My Neighborhoods are Missing
ChillyzGrrl:
Quote from: jsalemi on 2006 August 01, 15:40:02
I had something similar happen (can't remember why now), and I recovered by renaming my 'The Sims 2' folder in My Docs, and loading the game and letting it rebuild the default neighborhoods. Then I copied everything back to the new directories except for the 'neighborhoodmanager.package' file (or some similar name) found directly under the Neighborhoods folder. That seemed to to the trick, and my neighborhoods were all fine after that.
Well, I tried this, since it's the only thing I have not tried.
However it did not work.
As soon as I put the contents of the re-named folder back into place and tried my game, it went back to show the same ting as last night (Pleasantview, Veronaville, one custmed neighborhood and Downtown).
I have come to the conclusion that something in the neighborhood files for Strangetown and the two customed neighborhoods I lost must be corrupted, as trying to readd them only recreates the problem.
jsalemi:
Try it one more time, and this time only replace the contents of your neighborhoods once at a time. IOW, let the game rebuild the files, and then only put back the contents from your saved N001 directory (Pleasantview). Then load the game and check it. Do the same for N002 (Strangetown), and so on. Since since it won't make the custom directories, once you have the base neighborhoods back and working, just create dummy custom neighborhoods and add you originals back one at a time.
Make sure you don't overwrite the neighborhoodmanager.package file in the root Neighborhoods directory, though -- that's what usually becomes corrupted when neighborhoods disappear.
ChillyzGrrl:
Quote from: jsalemi on 2006 August 01, 19:21:04
Try it one more time, and this time only replace the contents of your neighborhoods once at a time. IOW, let the game rebuild the files, and then only put back the contents from your saved N001 directory (Pleasantview). Then load the game and check it. Do the same for N002 (Strangetown), and so on. Since since it won't make the custom directories, once you have the base neighborhoods back and working, just create dummy custom neighborhoods and add you originals back one at a time.
Make sure you don't overwrite the neighborhoodmanager.package file in the root Neighborhoods directory, though -- that's what usually becomes corrupted when neighborhoods disappear.
Actually, and I really hate saying this because you've been really nice and helpful, but I already tried that... about two hours ago.
The game refuses to acknoweldge Strangetown and one of the customed neighborhoods as being there at all. And the other one is apparently causing the thing with Downtown showing up as a neighborhood.
jsalemi:
Well, then it sounds like your neighborhoods are hosed for some reason, and it may be time to write them off and start again from scratch...
ChillyzGrrl:
Quote from: jsalemi on 2006 August 01, 20:22:25
Well, then it sounds like your neighborhoods are hosed for some reason, and it may be time to write them off and start again from scratch...
Yes, I believe so, too. Thank you for the help, though. You were very kind to not only offer advice but stick with me like this. Thanks for that!
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