Bork, bork, bork!

[strangetomato]

Yeah, that's what I'm thinking, too. Not a good sign. Not good at all.

I'm going to be out of town for the week, but I think I'll be starting on the great rebuild project when I get back. Maybe I'll take this as an opportunity to start things over from scratch and choose only to extract the lots and things I can't do without. Everything else can just go back to square one. On a positive note, this could be an opportunity to play through the lots in a more precise Prosperity Challenge style, and I can be more exact about aging everyone at (more or less) the same rate. To play through it all again will take a looong time, but it might be fun. I could do makeovers. I could post on it.

What do you think? Play through or artificially age everyone? I'm going to have to add in the children artificially, either way. Those poor (or maybe lucky?) sims will have no recollection of giving birth! :P

Comments

[lolawastamed.livejournal.com]

*sad face*
I'd kinda like to see a fresh start. Those are just always interesting to me.

[madame-ugly.livejournal.com]

I'd say do a mix, based on your mood. There are some households that, no matter how gungho you are, you just can. not. get through without a little help.

[cindyanne1.livejournal.com]

That sucks that you're having trouble with your hood. :( But it sure can be fun to start fresh, too. Sometimes I get the urge to re-create some of my story game lots/hoods and play them just to play them. :D

I agree with Madame... maybe do some lots from the beginning and some artificial depending on which would be more fun to play.

[simgarooop.livejournal.com]

Oh man... the "distorted speech bubbles of doom". Not a good sign, but I am amazed you were able to keep the same neighborhood for so long :)

Good luck with the new neighborhood! It will take long, true, but it is also fun to do :). I always go with artificial aging because I am already a slow player, but what you end up doing should depend on what YOU find fun :)

[lithium-lily.livejournal.com]

Ah, yeah...last time I saw that, my 'hood was becoming full of randomly resetting sims, and nobody could use the Bon Voyage food stands. :(

As for playing through or not...damn, that's a tough one! You're probably a long way ahead already, and it would be almost painful to start over...depends how attached you are to the in-game borns, I guess :P I know the feeling though, not long ago I restarted my Pleasantview after dutifully playing it through for a generation, but I had added too many families and it was getting to unwieldy. To avoid doing a repeat, I decided to put a bit of a twist on certain things and try new things with the "preset" storyline.

[meetme2theriver.livejournal.com]

I thought the warped thought bubbles on their own were okay, actually. Sims do that sometimes when something's blocking their path or similar. It's when they start talking about the wobbly line (gossip, mainly, I believe) that you truly know you're screwed.

[spyroeldragon.livejournal.com]

I always thought you could use the FFS lot debugger for corrupted memories/gossip. Now I'm kinda worried. >o>
But dang, that sucks, having to rebuild all that! D: I'm not sure what the best way to rebuild is; whatever option is more appealing to you is what matters. :)

[docnerd.livejournal.com]

Sometimes that happens when there's a glitched object nearby. Try Forcing Error with the Lot Debugger before you zap the whole 'hood. It might be an isolated incident, and not something requiring a total rebuild. I got a skritchy thought bubble from a kitchen chair once... neighborhood-killing, it wasn't.

[orikes13.livejournal.com]

I highly recommend making yourself a checklist before you start the rebuild. I know for me it was very easy to forget steps along the way and then have to restart once again. I think I restarted about three times before I finally got everything done in the right order.

If I were doing your rebuild, I'd probably get everyone to about where they were, but artificially nudge them so they're more on an even keel as far as aging goes. THEN start playing in true prosperity style. :)

[timberwolfoz.livejournal.com]

I didn't comment at the time as I had no insight to offer, but I've been going through old posts and the thought struck me -- what about Phi's baby? Can that be recreated/made?

But as others have said, take the approach that works for you.