Update on progress
Ok I have uploaded Apartment Life and although I am not experiencing many difficulties with it so far, I HAVE!!! completely lost the Wilshire Manor, I dont even have my back up. Cant seem to locate it anywhere on my PC. Although I know I saved it somewhere.... So hopefully will find it and if not will need to create a whole new lot, then again I have been working a couple hours a night for the last two weeks on what was supposed to become the Lorenza Estate. *SIGH!!!! That one is at least intact after my upload but still at least two weeks from completion. 80S
As well I have to make sure I havent completely lost all my other houses, DRATS!!! So I will not be updating this weekend, hopefully by next weekend, unless I have to build another house. Yet still I am thinking on using a couple of my other lots, (OH NO!!! Just remembered the castle) Crap!!! So be expecting a complete transformation in lots, (My poor Orangery) I really dont want to fuss with that one again.... Which means I have to re-write an entire piece, 80( And unfortunately all my upcoming chapters involve all these lots, DAMMIT!!!!!!! (Knew I should have waited)
Other than missing a few of my sims 2 packaged actions and poses I am having very little problems, along with the above. Belladonna Cove loaded fine, I was able to set all my EP's etc... Havent tried to play it yet still concerned with Wilshire Valley, my Custom Hood... and what I do and dont still have...
As well, I cannot locate the ceilings in the game so if anyone knows please tell me where to find them. Maybe I am just frustrated because I am experiencing all of this for really the first time and am skipping over them. But I have looked through everything, *Grumble
Special thanks go to Beth, Gayl and Sandy for all their wonderful insightful help to my poor dumb butt on how to back up and ensure I didnt lose everything. Without which I would be completely starting from scratch. Boy oh Boy do I know to make sure that I backup once a month minimum. LOL!!!
Well I am about to go and make a sailor and probably an entire prison, blush with my extremely colorful language towards this game and my computer... Hopefully all is worked out.... 80)
I FOUND THE WILSHIRE MANOR HOORAY!!!!!!!
Had to make a few changes but it is working great, along with all my other lots and the ceilings too.
When you say where are the ceilings what do you mean? I ask this because my ceilings just popped up. You can see them really well when you take pics. At least I can...hmm...*wanders off to boot up game and look at ceilings.*
Let me know if this was helpful not even a little bit! LOL!
Agree with Phoenix, the ceiling tiles will just appear once you are inside the lot. or you can see them from outside using the 45 degree ceiling view.
I don't know what happened with your backups... they should be where you saved.
I always saved them in my desktop, for easy access, so I wont forget what file they are at.
It is odd you lost some lots but some others are still there... I really have no idea why...
I hope you find your backups soon, I hate building... lol so I would be pulling out my hair right now...
Sorry I can't be of more help!
So sorry for your problems Cherie! And sorry I didn't think to tell you this before- I always back up anything on a disc and label it so I know what it is, when I changed over computers I just saved my entire custom neighborhood folder and the houses and families were there once I overwrote the new one. I could kick myself for not mentioning that, sorry! :(
Yes Phoenix your information did help. but my ceilings still arent showing in the game.
Thanks Sandy,
I did do that, but for some reason it is completely missing from my folder on my desktop. I have given up I am going to have to just accept that I am going to have to build a new lot.
And Emily,
I do that with everything, I used to have a computer that if you breathed wrong it would crash. So I have about three hundred CD's with all my writings all everything. Just ran out and didnt have the opportunity to do it this time.
It's not so bad I suppose, Just building, so I will. Grumble 80)
And no need to kick yourself, I should have thought to do this myself, for that fact I should have entered the game and packaged all my important lots for extra added bonus.
Thanks
Hmm...I thought I had read this somewhere! It just took me a minute to find! LOL!
http://community.livejournal.com/thesims2/5884512.html
Hopefully it lets you view the thread since someone on the sims 2 community in lj had the same question and it was answered!'
Also, Wal-Mart was having a sale on external hard drives. I think they still are. My computer was making funky noises so I went out and swooped one up for 79 bucks. Backed everything up and then...my computer died! It was a good investment and I backed my external hard drive up just in case!:)
Just an idea that worked great for me...thank goodness!:P
Thank you phoenix,
I am really going to focus on this.... But fortunately all is not lost, I actually just published pictures of my newest lot
LOL!
did you figure out the ceilings Cherie?
and I'm curious how the lot disappeared. I've never lost a lot. They get trashed in the process sometimes, but they're still there. Where did you find it?
Yes I got the ceilings figured out eventually LOL!
And the file had mysteriously changed itself to a hidden file. ACK! so when I ran the last search I chose to include h.F. I think that is a vista thing though.
Once I found it I just replaced the file and used my b.u. and it worked, thank goodness....