I used to only play extremely large families (6-8 sims) but lately I've been focusing more on a single pair of sims and maxing out their lives and skills.
Only way to do that is with a third-party mod, the one I use is MasterController. After moving it to your packages folder you want to click on the sim in question you want to age and select: NRAAS --> Mastercontroller --> Sim --> Intermediate --> Age. At this point there should be an option to input a numerical value for…
@Ninjahawkz: Well, I've actually been dropping a lot of comps due to the assignments feeling more of a chore than actual amusement...and I'd rather not hand in low-quality material! Sorry :/
Another tip that hasn't been mentioned: clear your game's cache otherwise it doesn't kick in properly. You can do this by going into your sims 3 folder and deleting the CASPartCache.package, compositorCache.package, scriptCache.package, and simCompositorCache.package files (do not worry, these regenerate every time you…
@HannahJayneBebs: I always wondered whether your Voldemort banner was linked to your tumblr but it isn't clickable? Random but I was just wondering :P Plus, your sims looks like a brooding guy, I love my men brooding :3
Mock: Linking because it is somewhat nsfw. Image can be viewed <a href="http://25.media.tumblr.com/cfc659b07d2a515b4ee89e59d89faa56/tumblr_mpytcjuBrR1svwu30o4_r1_1280.jpg">HERE</a> (Had to post my mock up before someone took the idea 'xD)
You can always open a private tumblr and use it just for image uploads. The convenient thing about tumblr is that it has no limit and you can set the privacy if you don't want people encroaching on certain images you want just for comps. Plus, you can have multiple blogs linked to one account!