The spontaneous spawning has been discussed extensively already. I recommend the awesomemod (Armoire of Invincibility) to prevent surprise babies.

My sim is a neurotic/loner combo, and since she has no job (writer), it's really easy to keep her happy. She has a constant solitude buff, freaking out puts her into a happy place, and as long as I keep one slot free for incoming "clean/repair whatever" wants, there's a nearly constant stream of LTH points. As for the "worry about" debuffs - you can turn them into peace of mind (?) buffs by simply checking the object in question. Not that my sim worries that much anyway - she practicely lives on inventory stuff, so she rarely ever uses the stove or sink.

Yes. You'll be asked to insert the correct "original" game CD/DVD for the latest EP in the respective AnyGame (e.g. if you have an AG up to BV, it wants the BV CD/DVD).

Denise Jacquet can be fixed with the lot debugger. Just make her selectable, choose "Fix... Dead Romances". No more error messages. This has worked for me in several neighborhoods.

SecuROM installs itself as soon as the original exe that comes with it (in this case, the M&G exe) is run. So if she played M&G already, then yes. If she just installed it without playing afterwards, then no.
There is one which works just fine on gamecopyworld. The link to GCW must be in this thread somewhere, or google.

The DD screen isn't caused by those outfits (or at least, not only) - I got it, too, after installing M&G (all EPs and SPs, nothing arred, no DD content).

Or they've run out of things to do for a second while "macro... garden"ing. I usually don't forget sims, because they tend to do things I hate when left alone.

Strange - in my game, they are. As for the cleaning: I wouldn't mind them cleaning the terlet after using it, just like they unclog it if necessary. But I certainly wouldn't want them to be allowed to enter the bathrooms just to clean (unless user or macro directed).

Would it be possible to take novel calls into account for "Skillinate... Creativity"? I had a sim skill creativity on the computer, and when he finished the novel, he made a friends call to raise his social (cell phone). This took so long, that the normal phone stopped ringing, so he didn't get the royalties. Since the skillinator never lets a motive get so low that it becomes really critical, these short calls wouldn't do any harm, I guess?

Ah, I didn't know that (obviously ) - thanks!

I had a residential lot in downtown A with 8 sims. Several sims died, the tombstones were moved to a community lot in downtown B (both downtowns subhoods of the same main 'hood, of course). The surviving sims moved out.
Now I want one of the dead sims to become a zombie. My question is, how to do this? I already know who will earn the bone phone and who will make the call (a former friend of the zombie-to-be), but afaik, I need the tombstone on the lot from where the call is made.
So what's the best method to get phone and tombstone together? I thought about buying the cemetery lot and putting the bone phone there, but it would be much more convenient to somehow conjure the tombstone at home, of course. Is there a way to do so without causing a BFBVFS (from what I know, carrying tombstones in inventory is a VBT)?

The original tricorn is a hidden BV hairstyle used by the Cpt. Edward Dregg NPC. I've always wanted it as an accessory, but because nobody has converted it so far (or because I fail at Google), I had to do it myself.

This is my first accessory ever, so it might need some testing (it works fine in my game, though). In order to keep the file size small, I killed as many resources as possible and also used the 256x256 texture, so the skull and bones are a bit blurry.



- Available for YAs, adults and elders, male and female
- Does not show up as useless glasses duplicate for teens and younger
- Widened crown, so it can be used with some of the more voluminous hairstyles. Brim unaltered.
- Same custom bin as Zoi's Tricorn, so they can be exchanged, but not worn together (for obvious reasons)

Note: The (default) brow sticking through the (EAxis) hair in the picture is normal EAxis glitchiness unrelated to the accessory.

I think that the features are cartoonish enough to fit the waxy, glass-eyed look of TS3, which IMHO makes it way less frightening and yucky than the supposedly "realistic" sims I've seen so far.

From what I've read, bad mood during pregnancies will push the kids' traits to "evil", but I hope there will be other ways to get mean sims, like neglecting them during childhood or just encouraging them.
As for the pee obsession: One of the achievement boni (?) is called "iron bladder" - I think there must be a reason why such a bonus even exists.

Unrelated - I had sims watch birds on lots that had not one single green spot.

You could also use the Stuck Object Remover.

No, Autonomy Control (aka "The One Shiny") is a stand-alone hack, to be found in The Armory.


I'm pretty sure family sims don't do the dance when living alone, but having / not having children doesn't seem to have an influence on it. Then again, I don't have much experience with working family sims - the only playable ones with jobs I have in my game are Cassandra Goth and a former cow mascot, both of which I rarely play.

I've used JM's Autonomy Control to proscribe the autonomous use of beds globally, which works wonders. I mean, wtf? I'm perfectly capable of putting my sims to bed myself, tyvm.

Another annoyance is this "cuddle in bed" bullshit, and EAxis did everything to force this oh-so-cute feature on players. Now, sims sleep after woohoo even with their energy at about 95%, so you have to wake them and wait for them to undock (which takes ages, because they need to cuddle). Also, you can no longer wake one of them without waking the other (in case this one has slept in already), so they can cuddle again before getting up. Arrrgghh!

Now, double beds are only used for procreation purposes in my game, but if it takes three or four attempts for the sims to succeed, it's still unnerving.


I don't know of a hack to stop it (I'd love one, too), but you can stomp the family sim dance by cancelling the "at work" action as soon as they get home (before they get out of the car).

But messing with game files is fun!! Just kidding - thanks for the warning. I've been planning to get rid of annoying sounds forever (like I did with awful portraits), I just haven't got around to finally trying it and thought that the extracted files would have some weird file format. It was a pleasant surprise to read that they're just MP3s .

Well, yeah, a simple "yes" addresses an "is it option A or is it option B" question much more accurate, that's true.

@ LordBanxter to clarify:
You can't ask playables to "Teach me the whatever way" like you can ask the head witches. But in case you just wanted to know if sims can become witches/warlocks without having to hunt down a head witch: Yes. At a certain level of witchery, playables learn the necessary spell to turn other sims into witches/warlocks.

ETA: LordBanxter's sig = LOL

Heh. Incidentally, I was about to ask for a way to extract certain sim sounds, because I don't want them (I need to identify them before I can overwrite them) . Can't wait to try your tutorial out.

How very helpful.

LordBanxter, if your playable witches/warlocks reach a certain magic level, they learn a spell to turn other sims into witches/warlocks as well.

I wouldn't mind the empty CL aquariums if the sims didn't stock them autonomously - this will go in my "vital hacks" folder.

Hm, the message looked rather unmistakable to me. I'll try again today to provide a screenshot.

ETA: You are right, of course. The message says '"Colonial Ironwood Bed"- category (4) items have been proscribed', and I thought of the "4" as the number of items, not the category number.

I referred to your answer here:

I understood that a Motive Helper "[motive] desperation" action is (although not user/macro directed) not to be regarded as an autonomous action and thus will not be stomped. If that's not the case, so much the better.

Some questions regarding proscribing beds:

1. I proscribed beds globally for my current neighborhood and got the message, that 4 objects had been banned, although there are only 2 double beds in the 'hood. Are the two sides of a double bed regarded as two objects? It seems logical, but I'd rather make sure.

2. If I understood correctly, proscribed objects will only be used autonomously when a certain motive becomes critical. Will this stomp the "It's 10 p.m., so I have to go to bed although my energy bar is at about 60%" nonsense and send sims to bed only when they're about to keel over?

3. When new objects of an already banned type are placed - will they automatically be included in the respective proscription, or do I have to renew it?