So you can send off loads of puppies or kittens to the adoption agency?  OOOH, I like that!

You could also delete the cigen.package file and see if that improves anything.

I've never noticed the Sims looking more preggo than they are, but I have noticed them wearing different maternity wear in the family thumbnail than they wear in the game.

Could you specify who was asking the YA, another YA or an adult?  Are you using the latest version of the hack or an older one?

Gah, I was almost ready to buy Seasons, but if GrowUp is broken again...

Dr Pixel has nice pirate outfits too.

On owned community lots, you could just lock them out.  But that's another "per lot" fix.

Pleeeeeeeez, jfade, fix our fridges!

Where's surelyfunke and her avatar?

I'd actually like the teddy bear costumes recatagorized as outerwear only!

Never order an in-stock item and an out-of-stock item from Amazon at the same time.  You will get messes like this.  I suspect it's actually the Prima guide that's causing the problem.

I'd check your local EB to see if both are in stock, then cancel the whole darn thing!  EB gives you a buck or two off on the guide if you buy it at the same time as the game.

Looks like the OFB patch 2 code still hasn't been merged into the main code tree...

I'll give you thanks in advance!  BAAH!  BAAH!  BAAH!   I'm not buying Seasons until there are hacks or workarounds for all the stupid stuff they broke, but I will get this hack when I do have it.

+1 point for just poorly made (like the one where the shorts extend past the "ridge" where the hem is supposed to be).  We don't want to reward shoddy work!

I installed the 2006 Stuff Pack over top of the 2005 Holiday Edition plus all EPs up to Pets with no problems. 

The Holiday Packs aren't like the FFS and GL packs... they just give you more objects and skins, no monkeying with the executable.

But you'll have a nice 'puter to play with while your knee caps heal.

Shouldn't make any difference.  You can always get fresh copies by renaming your The Sims 2 folder and let the game recreate them.

I'm not sure exactly what you mean by "pulled out their character files."  Do you mean you copied the UserXXXX.package files to another location on your hard drive?  If so, I'm not sure.

In the future, if you intend to uninstall and reinstall, go to My Documents/EA Games.  Rename the folder The Sims 2 to anything else, The Sims 2 protected from the uninstaller.  Once your game has at least as many of the expansion packs as it had before the uninstall, you can simply delete the new The Sims 2 folder and replace yours.

You can also right click a zip or rar file and choose from "Extract Here," "Extract to nameofarchive/," etc.

And make all package files in the Program Files directory Read Only!

Send them to watch the crystal ball!

Cool!  I don't keep occupied lots in the SimBin, so I can't help you there.

I think if you open the 'hood through the Neighborhood Browser, the Sims come up correctly.  If you open the Neighborhood file directly, you get a large assortment of Unknowns.

You'd need a ton of hacks, which will probably all be broken when the next edition of Lies and Propaganda comes out.

BTW, your Sims get credit toward their semester grade by interacting socially with a professor.  Even College->Rampage uses this on occasion!