Request, nay Demand! for a new FAQ
Soylent Sim:
Might as well start putting down some of the things for when we get around to an actual FAQ 2.0 thread. Add or correct as as you feel the need.
Do not delete sims: Whether from the simbin or with the DeleteAllCharacters cheat. The problem is that what looks like one sim is actually many different files; the DNA is different from the relationship information is different from the wants/fears information etc. Deleting a sim from the bin or with the DAC cheat will only delete some of those files, leaving stray bits that may override the normal data for some other sim born/created later. On top of that, all memories and gossip about the deleted sim do reference files that are actually gone, so you will have corruption as the game gets confused. Note, however, that killing sims doesn't cause problems. All the required information for a dead sim is kept in the right places.
Mind your hacks: This may sound funny coming from a site that produces a lot of hacks and other custom content. However, not all hacks are created equal. Some are just poorly made, some worked well for a given EP but don't work properly with newer games, and sometimes two hacks that cause no problems on their own will conflict and cause problems when they're together. The modders at MATY can only be expected to take care of their own creations, so make sure to look for hacks that might be causing problems before asking for help, and ask the person who made it for help. (If someone else could explain the details of binary searching and what hacks are most likely to cause problems, I'd be appreciative.) On a related note, occasionally see how large your downloads folder is. While a large downloads folder by itself won't cause any bugs, it will cause your game to slow down if it's lager than half the RAM available on your system.
Do not move an occupied house into the lots and houses bin. Similarly, do not move a downloaded occupied house into your home neighborhood: If you've already done this before, you might have an idea what it does to your sims. In actuality, it's worse than that. When you move an occupied lot into the lot bin, all relationships and memories dealing with them are severed, and instead attached to dummy files that are added to your game. At the same time, every relationship or memory dealing with a sim outside the lot creates a dummy file that's attached to the lot, and is added to any neighborhood the occupied lot is added to. Doing this once just severs outside relationships for anyone in the house in question, and adds invisible junk data to the neighborhood. Doing this repeatedly can create enough junk data to render the neighborhood unplayable. It is possible to take special steps to clean up a saved lot like this and make it safe for download. Notably, the Kim and Kat residences that came with Pets are safe to add. Some other downloaded lots might be similarly cleaned. However, unless you know for a fact that the lot is cleaned up, it probably isn't and will cause junk file problems down the line.
SaraMK:
So who's writing this thing? Or is everyone just agreeing that it needs to be written?
I'd do it, but the problem is that I mostly just know a single solution to most of these problems, and some of them I don't know any solutions to because I have simply accepted that they are VBT's and have never had to deal with the aftermath. Also, I'm not sure that I do know all the nitpicky details of why all these things are so bad. I guess it could be written one piece at a time, with people submitting details where they see fit.
Too bad it can't be done Wiki style. Now that would be awesome, with the ability to link words like DAC to expanded explanations that n00bs could click on and everyone else would not have to bother with.
syberspunk:
Yeah, that would be an excellent idea. Wiki style would be neat. Too bad we can't just cut and paste from the various excellent resources we have here at MATY already. I know it's been brought up before, but maybe there should be a MATY centric wiki, rather than a Sims 2 wiki, since that wiki doesn't seem to be getting developed any further...
So... in the spirit of h*r, why not have our own MATY wiki, complete or replete :P with snarky, sardonic rhetoric. :D
Our wiki could be More Awesome Than everyone else's wiki! It would be the definitive wiki, to Rule THEM ALL!!! Muhahahahahahaa!!!111oneone
Or you know, just for fun and mostly to amuse ourselves I suppose. ;)
Ste
Zazazu:
Quote from: Soylent Sim on 2007 June 04, 19:20:23
While a large downloads folder by itself won't cause any bugs, it will cause your game to slow down if it's lager than half the RAM available on your system.
Whoa, whoa whoa! This is news to me. How is it that several people here have folders upwards of 13GB (side product of the Compressorizer thread is the inherent folder envy) and still run the game, then? I know they can't have 26 GB of RAM. I have 2 gigs, folder is now around 1.8 again because all compressing and purging did was make me feel free to get more stuff, options all maxed, and my game runs quickly and smoothly, except for a bit of slowdown during snow.
Orikes:
Quote from: syberspunk on 2007 June 04, 19:15:01
Question about the Ottomans. I was following that thread in the Oops... forum, and what I got from it was that the "problem" was fixable.
From what I got out of the thread on the Ottamas family, the way to 'fix' them was to nuke the pregnancy before Samantha has the twins. Once you do that, the family is safe to have in the neighborhood.
If there's a way to actually fix the babies once they're born, I don't know.
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