More issues with NL
Motoki:
Right, it's definitely there, just on disc 2 like Hairfish said. If you check your Nightlife objects.package file and the date it was last modified is later than August, then the file has been corrupted and needs to be replaced.
amjoie:
This started happening to me after playing a while. Since I was testing mods, I thought maybe one of them triggered it. I took out downloads entirely, but the problem wasn't solved. I tried generating a whole new Sims 2 folder in Documents/EA Games (by removing the old Sims 2 folder and starting the game up, forcing the generation of a new folder) and that didn't work. So it wasn't a corrupted Groups cache. Whatever had gone wrong had happened in the Programs/EA Games folder -- the main game install.
So, after making a back up, I uninstalled and then reinstalled just the NightLife expansion. That fixed the problem. So I reinstalled the CEP and put my centerpiece fireplace back in the Programs/EA folder. Still worked fine, and has continued to work through a lot of game play.
Since I did have a few mods at the time of the problem, that I found out later were not recommended (Carrigon had already said they were not good for NightLife, but I just hadn't checked her site yet), I am still not sure that the problem would have started without mods in the game.
I am waiting to see if the game corrupts again, with only NightLife approved mods.
It may even be something as simple as having moved an older preNightLife neighborhood backup into the new game -- long after installation. I had done that at the time, also. Perhaps NightLife has to be installed over older neighborhoods, rather than just bringing them in. Shrug.
At any rate, if just an expansion reinstall works, without changing anything else, it is a simple and easy fix -- even if it turns out to be a Maxis glitch causing it. I saved a copy of the newly reinstalled Program/EA Games folder, after I had reinstalled the CEP and placed the centerpiece fireplace in it. If it happens again, I might try only changing that out. It would be even a simpler fix, it if works.
linolino:
Quote from: Motoki on 2005 October 03, 16:15:43
If you check your Nightlife objects.package file and the date it was last modified is later than August, then the file has been corrupted and needs to be replaced.
Hey, that gave me an idea. What if we set the objects.package file to "read only"? then maybe it won't get corrupted again..
Motoki:
Quote from: linolino on 2005 October 04, 14:37:15
Hey, that gave me an idea. What if we set the objects.package file to "read only"? then maybe it won't get corrupted again..
That's what I've done in my game. There was a thread around here recently where someone asked MaxoidTom that and he said that was perfectly safe to do and should prevent any corruption problems with that file since nothing in that file is supposed to be modified after the game is installed.
*edit: I found the post
http://www.moreawesomethanyou.com/smf/index.php?topic=718.msg25924;topicseen#msg25924
Hairfish:
I set mine to Read Only, and haven't had any trouble since.
One question, though ~ will this allow us to use that blasted remote controlled car?
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