Review of the Sims2 Content Manager
Brynne:
Quote from: witch on 2005 July 29, 05:40:28
Quote from: Brynne on 2005 July 28, 18:58:24
I've been using DatGen. It's got a pretty decent file scanner.
I got datgen downloaded and installed. It scans. I love seeing all the categories and the details, like the objects with googleplex polygons that can slow down the game etc. Very informative, this looks like the best option so far. I couldn't make datgen delete files or remove them though, right click or anything else. I don't want to search 1Gb data by hand but may have to. I'm still on the track of starting a new n'hood but want to prune my downloads first.
I tried the Maxis scanner, it got a lot of stuff wrong, not nearly so much detail as datgen, clunky cartoon interface, very windows XP, very yesterday. ;)
Do you have the latest release of datgen? It gives you the options of either putting questionable files in a temporary folder so you can go through them yourself, or it can delete them right away. It's called the Datgen File Maid.
witch:
Quote from: Brynne on 2005 July 29, 15:03:32
Do you have the latest release of datgen? It gives you the options of either putting questionable files in a temporary folder so you can go through them yourself, or it can delete them right away. It's called the Datgen File Maid.
Yeah, I tried last night. The file maid opens a wizard. The wizard shows me the options I can scan for, I selected all available tick boxes. It scans, gives me a list of files it considers dodgy. Tells me it can't scan yet for missing textures or skins as it's beta. I select files to get rid of, click on 'delete', nothing, click on 'move to temp folder', make temp folder, nothing. Finally click next on wizard, message box says, 'beta cannot delete or move files to temporary folder.' I downloaded off the datgen site so I presume is latest version. 0.79? maybe - I'm at work. I uninstalled, tried a previous version. Can't find plugins. Put plugins in plugins folder on offchance, no joy. Have directx9c, .NET framework, .NET patch. Very frustrating evening! ???
MutantBunny:
Quote from: J. M. Pescado on 2005 July 28, 12:19:01
Let's be realistic: Did you honestly expect Maxis to make something that didn't suck?
ROFL.
J. M. Pescado:
Quote from: MutantBunny on 2005 July 30, 17:02:08
Quote from: J. M. Pescado on 2005 July 28, 12:19:01
Let's be realistic: Did you honestly expect Maxis to make something that didn't suck?
ROFL.
Yeah, pretty much. The only way Maxis is ever going to make something that doesn't suck is if they start manufacturing vacuum cleaners.
Larita:
Quote from: witch on 2005 July 29, 22:47:04
Yeah, I tried last night. The file maid opens a wizard. The wizard shows me the options I can scan for, I selected all available tick boxes. It scans, gives me a list of files it considers dodgy. Tells me it can't scan yet for missing textures or skins as it's beta. I select files to get rid of, click on 'delete', nothing, click on 'move to temp folder', make temp folder, nothing. Finally click next on wizard, message box says, 'beta cannot delete or move files to temporary folder.' I downloaded off the datgen site so I presume is latest version. 0.79? maybe - I'm at work. I uninstalled, tried a previous version. Can't find plugins. Put plugins in plugins folder on offchance, no joy. Have directx9c, .NET framework, .NET patch. Very frustrating evening! ???
Is it possible you got a corrupted download? ...just a thought. :-\ ...and you've probably already thought of it. ;) I downloaded DataGen v0.7.9 yesterday and it has all the necessary plugins, etc., and works fine. I moved all the dodgy files to a temp folder without incident...at least the ones I chose to move. Some are too valuable to get rid of...like Bathroom & Baby Controllers, and some of Inge Jones stuff.
I'm grateful to Brynne for pointing me in this direction. This is a good program, even though so much of it is beyond my current abilities. ;D
Oops! Forgot to mention that my version also says it cannot scan for missing textures or skins yet...but everything else seems to work...as far as I can tell.
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