And why exactly should we be bothered to download your files, since I'm assuming that's what you want? Learn to capitalize properly, use something like Photobucket so we can see the damned things, and get rid of the signature.

Same here. Vacation worlds have always been pretty buggy for me as a whole, even though my (fairly large) main worlds run fine. I've gotten into the habit of avoiding them due to this.

Seems like the one who needs to deal is the n00b who doesn't know their basic grammar skills. MATY places a very high value on correct grammar and spelling. And seriously, what the hell is up with your pathetic reference to "big girl panties"? Is this supposed to be insulting because you referred to Greyform as "sir" and-- ha, ha-- it's so demeaning to call someone else a girl?

That sounds... unnecessarily complicated. How do you determine which name is dropped and which one is kept? What if someone dies and their spouse later remarries? (I have no idea if AM will do that, but I know I do it to my sims all the time.)

Seriously, just do it manually. You don't even have to do it through city hall-- I think the "edit sim" cheat will let you change their first and last names.

When you say everything, what do you mean? Because if you only merged slider hacks together into a single package (which, by the way, is probably not a good idea), but then removed ALL packages from your mods folder, well, obviously the only thing present in your folder is going to be the merged slider hacks .package.

The idea is to merge similar things together-- hair, clothing, objects, etc. Merging hacks together is not a good idea because the likelihood of a patch or EP making it outdated is high, meaning that you would then have to delete everything that was merged along with it.

It looks like two windows set underneath each other-- most likely these by HugeLunatic.

Actually, merging hair files has worked fine for me, and has in fact caused the most noticeable decrease in load time and lag. You just want to test the hair file out to make sure it doesn't cause any problems before merging (Newsea, for example, loves to produce really laggy package files).

Haven't tried it in game yet, but I do tend to prefer worlds that have the lots closer together, so I like what I see so far. Will give more constructive feedback once I actually have time to load the game.

Dear God, STOP with the fucking smileys already. That's, what, the sixth one on this page? We don't need to be constantly updated on your expression.

I could have sworn that somebody else mentioned the patch screwing up vehicles somewhere, but now I can't find it. I haven't noticed it myself, but then again, I haven't been playing much since the newest patch managed to once again fuck over mac users.

Actually, it's not. It's basically just the same set up as Windows wrapped up differently. Right click on the game app > Show package contents > Contents > Resources > Transgaming > C Drive. The rest of the folders are exactly like Windows.

They weren't being literal.

ETA: It's considered bad form to delete your posts, particularly when other people have responded to them.

Huh? You click on it, and it decrapifies. That = decrapify button.

Actually, assuming that this is the same bug that occurred in OS X a few patches back, the baldness problem is basically random and doesn't seem to be triggered by anything. Deleting your caches sometimes helps, but sometimes it doesn't. Occasionally, a complete restart of the computer does the trick. Deleting the caches doesn't guarantee a permanent solution, or even a temporary one. It's total voodoo, and a serious pain in the ass.

Uh, okay. Unless I am missing something, we need MOAR INFORMATION, as you didn't actually tell us what the problem is. AM definitely works on macs. Are you saying it doesn't work at all? Or a specific feature isn't working? When you type in "showconfig," does something pop up?

MATYians aren't generally good with the mind-reading.

Question: does anyone have a direct link for this patch in mac form? My launcher is being exceedingly difficult.

I currently have about 40 GB partitioned for Windows on my macbook. It's mostly for TS2+expansions and not much else. I do remember Windows itself taking up a good chunk of space, but I don't remember how much off the top of my head. By default the partition is read-only, but I've been using NTFS-3G for the last few months without any problems.

Not exactly. Personally, I've been using a sort of estimate method, in which I add one new piece of CC at a time. If the load time is unbearably long or the lag is noticeable, I pitch it. It's a pain in the ass, but activity monitor (the mac quasi-equivalent of process monitor) doesn't monitor .package files.

That being said, some past patches have fucked mac users over, so it's entirely possible it's just the patch and not the CC at all. One of the earlier ones caused huge load up times on my macbook, without any CC present at all.

I think you're on the wrong forum. MATY doesn't do "fluff". Anyway, this is a stuff pack we're talking about. They almost never include new interactions, the only exception being the last TS2 stuff pack.

Definitely needs some zoomed-out pictures, preferably displaying how many lots it has and what sizes they are.

I beg to differ.

.dbc files are basically just big .package files with everything squished together. Combining them into big chunks usually helps, but not always. This would be where the search button and common sense would come in handy. Search, and follow the advice of what other people have already tried.

Well, since Vista is a resource hog you may be doing too many things at once. Try disabling unnecessary processes or programs when you play. Disconnect from the internet, disable your antivirus, see if the lag lessens at all. Also, just for the record, don't rely too heavily on those can-you-run-it tests: they're known to be unreliable.

Just to be clear: did you completely remove everything when you uninstalled the game? I do seem to remember some users having problems with the game not uninstalling completely.

I don't think there's anything there to be unlocked, as they're just part of the building. Hopefully EAxis will eventually do away with the rabbit hole community lot concept, but it's hard to say. I miss my TS2 bars and shops, dammit.