Thanks, miros1. I use the teleporter shrub found on MTS2... I haven't been able to find anything for AL yet. After I posted this I was able to find a few MORE character folders... and after deleting those and setting up yet another neighborhood... the game didn't generate those 25 or so characters it usually does immediately (townies). I'm excited about that. Aaaand... instead of making tons of "tenants" it only made one as soon as my sim went to rent a lot (tragically, she died by flies)... not seventeen extras. I'm not sure if I messed something up or not... but I like it. The game still spawns newspaper boys and bartenders and stuff... which is allllll I want. Yay.

I understand perfectly well how to clean out a neighborhood, trust me. I've done it for each of the expansion packs I have. Also I only have one neighborhood at a time (N001). Those having been gone for good and having the hack installed... I assume that these new characters are NPCs and can never be totally gone, correct?! If they are townies they would not have spawned in the neighborhood I created post AL installation because I have the hack and deleted the character files generated when I created the neighborhood, right?

So... are these characters that spawn to rent rooms, lead social groups, etc. NPCs rather then townies? Is that why the notownieregen hack doesn't seem to apply?

I used a hacked painting I have to change her, maybe it doesn't change their genetics...

I mentioned that. I made sure to get the updated hack before I even installed AL.

This particular sim wasn't born in game. I created her and then turned her into an alien... so she should have alien eyes, correct? The only thing I could think of is that the custom eyes I used on her (also townified) somehow make supernatural eyes not work...

Do townified eyes negate the supernatural eyes?

P.S. I downloaded replacement eyes after realizing that the skintone didn't appear (in game) to come with eyes. So yes.. there should be replacement eyes!

So, first thing's first. I'm extremely meticulous about my simmies... to the point where I even create my own (down)townies, one by one - just so I won't have any sims with ugly hair and clothes. I replace the NPC outfits, have face templates, names, skintones, maxis hair hiders, hacks, the whole shibang! After installing AL and sending one of my sims to move into an apartment... an ugly maxis townie appeared to rent the apartment below. Then later a hidious witch showed up on a community lot! You have no idea how pissed I was. But I knew through previous trial and error that I couldn't go in and just delete the file now because it would mess up the already existing neighborhood for good. So... I started all over. *sigh* Right away I deleted the character files ((yes, even the ones on the C: drive)) and made sure I had the updated "notownieregen" hack. I've done this before with perfect success and figured doing the exact same thing again would work just fine. I got my new neighborhood all set up and continued with my same scenario... moved sim in and UGLY AL TOWNIE APPEARED! Is there something wrong with the notownieregen hack... or character files that are hidden somewhere or some maxis conspiracy to make sure their characters never go away or... WHAAAAT? I just can't stand them. I have a very specificly created neighborhood where these kind of sims just don't fit in!!! Thanks to anyone who can help...

Oh and another small question... Can I uninstall a previous expansion... I need more space on this thing and I hardly ever utilize any part of Seasons. Thanks again. :?

Aw... I thought you got more types of pets like maybe a turtle or a bunny. I know Nintendo DS has those but I heard the PC version did too.

I heard that you get more pets with Apartment Life! Is it true, and do you need to have Pets installed to get apartment pets?

When you create a new neighborhood and have a hack that hides Maxis clothing and hair (like this one - http://www.modthesims2.com/showthread.php?t=146185)... do your new NPCs spawn with your custom content? PLEASE SAY YES!!! :rabbit: