Thank you! I will try your version for a while as I hate to mess with interests.

Are their offspring just as ugly as they were?

His eyes are bigger now but still way smaller than a normal "human bean".

I doubt he will win any beauty contests even as an adult but he should at least become less of an eyesore.

I would never harm a sim, even a sim as ugly as Mort here.

He is now a child and his features have improved (slightly):



Here's hoping teendom will continue improving his looks!

Take it from a long time ATI user, stick to Nvidia... Even with the nonsense with the colors flashing, it is a FAR better card. Shows bump mapping perfectly etc.

I installed a better graphics card (Nvidia Geforce 6600GT) and now the pillows are psychedelic colored when sims sleep sideways, the newspaper likewise when it is being read, water puddles are bright green and the cheapest modular stairs are now blue instead of green.

I have googled and found out that this is due to an Nvidia driver that doesn't work and that you have to install an older driver to fix it. But is there perhaps another way of fixing this? And no, the newest driver still does not work...

Yes, Start>Run>msconfig>Startup is your friend. Also Start>Run>regedit and then Edit <name of spyware program>

Yes, but they do get the real news first too. Problem is to sort out which is which... 

I promise to post follow-up pics of him. And it fits actually that he is ugly. See, he is a rich heir in an evil Victorian family that runs an orphanage, so this is going to turn into an interesting story...

Sounds cool!

Nadira, I feel like that sometimes too.
Then I take a break for a month or three and then I start wanting to play again.
And I get an idea for something I have not tried before. Right now I am running a Victorian orphanage / boarding school with the help of Inge's objects and All About Style's fantastic outfits. The couple running it a very evil (of course) and have an unending slapfest with each other.

See, this is the clue about the game for me. Don't be so concerned with the new features. I don't use them until they fit MY purpose for the story in my head. I can't be bothered to actually write down the stories, too impatient for that, but having some basic idea about where things are going makes it even more fun when the sims decide to override my plans.

I have yet to have a zombie in the game and I only had a vampire for a short while earlier this week (the evil woman in the orphanage). Try to use your imagination for what you want to play instead of letting the sim decide for you, at least create a setting for the story in your head and you will see that it becomes fun again.

I know, MissDoh. It was just a hope against hope that there was something to enable hidden deep in the crevices of the game.

  Thank you!

I was very surprised. I hope he grows better looking.

  It was WAY past midnight that night...
Let me try again

*starts game*

That better? Just refresh the page to see the poor kid in the first post.

Try making their interests similar and then chat. The  more deliberate 'friendly' interactions you make, the better relationship they will get.

Shucks. Oh well, I guess it was too good to be true.

I just read a chart at SnootySims (yeah, Maty withdrawal alright) over the different Lifetime Wants possible in the game.
I don't know if this is true or not but it listed certain LTW that are only available if you don't have NL installed.
Is that true? Can they possibly be enabled again since they are in the game in the first place?

Here's the link: http://www.snootysims.com/lifetime.php

You bet... I am not on anti-depressants for nothing. Hopefully I will get another job sometime soon.
 

Inge, you are my hero. One of the great sim modders out there is female! How many other games can say the same thing about their modders?
If you still need me to test your institution bunks, pm me and I will send the results to you.

I will miss your site and I hope you will feel like modding again in a bit.

Remind me how I turn that on again.
I pressed TAB and tried to zoom in more but somehow it didn't work...

I'm baack!

Finally felt like simming again and what happens?

A creep is born...



His parents are very pretty but I guess the mix was wrong.

I will try to post a better pic tomorrow, but anyway, he has eyes like pinpoints and a very angular face.


*tired...*

Have you heard of paypal.com? That's what we use to transfer money back and forth from Norway to the US. Of course, you do need two paypal accounts. One that has a foreign bank account connected to it and one that has a US one. Works great! And no fees either.

This hack is a bit too complicated for me to use.
I have tried to use it but I am not about to print out the list of bed type codes or learn them by heart in order to use this hack.

Is there any way you can make this hack more user-friendly? Like, say, have it automatically pick up the bed-type that is located in the same room as the clock?

That's what I heard too. And you can't do changelotzoning to dorm in a residential neighborhood anyway. Does not work. Unless someone is able to hack it.