Is it possible to add 3d buildings from something like google earth?

I would really like to see something like this as a sports centre in TS3.
http://sketchup.google.com/3dwarehouse/details?mid=5598959d360a6e20fe475a95d460f2dd

Yeah sorry, I was referring to potentially unwanted weirdness occuring if playing with the pre-patch mods still in there?
Worth removing them for this patch?

How many of you remove all your hacks when patching?
I normally only do this with an EP.

And is keeping smaller xml hacks in there more dangerous than keeping a core mod in?

Yep, I found two or three while browsing at work today.
 As you're no doubt aware, the decorative objects barely reach double figures in TS3, so heres some much needed variety.

Theres a townie-spawning crystal ball here
http://ts3.tscexchange.com/index.php#2

Carrigons got some here (I like the gift box)
http://www.sims2workshop.com/forum.php

And simslice has new cars, making fire stations possible 
But these are pay cars BTW.
http://www.simslice.com/thesims3/guests/ts3-wintermuteai1-pg1.htm

Very nice job, we need more 'sassy' hairstyles. 
I will definately sownload the non-replace version when it comes.

So thats the official answer...

The fact that they have left it two months to comment on a gamebreaking bug/feature makes it smell like damage limitation.
If they couldn't even find out that a crucial game setting was non-existant before launch, let alone patch the problem on launch day, then what faith are we supposed to have in these answers?

Population balance? Simply put in a neighbourhood population cap then. You're game designers.

People spend hours making sims in CAS, and then they disappear?
And thats supposed to be part of the game??

I actually had hopes of creating a thriving town. Doesn't sound safe to even go above 50 sims at the moment, and that is a sorry reflection on the way the game was designed, and for whats supposed to be a groundbreaking simulation.  

Are you Josef Fritzl? 

Same here. I can't reproduce it today, which is a good thing I guess 

Yeah I can.
http://www.sendspace.com/file/bwrx5k
It gets error 12 about 1 time in 4.

I have a slightly different foldering method, which involves weekly and daily folders, so I'll never lose more than a day whatever happens.
Found a savegame from May yesterday! Loaded it up, how naive I was....not even rotating driveways onto roads. Tch tch.

As I said in the other thread, my sim kept appearing round the back of the bistro rather than working.
This happened right after  I got promoted to Vegetable Slicer without a text balloon.
I transferred his career to the Burger Bar, and he attended work there.
At career level 8, I had him transfer back to the Bistro, same problem.

The new Awesome contained a work related fix. I don't know if its the same one.

I got a couple of error 12's today. My save file 1s 62.5 mb.

I agree. No serious simulation should be forcing happy music down your throat when your trying to navigate menu's.

I've had three crashes while saving today. Had to go back to the .backup every time.
My save times are not particularly bad, about two minutes.

Aging off. Story off. Save is 62.1 mb.

Did you change any graphical settings beforehand?

Well I didn't know about it. Thanks

Actually a thread dedicated to those 'hidden commands' and such would be good.
The inventory > fridge thing had me stumped for a while and has cost me about half an hour of my life.

I just tap into the adress bar

sims3://download/?assetId=99999

just replacing the number with the lot that you want, and the launcher just opens. Never any problems.
And certrtainly no firefox extension needed.

Yeah I do. It's one of those 'lucky' problems though isn't it, where its going to look good regardless.
I can't replace anything in my hood now. Everything looks good, and different areas have their own little flavour.

I know which buildings are going to be shops, nightclubs and hotels already. I just have to do a shedload of interior decorating before that christmas EP now, and the ball will start rolling.

How does it punish you?

Thanks, I think this is a good mod, but there's a  balance to be struck here.
Could it possibly be based on friendship?
I mean, theres a big difference between a friend repairing your TV, and a work aquaintance deciding that they're gonna help themselves to your sushi.
I think somewhere inbetween this and the EA default would be correct, but how far inbetween I'm not sure.

I noticed that too. No enfattenation  here, strikes a good balance.

Okay, google found nothing on this other patch. I could aquire it from downloading the 5gb razor version I suppose, but other than that, where is it please?

If you mean the reloaded > razor update, I done that a while back.

EDIT: I just re-did the HelpPages thing, and it appears to have worked. The download had 2 HelpPages from the same country, only one worked.

Nice one, the sociable side of eating is back!

I'm using 3x slower, but may change to 2x. Thanks.

I got error code 12 whilst trying to save after changing graphics settings.