"Cyd, I am so glad you called, there is something wrong! Did you noticed something weird at your house today?"
- I know babe, I know. The kid is using balloons with bad figures of speech.
"No, Cyd, something is really wrong!"
- You mean, the default clothes, default hairs, default eyes? Or maybe people running each five seconds to check the weather? It´s only temporary.
"Ohmy, Cyd, I am so terrified. I heard scary stories about test hoods that were wiped away all of sudden!"
- Well, it could be worst, this could be Simwardrobe´s test hood or Ricky´s challenge´s hood. Anyway, we are going to investigate, the Master will solve this issue and everything will return to normal, I am positive. This is a great opportunity, we should feel flattered.
"Cyd, what went wrong, do you have some of your 'special inside informations?"
- Well, yes.
- It seems the Master made some mistake while hex editing some lot and misterious big holes appear in Sinister Valley, at the playable hood. At first the Master thought they were big square mirrors, but, no, they were big holes.
"Oh, Cyd, darn playables, they are always messing our lifes."
- This is why we exist, Jan, we are the test team. If that makes you feel bad, remember Strangetown or Veronaville, that don´t exist anymore. Those guys never had a chance.
"Yes, you are right. So... there was a hole and?..."
- Those messed lots were ... well, disposed from the playable hood and things seems to return to normal... some guy lost a business lot and the Master was trying to fix the situation. It seems it was not fixable for some reason. The guy could not enter the business anymore, everything got stuck at the forever load screen.
"You are scaring me more, Cyd. This look ugly."
- I know! Then since that business didn´t worked the Master bought another business for those guys. Life goes on, just some lost lots... they just entered the lot and then, time stopped.
"What you mean, time stopped?"
- They froze, Jan, they completely froze. The timeclock froze, the movement, everything. They were there, not moving, unpaused and froze.
"This is serious, really serious."
- They went into debug mode, Jan, and then they got an astonishing error message.
"Like what?"
- Attribute Number out of range. From a default object, Jan, not CC one, a default Nightlife animated light.
"Oh... my... god...."
- But it´s ok, Jan, cause we have that fix to avoid the countess to bite Mrs. C, so the Master believe is not the infamous object package corruption. Must be something else. Maybe duplicated GUIDs.
"Then why the Master simply didn´t performed the dupplicated GUID search?"
- Because that will take longer, Jan and is inconclusive without tests. Also, it seems the guy who owns that lot is someone important at the playable hood. The Master was not feeling like want to mess with GUID searches and everything, but the guy kept breaking the 4th wall, like asking the Master to fix the situation. This is not usual, this means this guy must be someone really special to The Master.
"So, we are in mission because some playable guy breaks the 4th wall. Thank you, I am thrilled to know the reason of my possible death."
- Sort of, but mostly because the Master enjoys to see some other guy dancing with colorful lights.
"This sounds so... decadent."
- Lights are cool, Jan, did you ever saw those lights? I must take you to a dance club someday, you will love those lights.
"I was going to call you to make the default Nightlife invitation, but I was somehow interrupted."
- Sorry about that, I got a direct order to hang the phone. Well, we are going to check if the default object is causing the error, repeating the same experience at the same place. I will call you when we return, Jan, stay cool and remember, this is a big moment. It´s our chance to make the Master to like us more than simply testers, remember that.
- So, this is the place?
- Yeah, this is the test place.
- What is that? The Grilled Cheese club?
- Right now, it seems so.
- Man, this place is a mess! Let´s make this test and get out of here.
- See? It´s all ok with the lights, debug mode is on, no error messages.
- Must be some CC.
- Exactly, Mr. Watson.
- So, is this all fuzz is about? Do I look good under those lights?
- Ok, we can go now. Move along, move along, nothing to see here, is all over, go home.
- Sheesh, I can´t see what´s cool about a Grilled Cheese club filled with statues.
- Wait till you see this place with the real CC. You will find out.
- Jan, we are back. Everything went fine, reinstall is not required, isn´t great news? Yes, the Master is very pleased, now she will perform the GUID search. Next time we can go Downtown, thanks for this test, we have one now.
Stay tuned...
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