I'm trying to install Aurora Skies and Monte Vista that I downloaded here and the launcher says I need to update my game. I'm updated to the latest patch and I have installed the latest store content patch. Searching did not come up with an answer. Is there something I'm overlooking?

I searched and only found one relevant post from June 2009. My sims cars keep disappearing. They drive somewhere and come home with out the car and it is no where to be found. Also, after installing OL, all my sims that didn't have cars now have the 'big lemon' or whatever it's called. Does anyone else have this problem.

A search at MTS did not turn up anything related to dishes and I wouldn't have the faintest idea how to modify a mod.

ETA: I finally found one by putting in 'never wash dishes.' One would think that the word 'dishes' would have brought up something related to dishes.   However, it has not been updated since 11/09 and several commented that it didn't work.   

I've searched all the places I know and can't find what I'm looking for. Does anyone know of a 'no-autonomous dishwashing' mod? I'm tired of my sims gathering at and blocking the sink or dishwasher all the time. I'd like to designate one sim to clean up all dishes. Thanks.

I've had a similar problem when I've used 'moveobjects on' to move a sim out of the way. They do weird stuff for awhile, like go upstairs but you can see them up there (taking a bath or sleeping sans fixtures) then tell them to go downstairs and they appear downstairs without using the stairs or walk down invisible stairs in the middle of a room. I had to use 'resetsim' 2 or 3 times before they finally acted normal again.

I haven't encountered any bugs yet but I play a different type game than most simmers - more family oriented. I found one thing that really annoys me - kids can't play the keyboard or piano - haven't checked out the other musical items but I'm pretty sure they can't play them either. My kid has a virtuoso trait and I was happy there would finally be something for them to do. Not happy! 

Since this latest patch and the addition of FL, I've had to split my mods folder. All CC (clothes, decor, etc) are in the C:/programs/ea/sims3/mods/packages and all the mods have to be in the my documents/ea/sims3/mods/packages. For some reason the mods will not work in the programs folder anymore.

I get one that says "missing mini-partner." I had never seen that until recently but I never used fixall much either. 

Sorry, I didn't notice this was a TS2 thread.     I'm in TS3 mode. There is no changing table and there are toddler separates in TS3.

What changing table?  Don't toddlers already have separates?

So, it's an AMB problem. I thought I just didn't know what I was doing!  Which is also a possibility but at least I'm not the only one.

Firefighter career - Fire station alarms are on constantly and there is no fire anywhere. Just started with latest build - 6-14-10-20:19:38.

I restarted the game and sent a kid to school and he was able to go in. I sure hope that fixed it but it was too easy. 

I was having the same issue. I moved the school building back a little (very little) then saved to library. I then bulldozed the original school. The lot seemed to be set to no visitors so I changed that, replaced the building and my sim was able to attend painting class. I wanted to test it with a kid going to school but I found I could no longer change households so closed the game and will restart and test with a kid.

I like 'Molly Coddle.'  This naming thing happened before Ambitions but I do have Twallan's story progression. However, I have the names set to 'husband' (Besides being old, I'm old fashioned!) And, I wouldn't mind a few hyphenated names but I don't like 'it' using my custom names on all the new sims.

Ahh, so that's the trick. I didn't think of skill points. I was going for a stay-at-home mom and thought she wouldn't get all the wants for a career if she were registered as self-employed. Oh, well.

Yeah, I wouldn't mind a couple of hyphenated names but not all and using some of my uncommon names, like Oosterhouse-Finnegan, or Lyons-Wentworth. 

I don't have the option to become self-employed. Is there some trick to it or is it borked?

Lately my game has been doing a strange naming thing. It takes two of the names from my custom sims and hyphenates them, then gives them to game generated sims. It's very annoying. Nearly every new sim has a hyphenated name. Has anyone else had this happen? This was happening pre AMB and I don't have WA. I turned off the "use awesome naming rules" to see if that would help but it didn't.

Rho, Without AM, can your kids actually go to school? Mine will go to the school but can't get in.  And, how can sims become teachers? I didn't know that was an option. Is it connected with WA?

I knew when I did it that it wasn't a good idea but I was tired, impatient and annoyed. I've been to that household and she wasn't there. This actually happened a couple of days ago. She was a teen. I've had them disappear before but always was able to retrieve them with the super computer. I thought the "chat long distance" was strange as I'd never seen it before.

Is there any way to retrieve a missing sim? I got annoyed with a sim who was visiting a household and wouldn't leave no matter how many people and how many times she was told to leave so I finally deleted her.    I wouldn't have minded her being deleted but she still shows up in the family tree and on everyone's relationship panel. You can "chat long distance" with her but can't invite her over. I'd never seen that "chat long distance" before. I don't have WA or HELS. I've tried the super computer's 'missing sim' option and the 'reset lot' but nothing works. Any ideas?

I had lagging so bad that I was ready to give up the game all together. I downloaded Delphy's Dashboard tool at MTS2 and it found several bad CC files, mostly paintings. Once those were eliminated I had no more lag.

Check it out here

I may be late to the party but I just discovered you can change the color of the baby's blanket in CAS if you have AM and you use the 'editsim' cheat and choose clothing. Nothing shows up but I picked the 'everyday' category then used the style palette and changed the color. It's handy because I have twin girls and can now tell them apart.   

Last week I was having trouble getting sims to move into town. All of a sudden, everyone wanted to move in. Now, I have over 100 residents and major lag! What is the safest/best way to get rid of excess population short of homicide?    Is there a safe way to delete them or get them to leave town? In the past, I have evicted them then chose a new household to play which deletes them from the clipboard but I worry about leaving excess files hidden somewhere that may cause problems later on.