Hi Pescado. Thanks for answering yet another of my questions, and know that the following question hurts me more than it hurts you:

Is the TPB store the online EA store, or something else?

I had my pc cleaned up and upgraded, and the guy warned me he would wipe it. So I diligently collected all my game boxes and made sure I had every one (I am too ignorant to go about accessing games in any way other than the traditional buy-the-box method, and downloading off the EA site worries me). Of course, I did not have the foresight to open each box and make sure the manuals were inside.

I'm missing two. One was for Pets, and I registered that one with EA, so I'm hoping I can retrieve my code from them. The other was for Ambitions, and that one I never registered, so it's just gone. I've moved seven times in the last six years. The likelihood of recovering that manual is... well, lower than my IQ, apparently. So I'm throwing myself on your mercy, Awesomefolks. Is there a way to retrieve my key code for Ambitions? My pc guy backed up all my files, if that's of any use. I cannot afford to buy a game right now, and will probably not be able to any time before October, At which time I may or may not want to purchase the supernatural expansion pack. It would be nice not to have to shell out for both.

I'm not against alternative game acquisition methods, just clueless. Please advise.

Starler, thanks, problem resolved due to your link and advice.

Virgali, yes, sorry, you are right of course. I didn't know where to put it. I figured it was a form of pudding but it probably isn't. Thanks everyone for your patience. Please feel free to spork the hell out of me.

Thanks for the response and for the link. As you pointed out, I have no preference. Actually one of the reasons I came here to ask about it was in case there was wisdom about which is better. The guy doing the upgrade asked me which I liked better, and I, of course, have no idea. Making a note of the AMD/ATI recommendation, thanks again.

Hi all,
I'm upgrading my RAM and doing a few other things to try and avoid CTDs and errors of various flavors. I also want to upgrade my graphics card. I currently have a Geforce 7950 GT from about 5 years ago. The guy helping me with my upgrades noted it's a PCI express. He also said I have a very good motherboard. Anyway, I was hoping for advice on the best card to get to replace it. No way can I afford anything brand new. It would be nice for the card not to exceed $100. It would be great if you Awesomepeople would recommend a good card for me, as I am clueless and would likely choose poorly on my own.

Thanks in advance.

Thanks, El Presidente. Listhomeless shows 58 in the pets household, so I'm good.

I wanted to start over without deserting my world, which I've been improving upon for a few weeks, so I opted for "destroyallhumans." Now I have no strays or adoptables, although there are still a couple of wild horses, deer and a raccoon. When I do "ShowPetPoolStats" I get this:


So, somehow I have 62 pets, all are supposed to be in pools, but it doesn't seem to line up.

I've been playing for about 1 sim week since the mass murder.

Is there a way to fix this? I'd like to have strays and adoptable pets back in the game. Thanks in advance for any advice.

I have 3.25 gigs of RAM. How much RAM do you need?

I tried to dl the 1.6 patch for CAW, and had all sorts of problems. So I uninstalled CAW and down loaded it again, and the patch doesn't come up in the launcher. Before I invest a lot of time in building a world, would someone please clarify for me: did I down a version that is somehow already patched? And if not, what do I do now?

Okay, I had installed this test version under: 
C:\Documents and Settings\user\My Documents\Electronic Arts\The Sims 3\Mods\Packages
Which is where I've been extracting to for a while now, with no difficulties. I'm guessing there's a new place I need to install? Because showconfig does nothing.

Also, fps limiter isn't going on either. 3booter works, though.

Does hitting the thanks button actually notify a person that you've thanked them? Or does it just taunt you with the "Baa"? Because while I *had* bookmarked it, I was too stupid to remember I had. So this was helpful, thanks.

Okay, so the latest AM is compatible with 4.3? Cause I dl'ed AM today and now I have a critical core mismatch. I figure that means I have to dl 4.3. May I humbly suggest that the numbers be updated on the AM download page?

Click how? I've tried shift-click, ctr-shift-click, and ctr-click, in the center of an inhabited residential lot. What am I doing wrong? (Yes, debug interactions is enabled, I did a showconfig before I started just to be sure.)

Well, sure. But Unreliavole doesn't mean ALWAYS wrong. Just unreliable, right? I figured I'd test it to see where this particular instance landed. And the label was, in fact, confirmed. If we were talking bottles of poison, I'd be dead now.

_{edited for clarity}

Okay, I tested this. No dice.

I could be wrong, but I think this was something you could do in TS2.

Had you tried typing "help" into the cheat bar while playing? You get a nifty list of commands that way.

I would also like this.

Have you re-downloaded 3Booter? That worked for me.
Also, FYI, hitting F10 toggles the green numbers and you can do it on the loading screen to check if it's working.

Is this a problem that upgrading RAM or something will fix? I would really appreciate if someone who knows how this works would advise me. I'm happy to upgrade my pc in the service of good simming.

A work-around that comes to mind is to create ancestral homes (by putting the fambly last name into the name of the estate) without cribs for the famblies you don't want breeding, and moving them into them.

This won't stop the sims you aren't controlling from dating the immigrants, though.

_{Edited to add in a rather crucial word I left out the first time round.} 

Sounds like a problem I read about with pregnant elders. Apparently there's no clothes for them, so for the duration of pregnancy they have no body, just feet and head. Could it be something like that?

Read the FAQ. You've painted a big red target on yourself.

That did work, although as Pescado has now fixed the firetruck bug, it's probably not all that relevent anymore.

New firefighting bug: the alarms are going off permanently. No emergency, just constant alarms. It's not an animation glitch as my sim is unable to sleep through them.

Will do, Simius.


I just use the one linked on the main AM download page.