Self-installing package file downloaded from the Internet that contains data used to update The Sims 2; typically. And Community Lots, and texture data; will install itself when opened if The Sims 2 is installed. Sims2Pack Clean Installer.

Not sure if anyone's gone into detail about the 'why' of the multi lot install problem, but I've discovered that it seems to be due to the Alienware PCs and other EA/Maxis Sims site object downloads. For some reason, any lot packaged from a creator who has installed the Alienware PC will name its.sims2import file (which extracts to the Teleport folder) to the ID of the Alienware PC.

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Meaning when more than one lot is installed at a time without launching the game, it overwrites the last one in the teleport folder. There is more to it than that, but the workaround I found is it either install 1 lot at a time, launch the game AND enter a neighborhood, exit the game and repeat with the next lot, OR the faster way when installing LOTS of lots is to do the following: after installing EACH.sims2pack file, go to the teleport folder, and rename any.sims2import files you find there to something unique with.sims2import as the extension, such as 1234.sims2import or lame.sims2import. Ignore any.sims2temp files; these are the actual lots, families, and objects being imported. One of them will invariably be the Alienware PC. As long as you rename the.sims2import file created in the teleport folder after each lot install, you should be able to launch the game and have ALL the lots you installed show up at once.

Anything that makes this little nasty easier will be a godsend. [ Edited 03:04AM ]. I tried your program, pherver. The idea of a program like this is great. Therefore i am hoping that my problems can be solved: I run it under w2k and.net framework 1.1. When I choose a standard directory like downloads, saved sims or teleport, the program interrupts with a message of an unhandled exception 'could not find a part of the path 'M: Eigene Dateien EA Games Die Sims 2 Downloads ' '. This the correct and complete string of the directory.

What part does is miss, or what is the real error behind the message? After that i can quit or continue with an empty window (that means no listing of packages).

What exceptional error do i have to look for? All the subdirectories do exist, all standard files seem to be ok, which base does the program have for detecting an error? When i browse one of the directories 'manually', the program puts up the list almost as mentioned above, but without coulors and without any text/info in the lower window. I have installed the program in a subdirectory of the Sims2 program directory.

Anything obviously done wrong by me? What can i do to enhance the installation?

Many, many questions. I think there are only few answers needed to solve this problem.

Thx for answering asap. When I try to install a lot, it gives me an error message saying Cannot find the CleanPack Installer.exe. So I hit Locate button and try to direct it to the correct folder but still nothing. What did I do wrong?:?

Ditto happened to me. I can't find the in my add/remove programs to remove it. However, right click(on the sims2pack file)/ open with / The sims 2 body shop package installer works for me in the meantime. Hmm - just tried to open the Sims2Pack to see what version it was, ran the update and [color=red]CRASH[/color] This was the detailed error message in case it is of use to the creator of this program. [color=green]See the end of this message for details on invoking just-in-time (JIT) debugging instead of this dialog box.

************** Exception Text ************** System.NullReferenceException: Object reference not set to an instance of an object. Hi Jade, every sim in the house come in one 'and a half' file. 8-) A larger one ca. 300kb with the 'character information' in it and 'a half one' carrying the personal/family information. After starting the game the large one (and the lot) are moved to LotCatalog and show up in the lots'n'houses bin. After placing them in the neighbourhood the lot is moved into the neighbourhood folder (Lots) the bigger Sim-file is moved to Characters and the personal/family information is added to the neighbourhood package. You can rid of the Sims by deleting the files.