I think you'd be fine with the 5400rpm drive.  You may notice longer loading times, but nothing extreme.  On the plus side, the 5400rpm drive will be cheaper and more likely to be durable, which I consider more important than speed in a traveling laptop.

Which brings me to your second question. No, The Sims 3 doesn't put more wear on a hard drive than any other similarly sized application.  The rigors of frequent travel are the more likely cause of your drive's premature demise.

Inspired by the hospital rabbithole in Midnight Hollow, I built an abandoned psychiatric asylum with a hidden tomb in the basement.

The Happy Place Sanatorium


It was accepted at MTS, so you can grab it there.
http://www.modthesims.info/download.php?t=544820


And feel free to tell me I belong there. 

There already is a 'Registered Sex Offender' trait, which you acquire via being caught acting on the Pedophile trait.

As for your question on changing the name of a trait, it depends.  If the name string is stored in a XML, then yes, changing it is fairly simple.

Wait, what? EA giving away content for FREE?!  Wow, they must be desperate or something..

*checks the temperature in Hell*

Actually, there is already a mod out for the demo.  So it isn't necessarily unfriendly to modding.

Naturally, EA is more against removing the Origin requirement, but I have every confidence that will eventually be hacked.

I have a WCIF question.  Anyone know of a mod that will make the lighthouse purchasable?  Or at least added to the world editor?

You can find a driveway-sized gate in the Night Life expansion, the Electronic Safeguard Gate. It costs 750 simoleans.

Plumbots should also be enabled to DESTROY ALL HUMANS!

I'm going to buck local convention, and upset several of the regulars here, by providing a couple of helpful hints, ethilda.

"Untouched" means, just as implied, that the one sharing the store content has not done anything to the file besides downloading it from EA and then uploading it to their preferred file sharing service.  Attempting to install the .Sims3Pack will fail unless the Launcher can validate that you purchased it from the Store (if you did, you wouldn't be downloading it from here ). So yes, you need to perform an additional step first before you can successfully install it.

Search for the term "decrapify".  You'll find what you need to do.

After alots, the store needs to sell Round Tuits.  I've always said I'll get a Round Tuit.

As a general rule of thumb, files and folders do not delete themselves. If you're positive you did not accidentally delete your mods folder while you were deleting caches, you may have larger problems than just some lost CC. Run a diagnostic on your hard drive.

Also, reseting Windows to a prior restore point does not recover deleted files. It's for dealing with a corrupted registry.  Keep backups of important files.

Anyway, did losing all your CC fix the laggy camera?

I'll start with some questions.

Are you using a PC or a Mac? Are you using the old Framework or the new Framework? If you've switched Frameworks from the old way to the new, did you follow the directions for completely removing the old Framework?

It's not even brain science.

Something has gone fubar.  Going back to an even older save than the one you went back to, one predating going to University, is probably the only reasonable fix.

If even going back to before Uni, this still happens, then I would have to say something corrupted the expansion or the whole game, not just the save.

Unfortunately, lighting mods are global, so they Change All The Worlds.

Fresh Prince and the rest of the car modders have had a long time to make cars, as cars came with the base game. Meanwhile, houseboats are new, and from a technical standpoint completely different from cars.  Houseboats are mobile lots, not objects.

Besides, some things just don't seem to be doable.  For a long time I've been hoping for some new motorcycles, but all the modders have made are minor variations on the racing bike, chopper, and scooter that EA provided.  At this point, I assume there must be some technical issue with using a different motorcycle mesh, probably dealing with placement of the sim on it.

EA has shown how they love shells for buildings.  The campus in University shows this.  If they could have easily used shells to make houseboats look like boats, they probably would have.


Note, I'm not arguing against your idea. I'm just pointing out that it's easier said than done.

That's an interesting idea.  Not sure if it's doable, but I'm sure it's well beyond my nonexistent meshing skills.

However, with a bit of creativity, it is possible to make the barges look somewhat boat-like.  Such as -


http://www.modthesims.info/download.php?t=510954

and -


http://www.modthesims.info/download.php?t=506812

I was just thinking about this world the other day.  I've been having fun with Island Paradise, but I don't much like the island world that came with it, Isla Paradiso.  Crescent Cove should have plenty of room for beaches, ports, and diving lots.

Not only will the superhero outfits be flagged as valid for townies, but they will be given a high priority by the random clothing selection algorithm.

Captain Fashion Disaster to the rescue!!

The Weasley house now floats!



I copied the floorplan originally created by Diwtay at Mod The Sims, but I reworked the stairs and the roof to fix the routing issue.  I've playtested the lot, and everything is routable and functional.  It's also cribbed, ready for AwesomeMod Story.

> Download <

I need to stock up on popcorn. This will be good.

This still happens, by the way.  I just graduated a couple of sims, and didn't realize I had to unbless them first.  Fortunately, I save often, so I have a recent prior save to go back to.

Did you try it on an adult sim rather than a teen?

Then this belongs in the AwesomeMod Bug Report thread.

Yes, routing is also how the sims get to the lots, empty or not.  In a world with bad routing, sims will get stuck while on their way to a lot.

If it takes some time before your game starts running jerkily, then resetting all the sims in the world will help for a while.