I had to upgrade my monster computer to Windows 8 the other day and I have successfully installed about half of my EPs so far. Not only are they working, but they are working better than they were under XP, with one problem, and one problem only: the chemistry/lightning bolts have disappeared ( Read more... )

I've built a player-owned restaurant for the first time in my game. I made sure the menu didn't include any items my Sim couldn't cook, I had another Sim alternating between host and server and bringing other Sims' food, and all seemed to be going well until I realized that the customer Sims would sit at the table for several minutes after ( Read more... )

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I poked around through the tags and didn't really find anything so I figured I'd just ask. Last night I bought the Open for Business EP with the H&M/Kitchen SP from the Origin store (which may have been my first mistake). I made back-ups of my existing neighborhoods and moved my CC to a separate folder.  Downloaded the game with no problems, ( Read more... )

I created a clean neighborhood according to the instructions on MATY and started spawing my own townies with the townie gun in a placeholder lot/family. I spawned three sims for each social group and made them over to fit with my Victorian 'hood ( Read more... )

Hello again. I am having a slight problem, not game-threatening, but really annoying ( Read more... )

Hello everyone! I am encountering a problem in my game that has sent me here to beg for help ( Read more... )

Warning: NOT SAFE FOR WORK IN ANY WAY!


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Ok I have a couple of questions about running certain businesses. I have all of the expansion packs and all the stuff packs except for the kitchen and bath one. My first question is about running a clothing store, when I try to price the clothing racks it says that they can't be priced? Is there away around this or can we not sell clothes for a ( Read more... )

    I just installed Open for Business, so I don't know if this has anything to do with it, but I haven't had this problem. My sims freeze, while the game is playing. And I wait a bit and they don't unfreeze. But everyone else in the room is moving. I had a case like this long ago but the sims would go back to normal in a few seconds. Here I am ( Read more... )