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Vimpse
1st May 2012, 3:41 PM
More of a question than a problem really, but I couldn't really find any info on it and... well... asking always seems like the right solution.

Soo... I followed this guide (http://www.moreawesomethanyou.com/smf/index.php?PHPSESSID=c03b5c86b1f547a082ecec89e1ae4aa3&topic=4306.0) (MATY) for clean templates for a costum neighborhood, and everything is dandy and problem-free, but now that my neighborhood has progressed a bit and there's children and teenagers in the 'hood, I'm noticing that they only ever bring Bon Voyage Sims home from school/work (if at all)... as in, it doesn't seem like the game is spawning children and teenagers as townies?
On the article at the Sims wikia (http://sims.wikia.com/wiki/Tutorial:Creating_a_clean_neighborhood) it briefly mentions it, saying: "You may create your own Townies for your neighborhood or just let the game create them by itself. If you don't use the mods to prevent townies from being spawned, the game will spawn itself.": this is what I wanted, for the game to spawn townies (and it is spawning adults and elders). Am I just impatient or is something possibly wrong? I don't use any mods to prevent townies from being spawned or anything of the sort, so I'm just sorta puzzled as to why it doesn't seem to spawn children/teenagers at this point.

(for the record, although not very relevant I imagine, the reason I wanted a clean neighborhood and then letting the game spawn townies is to use CuteLilDeadGirl's Gigantic Townie Name Replacement Mod (http://www.modthesims.info/download.php?t=383239))

Mootilda
1st May 2012, 3:58 PM
"If you don't use the mods to prevent townies from being spawned, the game will spawn itself."You obviously have a mod which stops the generation of townies. My guess is one or more of the no-regen mods from MATY. Specifically, you may have notownieregen.

It's a really good idea to make sure that you understand the mods that you are installing. You can read the documentation about the mods to understand what they do.

Vimpse
1st May 2012, 5:14 PM
See, that's just the thing... the only mods I use is triplets & quads, perfect gardens and now there's this name replacement mod. Why? Because I'm scared of mods destroying my game and I avoid them like the plague, so I'm 100% sure I don't have anything like that. Besides, there ARE townies, just (apparently) no children and teenagers.

Mootilda
1st May 2012, 5:54 PM
Interesting. My next recommendation is that you follow the entire Game_Help:Game_Problem FAQ.

Vimpse
4th May 2012, 8:53 AM
I shall attempt it, at least clearing the downloads folder - it needs to be organized anyway so I might just start from scratch.

Mootilda
4th May 2012, 4:09 PM
The Game Problem FAQ is designed to help you to determine where the problem lies: CC, save game, installation files, etc. Once we've narrowed that down, we may be able to help you further.