Plantsims

[ElenaRoan]

*sigh* any ideas as to what's causing this?  I have several dozen examples and it only seems to affect plantsims, but as far as I know I don't have any hacks that affect plantsims only.

I feel like an idiot at the moment...

- ElenaRoan

[J. M. Pescado]

You are running an old version of Macrotastics. Update immediately.

[ElenaRoan]

Did that yesterday again on the off chance I'd downloaded and forgotten to install it.  Got it straight from the Bon Voyage directory.

edit: *double checks* yep, the one in my downloads is the latest according to the Bon Voyage directory and I don't have 2 of them in there.  Deleted both caches on the off chance it might help; no joy.  Created new plantsims on the chance that it's the Maxis sims I was using to try to get everything working that were broken, still the same problem.  What I don't get is they aren't macroing or anything, often just standing there in the sun (or walking by on another lot)

My game has been relatively well behaved up until this latest expansion and to be honest I really don't have a good skill set for tracking down the problem causes...

- ElenaRoan

[J. M. Pescado]

Check that you have not Nessed. That is an old bug that has already been fixed.

[ElenaRoan]

Multiple copies?  Thought I already had checked (I have an ok filing system...but it's not perfect...it has a human element involved afterall) I'll double check with clean installer *does so* nope...not a multiple.

I didn't have the problem with Seasons...only since I've had Bon Voyage *wonders whether something has got corrupted somewhere*

[morriganrant]

I didn't see the logs, but do you have a hack to extend the number of family members? I know at least one of those mods (I'm unsure of, by whom) causes PlantSim errors. When it is in the game, even with macrotastics, they just kinda stand there for the most part.

[witch]

Well, thank you! That's probably the answer to my plantsim problem. I had to change them back to ordinary sims, as they constantly errored on every lot.

[Skadi]

Thanks morriganrant, that explains my plant sims errors, I guess I need to decide if I want lots of sims, or plantsims.

[danicast]

You guys are more awesome than me, I have the same issue and now I know how to fix it.
Thanx for your awesomeness.

[ElenaRoan]

Lot full of Sims?  I never would have picked that...I wonder why it causes that...and why it makes it look like something else causing it...

guess I'm going to have to ban plantsims from my game then...

[Invisigoth]

I don't think that they mean the Jordi lot full of sims hack. I had macrotastics errors, too, but the more sims per lot hack that I was using was by 5th Lmnt on MTS2. It is called LargerHouseholdsEP4. I'm not sure if this is the hack that others were having problems with, but when I pulled it my plantsim macrotastics errors went away.

[morriganrant]

Someone from LJ was having errors with her plantsim family. I offered to test out the mod they were using for more family members to make sure that it wasn't just her. I can't remember which one it was. I assume it was not Jordi's though, because it was not up anywhere at the time. It was something I got from MTS2. I was just saying that atleast one of the those mods cause plantsim errors, because I only tested one. I think she may have had two different ones with the same problem. I tested this with the Greenman maxis family, they constantly error and Macrotastics seems to have issues with them with it in, it may be the constant errors doing that however, no baby harassment didn't seem to have an effect either.

[danicast]

Both more family members (Squinge) and LargerHouseholds (the one from MTS2) broke my game and all houses with plantsims starting endless loopings or froze. Removed, fixed.
I  didn´t tried Jordi´s  I don´t have it.

[FrickinIdjit]

I have no family-increasing mods and don't use Macrotastics, but my plantsim is acting oddly.  His "Spawn a Plantbaby" want changed to "Have a Baby" while he was at work, he eats while visiting other sims, and he insists on trying to use the toilet.  Attempts to empty his non-existent bladder usually result in a reset, but I managed to catch him at another family's lot:

[morriganrant]

I have no family-increasing mods and don't use Macrotastics, but my plantsim is acting oddly.  His "Spawn a Plantbaby" want changed to "Have a Baby" while he was at work, he eats while visiting other sims, and he insists on trying to use the toilet.  Attempts to empty his non-existent bladder usually result in a reset, but I managed to catch him at another family's lot:

I've seen that before, I can't remember what caused it. It's a side effect to a mod. Run cleaninstaller, locate all your mods and remove them. Then use the 50%-50% method. It's either one mod causing it or it's two not working right with each other. I think the problem was originally mentioned around here somewhere. Wish I could be more helpful, but I'm sick, so the brain is functioning even less then usual.

[Insanity Prelude]

If you don't have the HCDU, try it out. That's an easier way to find out if your hacks are conflicting with each other.

[FrickinIdjit]

Thank you both.  HackDiff came up clean and a search just brought me back to this thread.  It looks like I'll have to play the 50/50 game to see which of my seventeen mods isn't playing nice.

[danicast]

I found one that works, made by the brilliant Doc Doofus:
http://www.modthesims2.com/showthread.php?t=101362&c=1

Yay.

Read the comments and chek what Jordy posted there.
I am going to try.