You might want to try checking out your hard drive. I had a problem getting the game to load and then it would freezes on and off through out game play.  I reinstalled windows and reinstalled the game but the problem continued. It eventually made the game totally unplayable like what you are experiencing.

I used Crystal Info which provides information about your hard drive. The program said my drive was good. I followed up by using Crystal Mark which benchmarks your hard drive. Turns out the reading speed of my drive was the problem. New drive and my game plays fine again.

Yes , absolutely it worked like a charm and the game is up and running again. Thanks.

Ambitions 4.2.32 patch download help urgently needed for MAC

My boyfriend updated his game to the current patches except for Ambitions which remains at 4.0.87.006001 and the game refuses to load.

My wireless phone refuses to get a signal in the basement, so I have been unable to obtain an ambitions sku1_update manifest.xml using the launcher.

I have spent the weekend searching (Google, Sim Programs, MATY, MTS Mac Forum, SimWiki, and EA) and then tried to create a working manual link. All these links failed.

http://llnet.thesims.cdn.ea.com/sims/u/f/sims3/mac/SIM3-Update-3980-4.2.32.007001.tgz
http://llnet.thesims.cdn.ea.com/sims/u/f/sims3/mac/SIM3-Update-003980-4.2.32.007001.tgz 
http://llnet.thesims.cdn.ea.com/sims/u/f/sims3/mac/To-3980-4.2.32.007001.tgz
http://llnet.thesims.cdn.ea.com/sims/u/f/sims3/mac/To-3980-4.2.32.007001-From-3828-4.0.87.00.006001.tgz
http://llnet.thesims.cdn.ea.com/sims/u/f/sims3/mac/To-3980-4.2.32.007001-From-3828-4.0.87.00.006001.tgz.md5

Does anyone have a working manual link? Thanking anyone in advance who can help with this matter. Before anyone asks, I have a PC.

Thanks for putting me out of my misery. Glad someone was able to get the CD: especially for free. Like to preview before buying; to many disappointments. I really expected more from PC Gamer. This stuff must be really old, tried six clothing items and ended up with my hood underwater. Have not had time to investigate which file or files caused this. I removed everything.

Wednesday or Thursday managers day off, will be taking in my MAC into the store to see if we can find out what is on the CD.

I assume this was done on a PC, but just wanted everyone to know if you have a MAC, these instructions will work. Just did a couple of files as a test and everything worked. Thank you, this way is so much easier and faster then what I was doing before.

Okay after getting chatty with the store clerk, when no other employee was around, here is what you get on the CD.

Clothing 3.5 MB
Household 4.3 MB
Lots 59.7 MB
Objects 107.9 MB
Sim 19.3 MB
Sims Part 2 17.6

There is a grand total of 202.3 MB content and it is in .rar format.   In addition to the content, you receive  two pictures and one movie featuring the Sim Ambitions new jobs. The manager came in before we could unrar the object file to take a quick peek inside.  Major bummer so close, but yet so far away.

July 2010 Issue 202 PC Gamer Magazine CD, offers The Sims3 Home Improvements Pack. An exclusive for PC Gamer magazine, offering the best player created loot. Did not pay the ten spot to find out what is on the CD. Maybe someone else might be interested.

I will add this to the list but it will be for both residential and community lots if I get it working correctly.


I will add this to the list, I assume you do not mean parents hugging their children when they come home from work.


Edit by moderator: double posting fixed.  You can use the "Insert Quote" line when creating or modifying your post to add as many quotes as you need.

Thanks, I will retest and use the old base game cribs instead of the new cribs and see what happens.

Here is an update to Monique's Mods for Apartment Life. I have tested 80 out of 87 of her mods and listed below are my findings.


Monique Mods Updated for Apartment Life
MQ_Stop_N_Go_ Work  (available without the school function for Apartment Life) http://www.moreawesomethanyou.com/smf/index.php/topic,13295.0.html

Monique Mods No Update required for Apartment Life
MQ_Browse_N_Buy_Faster100.package (all versions of this mod is working and no update needed)

Monique Mods Needing Updating for Apartment Life
MQ_Animal_Incest_Mod
MQ_Auto_Order_Fridge
MQ_Bookcase_Global
MQ_Find_Own_Place_Mod
MQ_Fridge_ViewMenu_Check_Food_Global_v3.0
MQ_No_Autonomous_Play_Music_Max_Creativity
MQ_No_Autonomous_Play_Swings_Fun_50 
MQ_Serve_Count_Hack_Hunger
MQ_Visitors_Stays_Longer
MQ_View_Pet_Hygiene_By_Percentage
MQ_Work_Bring_Friend

If you are asking about children dancing on adults toes? I currently use in my game this mod from a inactive modder named Monique. It reduces the autonomous action but does not completely do away with the action. This mod is listed on the Project Monique list as a tested and working mod for Apartment Life.

Or are you looking for a mod to completely kill the action all together? If so, I could try making one.

Monique
MQ_No_Autonomous_Dance_On_Toes_Fun_50 - if Fun (Motives) is greater than 50%
http://www.modthesims2.com/showthread.php?t=127110


The juggling of cups do you want a reduced autonomous mod that does not completely do away with the action? Or are you do you want a no autonomous mod to kill the action completely.

The reduced autonomous mod, I could try making one. If you want the no autonomous mod. Here is one of Monique mods. This mod according to Project Monique list has not been tested with Apartment Life.


MQ_No_Autonomous_Play_Juggle_Cups
http://www.modthesims2.com/showthread.php?t=127110

Here is the Play Catch mod I currently use in my game from an inactive Modder named Monique. It does close to the same thing as my mods. It is listed on the Project Monique list as a tested and working mod for Apartment Life.

Monique
MQ_No_Autonomous_Play_Catch_Fun_50_SEASONS - if Fun (Motives) is greater than 50%
http://www.modthesims2.com/showthread.php?t=127110

Here are two more released reduced autonomous mods for Apartment Life. These mods have been tested in my game without any problems. It is strongly suggested you run the SimWardrobe's HCDU program to find any mod conflicts with your existing mods before putting any of my mods in your game.

ReducedAutonomous_Birdwatch_50_AL- Allows autonomous Bird Watching if your sim's motive in fun is less than 50 percent.
ReducedAutonomous_PillowFights_50_AL- Allows autonomous pillow fights if your sim's motive in fun is less than 50 percent.

MQ_Stop_N-Goto_Work_AL
This mod MQ Stop N Goto Work School was originally created by Monique and updated through Bon Voyage (BV). This is Monique's work and all credit goes to her. The original mod and information pertaining to the mod can be found here at http://www.insiminator.net/ and search under creator Monique.

This mod has the school function removed and renamed to MQ_Stop_N_Goto_Work. When the carpool arrives, your sim will be stopped from what they are doing. They will receive a 50% increase in hunger and energy and then will run to the waiting carpool. You can cancel out the interaction if you do not want your sim to go to work.

Known issue reported. If you cancel out the interaction your sim may run to do things instead of walk.

MQ_Stop_N_Goto_Work_Alt_AL
This mod is a modified version of MQ_Stop_N_Goto_Work. When the carpool arrives, your sim will be stopped from what they are doing. They will receive a 12.5 % increase in hunger, bladder, and energy and then will walk to the waiting carpool. You can cancel out the interaction if you do not want your sim to go to work without any known issues.

I have worked on Monique's original mod MQ Stop N Goto Work School  with the school function enabled. The coding is different then the work function with an added apartment function. This is where I believe the problem is for getting this mod updated. After reading about the school bus has a problem in Apartment Life and not addressed with the patch, this maybe the reason I am not awesome enough to fix it. If we get a patch to address the school bus I will give it another go. It seems a shame not to have the complete mod.

MQ_Clothes_ChangeOutfit_No_Spin_AL
This mod MQ Clothes Change Outfit No Spin was originally created by Monique and updated through Bon Voyage (BV). This is Monique's work and all credit goes to her. The original mod and information pertaining to the mod can be found here at http://www.modthesims2.com/ and search under creator Monique.

This mod instead of your sims spinning to change clothes they transition into them instead. This mod stops the needless door pile ups with sims stopping to spin into outerwear when going in and out. Now they walk through the door and transition into outerwear without stopping. No more complaining at the pool when sims are blocking the way because someone has stopped to spin into a swimsuit. Great time saver for carpool and school bus, with sims quickly changing into their everyday or uniform clothes. 

Known issue reported. If you are using mods that change the appearance of NPC witches or warlocks it is strongly suggested you test the mod for compatibility with your game. If a conflict occurs your NPC witch or warlock will no longer show up on community lots. To fix the problem remove this mod from your game.

Reduced autonomous mp3 player is currently in testing and to be released in the next reduced autonomous series of mods.

Okay here is the deal, sometimes you want your sims to do things just not every chance they get. Still you do not want to stop all autonomous actions. Then what will your sims do? The reduced autonomous series was made to allow these activities with one little catch. Your Sims motive in fun must be less than 50 percent for your sim to engage in the activity. All these mods are for Apartment Life.


ReducedAutonomous_Handheld - Allows hand held game use if your sim's motive in fun is less than 50 percent.
ReducedAutonomous_KickyBag - Allows kicky bag play if your sim's motive in fun is less than 50 percent.
ReducedAutonomous_TossFootBall - Allows tossing the football if your sim's motive in fun is less than 50 percent.
ReducedAutonomous_JumpRope - Allows jumping rope if your sim's motive in fun is less than 50 percent.

It might be possible to do with Monique's MQ_ServeCount_Hunger mod. This version MQ_ServeCount when you make it so the serving sim does not take a plate. If you have OFB your sims will not be able to serve their customers. I have not found a work around to this problem.

I am looking into updating or making a modified version of Monique's Stop_N_Goto_Work_School mod. I have not used this mod before, so I am not sure if I will be able to get the mod exactly bang on to Monique's original mod.

Currently I am beta testing solo right now Stop_N-Goto_Work without the school part of the mod since the Apartment function is were the problem is.

Serve Count does not change the actual number of servings. The plates still serve six. This mod modifies the actual serving action.

The following four mods stop sims from doing the following behaviors and were made for use with Apartment Life. You can still manually tell your sims to engage in these actions, they just will not do it autonomously by themselves.

No Autonomous Belch At stops sims from autonomously belching at other sims.

No Autonomous Gross Out stop sims from autonomously grossing out other sims.

No Autonomous Dirty Jokes stops sims from autonomously telling dirty jokes to other sims.

No Autonomous WaterBalloon Fight stops sims from autonomously starting water balloon fights.

This mod MQ ServeCount was originally created by Monique and updated through Bon Voyage (BV). This is Monique's work and all credit goes to her. The original mod and information pertaining to the mod can be found here at http://www.modthesims2.com/ under the creator Monique.

MQ_ServeCount_XZ7_Apartment Life edition is an updated version of Monique original mod. The Sim making a meal will serve the platter on a counter and take one serving. Your other sims can get their own serving themselves. This mod stops your sim from serving the platter, taking the platter and serving all over the house to tables and desks and then leaving the platter of food on the floor when they are done.

The following Monique mods from MTS may require an update.

MQ_Browse_N_Buy_Faster100.package: may require possible updates:
    B 0x7F4A60B2 0x1006 Interaction - Browse (No update needed and other versions of this mod should work also.)
MQ_No_Autonomous_Play_Swings_Fun_50.package: may require possible updates:
    B 0x7FF7529C 0x1004 Interaction - Swing
MQ_Serve_Count_Hack.package: may require possible updates:
    B 0x7F8834C8 0x202B Get in Temp 0 - Serve Count

The following Monique mod found here in MATY in peasantry updated for FT will probably require an update based on every expansion pack an update was required.

MQ_Teleport.package: may require possible updates: (Update required for witch functions)
    P 0x7F1F956A 0x0080 name unsupported
    p 0x7F1F956A 0x0080 name unsupported

I do not have AL yet to test these four mods, most interested in feedback on MQ_Teleport.  I am considering updating it for AL.

Update:
MQ_Teleport is updated for Apartment Life and available in Peasantry.
MQ_Serve_Count is updated for Apartment Life and available in Peasantry.

CSI for the Sims 2 http://www.geocities.com/papillonwells/Gaming/pwggame2b3c.html, and you can have total control of you sims eating habits with their No Autonomous Refrigerators. Nanny's and Servo's will autonomously use this fridge. Parents will also get bottles for toddlers if the toddler asks. Sims will not prepare food so they can starve to death unless you dictate you want them to use the refrigerator.