Yet again, I get the error message that installing the patch has failed and I need to reinstall. *grump*.   

We're in luck!  Three nannies, accounted for, no more, no less.  Whew.  It's a neat little program, though - after fooling around with it a bit, I see why people rant and rave over it   Thanks for the crash course, Zephyr!

Actually... having downloaded it and after taking a peek at it...  It doesn't look too scary at all.  I found my lot in it; what precisely am I looking for when you say 'nannyspam'?

I've never actually used simPE.  I'm afraid I probably wouldn't even know what I'm looking at.    Really, I leave it to the experts to fiddle with things like that!

Okay, according to the file for the portal fix, nothing's broken 

Dizzy's nanny, however, is wonderful!  I'll just consider it a workaround until I finish with this legacy round.

Thanks for your help, guys!

Are you talking about Christianlov's, or Dizzy's, hon?

By what you've written, I'd almost say Dizzy's, but you never know.  I've never heard of her

Thanks for the tip, Zephyr, I'll take a look into the sitter

Thanks, JM!

How do I replace the portal?

So, the Elvishtoo family is a happy family, now in its sixth generation.  There's five kids, the youngest two still toddlers.  Mommy and Daddy are both Natural Scientists (they rolled LTWs for it - strange but true), so leave at the same time.

Mommy called a nanny two hours before the carpool, and Nanny Heidi showed up!  She played with the kids and the dollhouse some, and when Mommy and Daddy got home and dismissed the Nanny Heidi, Nanny Heidi waved and her van showed up but did not pull into its regular position in the middle of the street.  Instead, it stopped right where it appeared at the beginning of the street.

Nanny Heidi decided to go swimming.

I had to kill Nanny Heidi by locking her in the bathroom, then boolProp away the van.  The next nanny, Nanny Jeni, came, played, and refused to go home.  I sent her to Bluewater in a taxi and deleted her van. 

I appear to be bugged.  Without completely destroying my sixth-generation family, how do I fix the perpetual nanny issue?

Thanks, ahead of time!

So...this is going to sound dumb, but...

What the heck's a GUID?  I see the acronym used all the time in reference to specialty careers, but have never thought to ask.

Hee Thanks!

My game is unpatched for the pure and simple fact that everytime I try to download the bloody thing, it fails.  I don't know what is failing, precisely, but the patch won't download.  So far, my game has not launched into a fiery ball I do get the stuck-on-a-community-lot bug, but really, it's workaroundable by taking a taxi Otherwise, smooth sailing.

*L* I think I worded it wrong, but what I -meant- was that if you use a NoCD software, you won't overuse your CD, thus, it won't explode.  Bleh More coffee! Bring me more coffee!

Echo says this, but it's worth reiteration if you're going to download:  It's a fairly heavy file.  If you download it and use it, it's probably to your best interest not to put a bunch on a lot (say...to sell in a business).  Could cause stuttering and game malfunction.

Same here.  If you bought the software via legal means, you are not violating copyright.  Your friend, however, may be, if she decides to download a CD "crack" or no-CD software, since you bought the CD via legal means and she's only stealing a copy from you

However, I use a No-CD because my laptop weighs 3 pounds and I hate to have to plug in extra CD drives, but I buy each CD when it comes out.  It's not illegal.  And your CD, as JM pointed out, won't explode from overuse

For me, GameJackal was a snap.  Here's how I set up a profile:

1.  Install GJ completely.
2.  Make sure the disk is in your CD reader.
3.  Rightclick on the OFB icon or shortcut.
4.  Choose "Convert to Game Jackal Profile*

Game Jackal will make its own profile for use.

Now, if you're using a virtual CD rom, you'll get the chance to choose which drive you want the profile to be attached to.  Just follow the prompts, and you should be just fine.

Good luck!

Oooh, shiney.  Thank you!

*L* Poor Jessica.  Momless!

Aw, dang.  I knew it was a bad idea    I effectively killed death.  Thanks!

So...  My Sim, Jessica, wants to resurrect her mother, Kate.  The Grim Reaper, apparently, has other ideas.  He says that Jessica doesn't know any dead people. 

Did I break it, or is he saying this because I got rid of the marker?

I actually requested a mod at MTS2 only to have it shot down for this My kids tend to run in cycles, as I hack how long their ages last (I'm impatient!).  Generally, it would be nice to have the two toddlers playing with one another - not playing with the same toy at the same time.

True enough I guess we should consider our blessings, eh?

Hey J.M.!  You always seem to show up in my whiner threads eventually 

I actually found a hack that allows any non-controllable to be controlled, over at the MTS2, by Dolphin.  So far, so good

Hrm.  I'll give that a shot Thanks!

I finally (yes, finally) got my first "Own Five Top Level Businesses" LTW, only to find it's a major PITA not to be able to control the sims that work for you.  I've run a pretty extensive search across MTS2 and MATY and come up with no solution.

Managers are controllable, so there must be some way that it could work, but knowing Maxis...

Is it possible to make employees controllable?

Bleh, crappy.  And no, JM, I'm not playing it like that I just apparently have bad luck with old people.