Bottomless pit of Npcs.....(destroyallnpcs cheat)

[Sabrewulf]

My town has stopped saving for me (I'm getting a error 12)

So I tried using destroyalltownies but there wasn't any to destroy.

Then I tried destroyallnpcs and 81 npcs were killed, then I tried it again and it said 45 npcs were killed. About 20-30 "destroyallnpcs" later it still say's it's killing 45 npcs each time.

and my town still won't save. I always thought the destroyallnpcs cheat got rid of all of them in one go?  

This is really frustrating....

[coconnor]

Error 12 is a mysterious and terrible thing!  There are other Awesome debug commands to try.  First, try "fixall".  This command will report that "XX phantom butts were cleared".  Then, try "towderelicts".  Keep trying to save after these commands.  Do you have Twallen's supercomputer?  (Link located in Pudding Factory section of this site).  If so, try "recover wandering toddlers", "recover missing Sims", and "turn off all stereos".  Still not working?  Back to Awesome debug commands: try "destroycorruptSims" (there's only one way to be sure, you know).  If all else fails, report back in the AwesomeMod bug thread and then try "resetworld" (this is a last resort and should not be used to avoid posting bug reports.

[Sabrewulf]

Thanks....I got rid of Error 12.............but now I have error 13.

I wish there was a way I could just nip this in the butt now but nothing seems to work consistently  

Do you think awesomemod's quicksave feature might work? I haven't it enabled because I didn't want it to save something I didn't want it too......but I think I'd take that over all these problems....

What does awesomemods quicksave do exactly? Does a message come up that says saving....or does it do it without telling you? I wonder if it will make any difference....

[coconnor]

There is a thread here dedicated to these save errors.  Try reading that.  No matter what the error code, these are the only things I know to try.  Once these start happening, it's difficult to get past them.  Is your neighborhood large?  I have, in the past, moved the Sims I play to the library and started a new town.  AwesomeMod's autosave feature does display a message that it is saving your game and you can set the save interval in the configuration file.  I don't necessarily think it will save you from these errors, though.

[J. M. Pescado]

Then I tried destroyallnpcs and 81 npcs were killed, then I tried it again and it said 45 npcs were killed. About 20-30 "destroyallnpcs" later it still say's it's killing 45 npcs each time.

Every time you kill them, the basic necessary quantity will regenerate instantly, so once you get to this point, they won't die anymore

and my town still won't save. I always thought the destroyallnpcs cheat got rid of all of them in one go? 

That's probably not why your town won't save. As for WHY it won't save, nobody knows.

[Sabrewulf]

This is getting really depressing  

I can usually get about 45 minutes of playing in before the save problem shows up, so it's not like it's always happening....but after that 45 minutes are up I get it every time.

If only someone could invent a custom saver mod to save the neighborhood file......and properly.

[wizard_merlin]

Have you tried reinstalling the game, and just AM (after installing the framework, of course). 

I received those same errors a couple of times, a couple of months ago.  I restarted a brand new game, and never encountered the save problem again.  If something has been corrupted, the problem won't go away easily, and it has been reported that some mods tweak the internals to the point that even with the mod removed, the changes remain in effect.

I would suggest, move your saved games and mod folder to the desktop, uninstall the game, then reinstall the whole game again, apply the framework (Delphy's installers works a treat), Patch the game, install the latest AM and the config file, if you use one, then try playing the game. 

If it works fine for you, start adding your other mods and see what happens.  If it keeps working, then I would suspect one of your old saved games was corrupted.

Because of the way many of the core mods affect the games internals, EAxis borkiness appears alot more problematic than it was with TS2.

[Sabrewulf]

I guess I could try that, although I read somewhere that's an EA problem and not a mod problem, because people without mods have been getting it too.

What is a "post callback failure" anyway? Does it mean that it goes to save the file....and then it can't find it's way back or something.

I put so much time into playing the sims 3 game and I get this rubbish, thanks EA....you really know how to make the customer happy. 

[FireDrake]

I've come across this problem when I was trying to save my game one day too. I solved it by going from my town into the "Edit Town" option, clicking "Just Continue", and then saving from there, and it actually worked! Idk how, but if it works for you, great, if it doesn't, I suck with computer stuff so, sorry.