Someone fixed that Bamboo flooring but I cannot remember where I read it and I couldn't find anything from google.  Hopefully someone will remember and be able to post the link.

I think the person who fixed it also gave instructions on how to fix it yourself with Simpe?

Sorry to not be very helpful.

I helped a friend with a userstartup.cheat for Castaway Stories.  We tested all but the 2 Pet commands because she didn't have a Pet, everything worked.

alias 45 "boolProp allow45degreeAngleofRotation true" "Enables 45 degree angle rotation of objects" ""
alias 45- "boolProp allow45degreeangleofrotation false" "Disables 45 degree angle rotation of objects" ""

alias a "aging on" "Turns aging on for everyone on the lot" ""
alias a- "aging off" "Turns aging off for everyone on the lot" ""

alias db "boolProp dormspecifictoolsdisabled false" "Enables all functions of build & buy modes" ""
alias db- "boolProp dormspecifictoolsdisabled true" "Disables all but dorm tools" ""

alias j "bugJarTimeDecay on" "Toggles if bugs in a jar can live forever" ""
alias j- "bugJarTimeDecay off" ""

alias k "kaching" "Adds 1,000 resources to household funds" ""

alias ml "motherlode" "Adds 50,000 resources to household funds" ""

alias p "boolprop controlPets true" ""
alias p- "boolprop controlPets false" ""

alias pa "boolProp petActionCancel true" ""
alias pa- "boolProp petActionCancel false" ""

alias s "boolProp snapObjectsToGrid false" "Lets you move objects off the grid" ""
alias s- "boolProp snapObjectsToGrid true" "Makes objects snap to the grid" ""

Thank you Jaldeer and AmberDicelss,

I did miss the last two items on the list.

The differences between patch 2 and 3 (for anyone else wondering)

Patch 2
Item 84 - Resolved an issue where some players started their game through the launcher or clicked on the game executable, but never saw the game splash screen on monitor.

Patch 3

Item 84 - Updated SecuRom version to resolve an issue where some players started their game through the launcher or clicked on the game executable, but never saw the game splash screen on monitor and fixed emulation problems players were experiencing.

Item 85 - Added a new command line option "-blackfont" to make in-game fonts appear in black.

Item 86 - Updated game code in order for The SimsTM 2 FreeTime to be compatible with The SimsTM 2 Store Edition. For users who have The SimsTM 2 FreeTime Expansion Pack installed, this patch must be installed in order to run The SimsTM 2 Store Edition with The SimsTM 2 FreeTime Expansion Pack. This patch runs automatically if FreeTime is already on your computer and you install The SimsTM 2 Store Edition on top of it.


As I don't give a damn about the Sims 2 Store I am going to stick with patch 2 and try out the new fixed exe posted at GCW.

third patch?

What is the difference between the second and third patch?  (And I am really pissed at having to now download another 80+ meg patch)

Devilsrope, thanks for all the hard work you put into the items you have extracted.  They look and work great.

This is a suggestion for anyone still looking for an alternative to the Castaways campfire cooking.  I found a grill http://www.thesimsresource.com/artists/steffor/downloads/sims2/SetID_563999/ which fits perfectly over the game campfire (with moveobjects on), both work and look great ingame. The grill only has 1 hunger but I edited it Simpe and made the BCONs same value as the 10 hunger barbeque.

An alternative for the streamer trunk is this picnic basket http://www.thesimsresource.com/artists/Cashcraft/downloads/sims2/sets/174986/
It just needs to be updated to Seasons and Freetime which was very easy to do using the instructions in this thread http://www.moreawesomethanyou.com/smf/index.php/topic,11264.0.html

My castaways were shipwrecked so they managed to salvage these objects when they washed up onshore 

I am not sure of the policy here on posting pictures, but I have them of these objects working and will post them if requested and it is ok.

Thanks Witch for the advice.
Here are the pics  campfire  [img=http://img357.imageshack.us/img357/1991/campfireod0.th.jpg] and cooking  [img=http://img502.imageshack.us/img502/4387/cookingvd1.th.jpg]