I did a 50/50 to restore my CC.  I reinstalled, installed all the S3Packs that didn't require patching to install, and used the DCB workaround.  Then I patched, and then extracted the Package files from the remaining S3Packs (about 10, mostly newest stuff), and added those to my package directory.  Everything is back in my game, and the load time isn't bad at all, since I only added a few Packages (as opposed to converting the entire store).

I'm having the exact same problem, but with both genders.  I thought it was a WA issue, but now I think it might be a bad clothing download.  I'll try removing my most recent ones.  Thanks!

Has "walk to school" always been a game option, or was that added with BV?  To be honest, I never noticed "walk to work" and "walk to school" until this very week, and since I hadn't noticed them before, I assumed they were relatively new.

I...  don't know what that means.  I mean, I understand the individual words, but the sentence is baffling me.   

I'm just going to smile and look pretty.   

I've noticed a problem with Sims in apartment complexes staying outside in all weather to the point of getting frostbite/sunstroke, peeing on themselves, getting stinky, etc. when I play as another family.  It's particularly bad when they have children or teens and there's a playground on the property.  The kids will practically LIVE in the playground.  I'm surprised they don't stand outside and stare up into the rain until they all drown, like turkeys.  When I click on the apartment complex from the Neighborhood screen, half the people on it have frostbite or sunstroke apparent.

Huh.  Would you look at that.  I can't believe I've never noticed the mailboxes.  heh 

I always delete the mailbox on custom dorms I create or download.  I've stayed in them for all four years of college, and never once got the message that bills are overdue or gotten a visit from the repo man.  I never use any type of autopay hack, so I'm not sure why my students aren't losing their bunk beds left and right.  It doesn't make sense to me that the dorm is supposed to be the cheaper vs. renting a house, but is really more expensive due to bills being generated based on the dormitory's much higher value (as opposed to a single-person home).

This might explain why all my Sims graduate summa cum laude; they have time to study, instead of scrambling to pay for all of their dorm's furnishings.

Use "moveobjects on" to delete the mailbox on dorm lots.  Dorm lots aren't supposed to get bills, but you have to remove the mailbox manually after changing your lot type to a dorm on a user-created lot.  Maxis dorm lots already come sans mailbox.


I've found that the "jump rope" option in Apartment Life generates those wacky invisible tiles.  I had started up a TALE OF EPIC LOVE between two families in my apartment complex, and their teens were embarking upon their first date, while took place on their home lot because, well, they're poor teens, not the Rockefellers.  Unfortunately, Jacob's attempts to impress Tess with his cooking skills went awry because his little sister had skipped rope earlier that day, apparently leaving an invisible tile right in front of the stove.

I'm basing this conclusion on the fact that his sister Katie is the only family member who has skipped rope, and whenever Jacob was directed to cook, he threw the "I can't do that" Sim hissyfit, with an accompanying "jumping rope" icon thought balloon.  I've tried the Lot Debugger option for refrigerator invisible tiles, but it didn't seem to do anything.