User talk:Joey.eyeball

Style note
In general, our "house style" is to italicize the names of games. So, when you see something like The Sims 3, and think it needs to be linked, change it to The Sims 3 rather than The Sims 3. Dharden (talk) 14:56, December 26, 2012 (UTC)

RE: Restoring Neighborhoods
It seems that you've done it right, except for the storytelling picture. First, go to your saved game folder in My Documents\EA Games\The Sims 2\Neighborhoods\N001 (Pleasantview for example). You'll notice it's missing the Storytelling folder. Make one and leave it there. Now, go back to your installed game directory in UserData folder (the folder where you got the original neighborhoods). There's a Storytelling folder there.

Inside the Storytelling folder, find the screenshots you want. Remember, there's snapshot, and there's thumbnail. I'm sure you know which photo album belongs to which family. Notice that the snapshot (or thumbnail) has a file name like  The x's are the family instance. So for example you want the Broke snapshots, the x's are 2dae7a30. Now find the XML file in that folder as well named.

Copy the snapshots, the thumbnails, and the XML file to the Storytelling folder in your saved game again. Do that to all the families in the same neighborhood, and there you have the photo albums again. :)  Nikel  Talk  –  Vote!  07:18, August 7, 2013 (UTC)
 * The Baxter family snapshot is also in the Storytelling folder inside your The Sims 2 folder in My Documents. It's always there.


 * Can I suggest you something? Next time if you want to restart a neighborhood, try using Tarlia's Clean Neighborhood. It's better without excessive townies. Also she's fixed some broken Sim DNAs. Strangetown has the most occurrences.  Nikel  Talk  –  Vote!  17:00, August 7, 2013 (UTC)

RE: Thankyou
Thanks so much, Joey! :] ~ Waikikamukow  ( Anyone wanna chat? )  10:03, August 14, 2013 (UTC)

RE: The Lobos Family
I've fixed it. Thanks for the heads up! :)  Nikel  Talk  –  Vote!  05:44, August 15, 2013 (UTC)

RE: The Sims 3 Network Error
I quit patching through the launcher and downloaded the patch manually instead. It was rather buggy and every once in a while it said my game was up to date even though there were new store patches. Which version do you exactly have right now? 1.55 or 1.57? Just a note that I don't log in while playing anymore. And I haven't patched my game to 1.57, so I can't test it for you.  Nikel  Talk  –  Vote!  15:43, September 10, 2013 (UTC)
 * Well, so I guess the launcher is a bit glitchy. Go here The Sims 3/Patch 57 and download it from there. There's a direct link on the article for you to download. It's rather large though, so it takes a while for you to download.


 * Are you playing while getting connected? Or are you trying to download Riverview? I'm playing without getting connected, and I can play in Lucky Palms just fine.  Nikel  Talk  –  Vote!  08:44, September 11, 2013 (UTC)
 * I'm positively sure the link is correct. It's odd if playing Riverview requires you to update the game. But you haven't answered my question. Are you logged in to EA while playing the game or not?  Nikel  Talk  –  Vote!  06:52, September 14, 2013 (UTC)
 * The patch file could not be read? Has it finished downloading, did it stop while you were downloading it, or it simply cannot be downloaded? What file type is the patch? .Sims3Pack?


 * As an emergency solution, if you still haven't been able to patch your game, just don't log in on the main menu. You still can play it offline without being logged in.  Nikel  Talk  –  Vote!  10:30, September 14, 2013 (UTC)


 * Oh yeah, it's .exe, not .sims3pack. My bad. Yes, that's how I start Lucky Palms. New game and it will appear on the list of world dropdown. There's no need to log in. You didn't forget to install the world, did you?  Nikel  Talk  –  Vote!  03:59, September 15, 2013 (UTC)