Sims kids are free range and extremely capable. They can ride or walk all over town, they can get themselves food (leftovers from the fridge, using the toy oven to bake a muffin, purchase food from a vendor), they can entertain themselves, and they can't get injured or set the house on fire or any o...

Well, I guess I probably will go back to merging then, when I'm done with this absurdly involved and extremely tedious project. And I may consider using CCMagic. Have played with it in the past, but have always preferred to just do it by hand for various reasons of precision and nitpickiness. (I don...

As I said, I'm familar with CC Magic.  
 

Yes, I'm familiar with CCMagic. I have generally preferred to merge by hand for various reasons, but I do know the program works and that a lot of people like it.

But it doesn't really answer my question as to whether or not there is any actual benefit of merging.
 

I understand that there's a general consensus that you should merge as many of your package files as possible for a variety of reasons. I have always done this. Lately, though, I've undertaken an extensive (and tedious!) project where I'm sorting through every single piece of CC, recatagorizing, fix...

I meant to say you bought online and don't want them looking over your shoulder constantly when you play. I hate EA so much sometimes. *sigh*

So basically, EA made The Sims 3 unplayable if you don't have an internet connection or you bought online. Delightful. *sigh*

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