Is there a current hack to prevent townies from losing their memories when they move in? 

I second the one on rosesim2:

http://www.rosesims2.net/

Accessories, page 4.  It's a simple rectangle on a cord.  It may not be perfect, but I think you can make it work.

I haven't tried with paintings yet.  It's on my big list of things to do.  It should work, but you never know.  I need to test the photo booth photos as well.

One nice novelty with selling photos and paintings is that you can buy the same one over and over again.

I put up a photo for sale, closed the shop and sent the owner home.  Then I went to another house and had a sim visit the shop.  He bought the photo and came home.

His roomie then went and bought the same photo, so now they have two copies. 



There may be an easier way to duplicate photos and paintings, but I found this fun. 

I have a home business that sells clothes.  I used one of the special "community stuff" collections, as mentioned above.  Just be sure to use the tool to set it for sale, or it won't work.  Yes, that's what I did.  Took me several (sim) days to figure it out.

And hey, why not sell communtiy lot trash cans?  Then you can use Pescado's handy tip.  Not to mention the thrill of marrying a townie into the family, to learn they own 100 of them.

Thanks for all the help.  It's been so long, I knew I had forgotten a lot. 

I want to be sure to get all the good / vital hacks, and also appreciate the tips.  It's amazing after all the problems that I could forget about the remote control car trouble.

There is a reason, by the way, he's going to play the base game, then add slowly.  He loved the original game, but got bored with it pretty quickly.  We think this will make it more interesting.

Of course, if Caesar IV is any good, we may both be abandoning the sims for a while!  That's not due until fall, though, which probably means more like Christmas.

My brother is just starting the Sims.  He's going to play the basic game a while before adding any expansion packs.

He has the official patch.  What hacks do you consider must-haves for the basic game?  I remember there were a lot of problems at the start, but can't remember how many were fixed by the patch.  Or what new problems were created by the patch.

I have an exterminator named Robi Charvat in my game.  The gypsy chose him for Kaylynn's blind date.  I wasn't impressed with his grubby clothes, but she's crazy about him.

He's probably a standard sim who comes with the game.  That means it could be some simple error that caused the memories. 

I've specifically seen Brynne say she has a Radeon Mobility 9700 card, and it works well.  I just bought a laptop with the same card, and I'm having problems.  I get big flashing black blocks at the neighborhood screen and little black pixels twinkling here and there.  When I load a house I get objects with jittery edges, and long triangles shooting out from moving objects.

I am assuming this is a driver issue.  Well, it's more than an assumption.  I had minor problems, and they got worse when I updated with the latest driver on the ATI site.

So if anyone having good results with this card could tell me what version driver they use, I can try to track it down and use that.  Thanks!

Ah, that makes sense.  Thanks for the help!

I have to say, I'm really annoyed that EA used the "My Documents" folder for the save files.  I at least think they should give us a choice of where their files go.  My feeling is, it's *MY* documents, not EA's documents.

Luckily I don't use the folder that much, so it won't hurt to move it.

I want to install the game on my external hard drive.  The game itself installs fine, but all the user files end up in "My Documents" on drive C.

This is a real problem, since I want the Downloads folder on my external drive.  (It has a lot more space.)  Any advice?  I created a "My Documents" folder on the external drive and moved everything over, but the game just recreates the files on drive C when it runs.

Thanks for the link, I have to try these out.  I love all the Star Trek and Star Wars stuff being made for the game.

After I give someone a make-over, I want to change their clothes.  Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't.  For some reason the "Plan outfit" screen will have no choices, no matter how many clothes the sim buys.

I'm wondering if it has to do with the townie's neighborhood.  Can downtownies only "Plan outfit" downtown?

I would really love to see a fix for this.  Has anyone researched it?  Thanks!

Oh, I forgot to specify - I'm using the mind control mirror.  I know I can use the teleport bush to make someone a family member, then make them a townie again, but don't want to do that.  I have no way of knowing if a random sim is truly a townie, or a Maxis sim living in a house somewhere.

Thanks for the quick reply.  That's a good idea about putting OFB downlaods in a special folder.

However, I'm also worried about downloading things by accident.  Wait, that doesn't sound right.  Sounds like I don't even know I'm downloading things!  What I mean is, I'm worried about downloading something that isn't properly labeled.  I suppose I'll just be extra careful until I get OFB.

I think most people use these commands:

changeLotZoning community

changeLotZoning residential

You enter the first to make the lot a community lot.  You exit, then reenter the lot to make it take effect.

When you've added all the community objects you want, you use the second command to return it to a residential lot.

I think this works with Nightlife objects, but I haven't tried it myself.

Everyone else probably knows the answer to this, but I want to be safe.  I don't have OFB yet.  If I download an item created from an OFB item, will that cause problems?  I assume the game will simply ignore it, but I don't think it's wise to assume anything about this game!

I'm afraid Pescado is right.  There is no "Open For Business" expansion pack.

Even worse, there is no "Sims 2" game.  It's all a terrible scam by EA.  I just loaded up my "Sims 2" game, and saw this:



I'm afraid we were all tricked.  How could we be so silly?  You can't have little moving pictures on a computer!  It's impossible.

Somebody mentioned a flying carpet.  Does anyone know where this is available for download?

I also like the idea of a sims teleporting to work, but ideally I would want them to disappear amidst a sea of sparkles, right after saying,  "Beam me up, Scotty."

Somehow that song seems really appropriate with Sims.  I imagine other sims hearing it, and nodding,  "Yep, me too."

Oooo, that would be good.  Sloppiness and neatness would both make good turn-offs.  Especially when you consider that extremely neat sims are pretty strange really - making up other people's beds, "cleaing up" plates of fresh food, and cheering when it's time to clean the toilet!

I imagine it's too complicated to make personality a turn-off/on, however.

Thanks for the fast answer.  It's too bad it doesn't have more uses.  I really don't need more "turn-ons" - my sims have hearts flying out of their heads constantly as it is!

I had a sim used cologne once, and it was cute.  But it didn't seem to do anything.  Does it only affect turn-ons and turn-offs?  If so, it seems like a pity.

Yeah, they definitely seem awkward.  They're not even looking at each other!

This site has a collection you download that lets you buy the mailbox and trash can.  This should help you out.

http://daydream.etowns.net/S2hacked.htm

For a temporary fix, you could use "moveobjects on" to move wedding guests away from the door.

As for other actions filling up their queue, you can temporarily turn free will off.

I've never seen the limo yet, myself.  I've only had one wedding in my game.  I keep intending to get sims married, but I forget.  When I do get around to it my sims' wedding photos will feature their children and grandchildren.