I like the thought of servos but I don't like that they can function the same way as sims i.e. being visitors on lots when they aren't being played. How do I disable them from visiting lots like toddlers are disabled.

Visitor Controller.
Has an option to ban Servos.

That or you could give them one of Inge's prisoner tokens if you really don't want them showing up anywhere.

http://www.simlogical.com/sl/Sims2P...ims2_Prison.htm

I would use the visitor controller but It would conflict with chris hatches EP that I have downloaded. Charity of course I never would of thought of that. Thanks

The prisoner tag only works with the visitor controller, it doesn't ban sims on its own. It says so right on the download page.

where on the page does it say that? I've only seen where it says the prisoner tag has been incorporated into the visitor controller which I understand that to mean the two can be used together but do not need each other to work.

I think you are looking at something else simsfreq, you simply toss the prisoner tag/CD/token whatever you want to call it into any sims inventory and it prevents them showing up on any lot. If they do somehow appear at a portal they will be promptly whisked away in a ball of blue.

The hospital mod? I ran into the same problem, but the VC looked so useful I tried playing with loading order and they seem to work together as long as the hospital mod loads last. You lose the ability to set what outfits sims wear on a lot on the VC, but I figured that the hospital mod being able to depreg sims on return from hospital was more important.

The prisoner token has been incorporated into the VC (presumably so they don't clash), but it was originally made before the VC and doesn't require it to work at all.

Oh right! Wow. I totally misread that and assumed it needed it. Sorry! Useful to know.