SimSheet (a sim-tracking program) [Now with Aspiration and LTW tracking!]

[FourCats]

I can't figure it out.   I can't figure out how to tell simsheet to get the sims from SimPE.  I got the Q&A version.  Ran it under -rufio.  SimPE saved files.  Now how to I tell simsheet to get those files?

Nevermind.  I figured it out.


Edit:  My error messages, let me show you them.






Edit again:
So I manually entered a sim family.  Closed SimSheet.  Opened SimSheet and the family was gone.  How do I save the info I enter?

[rufio]

It looks like you somehow managed to import without specifying a hood to import from.  Where is your game installed?  Does the combo box in the "Import Sims from SimPE" section of the dialog show the names of hood folders (e.g. N001, N002, etc.)?  Also, if for some reason it isn't working from SimSheet, you can do it manually - you figured out how to get SimPE to generate the files (they should be under a folder called Rufio, and there should be a file called ExportedSims.txt).  Move the Rufio folder into the same directory where SimSheet is installed.  Run SimSheet, and go to import Sims, but check "Import from previously created output" before doing so.  It should find the files and import the sims without running SimPE.

To save the current list, you have to go to "Manage Sim Lists" again, enter some text in the box in the "Save Current List" section, and then hit "Save As".  You can then bring the list back up again by choosing it from the combo box in the "Open a List" section and clicking "Open".

[FourCats]

It looks like you somehow managed to import without specifying a hood to import from.  Where is your game installed?  Does the combo box in the "Import Sims from SimPE" section of the dialog show the names of hood folders (e.g. N001, N002, etc.)?  Also, if for some reason it isn't working from SimSheet, you can do it manually - you figured out how to get SimPE to generate the files (they should be under a folder called Rufio, and there should be a file called ExportedSims.txt).  Move the Rufio folder into the same directory where SimSheet is installed.  Run SimSheet, and go to import Sims, but check "Import from previously created output" before doing so.  It should find the files and import the sims without running SimPE.

To save the current list, you have to go to "Manage Sim Lists" again, enter some text in the box in the "Save Current List" section, and then hit "Save As".  You can then bring the list back up again by choosing it from the combo box in the "Open a List" section and clicking "Open".

I got it working now.  Thanks.  My game is installed in the default location.  SimSheet didn't have a drop down list of neighborhoods.  But when I typed N001 into the space it did the work.

[rufio]

Interesting.  "Default location" meaning C:\Documents and Settings\<username>\EA Games\The Sims 2\?  Although, from your screenshots, it looks like your username has a . in it - that might be the problem.

[FourCats]

Yeah.  I just let the game install I didn't change anything.  I don't see a . in my user name.  You mean the sign on name with windows right?   We do have 2 administrative accounts on this computer, used to have 3 when the game was installed.

[rufio]

I mean in the Julie.PRIMA-SHUTTLE thing.

[FourCats]

yeah, that's my name and the name of my computer.  dunno why there is a dot there.

[witch]

Because you can has random punctuation, as demonstrated by your posts? Just sayin'.

[Simsample]

yeah, that's my name and the name of my computer.  dunno why there is a dot there.

Windows usually creates a fresh profile in the format <username>.<computername> if the original local profile is damaged. The dot is actually in your profile path, so rufio thinks this may be causing the program error. The dot may not display on your profile name, though.

[Meek_Monkey]

Hey I like the program but I cant use it for more than  few minutes at a time it stops responding all the time. I have windows vista ultimate and I also have the same windows on my laptop and it does the same thing. I just thought it was a problems with my desktop but maybe not now that it does the same thing on 2 types of computers, the problem I have been having it does matter whether I am entering data in add new sims or edit sim or even when I go to family ties and enter data there. Maybe that the program that u are using for the sim sheet is not compatable with vista I dont know. So for now I will stick to Sims2 Db even though I cant update my sims any more which I would like to but i can still have most of the info that I need.

[rufio]

Could you be more specific about what is going wrong and what you are doing when it goes wrong?  Examples of specific instances would be best.

[Budcot]

Do you just kill the program after it stops responding? It always does it on mine, but if I wait a few minutes it works perfectly, the only downside is that it has "not responding" written in the bar at the top despite the fact that it is responding.

[rufio]

Does that happen when you do things that cause the List of Sims tab to have to update its display (like changing information that is displayed in the LoS, changing filters, sorting by a column, etc.)?  It might just be the inefficiency of my homemade filter system.     It only lags for about a second on my machine, but I have heard Vista is generally a piece of crap, so it may be longer in your case.

[Budcot]

If that was aimed at me, I don't have vista and the program does it usually after I ask it to load one of my saved lists. I just assumed it was my computer rather than your program.

[Meek_Monkey]

When I enter any type of data in the add sim or edit sim and click add/edit sim or are adding the family data like i try to give a person a spouse or a child click close and up date records it freeze and vista say program has stopped working and needs to close, get no choice to wait for it to respond.

[rufio]

Budcot:  How long are your lists, usually?

Meek, that's a crash.  Can you tell me specific details, like "This is such-and-such a sim, with details that are so-and-so, and when I try to edit this, it crashes"?

[Meek_Monkey]

Well I just went to click on a specific sim in the sim list to edit him as i forgot to select his aspiration  and the program went into not responding then when white that was about 10 minutes ago and it is has not closed i will have to start task manger to end the program   

[rufio]

There was actually a bug a little bit ago where clicking on a sim with None/Unknown for an aspiration caused an infinite loop, but that was fixed.  Do you have to latest version?

[Meek_Monkey]

Yes I think so .5 or something like that, I working on the the sim list was editing another sim add info for her and clicked edit and went back to the sim list again and went to click on another sim it froze, I have noticed that when u add info and then click the button to tell the program to add or edit and goes back to the list of sims and or the family ties list if that is the place u are working where the info is not added properly and then hangs.

[rufio]

The version number only changes when there is a new savefile that is incompatible with previous versions.  Please do the following, or I'm not sure I'll be able to help you.

1.  Download the latest version.
2.  Give me specific information about exactly what data you are trying to edit in a specific instance that caused a crash.  Screenshots are acceptable.
3.  Please try to post in more or less grammatical English so that I can understand the information you give in #2.

[Meek_Monkey]

I downloaded the sim sheet yesterday and the QT files as well, I have noticed that the normal buttons like close minimize i am still able to use.

Open Sim Sheet
Click Manage Sim list
loaded strangetown
click add new Sim
entered data click add Sim
click the new Sim, then it froze

[rufio]

What data did you add for this sim?

[Meek_Monkey]

Name Peter Curious, Age 2 days till toddler, Household Pascal Curious, ticked Alien and pressed button for Add Sim

Found this when the vista asked me what i would like to do close program

escription:
  A problem caused this program to stop interacting with Windows.

Problem signature:
  Problem Event Name:   AppHangB1
  Application Name:   SimSheet.exe
  Application Version:   0.0.0.0
  Application Timestamp:   494f2dbf
  Hang Signature:   bd87
  Hang Type:   0
  OS Version:   6.0.6001.2.1.0.256.1
  Locale ID:   3081
  Additional Hang Signature 1:   71ba4b0baa043292adba853a8c2bbb0b
  Additional Hang Signature 2:   b67e
  Additional Hang Signature 3:   7b6bd95270ffd84523ef44d07939a2fb
  Additional Hang Signature 4:   bd87
  Additional Hang Signature 5:   71ba4b0baa043292adba853a8c2bbb0b
  Additional Hang Signature 6:   b67e
  Additional Hang Signature 7:   7b6bd95270ffd84523ef44d07939a2fb


I hope it helps more

[Budcot]

Budcot:  How long are your lists, usually?

A couple of hundred sims but it happens even with my new list which has 17 sims on it. It doesn't really bother me because it still works, unless it means something is up with the computer. That would be annoying considering the upgrade I did recently.

[rufio]

Meek - so you enter that info, and then click on the new sim, and it crashes?  I'm sorry for asking this over and over, but are you sure you're using the latest version?