Phone Line Controller

[Jasumi]

After I installed Apartment Life, any lot that was created before EP8 goes into an infinite loop unless I turn testingcheats on and delete the phone line. When I build a new lot from scratch I do have this issue. I think it has something to do with saved data. Answering phones also resets the sim, and I can not "manage groups" anymore, it only takes me straight to the call sim options.

Anyone else have this annoying issue? What was your solution?

[Squinge]

It sounds like you are using a phone hack that isn't compatible with AL.
 
See this post

[Jasumi]

I don't remember downloading phone hacks. I used Clean Installer to search for hacks, and none apply to the phone line. I did see a few labeled as "careers" and with a hyphen in their name description. I figured these were the culprit, but no luck.

[Squinge]

If you can locate the latest error log located in the folder My Documents\EA Games\The Sims 2\Logs & attach it to you reply I may be able to help you. It will have a name like "ObjectError_E001_t5527.txt"

[Jasumi]

Can one find the file name of the culprit in the error logs? I've wondering about this possibility for a while.

[Squinge]

It's pescado's phone hack

[Jasumi]

Thanks Squinge.

For some reason Pescado's phone hack was named in my downloads folder as:

d1cb0b87b2e68b6d11643cefaa10e076_0001

It must have come with a house I downloaded. I think you should put this file name in a sticky so that others can find it. Phoneline errors seem to be a very common issue with Apartment Life.

[Squinge]

Your Welcome.

[jackie202]

hey you guys..im having the same problem. Ive downloaded a few houses..and now im getting the same phone lone controller error, as well as my sims getting error messages, and then having to be reset. I looked in my downloaded, and possibly a house i downloaded had the same phone hack..but i looked up what it was in your folder Jasumi, but i have something labeled

d1cb0b87b2e68b6d11643cefaa10e076_0002..instead of

d1cb0b87b2e68b6d11643cefaa10e076_0001


is that the same thing?

please someone help =]:smt120

[Squinge]

The file name may be different use the Sims2Pack Clean Installer to check or move those 2 files to your desktop & see if the problem goes away.

[jackie202]

I opened it in simpe, and it was the phone line controller. so i closed simpe, and just right clicked it and selected delete. was that right? was i supposed to do it someother way? its still in my recylce bin, so i could restore it if i needed too.

[Jasumi]

Yes, that is one of them. I believe I found two in my folder.

And yes, you deleted it correctly. lol