Walk to lot -> lot loads in build mode?!

[Daimon]

Hohum. My first helpmeplz post here didn't go so well, seeing as that the error was clearly on the user end. This time I feel a little more confident that the issue is not (completely at least) the hamster brained user.

Having two sims on Twikkii Island, I made them walk to a community lot (The Spa one). They wandered off fine enough, but when the lot loaded it did so in build mode, leaving me no option but to exit without saving. Even the game itself told me this was a bad idea, so I'm more than a bit nervous about what digital limbo those two may be residing in now. Similarly, I followed supposedly working instructions on creating a secret lot in a new mountain hood, and when I attempted to save, the whole computer froze.

Am I looking at regular Bon Voyage madness here, or are there any fixes I should attempt to do? I already tried bribing the computer with the smell of black coffee, the most miraculous cure for random woes in existence!

[jsalemi]

It is a BV random bug, and you need to get yourself JM's Magic Wand, found in a hack directory near you.  IOW, if you don't know where to find all the hacks in a convenient directory, a search here would be prudent. A search here would be prudent in any case, if you want to avoid being poked with sharp, pointy sticks, since there are already a couple of threads right here in this very sub-forum about variations on this exact problem. 

[Daimon]

Thank you kindly for the prompt reply. I guess I'm a hamster brain after all, since I ventured to presume that with the full MATY BV hack set installed, I would be something like... safe. For BV given levels of safe, clearly.

[jsalemi]

Unfortunately, there's no hack that can prevent that problem, because it's not a reproducible problem -- it's totally random.  And the Magic Wand is a very powerful tool, so it's only available separately and not part of the Directors Cut. Unless Pescado changed something, you should put it in your game, use it to fix the problem, save and exit, and take it out.  It shouldn't be left hanging around in your Downloads folder.

[dizzy]

It shouldn't be left hanging around in your Downloads folder.

What happens if you leave it in?

[jsalemi]

I don't know, but when Pescado first released it he said it shouldn't be left in the game, and I haven't seen him say otherwise since.  He may have changed that now that it's in more public release.

[J. M. Pescado]

It is no longer necessary to remove the Magic Wand from the game, as additional functions were added to it to make it more...magic. However, if you are VISITING a lot and it loads in build mode, then no family loaded, and since it's not the lot anyone is staying at, just exit without saving.

[jsalemi]

Cool!  Into my game it goes.

[Swiftgold]

I had this issue as well, but since the walk-to didn't work when I was going from a hotel lot to any community lot, it may not be the exact bug, and the magic wand didn't do anything, either. I tried readjusting hacks, but to no avail. It's not terrible since I was able to get the taxi to work (the option wasn't coming up on the phone at first, but then it started to work). This is the error log I got - is it possible to tell which hack might be interfering? Otherwise, I guess I'll just use the taxi, because everything else is fine...

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