So tired, glitches, and party picspam
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profbutters I didn't get any sleep at all last night. Some glitches and errors cropped up that had to be dealt with right away. I spent all night fixing them. Not panicking--fixing. I was just afraid that if I went to sleep, I would forget what I had been doing. 7 am. I'm wiped.
Here's what happened. I had played up to a certain point at Uni and was finally ready to do some stuff at Elroy's house. All went well, until I had Chloris move out and build up a farm. When I exited to the neighborhood, her lot was nowhere to be seen.
She wasn't gone; I was able to have the family call her, invite her over, and ask her to move in. I left her there where she was safe and tried to fix the lots. Things were very strange; the regular lots were showing up with no buildings, and the unoccupied lots wouldn't hold anything on them.
Maybe it's a coincidence, but it's very funny how when I have big trouble, it always seems to happen right after I've downloaded some stuff, especially lot stuff, from Parsimonious. I have no idea why. Walls, especially--why would wall coverings cause trouble?--but when I lost all that data last week, it was right when I was playing with some lots from there and tried to switch hoods, and got stuck. Honestly, I think it's some innocent looking objects, like rocks and plants. Again, no idea why, and maybe it is just my game.
I had to delete the Neighborhood Manager, and then that had some spooky consequences, tossed every single scrap of suspicious CC, and finally (happily) everything seemed ok. The lots were back in. I even had all the data saved from the last few hours of playing. Only trouble was that the two households I'd been into now had no stories connected with them. It's especially sad to see that on Lytton's lot: the family historian has no memory. The pictures were there; just not the sorting and the story. Once again, didn't panic, remembered that there must be web entry files that corresponded in my old Storytelling files, copied those over, and voila! Everything seems to be where it is supposed to be, and all the other households appear to be untouched.
Anyway, the good thing is that I think I found the trouble CC that was causing my problems and hopefully there won't be any more. And if I ever say again, "oh, that lot on Parsimonious is SO CUTE, I'll just try it once more," hunt me down and hurt me. Again, not blaming Parsimonious in general, and I deeply regret that I can't use those gorgeous lots, but after big scale glitches like that, I don't dare.
And because it's boring to read a Sims glitch whine without pictures, have some minor picspam! Consider it a teaser or a sidelight, what you will.
You may remember these guys.
Elroy and Count Whoopie are Lucy and Carmilla's grandfathers. Of course, the problem is that Elroy has been aging, and Count Whoopie hasn't. What to do? Well, no worries. Evidently, they talked to Lucy and Carmilla about this a long time ago.
Lucy: What's the shock, Milly? You knew this was going to happen. They even told us about it in high school.
Carmilla: But I never thought they'd do it! I don't want my grandpas to get old.
In fact, it was Carmilla's and Lucy's idea, and it frees Elroy and Count Whoopie to get older, retire, and in Count Whoopie's case, get to spend some of those golden years relaxing on the beach.
I was a little sad about Elroy getting older, but then I realized that while he may have gotten older, he certainly hasn't grown up.
Smustling, pranking. . .
Count Whoopie: You really haven't changed, Elroy.
Count Whoopie: And that's how I like it.
Of course, this means Count Whoopie hasn't changed, either.
And as far as they're concerned, it was a marvelous party.
Anyway, hope you enjoyed that! The Uni households are in their final semester, and after a bit of dinking around, we're almost ready for some graduations and weddings. There may be another chapter before the wedding one. There are a few loose ends that it might be convenient to tie up separately, and a few amusing things, like Achilles doing a whole lot of makeovers. But I sure am ready for those weddings. I can practically taste it.
Here's what happened. I had played up to a certain point at Uni and was finally ready to do some stuff at Elroy's house. All went well, until I had Chloris move out and build up a farm. When I exited to the neighborhood, her lot was nowhere to be seen.
She wasn't gone; I was able to have the family call her, invite her over, and ask her to move in. I left her there where she was safe and tried to fix the lots. Things were very strange; the regular lots were showing up with no buildings, and the unoccupied lots wouldn't hold anything on them.
Maybe it's a coincidence, but it's very funny how when I have big trouble, it always seems to happen right after I've downloaded some stuff, especially lot stuff, from Parsimonious. I have no idea why. Walls, especially--why would wall coverings cause trouble?--but when I lost all that data last week, it was right when I was playing with some lots from there and tried to switch hoods, and got stuck. Honestly, I think it's some innocent looking objects, like rocks and plants. Again, no idea why, and maybe it is just my game.
I had to delete the Neighborhood Manager, and then that had some spooky consequences, tossed every single scrap of suspicious CC, and finally (happily) everything seemed ok. The lots were back in. I even had all the data saved from the last few hours of playing. Only trouble was that the two households I'd been into now had no stories connected with them. It's especially sad to see that on Lytton's lot: the family historian has no memory. The pictures were there; just not the sorting and the story. Once again, didn't panic, remembered that there must be web entry files that corresponded in my old Storytelling files, copied those over, and voila! Everything seems to be where it is supposed to be, and all the other households appear to be untouched.
Anyway, the good thing is that I think I found the trouble CC that was causing my problems and hopefully there won't be any more. And if I ever say again, "oh, that lot on Parsimonious is SO CUTE, I'll just try it once more," hunt me down and hurt me. Again, not blaming Parsimonious in general, and I deeply regret that I can't use those gorgeous lots, but after big scale glitches like that, I don't dare.
And because it's boring to read a Sims glitch whine without pictures, have some minor picspam! Consider it a teaser or a sidelight, what you will.
You may remember these guys.
Elroy and Count Whoopie are Lucy and Carmilla's grandfathers. Of course, the problem is that Elroy has been aging, and Count Whoopie hasn't. What to do? Well, no worries. Evidently, they talked to Lucy and Carmilla about this a long time ago.
Lucy: What's the shock, Milly? You knew this was going to happen. They even told us about it in high school.
Carmilla: But I never thought they'd do it! I don't want my grandpas to get old.
In fact, it was Carmilla's and Lucy's idea, and it frees Elroy and Count Whoopie to get older, retire, and in Count Whoopie's case, get to spend some of those golden years relaxing on the beach.
I was a little sad about Elroy getting older, but then I realized that while he may have gotten older, he certainly hasn't grown up.
Smustling, pranking. . .
Count Whoopie: You really haven't changed, Elroy.
Count Whoopie: And that's how I like it.
Of course, this means Count Whoopie hasn't changed, either.
And as far as they're concerned, it was a marvelous party.
Anyway, hope you enjoyed that! The Uni households are in their final semester, and after a bit of dinking around, we're almost ready for some graduations and weddings. There may be another chapter before the wedding one. There are a few loose ends that it might be convenient to tie up separately, and a few amusing things, like Achilles doing a whole lot of makeovers. But I sure am ready for those weddings. I can practically taste it.
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Date: 2009-03-24 06:19 am (UTC)I wonder why the Parsimonious stuff reacts so badly with your computer, since it always does seem to be you. I honestly have no clue.
Also, Elroy and Count Whoopie = very cute. Not used to them being old, though!
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Date: 2009-03-24 07:44 pm (UTC)It's probably just a few high poly items, maybe, though something odd is up with one of those lots for sure. You can see a red item in the background just off-lot in one of them when you download it, which to me means that something tagged along, and as you know, no Clean Installer for Macs. Luckily I always mark the stuff that installs itself with a new lot.
This time, I had backed up before I tried to fix things--deleting the Neighborhood Manager package file seemed to do it, though it's not something I'd like to have to do again. (I also had *two* Neighborhood Manager files in there at one point, which was totally my own mistake. Do not do this.)
Toast once said she had a problem toggling between hoods using the Neighborhood screen. I almost never have to do that, so in the future, I'm just going to exit the game and go back into that hood. (Going back and forth with subhoods, however, seems to be fine for now.)
Anyhoo, for now--backing up is my pal.
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Date: 2009-03-25 02:41 am (UTC)I generally just don't download lots or sims, since I don't really need more of them. I don't download much in the way of walls/floors/furniture either - I find the Maxis stuff to be enough. Bodyshop items, though? Who can't use more of those?
Two Neighborhood Manager files? That sounds bad.
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Date: 2009-03-25 02:50 am (UTC)I usually don't download lots. I'll download Orikes', of course, but that's because 1) I trust her and 2) she puts hers up free of CC, with careful labels about which EPs they're compatible with. I've got a bunch of walls and floors, most of which were recolored by Tina, and a whole lot of Holy Simoly stuff.
Bad hair files have been known to make my game throw up, too.