I, for one, am all for more (non-bizarre)ways for sims to die.
Bring on the mayhem!

I usually make a few townies look like policemen so that I'll see them around. Sometimes a thief or two.
They're the only ones, in my mind, that would walk around in work clothes.

Are you certain?  There are some pretty sneaky sims out there who will make themselves cheesecake while you're not looking.

I recently reinstalled my game, and I restarted with the pleasantville template that has the base sims and townies they know.  I use all DC hacks and ACR, but no other hacks.  My gameplay style is to let my sims run amock and let them deal with the consequences.  However, I've run across something that has irritated me to the point of intervention: all my pregnant sims are having twins.

 I had six babies spawned before I tracked down why I was suddenly hit with the OMGTWINS!!!!11 fairy.  My pregnant sims will NOT stop feeding themselves cheesecake! What the heel?  And what can I do to stop it, short of adjusting ACR (I still want pregnancies), removing skill points, or diligently watching my sims?

On the other hand, John Burb isn't far from his goal of having 10 kids.


p.s. Hey, Grammar Police, is that the proper use of a colon?

I basically use the director's cut.  I'm not currently using the no___respawn hacks, because I just started a new neighbourhood with the blank templates.

True, deer head trophies exist, but usually they're mounted on something.  It's quite odd to see nothing but the head.  I mean, how's it hanging on the wall?

You could try what I do in that situation: take a different route.  I suggest "in one of the manuals".
I solve problems by avoiding them. 

For anyone who cares, I managed to remove the game from my computer.

I threatened it with a hot soldering iron.

Now the fun of reinstalling EVERYTHING. :-P

Earlier this year, after installing Bon Voyage, I started having problems with custom neighbourhoods not working.  Despite the wealth of knowledge on this site, I never did figure out what was wrong.  I'm getting damned sick of using Maxis neighbourhoods, so I decided to suck it up and do a complete reinstall to see if that works.

...However, I can't seem to get the stupid program to uninstall.  Is there some sort of magical chant that I'm not aware of?  Is there a certain order to uninstall?  When I try to use the uninstall program, nothing happens. Same deal if I go through control panel's remove program feature.

Anyone have any suggestions that don't involve a blowtorch?

Isn't that what this: http://www.moreawesomethanyou.com/smf/index.php/topic,9586.0.html is for?

The link doesn't work properly. It looks like you didn't specify which thread you mena, and I'm, of course, too lazy to search that forum for it.

I was going to add that, but I don't yet have a poking stick.

You mean you prefer it when your sims pee blue?
now THAT I find confusing.

Yes, the folder's still stubbornly trying to keep itself read only.  I've tried it a number of times and also tried making the subfolders (manually) unclicked, but to no avail.

Of course, I'd prefer not to have to reinstall the entire friggin' program.  If it turns out I have to do that, I'll just delete it for awhile. I'm due to rotate soon anyway, so it won't be worth the effort if I can't play it for six months.

Perhaps I've made myself unclear: There is no neighbourhood.  These are brand-new custom neighbourhoods that aren't saving.  When I reload the program, there is no evidence of there ever being custom 'hoods.  I can't reload from back-up because I haven't gotten to play them for longer than one session.

I was quite amused today to discover that sims can WooHoo in a hammock.  It's a rather amusing animation.
They can WooHoo in the sauna, too, but the animation isn't nearly as funny.

I didn't know this until one of my slut romance sims rolled up the wants.

You can, but then it's only a vacation home that you can visit instead of staying at the hotel.

-I like the traveler memory things, for some reason.  Perhaps it's because it's a different goal to go after other than spawning hellions and working up the corporate ladder.
-I also LOVE that we can make beach lots.
-I like the new turn ons, but I wish they came with the reverse option so that people can be turned off by lack of skills.-
-My romance sims like the idea of having a lover at every 'port'
-I liked the pirate sea chantey for about five minutes before I wanted my sims to shut up
-I like that my sims can now walk to the next-door lot instead of taking a taxi.

overall, I've no major complaints except that I seem to be too stupid to figure out why my computer won't let me keep a custom neighbourhood.

Well, it was.  Unfortunately, when I tell it to uncheck, it rechecks while I'm not looking.  Much like a teenager. 

ETA:
B: did the chkdsk and came up empty-handed.

I give up for now.  I haven't played a maxis hood in a long time, so since it'll let me save there, guess I'll try doing that for a while.

Is that possible when I specifically created this neighbourhood post-install?

It's happened three times now, whenever I create a custom neighbourhood.

ETA:

Okay, I've located and deleted the neighbourhoodpackagemanagerwhatsit, and created a new neighbourhood. I exited and entered the program, and once again, the neighbourhood's missing.

ETA2:

Deleted the whole Sims2 folder and let it regenerate. (thus giving back the default hoods)
Created a custom neighbourhood.  Switched 'hoods and went to Veronaville.  Moved some houses around.  Went back to the custom hood. Still there.  Went back to Veronaville. Changes still there.
Closed the program and reloaded.
Veronaville changes still there, but once again, the custom 'hood has vanished.

Has anyone else had problems with their entire neighbourhood disappearing?
I installed BV yesterday and played quite a bit of time in a test neighbourhood.  I saved many times, went to many different lots, and generally had a grand old time playing.
But today the entire neighbourhood is gone.

So what'd I do wrong?

Am I suddenly struck blind, or is there no August contest?

Yes, and normally I do that.

But when I started playing a PlantSim, I discovered that the prank fills the Water need almost immediately, plus is good for more than one PlantSim at once, provided they're near each other.
I don't mind the time wasted of them reacting to the sprinkler, but it doesn't make sense to me that they're trying to avoid the water.

Is it possible to make PlantSims not react to the sprinkler prank?  It just doesn't make sense to me for them to run around covering themselves from the water.

Sounds like the arch nemesis of the Junior Anti-Sex League to me.