i think the easiest way to to do it might be to make a replacement for the file where the textures are replaced with a blank/transparent one.
you'd need SimPE, an image editor that can do transparencies/alphas, and to figure out which item you need to clone to do so.
as far as existing hacks, i've never heard of one, but maybe someone out there had the same idea and made something that works.

it works because it's not the install folder where the main program components of the game are stored, but the user data files which are generated the first time you play the game.
by removing them, the game thinks it's a new install and builds new copies.
you do NOT want to remove the files/folders located under C:\Program Files or C:\Program Files (x86) unless you want to lose everything and go through a full reinstall.

saving a house/sim under both M&G and T&A/A&N can cause things to go sideways. even different lots in the same neighborhood can do this.

i recently had a similar issue when i deleted an unwanted baby. it took me a long time and a lot of trial and error to finally get the baby removed from the family without crashing everything. i have no idea what finally worked, but once the baby was a toddler, everything was right as rain.

don't know if any of this helps, but thought i'd put the info out there for folks

ignoring the pile of dishes in my kitchen. why can't i buy a Servo IRL?

welcome back.

When I have internet, I'm mostly playing WoW. When our 'net goes down due to bad weather, line work, etc. I bounce between Plants vs. Zombies, and the basic Microsoft solitaire game they put on all new PCs.

I also have a Nintendo DS and a DSLite with 2 Sims games for GBA and TheSims 2 for DS so I can play Sims even when the power goes out 

ok. thank you for the info.

will there be a version available for non-origin members? or is that the "general public" you were talking about?

there's a thread for this?

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Norma-Jean

The link you provided takes me to the site, however it says you have marked the post as private and we need a password/log-in to view it.
(i do not have a membership to that site)

it could be a skill that lets them do that. like having a high charisma or logic, for example.
i'm not really sure, honestly, but it's something to look into if no one knows for sure.