well i am finding new things again....i never knew u could just click on the mailbox after u get the mail and a menu comes up saying pay all the bills...i use to get so aggravated that when it snowed i couldn't find the mail....cuz sometimes they would get the mail themselves and just leave it on the ground somewhere and i didn't even know they did it until i got the warning of bills not paid and repo man came....on old computer i couldn't use the x-ray snow thing to find mail and homework use to go to buy mode and find the stuff and then go back to get to them....like someone mentioned it is kind of neat finding these things out or seeing them for the 1st. time when u have better video card....

omg cmk...lol that is funny hearing about course i'm sure u weren't very happy....but i will let u guys in on a little secret....i was playing my game once ok couple times and had something on the stove and forgot about it till i smelled it burning...so the sims and i apparently need to have someone controlling us at all times....LOL
Here's one for ya....Why is it that if u have a stereo "mind u inside of your house"  sims will b outside and just start dancing?  well one time this happened got a pic of it too...a bunch of visiting sims and some of mine started doing the smustle outside on the sidewalk....looked funny but the part that really got me upset over it was they started this just before my kids were coming home from school....and u got it they were right where the kids needed to get off the bus at....so it took forever to get my kids off the bus...and of course if one moved to get out of the way so the kid could get off the bus then....the kid would join in the smustle and block the way....ugh!!!! and of course this was the day each of my kids brought home a friend from school....and as each one emerged from the bus they joined in the smustle....so now for the real annoying part....all thru this that darn bus keeps blowing that horn and all my kids just dropped their homework on the lawn i had to move each one into the house....i hate when the kids leave it outside....
i had a child who got off bus and Dad came home from work at the same time and kid drops homework and goes and hugs Dad....and it was winter and i had to scan the dang front yard to find juniors homework....ticked me off so i made him sit outside and do it....yep he turned blue and i got the warning of child neglect...i saved him tho sent him in the house for some hot chocolate...

Yes!!!! she is beautiful had to have her couldn't resist....thank u so much....

thanks ladies for the links....and i have franny sims site bookmarked so i can check on it often and thanks for all your hard work making these clothes...

I want to say i like the meshes and clothes for momma lisa.....but i haven't seen or haven't found any outerwear for them...if there are some could someone give me a link for them...also is there anyone who have done this for other age groups and men? if so links would b helpful with them also....Thanks in advance for any help....

thanks for this info....i was wondering how to do the same thing....i only create my sims in CAS and not that familiar with body shop....so i will have to try this and see how it works....if it does thanks alot...

I have taken pics of my family and put them in paintings so that the sims can paint them and then hang them on the walls....find your pics u want....the go to documents..ea games...the sims 2....and look down the list for paintings and open it and drag and drop your pic....i usually make a copy of my pic 1st. and paste it on my desktop so that i still have the original....also another possibility, altho 9i haven't done it yet...but u could go to neighborhoods and the neighborhood u r playing say....go to storytelling and put your pic in there and if u have Bon Voyage and u order pictures and u select yours it would b delivered and u can then put it on a shelf dresser ect...or hang it....i am going to try the last one i mentioned when i play next to see how it works...

i thought it was kind of funny with them itching from it...but it eventually goes a way and they stop scratching too...just like the sunburn it goes away after a certain period forgot what i read how many sim hours they had it...swarm of bees is neat too....i remember the 1st. time i saw that i was nervous cuz i remembered u could die from a swarm of flies and i thought great they went on vacation and now they are going to die from the swarm of bees....LOL   but they didn't so that was a relief....

Hi guys...i installed the patch, but i don't have a seperate hack for the tour guide thing...the only thing i noticed after the patch was when it is time to go to work the que shows up to go and they change to the appropriate clothes, but if anything gets in their path to go to the car the que disappears and i have to click on the car to get them to go to work...i'll keep playing and see if anything else occurs...

hey guys Q-express won't work for me either...so i just download the rar file myself and then extract it with winrar and put in my game...i also can't get CEP to install either so i don't know what is up with all these programs...i do have SPCI and works just fine....but another thing i have is some sims i tried to put in my game won't let me do it....but most of them i can....it's weird...

Thanx Beosboxboy for the reply...i appreciate your advice i trust your judgement on most matters concerning the sims and computers...it's nice having u help so many...i like this site cuz there isn't the name calling and hurtful things said to each other like the BBS...it kind of turns me off about going there and posting for help...So thanx to all of u for making this my main site to go to....This site is very enjoyable to b a part of...keep up the great job those of u who keep it that way....sorry for the little bit off topic....

well don't kow if u r still checkin this thread for info...I have windows vista and i copied my downloads folder "which doesn't have alot of stuff"...to my desktop with copy and paste in a new folder..name it what u want and then i just opened that folder and at the top it says burn and i clicked it and it said to insert disc and it copied it...and now i just copied from the cd and put it back on my desktop...no special program or anything....i don't kow if this will work for u...but if u try it i hope u can get it done....

i want to say thanks Brooke also...but i have a question...
When i 1st. got new computer with Vista i was having issues with game and video card....which is Nvidia GeForce6150SE...i went to nividia site and downloaded an upgrade not sure what it was now....but it installed nForce430 to it....and everything seems to work OK....my question is do u think i would need to also go get one or more of these other ones u mentioned...and if so which one should i get or do i need to do both???
Oh and i do have DirectX 10 and running on windows vista 32bit....
another quick question sorry...how come when i check easy info for the game it says this.....
Operating System Unknown Fail.......Windows XP/2000/98/ME....i kind of figure this part is cuz i have Windows Vista
 
System Memory 894.9 Pass..... 256.0
 
Processor Speed 1792.0 Pass..... 800 MHz
 
DirectX Version 10.0 Pass.... 9.0c
 
Display Device NVIDIA GeForce 6150SE nForce 430..  Unknown Compatibility  
 
Display Memory 256.0 Pass... 32.0
 
Display Driver 7.15.11.5818 Unknown Compatibility  
 
Sound Device Speakers (Realtek High Definition Audio) Pass  
 
Sound Driver  Unknown Compatibility

i wish i was more computer smart so i knew what all this tech. stuff meant....

Well Bill...
i got them all installed and the patches too...i think not sure abt. Seasons patch....but i had the samething before...so anyways here's the analysis of what my problem was i think....i read on the BBS that u need to wait for the disc drive to stop blinking after u put disc in b 4 u hit OK...it said if u don't wait it is possible for it to not read correctly...so i waited this time and it may have been the problem since everything is installed now... also i had restarted my computer b 4 i started installing all the expansion packs....I do have a thousand more questions...
1.after i install Seasons and then go to install the patch...and it won't it says uninstall seasons and reinstall....which last time i did that and it still said it...and i read on the BBS abt. people having same problem and one of maxoid people told how to fix it....but i didn't try it....afraid to mess with things....anyways then i installed H&M fashion stuff pack and then it checks for updates says it is updated then when i click ok... it starts Seasons updater and then says seasons is updated....Does that mean it did install seasons patch???
Now for the other 999 questions....u ready? j/k
So thanks for all your help an advice i really appreciate it...

well Billyd1000...i'm back!!! i installed base game and then the patch for it....and next University...game installed but when it asked for Disc4 from base game to check if updated starts to go thru the checking then error comes up saying..."Error during update installation" the update process didn't complete successfully..." installation will now terminate" so it will not install UN....i didn't try to install my other expansions cuz i figure it will do the same thing and i have read u should do them in order....I read another thread where someone had the same problem...but the only answer they got was to install patch...i assume they were referring to base game patch and i have that installed already....and that doesn't help...I am so kicking myself in the butt for trying to start from scratch when i wasn't having any problems playing the game before....infact i was so relieved when i read other threads and seen all the issues others were having and i didn't have any....now i'm on the list of "Issues"....Well i'm going to try a few things and will check back on here later to see if u can save me again or anyone else with your helpful suggestions....u guys r so appreciated i am sure with all the help u offer....
U know what would b great? if Eric could somehow incorporate a way to use insimenator and when u click summoner...one of u guys could magically appear on my door step....LOL