Duplicate character files in SimPE?
Sivany:
Back when I first got TS2 I created a couple of families in Strangetown. Shortly after I created a new custom hood and decided I wanted those families to live there instead. Recklessly I yanked them from their old homes and plonked them in my new neighbourhood. Of course this is now known to be a VBT but at the time I was young and naive.
I played the neighbourhood for months without any problems, then abandoned it and have recently come back to it. It's been running fine so far but now I'm more knowledgeable I fear that those moved families are an accident waiting to happen. Today I finallly got round to downloading the new seasons SimPE and looked at the character files. All those family members that moved from Strangetown have duplicate character files. One for as they are now and another (with the blue background to their picture that means they don't really exist in game) as they were when they were yanked from Strangetown. They didn't live in Strangetown long and between them I don't think they met more than 5 or 6 sims. If I go through and delete all the relationships and memories of characters met in Strangetown will it be safe to delete the old duplicate character files? Also the sims they met in Strangetown have character files, once the relationships and memories are gone can I delete them too? Is there anything else I should be deleting at the same time?
From reading other threads it seems like this is the way to go, but I just want to be 100% sure before hacking away at my neighbourhood files. Obviously I plan to backup first but the fewer problems the better!
J. M. Pescado:
If you use "Deleted 2" on the UNLINKED files, you should be able to purge them cleanly from your neighborhood.
notveryawesome:
I have a similar problem. There are duplicate dead sims in my merged Pleasantview (I've never moved sims as the OP did -- the duplicates have been there from the beginning, AFAICT). How do I go about safely deleting them? They don't seem to have any relationships, but I don't know how to check for dangling SWAFS, etc (yes, I've done searches, but the info doesn't match my exact scenario). Any help would be much appreciated.
J. M. Pescado:
Quote from: notveryawesome on 2007 September 05, 00:58:40
I have a similar problem. There are duplicate dead sims in my merged Pleasantview (I've never moved sims as the OP did -- the duplicates have been there from the beginning, AFAICT). How do I go about safely deleting them? They don't seem to have any relationships, but I don't know how to check for dangling SWAFS, etc (yes, I've done searches, but the info doesn't match my exact scenario). Any help would be much appreciated.
Deleted II: Electric Boogaloo. You don't need to worry about relationships or SWAFs with Deleted II: Relationships, memories, and SWAFs are all ritually cleansed by fire if you follow procedures as documented.
notveryawesome:
Yes, but these are DEAD sims. I assume I would need to resurrect them in order to process them for deletion? What a pain.
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