Any way to clone an entire neighbourhood?

[cyperangel]

Howdies.

I have a 'hood that I am rather attached too, and was wondering if anyone knows whether or not it is possible to clone the neighbourhood, so I have two identical copies of it in my game at the same time, say as N003 and N004?

And how would I go about such a thing, short of renaming every single file in the neighbourhood folder, as all files in it currently start with n004Somethingorother...

[jrd]

Assuming you want to clone N003:

Step 1: copy the entire "N003" folder (ctrl+c, ctrl+v).
Step 2: rename "copy of N003" to "N004"
Step 3: rename EVERY FILE beginning with N003 to N004.

The easy way to do this is:
1) open a command window (Start - run - cmd)
2) go to the folder (cd "My Documents\EA Games\The Sims 2\Neighborhoods\N004", enter)
3) type this command: REN N003* N004*
4) go to the first subfolder (cd characters, enter)
5) repeat 3
6) go to the second subfolder (cd .. , cd lots, enter)
7) repeat 3
go to the third subfolder  (cd .. , cd Storytelling, enter)
9) repeat 3
10) go to the last subfolder   (cd .. , cd Thumbnails, enter)
11) repeat 3

Done.

[cyperangel]

one quick question... Does it have to be N003 or N004 with an uppercase N?

[jrd]

Not sure if it matters. Leave it a capital letter to be safe.

[cyperangel]

Thank you Ill go play with the duplicate then, without having to mess with my backup or my real 'hood.