Cell phones, and neighbourhoods exploding
daysies:
Pescado,
When you have to revert to a back up of a lot file, don't you have to revert to old character files, too? Are these character files linked to the lots or vice versa, or is your theory (or fact) of reverting to an old lot a true enough fix to these cell phone annoyances?
Thanks.
J. M. Pescado:
Quote from: daysies on 2005 August 03, 14:39:57
Pescado,
When you have to revert to a back up of a lot file, don't you have to revert to old character files, too? Are these character files linked to the lots or vice versa, or is your theory (or fact) of reverting to an old lot a true enough fix to these cell phone annoyances?
No, character files are not linked to lot files, and the reason cellphones wig out is because of an instantiation problem. Restoring the lot file reverts the instantiation state of everything back to that time, so the cellphone is no longer in use and crashing the game. Sims, however, will retain any non-instantiation global states, such as skills, aspirations, memories, and aging. If anyone has been removed from the family since the backup, they will no longer be there. If anyone has been added to the family since the backup, the added members spawn by the mailbox.
daysies:
Quote from: J. M. Pescado on 2005 August 03, 15:20:15
No, character files are not linked to lot files, and the reason cellphones wig out is because of an instantiation problem. Restoring the lot file reverts the instantiation state of everything back to that time, so the cellphone is no longer in use and crashing the game. Sims, however, will retain any non-instantiation global states, such as skills, aspirations, memories, and aging. If anyone has been removed from the family since the backup, they will no longer be there. If anyone has been added to the family since the backup, the added members spawn by the mailbox.
Awesome. This is good info to have. :-*
Oddysey:
Quote from: J. M. Pescado on 2005 August 03, 15:20:15
No, character files are not linked to lot files, and the reason cellphones wig out is because of an instantiation problem. Restoring the lot file reverts the instantiation state of everything back to that time, so the cellphone is no longer in use and crashing the game. Sims, however, will retain any non-instantiation global states, such as skills, aspirations, memories, and aging. If anyone has been removed from the family since the backup, they will no longer be there. If anyone has been added to the family since the backup, the added members spawn by the mailbox.
So, the sims store data about themselves in their files, and lots store data about what the sims are doing at the moment in their files? And if a lot doesn't already know what a sim is doing, it spawns them at the mailbox?
J. M. Pescado:
Quote from: Oddysey on 2005 August 03, 21:55:52
So, the sims store data about themselves in their files, and lots store data about what the sims are doing at the moment in their files? And if a lot doesn't already know what a sim is doing, it spawns them at the mailbox?
Something like that, yes. If a sim is supposed to be on the lot but isn't, the game will respawn him by the mailbox. The lot otherwise records things like the current date, the sim's current activity on the lot, etc.
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