Taxi charges money

* Requires     : Nightlife or any later EP
* Compatibility: Nightlife, Open For Business, Pets, Seasons, Bon Voyage, FreeTime, Apartment Life, & all Stuff Packs
* Modifications: Semi-Global (affects all taxi cabs)
* Hack Version#: 1.1

Update ( 09/21/2008 )
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1.1
- Introduces compatibility with all Expansion Packs from Nightlife through Apartment Life (prior version only worked on FreeTime and nothing else)
- Adds ability to ride the taxi even when you don't have enough money, by putting the family funds into the negative
- Adds charge for the taxi ride back home (enabled by default)
- Adds charge for the taxi ride to a University Secret Society lot (enabled by default)
- Adds charge for the taxi ride to a vacation getaway (enabled by default)
- Adds separate configuration file _CONFIG, for easier version updates
- Adds ability to choose which cost MOD (modification) you desire
- Adds MOD-COST.TXT to help would-be hackers write their own cost MODs

Quick Info
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* You must also download the following addons for this hack to work correctly:

  df_game_edition_addon.package
  http://www.insimenator.org/showthread.php?t=94482

  df_budget_transact_addon.package
  http://www.insimenator.org/showthread.php?t=94483

Riding a taxi will now cost you Simoleons for each trip you take.  The amount charged will vary based on which cost MOD you are using.  The charge is usually either related to the distance between the source & destination lots or is a flat rate fee for each trip.

* You must download a "cost MOD" or else the hack will have no effect and just cause an error preventing you from riding any taxi!

* Check out the readme.txt file for more information.

 No inheritance after elder dies

* Requires     : The Sims 2 (base game)
* Compatibility: The Sims 2, University, Nightlife, Open For Business, Pets, Seasons, Bon Voyage, Store Edition, FreeTime, Apartment Life, Mansion & Garden Stuff, all Stuff Packs
* Modifications: Global (affects all families/lots)
* Hack Version#: 1.2

Update ( 06/07/2009 )
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1.2
- Prevents "Inherit Money" wants & fears from appearing, since they are impossible to fulfill when using this hack

1.1
- Fixes compatibility with the base game alone (it was crashing)

Quick Info
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Prevents the inheritance money from being paid to the friends and/or family of a deceased elder.  When the elder dies, money materializes from nowhere to pay all of that Sim's friends/family.  You might think it is life insurance money, but then again, you never pay into life insurance anyway.  It is just free money that appears out of nowhere making the game way too easy.  And no it is not a portion of the elder's funds (earned money) nor the value of their estate.

Stops any "Inherit Money" wants or fears from appearing, because they can not be fulfilled when using this hack.

Effects
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Now when an elder dies, no inheritance message pops up.  Old grimey just takes them away to the after life.  With all of the spouse/children/friends reward monies, you might see a household receiving close to $50000 free Simoleons when their elder dies.  That makes the game way too easy, hence this hack.

* Check out the readme.txt file for more information.

* Compatibility: Pets, Seasons, Bon Voyage, FreeTime, Apartment Life
* Modifications: Semi-Global (affects all litter boxes)
* Hack Version#: 1.0

Quick Info
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Allows cat litter boxes to be cleaned by all Sims, even if they are pregnant.

Effects
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Originally, the game did not allow pregnant Sims to clean a litter box.

Some people at the official EA forums said that it was probably coded like that on purpose.  They claim that cat litter contains some chemical (or parasites) that is dangerous to pregnant people or their babies.  That sounds stupid to me since there are many brands of cat litter, some of which are all natural probably consisting of just saw dust or wood chips.  Anyway, a pregnant person doesn't fondle the litter; they just scoop it into the trash and then fill up the box from a bag of litter.  So where is the danger?  They could even wear gloves when changing the litter.

Now your beloved kitty can have fresh litter even in a house with only one Sim, who just happens to be pregnant.

* Compatibility: Pets, Seasons, Bon Voyage, FreeTime, Apartment Life
* Modifications: Global BCON (affects all lots)
* Hack Version#: 1.0

Quick Info
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This hack re-enables stray pets to be allowed to visit all community lots, just
like it was in the original unpatched Pets Expansion.

Effects
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Before Pets patch #2 or #3 (and also Bon Voyage & FreeTime), stray animals would show up on all community lots.  This gives you more chances and more time to interact with animals that you might like to adopt.  Usually a different stray will appear when you move around from one community lot to a different one.  So, this "lot hopping" from one lot to another also gives you more chances to find a specific stray that you might be looking for.

Unfortunately, that new Pets patch (along with Bon Voyage & FreeTime) disabled *all stray visits to all community lots*.

* Check out the readme.txt file for more information.

* Compatibility: Seasons, Bon Voyage, FreeTime
* Modifications: Semi-Global (affects all flowers)
* Hack Version#: 1.0

Quick Info
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There are 2 hacks included here.

The first one allows Sims to water one-half tile flower beds, even if a diagonal fence or foundation runs through the tile.

The second one, named df_water_inaccessible_flowers_fix.rar, does the same but also allows you to water all flowers regardless of their location on the lot, including completely inaccessible or blocked ones.  It works for the "full tile" flower beds if the tile is completely surrounded by fences, walls, or foundations.  And it allows for the disposal of all dead flowers, even if 100% surrounded by fencing or if completely inaccessible (such as using cheats to put flower beds on your roof!).

Effects
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Originally, the game did not allow any Sim or Hydrobot to water these flowers.  It would also prevent you from disposing of such flowers if they died.  Having such a flower bed fully surrounded by fence tiles also prevented watering.  

Sims will still display a 'door' icon above their heads while watering, which means that they are blocked by a wall/fence/foundation.  However, the watering will still be successful and the flowers will get the water they need to live.  All animations work perfectly.

* Check out the readme.txt file for more information.

 No free food with refrigerator

* Requires     : The Sims 2 (base game)
* Compatibility: The Sims 2, University, Nightlife, Open For Business, Pets, Seasons, Bon Voyage, FreeTime, Apartment Life, & all Stuff Packs
* Modifications: Semi-Global (affects all refrigerators)
* Hack Version#: 1.1

Update ( 09/21/2008 )
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1.1
- Fixes a bug that caused some old fridges already on the lot to lose all of their existing food points (only brand new fridges, bought after installing the hack, should have their food points set to 0)
- Introduces compatibility with every expansion pack, stuff pack, and also the base game alone
- Tested with Apartment Life (works fine)

Quick Info
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All brand new refrigerators will come with 0 food points to start with.  So you
will have to buy food at a store or as delivery over the phone.

Since when does a brand new refrigerator from a store come fully stocked with
chilled food in real life?  This hack makes the game more realistic.

* Check out the readme.txt file for more information.

 Vehicles cost money to drive

* Requires     : Nightlife or Bon Voyage or Store Edition or FreeTime or Apartment Life
* Compatibility: Nightlife, Open For Business, Pets, Seasons, Bon Voyage, FreeTime, Apartment Life, & all Stuff Packs
* Modifications: Semi-Global (affects all ownable vehicles)
* Hack Version#: 1.3

Update ( 09/30/2008 )
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1.3
- Fixes glitch that results in a car leaving without a driver when first doing
  "Sit In Vehicle" and then "Drive To Community Lot" while lacking the money to pay for the trip
- New _CONFIG file enables "alternate charge method" by default
- New _CONFIG file enables charge for ride back home by default
- Fully compatible with previous cost MODs (no updates necessary)

Quick Info
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* You must also download the following addons for this hack to work correctly:

  df_game_edition_addon.package
  http://www.insimenator.org/showthread.php?t=94482

  df_budget_transact_addon.package
  http://www.insimenator.org/showthread.php?t=94483

Driving ownable vehicles will now cost you Simoleons for each trip.  The amount charged will vary based on which cost MOD you are using.  The charge is usually a percentage related to the vehicle's current depreciated value and/or its initial purchase price.  A charge can also be set for Walking to and from Community Lots, which is a new feature of the Bon Voyage expansion.

* You must download a "cost MOD" or else the hack will have no effect and just cause an error preventing you from driving any vehicle!

* Check out the readme.txt file for more information.