Help with Regedit Name Change Issue
Zazazu:
Quote from: Plum on 2007 June 26, 22:10:58
These solutions do not appear to have fixed the problem. Or should I not expect my Sims' names to just revert back once the patch is applied?
Plum, I used that fix too and it did absolutely nothing for my problem caused by the European version of H&M. Far as I know, it only fixes the registry for Family Fun Stuff. If that's not the expansion that's causing you issues, that won't do it.
Which EP/SP did you install that switched things for you? Go to Run...then put in "regedit" and hit "Run". The path you need to follow is "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE>Software>EA Games>The Sims 2 "insert EP/SP that's borking here". Make sure you are hitting the plus sign to expand.
Click on the Sims 2 "blah" folder and a list will pop up to the right.
Wrong-click on "Language". Choose "Modify". Change the value data to "English US" (just type it in). Hit "OK".
Wrong-click on "Locale". Choose "Modify". Change the value data to "en_us" . OK
Now, when you expanded the Sims 2 "blah" file, a subfolder called "1.0" should have popped up. Click on that.
Wrong-click on "Language". Choose "Modify". Change the value data to 1. OK
Wrong-click on "Language Name". Choose "Modify". Change the value data to "English US". OK.
X out, no more 24-hour crap, old names back.
As for it fixing names, fixing the language did fix names for me, and I had saved several times.
Plum:
I did save when their names were borked, but it wasn't a lot that had any Sims on it; I was building a community lot at the time, and didn't notice until I played a residential lot a couple of days later. In SimPE's SimBrowser they all have their proper names. I can't edit anything in SimPE though because it's not compatible with H&M yet.
Part of the problem is that I don't know what pack did it. I installed all of the Stuff Packs at once (excluding Glamor). But if the patch doesn't apply to H&M, that may be it.
However, none of the folders have a "Language" entry. I've checked the folders for the game and every expansion, and there's a sub-folder in each called "ergc" with an entry just named "(Default) that doesn't appear to have any language-like values.
jrd:
Use this registry file to switch the english locale:
http://www.modthesims2.com/showthread.php?p=1681295#post1681295
12hr: En-US
24hr: En-UK.
Sleepycat:
I've been using the Seasons SimPE to edit sims/stuff in my hood and I have all the EPs & SPs, including H&M, it works fine ;D
of course you should always backup your hood before doing anything in SimPE ;)
Plum:
I edited using Seasons SimPE and my game wouldn't load after that. I just got a blank error message. Had to revert to my backup.
I'll try that patch when I get up in the morning, Jordi. Thanks. :)
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