No, it doesn't. Sorina's talking about Monique's old mod for TS2, where you could turn aging on or off for each individual sim.

Yep - just like artistic sims make better painters, writers, and musicians, outdoorsy sims are better with fishing and gardening. Whether it means speed, quality or both, I'm not sure.

I've noticed it affects their choice of TV programs, too. They'll autonomously tune into the fishing and gardening channels, making for easy skill gain once they've learned it.

Might explain why, on the opposite end of the spectrum, Stiles McGraw sometimes wakes up before he's fully rested (he's married with three kids in my game) ¬_¬ Methinks light sleeper is more of an annoying trait on the same level as absent-minded.

Has no one mentioned Hopeless Romantic yet?! Works similar to this...


... in that it opens up the "Romantic" branch. Things like Confess Attraction that weren't there when I tried through the proper channels, but through "Special/HR/.." I could "confess attraction" - after several unsuccessful tries to get a love interest, that did it for me in one go ^_^

That wouldn't be the one to give them an adrenaline rush, would it? I sent mine to a guitar class, and when I found him chatting to someone outside he had that moodlet, but I couldn't for the life of me figure how he got it.


I've always wondered if it was worth using GSOH for a sim. That's good to know, thanks


They won't learn anything from the TV unless they have at least one skill point to start with, that's the only thing. But yeah, they do it autonomously too, which is helpful. I have two who are always watching the cooking and gardening channels without my help


I didn't think bookworm alone made much of a difference. Mine hadn't read that many, which is probably why she was taking so long - I think a combination of Awesomemod and absent-minded stops her reading as much as she'd like by herself - but I recently got every single fiction novel in, so she's no excuse now Well, apart from the absent-minded trait, of course - sometimes actions drop from her queue.

That's only after they've been sending them off for a while, I've noticed. Also, once the metal challenge is complete you get extra ingots back, so smelting iron and silver could be worth doing after that.

The trick, of course, is finding that last elusive metal... xP

I'm using TummyZa's male skins, Seraphita's female skins and Aikea's faces. I've tried others, but these are my favourites so far - I know about the painted-on abs problem, but a) I've yet to see it on bigger sims, and b ) I generally prefer them over Aikea's. Seraphita's has got to be the best female skin out there, IMO, and I anxiously await her male/kids add-on I don't, however, like the faces from either TZ's or Seraphita's skins, and I still think AG's are the best for those.

As for eyes, I found these beauties on MTS. They're the best I've seen so far

I wish xP They write better, but not necessarily faster (I've not noticed a difference in speed, anyway).

As for daredevil, apparently it means you don't need to worry about a smoke alarm. They love to get involved with fire, and I've heard of one case where he put one out before the firefighter NPC got a chance. My latest one often hopes for a fire to start - interestingly enough though, there's been no extreme anything on his menu. Maybe he needs to up his body skill first? (Does that even do anything? My first daredevil was Christopher Steel, and although he had the "Extreme" thing, it didn't seem to make any difference.)


Oh yes, I regularly abuse that feature Neat sims do have one drawback though - when leaving children's books scattered about the floor so the toddlers can read, you have to watch them like a hawk. I had to keep stopping the neat father from putting them away, and had to leave off the "clean house" while the kids were tots.

That's a known but mysterious issue some of us have been having for a while. I noticed Pescado's cooked up this 3booter that gives the game a kick if it crashes; resuming the game automatically so we don't have to

Or the one reported by GOSlings where toddlers stretch into this weird ET-like thing while watching TV? o_o

Just out of interest, what IS the point of favourite colour? I know it crops up in conversation, but... is that it?

Well, that would explain why pregnant males show up as invisible/floating head (can't remember which it was). However, it is possible for men to get pregnant by their boyfriends - it's been reported by a few people. Now, why in this case they don't have preg meshes for this instance just baffles me. Let men get knocked up but don't provide the meshes? WTF?

Thanks for the mod, BTW It is a little weird when you're playing on epic and still only have a few days of pregnancy.

LOL And I thought it was just childish sims you had to drag away from the mirror No moodlet though, he just enjoys playing with it

I've found neat sims are very easy to keep happy; it probably helps this one that he lives with two slobby brothers, but he's always getting wants to clean stuff. He also wanted to hire a maid, but he gets most of the stuff done before said maid gets there. As far as using dirty toilets/baths - it's not that they refuse, the option's actually disabled.

Maybe it depends on the sim. I tried this on an athletic sim in the sports career; his performance still climbs while he's working out, and he gets free body points to boot Haven't noticed him getting any more stressed, although he gets cranky if he hasn't exercised in a while, so it could even alleviate his stress. That's just him though, not sure how others handle it.

Slack off, take it easy, hang out in lounge - those kind of things = goofing off

Does "build independent case" actually do anything, then? I've been ignoring it so far.

I've seen my daredevil in the bath suddenly duck under the water, then come back up gasping for air He doesn't always do it though.

Okay, here's a few from the time I've played so far:

Trait: Good
CAS Description: Good sims go out of their way to help others
Features: Other sims get comforted moodlet when socialising with them; they get moodlets for giving to charity that lasts 24 hours
Associated Interactions: Brighten day (other sims); Donate to charity (mailbox)
Other Notes: No mean interactions available

Trait: Computer Whizz
CAS Description: These sims love computers
Features: Get more fun from playing games, faster logic boost while playing chess on computer, repairs take less time
Associated Interactions: Talk about computers (other sims); Chat with someone (computer) - they chat with some random person online, separate to usual chat with
Other Notes:

Trait: Daredevil
CAS Description: Daredevils love fire and the rush of adrenaline
Features: Get moodlet for "rushing around" (not sure how to get it, he just had that when he moved in); love to fight fire and check out the graveyard
Associated Interactions: When doing things like reading, showering or jogging etc., option reads "Extreme [interaction]". Not sure what that's about - anyone noticed a difference?
Other Notes:

Trait: Great Kisser
CAS Description: Self-explanatory
Features: Other sim gets an extra moodlet when kissed by them
Associated Interactions:
Other Notes:

More on bookworm: gain skills faster from books, they also have "go to bookstore" interaction when clicking on them

That's about it for now.

*raises hand* Is it possible to fix the layering on the witch overlay too please? The lipstick doesn't show on the evil witches

I found the problem - it's K&B! I tried an install less that SP and no problems with the holiday hoods at all.

*trots off to bug report form at EA...*

Bumping to say I have the same problem, and deleting the mentioned package doesn't work. Any other ideas, or is it down to cleaned up (holiday) templates?

@Theo: You might have already found it. At any rate, I tested the package you had available in your shack. Doesn't work It might be because I'm using default replacements though - I tried adjusting the data in the XML of those overrides as you said, hopefully that'll do it.

ETA: Yes!! Thanks for the info Theo, works a treat!

Or failing that, try something better: http://www.7-zip.org/

Thanks, page is up now And thanks for that long shopping list! I'd found it so hard digging out the medieval/fantasy outfits, now there's other places I can check out that I'd never even heard of before

Is there anywhere else I can get these files please? The links are down and I'd really like to get hold of this

Oh well, if that's all it is... I haven't even got BV yet, but making plans to

Wouldn't this be a problem?

I would also like to know if there's a "safe" way to get rid of this mod when I get hold of BV, at least until such time that this gets updated for it. In the meantime though, reporting an overall problem-free experience, although when I took a sim out to buy a couple of cats he returned immediately, but all other times I've taken sims out they've stayed away 'til they're meant to come back.