Lots Packaged With Sims Question

[Orikes]

Okay, here's the situation. A few friends play sims on macs. Without SimPE, they can't extract their sims. In the past, I've helped them out by having them package the lot, either uploading it to the exchange or to file and then to a file sharing service. I then download the lot, place it in a temp hood, and extract the sims for them. Up until recently, this has worked wonderfully and never been a problem.

Recently, though, I've had people package up lots that look fine with clean installer (sims listed and everything), yet when I try and load it into a temp hood, the lot shows up as a normal lot, not a populated lot. I'm really not sure what the heck is going on with this. I'd never had a problem before, but I've had this happen with lots from two different people.

Anyone know what might be going on? Is this a mac issue, a windows issue, a tight pants issue? What? Any help would be appreciated.

[witch]

I have noticed recently that the game is unreliable when importing sims, sometimes it works, sometimes the sims vanish. I only import into test hoods of course.

[nocomment]

I'm having the exact same problem.  Five people sent me occupied lots.  One lot didn't work.  I had the person repackage and resend - it still doesn't work.  I'm going to ask her to send me the character folder.  I should be able to extract sims from there.  I'll let you know if it works.

[Marhis]

I'm going to ask her to send me the character folder.  I should be able to extract sims from there.  I'll let you know if it works.

Just so you don't have to waste time and effort, it will not work for sure; character files contain only part of the character itself.

[nocomment]

Ah, thanks for the warning.  I guess I'll ask her to repackage the lot again.