In most of my homes or community lots I have two sets of stairs. Yet everyone seems to go for the same one, complain insanely, and then drop their current action and go wandering.  Is there a mod like go to the next available staircase stupid?!

It's the same thing with computer use.  Though I most often have more then one computer in the house, sims will come from all over and there'll be a traffic jam at one.  I took out the no autonomous comp mod; I don't mind their using the comp--I just want them to be less idiotic about it.

A more important example:  One of my businesses has a very popular floor but sims tend walk around while deciding--leaving the floor that displays the product they want and wandering the entire lot over and over till they decide to purchase. Then when they do they jam the line causing some sims to wander or leave the property.  A "wait your turn-no quedrop" mod would be invaluable for any sales activity.

I thought there might already be a mod for this that I'm just not aware of so I put it in this thread.  If there isn't one, could a moderator move this to the mod request section?  Thanks a bunch.

What funny, unexpected things have happened to your sims in-game?    You know...things that made you laugh outloud.  Every now and then my sims do something unusually funny or unfamiliar and I have to smile.  I can't wait to see what's going on with yours.



Mine for today is this message I got as my bride and groom left for their honeymoon:





And in all fairness I guess she was:





After I snapped the pic, she walked all the way back to their little farmhouse (reception still going on) while he hopped in the carriage and rode off .  I guess he must have circled the block because he came right back and was back dancingwith the guests practically by the time she'd made it back to the house;  then again she waddles really slow and the house is back quite a bit from the road.

If you look in the background you can see the horse and carriage driver... I guess she was bewildered too because she stayed there like "Ok so am I done or what?" after Jeb (the spouse) got out and went back to the party.


                                       Jeb & Kimberly Pollock

Aww he was sweet but I laughed myself silly.


So let's hear the tales and if you caught any pictures include them
Just remember to keep all pictures 600 X600 (max) or under & image hosting of course

I'm interested in a mod that allows you to read to several children at once.  Seems silly to have several toddlers or elementary school children and have to seperately read to all of them. Storytime would be more natural and less time-consuming. Thanks in advance for considering this idea.

I'm relatively new to pets but seem to have a problem with newborn puppies disappearing.
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Is the Critter family borked?  I moved them in with a family and Sarah gave birth to 3 pups.  The mother of my (then family of 3 sims) went into labor a minute or so after the dog turning the household into a family of four sims and five sim dogs.  After two days a puppy just disappeared from the family list--no explanation or popups at all.  Assuming the family was too large, I closed the game without saving and replayed.  This time I sold two puppies to two visiting sims and the owner sim hadn't give birth yet. Still, though there was now only 6 in the family, the next day a puppy disappeared--no popups, messages or opportunity to report the pup missing.  There is a fence around their large property (to keep out strays) and it disallowed pets so I doubt it ran off.  their memories and relationship with the puppies remained unchanged and there was no reaction to the missing puppies.

Is this s glitch in the game? I have all EPs and SPs installed with the exception of AL & the holiday party pack.  Thanks for any helpful advice you can give.

I recently added (from scratch so to speak) a lake for swimming in my game using a tutorial on MTS2.  It looks lovely and the stairs, board, and slide all work to my satisfaction.  They used it for a few hours, getting in and out to do other things via the ladder as normal, then one of my sims left this way:




He swam past the pool ladder then jumped/crawled out at the front steps and walked into the cottage then dove back into the floor after going in:



Then to my surprise swam to the bathroom:







Since then the two residents seem to arbitrarily decide to walk or swim around certain areas at will.  Not in a glitchy or jump bug way, it appears more by choice then anything like that.   One time they'll swim from the stove to the dining table, next time they'll walk.  They either walk or swim to locations outside or inside, but not all locations (i.e. some they never swim to).  It's amusing to watch but of course no one I know swims to dinner let alone to the sofa to watch TV  .  

Neighbors, guests, friends nor service npcs do any of this behavior.  Everyone else walks normally.    Residents are the only ones I've seen use the lake.

The tutorial mentioned there may be a little swimming into fringe areas but said directing them back to the ladder should stop it.  However when I send them to the ladder they don't always go directly to it.   Sometimes they'll swim around the entire perimeter of the house (not on direct lines and using different paths) before returning to the ladder to get out.

Is there a way to correct this--outside of scrapping the entire lot?  I wanted to package the lot for upload but not like this of course.  


Here you see large this lot is:













...so swimmiing the long way back to the ladder takes quite some time.

Thanks in advance for any help you have to offer.

Twice I was playing and my sims were having a party when a burglar started creeping up.  Though a whole crowd watched him enter, no one had the option to interact to stop him.  I just found myself thinking all the buff guys at the party, kids etc & no one could stop him unless the alarm was installed?

I had one call the cops but then they just had to stand around acting helpless while they got robbed blind right in front of 10 guests...huh?  No way.  I mean I have alarms installed now, but seriously no way someone wouldnt lock the doors or bop the crook in the head or something to try and stop the crime.  I'm sure it could have several outcomes, like he gets away with it if your body level is lower than his, etc but at least you tried. 

I have ts2 deluxe which =  TS2 + NL EP +Celebrations SP.  Thanks a bunch.

I love TS2 but I miss the punching bag, treadmill and other excercise equipment that helps children get fit (from lifestories).   Kids in LS could ask for lessons or workout on their own.  Anyone know if there is a mod that enables equipment for kids in TS2?

I have TS2 Deluxe. Thanks

Aww soo sad.  One of my favorite "Angel" actors Andy Hallet died Sunday at only 33 yrs old of heart disease.  to his friends and family.

There are some great pic here to remember him by:         http://www.tv.com/angel/show/12/viewer.html?flag=1&ii=5&gri=12&grti=101


 

I've just starting playing Brandi Broke's family.  Everytime she goes to get smart milk she makes it then jumps back into place and the milk disappears. I've read the FAQs but would appreciate additional help with this if anyone can. It puzzles me because it has never happened on the other lots I have played with the same CC. Error logs attached.

Repeating the action gets it her to follow through but somewhere with someone else another error will pop up (back to back) e.g., the headmaster appears then disappears in the middle of his visit, no matter how the socializing goes etc.  I am still going through the process of sorting & checking but the error logs look like quantum physics to me .


Thanks in advance.

OK for some reason I've been seeing the thundercats in my head all day long today so I figured I'd ask:

 What was your favorite tv show or cartoon ever?




I'll put Thundercats as one of mine oh & and the brady bunch.


Have fun reminiscing!

Could the thread below be moved to this section please?

I believe it was better meant for this thread than the area where it resides lost in career requests.  I have no desire to spam in clutter-free territory so could you please lock this (or delete it and move the thread below here?).

Other people posted in it so I didn't want to just have the one below deleted altogether.  Solely because it seems that it would be more suitable for this area.


http://www.insimenator.org/index.php/topic,98949.msg1477079.html#msg1477079

Hi to everyone.  I have been searching for a month for SLS help and have resolved many issues with my game due to the threads on this site and /or links provided by the experienced gamers here.

I purchased this on a whim (had heard of it but never seen the game) and checked it out, and said WOW!  So it's blowing my mind in a way that it might not to regular simmers.

Took me quite a while pouring through the threads but i really wanted to understand the computer stuff as much as I could (I'm no comp wiz). If I can save anyone that time just ask a question and I'll try my best to help.  

Just a heads up.. I havent played Vince's story but have found tons of help /info on that.  Rileys neighborhood is so busy and interesting for me so I havent gotten to vince's.  I 've had the grim reaper move in, captured two burglars and more, & I'm not even using the freeplay version yet (although technically Riley's neighborhood is open/free to play now).

I added two families to Riley's hood and am playing four houses there with a set of twins in one family.  In addition to Rileys two children with Mickey (a teen and a pre-teen) she is now expecting twins so there will be six in her household in a few days.  

I was quite surprised and excited when I had an alien abduction occur at Rileys neighbors house (when the mother of twins was taken) and now I'm considering having Mickey get pg with an alien baby at the same time.

I know now from the threads that the sims 2 worlds & ep's are prob the recommended games but just wanted to expand the options for those of us who are new to the games or have already invested /are exploring lifestories to be able to get the most out of it.

Let me know if I can help you in any way (or point you to the correct thread)  Just dont expect me to know everything k?:glasses7: