You don't have to have seen something, or have known what it was about, to complain about it, though. Witness Jack Thompson saying the Sims 2 was anatomically correct in EVERY detail. And proceeding to say that was worse than Grand Theft Auto. He thinks the naked human body is worse than murder -- well, that would be the U.S. for you.

I think the character of the ears and nose on #4 have been preserved very well. The sideshow freak part has just been discarded. Maybe Simchildren will no longer run screaming at the sight of Remington now. I know he's considered handsome by some, I just don't understand why.

Retail stores will accept exchanges. I think the bigger the store is, the more problems you might have exchanging something. Moral: always buy your games at a game store, the extra hassle at other types of stores isn't worth the $1.17.

Well, they do bring flowers after dates. And big-screen TVs. They also want to buy toys for their children, especially family Sims.

A lot of this is really roleplaying. Sims only do what we make them do, after all.

What would his age have to do with anything?

Norandomflirts doesn't stop Sims from autonomously flirting. It just stops them from wanting to flirt with every person on the planet -- unless they're Romance Sims, of course.

Yep, and they're full of it. I want woohoo for Sims to raise fun more. Personally, I'd make it fill half the fun bar, regardless of personality type. To be realistic (well, I guess depending on the person), I'd make it fill the whole way, but that would probably mess up game balance completely. I mean, kick a plastic flamingo or woohoo, which is more fun? OK, I know what J.M. will answer, but eesh

I find how many aspiration points making out and woohooing gives Sims really funny too. Either one is enough to put any Sim over platinum unless they're in aspiration failure already. It's like -- it's not that fun, but it's this major life goal every single time. Hm, I don't think I wanted to know that much about Maxians.

As a shy person (believe it or not) I must disagree completely . As a bookish geek, I must also disagree with starrling. Actually, in conversations with some more outgoing, non-geek friends, I get the impression that they are the ones doing it wrong. Shy geeks are by far the best at woohoo.

All my Sims get both fun and social from woohoo. Not nearly enough fun compared to what they should be getting, though.

That's a really good idea. Perhaps it could be related to niceness in the meantime, though.

What irks me, and this still happens with the romance mod installed, is when a Sim flips out because someone they went on a date with dares to date someone else. You dated them, you don't own them! Their own stupid Sim fault that they fell in love after one kiss.

Some people flip out over any kind of criticism. I don't get it, personally. If everyone only said happy nice fuzzy stuff all the time, nothing would ever get accomplished.

If you (generic "you") can't take criticism, and if you expect every single negative reaction to something you make to be "constructive", you'd better get used to disappointment. Which I guess would cure the problem of needing your ego constantly stroked.

What Blue said was a lot more "constructive" than all the "oh we luv u Squingey poo" junk on that thread. I use a couple of his mods, I'm sure he's a great guy, but that stuff was just gross.

Something keeps going wrong with the bus, because the kid keeps walking home. I think I might have to move this family; they are also unable to throw parties. Everyone shows up, but no one seems to know it's a party. I can't even get the "have a party" want satisfied through cheating. Bleah. Only to generation 3, and already my legacy household is glitched.

For some reason, a kid in one of my houses walked home from school yesterday, and even brought a friend with him. The bus came, but it didn't do anything. He and his friend walked onto the lot as if they were visitors, but proceeded to act normally. So this is probably possible, and it's something I'd like to see too.

Just remove nogizmowants then.

I HAD a ceiling-mounted smoke alarm in my room. I say "had" because it was impossible to replace the battery because of a combination of its location and the fact that the battery cover was soldered to the case, and it kept beeping at me. I tore it down with main force because I couldn't get a screwdriver in the right position because of how high it was, and couldn't get a ladder under it because it was over my bed. Now there is a hole in my ceiling, but I can sleep at night and my cat doesn't meow at me about the horrible beeping. The people who lived here before us were do-it-yourselfers, and they put in a lot of annoying things like that, none of which was up to code. I have a nice, normal wall-mounted smoke detector now. Wall-mounted ones are definitely the norm everywhere I've lived.

I've had to disable smoke alarms in every kitchen I've ever had because they freak out over the tiniest amount of smoke or even heat. Stir-frying with those things on is masochistic. A friend of mine was able to stop hers from flipping out at the slightest provocation by covering it with saran wrap.

Sims with 10 outgoing do invite themselves into homes rather often, but I've never seen any that actually moved in. That's pretty funny.

Good to know, thanks for the info.

So where do turn-offs and turn-ons come into play here, if Sims can get three bolts with mere astrology?

Yeah, the compatibility is totally unbalanced. I wonder if it could be changed.

Wow, that is nothing like I thought it was. I thought that they'd base it on "real" astrological compatibility.

How do the astrological signs work for attraction, anyway?

Edit: Basically the same as Assmitten's question.

This is correct, gali is mistaken. There is absolutely no overlap between founding a Greek House and being a member of or knowing anyone in the Secret Society. You actually don't even have to buy the letter, just apply for a charter over the phone. Your Sim will run to campus to get a letter on her own. You might have to have a couple friends to get the charter, though I don't know about that; I do know that you do NOT have to be friends with anyone in a pre-existing Greek House. The college administration doesn't care if you have an actual house, either. I'm pretty sure you can be sitting on a blank plot of land with only a phone, and you'll get your Greek House status. They upgrade you to Greek House status as soon as you apply for a charter over the phone, though to get it to work correctly you might have to save and exit the lot.

Some ugly Sims are good. But if you could make them look ugly and still human, that would be what I would like best. My problem with Maxis faces isn't the ugliness per se, it's the fact that they don't look like people at all. It's like they escaped from a mutant science experiment gone wrong, especially the males.

I also like your alternate version of the elf face better, it's much more interesting to look at.

These are definitely the best replacement face templates I've seen. I can tell you put a ton of work into them. I'm really looking forward to having them in my game  .

Maybe. Too bad for him he doesn't get any.

Edited to add: I carpeted the room I guessed I accidentally spawned the break inducer in with the stuck object remover, and it was burninated. Everything is working fine now. 

True. Maybe it's because he had an "accident" at his wedding and kept perpetually trying to cry when he was supposed to be making babies. Or because he was a downtownie, or because he was old, or just because this Legacy house had not yet had any bugs and it was time to start driving me nuts.