I've seen people complain about this, but I've never experienced in my game.  Non-actives are constantly doing stuff in my game - reading, playing chess, jogging, etc.  Maybe there's some bug that causes a pileup and AI commands don't get pushed, causing the issue above, but it's not "the way things are" in my experience.

I don't think it protects the Sims from other Story Progression events, it just keeps them from being run out of town. 

I also agree with low end furniture for starter homes.  Part of the fun for me is slowly upgrading stuff to more expensive, more attractive things as my Sims earn money.  When they've worked their asses off enough, I grant them little remodeling projects, much like those in real life, where I'll redo their bathroom or kit out their kitchen.    Otherwise, what's there to do with all that money?

Sleeping at work is an inefficient way to fill the sleep bar, in my experience.  Apparently those doctors' lounge couches are lumpy.  It doesn't appear to make a difference if you show up early - it seems that both the energy gain and performance gain only begin once actual working hours are reached.

The speech bubbles do vary depending on the topic - favorites are typically shown in "get to know" interactions, discussions about cooking show recipe cards and mixing bowls, etc.  

TS2 did a much better job of giving conversations the illusion of personality and depth.  If they were talking about tennis, they'd show off their serve; if they were discussing their alien abductions, they'd rub their rumps.  My favorite was the dirty joke animation where a Sim would illustrate a female body with his hands.  In 3, the animations have very little variety to them, and except for a few rare examples, seem to just cycle randomly for each interaction type, regardless of the specific social being used.

Simlish also seems extremely limited this time around.  In TS2, even after years of playing, it never sounded really repetitive.  In TS3, though, I hear things like "How da hail?" all the freakin time.  That's probably why conversations are so much shorter in this version; there doesn't seem to be enough unique dialogue to have more than a 2 minute conversation without repeating the same phrases over and over.

I think the fantasy creatures are some sort of in-joke referring to the "no supernatural creatures" stance that Rod Humble has.  There are often protests in front of town hall where people protest Yeti (as well as what appears to be Mr. Humble's computer from TS2).   Apparently your Sim is pro-supe.

(I miss the conversations in TS2 that you could actually almost follow, complete with relevant animations.  I keep trying to analyze the conversations in TS3 and completely fail.)

I always thought it would have been a nice touch if my Sims could congratulate others on their weddings, new babies, etc., so I was pleased to see the wish roll up today.  However, for the life of me, I cannot get that option to come up, even after a long string of successful friendly socials.  Has anyone had any luck in congratulating a Sim? 

You said that asking a question invites wrath.  I said that asking a question with the intention of learning (rather than trying to prove that you know something) does NOT invite wrath. 

"Is that a misplaced modifier?" suggests littleblackdog doesn't know the answer and wants to learn.  "Isn't that a misplaced modifier?" suggests littleblackdog believes he knows the answer and is looking for affirmation.  The first type of question seems generally well-received in these parts.  The second type may result in wrath and ridicule if the asker is not correct after all.

This one gets my vote.  It's clear, concise and to the point. 

It's definitely on.  I can reach the edges no problem - the cursor just slides out of the window. I always assumed this had something to do with not trapping the cursor within the window, for all those people who wouldn't be able to figure out they could just Alt-Tab out.

The only thing I really hate about windowed mode is the inability to use scrolling edges.  Like Simius, I just drop down to the next widescreen resolution (since I have a widescreen monitor), which pretty much makes the graphics look identical to full screen.  I also haven't noticed any significant performance hits; the benefit of not getting that monster hit when alt-tabbing certainly compensates for any minor hits I take.

Considering the number of spelling errors I've seen - restaurent being one that springs to mind - this seems the most likely.

Indeed.  "Funny you may think it" parses to me as "Funny, you might think so but..." more than the apparently intended "You might think it's funny, but..."  I'm not saying that was the source of Rohina's confusion, but it certainly caused some for me.

Ranks are not divided - there is only one correct answer.  Possessive form of it = its.  Nothing else.  

ETA: "It's" is a contraction, not a conjunction.

Nicely done, Nepheris, she looks rather attractive.

I'd love to know the RGB codes for that lipstick, by the way.  I have been trying to get a nice pink going but have so far failed miserably.  The color there is almost exactly what I've been shooting for.

Only one suffices - using the ISM settings in-game.  Nothing you set in AwesomeMod will affect ISM's notifications (or any other aspect of ISM's configuration).  So, doing both would not be redundant, and doing the wrong one(setting it in aweconfig) would not suffice.

Correct.  The Altos wasted no time in abandoning their manor once I had ISM in.  Twas a valuable lesson.

I had a problem with ISM not running story events, even after I turned it up to "silly fast".  A restart fixed it.  Don't know why, but it was suggested on the MTS forums so I tried it and it worked.

I honestly couldn't say at this point - I haven't played an unmodded game since a few days after AwesomeMod was released.

I have no doubt that there are population limits, my doubt is only that the reason Sims get deleted (emigrated) is in an effort to balance that population.  As I said, in the base game, I'd get move out AND move in reports in the same newspaper - if population was the reason for the move OUT, then there should certainly not be a simultaneous move IN.  And I was getting move outs within a few days of starting a new game, long before any population concerns could be kicking in.  

Overpopulation is a bullshit answer. If that were the case, why were so many random move-outs immediately followed by random move-ins? 

You can have multiple romantic interests, but only one boyfriend/girlfriend at a time.

One way to shake the sock/tard label would be to show an actual interest elsewhere in the forum, rather than sticking to the spot where you're getting all this "unwanted" attention.

And I can't speak for anyone else, but I would react this way to any stupid generalizations, not just those against Americans.

Even with that yardstick in play, even the worst Americans are no worse than the worst citizens of any other countries, so everyone should still end up on fairly equal footing.  It's the people who compare the worst of one country with the best of another and (unsurprisingly) come away with unfavorable conclusions that I would like to see DIAF, is my point.  


What I think many South Africans forget is that from some perspectives, South Africa *does* have wildlife roaming in the streets.  There's the aforementioned bush babies in my yard, the baboon that your brother in law saw, or the one that I saw a few months ago.  There are sections of road nearby where meerkats will gleefully run in front of your car to see how hard they can make you swerve.  When I lived in Cape Town, I'd take a morning walk to see the seals playing in the surf, or stand amongst the penguins just to feel tall for a while.  To most people I know, that's about as wild as you get.