I also found out (since BV) that you *HAVE* to visit the owned cemetery every single time you move tombstones there or they vanish. I have never tried moving from one comm lot to another. Since the issue seems to be with the lack of saving on non-owned lots, I'd say that is a bad idea.

Not too fancy, but I am happy.

Dell Precision 370 Workstation (low profile) with:

Windows XP Pro SP2 (Yarr!)
3.8Ghz Pentium 4 processor (w/ Hyper Threading)
3GB DDR2 RAM
nVidia GeForce 6600 128MB PCIe (soon to be upgraded to an 8500 512MB PCIe)
Soundblaster Audigy II
DVD and CDR-W
250GB SATA, 80GB SATA
Saitek Eclipse II backlit keyboard (with three pretty colors to choose from!)
Logitech Mx310 gaming mouse
Logitech 4.1 speakers
Samsung SyncMaster 191T LCD 19" monitor
A ton of USB and 1394 connectors
...and a 3.5" floppy (yay!)

No, the community lot just has to be owned. I generally have servos owning them, since they are the least likely to die of all sims. The lots are free to access for all sims, no selling of anything. A grill or two and bathrooms on the lot. I never let vamps own them, simply because there would be issues during daytime visits. I rarely have the owners play the lots, as there is no reason to. I send them there when I know there are tombstones to be placed. If ghosts happen to show up on the lot while the owner is playable, keep in mind that when you try to leave the lot the owner will try to get the ghosts to leave as if they were customers, and will not leave until all ghosts are back at rest.

So does one delete the tokens before or after moving them?

Okay, finally verified that the cemetery does need to be an owned lot before moving sim tombstones to it in order for them to not vanish. Soooo.....buy up those graveyards!

BV definitely messed up sim tombstones. The pet ones still work if it is an owned lot - they were disappearing when moved otherwise. I just set up a new cemetery to see if sending them to an owned one works, as all my others are full. The tombstones in his inventory that he placed stayed no problem. I also found that when moving tombstones from a community lot, that they stay (sporadically) at the lot as well as move them home or place them in inventory, and it ends up making clones unless you load the comm lot in buy/build mode before sending a sim back to that lot.
Anyway, will let you know if the owned lot thing works shortly. I can't remember which of my sims has tombstones they can move. I have too many

Perhaps Tunasiafish's smart doors?

Could be, or it could be a faulty card, or slot on your motherboard. Have you tried using other power connectors? Perhaps it is that. If changing the plug you are using doesn't work, I would try a new power supply. If that doesn't work, return it and take your mobo and card in for testing. There are places that will test for free here - not sure about where you are. I had my AGP slot go on my last mobo. The rest of it was fine, so it is not unheard of.

YES!

But that is why I play in the first place, I think 

What the problem most likely is, is that you have a xxx watt power supply and you are trying to get more than that out of it. Have you added any peripherals recently? Some cards require a minimum wattage power supply (like 350 or 400). Check that info at the mfr's site for your specific card. The more things you add to your computer, the more watts it needs, so make sure you have a power supply that will support what you are running.

Glad people are enjoying it!

I haven't gotten around to the reggae folder yet, but I will upload it when I do.

I have had the first two problems as well, but haven't checked for the third. I also have weirdness where all my knowledge vampire sims want to be a vampire after they bite someone, or if someone they know gets bit. They often have 'bite sim" and "want to be a vampire" at the same time.

ETA: I just this moment got my first Unsavory Charlatan - in my shopping hood, no less. Go figure.

Ha! I doctored him up a bit:

I have that problem as well since BV. I have had two kids miss the school bus, and because they were children they couldn't drive. Both lost a grade as a result. It is good to know I am not the only one, too. 

Well, I finally got it zipped up and uploaded to 4shared. The txt file there has the playlist. I suppose I could copy/paste it here for you lazy folks...even though it will make it an annoyingly long post.
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I had to split it into 8 volumes, and you must download them all. If someone wants just one of the folders, I would be willing to upload those. The link is: http://www.4shared.com/dir/5215700/c1c6b28/sharing.html

Enjoy

PLAYLIST:

Classical Folder:
From W. A. Mozart's Requiem:

Kyrie
Dies Irae
Rex Tremendae
Confutatis
Lacrimosa
Communio


The Country folder is actually two bhajans and a kirtan for your temples.


Hip Hop folder:

Commodores - Brick House
Earth Wind and Fire - Let's Groove Tonight
Grand Master Flash - White Lines
Herbie Hancock - Rockit
Midnight Starr - Freakazoid
Morris Day and The Time - Jungle Love
Rick James - Super Freak
The Gap Band - You Dropped A Bomb On ME
Whodini - The Freaks Come Out At Night
Wild Cherry - Play That Funky Music


Housemix folder:

The soundtrack to Vampire: The Masquerade (Music From the Succubus Club):
The Cruxshadowas - Deception
Seraphim Shock - Prey
Paralysed Age - Bloodsucker 2000
Wench - Heart of Darkness
Sunshine Blind - Cold From Fever
Bella morte - Fall No More
Carfax Abbey - Soul to Bleed
Beborn Benton - Hemoglobin
Mission UK - Last Beat of Your Heart
Kristeen Young - Rotting On The Vine
Nosferatu - The Night is Young
Neuroactive - Superficial
Diary of Dreams - Blind in Darkness
And a few of my favorites:
Ministry - Breathe
Bauhaus - Bela Lugosis Dead
Christian Death - Skeleton Kiss (Death Mix)



Jambands Folder is actually classic rock or bar music:

Allman Brothers - Ramblin' Man
Allman Brothers - Whipping Post
Allman Brothers - One Way Out
Black Sabbath - Electric Funeral
George Thoroughgood - I Drink Alone
George Thoroughgood - Who Do You Love
George Thoroughgood - Bad To The Bone
George Thouroughgood - One Bourbon, One Scotch, One Beer
Lynyrd Skynyrd - Gimme Three Steps
Lynyrd Skynyrd - Simple Man
Pink Floyd - Have A Cigar
ZZ Top - Beer Drinkers And Hell Raisers
ZZ Top - La Grange
ZZ Top - Lowrider
ZZ Top - Sharp Dressed Man


Jazz folder:

Chet Baker, John Barry, and Chris Botti - You Go to My Head
Duke Ellington & Count Basie - Take the A Train
Duke Ellington & John Coltrane - The Feeling of Jazz
Miles Davis & Jonh Coltrane - Kind of Blue
Stan Getz, Chet Baker, and Paul Desmond - Autumn Leaves


Metal Folder:

Iron Maiden - Losfer Words (Big 'Orra)
Iron Maiden - Die With Your Boots On
Iron Maiden - Number of the Beast
Ozzy Osbourne - Diary of a Madman
Ozzy Osbourne - Crazy Train
Pantera - Cemetery Gates
Pantera - Planet Caravan
Pantera - This Love
Pantera - Fucking Hostile
Pantera - Walk
Slayer - South of Heaven
Tool - Schism


New Wave folder (with real new wave!):

Berlin - Riding on the Metro
Gleaming Spires - Are You Ready For the Sex Girls
Golden Earring - Radar Love
King Crimson - Sleepless
Madness - One Step Beyond
Midnight Oil - Beds Are Burning
Missing Persons - Destination Unknown
Psychedelic Furs - Love My Way
Red Ryder - Lunatic Fringe
Simple Minds - Up On the Catwalk
Talking Heads - Once in a Lifetime
Tears For Fear - Mad World
The Cars - Candy-O
Thomas Dolby - She Blinded me With Science
Til Tuesday - Voices Carry
Oingo Boingo - Violent Love
Wall Of Voodoo - Mexican Radio


Oldies folder;

Buddy Holly - I Fought the Law and the Law Won
Buddy Holly - Peggy Sue
Elvis Presley - I Can't Help Falling in Love With You
Elvis Presley - Love Me Tender
Righteous Brothers - Unchained Melody
Walker Brothers - The Sun Ain't Gonna Shine Anymore


Pop folder is actually Punk Rock:

Bad Religion - Atomic Garden
Black Flag - White Minority
Circle Jerks - Group Sex
Deak Kennedys - Buzzbomb
Dead Kennedys - Nazi Punks Fuck Off
Dead Kennedys - Rawhide
Agent Orange - Bloodstains
Agent Orange - Miserlou
Nip Drivers - I'm A Nip Driver
Social Distortion - 1945
Social Distortion - Mommy's Little Monster
Suicidal Tendencies - Institutionalized
The Clash - Death or Glory
The Clash - Four Horsemen
The Vandals - Urban Struggle
TSOL - Code Blue
TSOL - Dance With Me


RNB folder is actually parts of the Pirates of the Carribean 1 & 2 soundtracks - for your piratey sims.


Salsa folder is Tejano and Mariachi music:

Track 7 is Vicente Fernandez - El Rey
Track 8 is Vicente Fernandez - Por tu Maldito Amor
Control - Cumbia del Sol
Control - Tao Tao
Kumbia Kings - Shh!
Michael Salgado - Cruz de Madera
Fito Olivares - El Cholesterol
Hometown Boys - Frijolitos Pintos
Hometown Boys - Tres Ramitas
Intocable - Eres mi Droga
Joe Lopez - mala mujer
La Tropa F - Ritmo y Sabor
Grupo Limite - Papacito
Little Jo y la Familia - Tres Amigos
Michael Salgado - Mas Tequila
Ramon Ayala - El Tonto Que te Amo
Michael Salgado - Que Traigan Botellas
Grupo Vida -Vueltas, Vueltas
Michael Salgado - Palomita Blanca


Shopping I added Tito Puente - Teach Me Tonight


Techno Folder is techno/industrial for the most part:

Ministry - Burning Inside
Rammstein - Du Hast
1000 Homo DJs - Supernaught
Christian Death - Sex Dwarf
Fear Factory - Self Immolation (Vein Tap Mix)
Juno Reactor - God is God
KMFDM - Megalomaniac
KMFDM - Anarchy
Leatherstrip - Kill A Raver
Prodigy - Smack My Bitch Up
Rob Zombie - Return of the Phantom Stranger
Siouxsie and the Banshees - Spellbound
VNV Nation - Standing

Reinstall BV without the patch and use YASU without a cracked exe. The patch is worthless anyway.

Go to thepiratebay.org, search for sims 2, it is on page 3. TPB is a good site. I trust it.

If the disk is corrupt, download a copy of it - like a clone cd or an iso image. You own it, so there is no reason to worry.

Patching base game may help. When I reinstall, I install base game, patch, Uni, NL, patch, etc. Uni patches are included in NL so patching Uni is not required. Otherwise, I would say your disk may be corrupt. Someone else may know better, as I have never had this error.

I have it in my userStartup.cheat file. That way it loads when you load the game. Always works for me without problems.

Not much less than digging up rocks and bones all day for a living. I want my adults to be muggable I thought you had considered a mugging hack anyway. That was last year sometime. Seriously cool. And also....AXE MURDERERS FTW!

Baaaaaaaa!!!! Very cool. The edges of the beach lots are truly ugly. I have always been annoyed by hood decoration placement.

I think it would be cool if they had the option to do it for a living...outside of the criminal career track.

I haven't had any problems, either. I have an average of 10-15 toddlers in my hood at any given time, and BUY in every bathroom.

I notice that when I place things with snapobjectstogrid off, that they aren't recognized as often. Also, if it takes up two or more tiles you can turn it to an angle, and they will walk through it. The piano, pool table, and couches are great examples of this.

The awesome hacks I use...the DC minus:

darwincowplant
nopedostalkers
clothingtool-globals
noinstantloves
noshockforoutgoing

I also use all of the extracted objects.