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15th May 2012, 05:33 PM	My family won't load #1
Chammalia Original Poster Lab Assistant Join Date: Feb 2009 Posts: 66	Hello I just got a new computer and installed all of the expansion packs and all of the extra packs on the new one, and I have transfered my saved games and downloads from the old computer - where I had no problems what so ever with the game. Now the game works as it should and I can load every family except one. This family just keeps staying at the loading screen. However, this family is part of a challenge I'm playing, so I would really like to fix the problem. I've already tried removing my downloads, deleting the cache files and so on. Is there anything I can do that might help, or is the family just bugged and unable to be saved?

15th May 2012, 05:39 PM	#2
whiterider Oh, My! Join Date: Jul 2005 Posts: 14,620 Thanks: 27789 in 63 Posts 30 Achievements View My Journal	Did you patch all the EPs during installation?
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15th May 2012, 07:49 PM

Chammalia

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Originally Posted by whiterider

Did you patch all the EPs during installation?

Yes - and that single family still won't load ..

15th May 2012, 08:28 PM	#4
sushigal007 Scholar Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 1,296 Thanks: 713 in 32 Posts 7 Achievements	Can you move them out?

15th May 2012, 09:08 PM

Chammalia

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Originally Posted by sushigal007

Can you move them out?

Och, I might be able to, but there is gravestones and such on the lot that would be lost that way. Would there be any way to restore gravestones?

15th May 2012, 10:32 PM	#6
Mootilda Site Helper Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 11,898 Thanks: 21629 in 74 Posts 25 Achievements View My Journal	Your best bet is probably to move the gravestones to a community lot before you move your family out.

15th May 2012, 10:33 PM	#7
sushigal007 Scholar Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 1,296 Thanks: 713 in 32 Posts 7 Achievements	Ah, that's a problem. Hmm. Hang on, there's a tutorial I know of for respawning tombstones: http://pixel-trade.livejournal.com/26093.html. That should do the trick.

16th May 2012, 12:54 AM	#8
Mootilda Site Helper Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 11,898 Thanks: 21629 in 74 Posts 25 Achievements View My Journal	Respawning tombstones will only work if the character data has not been shredded by the deletion of the lot. It's far safer to move the tombstones, then delete the lot.

16th May 2012, 01:18 PM	#9
Ghost sdoj Site Helper Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 5,607 Thanks: 77 in 1 Posts 6 Achievements View My Journal	But according to the original post, they can't load the lot, so they can't get into the lot in order to do anything with the tombstones. Would Pescado's mod for no unlink on deletion help here?
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16th May 2012, 02:16 PM	#10
sushigal007 Scholar Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 1,296 Thanks: 713 in 32 Posts 7 Achievements	If repawning the graves is a no-no, I guess you could load another family, use something like the Sim Blender to teleport the borked family over, have them move in and then move them out of that house. I'm guessing that would leave the borked house as it was, with the graves unsold, but I'm not at all certain about that.

16th May 2012, 04:02 PM	#11
Mootilda Site Helper Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 11,898 Thanks: 21629 in 74 Posts 25 Achievements View My Journal	Sorry, I missed / forgot that the lot cannot be entered. Yes, I suppose that it would make sense to see whether another family can spawn the tombstone on their home lot before the lot is deleted. There should be no harm in trying that.

16th May 2012, 08:53 PM	#12
Chammalia Original Poster Lab Assistant Join Date: Feb 2009 Posts: 66	Okay - It seems to work now. I got into another family, got the bugged family to move in and then moved them out and into the same house as before. The gravestone and he plants are still there, which is wonderful. So the only things lost is the home business, the genie lamp and the witch tools. But hey, the family seems to work now, so thanks!

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