90% of Sunset Valley lots gone after returning from vacation.
Cerridwen:
Death Jester - I'd try removing my whole Mods folder and try feeding back your CC in a bit at a time. Just having the file in the Mods folder isn't causing the blue lots, it actually placing the object in a house in buy mode then saving the game and reentering.
I tested just adding a pool to a lot, saving and reentering and did not get blue lots.
If you are positive you removed all lemon candy's items and are still getting blue lots, I will guess that there is other CC in your game that is also causing it.
Place a few CC items on a lot, Save As, go to main menu, reload neighborhood. No blue lots? That CC you just put in your house should be OK, Blue lots? CC is borked.
I have to go to work now... will be back later.
Sparks:
I hate to interject the current testing you guys are doing; I'm really interested but I thought I would share some recent tests of my own.
Firstly, I have WA and am patched up current (2.2.8.002002). Since there's no current AM, I won't be opening my current saves, except one that I don't care about. I'm using this save as my test. I also have a lot of Sims3Packs in my Downloads folder which I did not remove for any of the following tests.
Situation 1: Created new hood with all CC and Mods in (hacks removed ie. AM, NRAAS...etc). Long load. Horrible lag. Saved. Quit. Re-opened. BLUE LOTS.
At this point, hacks have been removed permanently. Since some have said the problem might be with saving, I tried this:
Situation 2: Created new hood with all CC and Mods in. Long load. Horrible lag. Saved As X001. Quit. Re-opened. BLUE LOTS.
Situation 3: Created new hood with all CC and Mods in. Long load. Horrible lag. Saved As X002. Quit. Re-opened. BLUE LOTS.
Situation 4: Created new hood with all CC and Mods in. Long load. Horrible lag. Saved As X003. Quit. Re-opened. BLUE LOTS.
Someone here mentioned that at the Crazy Town forum there was a solution so:
Situation 5: Tried the instructions from Twallan's forum about moving the Resource file and Mods folder to the current WA install. Opened a save. BLUE LOTS.
Situation 6: Removed MODS folder and Resource file. Opened old save. Made some changes. Saved as X001. Quit. Re-opened. NO BLUE LOTS. Sent my Sim on vacation for 3 days. Saved 3 separate saves while there just so I'd have a testing sample for later use. Came home. NO BLUE LOTS.
This is the last and current test (Mods and Resource file still out):
Situation 7: Created new hood. Short load. No lag. Saved. Quit. Re-opened. NO BLUE LOTS.
I'm sure there's tons more testing to be done and I probably missed something while trying to find the problem but, I've satisfied my curiosity in knowing FOR ME that it has something to do with Mods/Packages/Resource and I won't be futzing around with package files anymore until there's concrete evidence otherwise. At least I can enjoy WA for a little while.
Edited to fix my dangling participle and other bag grammar. Also, sent another Sim on vacation to China. Came home, no blue lots.
Death-Jester:
Okay, I've done as you advised, started a new game, with a new sim, on an empty lot. I think I may have narrowed down the problem, at least my problem.
I tend to use some custom 'counter height' windows in my houses (especially in the kitchen). Each time I got blue pools problem, I was using them in the house.
I just tried adding CC bit by bit into my empty lot (first I did all the custom surfaces and seating/beds. Then I went back and tried all decorative items). Finally I got to the windows, and lo and behold, I get the blue pools!
I also had a couple of other things in the game at the time, but I am fairly certain it was the windows (none of the other items were CC). My game crashed (for and unknown reason), so I thought I'd post before trying again, but I'll let you know what I find out from here, and the name of the windows.
Okay, the one window I know for certain is the blame is made by Mutske, from the TSR website. Not all the windows of his/hers cause problems, and I have a lot of them installed, so until I go through them all one-by-one, I'd say stay clear of them all together.
Druscylla:
I have removed all of Lemon Candy's files and am really weeding out most of my CC. I saw this update as I was closing down for the night so I will retest (also testing with Babayaga's TS2->TS3 clutter) and will let you know what I find. I know for sure I was using children's clutter in the Goth house that is the main one affected, and I have a theory that Death Jester's problem is coming when moving the house from a corrupted hood to a new hood - it may be corrupted also. Not sure yet how to bypass that, as I have been playing a new sim in a completely new save and have not placed any CC in that save.
Death-Jester:
Well, the testing I've done was using a new sim in a new town, in an empty lot (I placed 1 wall to test doors, windows and wall hangings).
So far, the only thing I've found that causes the 'blue pools' for certain is a 2-square-wide counter-height custom window.
HOWEVER
Whilst testing the windows, I got the 'blue pools' problem, without the window I mentioned above. I loaded up a clean save, and continued testing. The problem is, I went through all the windows, 1 by 1, testing them to find the one which mucked theg ame up, and they all worked fine.
So either there is some kind of conflict, or the problem is random. I'm leaning towards the latter, because I have also experienced the 'blue pools' when not going into a save.
I mentioned it earlier - I was playing with my sim, I was sorting his house out, and I noticed the 'blue pools'. The point is, I hadn't closed the game, or gone to the main menu. I hadn't even gone abroad. The 'blue pools' appeared whilst I was playing.
This is the last testing I am doing for now - the problem is beyond my ability (and patience!). I have moved my sim and house to a new town, and I'll continue playing him. If it bugs out again, I'll stop playing and wait for a fix.
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