"Naus;c-17625950" wrote:
I read somewhere than since Seasons the game ignores any changes made to the .world file for existing save games. So if I install the fixed .world files, nothing will change in my existing save files, the changes won't take effect, but it won't break anything.
That isn't exactly a blessing. While the terrain and the routing information in the world file change, the position of lots, roads etc. in the save file won't, and you get some unpleasant mess. The effects range from just aesthetic problems to routing failures.
Just for example, this is how Sunset Valley looks if you use ellacharmed's fixed world file with an old save that was started with the vanilla world file:
https://i.imgur.com/2E09Wup.jpg
This is just one spot, but there are many like this one on the map. As ellacharmed's world file very slightly adjusts the intersection where the Bunch and Langerak families live, the houses there would trap their inhabitants, because routing out of the lots fails.
The solution is to just keep both world files in the game and rename them as required by the savegame you want to play.
That said, I recommend using those fixed files if possible.
