The Advanced selection when checked opens up Advanced settings in the Households, Characters, Job, and Relationships windows. Changes to selections that are opened by the advanced setting can result in unusual or in some cases adverse effects during game play if they are not understood when used. In one or two cases this also includes settings that while they exist they are not fully understood. For example Sanity balance which seems to effect a characters sanity when their moods or aspirations are low but it hasn't been determined yet which side of the balance makes them more likely to go crazy.