in any way outside of their in-game designated purposes.
CrumpleBottom, Therapist, Pollination Technicians, ideal plantsim, etc. Interact with universal NPCs, such as the Grim Reaper, Mrs.
Actions taken here will not only corrupt your game, but will also corrupt all your neighborhoods, existing and future. They should never be attempted, unless you are just happy to have a broken game. The following actions are known to corrupt your game files. When a neighborhood or game becomes irreversibly corrupted, it is referred to by some players as a "BFBVFS" ( Big Fiery Ball Visible From Space). This can be checked in-game or using SimPE. Sims showing stats, such as Personality, of other Sims of the neighborhood.Buy and Build Mode becoming indefinitely disabled.Sims losing family members in their family tree.Memories and thought bubbles that contain squiggly lines and/or stretched and distorted text.a toddler who suddenly wants to go on a date). Wants that don't fit the age group (e.g.Children whose family tree contains animals as their mother or father.Children and toddlers with long-term wants other than Grow Up.Not all symptoms listed here may be a sign of corruption, but may be indicators of other problems, such as bad custom content. This is an incomplete list of possible symptoms that may indicate corruption. Corruption that occurs here is known as "Neighborhood Corruption", and fortunately, it is far less serious than game corruption, but it's also far more common.Ī possible symptom of corruption - a thought bubble containing distorted text.
'N001') where data relating to the neighborhood, such as Sims, relationships, memories, and lots in the neighborhood are located. Each neighborhood gets a folder with a unique ID on it (E.g. Corruption normally occurs in a neighborhood's folder, located in the Neighborhoods folder.
are stored at C:\Users\\My Documents\EA Games\The Sims 2\ or C:\Documents and Settings\\My Documents\EA Games\The Sims 2\, depending on the version of Windows installed on your computer. The player's saved game data, custom content, lot and houses bin, storytelling images, neighborhood stories, etc. Corruption that occurs here is known as "Game Corruption". There are a few files here that can safely be modified should the player know exactly what they are doing.
The mod loads after the original files, so code from the original files is simply not used, and code that the mod modifies is used instead). The files here are normally never modified, and shouldn't be modified (Mods/hacks do modify the game's programming, however, it doesn't actually modify the files themselves. It also contains the character files for Universal NPCs, such as the Grim Reaper, Mrs.
These include the objects.package file, the Sims3D files, audio files, movie files, default items in the game, user interface, graphics, and the game's programming.
The C:\Program Files\EA GAMES location is where the files that make up the core and backbone of the game are housed. To clear this misconception up, it's important to know that the game stores information on your computer in TWO different locations, assuming that you installed the game in the default locations.
It's common for players to mix up game corruption and hood corruption, and some think all corruption requires a full reinstall. The difference between game corruption and hood corruption