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17th Sep 2021 at 8:09 PM
Last edited by Dina Landgraab : 17th Sep 2021 at
9:02 PM.
This user has the following games installed:
Sims 2, University, Nightlife, Open for Business, Pets, Seasons, Bon Voyage, Free Time, Apartment Life
Where does SimPE pull the instances for Sims from?
I made a version of Strangetown with townies and NPCs but no playables, and noticed that in SimPE, the Sims don't show up in the same order as they do in Maxis's Strangetown. It appears what's affecting the order is the "Instance" (I circled it in the screenshot).
I tried renaming the "N002_UserXXXX" files found in the Characters subfolder of my Strangetown's neighborhood folder, but this didn't change the order of the Sims. I'm assuming this instance is affected by something else. I looked through the Sims' Character Files in
SimPE and couldn't find anything.
Does anyone know what determines a Sim's "Instance" in SimPE? This is sort of a weird question but thanks for any help.
EDIT: I found the instance can be changed in the Sim Description. I redid all of my Sims' instances but their order didn't change. I tried copying the original GUIDs from Maxis's Strangetown to mine, but it makes Sims show up as "Unknown" in SimPE. I think I'll just leave it at that.
I often look at the Fandom pages for The Sims 2 and they have the Sims ordered as they show up in
SimPE for Maxis's neighborhoods. It would've been convenient having them automatically come up in the correct order in my neighborhood, but I can live with it.