I have a lot that was residential that would make a great synagogue with only minor modifications if I can only get this done safely(I am not much of a builder). Tried in my empty sandbox neighbourhood and generated this error message:

.\source\TSAudioResourceManager.cpp(1220)
ERROR TSAudio: Failed to cache resource. 0b9eb87e:eb8ab356:ff8bceb2
.\source\TSAudioResourceManager.cpp(1220)
ERROR TSAudio: Failed to get neighborhood occupants.
.\source\TSAudioAmbienceSystem.cpp(822)
ERROR TSAudio: Failed to get neighborhood occupants.
.\source\TSAudioAmbienceSystem.cpp(822)
>changelotzoning commercial
ERROR TSCheatSystem: ERROR IN CHEAT: Bad lot type!
      in command 'changelotzoning commercial'. OnErrorClearParserTempState called.
 with command changelotzoning commercial
.\source\TSCheatSystem.cpp(68)

So it would seem that the reason it wouldn't work is that the neighbourhood was devoid of sims, but does this mean that when I changed it to a community lot in Pleasantview it somehow now contains references to sims from that neighbourhood? Is it safe to use in other neighbourhoods?

Oh please make it about cats AND pie!

Sorry if I sounded conceited - I certainly meant no offense and the thank you to Mootilda WAS genuine. Perhaps you can't win on this forum: you get abused if you haven't tried to help yourself BEFORE posting, but if you have you are accused of being conceited!

I am currently pruning CC and the dining chairs and office chair in this set have beautiful timber detailing but the upholstery sucks big time! I have an idea that they may have been made before they had this down pat as other sets I have of theirs are not like this. I do love this set otherwise though and was wondering if any of the clever lot over here would be prepared to fix? I got them via Booty, so can hardly ask on their forum! And I am certainly not even a tiny bit awesome.

Thanks for replying, but I was hoping for a reply from someone MOAR AWESOME than at least me.

I am already aware that the problem lies with my custom content. However multiple 50/50 tests different splits lead to no problems with either half, and I have already checked for and removed GUID conflicts using SimPE. (Which was informative as I thought Delphy's Download Organiser got rid of these - apparently not!)

At present I have a bloated Downloads folder that I want to prune, but would like to have all the current CC available for comparison during the exercise. Guess I will just have to do the best I can with half at a time, and hope that pruning solves the problem.

This is what I am getting:

Exception time: 03/06/2012, at 22:35:40.
Exception code: 0xC0000005 (-1073741819) ACCESS_VIOLATION.
Current thread ID: 4904 (0x00001328).
Version information:
Application/module path: C:\Program Files\EA GAMES\The Sims 2 Mansion and Garden Stuff\TSBin\Sims2ep9.exe
Application/module version name: The Sims 2 EP9
Application/module version: 1.17.0.66
System version: Windows NT 6.0
System memory: 2048 Megabytes total, 956 Megabytes free.
Application/module configuration: ReleaseSRT


Extra Exception Data:

Shutdown: 0
HostName: ALIYAH-PC
MemoryUsage: 844008K
Neighborhood Name: Pleasantview
Neighborhood Prefix: N300
Lot Name: Test
Extra Exception Data End:

Exception module:  C:\Program Files\EA GAMES\The Sims 2 Mansion and Garden Stuff\TSBin\Sims2ep9.exe.
Exception address: 0x0081101d. Section:Offset: 0x01:0x0041001d.

Registers
   EAX: 00000000
   EBX: 2abbc500
   ECX: 23bdfedc
   EDX: 0000051d
   ESI: 00000000
   EDI: 23bdfedc
   CS:EIP: 001b:0081101d
   SS:ESP: 0023:0253ef7c  EBP:00008000
   DS:0023  ES:0023  FS:003b  GS:0000
   Flags: 00210246

Loaded Modules
   Address          Size Module             Path
   ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
   0x00400000   29618176 Sims2ep9.exe       C:\Program Files\EA GAMES\The Sims 2 Mansion and Garden Stuff\TSBin\Sims2ep9.exe
   0x774f0000    1294336 ntdll.dll          C:\Windows\SYSTEM32\ntdll.dll
   0x75fd0000     868352 kernel32.dll       C:\Windows\system32\kernel32.dll
   0x75870000     303104 KERNELBASE.dll     C:\Windows\system32\KERNELBASE.dll
   0x71f70000    1847296 d3d9.dll           C:\Windows\system32\d3d9.dll
   0x77090000     704512 msvcrt.dll         C:\Windows\system32\msvcrt.dll
   0x75ec0000     102400 sechost.dll        C:\Windows\SYSTEM32\sechost.dll
   0x76150000     659456 RPCRT4.dll         C:\Windows\system32\RPCRT4.dll
   0x77640000     823296 USER32.dll         C:\Windows\system32\USER32.dll
   0x76ea0000     319488 GDI32.dll          C:\Windows\system32\GDI32.dll
   0x75a70000      40960 LPK.dll            C:\Windows\system32\LPK.dll
   0x77140000     643072 USP10.dll          C:\Windows\system32\USP10.dll
   0x74b30000      36864 VERSION.dll        C:\Windows\system32\VERSION.dll
   0x73b70000      24576 d3d8thk.dll        C:\Windows\system32\d3d8thk.dll
   0x74030000      77824 dwmapi.dll         C:\Windows\system32\dwmapi.dll
   0x75980000     126976 IMM32.dll          C:\Windows\system32\IMM32.dll
   0x759a0000     835584 MSCTF.dll          C:\Windows\system32\MSCTF.dll
   0x760b0000     655360 ADVAPI32.dll       C:\Windows\system32\ADVAPI32.dll
   0x6ad30000     135168 MSVFW32.dll        C:\Windows\system32\MSVFW32.dll
   0x73ae0000     204800 WINMM.dll          C:\Windows\system32\WINMM.dll
   0x76200000   12886016 SHELL32.dll        C:\Windows\system32\SHELL32.dll
   0x773a0000     356352 SHLWAPI.dll        C:\Windows\system32\SHLWAPI.dll
   0x72f30000     540672 COMCTL32.dll       C:\Windows\WinSxS\x86_microsoft.windows.common-controls_6595b64144ccf1df_5.82.7601.17514_none_ec83dffa859149af\COMCTL32.dll
   0x6ae50000     102400 AVIFIL32.dll       C:\Windows\system32\AVIFIL32.dll
   0x75c30000    1425408 ole32.dll          C:\Windows\system32\ole32.dll
   0x73920000      81920 MSACM32.dll        C:\Windows\system32\MSACM32.dll
   0x75ba0000     585728 OLEAUT32.dll       C:\Windows\system32\OLEAUT32.dll
   0x77480000     217088 WS2_32.dll         C:\Windows\system32\WS2_32.dll
   0x75eb0000      24576 NSI.dll            C:\Windows\system32\NSI.dll
   0x6cd70000     466944 DSOUND.dll         C:\Windows\system32\DSOUND.dll
   0x743d0000     151552 POWRPROF.dll       C:\Windows\system32\POWRPROF.dll
   0x76ef0000    1691648 SETUPAPI.dll       C:\Windows\system32\SETUPAPI.dll
   0x75840000     159744 CFGMGR32.dll       C:\Windows\system32\CFGMGR32.dll
   0x75820000      73728 DEVOBJ.dll         C:\Windows\system32\DEVOBJ.dll
   0x70f30000      28672 WSOCK32.dll        C:\Windows\system32\WSOCK32.dll
   0x755b0000     311296 apphelp.dll        C:\Windows\system32\apphelp.dll
   0x50c80000     577536 AcLayers.DLL       C:\Windows\AppPatch\AcLayers.DLL
   0x75590000     110592 SspiCli.dll        C:\Windows\system32\SspiCli.dll
   0x74ca0000      94208 USERENV.dll        C:\Windows\system32\USERENV.dll
   0x75680000      45056 profapi.dll        C:\Windows\system32\profapi.dll
   0x73660000     331776 WINSPOOL.DRV       C:\Windows\system32\WINSPOOL.DRV
   0x6f300000      73728 MPR.dll            C:\Windows\system32\MPR.dll
   0x72f00000     114688 IPHLPAPI.DLL       C:\Windows\system32\IPHLPAPI.DLL
   0x72ef0000      28672 WINNSI.DLL         C:\Windows\system32\WINNSI.DLL
   0x74340000     262144 uxtheme.dll        C:\Windows\system32\uxtheme.dll
   0x72b20000      73728 dhcpcsvc.DLL       C:\Windows\system32\dhcpcsvc.DLL
   0x10000000     290816 PAUL.DLL           C:\Program Files\EA GAMES\The Sims 2 Mansion and Garden Stuff\TSBin\PAUL.DLL
   0x70260000     360448 WINHTTP.dll        C:\Windows\system32\WINHTTP.dll
   0x70210000     323584 webio.dll          C:\Windows\system32\webio.dll
   0x73bf0000     245760 OLEACC.dll         C:\Windows\system32\OLEACC.dll
   0x74fb0000     278528 DNSAPI.dll         C:\Windows\system32\DNSAPI.dll
   0x6f290000      24576 rasadhlp.dll       C:\Windows\system32\rasadhlp.dll
   0x70330000     962560 DbgHelp.dll        C:\Windows\system32\DbgHelp.dll
   0x77710000      20480 psapi.dll          C:\Windows\system32\psapi.dll
   0x75600000      49152 CRYPTBASE.dll      C:\Windows\system32\CRYPTBASE.dll
   0x6d1b0000      36864 wth.dll            C:\Program Files\Common Files\Spigot\Search Settings\wth.dll
   0x711b0000     667648 MSVCR90.dll        C:\Windows\WinSxS\x86_microsoft.vc90.crt_1fc8b3b9a1e18e3b_9.0.30729.6161_none_50934f2ebcb7eb57\MSVCR90.dll
   0x73c60000     335872 rasapi32.dll       C:\Windows\system32\rasapi32.dll
   0x73c40000      86016 rasman.dll         C:\Windows\system32\rasman.dll
   0x75ee0000     536576 CLBCatQ.DLL        C:\Windows\system32\CLBCatQ.DLL
   0x74390000     233472 MMDevApi.dll       C:\Windows\System32\MMDevApi.dll
   0x74480000    1003520 PROPSYS.dll        C:\Windows\System32\PROPSYS.dll
   0x73980000     221184 AUDIOSES.DLL       C:\Windows\system32\AUDIOSES.DLL
   0x659b0000   12054528 nvd3dum.dll        C:\Windows\system32\nvd3dum.dll
   0x6ade0000     229376 dxdiagn.dll        C:\Windows\system32\dxdiagn.dll
   0x6d800000     536576 dxgi.dll           C:\Windows\system32\dxgi.dll
   0x72370000    1056768 d3d10.dll          C:\Windows\system32\d3d10.dll
   0x72330000     208896 d3d10core.dll      C:\Windows\system32\d3d10core.dll
   0x6d8d0000     180224 d3d10_1.dll        C:\Windows\system32\d3d10_1.dll
   0x6d890000     237568 d3d10_1core.dll    C:\Windows\system32\d3d10_1core.dll
   0x55040000     536576 d3d11.dll          C:\Windows\system32\d3d11.dll
   0x700a0000      40960 wbemprox.dll       C:\Windows\system32\wbem\wbemprox.dll
   0x70040000     376832 wbemcomn.dll       C:\Windows\system32\wbemcomn.dll
   0x75130000      90112 CRYPTSP.dll        C:\Windows\system32\CRYPTSP.dll
   0x74ed0000     241664 rsaenh.dll         C:\Windows\system32\rsaenh.dll
   0x75670000      57344 RpcRtRemote.dll    C:\Windows\system32\RpcRtRemote.dll
   0x6fc50000      61440 wbemsvc.dll        C:\Windows\system32\wbem\wbemsvc.dll
   0x6fbb0000     614400 fastprox.dll       C:\Windows\system32\wbem\fastprox.dll
   0x6fb90000      98304 NTDSAPI.dll        C:\Windows\system32\NTDSAPI.dll
   0x737d0000      28672 winbrand.dll       C:\Windows\system32\winbrand.dll
   0x75950000     184320 WINTRUST.dll       C:\Windows\system32\WINTRUST.dll
   0x75700000    1167360 CRYPT32.dll        C:\Windows\system32\CRYPT32.dll
   0x756f0000      49152 MSASN1.dll         C:\Windows\system32\MSASN1.dll
   0x60000000     360448 ijl15.dll          C:\Program Files\EA GAMES\The Sims 2 Mansion and Garden Stuff\TSBin\ijl15.dll
   0x74380000      28672 avrt.dll           C:\Windows\system32\avrt.dll

Call stack:
0x0001:0x0041001d C:\Program Files\EA GAMES\The Sims 2 Mansion and Garden Stuff\TSBin\Sims2ep9.exe public: virtual bool __thiscall cTSSimCOMDirector::OnStart(class cIGZCOM *)() + 331117
0x0001:0x003d424c C:\Program Files\EA GAMES\The Sims 2 Mansion and Garden Stuff\TSBin\Sims2ep9.exe public: virtual bool __thiscall cTSSimCOMDirector::OnStart(class cIGZCOM *)() + 85916

Stack data: (ESP is 0x0253ef7c)
0x0253edfc   00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 0000f0bf
0x0253ee1c   00000000 00000000 34000000 00000000 33040000 00000000 00000000 0000f0bf
0x0253ee3c   00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000
0x0253ee5c   00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 0000f0bf
0x0253ee7c   00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000
0x0253ee9c   00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000
0x0253eebc   00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000
0x0253eedc   00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000
0x0253eefc   00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000
0x0253ef1c   00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000
0x0253ef3c   00000000 00000000 b02bb194 18c6058c 9c2bb194 081095bd c01095bd 681095bd
0x0253ef5c   00000000 04000000 34fdffff e4020000 34fdffff cc020000 18000000 00000000
0x0253ef7c   dc307534 38d12101 488c7e2e 00000000 01000000 4c527d00 00c5bb2a 00000000
0x0253ef9c   00000000 488c7e2e bcf05302 98fb4f06 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000
0x0253efbc   06000000 dc307534 dcfebd23 488c7e2e 589e4627 b0f05302 f3eb1501 00000000
0x0253efdc   e0714300 00c5bb2a 00000000 00000000 00000000 a8fb4f06 98fb4f06 00217320
0x0253effc   ff7efb00 00000000 50f05302 a516383d 8d8082be 3585733f c2c12b3e a516383d
0x0253f01c   8d8082be 3585733f c2c12b3e c0e3a43d 64f05302 0000803f c1cd5b00 00000000
0x0253f03c   00000000 00000000 ee83843e 00000000 00000000 ea46773f d11e006f 00000000
0x0253f05c   00000000 5c1c7c3f d7d0313e f0462f01 30656637 4d656637 4e656637 00000000
0x0253f07c   24674906 00000000 00000000 00000000 5c1c7c3f 00000000 00000000 00000000
0x0253f09c   5c1c7c3f 00040000 00c5bb2a b033713a 28bf3546 6cf15302 c9cd1201 06000000
0x0253f0bc   d4f05302 4ac85b00 644bfaf5 15e5d67f 644bfaf5 80217320 78f15302 d8f24300
0x0253f0dc   644bfaf5 15e5d67f 80217320 64f15302 28000000 80217320 00000000 c15029ac

Instruction data: (EIP is 0x0081101d)
0x00810f9d   04 00 5d 5f 8b c6 5e 5b 59 c2 04 00 5f 5e 33 c0 5b 59 c2 04 00 cc cc cc cc cc cc cc cc cc cc cc
0x00810fbd   cc cc cc 51 53 55 56 57 8b f9 8a 47 0c 84 c0 74 32 8b 5c 24 18 8b 03 8b cb ff 50 10 8b f0 8b 16
0x00810fdd   8b ce ff 52 20 84 c0 75 1a 8b 06 6a 0a 8b ce ff 50 0c 8b 17 8b cf 89 44 24 10 33 ed ff 52 2c 85
0x00810ffd   c0 7f 10 5f 5e 5d 33 c0 5b 59 c2 08 00 8b 5c 24 18 8b ff 8b 07 0f bf cd 51 8b cf ff 50 34 8b f0
0x0081101d   8b 16 53 8b ce ff 52 2c 84 c0 74 33 8b 06 8b ce ff 50 10 8b d8 8b 13 6a 0a 8b cb ff 52 0c 0f bf
0x0081103d   4c 24 10 3b c1 75 18 8b 13 8b cb ff 52 24 84 c0 75 0d 8b 44 24 1c 85 c0 74 1b 48 89 44 24 1c 8b
0x0081105d   07 8b cf 45 ff 50 2c 3b e8 7c a2 5f 5e 5d 33 c0 5b 59 c2 08 00 5f 8b c6 5e 5d 5b 59 c2 08 00 cc
0x0081107d   cc cc cc 51 53 55 8b d9 8a 43 0c 84 c0 56 57 0f 84 92 00 00 00 8b 7c 24 18 8b 07 8b cf ff 50 10

I am running Windoze 7 32-bit version on this computer.

I have the DJS WTF Editor but it is sooo slow that it would take me years - won't touch Maxis stuff either.

Will go check out the tute at MTS.

I would like to be able to reclassify, as examples, a wall that is listed as paint to wallpaper, or a floor listed as stone to tile. Is there some way to do this for a) Maxis stuff; b) custom content?

The other thing that is bugging me is that related sets of custom walls or floors show up all over the place. Is there some way to modify the sort order for custom content? I know I can make collections, but I already have so many of these and as there is no way of expanding the display it becomes painful to find the relevant collection. The Maxis related walls stay together - surely there is some way to have the same thing happen for custom content?

At present I am only playing with EPs to Seasons and all SPs installed - due to the EA support people being decidedly less awsome that anybody, but that is another story!
I have therefore started playing Pleasantville anew and have added the Oldies to the neighbourhood. Coral has been on the phone and then she gets a blue skill meter above her head that doesn't seem to go away, even during woohoo. Now I know that that there is skill involved in that, and she does seem to have a larger than normal appetite for a family sim, but I am fairly sure that none of my other sims have ever showed a skill meter for that, even the rampant romance sims! Does anyone know what this is?

Thank you, thank you, thank you - also to the maker of the lot debugger. It worked and Ariel is now in private school - my very first simchild to make it! (Cannot imagine why I always failed before as it was ridiculously easy!) I like this family more and more!

Thanks for your prompt replies but I may need futher assistance - I am off to find 'the lot debugger' and try - scary for me as I am only playing my legacy family and, although I haven't got vey far less I actually LIKE this family! (All previous attempts to do the legacy challenge have been aborted as I found I couldn't care less about any of them!!!!)

I have all EPs and SPs installed and the 2nd BV patch. No CC except for some Maxiod stuff from the official site and no hacks. My Sims 2 folder was generated after the installation of BV. I cannot get the headmaster scenario to work - he gets invited, arrives and freezes. Need to use moveobjects to delete. I am totally not awesome and really would like some assistance of the totally hold-my-hand-and-walk-me-through kind.