I remember within the first hour of playing TS3, my sim's townie lover named their baby daughter Joey. Now I know that it can be a girl's name, but it just screamed fail to me how the game chose that particular name out of all the possible female (and indeed femenine) names.

Arred retail version, XP SP3 and no PACE. However as I have uninstalled the game, it may have removed it. I can guarantee that there is no apparent trace of it on my computer however.

I may try installing on 7 RC though, see if some crazy random difference occurs.

Were any of these cows actually placed into Riverview? Although I've seen it in the catalog, I don't ever recall coming across one.

That sounds like a nice set to do. But which one? There's four different ones IIRC.

Incidently, here's a list of all the houses we have done, just so we don't lose track.
190 Sim Lane (Pleasantview)
Harmonious Haven (Lots and Houses Bin)
73 Road to Nowhere (Strangetown)
105 Sim Lane (Pleasantview)
Curious (Strangetown)
130 Sim Lane (Pleasantview)
111 Stratford Strip (Veronaville)
1097 West Dreaming Drive (Desiderata Valley)
10 Oak Street (Pleasantview)
74 Gondola Way (Bluewater Village)
25 Toboggan Way (Bluewater Village)
4 Danish Drive (Academie Le Tour)
407 Edgewater Parkway (Bluewater Village)

Out of interest, do beach community lots behave in the same manner, or is it tied to the beach lot designation?

Yes, because people inadvertantly steal screwed in fixtures without realising it in real life. 

This seems to be the case for me. One of my sims stole three items one night in the park in the middle of Riverview. He stole the big statue, the little garden light beneath it and a park bench. They were replaced about a week later, over the course of several days (as opposed to all at once). Another set of items were replaced in days.

Hm, that's intersting. I was wondering what delineated beach lots as a speshul type of lot.

I've never really bothered with networking so I hadn't seen this. That's a pretty bad exploit in a game that already dishes out free money. Unless there's a fix for this, I guess I won't bother pursuing that.

Are you sure it's not just the object though? That one's from Castaway Stories, right?

Yes, try to narrow it down to what it could be. The problem could be very simple, and you do not want to shell out a load of money for something that turns out to be a loose component or something.

If the problem does turn out to be too wide-spread to bother replacing parts, then go for a custom built machine (it's not very hard to do, but if you absolutely can't do it yourself then seek out a local system builder). Look for parts online, or if you know the right people then you can get it at wholesale price which is even cheaper. Brand names just aren't worth it. You're practically guaranteed to replace it within a few years, and of course there is the indisputable fact that they are hopeless! The price can initially be worrying compared to the other options, but choosing the right case and components means you can build a solid system that will last for a very long time, and will save you money in the long run.

Geeky? Who cares? Your friends will be envious of your cheaper yet more powerful computer that actually works. There's also the added benefit of knowing exactly what's going into it (not skimping with parts as OEMs often love doing) and not having to pay moar for their support, which really is worse than not having it at all in my experience.

I wouldn't know, but I'd (rather morbidly) love to be able to convert the tombstones over. I assume we need to wait for something so we can actually pull the meshes/textures from the game, unless it exists already or something.

This has been the exact case for me too. In fact, my sim's own mother wasn't added when she died and now she is lost for the forseeble future. Yet, some random freak who I had never come across was added instead.

Something much smaller. I think a lot of people were put off by the size and scale of this house. The people who entered this month did a good job, but it was the kind of house you really have to work on for awhile. Perhaps we could do something from Veronaville, as there are some interesting houses there. Although Desiderata Valley is chock full of houses of phail.

And how about doing one for The Sims 3? I loathe building in the game, as they make it so horrible to control and annoying. However, I wouldn't mind redoing a house.

Looks like the chick in the green dress is ready to do the same. 

Here's the post, quoted for your convenience.

There are ways to dump the items without being forced to sell. While you could always just keep it in the family inventory near the top, there are other methods based on how it was stolen. Goods stolen by a klepto can be returned, while you could always engineer it so a maid or someone swipes it themselves. Of course, you can always move them out with spares. Sadly, burnination is out of the question due to the new fire insurance feature.

Out of interest, can hidden traits be selected? I'm guessing no since you need a mod to enable them in CAS (although Pyromania would make a great family trait). Although, I'm surprised you haven't included trying to get them into the family as a part of the challenge, as that could potentially make things interesting.

I wondered if that was the case.

I second the optional filter idea.

Well I haven't had one turn out red, but it turned out looking awful. This was supposed to be my Emperor sim's grand evil portrait.



My sim also had very high artistic skill. Part of me suspects this is a "feature."

I think being able to fish in swimming pools is tied to the "Insane" trait, but I'm not completely sure.

I like how there are a lot of good money sinks though. The spa is always a good way to blow a load of simoleans. And just when you think you are rich, you buy a share in some businesses and suddenly need to snap them all up under your complete control, yet you need a metric ton of monies to be able do that. Although I've been able to turn my sim into some kind of mafia don, going around town each week to collect the "protection" money from his businesses, which has been kind of fun.

Weird I thought that as well.

I have yet to see Mr. Moustache; the portrait just doesn't appear for me until the game gets around to generating one. You would have thought they'd use a silhouette or something less confusing though...

After Rhoda Bagley's first day back as a playable ghost, a pop-up for Mary-Lu Broke (who also resides on the lot) suddenly came up saying "Gotta go, bye!"

She gets in her car...


And then disappears into the science lab.


Her grave is still around, but I just thought that was really weird and random.

Hm. I gave it a go, but it seems to have had no effect whatsoever. 

I reinstalled The Sims 3, and the lot names for Riverview (which were borked) are now appearing as normal. However, now the street addresses and pre-made sims' names are appearing weirdly. Does anyone have any idea how I could possibly rectify this?

Here's a picture of what I mean:

Wow...

I'm assuming having babies with Death is no longer a VBT, bar the occasional cockroach hybrid?