What did you discover today while playing the sims?

[Ghost sdoj]

When sims play chess, the knights look like bishops. And they seem to be the first pieces lost.

[Loco]

I discovered that drunk sims/sims at bars are hilarious and adorable! I'd seen pictures before, but I only just got round to trying it...

[I_Love_Simming]

Unsavory Charlaton from BV can come to your sims house and try to pickpocket them! He phoned my sim up, but she wasnt talking, she just had the phone to her ear and didnt say anything..then when she hung up he came round to the house looking all sheepish :blink:

[eruwenfuin]

that my sims automatically call a nanny when they go to work..every day, which means I have 5 now!

[LilG135]

I discovered that drunk sims/sims at bars are hilarious and adorable! I'd seen pictures before, but I only just got round to trying it...

Really?? I've never seen anything like that - by chance, do you have any pictures? It sounds funny XD

I'm not sure if this a glitch or not, but when a sim of mine talks to another sim via chat or phone, either a relative or a close friend of the sim they were talking to will randomly show and come in uninvited! I'd understand if someone in the family knew that sim, but it was a newly created family who didn't know anyone yet, and it was 3 am!

Also found that puddles are pretty deep. I had a sim go mop up the bathroom barefooted, and then I noticed the water came halfway up his foot ^^;

[Loco]

LilG - I actually do! :D Here are a couple of random ones - this is Toby and Chloe, soon to be boyfriend and girlfriend:

Waiting for drinks (http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y218/Adva/Other%20Sims/snapshot_f3717dff_74067ce1.jpg)

And a cute one of drunk!Chloe (http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y218/Adva/Other%20Sims/snapshot_f3717dff_940680fc.jpg)

What's funny is that they don't always do the pointing thing to sims. They often point/flirt with walls...

They did actually get together that night, but they're now avoiding each other coz they're embarrassed. ... In my mind, anyway. :D The pictures amuse me!

... Yours sounds bizarre, it could be a glitch. How odd!

[lazzybum]

lol loco, creepy lady in the mirror in your second picture xD

I found out in BV, when you meet people in vacation, when you call them up, theres an option to invite them to your household for 3 days.

[fway]

I'm not sure if this a glitch or not, but when a sim of mine talks to another sim via chat or phone, either a relative or a close friend of the sim they were talking to will randomly show and come in uninvited! I'd understand if someone in the family knew that sim, but it was a newly created family who didn't know anyone yet, and it was 3 am!



Are they best friends? It could be that. . . But the Chat... ehhh.. Um. Stalker XD

[happycowlover]

That same thing happened to me too! It was so weird and very annoying.

I noticed that adult sims don't come over for their children when it gets too late anymore. I think they stopped doing that after I installed NL.

[Ghost sdoj]

I have Uni, NL, and OFB and I've still seen adults picking up kids. Which gets interesting when the kids in question are townies...

[Zora_SC]

Today my pleasure sim in aspiration failure autonomously walked up to a painting in progress and started wildly flailing her paintbrush. The action in the queue said "ruin painting". Never seen that before :P

[eruwenfuin]

Today my pleasure sim in aspiration failure autonomously walked up to a painting in progress and started wildly flailing her paintbrush. The action in the queue said "ruin painting". Never seen that before :P

....is she a mean simmie?

[Zora_SC]

^^ Nope, she has 5 nice points so she's right in the middle. :shrug: It was fun to see though. :D

[eruwenfuin]

:D,

I discovered that letting kids jump on their beds for any large amount of time, during the summer season, will bring them to combustion level....(you get a warning though..)

[fway]

Today my pleasure sim in aspiration failure autonomously walked up to a painting in progress and started wildly flailing her paintbrush. The action in the queue said "ruin painting". Never seen that before :P

was she furious with anyone at the time in which it was their [the person that they're furious with] painting?

[LilG135]

Some of my asylum sims would ruin paintings, but I couldn't check to see their status to see why.
A teen sim of mine also did it to his own painting, and it was just a random painting too ^^;

I discovered that letting kids jump on their beds for any large amount of time, during the summer season, will bring them to combustion level....(you get a warning though..)

It happens during any seasons - I've gotten quite a few of those warnings :P Wish it were the same when they get too cold, but that's not happening so much anymore.

[Menaceman44]

I found today that Bon Voyage adds three new pictures to the custom painting option on the easle.
Also when a Sim proposes engagement, the recipient says "sha noobu" and I remember MAXIS saying that "noobu" actually means "baby"!

EDIT: I also only just discovered that the digital screens on the large music centre are animated.

[gyrobot]

I learned a new word today: Dendrochronology. You learn something new from the folks at Maxis.

[patta234]

I discovered that when slowdancing, one sim can twirl the other around. Since when have they been able to do that??

[Defective Tragedy]

I discovered that object descriptions are funny(usually)... I'm slow~ =P

[Pleasance]

I found out that the ghosts of people who starved to death like to raid the fridge every now and again.

[claireishness]

I found today that Bon Voyage adds three new pictures to the custom painting option on the easle.
Also when a Sim proposes engagement, the recipient says "sha noobu" and I remember MAXIS saying that "noobu" actually means "baby"!

EDIT: I also only just discovered that the digital screens on the large music centre are animated.

maybe it's..
"... will you marry me?"
":O:O:O YEAH, BABY!!!"

[Lemon&Lime]

That if a Sim is eating a meal while their energy levels are really low then they will act as if dizzy then their face will fall flat into their dinner and start sleeping!

[Zora_SC]

was she furious with anyone at the time in which it was their [the person that they're furious with] painting?Nope, not frustrated with anybody, no mean personality, just a poor little teen simmie in pleasure aspiration failure. :anime:

I discovered that when slowdancing, one sim can twirl the other around. Since when have they been able to do that??It has something to do with either both sims having platinum aspirations, high dancing skill, or a combination of both, I forget...

[Menaceman44]

You have to make sure they aren't "dancing close" either. Once they dance close they can't twirl.

[LilG135]

I've got to try that now! Along with the booth-smooch someone mentioned before =D

[Zavi]

I discovered that if you have a sim that has the highest level in the political career track (Mayor), when they visit other sims, they wear their work uniform!

[gyrobot]

Did your sim switched back to normal after coming back from work?

[catrlgirl]

I discovered that a sim can have a miscarriage that never happened to me before. She was busy with housework and she just boom lost her baby.

[Ghost sdoj]

It is rather surreal when Captain Hero is out on a date and his date's Criminal Mastermind father shows up on the lot. Both in uniform. And they got along with each other!

[SilentPsycho]

I discovered that a sim can have a miscarriage that never happened to me before. She was busy with housework and she just boom lost her baby.

I think that option comes with Insim, or another hack.

EDIT: Wait, it's the InTeen

[Jordan09]

That there is small waves in the swimming pools! :P

[Lemon&Lime]

Nope, not frustrated with anybody, no mean personality, just a poor little teen simmie in pleasure aspiration failure. :anime:

It has something to do with either both sims having platinum aspirations, high dancing skill, or a combination of both, I forget...

It can't be pleasure aspiration failure, because one of my sims ruined another sim's painting way before I got nightlife.

[lazzybum]

Most likely any teen thats low in aspiration. My family teen did the same thing too.

[Titania_SC]

Sims can whistle! My sim was watching clouds and then she started whistling, it was very cool.

[fway]

Sims can clap their hands when walking [that's if they have a high aspiration I believe; but it happened to my knowledge sim, but I also believe it can happen to Popularity sims]

[ani_]

Sims familytree-recording is not an exact sience. Brandi adopted Dustin's kid, now Brandi is marked as the mohter, and nobody is marked as the father.

[Bad Kay]

Sim can have a sponge bath, using the sink and a sponge!

[I_Love_Simming]

Sim can have a sponge bath, using the sink and a sponge!

Are you sure you've not just downloaded the hacked sponge bath sink over at MTS2 :confused:

[LilG135]

Sponge baths have been in the game since the base games. My first family's father use to have them all the time ^_^;

[simscrazy_SC]

Sims were always able to do that interaction but it was random.

[I_Love_Simming]

i though u was just able to bathe a baby in them....never seen a grown sim doing it lol

[Stormy_SC]

Sims familytree-recording is not an exact sience. Brandi adopted Dustin's kid, now Brandi is marked as the mohter, and nobody is marked as the father.

That's because once the child is takened away from its family, they have no recollection of them at all after they've been adopted, which is totally unrealistic if you're adopting a child. A baby, yes, but a child no. :shrug:

[Lemon&Lime]

That's funny, Beau was taken away by the social worker but luckily Dustin and her other son (she was pregnant with at the beginning of the game) were at school so they weren't taken for some reason. I then went and played Cassandra (living in that yellow mansion) and got her to adopt Beau so he wouldn't be poor anymore. Funny thing was, he had no recollection of Brandi but Brandi kept ringing him at Cassie's home and they were chattering away for ages.

Um, might be a bit silly but what do the conditions have to be for a sim to have a sponge bath? I've never seen that before.

[mikrokitty]

sims can hold a baby and practice charisma at the same time

[claireishness]

That's funny, Beau was taken away by the social worker but luckily Dustin and her other son (she was pregnant with at the beginning of the game) were at school so they weren't taken for some reason. I then went and played Cassandra (living in that yellow mansion) and got her to adopt Beau so he wouldn't be poor anymore. Funny thing was, he had no recollection of Brandi but Brandi kept ringing him at Cassie's home and they were chattering away for ages.

Um, might be a bit silly but what do the conditions have to be for a sim to have a sponge bath? I've never seen that before.
I did that with an adopted child- got them adopted by someone else and their natural father kept ringing his child up but I kept denying him the phone to make it more realistic as his new father hates his old one.. if that makes sense lol

the only cases that I've had my sims "sponge bath" is when I was torturing them, only (for the bathroom) giving them a toilet and sink- they can't have a shower/bath on the lot.. I THINK..

[Menaceman44]

If you have really sloppy, lazy Sims with empty hygene they will sometimes prefer to use a sink instead of a bath/shower.

Today I discovered that Sim children can apparently autonomously decide to throw away the game controllers into the trash. I just moved a Sim into a family and there was a games console in his inventory. After I placed it the girl went up to it as though she was going to play but put the controller in the trash instead!
A new one spawned when she got back to the house.

[Stormy_SC]

Today I discovered that Sim children can apparently autonomously decide to throw away the game controllers into the trash. I just moved a Sim into a family and there was a games console in his inventory. After I placed it the girl went up to it as though she was going to play but put the controller in the trash instead!
A new one spawned when she got back to the house.

Lol! I've never seen that before! :P

[SwitchfootKatie]

That if you have default replacements for skin, when you spawn the "Sim Modder" with the boolprop cheat the doll has the replacement skin (Enayla in my case).

Proof:
http://i176.photobucket.com/albums/w200/Switchfoot_KatieKat/snapshot_93f3389a_3413ee2b.jpg

[Ghost sdoj]

I had a vampire sim go downtown and spend all night on one lot that had a grill and a sink. About 4 am somebody burned a plate of burgers and everybody on the lot started making a beeline to take sponge baths in the sink once the fire was out.

[lemonboleyn]

I discovered that when a Sim is reading a book, a page in it can turn backwards. By itself. :blink:
(Right after that I exited the lot...pretty quick, too. I don't trust my Sims when pages start going backwards with no assistance. :p)

[LuteFanBoyNick]

I'm playing right now, and my new sim, Imogen Flannery, fell in love with some townie(Christopher Jalowitz). I moved him in, and it's their first night together. After about 30 minutes of sleeping, the fast foward stopped, they started cuddling and, I never noticed before, he said(in the stupidest sexy voice ever) "Hatatashisher" and then he GROWLED. I almost died.

ETA: After I woke Imogen up, Chris moved away and said in a sweet voice "Gloopa". Cute. :anime:

I have everything except Bon Voyage, and there not married, if that has anything to do with it.

[Kyri]

I'm playing right now, and my new sim, Imogen Flannery, fell in love with some townie(Christopher Jalowitz). I moved him in, and it's their first night together. After about 30 minutes of sleeping, the fast foward stopped, they started cuddling and, I never noticed before, he said(in the stupidest sexy voice ever) "Hatatashisher" and then he GROWLED. I almost died.

ETA: After I woke Imogen up, Chris moved away and said in a sweet voice "Gloopa". Cute. :anime:


That is funny, I have never had that!

[patta234]

Sims go crazy when their mom dies! After their mom died, all of the teens started attacking each other- even ones that had a 100/100 relationship. I one girl even attacked her boyfriend! :lol:

[Bad Kay]

The guy's hygene was really low and the shower was blocked by a potty, that's when he did it, no hacks needed.

[Lemon&Lime]

That there is a mistake on one of the Maxis Sim's memories!

Albany, who is married to Goneril (him and his family are in the family bin in Veronaville when the game is started) has his memories mixed up.
I like to look through pre-made Sim's memories, so I got looking through his. He had a memory of teaching Miranda to go potty, fair enough. His next memory though was of Desdemona being born, THEN MIRANDA, then the other two kids.

So, Desdemona was born before Miranda (Miranda is a teen, Desdemona is a child) and Miranda got taught how to use the potty before she was even born? :laugh:

[LilG135]

I'm playing right now, and my new sim, Imogen Flannery, fell in love with some townie(Christopher Jalowitz). I moved him in, and it's their first night together. After about 30 minutes of sleeping, the fast foward stopped, they started cuddling and, I never noticed before, he said(in the stupidest sexy voice ever) "Hatatashisher" and then he GROWLED. I almost died.

What a lovely name, Imogen =)

@Figgi

My Sims memories are always getting out of order, especially after they've finished college with honors. They always seem to get two memories one it, and the "with honors" part will appear randomly, after they've married and had their first kid or something :P

[LuteFanBoyNick]

Yeah Lil, I hate it also when Townies don't get the make out memory if their not selectable. The only memories they have then are that stupid Unknown Sim and the "Went to College" thing.

Oh, I got the name Imogen from Big Brother UK Season..7? I think. I saw youtube videos of Nikki and I fell in love.

[Menaceman44]

I've discovered that Sims apparently don't get memories of woohooing in a tent or a hammock. At least not in my game but I have so many hacks maybe one of them could be responable?

[Aryxa]

Not a discovery as such as something I remembered happening and haven't seen... Best friends used to be able to just walk into each other's houses and have a chat, but I haven't seen them do it for ages. Am I just going a bit mad?

[moo_beebi]

cats (don't know if dogs can) are able to chase around clean bots and such and 'play with' them just meowing all cute like!!

[LilG135]

Not a discovery as such as something I remembered happening and haven't seen... Best friends used to be able to just walk into each other's houses and have a chat, but I haven't seen them do it for ages. Am I just going a bit mad?

That happens to me still, occasionally. It would vary - sometimes it's a best friend, sometimes a close cousin or sibling, and once or twice a parent. I've never tried to figure out what causes it - even with 100/100 relationships, most sims will dutifully ring the doorbell and wait to be greeted ^^;

I've discovered the effects of different driver updates on the game. Some of them have given me resolutions I'd never even had available before, while others more refresh rates. I've yet to find a really really really good one though. Blah.

[[email protected]]

If a teen comes home from school with an A+ and there's no adults or elders home to show, they'll do a little happy dance next to the bus

[linn_91]

Today I discovered that when a sim lies on a bed and there's a stereo turned on in the same room, there's an interaction such as "Listen to music". The sim silently digs his head and trums his fingers to the beat.

[fway]

Today I discovered that when a sim lies on a bed and there's a stereo turned on in the same room, there's an interaction such as "Listen to music". The sim silently digs his head and trums his fingers to the beat.

There's also a "Watch TV" option when a sim is relaxing... I believe this came with NL or Maybe the Base Game... I don't know. lol

[Zora_SC]

I learned a couple of things today.

Now that I've taken a couple of yoga for beginners classes I actually recognize some of the poses that the sims do. I squealed in delight when I realized my sim was preforming the downward facing dog. :P

Also, an elder that is teaching a toddler to walk will rub their back each time they get up from kneeling/crouching, as if to say "oh my aching back!" :lol:

And apparently, you can't plead with the grim reaper if the sim is dying of old age. :shrug:

[fway]

I Discovered that Digging Holes Raises a Sims Fun (Maximizes it In Fact) but Lowers Their Enviroment. Perfect for Legacy Sims :)

[Ghost sdoj]

There's also a "Watch TV" option when a sim is relaxing... I believe this came with NL or Maybe the Base Game... I don't know. lol


It was base game. That was when I learned that it isn't a good idea to have a tv in the bedroom if you want the sims to sleep.

They can also daydream and read a book. (Even if there is no bookcase in the house.:lol)

[ani_]

- If you put a box of pizza in your inventory it will look very weird.

[daltonism]

Cats have hairballs. It amused me. XD

[BusterBrown]

Well, I actually found this a couple days ago... I had just installed Seasons and I was browsing through the decorative stuff and I found something that just about made my fall off my chair from laughing: the improbable whale statue! :lol: It reminds me of the scene in Hitchhiker's Guide when Arthur slams on the improbability drive and the two heat-seeking missiles that had just been launched in their general direction were, very improbably, turned into a bowl of petunias and a very surprised-looking whale. :lol: (Could there be a connection!? *le gasp* [/sarcasm]) I still crack up every time I see it. :D

[moo_beebi]

Well, I actually found this a couple days ago... I had just installed Seasons and I was browsing through the decorative stuff and I found something that just about made my fall off my chair from laughing: the improbable whale statue! :lol: It reminds me of the scene in Hitchhiker's Guide when Arthur slams on the improbability drive and the two heat-seeking missiles that had just been launched in their general direction were, very improbably, turned into a bowl of petunias and a very surprised-looking whale. :lol: (Could there be a connection!? *le gasp*) I still crack up every time I see it. :D

that's where they got it, it was discribed a lot better in the book though

[Cinamun]

That when a child is playing chess with a parent or older sibling, they climb onto a chair and then climb on top of a pile of phone books to play chess. It is THEE cute :)

[BusterBrown]

This. I about died laughing. 'Nuff said.

http://i210.photobucket.com/albums/bb293/BusterBrownDog/ZOMG.jpg

[Zavi]

I discovered that it would be really be useful for a rough conversion from real life feet into sim tiles. I'm thinking it's about two, but I'm not sure.

[~!Sasha!~]

In BV, after my teen and his parents got back from a Three Lakes vacation, he learned a "chest pound" gesture. :blink: He went to Bigfoot's hideout but didnt meet him because it was a fear. He goes around pounding his chest like a gorilla to his parents and little brother and they all shrug and "huh?" at him. I made him do it to another teen, apparently its a teen thing cuz she did it back. It was cute.

[SilentPsycho]

In BV, after my teen and his parents got back from a Three Lakes vacation, he learned a "chest pound" gesture. :blink: He went to Bigfoot's hideout but didnt meet him because it was a fear. He goes around pounding his chest like a gorilla to his parents and little brother and they all shrug and "huh?" at him. I made him do it to another teen, apparently its a teen thing cuz she did it back. It was cute.

If it's the first time a Sim sees a gesture, they all react like 'Huh?' If you try it again, the parents and brother will chest pound back.

[fway]

Hmm I Discovered When a Sim Drops Food On A Customer in A Restaraunt Lot, the Customer Just Leaves (and The Customer Loyalty Star Doesn't Even Go Down nor a Negative Single Star)

[Satoko_SC]

I learned that children can destroy a painting on an easel if they have low aspiration. I also learned that if a sim is using the career reward object from the culinary career, they will fill the boxes with chocolate but every so often they will grab a few and stuff them into their mouths.

[~!Sasha!~]

If it's the first time a Sim sees a gesture, they all react like 'Huh?' If you try it again, the parents and brother will chest pound back.

I did it to his mom twice and she just shrugs. His friend is the only one that does it back to him. Is there other gestures besides the chest pounding?

[Lord Valcus]

I did it to his mom twice and she just shrugs. His friend is the only one that does it back to him. Is there other gestures besides the chest pounding?
That happens because your sim hasn't learned it fully, and same applies to his friend. Just go back to Three Lakes sometime and use the chest pounding gesture to some locals.
And yes, there are other gestures too, you can bow and something-that's-english-name-I-don't-know. Bowing can be learned from Takemizu village and the other one is from Twikkii islands.

[moo_beebi]

That happens because your sim hasn't learned it fully, and same applies to his friend. Just go back to Three Lakes sometime and use the chest pounding gesture to some locals.
And yes, there are other gestures too, you can bow and something-that's-english-name-I-don't-know. Bowing can be learned from Takemizu village and the other one is from Twikkii islands.

hang loose! :P

[ChrstyFarie07_SC]

I found out that sims can smirk, haha.

[claireishness]

toddlers can go to the potty on their own!

[LilG135]

Yeah, after they learn to do that, life just gets a little easier :p I remember when I found out that you didn't have to empty the potty every time the toddler uses it after they've learned to go by themselves - It was like a little halo hovered over that toddler XD

[claireishness]

:O you don't!?!

What did you discover today while playing the sims?

I discovered that toddlers can go to the potty on their own and when I mentioned this, I THEN discovered you don't have to empty everytime they go!!

Thanks, LilG!!

[LuteFanBoyNick]

The ship with BV is smexxi.

How do I learn gestures? I can't get those damned locals to talk to me.

[~!Sasha!~]

That happens because your sim hasn't learned it fully, and same applies to his friend. Just go back to Three Lakes sometime and use the chest pounding gesture to some locals.
And yes, there are other gestures too, you can bow and something-that's-english-name-I-don't-know. Bowing can be learned from Takemizu village and the other one is from Twikkii islands.


Well I haven't been to Takemizu yet so I have yet to learn the bowing gesture. He didnt go on the second trip to Twikkii but his dad learned to fire dance!

*I also learned that the scarecrow doesnt scare sims. :( I zoomed in and watched while my sim played in her garden and waited and waited...nothing. i coulda swore I saw a pic of a sim being scared crapless by them.

[underoath222]

To get spooked by the scarecrow, you have to "view" it.. although it doesn't seem to happen to everyone.. I haven't spent alot of time trying to figure it out, but some get spooked and while other's view it nothing happens, I dunno try it I guess.

[LuteFanBoyNick]

I'm kinda confused. I became friends with a local and they didn't teach me a gesture. I went back to my hotel, and suddenly another local came up to me and taught Imogen to hang loose. So, you have to be at your hotel or don't engage the local?

[fway]

I'm kinda confused. I became friends with a local and they didn't teach me a gesture. I went back to my hotel, and suddenly another local came up to me and taught Imogen to hang loose. So, you have to be at your hotel or don't engage the local?

That's Probably likely, however the Local should just come up to you and do the other than that I'm not sure :einstein Maybe the Local is like "Maybe Later, I'm really interested in this sim"

[LilG135]

:O you don't!?!

What did you discover today while playing the sims?

I discovered that toddlers can go to the potty on their own and when I mentioned this, I THEN discovered you don't have to empty everytime they go!!

Thanks, LilG!!

No prob ^^ After mine are all potty train I don't touch the potties til they're like teens (I literally forget about them unless I have to direct a toddler to remember his bladder)

I've learned that the sims are addicting enough to make me deticated in finding a good driver so I can play it longer than 30 mins ^-^' And along the way, I'm learning soo much that I didn't know before... which will be great for the next time I get a new computer!

[Lord Valcus]

I'm kinda confused. I became friends with a local and they didn't teach me a gesture. I went back to my hotel, and suddenly another local came up to me and taught Imogen to hang loose. So, you have to be at your hotel or don't engage the local?
The locals use their gesture to you randomly, you don't have to be friends with them.

[broo_SC]

This. I about died laughing. 'Nuff said.

http://i210.photobucket.com/albums/bb293/BusterBrownDog/ZOMG.jpg

One of my sims grew up wearing this :D I almost fell of the chair :anime:

[3timesalady]

i really hope someone can tell me what happened cause i didnt get a chance to check the queue.

i told one of one of my sims (teen, male) to get the mail. after he put the bills on the lawn he walked back to the mailbox and opened it. when he did, pink smoke and hearts came out and he sighed.

any ideas? ive never seen this before.

[LilG135]

That usually happens after a date when the final score was like good or great, I don't remember. When you take it out of their inventory it becomes a cute little card =)

[ani_]

Sometimes they'll make this cute dance when you move them to a new lot, it kind of looked like they are going to kick the mailbox.

[treeag]

i really hope someone can tell me what happened cause i didnt get a chance to check the queue.

i told one of one of my sims (teen, male) to get the mail. after he put the bills on the lawn he walked back to the mailbox and opened it. when he did, pink smoke and hearts came out and he sighed.

any ideas? ive never seen this before.
That's the love letter :D

[Menaceman44]

I realised yesterday that there is no road into or out of Takemizu Village! How the shuttle gets there I don't know. Wormhole?

I also figured out that I need to press the $ key to type a simolean sign.

[coltraz]

two child sims became friends, and eventually the father of the child I wasn't playing came to the house and rang the doorbell. The father of the child I WAS playing let him in and had a thought about the daughter (who I wasn't playing)... I didn't know parent Sims had the desire to meet if their kids were friends.

[AxelValentine]

That the wheel on a mouse can be used to zoom in and out.
Shocked me when I accidently pushed it forward and in I went!

[lemonboleyn]

I realised yesterday that there is no road into or out of Takemizu Village! How the shuttle gets there I don't know. Wormhole?
Those dang wormholes. They're in our apples, in our time, and now in our Sims. :p

Sometimes Sims getting out of the pool or ocean will shake their heads and sort of poke at their ears like they've got water in them. I didn't realize what they were doing the first few times I spotted that, but today I figured it out. :smash:

[EraMentis]

I realized a sim child and a sim adult can snuggle on a couch.

[bacon164]

That it can be fun and addictive only if you are willing to put your own creativity into it.

At least for me.

[coltraz]

That the wheel on a mouse can be used to zoom in and out.
Shocked me when I accidently pushed it forward and in I went!

lol... that's a joke, right??

[Purplepaws]

That when a bunch of family members who haven't seen each other in a while get together, they'll get a memory that says "Had a family reunion." Has that been in since the base game?

[SilentPsycho]

That when a bunch of family members who haven't seen each other in a while get together, they'll get a memory that says "Had a family reunion." Has that been in since the base game?

Actually, you just need a group of about 8 sims on the lots that are all related to have a family reunion. It doesn't matter if you haven't seen them for a long time. And I believe it has been there since the base game.

[fway]

That when a bunch of family members who haven't seen each other in a while get together, they'll get a memory that says "Had a family reunion." Has that been in since the base game?

It sounds like it came with Nightlife, did you invite the Family over as a "Group" or Just Invite the Whole Household over?

[Lemon&Lime]

It doesn't come with nightlife, I've had those memories before I got nightlife. It happens when you have a party and invite only family members, be it a wedding/anniversary/birthday/house etc.

[Purplepaws]

Interesting info. If it really has been there since the base game, it's amazing I never caught it before!

I didn't, however, throw a party or have more than eight related sims on the lot. I had a woman living by herself who invited her father, stepmother, and three half-siblings over for dinner to meet her fiance (using the "invite household" option). Together, that makes seven, but the stepmother and fiance weren't technically related to her. Then sometime later, the father's family invited the woman, her husband, and her two children over (again via "invite household"), but no one got the reunion memory. I wonder why the second one didn't take.

[AxelValentine]

lol... that's a joke, right??
No joke.

I would be careful with the family reunion memories. I have a few sims with ten pages worth of nothing but that memory.

[markusrandall]

That Sims get annoyed if you make them do the same thing over and over again...

[Ghost sdoj]

No joke.

I would be careful with the family reunion memories. I have a few sims with ten pages worth of nothing but that memory.

I had several pages of "Family reunion" when I had a family invite their oldest son and daughter home from college for kids birthdays. As the mom turned out to be a baby factory who always has twins and gets pregnant every time she tries there were lots of birthdays before I got the house cleaned out. Then I saw the memory pages and used SimPe to clean some of that out as well.
(Now I have 8 kids camped out in the student bin, but that is another story.)

There is a hack on MATY which prevents redundant memories.

[crazyalien8]

Sometimes, you can see wombat try to climb the clear wall of it's cage. It'll get halfway up the wall and then slide back down, and you can hear it's paws squeak against the wall as it slides.

It'sso cute. x3~

[Purplepaws]

That you can place toy mice on the steps of the kitty climber!

[LilG135]

Heh, I didn't know that one. Interesting little tidbit; do you know if the cats can knock it back down on the floor?

[Lemon&Lime]

That your sims need to have a big open space to have a water balloon fight. I have a family living in one of those two-storey cheap houses in Downtown and a message came up saying I should make more room outside for them to play. Unless I knock the house down though they can't!

[Menaceman44]

I got the same sort of message when I got a Sim to try building a Snowman. Thing is, the Sim was on a massive community lot with an empty parking lot! Plenty of space but it wouldn't let him build one.

[Purplepaws]

Heh, I didn't know that one. Interesting little tidbit; do you know if the cats can knock it back down on the floor?

I don't know, I haven't played the lot yet. (Still decorating.) Good question, though!

[ani_]

Actually, you just need a group of about 8 sims on the lots that are all related to have a family reunion. It doesn't matter if you haven't seen them for a long time. And I believe it has been there since the base game.

I always thought family reunion is a party option - and becuause of this I'v had wild parties with Granny because I wanted to see this memory. I didn't know it's just having people over.

Does it have to be eight people? or can it be less if the family is smaller?

[Purplepaws]

Does it have to be eight people? or can it be less if the family is smaller?

I'm not entirely sure what all the requirements are, but I know it doesn't have to have eight people. Maybe my post here (http://forums.sims2community.com/showpost.php?p=1043879&postcount=2368) will help some.

[aureza]

I discovered that I can learn a lot of fun stuff while reading this thread. (right now on page 63 but I had to share :D)

That...
-During a chat Maxis told to a player that The Sims 2: Pets would arrive when pigs fly. In Open for Business, a flying pig balloon can be spotted in the neighborhood view.
Source (http://www.answers.com/topic/the-sims-2-open-for-business)
-Toddlers can have a Follow "mom or dad's name" autonomous action. How cute~!
-You can literally steal food from community lot diners. (Useful for the Poverty Challenge!)
-I can have sexy nannies! (And they're still Elder!)

[behold_the_muse]

If a plantsim gets struck by lightning, it will boost his sunlight need. (Luckily he was a Knowledge sim and getting struck was in his wants panel... weirdo Knowledge sims).

[fway]

If a plantsim gets struck by lightning, it will boost his sunlight need. (Luckily he was a Knowledge sim and getting struck was in his wants panel... weirdo Knowledge sims).

That sounds like a good? Thing. XD What happens to the water/love motives?

[claireishness]

I discovered that I can learn a lot of fun stuff while reading this thread. (right now on page 63 but I had to share :D)

That...
-During a chat Maxis told to a player that The Sims 2: Pets would arrive when pigs fly. In Open for Business, a flying pig balloon can be spotted in the neighborhood view.
Source (http://www.answers.com/topic/the-sims-2-open-for-business)
-Toddlers can have a Follow "mom or dad's name" autonomous action. How cute~!
-You can literally steal food from community lot diners. (Useful for the Poverty Challenge!)
-I can have sexy nannies! (And they're still Elder!)
sexy nannies?! mine look like they have an evil witch lurking inside them! got any pics to show us? :lol:

[fway]

I don't get sexy nannies aureza, do you have default replacements?

P.S. I Think We Should Close this thread and start a new one... that is if there is anymore things simmers can find...

[aureza]

I'm actually at page 77 now. :lol: Yup, I have default replacements. Suffice to say, I was like, "I thought I deleted the babysitter hack?" and I realized it was the nanny when she wet herself. :))

[Lemon&Lime]

InSim =D The cheat of the gods! :haha:

[11krage]

Today i discovered that sims can get copons in the mail for a free meal at any resteraunt.

[Lemon&Lime]

That happened to my pleasure sim, just when he was about to take a girl on a date. Perfect timing :D

[Alexis_Strange]

I've just bought a new laptop, and after installing Sims 2 (I have all expansions), I realised just how much I had been missing when playing on what now seems like my crappy pc!! I always thought my graphics and sound were good, it ran fine and so on. I've now discovered that there are cut scenes (yes, i had heard rumours but its always nice to see for yourself!). I was sooo happy when my sim woohooed and a cut scene kicked in!! Also found there's a cut scene when you first move a sim/family into a new lot. Not found any others yet, just the various woohoo ones and the moving in one.

I've also discovered the sound is so much better too, I can literally hear the sound of the sims walking on different types of flooring and the difference in the sound as they change on say.. wood to concrete!! And so on.

Ok so maybe this is old news to alot of people, but it's made my gaming experience so much better, and actually seeing those 'mythical' cut scenes for myself has made my day!!

[laundry232000]

I have not had Bon Voyage installed very long so I do not know if this is supposed to happen or not, but I loved it. I had sent Tara Kat on vacation to Three Lakes and she was staying in a tent because she could not afford anything else. It was the beginning of winter and very very cold. She had on her outerwear but she was still cold. I had her warm her hands at the campfire and she was doing this when she turned around and started warming her backside. It had also been raining. She stood up and walked away from the fire and there was steam coming from her, only a slight mist of it floating from the back of her coat and from the back of her head. This lasted until she changed out of her outerwear. I thought "how realistic".

Cathy

[L3w1s]

There is another cut scene at birth, and at going to Uni. there is some for growign up but i don't know how they work. Maybe they were made but never used in the end, because if you use the tombstone of L & D you can use them...

[L3w1s]

That if a brother sees his sisters boyfriend cheating on her, but his sister doesn't, then the brother and the boyfriends relationship score drops LOTS

[Menaceman44]

There is another cut scene at birth, and at going to Uni. there is some for growign up but i don't know how they work. Maybe they were made but never used in the end, because if you use the tombstone of L & D you can use them...

You have to get the Sim to grow up by blowing out the candles on the cake. The cut scene shows up then.
There is also a cut scene for First Kiss.

[longdaysend]

don't forget one for getting engaged and one for getting married too!

[Ghost sdoj]

There is also one for getting left at the altar. (Cassandra Goth and Don Lothario are a good couple if you want to see that one.) Also first woohoo in bed and first woohoo in a hot tub. And for moving into a new house.

[chaotess]

Yesterday I discovered that Nina Caliente is shy. I don't normally like Romance Sims a lot, but I decided that with the Romance Mod from MATY, and ACR, her and Don Lothario would be a perfect couple. As they are both romance sims, they could have sorta an open marriage, and neither would get all that jealous. Well, turns out they have 3 lightning bolts, and are totally head over heels. And every time Don compliments Nina, she does that little I'm so shy move...I checked, and she's only got 3 outgoing (maybe four).

[Lemon&Lime]

There's a cut scene for moving into a new house?

[L3w1s]

not a very big one. it just goes from zooemd out, and slowly zooms in.
how do you get left at the alter? do u have to have 2 engaged sims and oen that has fallen out of love with the first sim?

[Lemon&Lime]

Yes, or one which is a love sim and did not select 'get married' (i.e. the non-love sim selected the alter) and a love sim will naturally reject marriage.

[Ghost sdoj]

When your "mouse" is a trackball you lose some options. I can't rotate my floor tiles even with the rotate 45 degree cheat turned on.

[fway]

I Think Nina Caliente Get's Special Treatment in this game... When One of My Sims Checked her out he started going "Nina Nina Nina..." Try it a few times on Nina Caliente.

[Menaceman44]

When your "mouse" is a trackball you lose some options. I can't rotate my floor tiles even with the rotate 45 degree cheat turned on.

You don't rotate the floor pieces using the mouse. You have to use the < and > keys on the keyboard.
You use them to rotate furniture at 45 degrees as well.

[Lemon&Lime]

Nina is an elder on my game, and married to Remington (the maid). Nina has also had about 5-6 kids, most of them with Don.

[SilentPsycho]

When your "mouse" is a trackball you lose some options. I can't rotate my floor tiles even with the rotate 45 degree cheat turned on.

You do know you can use < and > to rotate stuff, even without the cheat.

[Ghost sdoj]

You do know you can use < and > to rotate stuff, even without the cheat.
It rotates my entire screen unless I have the cheat on. If I have the cheat turned on it will confine it to an object attached to the cursor, but floor tiles attached to the cursor seem to want to be different. I think it is an issue with my drivers not registering that the item is attached to the cursor.

[markusrandall]

I knew faces 21 and 25 were available only for adult sims and that they had face two(default) as toodlers to teenagers. However I just found out yesterday in Bodyshop that they revert back to face two as elders. Weird.

[RosalindP]

I knew faces 21 and 25 were available only for adult sims and that they had face two(default) as toodlers to teenagers. However I just found out yesterday in Bodyshop that they revert back to face two as elders. Weird.

That's probably why the cute blond downtownie teen (the goth one) turns really ugly when he ages up :/ So disappointing.

[Black_Barook!]

I discovered that Daniel Pleasant, never woohooed before. I had him woohoo the gardener and 'Bang!' he had the first woohoo memory...how strange.

[patta234]

I think that's because Ea/Maxis didn't add the 'first woohoo' memory until University ... or something like that.

[Ghost sdoj]

Or that was another detail they ignored.

[claireishness]

No, I actually think that that's the "first woo-hoo WITH _____" kind of memory, not just a general one... either that, or my sim who woo-hooed with her professor forgot, when she left, and then had another first time later on :lol:

[musiquefille_SC]

That's probably why the cute blond downtownie teen (the goth one) turns really ugly when he ages up :/ So disappointing.

tell me about it. i had him impregnate a legacy sim and she had the ugliest twin boys ever, but only when they became adults! they were gorgeous before that.

[Lemon&Lime]

Alexander Goth had a son with his first wife Brandice called Mortimer, and he was really ugly (looked more feminine then he should) but when he went to college, grew some facial hair and had a decent haircut then he was surprisingly good-looking for a Goth. He has just got married to a Sim in my game called Miyah Luna, who is an elf. The Goths, obviously, do not approve that the heir has married a non-human. ;)

[markusrandall]

The goth downtownie does have some horrible genetics, escpecially that nose. Some offspring who inherit those features get really big ears too.
If you clear your game of characters though and generate a few new downtownies, sometimes the game will generate another goth who is a teen version of a rockabilly sim that's also a hidden downtownie. He has some odd customized features that some may find homely, but there's no big surprise in store when he ages.

[cindyfinks]

oh jeez. i just noticed my cute little toddler pickin' her cute little nose in the crib...ick

[Lemon&Lime]

That it is more expensive to buy a cat for your Sim than it is to get them a dog.

For example, a dog needs; a bed, a chew toy, food. A cat needs; a bed, a toy, a scratch post, a litter tray and food (although you can use fish). I got my living off the land Sims to get a cat, and I struggled to fit in all the stuff it needed. So I might get them to sell the cat on and get a dog instead. :D

[claireishness]

when you're in buy mode, if you hold down on the clicker.. wheel.. thing- scroller on the mouse then it turns into a different cursor and allows you to see things from a different angle, depending where you move the mouse. It stays in the same place, it's more convinient that rotating ^_^

[vickster]

That with Open for Business, sims can say that they're just browsing, I'd never seen that before!

[Cinamun]

That when sims have a bonfire they do this funky little "bonfire dance"...
I knew the bonfire came with University, and I've had bonfires before but never with more than one sim. Well as soon as they lit it they did this dance.. autonomously... LOL :blink:

http://img158.imageshack.us/img158/8163/firedancegv0.jpg

[ani_]

That you can wash windows, Cassandra did it autonomisly - I'v never seen the option for washing them, and after she did it, I went throught all the windows downstairs and none of them had a washing option.

[Menaceman44]

That you can wash windows, Cassandra did it autonomisly - I'v never seen the option for washing them, and after she did it, I went throught all the windows downstairs and none of them had a washing option.

Its an autonomous only action. If you have debug mode turned on then you can shift-click to direct Sims to wash windows. You can also direct them to look out of them.

[duderocks]

I discovered something interesting with the tree rings in BV:

DL + NC = Don Lothario + Nina Caliente
DL + DC = Don + Dina Calitente
DL + CG = Don + Cassandra Goth
DL + KL = Don + Kaylynn Langerak

[fway]

Duderocks that's interesting. I'm going to have to look at those trees... XD

Well anyway I discovered that While Sims are Cuddling at the Booths that came with NL, that your sim can "Love Talk" and "Big Smooch" I love the love talk it's quite funny.

[Lemon&Lime]

I discovered that fireflys seem to live forever in those bug jars. I simply invested in a few more of those 'crazy 8 table' things which look like stools to place jars of these fireflys for cheap lighting so it reduces the bills of my living off the land family, the Ashford clan.

[Boioi]

I think that it is a bug, but the housemaid just loves aquaria, she didn't stop to clean it, she did it over and over again, but she didn't clean other things like the toilet or the oven.

[Nightwater]

I discovered something interesting with the tree rings in BV:

DL + NC = Don Lothario + Nina Caliente
DL + DC = Don + Dina Calitente
DL + CG = Don + Cassandra Goth
DL + KL = Don + Kaylynn LangerakHow?! I thought that log-tree is just log-tree and nothing more!

[Atgnat]

Today I learned that you can make clothing collections too; just like for objects and buildmode stuff. This means that if you want to create a sim with a certain bodyshape (eg, Momma Lisa or Kurvy K) then you add all those outfits to the same collection.

However it looks like you can only access it in CAS. am still playing around with it.

[duderocks]

How?! I thought that log-tree is just log-tree and nothing more!

It's more of an inside joke, I think. When you examine the tree rings, these equations will appear. The letters there are initials of two people, and the first person is always Don Lothario and the second one of his lovers.

I just wished there is a Daniel + Mary-Sue and a Daniel + Kaylynn, though.

[J_Cas]

I learned u can add your own shows to the TV!
http://i69.photobucket.com/albums/i55/_Jose/snapshot_b41bf547_f43a8776.jpg
they work with AVI, and they work perfectly!

[Nightwater]

It's more of an inside joke, I think. When you examine the tree rings, these equations will appear. The letters there are initials of two people, and the first person is always Don Lothario and the second one of his lovers.
I just wished there is a Daniel + Mary-Sue and a Daniel + Kaylynn, though.Strange... when my sim examined the tree ring, he simply acted as he's viewing any another decorative object and nothing strange happened. I'm gonna try it again, though.

[Menaceman44]

If you keep your Sim viewing for a long time you will get pop-up messages telling you what some of the rings mean.

[Styledx_SC]

That the toilet flushes to the left & that my legacy founder sim freaks me out so much. Like every 2 sim minutes she looks up at me with either a frown on her face or a smile that says "please maxmotives me and give me motherlode" (Yeah I have way too much time on my hands)

[Aries66]

I discovered that you can get engaged at the dinner table.it's a surprise engagement!It's really romantic?

[paigeyt]

Cats can sleep on kitchen counters.

[Lemon&Lime]

That when you get your sim to take a picture with the camera career reward object and you get your sims to pose, if you move the camera their eyes follow you. O_O It's scary.

[Cinamun]

^^ i'm sooooo trying that...

[Lemon&Lime]

Remember to move your camera, not the camera object. :P

[Cinamun]

:rofl: definitely!

[Thrior]

That for some reason Shiela had an "Ammu" ("shoot" in english) option when I clicked their maid. Timothy didn't have this option although he lives in the same house.
I tried that and that actually meant she would dismiss her from the job. Blah.... I kind of hoped she would have been able to shoot her :lol:.
And one more thing... when I made Shiela to "shoot" the maid, the description of that action in that icon que was "FIRE!" like that the house would be in fire O_o
Wtf?

[theamazingbox]

well, if you were to "fire" someone, in American English at least, it would mean to terminate their employment.

i.e.-"The boss caught me kicking kittens behind the store, and he fired my ass!"

[venomous_SC]

I discovered the joys of bumpmapped textures now that i have a new computer lol

[Ghost sdoj]

Thrior has discovered the joys of a game where the translators don't speak her language properly. (Suddenly envisioning a brand new meaning to my "Fire" option.)

[ani_]

1. I found out that if a sim is looking at art - you can join them and then talk about the peace of art togeather.

2. There's a face of a woman on the milk - err - box - when you make cereal

[Menaceman44]

1. I found out that if a sim is looking at art - you can join them and then talk about the peace of art togeather.

2. There's a face of a woman on the milk - err - box - when you make cereal

The woman on the milk carton is Bella. Sometimes you will also be able to see the picture of the Social Bunny or Sunny the Clown from Sims 1. At least I think the clown was called Sunny. I know its the picture of the one who used to come and bug depressed Sims.

[Aryxa]

Don't try to influence Big Foot to hug another sim, especially if that sim is your partner. I did it with a couple who are married elders, and first the wife got a slappin' from her husband, then the husband got a slappin' from the wife, then Bigfoot gave the wife a slappin' for apologizing to her husband and giving him a hug. And in the wife's memories, 'had an affair with Bigfoot' is appearing. After a chat and a hug! Sims get jealous way too easily. So then the couple spent the rest of the holiday furious with each other, got home, and the husband promptly died of old age.

Those crazy sims!

[ani_]

The woman on the milk carton is Bella.
I never would have guessed it - as her hair looked redish in my game. I'v never seen the bunny or the clown, but on the other hand I'v never payed much attention to the milk :)

[Thrior]

well, if you were to "fire" someone, in American English at least, it would mean to terminate their employment.
Yeah, but now it was translated as "tulipalo" ("fire" in english) and in finnish this word only means the kind of fire when some object is on fire. This word has no synonyms. Same thing with that "ammu" ("shoot" in english) option. In finnish it means that someone shoots a gun or something similar. What a way to fire that maid XD.
But yeah... like sidneydoj said, I just discovered the joys of a game where the translators seriously messed up :lol:

[theamazingbox]

yeha, that's pretty weird. I've seen some poorly translated stuff before, but you'd figure a multimillion dollar enterprise would be a little more careful. (lol, you should apply to be a translator!)

[ani_]

The reason those spelling mishaps happen is because the translators don't see the game when they translate, they only see the text seperately - and well - you can translate a word in many ways :)

Thrior - you really play the game in finnish or is it just a phase you are going through? I just read the review for BV in one magazine where they played it in finnish - Janus Goottinen - that name is just sooo bad >.<

[Thrior]

^
Yeah... I installed the finnish version because of my sister and I regret it. Those names are SO bad. I have been changing them tough and I never give finnish names to my sims.
Even tough I'm from Finland I just can't stand those names >_<

Not to go off-topic: I discovered that having too many enemies in the game can be a real pain in the butt. Trashcans of Rael's house are always kicked over and after he has just lift it up and got back to sleep, another one of his enemies comes and kicks it over again :lol:. For some reason I have never encountered this aggressive behaviour for example with Gordon *points avatar* but maybe that's because he's awake at nights anyways and they prefer to go kick those trashcans at nights.

[Kaotic Bliss]

Well I discovered that you can bring a bottle to a baby upstairs this is the first I have seen in it.

[ani_]

Actually I discovered this sunday/yesterday - but (I think this is realted on having an enemy - not 100% sure) every time one (actually two - same family - different houses) of my sims gets out of her car, she gets a task with the image of the driveway - and when you put your cursor on it - it says watch out. I understand it for one of my people - but not for the other as she doesn't have enemies to my knowlage.

I saw a sim paly in a fridge - I didn't discover this as I knew it was there - but it was the first time I saw it.

[amvalvo]

@ani: My sims sometimes have the "Watch out!" task as well, but I'm pretty sure it's because they are trying to avoid getting run over by the car, not because of any enemies they may have.

I discovered how much I hate chance cards. I know both options can have a bad or good (or atleast better) outcome, but my sims always seem to get fired, demoted, etc. :eviltongu

[Valentine_SC]

^

Not to go off-topic: I discovered that having too many enemies in the game can be a real pain in the butt.


It's not a new discovery, but it worked for me: put a fence with a gate around a little space, move the trash can there with move_objects and then lock the gate for all sims that are not part of the household. That way you'll just have your sims trashcan-kicking enemies standing in front of the locked gate. Haven't found a way to prevent them from stealing the newspaper, though ;)

[Ghost sdoj]

If you really need a newspaper after it has been stolen, use the bathroom with a bladder score of 50% or lower. You can click on the paper they read while seated. (Another advantage to females, although you need to be pretty quick if their bladder wasn't very low.) And I keep one in my sim's inventory if I'm going to need one for a picture. So anybody who steals the paper is just doing a favor.

[Purplepaws]

If you really need a newspaper after it has been stolen, use the bathroom with a bladder score of 50% or lower. You can click on the paper they read while seated. (Another advantage to females, although you need to be pretty quick if their bladder wasn't very low.) And I keep one in my sim's inventory if I'm going to need one for a picture. So anybody who steals the paper is just doing a favor.

Really? I didn't know that! Thanks, that'll come in handy.

[Tzigone]

That just because someone feeds your a baby doesn't mean they've met the baby. Lola Singles had a baby. I had her flirting with her husband instead of feeding the baby (his backdrop was a nice dark green, not even yellowish a bit). Then I let them go to feed the baby and Vidcund comes down the stairs with him (I have no idea how/when he got into my house - though dad had just been on the phone with his son). Feeds him, puts him down and says it's getting late and he has to go. But neither he or the baby have any memory of meeting each other. And he's not on the baby's "known" list.

[YamLin]

I discovered that the gravyard Dowtown has lost all its graves since I last looked at that lot (aaaaages ago). I've been killing Sims off just to send them there.

[Menaceman44]

Actually I discovered this sunday/yesterday - but (I think this is realted on having an enemy - not 100% sure) every time one (actually two - same family - different houses) of my sims gets out of her car, she gets a task with the image of the driveway - and when you put your cursor on it - it says watch out. I understand it for one of my people - but not for the other as she doesn't have enemies to my knowlage.

I saw a sim paly in a fridge - I didn't discover this as I knew it was there - but it was the first time I saw it.

Like amvalvo said, the "Watch Out" interaction is when a Sim is trying to avoid a car. I was annoyed to find they will do it even with a stationary car not in use. Thankfully I found a hack that means Sims only try to avoid cars with another Sim actually using it.

[ani_]

Like amvalvo said, the "Watch Out" interaction is when a Sim is trying to avoid a car. I was annoyed to find they will do it even with a stationary car not in use. Thankfully I found a hack that means Sims only try to avoid cars with another Sim actually using it.
Aih - stupid sims - none of my houses even have two cars - and one only has a single occupant - thanks for the info :)

[Tabk]

I noticed that if my sim has an enemy, my sim wants to see the enemy sims ghost. But the wierd part is that the enemy sim is still alive! So I guess they want their enemy dead.

[Ghost sdoj]

Really grouchy sims will add "Drink the enemy," "Enemy is a Zombie" and "Make a zombie" to that list. And if the enemy dies they get wants to kick tombstones and smash urns.

A perfectly level floor inside a foundation that was build before I leveled the terrain is considered to have a slope so I can't add the stairs. Or a wall. Stupid game. I'm debating whether I want to bulldoze and start over (It is an unoccupied lot) or just use cheats.

[fway]

Really grouchy sims will add "Drink the enemy," "Enemy is a Zombie" and "Make a zombie" to that list. And if the enemy dies they get wants to kick tombstones and smash urns.

A perfectly level floor inside a foundation that was build before I leveled the terrain is considered to have a slope so I can't add the stairs. Or a wall. Stupid game. I'm debating whether I want to bulldoze and start over (It is an unoccupied lot) or just use cheats.

what I do is I take one of those connecting stairs, (have the lot flattened or level around the area first) then in 4 segments which should do the trick. then I add a foundation, lower the terrain around some of the foundation then remove parts of the foundation to add walls for windows, there's a basement.

Was that what you were talking about? That's what I was thinking about the "floor inside of a foundation"

[1306]

-If you have a really hilly lot, and you have trees already planted on them, and if you try to level the lot, the trees will stay elevated.
-It's easy to make others sick by just close contact with another sick one.
-One of the vinyls on the DJ deck has a picture of Bella Goth.
-A toddler can't go down stairs, even if they can walk.

[Annelae]

I found out that an in-game painting that came with Seasons or Base Game is animated and has built-in lights. For my cheapskate sims who like to spruce up the atmosphere a bit, this is useful since it costs only 300 dollars. If anyone wants pics, I'll post!

[ani_]

- You can drive to school even if it's snowday
- You cannot freeze in communtiy lots (or temperature decay is alot slower)
- Don't bother performing for tips in a lot that has a busy restaurant
- If you play so that part of the walls are down, and it snows a lot - the part that's down will get higher so it stay's above the snow

[fway]

These Funny Glitches
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haha: "sabrina has not learned any new behaviors, try praising or scolding your pet to teach them new behaviors"

[Ferret]

I learnt that not only can you Woohoo with a robot (anyone else curious as to how that works?) but theres a memory to go with it:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v259/mozzow/robotwoohoo.jpg

[fway]

^ I Didn't Know That Ferret That's Pretty Funny. *Goes Woohoo With a Robot* Did You Try Public Woohoo? Like with the Photobooth and Elevator (Since you Have OFB ;) )

[gamegrl66]

I found out that when a sim is freestylin' another sim can join them!

[Lemon&Lime]

That Sims in college can randomly start working out if you leave them on free will. Kinda annoying because they change into their excersize outfit (especially if they can't afford a closet to change their clothes afterwards, so I have to get them to have a shower to get changed).

[Ghost sdoj]

what I do is I take one of those connecting stairs, (have the lot flattened or level around the area first) then in 4 segments which should do the trick. then I add a foundation, lower the terrain around some of the foundation then remove parts of the foundation to add walls for windows, there's a basement.

Was that what you were talking about? That's what I was thinking about the "floor inside of a foundation"


That was what I had done, except I had forgotten to level terrain across the entire lot first because it looked like it was already level. It apparently wasn't. I couldn't even put in a wall. Even after I leveled again and put in a floor I got "Cannot build on a slope." I bulldozed the lot to start over.


I get the exercise thing in college too, it is caused by a coach who comes into the place and starts making everyone work out.

[JavaJulie]

That Sims in college can randomly start working out if you leave them on free will. Kinda annoying because they change into their excersize outfit (especially if they can't afford a closet to change their clothes afterwards, so I have to get them to have a shower to get changed).
That's usually the result of a coach appearing on the lot and ordering the Sim to workout. Usually wearing shorts, a sweatshirt and whistle. Almost as annoying as the school mascots.

[Lemon&Lime]

I hate it when the cheerleader or the mascot just walks into the lot, especially when I'm playing several college Sims at once. The most annoying though is when a streaker runs like crazy into the house then out, but that sometimes makes me laugh. Sometimes.

[primal_ee]

That a toddler can dance to music if the stereo is on! I had freewill on and was doing something with another sim, when the baby crawled into the room with music and started dancing, moving his hands and upper body... terribly cute!

[gamegrl66]

If you have OFB and go to a lot you built that is owned by one of your Sims, when customers throw down their bags the Simelons go into your current Sims pocket!

[I_Love_Simming]

Some toddlers have a full set of teeth and some have only a few :D Ive noticed it here and there

[JavaJulie]

If you have OFB and go to a lot you built that is owned by one of your Sims, when customers throw down their bags the Simelons go into your current Sims pocket!
That's just the price of the items the customer was going to buy being refunded to the owner Sim (who had to pay for it when they initially placed it on sale).

[fway]

I discovered that you can replace the stools in the food bar that came with BV.

[normawilahmina]

I discovered that you can replace the stools in the food bar that came with BV.

Awesome tip! I didn't know that.

[fway]

The Twikki Food Bar looks good With the Tiki Stuff From Seasons. They should have put the Tiki style in BV and Gave Seasons another style. And You Don't Have to Have a Pineapple on Your Food Stand.

ETA: Same Goes for the Three Lakes food stand there doesn't have to be a pancake. And You Can Run a Business (I Believe) With The Food Stand. Funny Eh?

ETA2: You Can't Be The Chef But You can Set the Price of Each Meal. I Think It's Still Pretty cool how they integrated things from BV into OFB.

[Menaceman44]

That's just the price of the items the customer was going to buy being refunded to the owner Sim (who had to pay for it when they initially placed it on sale).

I thought they were saying that the money went to the currently visiting Sim instead of the owner. (If you weren't playing the owner Sim family)

[ani_]

Two things.

1. I think Brandi broke the Garden club woman's marriage when she married Thomas Zarubin. Never made the connection between these two untill I played Brandi and when I put my cursor on her - it sayd Brandi Zarubin - then put the cursor on the Garden club woman and it says - something Zarubin.

2. Stealing ones man doesn't effect your garden club application

[claireishness]

The bubbles that come from the Myne doors don't say what the Sim who locked the door's thinking but what they're doing instead.. like sleeping, or in class!
I only just realised- I've ALWAYS wondered :lol:

[Bree2kool8]

Last night my sim, Preston, went to visit his girlfriend, Arianna. When she was discplining her dog, he started to play with the fridge. He was swinging from the doors and opening and closing them. It was sooooo crazy. I tried taking a picture but it didn't come out so well. I never had a sim do that before! :einstein

[I_Love_Simming]

Last night my sim, Preston, went to visit his girlfriend, Arianna. When she was discplining her dog, he started to play with the fridge. He was swinging from the doors and opening and closing them. It was sooooo crazy. I tried taking a picture but it didn't come out so well. I never had a sim do that before! :einstein

Yeh, very playfull sims do that sometimes :)

[longdaysend]

puppies,when going into the dog houses have to 'climb in'. they jump and put thier front paws up then scramble a bit with thier back paws to get up and in....so freakin adorable!

[msp_teen]

That your sims get a nice amount of money for writing a novel!!!

[crazyalien8]

If your toddlers are outside, they can "chase" butterflies. You can hear them giggling and then making an angry sounds because they can't get them.

My toddler didn't know how to walk (he was just sitting on the ground with his hands in the air), so I don't know if they'll stand and chase them.

[rebekah_SC]

I've never noticed before until today that when two Sims want to woohoo (and there are others in the room), they do a soft little 'scram' thing with their hands until everyone has left. Very cute indeed ;)

[Purplepaws]

I've never noticed before until today that when two Sims want to woohoo (and there are others in the room), they do a soft little 'scram' thing with their hands until everyone has left. Very cute indeed ;)

However, they don't seem to mind if someone barges in while they're in the process, lol. And the other person never seems the least bit shocked. Hopefully, that'll be a bit more realistic in TS3.

[gamegrl66]

I just realized two things, when a Sim moves out but had leftover in their fridge, the next tenants can use their leftover once they purchase a fridge. And, I was wondering how the Vacation Days was added then I realized that if your Sim had an upcoming off day but got a promotion with different work days those days are added as Vacation Days.

[moo_beebi]

there was a house fire and the first thing my teen sim did was take the baby and run it to the street :| never saw that before!

[Ghost sdoj]

That your sims get a nice amount of money for writing a novel!!!
And if they write more novels the amount of money increases. I ended up with one sim who was bringing in 10-12 thousand simoleons from each one after a while. (Of course I was using the "faster novel" function of Christianlov's easy computer.) It got funny. He would finish the novel, the phone would ring, his wife would answer with a "What Now?!" attitude, the money would come in, the husband would start a new novel, and the wife would say "Aw Frek!" and start throwing a temper tantrum because she couldn't turn the computer off. But she was more than happy to spend the aspiration points he got from writing best sellers to buy Elixir of Life for herself, and spend his money to upgrade her house.

[Tzigone]

there was a house fire and the first thing my teen sim did was take the baby and run it to the street :| never saw that before!I've heard about that, but haven't had a fire with a baby in the house, myself. Does it still take them three hours to get the baby out of the crib, or do they move more quickly?

[moo_beebi]

I've heard about that, but haven't had a fire with a baby in the house, myself. Does it still take them three hours to get the baby out of the crib, or do they move more quickly?

very fast! i was amazed :\

[primal_ee]

A penguin walked into a lot I was playing during the summer!!!!?

[TLAWBLIQUE360]

I didnt know that if a sim flushes when another sim is in the shower , the sims in the shower jumps out and scolds the sim that did the flushing. Pretty true to life, I was surprised cus ive been playing since the first base game release and never once noticed that!

[longdaysend]

having a child at UNI is a bad, bad idea....my favorite sim refused to move back home (more acurately the action 'get in' kept dropping out of the que) and the save/quit options greyed out.....i had to use the windows key to get out and shut it down from the task manager...no more 'Oopsie!' babies for my Students,lol.

[ani_]

One of the boxes with a clown is actually very evil - it will make toddlers and kids cry and adults have a hart attack.

[ipie88]

my toddler got kidnapped!!

[ani_]

my toddler got kidnapped!!

Oho - what happened?

[linn_91]

One of the boxes with a clown is actually very evil - it will make toddlers and kids cry and adults have a hart attack.

How do you build one of those? My sim has a gold badge in toy-making, but he can only make normal boxes. I want that evil clown in my vampire-mansion..

[Menaceman44]

How do you build one of those? My sim has a gold badge in toy-making, but he can only make normal boxes. I want that evil clown in my vampire-mansion..

Its not one that you can actually select to build. I'm not sure what causes it but its like how a Sim can build a broken robot or a kite that will always electrocute the user. I think its more likely if the Sim has a lower skill.

[Sizza]

Perhaps if they're mean?

[ani_]

The box was build by a very nice sim - at least in my game its black with flame patterns. He doesn't make them any more - and they are too poor to buy the station to build them right now - so I cant check is that colour always for the evil box. For sure he did build some good ones too.

[ANILEIJA]

That sims apparently can have nightmares. The oldest boy in the family I'm playing right now woke up looking scared while thinking of one of his enemies, then fell asleep again.
And that the same teenage-boy has a fear for cleaning.

[Daisie]

And that the same teenage-boy has a fear for cleaning.Don't most teenage boys have that fear? :lol: