Delete townies without using the cheat
simsKITblue:
I AM GOING TO TRY THE ELECTRIC BOOGALOO METHOD IT SEEMS LIKE IT WILL TAKE FOREVER but 2000 sims is getting to be unruley and takes up a lot of space
Tarlia:
Is English your first language?
Are you dropping character files directly into your characters folder? If so, as Dragon Slave said, that is a VERY BAD THING. Your neighbourhood is broken.
When installing clean templates, you do not touch the neighbourhoods in Documents at all. Follow the instructions, which should be simple, just delete/move existing folders and replace with the downloaded cleaned templates (and NOTHING ELSE).
Then, you start up your game and create a new neighbourhood. Your existing neighbourhood, which you've apparently fucked up completely, is lost. If there are families you want to keep, you can clone them with SimPE and recreate the families in the new neighbourhood.
Make sure you've got notownieregen, antiredundancy, etc, to keep the 'hood clean.
Also, don't double post, and keep your Caps Lock off.
simsKITblue:
If i delete my ea games folder in my documents directory (not the program files directory) and restart the game will that fix the problem of the broken neighborhood?.
and iif i delete the neighborhood file itself from the my documents directory and replace with my backed up neighborhood folder will that be ok?
to start from scratch on the delete townie thing and i am assuming that i need to use the electric boogaloo to keep all my playable sims and delete all the townies. am I correct on what i need to do?. do i need to follow the instruction to delete the townies still or just use the electric boogaloo?
English is my first language but i have a one year old that occupies my time and i have to type quickly before he gets into something i have to nab him and if i have to stop in the middle i loose my train of thought. so i sound confusing. so i try to sum things up quickly but obviously everyone doesn't always get my gist. i try to be clear in the least amount of words but not always successful in time constraints.
Tarlia:
Quote from: simsKITblue on 2010 April 18, 13:48:33
If i delete my ea games folder in my documents directory (not the program files directory) and restart the game will that fix the problem of the broken neighborhood?.
Well, it will get RID of the broken neighbourhood, as well as everything else. If your goal is to get rid of the broken neighbourhood, then just... delete the broken neighbourhood's folder.
Quote from: simsKITblue on 2010 April 18, 13:48:33
and iif i delete the neighborhood file itself from the my documents directory and replace with my backed up neighborhood folder will that be ok?
You can't just delete or backup the file, you need the whole folder. As in, if your neighbourhood is in the N004 folder, you need to delete the WHOLE N004 folder, and replace it with a backup of the WHOLE N004 folder. If you don't have a complete backup of the whole folder, from BEFORE you started messing with it, then no luck: your 'hood is gone.
Quote from: simsKITblue on 2010 April 18, 13:48:33
to start from scratch on the delete townie thing and i am assuming that i need to use the electric boogaloo to keep all my playable sims and delete all the townies. am I correct on what i need to do?. do i need to follow the instruction to delete the townies still or just use the electric boogaloo?
If you DO have a backup that's functional, and you want to delete townies from it, then yes, you have to use "the electric boogaloo" as you call it. Clean templates are only useful for NEW neighbourhoods.
Quote from: simsKITblue on 2010 April 18, 13:48:33
English is my first language but i have a one year old that occupies my time and i have to type quickly before he gets into something i have to nab him and if i have to stop in the middle i loose my train of thought. so i sound confusing. so i try to sum things up quickly but obviously everyone doesn't always get my gist. i try to be clear in the least amount of words but not always successful in time constraints.
Horrible excuse. If you have enough time to play The Sims, then you have enough time to type coherently, one year old or not. I'm sure he sleeps sometimes. I'm not even trying to be a "grammar nazi" here, I'm having serious trouble understanding what you're trying to say. Your sentences are seriously lacking in punctuation, for one, which makes them hard to follow.
I have my doubts that you should even be trying to do this, if you have as much trouble following instructions as you seem to.
simsKITblue:
well thank you for your help my son is caught under the bed and it seems you guys frown upon double posts. but i do have a back up of the entire folder.
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