Simz2Nut - Download the file "LotExpanderSetup 1.2.1.zip", and unpack it to your desktop (or any other folder, but NOT your Downloads!). Among the various "readme" files, you will find an installer (LotExpander_Setup.exe): double-click on it and it will install the LotExpander on your system.
You donìt need the installer any more: you can move it away, or delete it.

When done, you can start the LotExpander by clicking on its icon; the usage of the tool is easy and self-explanatory: just follow the directions on screen.

OK, but what do I do with the other folders I downloaded. I downloaded 2 one says: Lotexpander and the other one says setup! Do I put the one with the lot expander into my downloads folder or what?


Thanks,

lmfjaxxon

No! The Lot Expander is a tool, it's not something to be put in the Downlods.
The "Setup" folder soes to your desktop, where you can open it and find the installer to run (LotExpander_Setup.exe).

The "LotExpander" folder you mention is probably the one contained in the archive "LotExpanderSource 1.2.1.zip": you don't need it, it's just the source (i.e. the code) of the tool, and it's useful only for programmers.

After installing University EP, I noticed that 55 Woodland Drive is a corner lot; not just a lot positioned on a corner, but a lot where the street wraps the corner in an L-shape.

I have tried to follow the advice in this forum, but I have never had any success altering the size of this lot. My only guess is that the lot has been in the lot bin and is now prone to the corruption mentioned by Mutantbunny.

I really would like to make a 5x5 corner lot that is an inside corner (has road a L-shape along two edges) and a 5x5 corner lot that is expanded across the road so that a 2-grid wide L-shape of buildable terrain is on the other side of the road from the original lot.

If anyone might offer suggestions on this, I will be very thankful.

so far this is working great, but i have a small problem-i tried to extend a lot to the side, during the process i got an error message but i just clicked continue ( i think the same message others have pointed out, but i've had it before)-but now on the part that i'm trying to extend theres a blue area, i tried making a building change within the lot, but in it and in neighborhood view i still have a blue section...what can i do???

While reviewing my weblogs, I noticed many attempts to access the downloads for the lot expander.

I appologize for it not being there.

Great News, I have moved the lot-expander to it's own site on my domain.
lot-expander.sircoffeebear.com

You can also find it by using almost any of the outdated links, on the right side of the page, by scrolling down you will see a link that says
looking for Lot Expander?

this as well apears on my home page.
downloads are listed on http://lot-expander.sircoffeebear.com/download.html

Direct Links to the files are here...
LotExpanderSetup_1.2.1.
LotExpanderSource_1.2.1.
X_x_1.rar

Also andi please let me know if there are any errors are problems in my site layout for your lot expander.

phatman58 - Thanks for Quoting me... Lol, whish I could help, But do not have sims2 installed as well not much time lately to play.

But lets Jog at my memory....
A few tips I remember....

Forget the actual cheat, But you can try turning on the cheat to place tiles outside the normal area, then place a tile at the corner of the lot accross the street, this will change the garage/road layout, but not always as desired.

Also I think I suceeded by just exteneding the sides and back, NOT THE FRONT.

I need to find the link to my swimable sea project and post that as there is usable info there too. ((Found it , it's now in my sig. here.))

Please if you need to reach ME for some reason please email me here

All that mumbo jumbo on the previous posts, blahhhhh!




I got the same problem here, big blue space and the house in the corner and can't do anything with it except demolish the house and the lot now. Use this program with caution.

do you have pets installed? i do, this might be the reason why it's suddenly doing this...

I used this program frequently pre pets with no problems at all. I have since installed the pets ep and I have the same big blue problem you all are having. Perhaps it's not compatible with pets? Any insight would be appreciated.

I don't have the faintest idea about the internal structure of a lot package, but experience with the previous EPs teaches us that avery EP alters someway the structure of the lots, the data stored in it etc. I would not be surprised if the lots created with Pets are different then the one we easily "extended" so far, using this tool. In other words, yes, I think that this tool might be incompatible (or not completely compatible) with Pets.

I just expanded a lot of mine and then i put it in the lot/houses bin and when i tried to replace it in the neighbor hood it would not let me

I know that the altered lots I had in the bin when I installed Pets are working fine.

But I would think that the program needs updating since the Pets install said it was changing the lot format.

Ok Numenor I can understand that. However if I use your BaseGameStarter *PRO*, and loaded an earlier EP do you think it would work?

Yes, it should work. Of course, you need to build the house directly in the "previous EP" environment, you can't pick a lot built in Pets and transport it to an older game.

Yep, just recently installed it before trying this lot expander out. So looks as if it's not compatible with pets then.

andi, help?

I think Andi has left the building. If you look at his/her profile, you'll see that it has been two months since he/she has logged on.

Thanks for the updated version!...

i have a really big problem with the Lotexpander! i wrote Andi a few times but he didn't answer so i will try it in this forum. Okay i wanted to use this tool and opened it like everyone else than i picked one of my houses (i made backups) and tried to expand this house but while the prog is running an error message came and the house isn't really fixed. i mean when i start the sims 2, i see me house with a blue ground but only the expanded ground the rest is normal and playable but the new ground isn't. I made some pics and posted it in a german forum http://www.simforum.de/showthread.php?t=129209&page=2
i really need your help

this is the problem everyone with the pets ep is having. in fact it's pretty much what most of this page is about lol. we think, pretty much, that the two are not compatible. but andi seems to have dissappeared, so i guess we're gonna have to wait...

So when will it work again? ^^

If Andi has abandoned this project, as it looks at the moment, it will never work.

But you should be aware that this tool depends on the SimPE dll's, and until they're updated (we hope it doesn't take long ), people should be careful while using this with the Pets EP installed.

However, the problem mentioned it the previous posts happened even without the new EP, at least in version 1.2

But the first version worked without any glitches for me, so maybe this version still needs further work.

this doesnt work for me, when i enter size's left right ect.it acts like i didnt even put numbers there.

I noticed that Andi released this tool under the GPL , so perhaps some other people in the community would like to pick up the project where Andi left off?