Hypothetical questions

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fff:
Right, let's just say that out of interest, I decide to take a Sim from, say, Strangetown - Nervous Subject, perhaps - and ship him across to Pleasantview to throw in with the Pleasants.

I know that this is a Bad Idea, because JMP said so, which is why this is strictly a hypothetical question. But what I'd like to know is, WHY? Why is it bad? What will happen, exactly? What levels of buggered-up-ness are we talking about here? Will it screw up one 'hood? Two? Trash my entire game? Destroy my hard-drive?

I need to know these things!

Also - another question, this time, not so hypothetical  :-\ .... if I move a house (empty, uninhabited, never even played before) from one 'hood to another, will this screw things up too?

SJActress:
To answer your second question...I asked a similar question within the forum.  If you search my posts you should find it.  As for the first one, I'm too dumb to figure it out.

Oh, here's the link to the post I was talking about:  http://www.moreawesomethanyou.com/smf/index.php?topic=124.msg2518#msg2518

Liss:
When you move characters from one 'hood to another, the character keeps memories of everyone he's ever met.  So for example, if you moved Nervous to another neighborhood, he would carry all the character files with him of anyone he's ever had contact with into the other hood.  So the result is that when you go to your neighborhood file, there will be a buttload of unlinked character files in the second neighborhood.

fff:
Quote from: Liss on 2005 August 08, 05:35:55

So the result is that when you go to your neighborhood file, there will be a buttload of unlinked character files in the second neighborhood.



Thanks Liss - okay, so it's the unlinked character files that are bad, right?

Great-big-flaming-ball-visible-from-space bad, or just a bit inconvenient? I'm just a very inquisitive sort, that's all, and while I can accept JMP telling us NOT to do this (being how he is More Awesome etc.) I just would like to know WHY and WHAT IF?!!  ;D

gali:
My opinion is, that as long as you  *don't*  have "same-doubled" characters in the same neighbourhood (Kayliyin, Remington), nothing will happen.

I moved many times the Grunt family to a new neighbourhood, because I wanted to play only them, and they didn't have any friends in Strangetown - only enemies. I added to them lately  the Beakers. The game runned smoothly.

I moved Olive, Nervous, and Ophelia (which married him) to Pleasantview - and the game runned smoothly.

These are "unique" characters, and you can move them freely - nothing will happen.

But if you move NPCs, like the maids, gardeners, etc - you are going to be in trouble, because they are "doubled"...:).

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