I think entire chapters of Awesomeland have been founded on this concept.

In other words: yes, I believe playable families can meet up with each other on vacation community lots, if they are both on vacation at the same locale at the same time.

As long as you don't bin it while it's occupied by sims, you're fine. Fortunately, to move the Broke trailer across the street from the Goths only requires for you to make sure there's room for it, pick it up using the 'move lot' tool, and put it in the new place. No binning required; therefore, not a VBT.

And you're right: Mortimer will neither notice nor care.   I suppose you could have Brandi or one of the kids look through the telescope to piss him off, though.

Not with my sims. Hunger bar is still 3/4 full, and they're off to make lobster thermidor! I would have lots of fat sims, were it not for Dizzy's leftover mods and Pescado's noeatcrap. I still have to monitor the lazy sims for overeating, though.

I think in my case it's mostly been autonomous fishing that is problematic, primarily the cheerleader. But since I have yet to really examine it in the game, my case is anecdotal at best.


(PS - Liz, I finally realized how I knew your signature quote... it's been nagging me for days. You quote Cordelia, I quote Xander. )

Sorry - typo on my part. The entire folder.

sumpsychochic, you just need to rename this file:


to this:


That will prevent the default Pleasantview townies from spawning in new neighborhoods. For more info on creating clean custom 'hoods, check out this thread.

Reporting back to say it wasn't a hack conflict and ask for further help... and you already fixed it. Thanks!

That's what I get for ARRing Ikea, I suppose.

Edit: Hmm, this is not working. First, I added the fix to the Overrides folder for FT. When that didn't work, I backed up and replaced it in both the TSS and IKEA Overrides folder, since I ARRed them and they installed as UK. Still didn't work. Went back and replaced in all EPs/SPs back to Pets, and still not working. Tried using Pescado's Engrish to change registry to US... still not working.

One thing I noticed: in FT's Overrides folder, there was originally only one file named Overrides.package. There wasn't a HolidayNewYearsPartyPhoneCall_Override.package. The FT Overrides.package file is significantly larger than any of the previous EPs' HolidayNewYearsPartyPhoneCall_Override.package files. Could Jordi's file just be outdated? Or is there something else I have to do, such as move out families and move them back in? I'm about ready to have done with this and just live with it, but in case there is something I'm missing...

(cwykes, sorry for hijacking the thread...)

I cannot help with your other issues, but I am getting two "Throw Party" menu options, with "House Party" and "Sports Party" on one, and "New Year's Bash" on the other. I'm about to fire up a clean game to see if it's a hack problem; will report back later.

I like it too, Mirelly. The porch is especially nice, and the exterior design/decor will fit in well with my 'hood.

No, but I can second it. I have a couple Greek houses with ponds, and I think I've been seeing the same behavior from visitors. I haven't bothered trying with a clean game yet to see if it's hack-related, though.

To this non-awesome person, it sounds like either you're using CC TVs that haven't been updated for later EPs, or you have a conflict somewhere in your Downloads folder.

Run Paladin's HCDU to see if any TV-related conflicts can be identified. You can also run in debug mode to see if an error log is generated when you try to use the TVs. If not, then it's binary search time.

Open AVG 8.0
In sidebar, click 'Computer Scanner'
In the 'Schedule Scans' box, click to highlight the 'Scheduled scan' task
Click 'Edit Scan Schedule' button
Uncheck the 'Enable this Task' box (under 'Task Settings')
Save, etc.

You can then just run scans manually when you want instead of all the damn time.

Amairani, as long as you're installing onto an Administrator account, you will be just fine. Also, make sure the cracked .exe is for the patched version of Bon Voyage.

If the account does not have Administrator permissions, SecuRom will be installed when the game is installed, i.e. before you even run the game. You'll have to remove Securom before applying the cracked .exe.

Well, thanks for the explanation. My high-neat sim kids will have to continue to clean manually or autonomously. At least they can Take Out Trash!

You need a pool table on the lot for the option to appear. I think you may also need a stereo for dancing to work as intended.

I still want sim children to Macro-Clean. If they can garden and fish as underage slave labor, why can't they clean as well?

Yeah, if you don't have the exact same EP/SP config, AnyGameStarter would be a good way to level the playing field.

So, just zipping the entire Neighborhood folder and sending it back and forth after play sessions? As long as your EP/SP/patch configuration is the same, I can't think of any terminal errors that would occur in a clean game scenario. If you already have a 'hood with that N### number, you could just load it separately by generating a new The Sims 2 folder, removing the Maxis 'hoods, and then adding her 'hood in the Neighborhoods folder.

Any buy/build/body CC that is present in the lots or on the sims will have to be duplicated to show up; but if not, then those items just won't appear, or will show up as a default item. I'd suggest either zip up the CC and send it back and forth as well, or play clean.

As far as hacks: either synchronize/share what you each have, take out mega game-changing mods, or play clean. By mega game-changing mods, I mean stuff like the kitten killer, ACR, DMA sets, even Cboy's Community Time. For example: if you play with Macrotastics and your friend does not, I don't think there would be a problem as long as you don't save any lots with someone in a macro. But if she has the kitten killer and sends the 'hood to you with a pregnant teen or a sim with miscarriage memories, it'd be a bad thing if you don't have the kitten killer.

If I were to consider doing this, I'd probably prefer to play without buy/build/body CC, and then synchronize the hacks. Any other ideas out there?

De nada.

All righty, then here we go. "All the time" was an overstatement on my part, but I found a couple links pretty quickly.

http://www.simbology.com/smf/index.php/topic,427.msg7097.html#msg7097
http://simlogical.com/slforum/index.php?topic=1501.msg10358#msg10358

(It's the same user on two different boards. It's times like these that I realize how much I lurk... just call me a crazy stalker, I'm okay with it. )

I've seen a regular poster on another board state that he adds extra turn-ons/turn-offs all the time, with no apparent ill effect. I've never tried it myself, but I can provide links, if interested.

Try TwoJeffs' Computer Fixes. I play with the no autonomy version, and have since been a much happier camper.

Well, you can take the entire party to get the dragon legend. One sim gets the wise old man to tell the story, then once it's going have the rest of the party join. They'll all learn the legend. Nice and efficient.   (Note: have not tried with guest vacationers, because they are annoying and useless.)

Insert obvious joke about assuming things here.   

leaths, are you pre-OFB? I thought all packs since OFB (though it might be another pack, can't remember ATM) have the little house button in the upper left corner that you can click to check the value. Buy/Build modes only.

I finally went through and got all this stuff. Thanks to everyone who's acquired and fixed these items!


Since I don't see it posted in the thread yet, I just thought I'd upload a version of the top bun with bangs and crown with the elder fixes for the SimPE-phobes. Thanks to knightguy for the original work, and Havelock for pointing us in the right direction (as always). 

http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?tz3jjmldmyy