Cleaning up Characters?
Kigan:
Unfortunately, it is no longer true to say I don't have any problems. One of my Subhoods crashes now any time I try to load it, through the neighborhood screen or by any other means. Whether or not this is related to the number of characters, I can't say. After all SimPE is completely useless with BV right now. Can't even get into it.
So I've done what I can to start a new neighborhood in which I will try to control the population better. However, I'm even limited in setting that up, since I have to resurrect Bella to get Pleasantview as I want it. The other three were easy once my friend typed up very detailed instructions on how he took care of it the first time. With the process he used, it didn't create any extra characters like are created if you package a house with outside ties. Something to do with putting all the connected sims (by relation or friendship) on the same lot, and as for those with graves at their houses: putting those in their inventories to be put back on the lot later. Using that method, his own game is garbage file free. No extra characters. Mine probably had more to do with what I didn't know early on. I made mistakes, and learned from them. However, I didn't learn fast enough it seems.
Thanks for the advice anyway. I guess this time around I'll just have to be much more cautious. I swear, I don't see how it is they released a game with so many problems and don't even acknowledge them unless they came with a recent expansion, such as the tour guide and charlatan multiplication issue.
jsalemi:
Quote from: Kigan on 2007 October 03, 08:37:27
So I've done what I can to start a new neighborhood in which I will try to control the population better. However, I'm even limited in setting that up, since I have to resurrect Bella to get Pleasantview as I want it.
Resurrecting the Pleasantview Bella is a VBT, since the character file is missing all kinds of important info, and will eventually lead to your hood going up in a BFBVFS. None of the dead characters in the base PV are designed to be resurrected -- the only ones that are safe to resurrect are the Tricinou family (or however it's spelled) in the NL Downtown.
doren:
Quote from: jsalemi on 2007 October 03, 14:06:24
Resurrecting the Pleasantview Bella is a VBT, since the character file is missing all kinds of important info, and will eventually lead to your hood going up in a BFBVFS. None of the dead characters in the base PV are designed to be resurrected -- the only ones that are safe to resurrect are the Tricinou family (or however it's spelled) in the NL Downtown.
I read that some changes were made with one of the expansions (OFB?), but I don't think that this is true for all the dead characters. The ones who have gravestones are safe I believe. I resurrected Darleen Dreamer a long time ago and never had any problems. However, at that time there were two character files for Darleen (as well as for Bella or Skip Broke), which is what might have changed by now.
jsalemi:
No -- the two character files come with the base game, and never change. I repeat, resurrecting Pleasantview (or Veronaville or Strangetown) characters that come with the base game is a VBT. The ability to resurrect anyone didn't come along until Uni was released, so none of those characters were ever designed to be resurrected. Doing so will eventually blow up your hood, especially if you attempt to breed any of them.
cwykes:
just in case you haven't seen it, you can download all the original hoods linked together instead of making your own. Thread in Peasantry. Any other version of doing it probably isn't safe.
Don't give up on BV yet. Yours may be one of the problems that gets fixed in patch. If your game won't load, do check out the general area the problem is in - assuming it's your game files is overly pessimistic. Downloads that don't work with BV are the first suspect. Will the hood load if you take out the downloads? Will other hoods load? Will a virgin game load and play....
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