Windkeeper mailbox shelves duly noted. *nods* Check back soon.

The way I see it is this: if you are whining about the cost of adopting a pet, it is likely that you are adopting for the wrong reasons. If you are whining about not being able to return a pet because you didn't like it after you bought it, it is likely you are adopting for the wrong reasons. If you are at all making comparisons to purchasing inanimate objects or disposable commodities, it is likely you are adopting for the wrong reasons. Please don't adopt - it is likely you'd make a terrible pet owner.

Round where I live, I wish pet adoption agencies would charge *more* than what they already do. People here are generally irresponsible pet owners and frequently kick their pets to the curb (not always literally).  Because, as nectere mentioned, they realized too late that a pet would be a significant financial investment, as opposed to some disposable commodity to be left on the shelf and looked at whenever they feel like it.

LOL 

I'll give that a go and report results.

Edit: I don't have such a file and I don't think there's a line like that. I think my shaders are on because I have fish in the aquarium (?)

What about the loading screen pictures? Lots, families etc don't show up.

Another odd thing is that one house in particular (the one I played when this thing messed up) does not appear to have walls in the neighbourhood view. It has roofs and everything else, but missing the walls and windows. Very strange indeed.

I removed the Scriptorium prior to installing Pets. Thanks simmiecal. This is very baffling 

Just chiming in to say that I've had pets randomly change genders too.

Nope, don't have Radiance Lighting mod. Thanks though. 

This may or may not have anything to do with Pets. Might have something to do with Quaxi's censor patch (Pets update), but I'm not sure. I could care less about portraits, but I do love my pictures. All pictures I take end up a screen full of black. I know I can use Print Screen, but it's less efficient.

How the hell do I restore them?

I have been noticing problems with the "More" button as well. I thought I needed a new mouse,  but it's only that button. Haven't installed anything new except for a lot of CC    This happened before Pets BTW.

Alright, I'll sit and wait till I hear more about whether the hacks listed above will eventually work

Thanks. The hacks I put in my game are OK-ed according to the compatibility list and are as follows:

autoyak
crumplefix
ffsdebugger
nobuskers
noplayableshoppers
noservochores
nowhatsthis
petsp0-jobfixes
phonehack (Pets edition)
phonehack - talkmodule (Pets edition)
restaurantbarfix
smartercashier

As the title suggests, my gardeners enter lots as if they were visitors. They ring the doorbell, you greet them and interact with them, and say goodbye. They do not actually do any gardening.

This came after installing Pets. Possible bug? Just thought I'd post to see if it's happened with others, and if there needs to be a fix.

Subfolders are really helpful.

And generally having less CC.

Do you want some of my burglars then? I have all EPs plus FFS and every household in my 'hood has been burgled as least once.

 I'd like to see the burglars win the fights more often though - I get Demi and Dorian over a lot and they can definitely kick some.