Has anyone been able to move the screen from side to side, etc? I mean using the cursor at the sides or top/bottom to just move the screen. I can tilt and rotate, but I can't just use the cursor to move view. Kind of frustrating having to rotate and zoom to see what the hell they are doing.

its not .com as was previously posted,. it is http://seedgames.org

Sammy that pic is funny. I do hope someone is able to figure out how to get rid of the censor

Sorry, but shake fists at my mom, she lives next door and I tap into her net connection. Why pay for my own when I can use hers..lol

TashaFaun is correct about the wait time, I canceled my download from TPB, after about 15 hours I was still only at 42%, I am now downloading from seedgames, and after only 2 1/2 hours I am at 60%

I just deleted that one, and I am trying seedgames, here's to hoping this moves faster.
Thanks for the info.

Having to start over really sucks. I am starting to think something is wrong with my download, been going since 5:42pm yesterday and its now only at 47%. Is there anyway to speed this up?

oh good. My download will continue then... I also have the thing on pre-order and my spawns are dying to play, I was afraid I was going to have to disappoint them..

oh no! I have vista 64 bit and I am halfway through my download  .

Maybe there is a way to run it on the 32 bit. Maybe in the programs file not the programs x86 file?

I pre-ordered and will get the $10 at registration, and I might buy a few more points, I will share whatever I get, if it is possible, hopefully we can pull them out like the TS2 store stuff.

They really want to sell this game.....this is part of an article taken from NY Times dated 5/13/09 full article here

"Electronic Arts executives wanted the marketing campaign to showcase the new features of The Sims 3, and to get people who might not play the game to understand what it was about.

The focus of the marketing is online, and beginning Friday, Electronic Arts will begin offering three ways for consumers to play with Sims characters on the Web.

There will be a free trial available at Sims3.com and at the Sims 3 fan page on Facebook, meant for people who have never played the game before.

Another option, called SimFriend, lets visitors to the Web site pick a Sim pen pal from among 120 characters, and that pen pal will send e-mail messages. For example, a Sim might send a message asking what type of dinner she should cook for her boyfriend, and the fan picks from options like "Cook an elegant meal." The e-mail chain would continue, tailored to the Sim's personality and skills.

"If the Sim happens to be a kleptomaniac chef, the response you get back might be, ‘Thanks, I went and stole food today,' when what you're expecting is ‘Thanks, I just had lunch,' " said John Buchanan, senior director of worldwide marketing for the Sims line at Electronic Arts.

The third option is called SimSidekick. A fans chooses from 6 characters on the Web site, and an image of the character that is chosen floats on top of the browser as the fan moves around the Web.

The character has site-specific responses to sites that Electronic Arts has chosen, like MTV.com, YouTube, and Twitter. On Twitter, for instance, where the mascot is a bird, a flock of bluebirds descends on the character, and, depending on its personality, the character will jump, wave his or her hands, or respond in some other way."


...not sure I would want a sim emailing me all day.

It will be interesting to see how many flock to the Sims 3 site on Friday.

Strange, my files disappeared from mediafire. I am uploading them again now, the toddler mummy wrap is included. I don't think I have the streaked hair though, sorry.

They will be here

An_na has made a bunch of recolors found here

Same here. My 6 yr old likes to play too, he likes bodyshop though, but has no sense of style, you should see some of his sims  . My 20 yr old loves to decorate the houses, but she also loves to use way too much cc.

oh no. I missed this one. I haven't even started. Damn RL getting in the way. Can't believe the month is over already

Thanks, I already tried uninstalling the store edition, but then my saved game, neighborhoods and all disappeared. It was an empty game not even the pre-made hoods and when I tried to load my backed up game it would not work. So I had to reinstall the store edition just to get my game back.

I guess I will just keep trying different files and hopefully they will work eventually like the other sets did.

edit: after trying  ton of different files again, I found the solution, I deleted the store edition folder from the c:/documents/ea games folder and then everything showed up again.

I am having issues with the store stuff since installing that stupid store edition. Everything just disappeared.
I have been able to get most of it to show up again, except, the cubic and deco dining chairs, and most of the Asian fusion set.
The bed, dressers, end tables, tv and 2 of the lamps from asian fusion show up but not the rest of the stuff.
I have reloaded all the items with my files, and then I went through the threads here and got the files that others had linked to try those and still can not get these to work.
I even bought the 2 dining chairs over again, and they still don't show up.
Can anyone suggest what else I should try?

I have all EP's/Sp's and the store edition installed.

knightguy is correct, the first one is in the Asian Fusion collection and the second is in the Art Nouveaulicious collection. They are probably looking at the store and at the hair itself and seeing them and not looking in the collections to see if they are part of one of them.

I wasn't sure if I should start a new thread for these or not so I will just post them here, can always be moved later.

Here are the first 2 items for the little spawns.

The Bouncinator 3000 & The DangleMaster Deluxe

http://www.mediafire.com/?sharekey=ab4f7dc872c7b3cd380534058806c13c959035b608f70514.

Since I am braindead when it comes to SimPe, can someone check them out to make sure they are ok. Thanks

probably a mediafire glitch, its working now. It can also be found here http://www.box.net/shared/4jv5my43h4

Jim I love this lot. Its perfect for my eccentric family in Strangetown

This is why I now subfolder my subfolders. I had random weirdness like this, where it would crash trying to enter a hood. I took out subfolder by subfolder and it was not a hack/mod causing the crash it was actually CM clothing. Then it happened again, trying to load the Monty lot in Veronaville, removed each folder and it turned out to be a toddler girl I had downloaded.

Is nohobbyspam suppose to kill all those magazine calls? I still get those irritating calls.

that's strange, I have all EP's and all SP's including M&G and I still get the NL logo. Maybe its some random glitch

Thanks, that is a huge compliment. I am a fan of your beautiful houses, and I am still new to these makeovers and still have lots to learn.
I am never sure which carpets to use, the maxis ones are so limited, and some of them are just to flat looking, I like the ones that look like the shaggy style carpet

yes she is a frequent flyer, she has been making the rounds of visiting family members...*sigh* to be young and free