Wanting to Re-Generate my Townies.
Sleepycat:
default face replacements + SaraMKs "empty templates" + new custom hood = a empty hood that will end up with better looking NPCs/townies/dormies
angelyne:
I've been using SimPe and it seems to be working fine, for what I am doing, which is just changing small things like character attributes and name.
Starting a brand new neighbourhood is always an option. That's what I am doing now. But some people are attached to their old neigbourhood. I can understand wanting to keep it.
Deleting townies is always an option. Except that the game will regenerate more, unless you have the notownieregen mod. And even with new templates, you still might not be happy with the results. But the reason I think it's a bad idea, is that it adds to the file bloat of your neighbourhood. All your dead characters are taking a file "slot". The new ones will use more slots. There is a finite (albeit large) number that can be used. At least that's my understanding. That's the reason for the character deletion tool. But as you have seen from this thread, it's not to be used carelessly.
So apart from the fluglyness, your townies are perfectly acceptable characters. They have a range of personalities, attributes, skills, badges, ect. Some of them have relationships with your characters. Some of them are your customers. So instead of bumping the whole lot off, it seems more efficient to simply make them over.
That's my take on things anyway.
Simgoose:
Quote from: Sleepycat on 2007 March 06, 15:21:13
default face replacements + SaraMKs "empty templates" + new custom hood = a empty hood that will end up with better looking NPCs/townies/dormies
And alot of Family's in the Bin and Houses in the Bin, Community Lots in the bin, Dorms in the Bin... and 5hrs of setting up... and bam!
no more premade n/hood!
Simgoose:
If i was to create a new hood with the empty templates...
when creating Downtown and Uni hoods... if i choose one of the pre made ones, eg Blue Water...
will that create new townies and NPC with new genetics...
or will it use the already existing ones from the Pleasantview Blue Water Towines?
Sleepycat:
from what I have read it isn't worth it to use the empty template for Downtown (you'll just get the same downtownies apparently)
if you use the empty dorm template then any new dormies that spawn will use whatever default face replacements you have in, assuming you have them (made dormies so much better in my game that I allow my sims to marry them)
I believe there is a empty template for bluewater village also but I never attach that sub-hood to any of my hoods, so I don't know anything about it...
use the N001 empty template and you won't get the default townies, after making my last new hood I spawned a batch of new townies using testingcheats enabled & shift-clicking on the mailbox etc... got some really nice looking new townies that way (they also use the default face replacements)
if you have Pets, I suggest using the empty template for that also.
the empty templates (incase you didn't find them) -
http://www.moreawesomethanyou.com/smf/index.php/topic,4306.0.html
she has instructions to get rid of the binned Pets maxis premades (and maybe the Seasons ones also)
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