Still Feel the Heat (part 2)

February 2055. Bettina McPherson is 53. Oliver and Jyoti Fitzgerald are 52. Daria Weaver is 49. Mason Weir is 18. Devika Fitzgerald, Cassandra Weaver, and Justin Kim are 17. Maura McPherson is 16. Ravi Fitzgerald is 14.

optional soundtrack: “Dead of Winter” by Katie Pederson

Jyoti watched her daughter look at herself in the mirror. The way Devika kept pinning and spraying her hair, her hands shaky--it made Jyoti nervous, too.

“Ugh!” Devika let out a long, loud groan. “I hate my hair!”

author's note: under the hood

Hello folks! I'm still working on Reyerstown, don't worry lol. I have been having some trouble with the hood, but mostly just Kimball Station (my "downtown" subhood that is actually a shopping district). For the past two or three years, it's been crashing almost every time I open the lot bin or click on a lot. Obviously, this presents a big problem when it comes to storytelling.

I copied the neighborhood over to my laptop to test it out over there (and attempt to replace the terrain, because I have always had issues with KS's terrain), and surprisingly, it had no problems. This led me to think it was a CC issue (and it could still be a CC issue), but when I checked my neighborhood deco folder for both my laptop's game and the main computer's game, they were essentially the same.

So, after making a new terrain in SC4, importing into the game on my laptop, then the main computer in a test hood, I was placing some lots. And that's when I think I discovered what the problem is: a borked lot. I'm so glad it might just be a lot and not some kind of BFBVFS (which would essentially be my worst fear... again).

The Sims 2 is such a weird, broken game but I love it so much. Here's hoping this fixes the problem, and Reyerstown updates can resume as normal.

See ya!