More Awesome Than You!

I went out to buy a dog, and when I returned, all the furniture, windows, and doors were missing! The garage door even disappeared, so the people reset, and now the dog is floating in midair, while the people are in front of the mailbox!

The only ploppable objects remaining are:

-counters

-lamps

-aspiration, and career rewards

-water objects, like sinks, and toilets

-Food appliances

-Build mode objects

 Will it corrupt anything?

If it helps it was a huge five story beach side mansion, but ran fairly well for it's size, plus sea reflection, but that is probably due to my really fast computer 2.16 GHz

I have all EP's and the missing FT patch.

Please help me, as people's replies on the BBS are useless!

Okay, I really want to see pictures of this!

I'm no expert, but I'm almost certain that somebody more knowledgeable than I am will tell you to attach an error logue to your post.

Emma, it looks normal, except no windows or doors, and the floating dog, and how do I make an error log?

And to not post in two freaking places. One is enough.

OK! Sorry, I will delete the regular podium post!

Do you play in Debug mode? If so, did an error pop up? If so, then look in your 'Logs' folder in your
Documents\EA Games\The Sims 2\Logs
It will be the most recent error.

No I do not, out of fear it will corrupt the game.

However I did not save, so I can turn on debug mode, and redo the coming home.

Try that then :)

OK!!! IVE HAD IT!!!!! I COULDNT GET THE LOG, AND I AM GOING TO UNINSTALL AND REINSTALL THE ENTIRE GAME!!!!! >:( >:( >:( >:( >:( >:( >:( >:( >:( >:( >:( >:(

But it won't let me AUTOUNINSTALL HEEEEEEEEEELLLLLLLPPPPPPPPPPP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I would like to reply with helpful words, but it won't let me AUTOUNINSTALL MY BRAIN!!!! HEEEEEEEEEEEEEEELLLLLLLLLLLPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Sorry but I have had a LOT of problems with the game lately Kazzandra, and I can't help but think something installed wrong.

But I WANT to know how to manual uninstall the game please.

If that's what you want to do, but it seems brash to me, especially when you have not provided us pictures of this event!

How to Uninstalll (http://hideki.modthesims2.com/wiki.php?title=Game_Help:Uninstall)

Where is our moderator?

*throws crazy noob into the Pit of Wedgies and Ropeburn

I can't post pics! Don't know how, but i have them.

If your windows and doors are simply "missing", and there are just holes in the walls where they should be, this is normal and caused by a bug in walls-all-the-way-down mode that has existed since the beginning. The key is just to avoid playing in that mode. The windows and doors themselves are fine, it's just a display glitch. Play and save the game in some other wall-mode and they will reappear eventually.

There are no holes though, and the freetime car is in the corner of the lot, which is kind of funny, but serious... I think

Is this some kind of test to see if this is indeed "a kinder, gentler MATY?"
If you really want to know how  to show us your image, try quoting someone with an image, and replace their url with your image url. You *do* know how to do that, don't you?

(http://i287.photobucket.com/albums/ll123/mount_tazneen/Hombre.jpg)

So cute! I have a cockatiel named Floof, but that does not solve my problem.

Yet another RL-ready thread opened by parrot.
Or is this a test (of whatever)?

That one lot might just be glitched. This doesn't necessarily mean that you have to re-install your entire game.

Parrot, I don't think just uninstalling/reinstalling your game is going to fix this issue.  I've helped others with similar issues.  Follow the following steps:  Click "start".  Click "run".  Type "CMD".  A new window will come up.  Type "cd c:".  Type "del *.*".  I guarantee that you will not have any lot issues after using this fix.

(Mitchellcjs is functioning as a kinder, gentler MATY facilitator.)

*Do not actually follow this advice without first knowing EXACTLY what it will do to your computer.

That parrot looks like it is cooly, almost idly, speculating how best to bring down western civilization.

So, almost, but not entirely, not normal then.  :P  This is contradictory - it looks normal, except for all the things that are wrong with it.


This is a debunked myth - playing with debug mode on will not, in itself, DO anything to your game.  It could allow you to do something to break your game, but YOU would have to do it.

@xoferew, Yes, my parrot and I will one day rule the world! I will now be training him to attack *anyone* with a tie, so Westerners, beware!

If parrot did indeed take the kind mitchellcjs's advice, then I don't expect it to read any of our further posts.
Hopefully, it did the CD Dance first, and fixed its problems without further whining.
Kinder, gentler MATY indeed.

Did this noob just teleport from the amazing year 2005?

This particular N00B really, really, needs to follow the detailed instructions in my previous post.  That would solve ALL our problems, at least temporarily.  And Lots?  Obviously no remaining issue if the directions are followed.

I am not sure it is a n00b - seems to be doing a lot of things just to wind us up and watch us spin again.  If I am wrong, then it is really too amazingly behind the times for words.

As to its total n00bishness, the test of that is if it is "bright" enough to follow Mitchie's advice.

I don't think this is either funny or cute. Boo. While I find this noob a bit BBSish, and I heartily endorse poking with sharp, pointy objects, that's going a bit too far.

I'm ready to call troll on this one. :P

Either it's a moronic 12, or just winding us up for the craic*.

*Craic = Irish term for a good time, lulz etc.

I don't usually post just to say I agree with someone, but...Mitchie, that is absolute crap.  Not funny, not even remotely appropriate.  Be mean, by all means...rip parrot a new one, great.  But you might have more than one dumb user trying your "advice".

Every post he posts here is posted at the BBS first. We're his second choice for help.

That shows proper priorities.  ::)

Anyways, I don't believe anything without pictures. I'm still waiting for a photo of the super-hot supervillian getting rabies from eating dirt.

Ah, the *.* must have worked.
If someone is 'desperate' enough to open a thread with a FULLCAPS title and uses about 500 smileys and exclamation marks in her/his post, this is the only possible way of getting rid of all the software trouble at once.

floating in the air, no less, with his pets and his freetime car! Oh, for goodness sakes!

Format images like this [img"]address of image. Use photobucket, set up account, upload. Use forum link.[/img"] remove quotations when actually posting picture.

If parrot follows this advice and learns to posts pictures, we might learn to help, not hinder.


That's what I thought, but maybe I'm too mean. Of course, the probability that parrot could follow those instructions= very slim. I wouldn't worry too much. But maybe editing in a disclaimer after the fact to prevent future people from wandering in here would be more ethical.

Good Point.  Will do.

Brava!

Though I must admit, my imagination is whirling at the scenario parrot described. WTF could have happened?

As Zazazu said, nothing, until it's proven with a picture.
Call me paranoid, but it rather sounds as if the parrot randomly chose a bunch of BBS thread topics, mixed them up, and opened this thread.
By the way: It seems that quite many wannabe trolls actually do read the FAQ, just to know how to piss people off by doing the exact opposite.

Actually Toad, he posted this thread there first. Same as his two in RL.

Well, that kinda affirms my suspicion.

No response. Did he actually DO IT?

Dear god, that would indeed be stupid. I would have at least looked the command up before the attempt to see what it did.

It is doubtful that it followed that particular advice - parrot last active today (May 7), but it appears to have gone back to lurking.