bork my game?
brownlustgirl:
I wonder if "editsim" would help? It might hang for a while, but eventually get to the CAS screen. Just a suggestion.
infamy:
Have you downloaded the most recent Awesome Mod? Not this morning's, but the one from this afternoon. I had that happen to me, but while I was trying to reproduce it, the mod was updated so I updated mine (why try to reproduce an error with an outdated mod?) and Sims seem to be getting sane names again.
Edit: To answer your actual question: Editsim will allow you to fix it, and loading into CAS doesn't even take that long. In CAS the name will just show up as a manageable ***** ***** ***** and changes seem to be permanent.
KarateKari:
Quote from: infamy on 2009 June 22, 02:30:43
Have you downloaded the most recent Awesome Mod? Not this morning's, but the one from this afternoon. I had that happen to me, but while I was trying to reproduce it, the mod was updated so I updated mine (why try to reproduce an error with an outdated mod?) and Sims seem to be getting sane names again.
I'm about to install the newest version and see what happens.
I'm assuming it won't fix names that are already borked, though...?
KarateKari:
I don't know why I didn't think of stuffing her back through CAS. Asteriskateriskasterisknumbernumbernumber (now renamed Lizbet) thanks you both.
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