"igazor;c-17776562" wrote:
I was saying that the story progression checkbox within EA's Game Options (nothing to do with mods) should be not selected at all times if NRaas StoryProgression is in play and we don't want EA's story progression trying to take over if the SP mod is still in the process of loading or fails to load.
On City Hall, NRaas > MC > Town > Reset Everything. We're not talking about resetting mod settings, we're talking about resetting sims, lots, and objects. Reset Everything will return all sims to their home lots as part of the process, but what it really does is rebuild all sims, lots, and objects from the ground up based on the information that game has on them at the time. It can take a good ten minutes or more to run, depending on one's system and how many tens of thousands of objects there are to reset. If that and Overwatch do not bring the Dad home, and he can't be reached with Invite Over in any way, then it's pretty safe to say he is no longer a sim in your game.
But to try to force him back if enough of his data still exists in the game: On his home lot, NRaas > MC > Sim > Basic > Invite Over > Homeworld and "X" out while not actually choosing a homeworld. After a pause you will get a very long list of all sims in all connected worlds who are in your current game. If Invite Over doesn't work, then try MC's Add Sim command.
Ok. Resetting the entire town didn't work (but it only took 60 seconds with my monster computer). Then I did the invite over from the house lot (MC/Sim/Basic/Invite over - selected him and clicked the check box) and what do you know - he's there! He appears to still be married to the wife, has his correct job and level and relationships. I think I'm good!
Thank you SO much for your help. This has been going on since last November and made me not want to continue to play to ruin my game. I did have an OLDER save but I've been really horrible about creating new saves. I will start doing that more often in case something like this happens again.
Shew! Back to my city after a long time!
