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Objects CANNOT be renamed. If they are renamed, they will appear as
blue boxes in the game. The object's name is part of the code of the
object.
"Maxon" <jen.magson@ntlworld.com> wrote in message
news:1TAId.2010$wD4.1555@newsfe1-win.ntli.net...
> This is a general response to this thread.
>
> OK - you can have sub-folders for:
>
> Objects
> Hacks
> Walls
> Floors
>
> but not for skins and skin-related stuff (like hair and eyes) - although
> some people have reported success with subfolders for eyes, hair and
> make-up. I think it depends on your set up.
>
> You can rename files as long as you don't change the extension (i.e. the
> package bit). The problem is identifying which file is which. You can
> often tell if you just download a package file which you copy straight
into
> your Downloads folder - often the creator has renamed the file or it gets
> called something you can recognise in Bodyshop or Homecrafter. But you
> can't tell if you have to use the self-installer programme to install the
> files because it gives them some stupid code name instead of something
> sensible. If you have to use the self-installer, I'd suggest you go
hunting
> for the file straight after it's installed and rename it - fiddly. You
can
> find recent files fairly easily though by sorting your Downloads folder
into
> date order - the most recently installed files should appear at the top or
> bottom of the folder depending which way you sort them
>
> It's useful to know what happens with the self-installer files.
>
> When the self-installer runs, first of all it puts two files in your
> Teleport folder - one is a temp file and the other is a sort of
> pre-installation version of the file you are installing. To complete the
> installation you need to run the game, Bodyshop or Homecrafter (any one of
> these). The installation process will then complete and the new file will
> be transferred to Downloads - that's why you don't see the files there
> straight away after you run the self-installer programme.
>
> Maxis made objects from the Exchange seem to be going somewhere else -
> someone suggested to me that it might be into the big (I mean BIGGGGGGG)
> package files that contain the original Maxis objects that came with the
> game. I don't know this for sure but it seems logical. What is certain
is
> that Maxis objects don't appear in the Downloads folder.
>
> There are some useful features of the game to remember which can help with
> file management.
>
> 1. If you install floors or walls with the self-installer and they get
those
> stupid code names, you can rename them with Homecrafter. What you have to
> do is find them in Homecrafter and use the edit function and then save
them.
> You don't actually have to change anything in the edit bit though I often
> change the price to fit in with my notions of sim economics but you must
> save them. You will get a warning that this will mean the original file
> will be overwritten. That's fine - in the rewriting process, the file
gets
> renamed and gets a prefix of wall or floor. The name looks something like
> this:
>
> wall_9e6sfde3.Package
>
> Which clearly makes them much easier to find and shove in a sub-directory.
> Homecrafter will save the overwritten file into the Downloads folder.
>
> 2. You can do something similar with skins in Bodyshop but the process is
a
> bit more cumbersome as you will need to delete duplicated files (Bodyshop
> doesn't overwrite but duplicates files). Bodyshop saves into the Saved
Sims
> folder.
>
> 3. However, the in-game delete function is very useful at getting rid of
> unwanted files.
>
> 4. You can put all your skin files in your Saved Sims folder. I would
only
> advise doing this if you don't create your own skins or sims for others to
> download - that's where Bodyshop puts your own skin creations. If you
don't
> create for others, it won't be used and this can be a useful place to
store
> skin files away from everything else.
>
> 5. Hacks I can't help you with but the management programmes from Mod the
> Sims are very good at dealing with those if you want to get rid of them or
> prevent them in the first place.
>
> 6. Objects are perhaps the hardest to deal with as we have no object
browser
> (yet). This is going to sound terribly pompous, but anyway ... I always
> check that I can see newly downloaded objects in the game. I do it by
> removing the contents of my Objects folder (putting them somewhere safe)
and
> then putting the new objects into the folder. I fire up the game, check
> they're there (deleting anything I really don't like) and then come out
> again before I put the old objects back into the Objects folder. It might
> be over-disciplined but it means I can spot any problem files quickly.
>
> Oh finally, when using the self-installer there is often a limit on how
many
> things you can install at any one time - again I think it depends on your
> individual computer set up (probably memory) so I'd advise installing in
> batches of about 20. Personally I install things by type as well - walls
or
> floors or skins - so that I only have to fire up one of the programmes
> (Homecrafter, Bodyshop or the game) to check everything's ok.
>
> Hope this helps
> I can feel another FAQ coming on
> Best wishes
> Maxon
>
>
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