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29th Oct 2009, 03:43 PM	Can I import sims from Pet Stories into my regular game? #1
acid_fairy Original Poster Instructor Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 605 Thanks: 30 in 1 Posts 3 Achievements	There is a family in Pet Stories that I really like and I'd love to be able to put them and their house into my regular game, which has all expansion packs. Is this possible, and how would I do it? If I can't import the house over, would I be able to import just the sims and their pets over?

21st Jul 2011, 06:59 PM	#2
Sammisu Test Subject Join Date: Aug 2009 Posts: 36	I don't see why it wouldn't work to just drag the sim file over to the sims 2, since there the same game engine and such.

21st Jul 2011, 07:03 PM	#3
Mootilda Site Helper Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 11,898 Thanks: 21626 in 74 Posts 25 Achievements View My Journal	There's a thread on MATY about porting neighborhoods (which would include sims and lots) from the Sims Life Stories line to the Sims 2. It's not a simple process, but it can be done. I expect that Sims Pet Stories is similar. For lots, you could try just moving the lot packages into your LotCatalog folder and see what happens. backup your neighborhood first and be prepared to restore from backup if it doesn't work. For sims, you could try extracting them using SimPE: http://simswiki.info/wiki.php?title...elp:Moving_Sims
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21st Jul 2011, 08:20 PM	#4
AlexandraSpears Mad Poster Join Date: Feb 2010 Posts: 3,590 Thanks: 3 in 1 Posts 1 Achievements	That's what I do with Life Stories Sims--just take note of their personality points, export them with SimPE, and recreate them in Body Shop. I would say that if you want the memories, you can just dump all the Sims on one lot (so they've actually met each other), then move them out where you will, and use SimPE to create memories.

21st Jul 2011, 08:36 PM	#5
Mootilda Site Helper Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 11,898 Thanks: 21626 in 74 Posts 25 Achievements View My Journal	AlexandraSpears, have you tried porting any of the lots?

9th Aug 2011, 06:32 PM	#6
inu300988 Lab Assistant Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 96	I just moving the lot packages into my Lot Catalog folder, and did not work. How I can extract a lot from pets stories for the sims 2?

9th Aug 2011, 09:47 PM	#7
Mootilda Site Helper Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 11,898 Thanks: 21626 in 74 Posts 25 Achievements View My Journal	Did you rename the lots to match the naming conventions for that folder?

9th Aug 2011, 09:54 PM	#8
inu300988 Lab Assistant Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 96	The lot was called N002, and change to N001, but did not work. Is there any tutorial to extract lots?

9th Aug 2011, 09:59 PM	#9
Mootilda Site Helper Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 11,898 Thanks: 21626 in 74 Posts 25 Achievements View My Journal	No, it needs to match the naming convention in that folder: cx_00000001.package, cx_00000002.package, cx_00000003.package, etc.

9th Aug 2011, 10:07 PM	#10
inu300988 Lab Assistant Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 96	But in the folder of Pet Stories are only 5, but are other lots, would the others where they are?

9th Aug 2011, 10:15 PM

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Originally Posted by inu300988

But in the folder of Pet Stories are only 5, but are other lots, would the others where they are?

I'm sorry. I don't understand what you're asking. However, I've just found an old Pet Stories save, so I'm trying my technique now to see whether it actually works.

[Update:]

Yes, the technique works. Here's what I did.

I wanted to copy over the Abandoned House from the "Best in Show" neighborhood. That's lot # 68 in N001. So, I copied N001_Lot68.package from the Pet Stories Neighborhoods\N001\Lots subfolder into my Pets LotCatalog subfolder. Then, I renamed the lot package to cx_00000019.package, which was the first unused number in the LotCatalog folder.

Ran my game and there was "Abandoned House" in my lot bin. Added it to one of my Pets neighborhoods and entered the lot and everything seemed OK.

Note that you may be missing wallpaper, flooring, objects, etc. if they are specific to Pet Stories.

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9th Aug 2011, 10:20 PM	#12
inu300988 Lab Assistant Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 96	Ok, I'll wait to see if your version works. What I say is: which folder should I search the lots?

9th Aug 2011, 10:31 PM	#13
Mootilda Site Helper Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 11,898 Thanks: 21626 in 74 Posts 25 Achievements View My Journal	Sorry, we cross-posted. I've explained my technique above. If you are unsure how to find your lot number, you can always copy all of the lots and then search through your lot bin till you find the right one. I used SimPE to find the lot number, but you may be able to use the "boolprop ShowLotPackageFilename true" cheat. I just don't know whether it works in Pet Stories or not. To move sims, I would first try the "Easy Way" in this FAQ: http://simswiki.info/wiki.php?title...elp:Moving_Sims Be sure to backup your save games, since I have no idea whether that technique will work.

9th Aug 2011, 10:36 PM	#14
inu300988 Lab Assistant Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 96	Thank you very much!!! Now I will put into practice to see if it works.

9th Aug 2011, 10:38 PM	#15
Mootilda Site Helper Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 11,898 Thanks: 21626 in 74 Posts 25 Achievements View My Journal	Good luck!

9th Aug 2011, 11:11 PM	#16
inu300988 Lab Assistant Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 96	It worked!!! Thank you very much for the help.

11th Aug 2011, 07:55 AM

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Originally Posted by Mootilda

AlexandraSpears, have you tried porting any of the lots?

Nope.

Sorry I took so long to reply, was busy with other stuff.

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