if you already have sims online installed you can just download latest released client from github and if it doesn't work you may need to drag those files into same folder. Installation might only give just some extra.
I been following project going too from cellphone but i haven't been able to come to test cause I don't have much free time. Only on some weekends for example right now but I hope I get some credit of being beta tester too. :D
No. You must close the client and try again. I'm not even sure does the screen freezing end by itself after sometime or did it end for me cause I just kept trying to enter with different sims and then suddenly it worked.
it will work after little time after its happening and its probably caused of that your game was crashed or you didn't shutdown game by the correct way.
I think its cause u had minimized your game, but my game is not crashing cause I'm using application that keeps project doll house window always on top so I can play other games on other monitor while waiting for others to join into game chat.
I sended message to RainCloud and when my chatbox was minimized Raincloud gave me response then I sended new message and my client crashed. I used enter button both times. And I pressed blinking telephone to reopen chatmenu.
Download this https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/12239448/Debug.rar and replace your files with it and then download this www.openal.org/creative-installers/oalinst.zip and remove file named: TSO.World.dll and then to play u must launch. tso.client.exe
Going on rugs works fine for me. Showers just plays the clothes off sound. And launching firework doesn't showup sim just goes to watch sky forever unless you don't press cancel for it and if you try to cancel some event twice it will crash the cllient.