Resetting Neighborhoods In The Sims 2

Thu Aug 27, 2015 9:27 pm Message reputation : 100% (1 vote)

Resetting Pleasantview, Strangetown, or Veronaville

1. Make sure your The Sims 2 game isn't running.
2. Back up your games files. Now find the following location on your hard drive: My Documents\EA Games\The Sims 2\Neighborhoods.
3. Right-click on the folder you are replacing, (N001 for Pleasantview, N002 for Strangetown and N003 for Veronaville) and choose 'Delete'.
4. Click yes when asked, to confirm deletion.
5. Find the following location on your hard drive: C:\Program Files\EA GAMES\The Sims 2\TSData\Res\UserData\Neighborhoods. (Note: This assumes you have installed the game into the default location. If you have the game installed on a drive with a different letter, and then change the C:\ to the letter of the drive your game is installed on).
6. If you look in the folder listed in step 6, you will see at least 4 folders and 1 file. The three folders we are interested in are the ones labelled N001, N002 and N003.
7. Choose the neighborhood that you want to reset from the three folders mentioned in step 7. The neighbourhoods are as follows:
• N001 = Pleasantview.
• N002 = Strangetown.
• N003 = Veronaville.
8. Right-click on the folder for the neighborhood you will be resetting and choose the 'copy' option. (I.e. if you will be resetting Pleasantview then the correct folder to right-click on will be N001).
9. Now find the following location on your hard drive: My Documents\EA Games\The Sims 2\Neighborhoods.
10. Right-click inside a blank part of the folder listed in step 10 and choose the 'paste' option, wait while the folder and files are copied over.
11. Start your game and go to the pre-made neighborhood you have just replaced. Verify that everything has indeed been reset.

Resetting Riverblossom Hills

1. Make sure your The Sims 2 game isn't running.
2. Back up your games files.
3. Now find the following location on your hard drive: My Documents\EA Games\The Sims 2\Neighborhoods.
4. Right-click on the folder G001 (this is the Riverblossom Hills folder) and choose 'Delete'.
5. Click yes when asked, to confirm deletion.
6. Find the following location on your hard drive: C:\Program Files\EA GAMES\The Sims 2 Seasons\TSData\Res\UserData\Neighborhoods. (Note: This assumes you have installed the game into the default location. If you have the game installed on a drive with a different letter, and then change the C:\ to the letter of the drive your game is installed on).
7. If you look in the folder listed in step 6, you will see at least 1 folder and 1 file. We are interested in the folder labelled G001.
8. Right-click on the G001 folder and choose the 'copy' option.
9. Now find the following location on your hard drive: My Documents\EA Games\The Sims 2\Neighborhoods.
10. Right-click inside a blank part of the folder listed in step 9 and choose the 'paste' option, wait while the folder and files are copied over.
11. Start your game and go to Riverblossom Hills neighborhood you have just replaced. Verify that everything has indeed been reset.

Resetting Desiderata Valley

1. Make sure your The Sims 2 game isn't running.
2. Back up your games files.
3. Now find the following location on your hard drive: My Documents\EA Games\The Sims 2\Neighborhoods.
4. Right-click on the folder F001 (this is the Desiderata Valley folder) and choose 'Delete'.
5. Click yes when asked, to confirm deletion.
6. Find the following location on your hard drive: C:\Program Files\EA GAMES\The Sims 2 FreeTime\TSData\Res\UserData\Neighborhoods. (Note: This assumes you have installed the game into the default location. If you have the game installed on a drive with a different letter or you installed to a different location, then change the C:\ to the letter of the drive/install location your game is installed on).
7. If you look in the folder listed in step 6, you will see at least 1 folder labelled F001.
8. Right-click on the F001 folder and choose the 'copy' option.
9. Now find the following location on your hard drive: My Documents\EA Games\The Sims 2\Neighborhoods.
10. Right-click inside a blank part of the folder listed in step 9 and choose the 'paste' option, wait while the folder and files are copied over.
11. Start your game and go to the Desiderata Valley neighborhood you have just replaced. Verify that everything has indeed been reset.

Resetting Belladonna Cove

1. Make sure your The Sims 2 game isn't running.
2. Back up your games files.
3. Now find the following location on your hard drive: My Documents\EA Games\The Sims 2\Neighborhoods.
4. Right-click on the folder E001 (this is the Belladonna Cove folder) and choose 'Delete'.
5. Click yes when asked, to confirm deletion.
6. Find the following location on your hard drive: C:\Program Files\EA GAMES\The Sims 2 Apartment Life\TSData\Res\UserData\Neighborhoods. (Note: This assumes you have installed the game into the default location. If you have the game installed on a drive with a different letter or you installed to a different location, then change the C:\ to the letter of the drive/install location your game is installed on).
7. If you look in the folder listed in step 6, you will see at least 1 folder labelled E001.
8. Right-click on the E001 folder and choose the 'copy' option.
9. Now find the following location on your hard drive: My Documents\EA Games\The Sims 2\Neighbourhoods.
10. Right-click inside a blank part of the folder listed in step 9 and choose the 'paste' option, wait while the folder and files are copied over.
11. Start your game and go to the Belladonna Cove neighborhood you have just replaced. Verify that everything has indeed been reset.