I'm saying that you're an idiot, and that any information you relay regarding your installation is subject to scrutiny.

In your first post you said:


and then in another previous post you wrote:


not to mention your other posts where you ask Google-able BASIC QUESTIONS, and then answer your own fucking questions with more inane posts. You can also take your squee and DIAF.

So YES, I'm saying that you have demonstrated with your contributions to MATY that you are too stupid to be trusted to have installed any Awesomeware correctly.

Next time, read the whole manual. From the Q & A at the bottom:

Auto-Updater doesn't "give" you anything. It checks to see which TS3 Awesomeware you ALREADY HAVE INSTALLED and then updates any of those files, if needed.

I think you need to go RTFM.  In fact, I think there are many manuals you might need to fucking read.

From what appears to be your post in the SnootySims forums:

The next time you want to be "helpful" or slag MATY, just fuck off.  You are officially included in the "squealy BBS bobble-head" category I mentioned.

Squealy BBS bobble-heads will invariably fail to provide the level of shit-flinging your entertainment needs demand.  The overlords don't like their Stepford charges behaving in any manner other than permanent circle-jerk group affirmations and "creator" worship, and take action as required to elicit the desired behaviors.  Can't have anyone being "direct" or "honest" over there, it makes the EA teat-suckers cry.

You must be unaware of this then.  ProfPlumbob souped from the official forums and took down the Mediafire download for Coconut Island three days ago - the only download of version 3.0, by the way.  Once again, members of the "official" community are/were acting like juvenile asshats.

Anyone happen to have a copy of Coconut Island 3.0 from the Dec 31st update?

Just on the off chance... if you're re-installing on a new computer, was it the kind of upgrade where you also transferred everything in your My Documents folder?  If so, did you also transfer your Electronic Arts folder as part of the process?  If they are present, your old game files will interfere with your new installation, since you've backtracked from having expansions installed to just the base game for now.

The mod fixed a few of the problems I was having, much appreciated.

Also, I was able to finally get the "Home Decor" subject completed for the "Home Sweet Home" collection.  I succeeded after looking at the XML file a bit, and when I threw down a floor lamp and a vase next to each other, the game recognized the subject immediately.  Specifically it was the Petite Pagoda lamp and the Dragon's Vase (misc. decor) that worked for me.

How, exactly, is your problem related to AwesomeMod?

First, is Awesomemod even installed when you get the error?

Second, have you checked the LOG?

Third, if you're following the instructions from another forum, why are you HERE asking for help when you should be OVER THERE?

Clear your browser cache and then try downloading the current version.

You wouldn't walk into a Rotary Club meeting and tell them how to run their show would ya?  I didn't think so.  Learn the culture of MATY and comply, or GTFO.

If you direct them to play with the stuffed bear it raises their social, just like talking to plants does for sims with the Green Thumb trait.  Don't know if this can be done if the bear is in the toddler's inventory, but I do know it can be done if the bear is placed on the floor.

Have you tried talking to any of the ghosts and using the "Ask to Leave" or even the "Ask Everyone to Leave" command?

You may have to move the 24/7 ghost to the cemetery.  The mausoleum functions as a container (like a fridge) if you use the "Manage Dead" command on it.  You can the the urn or tombstone and place it in the mausoleum.  You can also just put the tombstone on the cemetery grounds if you want.

Those who can, do.  Those who can't, download.  It's not rocket science.  No one has to learn anything to play the game, and fortunately there are any number of talented (and no-so-talented) people out there sharing their mods with the community.  Besides, it's a hell of a lot easier to mod TS3 than TS2.


Do you by any chance know anything about the Elder Scrolls community?  Especially with the Oblivion game, the modders and mod users face these problems constantly, and have for several years.  Mods always had to be checked for patch compatibility, new mods (by modders with any sense) were designed to not conflict with other major or popular mods as much as possible.  Much like TS3, when it came to overhaul mods, it used to be that THERE COULD BE ONLY ONE!  Now, in the last year, the designers and teams behind the major overhaul mods got together and created a way for all four of the major overhaul mods to work together.  And in that process they took the game experience to a whole new level.  They also managed to incorporate at least a dozen other mods into their Convergence beta.

The Elder Scrolls games have been marked by their success at making modding possible by just about anyone who wants to learn the basics.  TS2 is more difficult to mod than Oblivion, in my opinion.  Now with the release of TS3, I'd have to say that EA just jumped way ahead of Bethsoft in that department.

The problems you use as examples have always been a part of community modding, they've even been a part of the Sims modding community in the past.  When the time and interest are both there, the Sims 3 overhaul modders will likely embrace the challenge of merging their mods in various ways.  Only six weeks have passed since release day.  Modders just need MOAR TIME to familiarize themselves with the game code before we go jumping off bridges.

It looks like all the invitations are "guest + 1", so any sim you invite has a chance to bring a friend.  Maybe the devs were trying to facilitate the meeting of new acquaintances & friends in the game.  Clearly they missed the boat, since friends in Sims 3 are not "needed" as they were in Sims 2.

Remove the .xml extension.  It should download as "aweconf.package", without the extension anyway.

That's pretty much the deal with my voodoo.  I might as well light some incense, wave a stick a my monitor, spill chicken blood on my case and turn around three times before sitting down at my desk.  I'm sure it would work as well as my defrag.

I'm all for a fix for the loading screen crash, but I'll actually trust one after it gets a PSA (Pescado Seal of Approval).  Until then, everything is just L&P.

I went with C:\The Sims 3, as an example of Pescado's comment.

My voodoo: delete all cache files in Documents\Electronics Arts\The Sims 3 folder, empty recycle bin, defrag, start game.  The defrag seems to be the key on my system for some reason, and now the game starts every time.  Other players' mileage may vary.

A pox on EA for not fixing their own shit!

You might want to inquire over at the Mod the Sims community, since that seems to be where many of the new, non-paysite creations are being offered.  MATY is generally more for game fixes (because EAxis always breaks their own shit) and hacks.

http://www.modthesims.info

According to the Prima Guide (take with a big grain of salt) gnomes move when you're not looking at them.  I took the "looking at them" part to mean when the camera is not focused on them.

I was able to place all the homeless households in my 'hood with the instructions provided.  For some reason or another, within one in-game week, half of the families I placed had moved out again during story mode updates done by the game engine.  Do sims like being homeless, or might there be a bug in play, or does the game's decision-making process just suck that much?

It's not a huge deal at the moment.  I think I'll try another route around this issue: moving in homeless sims with which my one fambly has high enough relationship scores, then moving them out again to new abodes in the town.  At the very least I can control the flow of money with the familyfunds command so as to not bork my fambly.

ETA: Using the above solution I went from ~20 homeless families to less than 10, and they're all staying in their houses after two in-game weeks.  This is probably a better way to go to avoid borking.

If your sim has a Flame Fruint in his/her inventory then the "Cozy Fire" moodlet will be in effect, just as if the sim were sitting in front of a fireplace.  Unless your sim is bugged and has no Flame Fruit in his/her inventory?

I just had this happen.  I've never directed this glitching sim to drink anything but her animations are glitching like she has a cup in her hand.  She was sleeping, but the glitch would cause her avatar to look like she was standing (colliding with the bed no less) with a cup in her hand.  She'd go back and forth between lying down and standing, but she was sleeping the whole time according to her motives.  The next morning, while gardening, in between each plant she'd glitch into the cup-holding animation again, which caused everything to take longer since the glitch would last 3-5 in-game seconds.

I tried resetting her, but it didn't help.