No floors, no walls, flashing terrain - fix?
Jemcrystal:
Almost every time I download a lot I get sections of missing walls and floors. Sometimes flashing terrain. Everything downloads correctly. All appears to be there perfect. Clean installer used. CEP in. So what gives? Why does this happen so often and is there a fix?
Jemcrystal:
*cricket* *cricket* *cricket*
caffeinated.joy:
What colour is the flashing? If it's blue, it's a mesh issue. If it's red, then it's an issue with your graphics - probably out dated drivers.
Also, please try to not bump your posts. I know it's been a few days since you posted your issue, but patience is a virtue, especially considering the time of year you were posting. Most people are just getting back into the swing of things. I know I haven't been online much myself over the last week.
Theraven:
Depends on where you downloaded it, too. Some creators are much more considerate of downloaders than others, and make sure the house they upload is clean and have all neccessary downloads. Others... not so much.
Modthesims is one of the few place I feel it's safe to download houses, as they list up CC and have some amount of quality control.
At places like all4sims I've ended up with houses that crash or have been played in before they were packed (stray newspapers and such). They're usually brimfull of stray mailbox/trashcan files, and there's usually no end to the CC used.
I suspect the terrain or the walls (maybe there are custom wall segments?) or wallpaper and floors somehow didn't follow the house, or weren't installed properly.
Jemcrystal:
There was nothing wrong with the houses I downloaded and the creators included everything that I would need. After two weeks of experiments I finally came up with something that works. My cousin and I have a theory that the build loading screen is on a timer. Those of us that have huge amounts of CC get timed out before all the walls and floors are placed. Sometimes even before statues and terrain, tho less likely.
Solution:
1) Pull all CC from Downloads and set it aside in a folder on Desktop.
2) Clear all cache - Documents > EA Games > The Sims 2
erase Accessory.cache
erase Groups.cache
> Thumbnails
erase BuildMode Thumbnails.package
erase CANHObjectsThumbnails.package
erase CASThumbnails.package
erase DesignModeThumbnails.package
erase ObjectThumbnails.package
3) Using Clean Installer place only the lot you want in Downloads (if it did not download right the 1st time you have to delete it from within the game and from without, making sure your teleport is clear for another take off).*
4) Load game and place house which will now have all walls, floors, terrain, statues and everything it should have if the creator uploaded it correctly and you have all the required EP's.
5) Save lot and exit.
6) Clear cache again and place all CC back in your Downloads folder where you want it. At this point you can rearrange cc files and folders without messing the house up. I'm fairly sure you can even delete any copy cat cc but I have yet to completely experiment with this.
*Teleport is a file found under Documents > EA Games > The Sims 2 > Teleport when you use Clean Installer. It's Clean Installer's way of placing a lot in game. If there is something in Teleport it means a lot is getting ready to be placed in game for the 1st time.
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