Okay, so I was playing the Goth family.  When Bella married Mortimer, I had her brother Michael Bachelor move in as well so I could find him a wife without having to switch families.  I found him a wife, he got her pregnant -- or so it seemed, since we got the lullaby and she was puking the next day -- and I moved them back to live with Michael's parents.  A few days later, Bella read in the paper that little Tim Bachelor was born.

When Tim was a toddler, Bella took toddler Cassandra over to visit Grandma & Grandpa Bachelor and Uncle Michael at the Bachelor house.  Bella was interacting with Tim, and I noticed he was listed just as "acquaintance."  I checked the family tree.  Lo and behold, Michael was not listed as Tim's father -- nor was anyone else.

So .. was this because I had parthenogenesis enabled?  Or is it just some funky thing?  I've seen a few complaints of similar things in (apparently) active families as I peruse the TS3 boards, so I'm not sure if parthenogenesis is the problem or not.

I hate that.  Why should an honor roll genius kid become suddenly average again just because s/he started high school?

I should know by now to believe you.

I was SO SURE that it was the magic of deleting the caches that fixed things.  However, last night I decided to trust you on this.  The game crashed during load at that same old spot, but instead of deleting caches, I just tried starting again.  Lo and behold, it loaded fine.

You are The Awesome.  I should remember that.

I had turned parthenogenesis off (and story progression on) and discovered that my town was rapidly becoming a senior citizens retreat.  Every now and then a couple would autonomously wed and spawn, but it was rare.  I ended up turning parthenogenesis back on.  If I played the other families and saw to their marriage and spawning, it would be one thing, but since I tend to stick to just one or two families, no-parth doesn't work.  I'd rather have one-parent town-spawn than no spawn at all.

I haven't noticed my Sims flirting with anyone other than their partner, except for Bella, who is flirty.  Bella flirted with the ghost of Mortimer's grandfather, tsk!

You couldn't figure that out for yourself?  Ouch!  You are full of fail.

I've found that you can actually delete everything but the folders in My Documents\Electronic Arts\The Sims 3.  All the stuff you need regenerates. 

Did your run Riverview through the Recompressor?  I'm not sure what happens if you don't, but probably something unawesome.

If a copy of the Sim exists in the bin, it's possible that there's another "her" walking around.  I haven't experienced it, but my sweetie has.  He said it was quite disconcerting bumping into an elder version of his character when he was out and about.  (I guess his other self aged faster).  I said that at least it didn't cause a rift in the space-time continuum.

You oafish barbarian.  I iz NOT a camarawhore, thankyouverymuch.  Can't speak for the others.  My Sim will remain as is, because she is unacceptable to you anyway since her head is on right.

I know I got closer to my actual blondish-brownish hair with TS3, but it's still not quite right.  It's difficult!  She's very cute, Tigerlilley.

My absent-mineded Sim once forgot that he was supposed to be going to the bedroom to woo-hoo with wife, and stood there with a question mark over his head, making a sound something like, "Durrr....."  His wife, already on the bed, hollered to him to get over there, which snapped him back into the present; it was great!

@Inge:  The game seems to have embraced the concept of casual sex.  One can woo-hoo and try for baby without having a romantic interest in the other Sim.  In order to get the full range of options, one has to engage in both friendly (get to know) and romantic interactions over a period of time.  Each time together is almost like starting over, except from a higher point in the relationship.  Also, both Sims need to have their need bars pretty full or they won't get in the mood. 

After Cornelia Goth died, husband Gunther was heartbroken.  While still in mourning, he met sister-in-law Agnes Crumplebottom on a community lot and cried on her shoulder.  They'd developed a good friendship over the course of Sim years.  Suddenly Gunther got the want to kiss Agnes.  One thing led to another, and they were married the next day.  I think this is a good indicator of how important the length of the friendship is.  I've never seen romance proceed so quickly for any other Sim couple.

Woot!  The Son of Perdition is hawt!

Okay, FOJ will probably find this inadequate since my head is on right, but too bad.  I was also going to include Moody, but it made the attachment size too big, so all y'all will get is his hawt picture, since I'm too lazy to give him his own post -- at least at the moment




That's genius (yeah, yeah, & there was no modest), loner, neuroitc, over-emotional, and virtuoso.

ETA:  After playing my self-Sim, I decided she didn't act enough like me.  I changed over-emotional and virtuoso to couch potato and family oriented.  Much better now.  I also changed the lifetime want to being surrounded by family (raise 5 kids from infant to teen).


The food is dim sum, because they had no pizza!

I love that over-the-shoulder sultry look (middle picture).

My grumpy Sim always gets angry toward the end of her shift at work if I have her hanging with her co-workers.  I always wonder what someone's done to piss her off so badlly.  She also got really mad once when I made her get up in the night to feed one of the babies.  She's not whiny that I've noticed.

This appears to solve the problem.  I'm not sure why.

No idea.  I thought it odd myself.  I didn't even have any speculations, so maybe you've hit upon it.

@crunk: I'm glad it worked :-)

On the TS3 site, some are saying that cleaning cache and cookies of all internet browsers that you have will fix the problem.

My print-screens of the game are quite dark as well.  I have to go in with a photo editor and lighten them to achieve how they looked in-game.

I did that, but it won't let me post until I register a game.  That's the message it gives me, anyway.

I'm curious whether anyone who had arrred either the reloaded or razor version has purchased the real deal.  Just wondering if there are significant differences.

Aggie, you should have a back-up save you can use, if you're unsuccessful in retrieving the toddler.  The game apparently keeps the second-to-last one automatically.

I've never had a burial grounds option, that I've noticed.  Do you get it by clicking on something (the ground, perhaps), or is it something offered to you when you move into a house?

I thought about that, but I thought maybe he was referring only to threads where the subject was not some sort of ass-hattery or related tardism.  Still, I've sent two PM sporks, and received utterly no reply.  How unsatisfying.