Really?  I have to admit, I haven't seen anything that explains why it's printed in two different sizes, or even whether one is less expensive than the other.  I saw you say that you returned yours at Wal-Mart and bought a new one at Game Stop.  I didn't see you mention anything about a price difference.

After the book is complete, a free copy should arrive in the mailbox.  I've also received them by joining the bookclub (this may be limited to bookworm Sims).

Due to download limits (I live on the edge of the 3rd world), and because it was working perfectly well, I never changed from my original Reloaded install, and all the store stuff has worked fine for me (with the aid of Pes' tool, etc.).

Someone has been kind enough to send me a list of when traits become available for born-in-game Sims, as well as more incompatibility info, so I'll be doing an update soon with all the new info here.  Just wanted to post this to save anyone the effort of compiling identical info.

A decent length nap coughs up the "Nice Nap" moodlet (or something along those lines) which can be handy for counteracting the negative mood effects from sleepiness.  Sleeping in general is a pain... Even with the highest bed they seem to need to sleep forever.

Too bad there's not a bastard trait; that would definitely fit him.  Hmm, I'd give Goopy:

Hotheaded
Evil
Kleptomaniac
Loser
Clumsy

And yes, he'd definitely be a socks-and-sandals kind of guy, the oaf.

Well, if you're giving each family its own save, then no, you won't see them.  I just play families until I'm done/bored with them and then abandon them to their own devices elsewhere in the neighborhood.  In my current game, I'm on Gen 2, who happily go and see their parents whenever I want to check to make sure they (the parents) haven't spawned any new offspring.  They seem to be behaving themselves so far.

Has anyone seen the magician in action? I keep coming across him in town, but I've yet to see him do anything... magiciany. 

Hell, it could have been worth staying "honest" for. 

That sounds like a plan.  I'm determined this time around to do something useful after leeching off the hard work of others for so long.  I'll continue keeping notes and tracking hard-and-fast data and update accordingly.

Aha... Good, that saves me lots of note taking.

I'm working on collecting useful data about traits - the benefits/drawbacks of each (rather than just the vague overview you get when you assign them).  Any contributions are, of course, welcome.


Here is a template for collecting data:

Trait:
CAS Description:
Features (Benefits and drawbacks):
Associated Interactions:
Other Notes:

Trait: Lucky
CAS Description:
Features : More likely to get good results from career events.  Less likely to burn food.  More likely to get raises. Less likely to get robbed.
Associated Interactions:  None?
Other Notes:  Occasionally the Sim gets a "Feeling Lucky" moodlet that lasts throughout the day, with a decent mood boost.  Not sure yet how the moodlet affects the odds of things like robbery/raises/food burning.

Trait:  Bookworm
CAS Description:
Features:   Can read faster.  Gets more fun from reading.  Writes higher quality novels.  Finishes homework faster. 
Associated Interactions:  Click Sim for "Go to Bookstore" action.  "Talk about books" interaction.
Other Notes:

Trait: Perfectionist
CAS Description:
Features: Does most things better than other Sims, but takes longer to do them.  Paint higher quality paintings.  Prepare better quality food.  Write better novels.
Associated Interactions:  "Point out flaws" interaction.
Other Notes:

Trait:  Absent Minded
CAS Description:
Features:  Sim may find himself in a room, wondering how he got there.  May be forgetful (translates into dropped actions).
Associated Interactions:  None?
Other Notes: 

Trait:  Genius
CAS Description: 
Features: Learns logic skill faster.  Enjoys chess, improves quickly at it.  Solve math problems on the computer.
Associated Interactions:  "Compliment cleverness" interaction. 
Other Notes:

Trait:  Virtuoso
CAS Description:
Features:  Learns guitar faster.  Gets more tips and cash for performing.
Associated Interactions:  "Enthuse about music" interaction.
Other Notes: 

Trait:  Natural Cook
CAS Description:
Features:  Learns cooking skill faster.  Makes higher quality food.  Never causes a fire when cooking.  Never burns food.
Associated Interactions:  "Kick up a notch" interaction on food.  Possibly "Trade Recipes" interaction. 
Other Notes:

Trait:  Artistic
CAS Description:
Features:  Improves faster at painting.  Learns writing skill faster.  Learns guitar faster.  Enjoys spending time at art gallery.
Associated Interactions:  Click Sim to "Go to Gallery".  "Enthuse about art" interaction.
Other Notes:

Trait:  Charismatic
CAS Description:
Features:  Builds charisma skill more quickly.  Others are most likely to listen to your Sim. Sim will never bore others.  Makes friends faster.
Associated Interactions:
Other Notes:

Trait:  Ambitious
CAS Description:
Features:  Gets promotions and raises faster.  Sim may get anxious to advance if they don't get promoted in a while.  Gets more lifetime happiness points from fulfilled wishes.
Associated Interactions:
Other Notes:

Resetsim puts the Sim back at their home lot, so I guess NPCs get zapped back to whatever invisilot it is they inhabit.

Resetsim is not the solution for a deleted Sim, it is the alternative to deleting a Sim.  If a Sim gets stuck in an action or refuses to respond, you use resetSim to essentially recreate the Sim near his home.

The only complaints I saw about custom music is the fact that you can no longer sort them into your own radio stations, or even add them to existing stations.  Instead they all get lumped into a "Custom Music" station.

Have you recently installed a program that might be co-opting the keystrokes?  I installed PointerXP once and it was mapped to use CTRL-Shift-C.  As a result, I was no longer able to use that key sequence in the Sims.  Remapping the hotkey in PointerXP resolved the issue.  Of course, I can't think of anything that would interfere with the Delete key...

It's a download manager, not Securom, and it has been confirmed on this board not to be infested with Securom either.

In what way does the game discourage interaction between CAS families? Much of the game's strength, IMO, comes from the fact that it is so much easier to interact with different families that I've created.

Seeds don't die.  Well, if they do, they take an incredibly long time to do so, because my Sim picked up a special seed shortly after I created him in CAS and 17 weeks later, he finally got around to planting it.

Wrong.  2 Sims with Fertility Treatment are perfectly capable of producing twins, and I'd wager that they could even have singles. 

I think this is intentional, and I prefer it.  It appears that fridges aren't actually containers themselves, they're just "access points" to some global household fridge container.  Which is far preferable to me; no more lost produce because you forgot to keep a fridge.

The table builds logic skill?  My toddler used it to no effect.  She built her 3 pre-logic points using the little block sorter.  I made sure to have her use the table first, to ensure it wasn't actually building skill.

Since you pipped me to the post, I'll just add that he lives in the Roomies or Working Friends household.  They're right next door to each other, can never remember which it actually is.

Dirt defiant significantly slows down hygiene decay for my Sims.  My nonathletic Dirt Defiant Sims only need a shower around every 3rd day.   

I'm seem to remember that the writing skill journal keeps track of the number of read, which led me to wonder if the number of books read increases the quality of those written.