Undefined Transition
croiduire:
And those are the sims to generate in CAS. Do you remember the gorgeous Afghanistani girl with the incredible green eyes on the cover of the National Geographic back in the 80's? Certainly exceptions exist, but they are just that--exceptions. I think that NPCs should represent the--perhaps stereotypical--average.
RainbowTigress:
You can download an Alien replacement skin or make your own. You can also download or make replacement Alien eyes. I like Laverwinkle Sims default replacements made by Dylan, but if you want a normal skin tone, there are tutorials on how to do that using SimPE at MTS2.
There really isn't a way that I know of to set up the kind of genetics that you are talking about because the game engine does not have the ability to genetically link hair, eye, and skin color.
croiduire:
Anyway, this is getting more philosophical than practical. I'm resigned to having to reinstall my game (AGAIN!) but would like to preserve certain houses, even knowing I'll have to recreate the families. Can I just send them to the bin and then move that to the desktop while reinstalling? Where is that folder located? Do I need to do a clean uninstall/reinstall to make sure the problems are eliminated?
The flames are spreading...
RainbowTigress:
You can package UNoccupied houses. I forget the folder name, but it will usually tell you when it's finished packaging. You can save these somewhere on your computer or the desktop. The game will allow you to package occupied lots, but this is not recommended as it can cause problems and lead to a BFBVFS.
I found some instructions on how to make a new copy of the default neighborhoods without affecting any of your current ones, i.e. if you just want to replace Strangetown and leave Pleasantview and Veronaville as you have them. It's at the BBS, but it originally came from N99. I don't usually find much useful stuff at the BBS, but this was around when the game first came out. I've tried it myself, and it works great.
http://bbs.thesims2.ea.com/community/bbs/messages.php?&openItemID=&threadID=464012da819ff6fe51285b1b687adffa&directoryID=44&startRow=1#6b834abb6fd0b763574b5bb8a71226e5
croiduire:
Checking my other neighborhoods, I realize I'm at critical meltdown. It's almost pretty...I have never before appreciated Maestro Pescado's description so much as I do right now, as I watch my game blaze up, lot but lot, and merge into a glorious conflagration while I sit here, as if from space, and try and rescue what little I can. I have reached a state of peaceful, fatalistic acceptance of the inevitable.
All I need to know now is where the house bin folder is located so I can pull it to my desktop, along with saved sims, collections, and downloads, and whether I need to uninstall and then reinstall everything just to be safe.
Oh, and if I kill off all the characters per the cheat code, does that get rid of the default families as well? Because I don't want that to happen.
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