Move_Objects on deleted sim problem OFB

[Mike_42]

Hi.
The father of a family started a shop at a community lot as a business. I made he spent 3 days there (got 8 stars!) and when I decided it was time to get back home,the strangest thing happened;the taxi arrived,and he started yelling at everyone,until nobody remained.I had promoted a employee to a manager,and told him to mind the store,so I thought that I'd just leave and the store would remain open.Anyhow,when everybody left and only my sim remained at the shop,he kept on yelling and moving around,as if he was trying to get someone to leave.I made sure that there was noone there.He didn't get at the taxi,no matter how much I waited.I turned move_objects on,and moved the sim in the women's wc.It did stop him from yelling and moving,and the taxi did leave.The store was empty,but when I called the taxi again,the same thing hapened.He yelled etc...I turned on the move_objects cheat again,but instead of moving the character,I accidentally deleted him.Saved,reopened the lot,but he isn't there...he won't appear by the mailbox,(there isn't one at the lot?I'm not sure,I don't remember).

Now I don't really care about that taxi problem,but since the sim won't appear,he can't return home,and since he can't return home,I can't play that family at all.It's my biggest family in game,so I'd really like to recover that missing sim.

Plz help!Thanks in advance.

[julianarosalia]

You can use Jordi's teleporter shrub on another lot to summon the missing sim. Then use the newspaper to move him out of that house back into the sim bin and then move him back into his original house. http://www.modthesims2.com/showthread.php?t=188501 You're also going to want to patch your game. This particular problem was fixed with the OFB patch. And if you haven't patched the base game or your other EPs now would be a good time to do so. Let us know if you're able to get your sim back or have further questions.

[Canoodle]

Just to add to Juliana's post: Find the teleporter here-
http://www.simlogical.com/sl/Sims2Pages/Sims2_Teleporters.htm

It works wonders.

[Mike_42]

First of all,thanks for the first reply guys.Wish I could answer earlier,but just didn't have any time to spare these last two days.
So,I downloaded the teleporter (Pets version) and managed to move that sim back to the family pool!Thanks a lot for that part,everything worked as you said.
But some other problems arose...I'm not saying they're caused by that object (propably aren't) but something very wrong is going on and I can't understand what is it.
@julianarosalia;I have all the EPs up to freetime,should I really patch the previous ones?I thought that by installing the latest ep I also got the latest patches for the previous games.Tell me if I'm wrong,I'll start downloading right away.

1.So,that family that I was talking about in the first post?I did manage to move the father back to the family pool,but I still can't open the residential lot as it still "sees" the father stuck at the residential lot busines.I could use the teleporter to move all the
family members to the family pool and start over at a new house,but I had put a lot of time decorating that one...isn't there a way to stay there and have the whole family?
2.Some of my sims have beach lots,and there isn't a beach!There's the ocean all right, but no sand.They can't get a tan,comb for seashell or anything.I haven't visited a beach lot for over 6 months,if that's a clue.Any ideas?
3.Another one of my families,had two pregnant women.The time for the births came but a splash screen came out (the twins one) went off,came up,went off etc for both of the ladies.The giving birth animation just kept going.I had to exit (couldn't save) the game,they just wouldn't stop.And unlike problem 2,last time I had a regular birth was like last week.

Any ideas?

[whiterider]

Regarding patches - yes, you should patch every EP you have.

1. That's probably not salvageable. A similar thing happens occasionally with families stuck at BV lots, and you're unlikely to do any better than saving all the sims.

2. Did you place the lot from the lot bin? If so, it won't have registered properly as a beach lot. If you built it yourself, I've no idea.

3. Does this happen with all custom content removed? If so, you'll probably need to reset the sims (and possibly lose the babies): Game Help:Force Error or Reset.

[Mike_42]

@whiterider:Patching as we speak. 1.:( 2.Built it myself. 3.Gonna try with the custom content removed,but could that be it?I used custom content from day one,and i had that twins problem only yesterday...gonna try it though.

[Mike_42]

Ok,problems 2-3 were gone as soon as I turned the custon content out!Thanks for everyone that responded.Any ideas as to how I can tell which objects cause the problems though?

[AngelFrouk]

http://www.sims2wiki.info/wiki.php?title=Game_Help:Finding_Problem_Custom_Content

FAQs are good.

[Mike_42]

FAQs are good.

I guess I should have checked them more thorough.Thanks!