I loved Wojtek's hairs too. I didn't keep all of them either, only the ones I might use. Here's a megafile link to ones I kept:
 
http://www.mediafire.com/?i54bi624ioeu1g7

Wojtek-hair contains five individual zip files: BG for base game, AMB for ambitions, LN for Late Night, store (which are linked female conversions of a couple male store hair styles), and store-kids (which include some of the same styles already provided, but I chose to get separate female and male kids styles so I can more easily tell which gender the neighbor kid might be).

You could also choose to download just the zip file you want as each was uploaded separately to the same wojtek hair folder.

I don't keep the jpeg files though, so you'll just have to guess which you like or delete the ones you don't like after loading them all.

There's a new patch out.

Sims 3 programs link:
http://www.simprograms.com/the-sims/the-sims-3/the-sims-3-patches/patches-the-sims-3/

MTS wiki link with incremental options by region (though good luck getting that to fully install without the missing file message):
http://www.modthesims.info/wiki.php?title=Game_Help:TS3_Patching:Patch_Download/Current


Here's what the patch reportedly fixes:

Generations Updates

 •Baby Sims will no longer become stuck on a Sim's hand while driving a car.
 •Imaginary Friends who have been made real will now keep their unique outfit when aging up.
 •Bunk Bed drop shadows will no longer shift places when a Sim climbs into one.
 •Sims will now react to another Sim "Showing Off" a skill they learned at an afterschool class or club.
 •The "Catch all Type of Fishes" memory will no long appear before the action has been completed.
 •The screenshot for the "Enjoyed WooHoo in a Tree House" memory will no longer clip with the Tree House.
 •Incorrect placement slots on the Loft Bed that show as valid locations have been removed.
 •The "Temporarily Undead" moodlet will now correctly state what caused it when the Ghost Potion has been thrown at a Sim's feet.
 •Sims will no longer be spammed with Field Trip opportunities.
 •Elder Sims will no longer reset when loading a Save Game that has them in the Harass with Cane interaction.
 •Sims can now learn their Imaginary Friend's traits much easier when they are turned into a live Sim.
 •An issue where Gems and Metals in a Sim's inventory became unusable once Generations was installed has been resolved.
 •The footprint of a Daycare child will no longer be permanently left on the lot when the Active Household is changed.
 •Babies and Toddlers will no longer go into a frozen state when a Social Worker comes to take them while they are being pushed in strollers.
 •The wish to "Ride a Spring Rider" will no longer always appear after the interaction to ride a spring rider has been canceled.
 •Shopping menus will no longer appear while inside of Camera Man Mode.
 •The Imaginary Friend doll can no longer be buried in Sandboxes to prevent the Sim from losing it forever.
 •Sims can now complete a Poltergeist Haunting job (Ambitions) if there is a Bunk or Loft Bed on the lot.
 •Queued interactions while performing the Daycare Career will no longer be automatically canceled after putting a toddler down.
 •Spiral Staircases can no longer be placed in areas that Sims cannot route to.
 •Sims that have been turned into a Ghost will no longer receive an extra diploma.
 •Sims can no longer have a negative amount of Memories in their Scrapbook.
 •After purchasing a Bar (Late Night), Sims will no longer receive the "Bought a Bar" memory when purchasing any other type of property.
 •The Motive Mobile will no longer be unintentionally used when returning from a Community Lot with a toddler, causing it to remain parked in front of the Sims' home.
 •The "Throw a Teen Party" wish will no longer appear while a Teen Party is already planned.
 •Users can now select a Lifetime Wish for Teenagers who have aged up to Young Adults while away at Boarding School.
 •Daycare children will no longer be abandoned on your Sim's lot.
 •Children now have the chance to be Scolded when performing "Dino Smash" on a doll house.
 •Sims can no longer become stuck in Fences while in Camera Man Mode.
 •Elder Sims who are arrested in the Criminal Career while using the Elder Cane will no longer become stuck.
 •Ghost Sims will now remain floating when returning from Boarding School.
 •Strollers will no longer disappear from a Sim's inventory after leaving for a Free Vacation while pushing the stroller.
 •Objects placed in a Sim's inventory after they have accepted a "Free Vacation" opportunity will be restored when the Sim returns from vacation.
 •The wish to "Attend Prom" will no longer appear while a Sim is attending Prom.
 •Issues with the cutout for Spiral Staircase when placed in a basement have been resolved.
 •Sims can now select the "Leave Me Alone" interaction on Imaginary Friends while playing in Bridgeport (Late Night).
 •The "Give Gift" interaction on a computer will no longer be banned for Sims who have had their computer privileges revoked.
 •Sims who are under the influence of the Ghost Potion will now be able to use Subways (Late Night).
 •Potions that a Sim has already learned how to create will now be available on Chemistry Tables when placed in Vacation Worlds.
 •Sims using a stroller can no longer become stuck if a user alters the terrain in Build/Buy Mode while the Sim and stroller are routing.
 •Sims can now interact with objects inside a Bar (Late Night) after the venue has closed during a Bachelor/ette Party.
 •A Sim's route path will no longer become broken when moving a Spiral Staircase while a Sim is in motion.
 •Butlers (Late Night) will no longer become stuck in the sidewalk after canceling the Learn to Drive interaction with him.
 •Players will no longer be spammed by the "Go for a stroll using the Stroller" wish.
 •The Imaginary Friend can no longer lose their unique outfit when the game is saved and loaded while the Imaginary Friend is being turned real.
 •Unplayable states where Adults die when children are away at Boarding School have been resolved.
 •The Guest List will no longer become blocked after adding kids and children and then changing the party type to Bachelor/ette Party.
 •The "Plan Outfit" interaction will no longer break the functionality of the Costume Chest.
 •Sims who die while under the influence of the Ghost Potion will now properly appear as a Ghost after dying.
 •The household size limit can no longer be exceeded by using Clone Vouchers.
 •Hopscotch Courts will no longer lose functionality when a Sim who has motive stress plays hopscotch with another Sim.
 •Videos created with the Video Camera on vacation worlds can now be replayed when returning to the home world.
 •The Scold interaction will now only be performed once when having two adults in the same room where a Child Sim is setting a booby trap.
 •Bar speakers will now be turned off when Party Dancers begin dancing at a Bar (Late Night) during a Bachelor/ette Party.
 •The Graduate interaction on City Hall will now be available when loading a game that was saved on the day a Sim was supposed to graduate.
 •The "Make Radical Reparum Potion" wish will no longer reappear right after fulfilling it.
 •Sims who are on fire will no longer be forced to attend graduation before they can put themselves out.
 •Sims enrolled in the Daycare profession will now autonomously take better care of children while at work.
 •An issue that causes a Sim's plumbob to be temporarily displayed at the exit of a Tree House has been remedied.
 •A scroll bar will now appear when text in the Capture This Moment window exceeds the size of the window.
 •The Imaginary Friend outfit for the Child aged Imaginary Friend will now work correctly with Create a Style.
 •Sims who are in Boarding School when Generations is uninstalled will no longer be removed from the household when loading the saved game.
 •Sims will now route properly to the location when selecting the "Visit lot with Date" interaction.
 •An issue where Elevators (Late Night) become unusable when an Imaginary Friend turns to doll form inside of them has been resolved.
 •Children will no longer play a broken animation when rejecting an opportunity over the phone.
 •Children and Teens can no longer die from motive failure while on a Time Out.
 •An issue where NPC Sims using a Tree House would prevent player controlled Sims from using it has been fixed.
 •The Repoman can no longer repossess Spiral Staircases.
 •Castle Bunk and Loft beds now match the preset thumbnail images in Buy Mode.
 •Sims who are enrolled in Boarding School just before an Adult Sim accepts a Free Vacation opportunity will no longer be removed from the game.
 •The Imaginary Friend will no longer be removed from the game after using the ResetSim cheat on it.
 •The Erase Tool will now appear correctly when entering the Terrain Paints section of Build Mode and filtering it to an EP or SP with no terrain content.
 •The Brush Shape in Build Mode will no longer freeze after having filtered to an EP or SP with no content in the current tab.
 •The Launcher Help Files will now display properly when Firefox or Chrome is set as the default browser.
 •Mac Only: Toilets will no longer overflow when switching between floors of a house after the toilet has been booby trapped.
 •Mac Only: Fixes a crash issue that occurs when opening the Options Menu after playing the game for a while.
 •Mac Only: Fixes a crash issue that occurs when opening the Scrapbook after playing the game for a while.
 •Mac Only: Fixes a crash issue that occurs when clicking the "Share Memories" button after playing the game for a while.
 •Fixes an issue where Sims would be unintentionally removed from Boarding School when the Prom of another Sim began.
 •Fixes an issue where the game crashes after deleting a Fish Tank which has been placed on a foundation.
 •Fixes a crash issue that occurs when a Sim practices making drinks with an Imaginary Friend.
 •Fixes an issue where the "Return to Owner" interaction would not work properly when trying to return a stolen item through the mailbox.
 •Fixes an issue where a Sim resets when attempting to play Hopscotch with an Imaginary Friend Doll.
 •Fixes a crash issue that occurs when Platforms are placed on a lot after filtering Build Mode content to any EP or SP.
 •Various fixes to Daycare and the Imaginary Friend involving the Edit Town mode.
 •Various fixes to Children Sims not showing up correctly or staying too long at Daycare.
 •Additional bug fixes and polish to existing features
 
Late Night Updates

 •Vampire's fangs have been restored.
 •Objects with interactions will now work properly when placed on Sectional Seating tables.
 •Corner Sectional Seats on lots in the Edit Town bin will now work properly when placed in a world.
 •Children Sims will now correctly participate when "Ask to Join: Go for a Joy Ride" is selected on Sectional Seating.
 •Fixes an issue where glass objects flicker when Advanced Rendering is turned on.
 
Ambitions Updates

 •Laundromat Venues can now be purchased through the Real Estate menu.
 
World Adventures Updates

 •Sand Piles and Tomb décor will no longer be visible in an unexplored tomb.
 •An issue that broke functionality for Nectar Bottles and Nectar Racks has been resolved.
 •Photos taken with cameras from World Adventures will now be properly saved to the inventory.
 •Objects placed in a Sim's Family Inventory will no longer disappear when returning from a Vacation world.
 
Base Game Updates

 •Fences that were designed to be transparent will no longer be opaque when Advanced Rendering is turned off.
 •The Downloads Dashboard will no longer ask you to log in after already being logged in.
 •Children will no longer float when sitting on certain fountain sculptures.
 •Bookshelves in Library venues will correctly stock books when the venue is placed from the Edit Town bin.
 •Additional bug fixes and polish to existing features

Thanks for the response. It happened to him again and I left him at work until after midnight this time. (His shift starts at 3 p.m. He's in the cooking career.) Unfortunately, his meter didn't move and he didn't get paid at all. (I thought I might trigger a new boss or a co-worker, but neither of those happen when the game doesn't recognize a work shift.)

I'll go back to an old save and make sure I send him home earlier.

Added: No luck. He didn't get paid if I had him leave right on time or a little late or really late. I finally used familyfunds to give him the money he should have earned during his shift.

I'm playing the Crosby's of Riverview. He was just shy a promotion at the end of his shift, so I called up the boss and invited her out. He asked for,and received, a promotion and a raise. As a result of the promotion, he then had the next two days off work. Yet, the next day, his work timer counts down to his previously scheduled work. (The letter "W" for Wednesday is greyed out, but the time until work reflects the time remaining as if it's a work day.) If he doesn't go to work, the work meter drops into the red and he gets the red "missing work" notice even though no notice of work or carpool appeared. If he goes to work, the social and fun mood meters reflect appropriate actions going up if he chats with co-workers or relaxes. However, the work meter doesn't raise at all during a complete shift and if he works on cooking, his almost maxed cooking point doesn't complete. He does get paid for the shift.

I don't have any work mods. I have twallan's overwatch and master controller in addition to AM. I have all EPs and one SP: HELS.

I do have a saved file with him at the library studying cooking about 30 minutes prior to his work shift.

more: I have to click him off at the end of work or just puts in overtime. The timer did reset to normal after his shift though.

LAA is fixed, but I still need to put the game and every EP/SP on the DEP list. You'd think it wouldn't matter if you added just a stuff pack, but I get random crash to desktop otherwise.

OP already has three strikes:

Failure to
1. search
2. capitalize
3. punctuate

I got that mod as well and removed it when I patched. I thought that the patch would fix the issue, but couldn't find the community mailbox when building new apartments (though the pre-patch apartments I had built still retained the mailboxes I had placed in them even without the mod loaded). So, I put HugeLunatic's mod back in my packages folder and find the community mailbox in the buydebug "?" section. Maybe you just overlooked it? Otherwise, just clear caches and try again because sometimes voodoo and EA are just unpredictable.

I bulldozed the lot and still had the glowing orbs there (floating in space at third floor level), so I went to the main menu and loaded the earlier save of the game and then placed the library version on the lot. The library version didn't have the glow bug, so I didn't have to restart the game. Yeah, I don't expect much.

I think stupid would be another great trait of the racist.

I am rebuilding all the skyscrapers in Bridgeport as high-rises. I placed a copy of an earlier build of the green glass apartment (where Rake lives) on the lot where the Hemlocks live. I wanted to adjust the placement of the building by just one tile (because I am very picky). When I tried to slide the kitchen wall in one tile, I got a message about not being able to do that because of the cabinets. So, I manually moved the cabinets and cupboards around so I could slide the wall in. I didn't notice anything strange at the time because I was focusing on walls, windows, and wallpaper. After finishing the placement adjustment, I saved the building to my library and saved the game. Then I went back to change the active apartment so it would be ready for the Hemlocks to move back in. This is what I found:


When I move or delete the cabinets, it looks like this:


What happened there?

I read that there must be a public area marker in the elevator. Maybe the elevator is missing that?

FYI, rbbb on/off works great on my Vista system.

Do you have Twallan's Master Controller? If so, did you try the "stylist" option on the Sim menu?

Here's my saved game with reproducible results:

http://www.mediafire.com/file/koaclandox7qdxr/SV%20AdamThomas.sims3.zip

I have the EPs, but no SPs. The freeze will occur at 2:43. The clock, sims, and any screen directions/movement will freeze. Plumbobs will turn and woohoo confetti will fall. The family is in Sunset [played less than two Sims weeks (or three if you count the six days in France)] and resides in the normally empty lot next to the Altos.

I use large address aware, cff_explorer, and fpslimiter and have a quad-core Vista system with 8 gigs of RAM.

I do have some mods, such as Twallan's master controller, overwatch, and debug enabler; Rainbow Brite's skill challenges XML tweaks; things like nointro, gymbufffixed, and ghost/simbot reaction remover; and, of course, AwesomeMod. I do really limit the things I add to my game (though my package folder does contain over 300 files).

I didn't try any fixes yet (other than clearing the four main caches) as I wanted only to provide a reproducible error for others to look it.

Also: It happens to be a Sunday (for the person who stated that this normally occurs on a weekend) and I had to alt-tab and end task through the task manager. Resetworld did not stop the 2:43 freeze when I tried it on a "saved as" file. The freeze happens right after the pop notice about the boy earning simoleans for the latest chapter of the book he's writing.

Edit: I put in Twallan's new master controller and overwatch mods (which replace his old supercomputer) and double checked that the other TSC mods were the latest updates. After deleting caches and loading up an old save, I used Twallan's master controller to send the original Sim, who had read/reread her work book, "back to work." (She had an immediate promotion at work and was sent home early, losing job performance. Then the next day, she still couldn't go to work as it hadn't been 24 hours yet.) Another Sim in that household still had a book to read for work in her inventory. I queued use the toilet next and she did NOT reread the book. So, either it was just a weird glitch when it happened before, the other Sim was corrupted, using Twallan's master controller somehow fixed the problem, or a later version of AwesomeMod corrected it. I might still have an older save where I could double check the original Sim before she finished reading; but, as it appears to be back to normal, it doesn't seem worth the effort.

I had an adult reading a book for work and had actions queued for when the book was done, but the adult was rereading the work book instead of moving on to other tasks. I have always had to cancel the reading of skills books unless they actually finished reading the whole book. However, in the past, I haven't had to cancel the action on medical journals and the other books they get at work to improve their job performance. They would reread the book if I didn't have another action queued for when they finished. Yet, if they had an action queued that seems to spur them to put the book back in inventory when they finished the first read. Might some change to inventory workings have affected this?

Those cache sizes change whenever playing though, depending on where the Sims went and what objects and Sims were loaded since the last play. The world file that is located in the program files under Sims3/gameData/shared/non-packaged folder is the one stays consistent (I think). It shows 76,424 for Riverview and 78,403 for Sunset on my computer.

The latest on the rabbit hole rugs from Jynx:

"There are problem with the last patch which hs messed up many objects, this includes changes to the rugs that may cause problems
for some people. I'm looking at alternatives."

Is the refrigerator bug back? I always buy the second most expensive fridge because I like its looks better than the most expensive one. The Sims had a party and three guests brought food. I (not the Sims) put the food in the fridge right away by grabbing and dragging it to the fridge. The pizza guy just put the pizza on the ground and stood around listening to the guitar playing until all the guests had left. I directed one of the Sims to put the unopened pizza box in the fridge. Later, the pizza guy actually asked for the money for the pizza. The next morning, one Sim got a slice of pizza and started to eat it. Then it went bad. All the leftovers from the party that had been in the fridge went bad. Is this a result of the latest AM coding or that old EA fridge bug back again? (I normally place my legacy family with the chef reward fridge and replicators, and I thought that fridge bug was fixed a long time ago.)

I must add that I did temporary place the fridge in inventory as I was adding onto and rebuilding their house after the birthday party ended. (I needed to add another bedroom for the birthday boy and decided it was time to add a kitchen, living room, and second bath as well.) I checked that the food was still good when I took the fridge out of inventory and put it in the new kitchen. Yet, it didn't stay that way beyond its normal shelf life (as if it had been left out of the fridge). So, placing a fridge in inventory appears to be the culprit, but I just thought I'd ask.

Here's something I find strange. Look at the value of the furnishings with the bookcase in family inventory:


Now note the value when the bookcase comes out of the inventory:


Notice if I remove all the books, that the value of the furnishings now includes the cost of the bookcase. The total furnishings cost is slightly more than that shown in the first picture for the same items.


That's some weird bookkeeping!

(This is with AM date stamp 6:46 a.m. on the 20th.)

I don't have Ambitions (or WA or HELS either, for that matter), but the latest patch broke the career histories. This has been mentioned on the EA site for the last week, so EA should be aware of it. Whether they will fix it in a patch is another matter.

As I play with AM installed, I can't personally test your theory. I can say that others on the EA forum claimed they played with a straight EA game. So, it looks as if EA broke it all on their own.

On that same note, my jack of all trades not only lost her career history; but after making it to level 5 in yet another job, her lifetime want icon does not reflect 1 of 4 completed even though this latest job is now registering in her career history.

I put the 6/11 AM in my 1.12.7 game and loaded an old save. The career history is missing for the Jack of All trades who was currently on her third full-time job. No numbers are reflected on the LTW icon and the history icon in the career tab is greyed out.

Also, one opportunity to lecture at the school, stated to expire on the following Thursday, had a pop-up stating it was harsh to disappoint the kids and it disappeared from the Sim's opportunity tab directly after loading the saved game. It was Friday afternoon in game, so the Sim should have had almost a week yet to accomplish it.

First, try redownloading and make sure the new version overwrites the old. Also, check that your config file is current if you don't use the defaults.

Well, I don't have WA, but I did have problems saving after one girl aged up. (It was a huge house full of Sims and ghosts that I am still playing.) I decided it was the cc hair that I put her in after she turned to a child. When I quit trying to give her the cute hair and just chose an EA style, I could save. (I also emptied quite a bit of stuff that I was hording in their backpacks, and I was finally able to delete multiple copies of a corrupt guitar.) So, if your game is set to allow more than 2 gigs of RAM, there might have been an issue with some clothes or hair involved in the age transition.

I usually don't leave the game running in the background (as I notice the Sims minimized window). I try to just play for a few hours at a time, and I delete the caches before starting a new game too. We really have to put way too much effort into playing this game, don't we?

Those pesky error 12s quit for me with CFF_Explorer allowing more than 2 gigs of RAM for game play. I think I had to reset it after one of the patches (but it might have been that I restored my computer to an earlier date to undo some other update). Could lack of available RAM be an issue for you?