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Installation... Installing or uninstalling the Sims 2, expansions, stuff packs, or game patches, and stuff that happens right after you've installed something new.
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How to change the clock from 24 hour "military" time back to 12 hour time.
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| Install
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What to do if you're having trouble installing the game, expansions, or stuff packs.
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| Patching Your Game
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A guide to the patches, which ones you need to install, and why you need patches.
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| Red Flashing Walls
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If your walls and foundations are flashing red after installing a new expansion or stuff pack.
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| Uninstall
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How to uninstall Sims 2, expansions, or stuff packs, what to do first, and if you're having problems uninstalling.
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Custom Content... Everything related to downloading, installing custom content, and problems with it.
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| Bad Lot
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If your game crashes when clicking on a custom lot in the lot bin.
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| Download Accelerator FAQ
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How do I download from MTS2 without worrying about files being cut off, or taking a long time to download? Why can't I use my download accelerator to download from MTS2?
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About GUID conflicts, and how to find conflicting items.
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| Meshes and Recolors
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What is a mesh, what is a mesh recolour, and why you need to know what they are.
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| Poly Counts
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What poly counts are for meshes, what's a good and bad poly count, and why you need to know.
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| Q-Xpress
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Information about Q-Xpress, a program to download and install content from MTS2.
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| RAR
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What RAR archive files are, and how to use them. Anyone can use RARs!
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| Too Much Custom Content?
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How much is too much custom content, and is there a limit to the number of downloads you can have?
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| What are Hacks?
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Information on what hacks/mods are, and why you need to know.
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Gameplay... Information that will be helpful in the various aspects of playing Sims 2.
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| Cheats
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A list of the game's cheats, with instructions and descriptions on how to use them.
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| Testing Cheats
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Information on the game's testing cheats (aka boolProp).
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How to automatically enable cheats so you don't have to type them each time you play, and shorten them so you don't have to type so much.
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| Change Lot Zoning
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How to change a lot to/from residential, community, dorm, or secret society.
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| Changing Sims' Appearance
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How to change everything about how your sims look - face, hair, eyes, makeup, clothes, skintones, etc.
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| Choose Gender of Babies
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Want a boy, or a girl, and getting the wrong gender? Here's how to get a baby of the desired sex.
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| Community Skilling
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Not gaining skill points when doing skill stuff on a community lot? Here's why.
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| Disable Censor Blur
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How to get rid of the blurred pixellation when sims are nude or using the toilet.
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| Extract In-Game Sim
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How to export a sim born in-game or made in Create a Sim so you can remake them or share them with others.
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How to install that perfect house sitting in your lot bin more than once.
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| Moving Sims
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How to move sims the right way, so you don't break your game.
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Run the game in a window, so you can do other things while you play.
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The 'scope room' interaction, what it does, and why it might not be working for you.
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| Carpool Still Comes
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Bought a car, but still have the carpool showing up? Here's how to drive your own car to work.
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| Casual Groups
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Setting up and using casual groups, so sims can go out together, dine together, or go out without dragging the whole family along.
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| Compatability
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Who should date who? Whom? Which sim should date your sim? Find out!
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| Downtown Skilling
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Not gaining skill points when doing skill stuff on a downtown lot? Here's why.
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| Inventories
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Find out how to access and use your sim's inventory.
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| Lot View Options
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What all those lot view options mean... and how to see your neighbors' houses and other buildings.
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| Vampires
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Become a blue-skinned creature of the night.
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| Disappearing Food
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How to stop a bug which causes sims' plates to disappear out of their hands.
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| Selling Cars
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How to set up the perfect swanky automobile showroom or skanky used car dealership.
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| Servos
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Bleep blop blort whiirrrrrrRrrrRRrr.
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| Servo Graphics Bug
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Why is there a random ray of light/white or yellow line on my screen when I use servos?
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| Any Pets Bugs
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A big list of 'other' Pets bugs and how to fix them!
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| Werewolves
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Howling at the moon, hair growth, and glowing golden eyes.
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| Fishing
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Baits, badges, and bass with squash.
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| Gardening
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Compost, planting, the garden club, the wishing well, greenhouses, and more.
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| Bypassing Bon Voyage Launcher
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Has Bon Voyage apparently uninstalled a previous EP? Or do you just think that launcher is annoying and cheap? This article explains how to bypass it, and any issues resulting from it.
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Other stuff. Mostly problems.
