I do have a back-up that I assume is a working back-up. But until I am brave enough to install it, I am moving the Jack chapter back one more slot. So there is the potential that we are in our very last chapters of DBL and that the story will just end abruptly.
Chapter 70 is to be posted tonight. Chapter 71 should follow shortly (and will be different than previously advertised since I never got to finish shooting that Jack chapter).
UPDATE:
So I was just perusing my Pleasantview neighborhood file and I found something suspicious. I removed said suspicious file and I am going to try to run the neighborhood as usual.
But while I was in there, I found a TON of photos that I had mistakenly taken with the in-game camera. *face palm* Here were some of the highlights:
Click here to see the rest. The guest password is Pleasantview.
UPDATE:
Replacing the neighborhood file was a failure. Going to do a complete re-install.
I feel your pain Pen...I hope the backup works. I would hate to see your story end abruptly, especially when there is so much more to learn.
ReplyDeleteI will keep good thoughts!
Thank you, Gayl! I am keeping my fingers crossed.
ReplyDeleteI don't remember what chapter I am photographed up to but I suspect that I have 3 1/2 chapters shot. *sigh*
I think I just had a small heart attack. NOOOOOOOO!!!! :( :( :(
ReplyDeleteHere's hoping the backup works :S If not, you could always try a reinstall? Or your boyfriend's computer? :S
Have you tested any of your other neighborhoods? It's weird that it would just be Pleasantview. Hmmmm...
In any case, I hope you manage to get it working somehow, Pen. The show must go on! And there was so much happening too...
...errr, should the worst occur, is there any chance you might write the rest out just without the pictures? I know it wouldn't be the same, but better than nothing, right? *puppy eyes* This is one of the best stories out there, and I would hate to see it meet such a tragic end :(
I know, right? :(
ReplyDeleteI am going to do my final clean-up of the next chapter right now and after that is done, I'll mess around with my back-up to see if I can get it to work. I could also try to reinstall on the boyfriend machine. That possibility never actually occurred to me. Thanks, Van!
I think that my other 'hoods are fine. The only other ones that I ever go into are Strangetown and Meridian (my secret, non-DBL 'hood). Meridian is running excellently. Strangetown, I have not tried.
It is entirely possible that I might write the rest of the story without the pictures. Or that I might write a few interim chapters without pictures while I mess around with recreating sims and sets from sight.
Also, this would not affect the side project stories. I can still do Mouse and Shadow since I have Jennail and Kvornan as templates. If Strangetown is ok then I can still do Anywhere But Here. And Arpeggio (which is in the works-- 2.5 chapters completed) can start. I would just have to make new versions of Antoine and Emilia.
Ok! I'm off to get cracking. Thanks for the support, Van!
This happens so frequently to so many people, and it is so incredibly disheartening. I recently had to reinstall all the sims for my main NB, so I've got them all backed up now and all the lots backed up and the actual NB terrain copied.
ReplyDeleteI hope you won't give up. Your writing is so powerful, you should certainly consider moving forward with text only if you can't fix the problem.
Thanks, Beth! I got it going after some fiddling and some boyfriendly advice. It's a good thing too because I was starting to envision having to rebuild from scratch. Eep!
ReplyDeleteMy last back-up was done on April 1st. I should still have everything pertinent.