Thanks for your help. =] And I hadn't heard of the Twallan Porter device, so I tried it out and it's saved me a lot of time in transferring my families so they don't lose the relationships. Perfect. And now I know I can safely uninstall the awesomemod whenever I need to, then I guess that's a bonus for keeping it.

Ok, but for future reference. (such as when the mod is being updated for a new patch or expansion pack). You can uninstall the mod and play the same neighbourhood without it messing up the game? And transferring houses and families between hoods cause no problems?

Sorry for being persistent. I just want to be sure about what I'm doing. Now you've said that, I'll probably stick with the awesomemod, but I still need to know the answer to my questions so I'm not playing blindly only to encounter problems sometime down the line if I need to remove it again for whatever reason.

EDIT: I also want to move my families and houses to Riverview from Sunset Valley anyway because there's a lot more space there. So knowing if transferring families is safe would be helpful.

Like I said, I want to see if it makes a difference in terms of the crashing problems I'm having since I've tried everything else and it only seems to be happening after the ambitions update.

I could have sworn I've read multiple posts saying the only thing you can do after uninstalling the mod is to start a new neighbourhood? I remember when I was waiting for AwesomeMod to be updated for Ambitions and I had to start a new neighbourhood until the update??? :S

So you're saying you don't need to start a new neighbourhood at all, but just continue with the old one, after uninstalling it properly? And that I will be able to transfer both my houses and families without any problems?

And if I feel like I can't enjoy the game as much without awesomemod, then I will end up putting it back in haha.

Ok, I've uninstalled AwesomeMod to see if it solves the crashing issue I'm having, after trying everything else.

Anyway, I understand that you can't play the same neighbourhood after uninstalling the mod without it causing your game to explode, correct?

Well... I did play it for about 20mins, before I decided I might as well start a new neighbourhood in Riverview for more space, and also not to risk the game blowing up.

However, I'm not keen on the idea of starting a completetely new neighbourhood. i.e. I'd like to be able to keep my families and houses how they were in my old neighbourhood.

So what I want to know is...

Can I transfer families from my old neighbourhood (which I used awesomemod in) to my new one (without awesomemod) without it causing problems? And also, can I transfer houses from the old neighbourhood to the new one without causing problems?

I'm guessing it might be a no to my first question and a yes to my second, but I just want to be entirely sure so I can begin playing my new neighbourhood without, A) Undermining the new hood right from the start, causing it to blow up in the future, or B) Give myself lots of unecessary work redecorating all the houses and getting my families to the stage I left them at.

Thanks in advance.