Link to download:
http://sourceforge.net/project/downloading.php?group_id=133134&filename=SimPe_0_73_44-QA.7z

Go get it under the Downloads link on this site.

Post in the Bugs section of the forum if there are any problems with this release.

27th September - slight problem with the auto-installer version when using German docs. If this affected you, please download again, using the new link on the Downloads page

A safe backup is a complete copy of an entire Neighborhood folder and its contents - eg My Documents\EA Games\The Sims 2\Neighborhoods\N001, and to restore safely from that, you need to first completely delete the folder you are replacing so that any new files that were made during your last play session are gone. Simply overwriting the folder is not safe.

You can do the above manually, or you can use SimPE’s backup manager, in the Neighborhood Browser.

Future releases of SimPE will not have automatic .bak creation on by default, to try and avoid any more confusion

Inge Jones.

This Version also introduces several fixes and changes to the SimPE internals.

From this Release on, the installer will always perform a clean install. That means it will remove your caches and custom settings from the Data Folder. This decision was made, because quite a few Bug Reports were related to conflicting settings, left behind by the old installer. In turn, this means that after installing a new SimPe, you need to adjust your preferences back to your liking.

The foremost noticeable change is the support for Freetime, but we also updated SimPE to get it working with The Sims Castaway Stories (Thanks for the great Support by Trif).

Among other changes we also added two new finder modules, that allow you to scan NREF resources and all Scenegraph related resources.

With Freetime the game began to check the interest settings of your Sims, so changing interests in SimPEs SDS will not stick in the game. We also have a problem with the alt Sim Surgery Plugin, so be careful when using it.

Whoever believed in the above statement is dead wrong. As it always said on this site, and as I always stated, SimPE is never going to be a commercial software (neither Donation ware, nor Shareware or anything else). SimPE is and will (as long as I have something to say in it) always stay Freeware. So the real announcement is, that I did not have any time at all in the last months, which did stop a public release so far.

Luckily Inge and Peter Jones as well as Numenor took charge and assembled a great new Release. You can read about all the Details in this Thread. They implemented some real great additions, like support for The Sims 2 - Bon Voyage and the Teen Stuff expansion. We also managed to get the loading of a Neighborhood quite a bit faster, so SimPE should feel more responsive for most users.

PLJones did of course update his Plugins, and we are proud to announce, that the Plugins from Theo’s Shack are now part of every SimPE release.

Numenor took care of the current installer, which is working great. At this point we do no longer offer any updates to the light version of the SimPE Setup.
Sorry for that, but it is one less thing we have to care about

While I still won’t have much time until after march, Inge, Peter and Numenor will take care of new releases with Peter taking charge of the main development.

So a happy new Year to everyone! And a very special Thanks to Numenor, Inge, Peter and Stormwench!

Since I do not know yet what was changed internally for the new Expansion, I cannot estimate when the new SimPE for The Sims 2 - Bon Voyage will be finished.

If you think my absence was to long, please consider to join our Team. We are still looking for poeple writing for our Knowledgedatabase. Or some that clean up/document the code. Our just some that want to help developing. I you are interesed, post in the Forums, or send me an eMail.