I have a recurring and annoying bug in my game, and after asking around, I was recommended to come here, since most of the hacks in my game are MATY-ware. Whenever my lots catch on fire, all the Sims freeze in their current actions, usually fire-panic mode. Time continues to pass, the firefighter arrives, but /she, too, is stuck and doesn't do anything. I'm running Base + Nightlife on a laptop with Vista (ugh), and have had this problem since I installed Nightlife, but never before.
Specs (I am not certain what of this is relevant, but I figure I'll save time and dump it all regardless):
Processor: Intel Pentium Dual CPU T2310 @ 1.46 GHz 1.47 GHz
RAM: 2550 MB
Display adapters: Mobile Intel 965 Express
Hacks/mods:
MATY: biotechfix, breakupfix, coffeecuphack, firemod, frontdoorhack, nl-anticrash, noaplusspam, noplagiarism.
Non-awesome:
Smonaff jealousy hack,
Jenflower homework hack, both from MTS2.
I tested the bug on an almost-empty lot with a CAS adult and saved the logs in a zip file, which I can upload if it would be helpful. With testingCheatsEnabled on it is possible to reset the error and the Sim in question will put out the fire and go on with his life.