Thank you for clearing that up. One more question. Is it normal to have just one tour guide?

Here's hoping she shows up sooner or later.

OK, slight problem. My Sim checked into the Twikki Island Beach Hotel and there was no tour guide on the lot. I exited the game and removed the antiredundency hack, and my tour guide was back. A different tour guide (the first was female this one was male).

This Sim was the second Sim to check into the hotel. Don't know if that has anything to do with it. Maybe the game demands a different tour guide each time? I checked for errors in the log that might help. There is nothing there. The Sim finished his vacation and checked out. Another Sim checked in and still no guide. The tour guide only showed up after I removed the fix.

Anyway, I love this fix. 4 vacations and no extra characters. Just thought I'd let you know about this. Meanwhile, the fix stays.

Thank you Miss Doh. Now I feel like going "Doh!" myself. I checked TJ's "This space for rent...What works in OFB " but never thought about looking directly in TJ's Post. I'm putting this hack back in ASAP!

I tried looking for TJ's "No Meet Professors" on his list of OFB compatiable stuff, but I could not find it. Is this hack OFB compatiable? Sorry if it's already been mentioned.

I hear good things about bit-defender. It's a complete internet security package with an ani-virus, firewall, apyware dtector, ect.

http://www.bitdefender.com It ain't free though.

Wait, so townies keep everything they ever bought? Please say that isn't so, because it sounds like a really bad idea. What happens if I sell them some custom content and later delete it? Would that cause the whole 'hood to go KABLOOY?

Thank you for this much needed hack, Pescado. Playable Sims buying stuff is not the only problem. They can also spend their hard-earned cash in a ticketed venue, like Club Dante. I don't know how much of their cash they can spend, but I know it ain't coming back.

Plus, being the control freak that I am, I don't want my Sim going shopping and flirting with someone they are not supposed to. I will tell you who to fall in love with, dammit.

Thank you for getting rid of this bothersome bug. I really needed this fix and can't tell you how much I appreciate this.

I'm having the exact same problem too Mike. It only happens if a Sim happens to have a class at the same time he is sceduled for a final. The silly Sim then goes to class and misses the final.

Wow! Thanks SaraMK and Andygal. I had no idea it would be so easy.

You mean using Sim Surgery? But it would be so much easier to do in game with the Surgery Machine, and you wouldn't need to creatre a clone.

Could someone please hack Dr. Vu's plastic Surgery machine to change a Sim's genetics? I don't know if this is even possible, but if anyone can do it, it's the MATY hackers. Please.

I am really looking forward to this one. Training your Sim to be a master craftman (craftsim?) and creating new stuff. I assume that a Sim can create better things when they get the skill. Can't imagine someone just picking up a workbench and making a robot. I think it'll be fun to train them.

I've always loved the idea of home businesses, but running a store sound like fun too. Managing your empoyees and creating a great sales staff and managing them sounds fun. I hope that we'll be able to build our business on any community lot.

My only worry is the additional characters this expansion will create. 100 additional Sims? 200? *shudders* Looking forward to more info., but I will get this. I've been buying Sim games simce Living It Up and would not continue to do so if I didn't think they were worth it.

Forgive my fangirl-like excitment, but this expansion pack looks like it's going to be a blast! Really looking forward for more info. on this. Like where exactly will our Sim's businesses be located?

Link: http://thesims2.ea.com/about/ep3_videos.php

You have to enable custom content then leave the game and start it again. Not rebooting the PC, just restarting the game.  Yeah, I know I'm grasping at straws here.

Do the bodystop items show up? Things like custon hair and eyes and clothes? I'm just trying to get a better idea of what is going on.

Christiuanlov has an all-in-ine NPC. She cooks, she cleans, and she takes care of the chidren. I've never used her myself but I think she a live-in maid.

http://www.modthesims2.com/showthread.php?t=62777

Thank you for pointing that program out angelyne. There is also JFade's at DJSims Sims 2 Hack and Duplicate Scanner. I used both and none found anything   

Just thought I'd mention that program for people who don't already know it. Here's a link:
http://www.djssims.com/sims2prog.php

Hehe! Can't say I blame you Emma. That's probably the best way to go about it.

This may seem like a silly question, especialy since the headmaster IS notoriously buggy, but did you end the tour? After your Sim shows the headmaster all the rooms he's going to he should end the tour.

We all know that you start hitting a critical mass at around 800 character files and getting odd glitches. That's when you need hacks (critical fixes) to keep you 'hood running.

According to Maxis this limit has been increased. Does anyone know if this is true? Has anyone been brave enough to test this?

Thank you Ancient Sim.

My Sim called in sick, and this -naturally- generated a usless NPC. IS it safe to delete this NPC?

I don't think she has any relatipnship with anyone, but just thought I'd ask people more awsome than me just to be one the safe side. I plan on using the Phone Hack so it won't happen again.

That is exactly as I understand it. No Sim is deleted by the game. Ever. Their character files stay and count towards the total. Nuking any and all characters before any Sim has any memories of them seems like a great idea. I know this may seem kind of stupid, but I have to ask: If I delete all characters where will my service NPC's come from? I.E Maids, nannies, ect. Will delete all characters delete NPC like Grimmy.

Couldn't I just put in the no regen hack and manualy delete all townies, downtownies, and dormies? Who needs them? I'm talking about a spanking new never played 'hood with only NPCs in it.

Thank you JM and IgnorantBliss I am 90% sure that  leaning to study does affect the completion time of Uni Assignments. My student always seem to finish their assignment faster then their fellow dormies.

I also noticed that university students can teach each other how to study. Just have a fellow student help you with assignments.

Does being taught to study effect the speed with which a Sim learns skill from a book? I know that it makes Sims finish homework and assignments faster, just wanted to know if school work was all it effected.