The camera swivel is usually bound to the middle mouse button, it sounds like whatever keybinding you have (either through Parallels or otherwise, maybe one you forgot was in place to add functionality to a touchpad?) is mimicking a MMB input for some combination of ctrl and/or shift LMB. . This co...

What exactly do you see when you ctrl-shift-click? When I do it in macOS (but this is the same as in Windows), I get the Object Delete option and some others, more with objects that can be used in tombs. When I cmd-shift-click, I get the four arrows pointing in every direction, and the click itself ...

In the 64-bit Mac version, cmd-shift-C brings up the cheat console, unlike in all other Sims games. But ctrl-shift-click works the same way as in Windows. On the other hand, Parallels might flip cmd and ctrl as a matter of course. I would say that if cmd-shift-C brings up the cheats console for you,...

If you want to stop a household from moving out of its current house, you need NRaas StoryProgression. Click on the house itself or its map tag and select NRaas > SP > Household Options > Household: Allow Move: as Family > False. Set Allow Move: Solo to True if you want individual members to be able...

They're under Community Objects > Misc., which doesn't show up by default when building a residential lot. Buzzler's Build/Buy Restriction Choker gets around the limitation. It's available here: https://modthesims.info/d/450059 If you do decide to make your own versions with s3oc, you should be able...

I take it the base game gendered doors also don't fit the aesthetic? That would be the simplest solution, and the doors can be recolored. Another possibility is to use s3oc to clone the gendered doors and then edit them to look the way you want. I don't know whether this would work specifically on d...

Loading here refers to all loading screens: the initial one, travel transitions, entering CAS, going into Edit Town. There would also be more of a delay in loading patterns, so it's not like you can simply take an extended break once per play session to accommodate a single longer loading screen. To...

I tested a few things because I was curious, and walls, wallpaper, foundations, and stairs don't count. Fireplaces do, even though they're part of the "unfurnished" cost of the build, so yeah, it seems like "objects" means everything that isn't the basic frame of the house. The cost of the lot isn't...

External drives with 500 GB to 1 TB storage or so are quite cheap, and last I checked, 128 GB flash drives were cheap too. Sims 3 itself is about 32 GB once you include all expansion and stuff packs, although I can see how your user data might push that number higher. Having said that, how much free...

There are a few steps you missed or need to change: . These mods all go in Packages, not directly in Mods. You need to download a Resource.cfg file, which does directly in Mods. Don't to compress the downloads; simply unzip them before placing them in Packages. Delete scriptCache.package too, which ...