Selling House And Leaving Furnishings
J. M. Pescado:
Quote from: Jelenedra on 2007 March 06, 19:55:33
So, how does one know if they are saving the right lot?
Well, let's say there are 30 goblins in a room. One of them is the chief. How do you know which one is the right one?
Simple: Cast fireball into the room.
Jelenedra:
Is that your roundabout way of saying, save all of them?
amjoie:
This won't work for Macs, but it does for the PC:
What I do is to save the house/occupants to a file. Quit the game. Then use Clean Installer to install only the lot by using the button on the upper right corner that says something like "lot only." The lot will still have all the proper furnishings once installed, but you already have those items in your game, so the objects don't need to be reinstalled, again. And, of course, you DON'T want the sims installed. So "lot only" is the easiest and safest way to go.
After installing, start up the game. Now you will find the fully furnished house in your bin, ready to put back on the lot for the next family. And, (if you have the right EP) because the house is empty, it will still remain in the bin, even after you put a copy of it on your lot. So you can reuse the same house over and over, fully furnished. (I can't remember if that "stay in the bin" feature was Nightlife, OFB or Pets, because I have all expansions.)
Note: Just remember the house will be exactly as it was when saved to a file. So unless you want food on the counter and unmade beds for your new family, have your current occupants tidy up before you save.
I use this method to keep a copy of all my fully furnished houses, just in case a lot ever gets corrupted or burned to the ground. If/when it does, I can always move my sims out of the corrupt/destroyed lot, give them the same house on a different lot, and pretend nothing happened.
Simgoose:
yeah thats an awesome way of doing it... its not a hack... but it works well.
only draw back is that u have to exit the game and then run the Clean Installer.
But thats a good way of doing it.
amjoie:
If, on any given day, when you are ready to quit the game, anyway, you do a quick check to see if you want to save any house for posterity, you will have already gone through the process long before you need to move out a sim. Just be sure to install it on the same day you save it, so you don't forget the next time you want to play. :)
Of course, if thinking ahead like that will fry your brain, then wait until you actually want to move a sim out, and quit the game at an inconvenient time .... ;) LOL
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