Selling House And Leaving Furnishings
amjoie:
He backs up his lot folder.
But that isn't the issue, as far as I can see. Packaging does more than merely saving houses. Just saving the lot folder won't necessarily fix the problem if a lot is in the process of corrupting, for instance. And if you are confined to only saving the lot folder, it precludes even the possibility of downloading someone else's houses.
I am still waiting to hear a further explanation from Mr. Pescado. He has been noticeably silent, regarding this thread. This is a serious matter, and I think it deserves serious answers to my questions. :)
notveryawesome:
Quote from: amjoie on 2007 March 09, 06:39:41
I was told a very long time ago that anything left in the teleport folder should periodically be deleted. I've done that for ages, and never had a problem. What I have noticed is that some houses don't install properly, and those are the houses that seem to be left in the teleport folder. The ones that install correctly, I think, are automatically removed.
So, I am not sure that you ran out of lots simply because your teleport folder was full ....
When you ran out of lots, was it in every hood, or just one? What happened, that let you know you ran out? Were there no more empty lots, or did houses not place anymore or ???
What did you do to solve the problem?
I've no idea what actually went wrong. I installed some new lots and then noticed that they weren't in my lots catalogue in-game. Later, I tried reinstalling the lots, but Clean Installer kept telling me that the nonsensical alphanumeric filenames were already in Teleport, so I opened the Teleport folder only to find that there were lots and lots of lots in there that still hadn't made it into the in-game catalogue. I removed them from Teleport, re-unpackaged the lots, and the same thing happened - nothing new in the lots catalogue, but many left in Teleport. At that time, I had A LOT of lots in my catalogue, so, based on my troubles, I assumed that there was a finite number of lots allowed in the catalogue, and that I had reached it. I've since reinstalled my game and am being extremely selective about the lots that I install. So far I've not had any more problems.
amjoie:
Oh. Well, that isn't what I would call running out of lots. In a brand new game, fresh installed, I have had lots that would not install properly and stayed in the teleport folder. Other lots would install. It doesn't matter how many lots are already in your bin. You could have no lots in the bin, and have the same thing happen. Some lots, I think, just don't get saved correctly by the game.
I had more problems with this back a few expansions. Things from before OFB can still be problematic. Since OFB, my lots (whether my own or downloaded) have a much higher number of successful installs.
But I don't think this is what Mr. Pescado was talking about. Well, I don't *think* it is. He hasn't explained further, so no one can be sure, can they ....
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