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When I play the game, there should normally be 8 slots available at the left side of the screen to show the Sims that are part of that household. For the last few months, I've only been allowed six. If I ever have more than six Sims in a household, they're carried over to the right to start a new column (kind of like when it shows the Pets). Is there any way I can fix this that doesn't involve me reinstalling the entire game? What could have caused this malfunction? It doesn't affect gameplay a lot, but it is rather annoying.

I'm not sure if this is related to me playing the game in Windows mode or not, but I thought i'd ask anyways.

What resolution are you using?  Smaller resolutions mess up the UI.

Windowed mode also does it, depending on resolution/window size. Mine can hold eight sim icons, but will only allow me to see either their Wants panel or their Needs panel, not both, unless I shut down and resume play in standard non-windowed mode.

Screen display resolution is at 1024x768, if that's what you're talking about.

Yep, that resolution + windowed mode will shorten your sim list and/or move a couple of em over to the "pets" line.  If you go back to fullscreen, it should line all your sims up where they should be.

Really? I play windowed 800x600 and always have 8 in the first column.

Thanks, LB. I'll do that. :D

...and I have it at 1024x768 and can fit 12. Maybe 13, haven't tried. But no sissy windowed-mode.

Hmm.  Lana B abbreviates to LB.  Made me confused when I was scanning through here.  Clearly, this will not do.
/me walks off, pondering.

Oi; I didn't realize that we had no less than three LBs in this thread: Li'l Brudder, Lana B and Lord Banxter. I'll be more specific next time.  :-[

That's Li'lStumpy! XD

Widescreen is a bit annoying with Sims, especially the CAS. The properties window appears in the center of the screen, the CAS scene is centered differently than the windows.