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8th Feb 2007 at 1:10 AM
Last edited by rogue_psyche : 8th Feb 2007 at
6:11 AM.
Reason: found a fix for problem
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Blue Lot Problem and Fix
I've experienced a pretty major problem with this cheat. I created a sloped driveway using the techniques above and the
Invisible Driveway by roddyaleixo and didn't experience any issues. The next day I decided I wanted to change the angle of the slope so I went back and changed it.
When I left the lot to go put a family in to test my results I found that my lot
turned blue and couldn't be selected.
I know the problems is caused by the cheat because I only edited the terrain and added only Maxis objects during that session. In the time between the two edits I've only downloaded bodyshop files and haven't changed my hacks (which are all from moreawesomethanyou.com).
EDIT:
I'd recommend that anyone who decides to make a sloped driveway make the driveway before the house, and keep whatever you have created as it is once you've gone through the effort of creating the house. I also recommend that
cwirsing add
backing up the neighborhood as a first step to this tutorial.
THE FIX
However, if you do experience this problem on your lot, first
back up your neighborhood. Sure, it's messed up now, but you can accidentally mess it up a lot more with SimPE.
Now that you're all backed up,
open your lot up in SimPE. You can find it in
Sims 2 --> Neighborhoods --> N00# --> Lots. (In these instructions, #=the number for your neighborhood). If you installed all the EPs before playing, your lot should one of the files toward the end. You can make sure you have the right one by clicking "jpg/tga/png Image (IMG)" on the resource tree, clicking on the listed files, and viewing them in Plugin View.
Once you have the damaged file opened,
click "Texture Image (TXTR)" and find "N00#_Lot###!terrainLmap_txtr" (again, the #s represent your specific neighborhood and lot numbers). Under Plugin View you should see an aerial view image of your lot in grey scale, with the buildings as dark shapes and the terrain represented in detail. This is the file that is creating the problem.
Delete it.
Save your changes, close SimPE, and load The Sims 2. Open up your neighborhood. Your previously blue lot should now look empty, but still have the same value or inhabitants.
Enter the lot and make the necessary changes to your terrain. I can't tell you how much is enough as I just leveled my previously sloped driveway. All I can say is that if you want to keep repeating the steps list above until the slope no longer turns your lot blue, go ahead, but
if you want to be 100% sure your lot will be playable in the future, undo any features that required you to use the "boolProp constrainFloorElevation true" cheat.
Save your lot in game, not by clicking Exit to Neighborhood or Exit Game and clicking Save on the dialog box that pops up. I've read around here that it may prevent the corruption of save games.
I hope this helps anyone who experiences this problem in the future.