I just installed Sim2Pack Clean Installer and it doesn't seem to do anything other then list off a majority (though not all) of the files/custom content in my Downloads folder in the order the program wants me to see them, and allow me to check/uncheck them so that they won't work in the game. It doesn't do me much good if I can't list them by type so that I can look at the hacks/mods/whatever else they're called and start with them. As I said before, I have well over 15,000 files in there, and it's actually not listing a good chunk of them, and going through that huge list is a pain, especially when the program actually lags while I am scrolling down. I also read up on that Download Organizer and it doesn't look like it'd be much different.

Any other suggestions that won't require me installing a new program?

edit: I just uninstalled that Sim2Pack Clean Installer and for some reason it crashed my explorer. Not Internet Explorer, but explorer, the thing that helps Windows to actually run properly. Just for uninstalling that thing. Seems to me that it's not all people say it is.

15,391 files in my Downloads folder. It takes a bare minimum of 10 minutes for my game to be ready to do anything starting at the time the program actually starts (and is recognized on my Task manager) and ending at the time I enter the neighborhood and can actually interact with anything. That's going to take roughly about a few days, bordering on a week, to do your method. I don't spend that much time on my computer anymore. I'm old and I have things here at my house that are more important that require my time. Like.... dinner.... and... um.... showering. Long story short, I need a method that isn't going to eat up so much of my time that I'm going to piss off the people in my life that matter to me the most. But I'll try that program you mentioned and see how that goes.

I guess ancienthighway is M.I.A. Anyone else have any useful information on this problem?

Here's some to tide you over that's been made for the Pinup bodyshape.

http://www.insimenator.org/showthread.php?t=44611

So far, Warlokk hasn't been able to buy Seasons for himself. He has said many times that he plans to, but his personal time hasn't allowed him time to get the expansion pack. Someone (over at mts2, I think) has already made a couple of outfits for them to be Seasons outerwear, but so far that's all that's come out. Perhaps you could post your request here and see if anyone that has Seasons now would be willing to do something for you.

ancienthighway,

     I got the error log file and looked over it, but all I'm seeing is coding gibberish. A bunch of numbers, values, and other stuff that makes little sense to me since I know nothing about the subject. What, specifically, should I be looking for/at? There's a lot on the page and I've no clue what any of it means.

Start by going to Warlokk's Female Hi-Res Bodyshape Project. There you will find all of his bodyshapes. Please note that some are full body shapes, while there are also sets of tops and sets of bottoms. His most recent works include the Classic Pinup, the Fashion Model, the PowerGirl, and the Renaissance Gal. You won't need the Hi-Res Bodyshape Poser Magnet Set unless you plan on playing around with outfits to fist his bodyshapes or to alter his bodyshapes, or whatever. Hope those links help.

wademilner, two questions for you, if you don't mind. One, if the cheat is used for shrinking/stretching a Sim, will that carry over to a baby should that altered Sim get another pregnant/become pregnant? And two, with all the various threads and random questions in various threads asking about this same topic, why not post your own FAQ thread based on this matter and see if it can be made into a sticky?

I actually had very few vegitation on my Sim's lot. In fact, at least 75% of the "plant life" is decoration. I found someone that made the short and tall hedges to be a decoration that never grows/wilts/whatever and my lot is covered with those. The garden club seemed more impressed with the custom content decorations outside then they did with the maxis stuff. LOL But when they were done evaluating the lot's plant life they gave me a pass on that, but I don't recall any money and I never saw a wishing well. Plenty of empty spaces around the lot for it to have been placed. I'll have to look around when I get the chance.

Marvine & Beosboxboy have a section in the InSim adult site that has that. Warlokk doesn't do male meshes. That's really Marvine & Beosboxboy's area of expertise.

So they place it on your lot automatically? And you got it just by being able to join the gardening club?

This wishing well seems to be no where to be found. I had my garden looked at by the gardening club, got flying colors, and got nothing but membership. Where, specifically, does this wishing well show up?

The game will ask you to use whatever disk depending on the icon you double click to open/start the game. i.e. If you double click Nightlife, you should be asked for the Nightlife CD. If you double click the Seasons icon then, likewise, you should be asked to use the Seasons CD.

In relation to the outer wear, it's up to the player to have the appropriate outfit set to be their Sim's outer wear depending on the season. Winter would be a good idea to have on the Ug boots and goose down parka, while the spring would be a good time to have on a raincoat. It's really all about what you, as the player, want your Sim(s) to be using during what season. Though it would have been nice if they'd put in umbrellas when it rained/snowed.

Wow! Thank you very much, ancienthighway! I honestly didn't expect any responses so soon, let alone to nearly everything I'd brought up. I'll try out the suggestion with the hot chocolate as soon as things here at the house start to clear up (my dog's been ill lately, and I've been spending the last week or so taking care of him making sure he's going to be alright). Will I have to input that cheat every time I want to have a Sim drink hot coco, or just once to find and eliminate the problem? Also, where  will I find this Logs folder? Program Files or My Documents? Or some place else?

Thank you once again. It's nice to see a potential solution for a problem that doesn't involve kissing my life bye-bye so I can make time to spend the remainder of my years trying to fix a tiny worthless problem for the remainder of my years.

Also, thank you for the info on the other stuff. I noticed that you didn't have any feedback on the new career rewards, though. Any reason for that?

.....I have somewhat personal reasons for wanting to get Pets, and I'm glad that I've not once experienced any issues related to the expansion pack. It likes me, and I like it. hehehehe

I'm not sure why, but I can't get my Sims to drink the hot chocolate they make. They make it, and hold the mug for about a second then it vanishes and their hand goes down to their side again. I've tried this on residential lots, community lots, and even a dorm. Still they cannot drink hot coco. I've read a few threads in various places on other sites/forums, but they've only been met with others saying they have the same problem or the moderators telling the people with the problem to do some long winded process that would eat up enough time to do something constructive, like rebuild the twin towers and have enough time left over to order a pizza. I've looked over their "solutions" but who honestly has the time to remove everything from several folders (including Downloads), start the game up, quit the game, place one file/folder back in, start up the game again, quit again (if that didn't show the problem), rinse repeat, and then move on to placing back in each and every bit of custom content one at a time (when you have say roughly around 15,000 items in there) just to see which file it is? I don't know about anyone else, and I really don't know about the moderators that wrote that thread, I also don't know how seriously outdated that "solution" has become, but I don't have the time to waste doing that. I'd like to enjoy things such as life. Does anyone have any helpful ideas on how to fix this so that my sims will drink the hot chocolate they make?

On to the "other concerns"....

Does anyone know what all of the new career rewards do? Especially the one for Journalism. It's nice looking and all, but what's it do??? Does it do anything other then take up a slot on a surface? Does it have a Comfort number, and if so what is it? I never see the Comfort rating for any of the custom content, but it's twice as annoying when Maxis doesn't show any information on their own items at all.

Is there any way to plant anything other then tomatoes when using the gardening soil? My Sim is just starting out with the whole gardening thing, so I am wondering if that is the reason that the tomatoes are the only option.

When will my Sims be able to actually gather the fruits/veggies they plant/grow? Just wondering since it's about the equivalent of a month in real time for the full life cycle of a Sim, so why does it take so long to harvest plants?

The Composter (or whatever it's called). I only get one primary interaction which is to check the level of compost, and when there is trash/garbage/whatever on the floor I get the option to Gather compostable materials. Does it do anything else and if so, what does it do and how do I make it do "it"?

The lightening rod and the weather vane. Do those things do anything, or are they just there for decoration and nothing more?

How do you get the wishing well? I read in an faq that you get one whenever you join the gardening club and an additional one every time you get re-evaluated. My Sim is a member, but I see no wishing well either on the lot (residential) nor in the inventory. How else can I get one?

I'd also like to direct a little attention here because this is also an issue with me (my Sim's daughter went to college AWAY FROM THE FAMILY DOG and all of her wants and fears are nothing but ones that relate to the family dog). It's extremely annoying.

That's pretty much all that I can think of/remember that I've been wanting to ask around about. I'm sure that the next time I play with my main family again I'll find more things that I wanted to bring up, and when/if that happens I'll update the list. As real solutions are presented/found by you/myself I'll also make the appropriate editings.

Note to moderators: If this isn't in the right place, please move it where it belongs, but do not delete this thread. Thank you.