The new no cd for the patched exe is a heck of a lot bigger than than the original no cd - new no cd is 44.696kb , original no cd is 11.212kb.   
Anyone have any idea why there is so much difference in the size?

Slightly off topic re BV but I hope someone might help and not shoot me
Being new to this no CD game and I refuse to install BV at present - Can anyone recommend a no CD exe for Seasons that works with the patches. 
Currently my Seasons game has the latest patch applied.  The no Cd exe files I downloaded form GameCopy world and GameBurn world are version 1.7.0.145 and my official Seasons .exe is 1.7.0.158.  Does this mean it's a later version and if I run one of the cracks my game is no longer patched?

I second that!   Please!

I recently asked if Step by Step instructions for the BV templates could be included/added but nothing yet.
It's so easy to make a mistake when you're moving files around.

Yes, I know - I was having a senior moment - I have been using Sara's empty templates since March.
I really should wake up before I try to think 

Now I am really confused - I was under the impression antiredundancy was to stop the Tour Guide and Charlatan spam and locals, and notownieregen is for the tourist/vacationers.

maybe we need step by step instructions as we have for the other templates at the begining of this thread.

Question for Argon
It's early morning so i'm not fully functioning yet, so bear with me if this is a dumb questiion

Am I to understand that if I use your empty BV templates and notownieregen (which is always in my game anyway) there will be no vacation tourists generated at all?   
If so, I am thinking the vacation areas will look exceedling empty with just our playables present.  I don't want all of the tourists just a few to be realistic.  Will I need to create tourists myself?

Sysa, thank you.

I would also like to add a plea for the Cleaned Up/ fixed Pleasantview template.
SaraMk's original link is now empty.

No, all the houses are regular houses, no beds outside either.
  It's not happened often and yesterday was the first time I'd seen it outside.  Other times it's occurred inside the houses but not in the bedrooms, even in a downstairs room when all bedrooms are upstairs and all with proper doors.
I'll reinstall the mod and see it it makes a difference. 
I don't have any hack conflicts either.

I had a pillow fight in the street happen yesterday - I have noroadpillows and haven't even installed the second patch.
i've noticed pillowfights are happening in the "wrong" places since Seasons installed.