In my experience, the "ask to move in" option is in the friendly sub-menu, not the romantic menu. Or you can enter "testingcheatsenabled true" in the cheat box, shift-click the targeted sim and choose "add to active family".

is there a glitch with guests leaving parties too early? i don't mean because the party sucks, but they just leave pretty much as soon as they get in the house.
for example, i just threw a wedding party, and one sim arrived half an hour too early and then before he even got in the door he goes "you call this a party? whatever." rude!

I've had this happen a few times, but it's rare enough to just brush it off as stupid sim behaviour. Maybe that Sim had to go to work, or is a paparazzi?

Specially the paparazzi have special times the game forces them to go and stand in-front of celebrity homes, so they will leave, even in mid conversation.

I once had one girl who came to the party with a spoiled birthday cake, set it on the ground and left.

It always happens to me with vampires. They aren't intelligent enough to get themselves indoors soon enough, so they whine at me for having a bad party instead.

Sorry if my question has been answered elsewhere, but I can't seem to find a definitive answer. I installed (or at least I THOUGHT I installed!) a custom sim which was packaged in a .Sims3Pack file. I used the Launcher to install the file. According to the Launcher, the Sim is in my installed content. However, when I go into the game and into CAS, the Sim is no where to be found. I can't see it in my SavedSims folder either. I can still see the .Sims3Pack file in my Downloads folder. Where do installed .Sims3Pack files go, and what do they look like when unpacked and installed? What am I doing wrong? I have the Base game only and am patched to 1.22. I just came back to TS3 after being inspired by TSM. I appreciate any help. Thanks!

Edit: Nevermind! I found the file (a .package file in DCBackup folder), placed it in my Mods/Packages folder, started a new game, went into CAS and voila! there she was! I saved her to my SavedSims, so I'm good to go!

Is there a way of turning the neighbourhood view to daytime? I can't see anything LOL :l

What do those stupid gnomes actually do other than just teleport around?! They're creeping me out.

Pose in different positions. They are pretty creepy.

They're making me nervous! One of my sims found one in the laundry the other day so I moved him into the garden - next thing, he was in the house again so I moved him back into the garden and he was back in the house on the coffee table by the next morning ¬_¬ I would sell them but I'm just waiting for them to do something else! Keep feeling like I'm missing something otherwise xD

You mean the overhead view or when building on lots? There's a little icon that looks like a moon/sun - if you click on the sun side, it changes it to daytime while you are building.

My issue: So, anyone had paintings you've hung on the wall from Sims' inventories go mysteriously missing? The game says there's something hanging there since I can't hang anything else there but the paintings can't be seen or moved or...anything. Very frustrating, especially when I want to decorate with my Sims' paintings. If you know how to make them appear, that would be wonderful.

yeah but i guess i'm trying to move a GF in. i had it come up the other day on the pie menu under friendly, but she wasnt his gf, she was a good friend. i find it hard to move in a GF or romantic interest. i guess thats what i'm trying to find out.

Sometimes they turn the TV or stereo on. Otherwise they are just a decorative bit of fun. If you have Generations installed they do also breed and age.

The map view I think it's called. I can do it on build mode, but when I looked for it on teh map view it wasn't there

doesn't matter you need to use friendly interactions until "* is being sociable comes up"
and as long as their long term relationship is high enough the option to move in should be available under friendly. Don't use romantic interactions only friendly ones

so you are in "edit town" i think this takes on the state of the game at the moment, you can't alter it..you'll have to wait until daytime

That sucks D: Thanks for the help anyway

Nestfilms..that was the link that i was missing. thank you!! i'm going to try it now.

Okay, so I'm not sure if this is possible but is there any way to hide a lot from map view like with some of the tomb lots in vacation destinations?
I've just downloaded a world that has a lot of little tiny lots just for park benches and it makes the map very cluttered with pointless map tags. I thought I could change the lot type to Hidden Tomb or something but I'm now thinking that type can only be specified in CAW.

I made my own tomb in China once, and I was able to set it as a tomb lot type with edit town, but I just alt-tabbed and tested it out myself, and I can't make a tomb lot type in Sunset Valley. They could only be available in vacation worlds, or it might require the tomb marker from buydebug, or both.


OT: This may be a more complicated answer than I'm expecting, but what defines a vacation world (like China, France, Egypt) as a vacation world? Follow-up question: is it possible to make your own vacation destination in CAW with tombs and everything? (Well, not everything, as I don't think you could manufacture a visa level and totally new quests.)

Cheers for the answer.

You can make replacement vacation worlds but not new ones. They have to be either a version of Egypt, China or France.
You might want to take a look at this thread > http://www.modthesims.info/showthread.php?t=424374. It explains what part of the world file defines the location setting.

Well, I'd like to know if it's possible to have more than 6 skintones in the sims 3 basic game?

I'd like to know why there are more stupid questions outside the stupid questions thread than inside it

Now, that's an interesting question. Maybe those who post in this thread already admit to not knowing and have therefore a sounder self-assessment of their capacities. It's like this Greek philosopher who said that he knew that he didn't know and therefore knew more than most other people.

Here's a question.

I can't seem to get my sims to get the "eternally faithful" reputation. They're married, have three kids, with no betrayals, and have been like that for a while, yet I can't seem to get it to budge. What gives?

I think you have to make public displays of affection. Kiss, hold hands, give amorous hugs etc, but only when someone's watching. There seems to be a counter for that and after 20 days of zero reputation I managed to get the eternally faithful one like that within only a few days. And don't travel! Travelling resets your reputations to zero again.

anyone knows how to "clear" a neighborhood?

^ I wanted to do that too, but I think the only way to do it is to reload the town in CAW and then import it to the game, but you lose all the trees >:U Then again there maybe a simpler way (like downloading one that someone has done Lol), but I haven't seen a "Destroy all" button in the game. It's annoying.

If you want to just de-populate a town you could use either twallan's MasterController and use "Total Annihilation" on all Sims there or AwesomeMod's console commands. For empty maps there are some emptied versions of EA's towns floating around the net. Some are here under Downloads-->Miscellaneous.

Another Stupid Question....
 

Is there a way to alter the plot sizes that are available in "Edit Town" mode?

I want to place a 40x30 plot in my town.
I know I can place a 50x25 plot there, but can't place a 40x40. The plot looks like it would take a 40x30, but I can't try to place that size, as that option isn't available in the plot-size tab of Town Editor.

(I'm trying to put MTS download Recurve Strand Beach Bar into either of the beach bays in Bridgeort; (Smugglers Cove, or the beach on the footpath next to the bridge.))

If I can't do this by the method I am trying, is there a way to force a 40x30 building onto a 50x25 plot, and then try to edit it so that it looks OK?


Thanks,

xymox

Or that I guess Can't believe I didn't think of that.

I found a mod that I wanted, but forgot to bookmark it. Now I can't remember what it was called, and I'm having no luck with Google. The mod prevents Sims from autonomously moving out of their homes into smaller ones when the family size decreases. Does anyone know what it is or where it is?

Thanks in advance.

Does anyone have a code for late night cause my cat peed on mine and mom threw mine out. thats a stupid question, and the truth. Seriously I need to get a code.

I have a stupid question. I just got back into TS3 after a year hiatus and am faced with this rather simple problem. One of my sim's wishes is to take a bubble bath. She bought the bubble bath at the grocery store but now I can't figure out how to get the bubble soap into the tub! I've tried clicking on the bottle of bubble soap, dragging it to the tub... nothing seems to work. How in the world do I make a bubble bath? Thanks in advance for any help!

Weird, because you do actually have to drag it. On the corner by the taps, if I remember rightly. Then when you manage to get it on there, clicking on the bath will give the option to take bubble bath

The bubble bath has to be on the tub. Then when you click on the tub, it should have the bubble bath option.

I have a question now. Is there a beautiful vista lot for the town of Twinbrook? And if there is where is it at. Thanks

It's probably one of mine: http://gnautylilgnomes.com/forum/index.php?topic=2349.0

I think, I might be wrong, but I think it's over in the ritzy area. It's across the street from the six bedroom house and in the same general area that the Racket's live in.

That did the trick! You drag it to to tap area and it sits in the edge of the tub. I think what I did wrong was to drag it to the tub and drop it IN the tub itself as if I was "pouring" the bubble soap into the tub! What a doofus! Thank you for your help!!

You're very welcome ^__^ glad to have helped~

If I am not mistaken, you can get the code for your game from EA if you registered it when you first installed it.

I would like to know this too.

When placing new lots Ive noticed that there are no size options even for some of EA's houses. 40x30 is one of them. Are they by any chance related to the neighbourhood you try to build in?

I'm pretty sure I saw a cheat from Awesome Mod that allows you to alter lot sizes. You can ask or research here: http://www.moreawesomethanyou.com/s...ic,15185.0.html

There is also this site that not only has a mod with some new sizes, but shows you how to alter the package file yourself to make custom lots (by Inge): http://dino.drealm.info/den/denforu...php?topic=207.0
I have both mods and they seem to work fine, although I haven't tried making custom sizes myself yet. Hope this helps!

Why don't kids/teens STAY at boarding school when you switch famblies? WTH? Running around town when they're sposed to be learning n shit.

Thanks! Ill check the website.

Thanks, I have tried 2 houses from there, not the two I think it is. I will keep trying. At least I now know that I am in the right area. Thanks again.

It's an empty lot. And I could be wrong. It wouldn't surprise me if none of the lots have beautiful vista in Twinbrook. It is supposed to be built on a swamp after all lol.

How do sims become BFF (Best Friends Forever)? My sim has a want/wish to be BFF with another sim but I don't know how to make it happen. He's been best friends with several other sims already and because it's been so long they've already become 'Old Friends' and there's no changing that friendship status. So how do my sims achieve BFF status?

Why are all my sims getting purple eyebrows?

Once their relationship is up really high, and you've done enough "friendly" interactions that it says "[Bob] thinks [Penny] is being friendly.", there is a friendly interaction "ask to be BFF".

Because you're using the most recent version of MasterConroller?

I think there's also a lot IN the swamp with Beautiful Vista. Might be the one on high stilts.

Cheers! I edited them through debug enabler and they're fine now :p

Thanks, I will look there also.

Inge has a mod for that at simlogical. It's the ijLotSizes one.

Is it possible to make a lot have the beautiful vista moodlet? Or does that require editing it in CAW?

I think there is a tool here on MTS that allows you to edit lots to either add or remove the Beautiful Vista moodlet. Have a search in the Programs section.

Until two days ago I hadn't played the Sims 3 in a while and I don't have the new expansion pack [I've ordered it though], and I'm wondering if anyone has an idea for why this happened. I decided to make a play boy sim who happens to get many people in the town pregnant :3 His first girl got pregnant, I know she did because she was staying over at his apartment and threw up, and I saw her walking around town with a pregnant belly. I set the life lasting [can't remember what it's called] to "long", or whatever the 2nd to longest option is, so it takes longer for people to die. However, I don't think that's supposed to make pregnancies last longer than 10 days. I don't remember getting an announcement for the birth, I also don't see a kid in his family tree. I haven't actually seen the girl in game since seeing her in town pregnant [though I have had my sim call her]. He now got a vampire pregnant so I'll see how that goes, but does anyone know why it seems that the first child wasn't born [maybe a glitch??]? When I play today I'll see if I can go to her house or something but I remember playing a play boy sim in the past and the kids appeared on the family tree.

How do you fill the want 'Have Spaghetti and Ice Cream'?

You need to have someone make spaghetti, and have her grab a plate. Before she is finished eating the spaghetti, have her go to the fridge and grab a snack of ice cream. Then live with her complaining that she is stuffed if you didn't time it right. You will also probably have to live with her complaining about wasting food when you get rid of the rest of the ice cream. The half-eaten spaghetti can go back in the fridge, though.

(It helps if she is almost starving before you do this, so she won't fill up on spaghetti too soon.)

I've been playing a model of my boyfriend's family for nearly 5 sims weeks. This house is the first I've had a bubble bar in and there are tons of party animals and such but no one has ever used the bubble bar autonomously. It makes me sad. Is this just a fluke?

Does anyone knows how to delete those premade Sims in the Neighborhood Library? I know I can simply ignore them, but really, their fugliness disturbs me when I want to load my CAS Sims from there...

Same happened to me. Do you happen to keep it on after it has been used? I found that when I turned it off manually after each use they would *sometimes* use it autonomously, but never enough to motivate me keeping track of it.

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I got the weirdest glitch ever -_-'

There is an invisible butler in my house ! can't click him or interact with him
or anything. I still can hire another butler though.

Any ideas or suggestions on how to get rid of him ?!

Thanks

How do you know he is invisible? Are you sure he didn't just vanish? There is a bug with LN where Butlers will disappear when the Reaper does. (and possibly other NPC's but I'm not sure). For some reason the "call" to return to the NPC household also affects Butlers.

I called him he used to work at mu house then fired him, the next day I saw some cooking going on with no one in the kitchen. After a week he got his salary -_-
I tried to call the service but that only sends me another butler.

He is absolutely not there, my Sims don't even talk to him. You just see stuff moving around by themselves. Sometimes he sleeps in their bed and they just complain ! lol

If you know his name you could always use the ResetSim cheat on him and see if that helps.

I have a couple questions involving .sim3packs to .package files.

1) Will I be able to convert my Sim .sim3pack files to .package files, or will that mess up my game/sim?
2) Will I be able to convert my lot .sim3pack tiles to .package files, or will that mess up my game/lot?

This may be a stupid question, or a technical glitch, but anywho...

Why does my TAB Camera mode only work once when going into an unoccupied lot?

I have to keep going back to the edit town view, then going back into the lot to use the TAB camera, which is seriously annoying!!

*edit*

And not really an in-game question, but a patch question...

Why is the patch like 600mbs?!?! I have seriously crappy internet, how do they expect us to download those sized patches? D: (ok, maybe I should be asking EA that, lol)

Not sure about your sim but AFAIK, lots can only be in Sim3pack format. I haven't heard that you could convert it to .package format.

All lots, once installed with the launcher, become .package files. They are located in the Library folder. So you could experiment with that but Sims files become .sim files so I don't think they work as packages.

Thanks for explaining that to me.
With the lots, once I extract them, they turn into five or six parts for each lot. I can merge them into one file, but I'm not sure if I lose parts of the lot by doing this method.

A stupid question... but where/how do you get a camera for the photography skill?

I think you will need World Adventures for the Photography skill to be available. And then you can buy a camera either while on vacation, in consignment stores (if you've got Ambitions) or in buydebug.

This question is probably going to sound really stupid but...

Sometimes when reading TS2 blogs, there are Sims with spotty skin. For example this blog. Does anybody know what the spotty skin stands for? I suspect some kind of sub-culture/alien breed thing that I've not heard of, because the only other thing that comes to my mind is skin disease.

I could be wrong, but it looks like vitiligo sims to me [other than vitiligo is patches of skin turning lighter not darker, but perhaps a very severe case of vitiligo?]

Another question about friends...

How do I prevent my Sims's friends (friend, good friends and best friends) from becoming 'Old Friends'?

I've used Twallan's MC to change the status but it doesn't actually change the little icon which seems 'stuck' on Old Friend (with the tiny gold star on the bottom right).

I don't think you can. After some time all friends will become old friends. And even if you've completed all the charisma challenges you won't be able to make an old friend a best friend. What I mean with this is that the jump from good friend to immediate best friend connected to one of the charisma challenges will not happen with old friends.

If you don't want the "wasted food" moodlet you can always open up their inventory and drag it to the little delete-square (don't know a better word for it haha) and it'll delete it without the moodlet.

Is it only possible to change the name of an imaginary friend when the child is a toddler? My three child sims each have an imaginary friend but I can't find the option to change their names.

Is this Youview thing that was on the trailer http://www.youtube.com/all_comments?v=BLDm_FU5EXY actually in the game?

I think it is just a generic page that appears on sim computers when sims browse the web. I'm sure I've seen it before. It doesn't do anything special.

Aww so we can't upload videos to simnet and share videos with other sims?

Oh, okay. Thanks.

I'm thinking it has to be a custom skin, because none of the life states have that

It's custom, I just would like to understand why so many seem to like the spotty skin, it must mean something I guess.

If you have a downloaded house that was build on a different ground level than your own hood, then you will get the ground to be either lifted, or sunk in.

Is there any way to make the whole lot flat so it's in level with the ground I put it on? I tried using the constrain floor elevation cheat, but there was still places that I couldn't flatten, like next to doors.

YES! There is a cheat for that. It's something like 'setTerrainOffsetOnImport #' where # is the number of tiles to move the ground upwards. You can use decimal points and you can also use minus numbers to lower the terrain. I've used it myself on a few downloaded lots. It does sometimes take some trial and error to get the number right.
Type in 'help' in the cheat box and look for a cheat that sounds like the above as I'm sure I've not typed it right. You may need testingCheats turned on for the cheat to show in the list.

Menaceman44: Thank you so much, that was very helpful and I'll try it out as soon as I get the chance.

That's so gross eww

I've never actually used the Baker's Stand before, so I'm about to dive into that world head-first. Is checking the bake sale prices in the newspaper even necessary? Also is there another way besides the newspaper? I usually cancel the delivery for all my households because I never read them anyways and they just pile up on my front porch.

ok who's ready for a laugh?


what's a "legacy" how do i make/play/use one? i've seen that term referenced on this site several times but i have no idea really what it is, or what the appeal is for others?

A legacy is a challenge where you play one sim on a huge lot with no mods. They have to find a spouse and raise a family. One of the children inherits the home after the founder dies, and continues the challenge through 10 generations. The active family cannot move off the lot. There are restrictions on who you can marry, etc. It was started for Sims 2, but modified for Sims 3.

no mods meaning in the mod folder? or no mods as in no cheats...or both?


sounds very challenging for me as my mods folder is just over a gig in size and that's not counting the sims3pack files (at least i don't think it's counting those...i'm not sure where things installed with the launcher go)

but if it's without cheats...i could do it i think, but i'm not sure i'd want to.

so what if i were to have the couple have a kid...then the parents die...does the kid inherit the possessions of his parents? you know if were to keep my cheats and mods?

Ok, new to the sims and I just have a random question!

I see with the pose player people can create animations and poses to put their sims into, so why doesn't anyone use these animations to create new custom interactions between people and objects and stuff? I mean, I am going to guess that it's extremely hard otherwise it would be done more often, but I was just curious for a more in depth reason.

Okay, here's my next couple of stupid questions:
#1 How do my sims get muscular? As far as I can tell all methods make a sim lose weight but I can't tell what makes them bulk up.
#2 How do I get custom tattoos to show in my game. If it's a .package I drop it in my mods folder and if it's a sims3pack I double-click as usual - clearly this is wrong because the tattoos never show up in-game.

xa-n-ax: No mods in this case means no cheating. The idea is to start with nothing and build up the family wealth through the generations, adding on to the house as you go. It's a rather interesting way to play.

velvetmagras: Custom tattoos are usually in the accessories section of CAS.

#1 Get them to perform Strength workouts with a TV or stereo or use the exercise bench. The treadmill and Cario workouts are for losing weight.

#2 You have to have the Ambitions expansion pack installed to use custom tattoos. The patch only allows official ones. If you do have the pack then I don't know what else to suggest. Are the tattoos classed as actual tattoos or accessories?

Frankly, I am surprised that most sims aren't covered head to toe in icky skin diseases considering their diet .. pancakes and pizza? That's like asking for acne with a capital A .. At the very least there should be rampant scurvy

Thank you both. I do have AMB and to my knowledge the cc tattoos I'm thinking of are actual tattoos but I'll check accessories just in case.

Is there any way to change the time on Sims? Like sometimes I wanna take pictures of my sims during dawn and stuffs, I'll have to wait for dawn. I wish there is a cheat or mod that allows manipulation of time.

What I did when I had that problem is I had a vampire sim use the hunt interaction on the floor, which gave me the ability to select the butler on the map to interact with him. I then used total annihilation on him from Master Controller.