{"id":122374,"date":"2021-04-10T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-04-10T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.simfansuk.com\/wp\/generating-new-guids-without-simpe\/"},"modified":"2021-05-13T10:42:09","modified_gmt":"2021-05-13T10:42:09","slug":"generating-new-guids-without-simpe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.simfansuk.com\/wp\/generating-new-guids-without-simpe\/","title":{"rendered":"Generating New GUID&#8217;s For Sims 2 Without SimPE"},"content":{"rendered":"<hr class=\"style3\" \/>\n<button class=\"simplefavorite-button preset\" data-postid=\"122374\" data-siteid=\"1\" data-groupid=\"1\" data-favoritecount=\"2\" style=\"box-shadow:none;-webkit-box-shadow:none;-moz-box-shadow:none;background-color:#1e73be;color:#ffffff;\"><i class=\"sf-icon-favorite\" style=\"\"><\/i>Favorite<\/button>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.simfansuk.com\/wp\/tutorials\/sims-2\/?frm_action=edit&#038;entry=6804\" class=\"\">Edit Post<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.simfansuk.com\/wp\/wp-admin\/admin-ajax.php?action=frm_entries_destroy&#038;entry=6804&#038;redirect=20971&#038;nonce=c9f31db7e4\" class=\"\" data-frmconfirm=\"Are you sure you wish to delete this post? This cannot be undone!\" title=\"Delete Post\">Delete Post<\/a><\/p>\n<hr class=\"style3\" \/>\n<p>Since the SimPE website closed, it&#8217;s now impossible to generate new GUID&#8217;s for your Sims 2 creations from inside the software. Here&#8217;s how to do it very simply.Once you&#8217;ve created your new masterpiece:<\/p>\n<p>Visit this website: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.random.org\/bytes\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.random.org\/bytes\/<\/a> and generate 4 random bytes for each GUID you want to create:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.simfansuk.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/10-April-2021_15h47m27s_005_.jpg\" data-lbwps-width=\"841\" data-lbwps-height=\"365\" data-lbwps-srcsmall=\"https:\/\/www.simfansuk.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/10-April-2021_15h47m27s_005_-400x174.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-122371\" src=\"https:\/\/www.simfansuk.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/10-April-2021_15h47m27s_005_-400x174.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"174\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.simfansuk.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/10-April-2021_15h47m27s_005_-400x174.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.simfansuk.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/10-April-2021_15h47m27s_005_-800x347.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.simfansuk.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/10-April-2021_15h47m27s_005_-768x333.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.simfansuk.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/10-April-2021_15h47m27s_005_-720x312.jpg 720w, https:\/\/www.simfansuk.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/10-April-2021_15h47m27s_005_-520x226.jpg 520w, https:\/\/www.simfansuk.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/10-April-2021_15h47m27s_005_-320x139.jpg 320w, https:\/\/www.simfansuk.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/10-April-2021_15h47m27s_005_.jpg 841w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The next page will give you something like this:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.simfansuk.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/10-April-2021_15h49m26s_006_.jpg\" data-lbwps-width=\"100\" data-lbwps-height=\"42\" data-lbwps-srcsmall=\"https:\/\/www.simfansuk.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/10-April-2021_15h49m26s_006_.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-122372\" src=\"https:\/\/www.simfansuk.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/10-April-2021_15h49m26s_006_.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"100\" height=\"42\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Copy this string and remove all spaces and capitalise all letters so it looks something like this (yours will have a different string):<\/p>\n<p>136C9088<\/p>\n<p>Back in SimPE, click the new mesh&#8217;s &#8216;Object Data&#8217;. Select each of the names, one-by-one (however many there are):<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.simfansuk.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/10-April-2021_15h42m43s_003_.jpg\" data-lbwps-width=\"571\" data-lbwps-height=\"389\" data-lbwps-srcsmall=\"https:\/\/www.simfansuk.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/10-April-2021_15h42m43s_003_-400x273.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-122369\" src=\"https:\/\/www.simfansuk.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/10-April-2021_15h42m43s_003_-400x273.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"273\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.simfansuk.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/10-April-2021_15h42m43s_003_-400x273.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.simfansuk.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/10-April-2021_15h42m43s_003_-520x354.jpg 520w, https:\/\/www.simfansuk.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/10-April-2021_15h42m43s_003_-320x218.jpg 320w, https:\/\/www.simfansuk.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/10-April-2021_15h42m43s_003_.jpg 571w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>In the GUID field for each one, remove all of the text except the 0x:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.simfansuk.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/10-April-2021_15h45m31s_004_.jpg\" data-lbwps-width=\"309\" data-lbwps-height=\"365\" data-lbwps-srcsmall=\"https:\/\/www.simfansuk.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/10-April-2021_15h45m31s_004_-254x300.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-122370\" src=\"https:\/\/www.simfansuk.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/10-April-2021_15h45m31s_004_-254x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"254\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.simfansuk.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/10-April-2021_15h45m31s_004_-254x300.jpg 254w, https:\/\/www.simfansuk.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/10-April-2021_15h45m31s_004_.jpg 309w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 254px) 100vw, 254px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Add this modified string to the GUID field in SimPE after the 0x and click &#8216;Update&#8217; and then &#8216;Commit&#8217; (remember to generate a new GUID for each one):<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.simfansuk.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/10-April-2021_15h53m30s_007_.jpg\" data-lbwps-width=\"327\" data-lbwps-height=\"352\" data-lbwps-srcsmall=\"https:\/\/www.simfansuk.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/10-April-2021_15h53m30s_007_-279x300.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-122373\" src=\"https:\/\/www.simfansuk.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/10-April-2021_15h53m30s_007_-279x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"279\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.simfansuk.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/10-April-2021_15h53m30s_007_-279x300.jpg 279w, https:\/\/www.simfansuk.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/10-April-2021_15h53m30s_007_-320x344.jpg 320w, https:\/\/www.simfansuk.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/10-April-2021_15h53m30s_007_.jpg 327w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 279px) 100vw, 279px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Do this for all the names listed.<\/p>\n<p>And that&#8217;s it!<\/p>\n<p>I hope this has been helpful. Please post any comments below as I&#8217;d love to know how this worked if you tried it. \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/simfansuk.com\/wp\/images\/s2\/base.gif\" title=\"Sims 2 base game only required\" alt=\"Sims 2 base game only required\" border=\"0\"><\/p>\n<p>You must be a logged in member to download this file<br \/>\n<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Since the SimPE website closed, it&#8217;s now impossible to generate new GUID&#8217;s for your Sims 2 creations from inside the software. 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