What did you discover today while playing the sims?

[Peni Griffin]

This is a glitch. The birth programming gets stuck and goes into a loop. If you close without saving and let her give birth again, you'll probably have a normal birth.

If it happens to you a lot (I've seen people's simblogs who were particularly prone to it; I think the worst case I've seen evidence of in picture form was four sets of twins) you'll want to go on a glitch hunt. For some people it's a one-off, though.

[julmoo]

Yeah I figured that this was the cause.
I don't have a problem with that, I'll see it as a challenge to raise these triplets into well adjusted Sims xD
I'm just glad that her carpool to work arrived or else I might have sextuplets now O.O

How does one go on a glitch hunt? Can you fix glitches somehow?

[Peni Griffin]

You go to the Game Problem FAQ:
http://www.modthesims.info/wiki.php?title=Game_Help:Game_Problem

And you can prevent a lot of minor (but annoying and even, eventually, debilitating) glitches just by saving before you exit instead of on exit and dumping your caches every day. I've had a lot fewer bizarrely inexplicable things happen to my sims once I got into those two habits.

[Liv Lukas]

Instead of dumping caches, I've made an empty groups.cache that never needs to be deleted. Quick instructions here:

http://medievalsims.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=4193#p4193


Actually, you don't need to download anything. Just destroy the already existing file, right-click, select "New file", then "Text file", then rename the file to "Groups.cache", then make it read.only.

Works like a charm!

[oreosncreamforjojo]

I discovered that it is not a safe idea to bow down to your sim's wish to flirt with her boyfriend his boss is around; they both have the same hairstyle and I accidently clicked on the wrong one, now boyfriend is mad...

lol, I accidentally had my fam/rom's spouse read the dream-date-flowers for his wife from another sim! He cried and lost some relationship points with her :( There was no "caught my wife cheating" memory though...

[Aegagropilon]

I discovered that Outgoing sims can autonomously join a hang-out conversation.

Gozer Howe was hanging out his future brother-in-law Grimm Subject when Siggeir Beaker sat down on the ground with them and joined in on the conversation. (And friendly 1-point-Nice Gozer and sweet-tempered 0-points-Nice Siggeir are like the same poles of a magnet: they keep trying to hug each other to no success.)

I'm also loving the in-law fix hack that I downloaded that allows in-laws to be viewed as family in all cases. It's made things a lot more pleasant with my grouchier sims... though Ruby still hates Grimhild, and Nervous still considers Siggeir to be nothing but a damned Beaker.

[larky]

I discovered that a host's death has some impact on the party score, but not actually very much.

[Yazoo]

@ Levera: Go here:
http://www.moreawesomethanyou.com/ffs/index.php?dir=al%2Fhacks%2F

Scroll down to ffsdebugger.zip. Unzip, place in downloads. Buy little black box with Batman symbol on it (found in Misc/Misc). Watch for cow mascot to enter lot. Before mascot can enter house, click box, choose SMITE!!

Experience satisfaction. Repeat as needed. The batbox has lots of useful functions (if you don't understand them, don't click them! Come here and ask what they mean.) It can prevent clones within a family, for example; fix some basic glitches, and perform routine neighborhood maintenance. But cow mascot smiting, while not essential to game enjoyment, is excellent fun.

I'm experiencing the Download Fugue State. It's hard to find all the stuff you've gotten used to again! And harder to hunt for it without downloading New Stuff. I'll have to make a "CC I don't want to live without" zip file and do triple redundant backups like I do with my most important real life files, once we get our computer back up to snuff.

That seems a little...WOW! I just wanted to watch her get eaten by a Cow Plant, and then have Cara drink her. HAHAHAH! (Now...I have realized that came out of sooo wrong) Hehehe. :P

But Smite...Whew, that would be something to see LOL :P :D Thank you, Peni, I may get this ^.^

Weirdly...I learned that male maids can have Mohawks, certainly, not professional -.-" Then again, for punk like Sims (Like mine) it works :P

[oreosncreamforjojo]

I just noticed that the wolf to turn people shows up when there are babies or toddlers in the house, I never see the wolf when there aren't babies or toddlers in the house.

[Peni Griffin]

That'll be an artifact of your randomization, Oreos. The Leader of the Pack has shown up in my game at David Ottomas's house while he was living alone, at the Eppie Curian household shortly after Eppie married Tiffany Sampson, and at the Munny household when the boys were teens. I believe I've seen several people comment on the attraction toddlers exert on wolves, so it may be that there's an increased chance of them when a toddler's in the house. I haven't noticed it, but I'm often so focused on what's going on indoors when I have a toddler that a whole pack could show up on motorcycles and I might not notice.

[omglo]

I'm fairly sure that the "make me a werewolf" want mentions that the wolves like houses where toddlers live.

[oreosncreamforjojo]

Toddlers are easier when you have freetime Lifetime Aspiration Benefits and mommy is a good witch ;) I love "Benemoodus Populus" ♥

[Darby]

Wolf visits are not dependent on the presence of an infant or toddler, but infants/toddlers do definitely increase the chances.

[Sunbee]

There's also an increased chance of wolves/werewolves if you have a lot of trees. No idea how the calculations work, but my Alexandra Tetherton's (O'Mackey?) 3x5 beach lot has so many trees that I can only play it from the water side, and she's befriended and adopted a regular wolf (took two days) and the LOTP is there three or four times a night. I have probably fifty trees on that lot, or more. There are only two routes she can take out to the streetside due to the density.

[Darby]

There's also an increased chance of wolves/werewolves if you have a lot of trees.

Weeds too, I think. Had an outdoor lot with a leaky shower, and thus a lot of weeds, and the LoTP was a pretty frequent visitor, though there weren't many trees and no infants/toddlers.

Now that I think about it, it was while playing that lot that I got my first non-cheat werewolf. After years of having a hard time getting one (and resorting to cheats), now they seem relatively easy!

[DigitalSympathies]

This is a glitch. The birth programming gets stuck and goes into a loop. If you close without saving and let her give birth again, you'll probably have a normal birth.

Oh thank God, I thought it was my Quads hack gone awry when I had this problem but luckily it isn't. I had a sim have SIX babies at once in a clean (except for maybe 10 mods) game in a loop of three sets of twins and I was like O_O "Um. Okay. Yeah, I need to go play something else before my brain gets turned inside out because that's definitely not possible."

[FranH]

I've found that you can delete the community lot phones if:

You have all the EP's-I don't remember if BV enabled the 'walk to lot' option or not-probably..and I know that having all of them ensures no lot bugging when you do this.

The reason I've deleted every single phone from the community lots is that:

A.) I'm playing a medieval hood, and they didn't have cars in those days. Only very few wealthy people actually had horses, and in my neighborhood, they don't even have those for transportation!

B.) They look out of place and ugly from any view in the neighborhood. Even the recolored telephones look ugly, (because they don't appear as recolored in the hood view) and if you're walking from place to place, why bother to have them in the first place?

It makes for a more esthetically pleasing view, and it has absolutely no effect on who shows up on the lots.

Of course if you are using cars in your hood, I can't say if this will be a bad thing or not-but so far, my game is running smoothly as ever.

[Clashfan]

I discovered that if your Sim has a cell phone they don't need a house phone to get calls. Don't know why this never occurred to me before I guess it was just habit to automatically put in a house phone but I moved some Sims yesterday into a new lot and forgot the phone. When I heard just one of the Sims cell phones ringing I had a minor revelation. D'oh :faceslap:

[Gcgb53191]

I discovered that if one sim is juggling cups then another sim can join them and they'll juggle with each other and throw/switch cups with one another :lol:

[sierrakusterbeck]

I learned that if you don't have 8000 downloads in your game, it only takes about a minute to load the game. Still wondering if I wanna put my downloads folder back into the game. Sigh.

[kristie91]

That in neighbor hood mode you can change the seasons, so that way if you have a neighborhood that is desert or arctic that they have the correct weather.

To be honest there is a ton I haven't messed with. Its almost like the sims 2 came out last month with all expansions and stuff packs for me.

[oreosncreamforjojo]

I learned that OFB+BV= WIN ! I'm currently running a massage parlor with my sims who have learned 3 massage styles. They have no employees. Customers pay to enter as well as $30 per massage. It started making profit right away ! The only downside being it takes longer to get customer loyalty stars.

[maybesomethingdunno]

Lightning apparently can either strike the empty porch of an apartment or perhaps a puddle on the porch. I'm not sure. It was storming and I noticed there was a fire on the lot. I looked and saw a flaming rain puddle on an otherwise empty porch. Besides the rain puddle, there were no objects on the porch. :blink:

[SnowyDreams]

Today, I discovered that some Sims are just born to be awkward. XD

Tank Grunt is probably one of the most boring sims I've ever played. He even manages to keep his dorm clean, ace his grades and never even pee himself when I let him run amok. But I love him because he manages to mess up socially in every single context, today's failures alone being:

1) Even on his last party ever on campus, he manages to fight three new people he has never met before... AND Johnny Smith, whom he had just rolled a want to apologize to. I have a tradition to throw a party for all playables on campus for the 1st years and the graduates every game-round. To this date, Tank is still the only one in all of my neighborhoods who has managed to find new enemies year after year... while rolling wants to get new friends. LMAO. (These past four years, he has managed to get two new friends that weren't dormies from his own dorm. Jill Smith, who has just finished her freshman year, has eleven. Don't get me started on Johnny.)

I've even tried to force him to get some new friends, mind you, but Tank even manages to screw up just by talking to them and within a few sim-hours, a fight ensues. All the while he's rolling wants to joke and become friends with them. XD

2) Even with ACR, Tank's way of flirting consists of inviting his 'The One' to play catch with him for hours. And then some chess. And maybe some whistling, if he's particularly flirty that day. And then we're back to catch. Again. To be honest, I never even thought he'd make a move until third year when they miraculously ended up Sofa-WooHooing in the dorm library. They're now in love, engaged, to be married when they move back to Strangetown... and with two double-beds in their dorm rooms and a jacuzzi on the roof, they have still played catch all year long. Meanwhile, Ripp is humping half the girls on campus and leaving the other half to wish he did :lol:

[Gcgb53191]

I learned that if you don't have 8000 downloads in your game, it only takes about a minute to load the game. Still wondering if I wanna put my downloads folder back into the game. Sigh.

I had just installed my game as well a couple months ago without any CC and now I have a lot of CC (mostly clothes ad hair because the more people I have the harder it gets to distinguish them) I even added seasons because I missed it and I can notice how much longer it takes for it to load. Oh well its not too horrible, Ive read people will wait like 10 minutes so its not that bad :lol:

[Mootilda]

I've read about people who wait over an hour to start their game...

[VioletPadfoot]

I had just installed my game as well a couple months ago without any CC and now I have a lot of CC (mostly clothes ad hair because the more people I have the harder it gets to distinguish them) I even added seasons because I missed it and I can notice how much longer it takes for it to load. Oh well its not too horrible, Ive read people will wait like 10 minutes so its not that bad :lol: Only 10 minutes? I want to be that person! My DL folder is huge. I almost always grab a book to boot up my game and get through at least one chapter if not two. It doesn't bother me too much since i get some reading time in, but it has led me to having two DL folders. One (large) folder for playing and picture taking and a small one for creating that only has the essential mods and whatever it is that I'm making at the time. ~VP

[smorbie1]

At one time I had such a big DL folder that it took 1 hour and 50 minutes to load my game. I also had a lot of crashes. Needless to say something had to give. Now I have a core group of DL and hacks that I always use and others that are neighborhood specific. It loads MUCH more quickly now!

[oreosncreamforjojo]

I've read about people who wait over an hour to start their game...

:blink: :blink: :blink: And they put up with that ? Mine takes 15 mins but I cannot imagine my game without CC.

[Fivey]

It takes only two minutes for me, and that's with a crappy computer. I have a little over 1000 items in my download folder.

Of course, my computer also freezes up more.

[Aegagropilon]

I discovered (once again) that my game has a peculiar sense of humor:

Since LFT student Breanna Grove is a lazy bum in all fields except for romance, I decided to have her apply for Greek charter for her campus house. She was already too lazy to cook, so I figured that she'd probably prefer pizza to instant meals. When she went on her first campus visit, she came back with a Greek letter instead of a pizza.

That letter? Hoh. :lol:

[Bellasaurus]

I discovered that if your Sim has a cell phone they don't need a house phone to get calls. Don't know why this never occurred to me before I guess it was just habit to automatically put in a house phone but I moved some Sims yesterday into a new lot and forgot the phone. When I heard just one of the Sims cell phones ringing I had a minor revelation. D'oh :faceslap:

I did this for a while before noticing that a house phone is required to get the royalties from novel writing. You only get the phonecall on house lines. I lost two novel royalties because of this!

[Fivey]

Well, I was playing my college sims, and they were all asleep, when I heard the 'developed crush' sound pop up.

But they were all asleep.

I go up a level and I see two of the uncontrollable dormies having couch sex. Naked.

I....what? :wtf:


It's not really surprise as much as it is awkward. Like walking into your house and on two people you barely know doing it on your couch awkward. Oh ACR, what amusement you provide me.

[Gcgb53191]

Well, I was playing my college sims, and they were all asleep, when I heard the 'developed crush' sound pop up.

But they were all asleep.

I go up a level and I see two of the uncontrollable dormies having couch sex. Naked.

I....what? :wtf:


Oh ACR, what amusement you provide me.

My sim always feels the need to woohoo on a bench outside with his girlfriend of his mom's restaurant :faceslap:

[sushigal007]

:blink: :blink: :blink: And they put up with that ? Mine takes 15 mins but I cannot imagine my game without CC.

I used to have a Sinclair Spectrum with a tape deck to load games, so I got used to waiting an hour or more for a game from a very young age. But when it started taking 2 hours to load the Sims, I knew I had to sit down and trim that down. Got it to half an hour now, which I'm pretty happy with, although I do want to sort my hair and see if I can trim it down a bit more.

[oreosncreamforjojo]

I used to have a Sinclair Spectrum with a tape deck to load games, so I got used to waiting an hour or more for a game from a very young age. But when it started taking 2 hours to load the Sims, I knew I had to sit down and trim that down. Got it to half an hour now, which I'm pretty happy with, although I do want to sort my hair and see if I can trim it down a bit more.

It does run/open much faster in windows mode, have you tried that ?

[Peni Griffin]

I discovered that even when it's obvious how to do something, I'm better off running my eye along the advice on the subject in Help here. Turns out (and the install/uninstall guide clearly states this) that Deluxe won't let you do a partial uninstall. So when my Pets and University installs borked up, and I tried to uninstall just Pets, and wound up uninstalling the whole thing, not everything got uninstalled, which is why my second installation wouldn't let me add BV at all and still had University borked up.

So now I've uninstalled everything again, and am installing each EP and then playing them for a little while to make sure it really, truly, absolutely installed.

Which means I just finished playing my first day at a business - the Landgraab Electronics store - and tried out a bunch of features I never had occasion to before. Also, ran Malcolm as a creepy boss who flirts with his employees...

[Fivey]

I discovered that even when it's obvious how to do something, I'm better off running my eye along the advice on the subject in Help here. Turns out (and the install/uninstall guide clearly states this) that Deluxe won't let you do a partial uninstall. So when my Pets and University installs borked up, and I tried to uninstall just Pets, and wound up uninstalling the whole thing, not everything got uninstalled, which is why my second installation wouldn't let me add BV at all and still had University borked up.

So now I've uninstalled everything again, and am installing each EP and then playing them for a little while to make sure it really, truly, absolutely installed.

Which means I just finished playing my first day at a business - the Landgraab Electronics store - and tried out a bunch of features I never had occasion to before. Also, ran Malcolm as a creepy boss who flirts with his employees...

Strange, I always imagined Gilbert Jacquet to be that type. I have him running a strip club for a reason.

[JDacapo]

I probably have been suspecting it for awhile but... ever notice that scene in the intro for Sims 2, where it had a bunch of guys dressed in lab coats or aprons, and they're all making these weird expressions, then doing things like pounding their chests? They're in aspiration failure and being visited by the unseen shrink! In fact, the intro video has several instances of sims in aspiration desperation or failure!

And do you ever notice how you start to understand more of what's going on in some videos like that OFB teaser with the woman and her servo friend? The machinema can be quite amazing!

[sushigal007]

It does run/open much faster in windows mode, have you tried that ?

I have. I tend to switch between the two modes though because the slight increase in speed doesn't quite make up for the lack of edge scrolling. I simply cannot build in the game without edge scrolling!

[oreosncreamforjojo]

I have. I tend to switch between the two modes though because the slight increase in speed doesn't quite make up for the lack of edge scrolling. I simply cannot build in the game without edge scrolling!

I used to have that problem too but then I noticed it I left click on the ground it lets me move the camera smoothly :)

[Saturnfly]

I discovered today that sims will feed a dog scraps from the table/ from their plate when they're hungry. :3

[sushigal007]

I used to have that problem too but then I noticed it I left click on the ground it lets me move the camera smoothly :)

Oooooh, thank you, I'll give that a try!

[Fivey]

I discovered that not all game-generated adoption kids are doomed to be pudding faced.

Take for instance, Brenda Larson.

http://thumbs2.modthesims2.com/img/7/1/8/6/1/6/4/MTS_Fivey-1284145-bbrenda.png

I also learned that my game's gay couples have a thing for adopting black babies. Seriously, three of the five gay couples I ever played extensively all adopted black children, and the other two couples adopted orphans (like Ariel Capp).

It's funny, really.

[lizard49]

If a just-married couple is about to leave on their honeymoon & the wife stops to answer the phone & the vacation taxi takes off without her ... she'll still arrive at the honeymoon destination along with her husband! This happened to me today & I was able to save the game at the honeymoon location. But my game crashed about 10 minutes later, possibly for unrelated reasons.

[Clashfan]

If a just-married couple is about to leave on their honeymoon & the wife stops to answer the phone & the vacation taxi takes off without her ... she'll still arrive at the honeymoon destination along with her husband! This happened to me today & I was able to save the game at the honeymoon location. But my game crashed about 10 minutes later, possibly for unrelated reasons.

Or possible not. I lost a Sim and had a lot completely frozen in my first hood on a similar situation. Family going on vacation but the wife just had to pop in and clean the tub first so she never got in the van. She didn't show up at the vacation local however and I couldn't send my Sims home either.

They were stuck on vacation and she was stuck in the home lot, which was unplayable, along with the family dog. I tried everything I could think of. I killed off the Sims on vacation and then had them resurrected so I recovered them but she couldn't be killed. She would show up around the hood and you could invite her over but you couldn't move her in or kill her.

Yeah that hood ended up a BFBSFS. Not that your incident will end in corruption but I don't want you to think that is a feature of the game. It's not, they really need to get on the stupid shuttle or it causes problems.

[DigitalSympathies]

At one time I had such a big DL folder that it took 1 hour and 50 minutes to load my game. I also had a lot of crashes. Needless to say something had to give. Now I have a core group of DL and hacks that I always use and others that are neighborhood specific. It loads MUCH more quickly now!

I'm sorry . . . but :rofl:

SIX HOURS OVER HERE. x'D

(Aaand to stay on topic, I learnt how to do lace in Bodyshop!)

[lizard49]

Or possible not. I lost a Sim and had a lot completely frozen in my first hood on a similar situation. Family going on vacation but the wife just had to pop in and clean the tub first so she never got in the van. She didn't show up at the vacation local however and I couldn't send my Sims home either.

They were stuck on vacation and she was stuck in the home lot, which was unplayable, along with the family dog. I tried everything I could think of. I killed off the Sims on vacation and then had them resurrected so I recovered them but she couldn't be killed. She would show up around the hood and you could invite her over but you couldn't move her in or kill her.

Yeah that hood ended up a BFBSFS. Not that your incident will end in corruption but I don't want you to think that is a feature of the game. It's not, they really need to get on the stupid shuttle or it causes problems.

Sigh ... you may be right. I restarted the game & went to Twikkii Island & the couple was not at the hotel, so I went to their house in Pleasantview. She was there, and he arrived home a few minutes later in the vacation taxi. Neither had any memory of a honeymoon.

The husband is Tybalt Capp, who has 10 body points. While he was in the bathroom, she did the easy jump rope & gained about 6 body points in just a few minutes & now has 10 body points herself ... she did this on her own.

So I tried to send them on vacation the next day, but only _she_ got in the shuttle. She got a room at the Blossom Wood Hotel & called him, but the only option was "just talk." I sent her to the beach & she was just about to try surfing for the first time when she suddenly couldn't move from behind a lawn chair (yeah, I know :cry: ) and ... the game crashed again. If things don't normalize, I have a complete backup from the last time I played before today.

[Saturnfly]

Or possible not. I lost a Sim and had a lot completely frozen in my first hood on a similar situation. Family going on vacation but the wife just had to pop in and clean the tub first so she never got in the van. She didn't show up at the vacation local however and I couldn't send my Sims home either.

They were stuck on vacation and she was stuck in the home lot, which was unplayable, along with the family dog. I tried everything I could think of. I killed off the Sims on vacation and then had them resurrected so I recovered them but she couldn't be killed. She would show up around the hood and you could invite her over but you couldn't move her in or kill her.

Yeah that hood ended up a BFBSFS. Not that your incident will end in corruption but I don't want you to think that is a feature of the game. It's not, they really need to get on the stupid shuttle or it causes problems.

Weird, I had a sim not get on the shuttle, but arrived at the vacation lot with everyone else that did get on the shuttle. Never had further problems with them. o:

[saskganesh]

I probably have been suspecting it for awhile but... ever notice that scene in the intro for Sims 2, where it had a bunch of guys dressed in lab coats or aprons, and they're all making these weird expressions, then doing things like pounding their chests? They're in aspiration failure and being visited by the unseen shrink! In fact, the intro video has several instances of sims in aspiration desperation or failure!



Cool! I was thinking about that particular scene recently as well, and wondering why all those apparent knowledge sims were doing the chicken dance. I'm never seen that kind of aspiration failure. (I've had the bag-of-flour-as-baby, among others)

[Gcgb53191]

Cool! I was thinking about that particular scene recently as well, and wondering why all those apparent knowledge sims were doing the chicken dance. I'm never seen that kind of aspiration failure. (I've had the bag-of-flour-as-baby, among others)

Isn't that the secret handshake from the secret society?

Knowledge aspiration failure is when they take out the volley ball professor.

[katya_stevens]

The chicken dance is probably from the Therapist 'curing' the sims of low aspiration (there's the chicken dance, pounding chest, and roaring that I've seen). It wouldn't surprise me if the animation was re-used for the Secret Society handshake though.

[sushigal007]

Weird, I had a sim not get on the shuttle, but arrived at the vacation lot with everyone else that did get on the shuttle. Never had further problems with them. o:

Hmm. I've had half a family go to school and another family member go to work and they all managed to turn up at the vacation lot, but the home lot got corrupted and I've had to move them all out, plus I've been having random crashes that I assumed were down to my computer doing too much at once. I wonder if it's related.
ETA: Then again, I suspect the hood's been corrupted for a long time, ever since I moved in a townie adult, aged him down to toddler, and he still had a job. XD

[VioletPadfoot]

I discovered that toddlers can steal their siblings' bottles. I knew it existed from the opening animation, but never had it happen until I was playing in one of my challenge houses and a set of twins glitched into a set of triplets. I've learned that you must keep children b and c busy while they wait for there bottles or they will head straight for child a and steal his/her bottle. I'm surprised it took me this many years to finally see the animation, but then I usually don't have more than two toddlers in the house at a time, and I try to feed them in the highchair. But when in a challenge you must go by its rules, and there are no highchairs and there must be lots of babymaking right now.

[smorbie1]

I'm sorry . . . but :rofl:

SIX HOURS OVER HERE. x'D

(Aaand to stay on topic, I learnt how to do lace in Bodyshop!)

Wow! There is NO WAY I could wait that long. What do you do, start it before you go to work or school and then play when you get home?

[Yazoo]

I've come to the stunning realization that Marion (A female Vampire) wants her newborn baby a Vampire too. She has bitten her daughter 7 times, and showing no results. She has yet to stop, and now she is on a biting frenzy to bite everyone in the neighborhood. Yeah, go Marion. Other than that she is an amazing mother. :D Just a little bitey. I am counting down the days, when she actually succeeds -.-"

[oreosncreamforjojo]

I've come to the stunning realization that Marion (A female Vampire) wants her newborn baby a Vampire too. She has bitten her daughter 7 times, and showing no results. She has yet to stop, and now she is on a biting frenzy to bite everyone in the neighborhood. Yeah, go Marion. Other than that she is an amazing mother. :D Just a little bitey. I am counting down the days, when she actually succeeds -.-"

I don't think sims can become vampires until they are teens in the sims 2.... I didn't know vampires could even bite their babies ?

[Peni Griffin]

I discovered that the fishing hole at the campground in Three Lakes is phenomenal! Sims who had never fished before were pulling gigantic fish out right and left, and not one boot all day! However, they couldn't grill them. I've always been able to cook fish straight from inventory, but apparently Pleasantview Trent and Tina need at least one cooking point before they can make use of their catches.

Also, "walk to lot" and "take a subset of people with you" came in with BV.

I've successfully installed and tested through Bon Voyage, using Pleasantview as a test neighborhood. Unfortunately, I can't return to Drama Acres until we get new DVD drives so I can install Apartment Life. They're on their way. Did you know internal DVD drives are "out" and external ones are "in?" But we don't have room for another peripheral on this desk, so we had to mail order them. I hate "upgrades."

[Clashfan]

I discovered that the fishing hole at the campground in Three Lakes is phenomenal! Sims who had never fished before were pulling gigantic fish out right and left, and not one boot all day! However, they couldn't grill them. I've always been able to cook fish straight from inventory, but apparently Pleasantview Trent and Tina need at least one cooking point before they can make use of their catches.

You also tend to catch a greater percentage of golden trout there. As for grilling them you should have the option once it rolls around to dinner time. I use that lot a great deal for vacations and my Sims can only grill fish at night. Why a hotdog is acceptable for breakfast and not grilled fish is a mystery to me.

I don't know if your Sims are only visiting the lot and not registered there if they ever get an option to grill fish.

[Gcgb53191]

I tend to focus on my sim's school/career life more than family sometimes (I am changing my ways though) so today when one of my children had a want to talk to their toddler sister I saw the option for 'tease' come up and she just dangled a toy rocket in front of the toddler lol!

[Yazoo]

I don't think sims can become vampires until they are teens in the sims 2.... I didn't know vampires could even bite their babies ?

Neither did I. Until, well, Marion decided to bite her own daughter. She has it in her memory, but the baby hasn't changed a bit. I am like:

"Great! She is going to be the young girl from Interview with a Vampire, that never freaking ages!"

>.< But hey, at least Marion can't bite her daughter, without it actually counting until she is a teen MUAHAHAHA >.> Until then she can bite the neighbors :P

[VioletPadfoot]

You also tend to catch a greater percentage of golden trout there. As for grilling them you should have the option once it rolls around to dinner time. I use that lot a great deal for vacations and my Sims can only grill fish at night. Why a hotdog is acceptable for breakfast and not grilled fish is a mystery to me.

I don't know if your Sims are only visiting the lot and not registered there if they ever get an option to grill fish.You can grill hot dogs in the morning? My sims only get the option for hot dogs and other grill food once lunchtime hits and it goes away once its time for breakfast. ~VP

[.Wishes.Of.Silver.]

I discovered that if you have the cheats to control pets on, which I do in my userstartup, you can actually control your sims roommates as well. This is very useful!

[sushigal007]

You also tend to catch a greater percentage of golden trout there.

Ah, so THAT'S how my not-even-bronze-fishing-badge sim teen wound up with one! I saw it in his inventory and thought wow, how did you manage THAT?

[Clashfan]

You can grill hot dogs in the morning? My sims only get the option for hot dogs and other grill food once lunchtime hits and it goes away once its time for breakfast. ~VP

Hmmm I have the option for only hot dogs in the morning then at lunch it's hot dogs or hamburgers and at dinner they get the fish option added in. I don't think I have a mod that would effect this but honestly I have so many it's possible.

[Sunbee]

If you have OFB use the make-->group meal option. Then you can make anything any time.

[Maranatah]

I just noticed, that you can actually frame those blueprints made with the FT drafting table (career reward) :o

[Peni Griffin]

Not on a grill, Sunbee.

And Trisha only got the hot dogs option on the grill at about midnight, which is in the "dinner" slot. Since this was a test of installation, I had taken the Travellers straight out on vacation without building them any skill points, so I'm inclined to think that I need right time + at least one cooking point.

At least they'll have lots of nice fish to serve the welcome wagon, instead of the lunch meat or cold cereal most of them have to settle for!

[M.M.A.A.]

Oh Peni, hows the installation going? We missed you and your stories.

[Peni Griffin]

Successful test of the Freetime installation last night; but it'll be a couple of days before the new DVD drives arrive and I learn whether or not that's the only problem with installing AL (which will finally let me restore my saved game) and Mansion and Garden (which will be a new install). I'll install my two stuff packs today and, probably, play a round or two of Pleasantview, or maybe go all out to play Bluewater Village and learn first hand how the businesses work. I have a Sim State student whose LTW is to own five top-level businesses, and though I can probably get her permaplat without that I may as well know how to do it.

Believe me, you don't miss my stories half as much as I miss my sims!

[VioletPadfoot]

Not on a grill, Sunbee.

And Trisha only got the hot dogs option on the grill at about midnight, which is in the "dinner" slot. Since this was a test of installation, I had taken the Travellers straight out on vacation without building them any skill points, so I'm inclined to think that I need right time + at least one cooking point.

At least they'll have lots of nice fish to serve the welcome wagon, instead of the lunch meat or cold cereal most of them have to settle for!You don't need any cooking points to grill Bass. My ToT citizens were grilling Bass the first night and they were fresh CAS sims with no cooking points. Some still have no cooking points but still have the option if it's not breakfast. Perhaps you need to be on a home lot to grill fish? ~VP

[Peni Griffin]

I've grilled fish on community lots plenty of times. Perhaps the problem was that they hadn't caught any fish that were low enough value for them to cook? That'd be ironic.

[VioletPadfoot]

Yeah, but Bass is like the first thing you catch, even w/o a talent badge. its coming out the ears of my TOT sims right now. Unless of course that pond has little to Bass b/c of the Golden Trout rating?

[Maranatah]

Another discovery: My zombie (Cornwall Capp) rolled a want to have a bad reputation. Never knew that they could actually WANT that :D

[Yazoo]

I discovered that Headmasters SUCK! I like to do it the old way. Not only did the old fart hate Pork Chops, he hated people schmoozing. And he hated the tour. He is a fracking jerk. But on the plus side, Eva is just going to try again. And Eva is so freaking cute! And I also found out, that Eva is like super at everything.

Eva is a Virgo, and her stats go like so:

10---Neat
2---Shy (blame her parents)
9---Active
8---Playful
6 or 7----Nice

She runs everywhere, I tried making her skip for the first time, and she ran -.-"

[Clashfan]

Another discovery: My zombie (Cornwall Capp) rolled a want to have a bad reputation. Never knew that they could actually WANT that :D
If he's a zombie doesn't he already have a bad reputation? Can a zombie have a good one? :D

[oreosncreamforjojo]

Apparently the icon for the memory of having 6 grandchildren is a patch of flowers ? o.O ?

http://thumbs2.modthesims2.com/img/2/8/6/3/7/4/MTS_oreosncreamforjojo-1285131-wtf.jpg

[Peni Griffin]

I went back to the Travellers at their campground briefly last night, and Trisha had a rainbow trout and a gigantic catfish, while Tina (who can't use the grill at all) and Trent had bass. The clock was at about 2:30, so with Trent active I clicked on a grill, and he got "Bass with squash" as an option. So it appears that if you have no cooking points, it has to be bass at lunch or supper, or all you get is the hot dog option.

Glad to have that cleared up.

[Yazoo]

I discovered that Mary-Sue Pleasant is not all that "Pleasant" kicking over garbage cans...She is more like a jerk!

[NiallHoranIsMine]

If Sims don't like a deceased Sim, they can kick their gravestone. Hilarious!
They can also break the urn if the deceased sim is cremated. And clean up the ashes O_o

[Mootilda]

Apparently the icon for the memory of having 6 grandchildren is a patch of flowers ? o.O ?Alternatively, you have a corrupted memory...

[dieKristina]

I think I have always had icons of random objects when a sim fulfill a LTW of having 6 grandchildren. The same goes with the LTW of having 20 simultaneous best friends. I think the hood checker showes those memories as corrupted, but hopefully they are not too harmful.

[Yazoo]

I discovered that I needed to lock my pool house doors, because the butler for some odd reason either got trapped there or he just loved it in there and stayed.

And a pool may be a bad idea. Because the butler and maid are always swimming. Always.

I hired all three, because the butler can sometimes let the Sims down, and not do a dang thing. My Sims are too busy raising two teens and a baby. And soon there will be a fourth child coming into the picture.

[oreosncreamforjojo]

Alternatively, you have a corrupted memory...

Does it happen because the LTW was fulfilled on another lot ?

I think I have always had icons of random objects when a sim fulfill a LTW of having 6 grandchildren. The same goes with the LTW of having 20 simultaneous best friends. I think the hood checker showes those memories as corrupted, but hopefully they are not too harmful.

I'm glad Im not the only one. My game seems to be running really well

[sushigal007]

Today I discovered sims can give massages in the hot tub! ACR means mine just usually woohoo in it, but today I had a couple on a date and actually did some controlling and was surprised to see that option appear.

[Mootilda]

I think I have always had icons of random objects when a sim fulfill a LTW of having 6 grandchildren. The same goes with the LTW of having 20 simultaneous best friends. I think the hood checker showes those memories as corrupted, but hopefully they are not too harmful.It really sounds like an EA bug. I'm guessing that it's not too serious.

[Clashfan]

Does it happen because the LTW was fulfilled on another lot ?



I'm glad Im not the only one. My game seems to be running really well

I knew I had seen a fix for this recently took me awhile to relocate it.

http://drupal.cyjon.net/node/395

[oreosncreamforjojo]

I knew I had seen a fix for this recently took me awhile to relocate it.

http://drupal.cyjon.net/node/395

Thank You :D Does it go in the downloads folder ?

[Clashfan]

Thank You :D Does it go in the downloads folder ?

Yes just like any mod. I did read where it wouldn't fix memories that have already happened but it will fix all future ones. So it must not bork your game to have a wonky memory for those LTW's.

[JDacapo]

I discovered that Mary-Sue Pleasant is not all that "Pleasant" kicking over garbage cans...She is more like a jerk!

Try downloading a mod that allows you to direct your sims to lecture other sims - you could have your sim lecture her when she does that! Or there is also a mod which keeps non-furious sims from doing crap like that. Or if you're feeling really malevolent, get a security bot or something like that. There's also a mod which allows you to have a servo act as a 'bouncer', electrocuting sims who do stuff like kicking trashcans, stealing newspapers or gnomes... dunno if it will shock them for leaving poo-bags though. But the thought of having someone lecture Mary-Sue has me laughing already hahaha!

[Yazoo]

Try downloading a mod that allows you to direct your sims to lecture other sims - you could have your sim lecture her when she does that! Or there is also a mod which keeps non-furious sims from doing crap like that. Or if you're feeling really malevolent, get a security bot or something like that. There's also a mod which allows you to have a servo act as a 'bouncer', electrocuting sims who do stuff like kicking trashcans, stealing newspapers or gnomes... dunno if it will shock them for leaving poo-bags though. But the thought of having someone lecture Mary-Sue has me laughing already hahaha!

Sadly, when she did all the Vampires were a sleep. Except the two that are in school. I was like...Wow, her name is Pleasant, but she be a bitch! But these mods? I may have to try them out. For some random reason, one of my sims a while back got lectured from her mother. Not sure for what, but it was like I made her stop playing the piano because the bus was going to be there soon, and next minute I know her mother is having a harry carrie. I was like...Woooow. -.-"

Thanks JDacapo! I will look into it :D and JDacapo..I sort of can't message you, due to I am sending messages that exceed your limit... :(


ANYWAY, what I discovered that its either a really neat or active sim that hates looking through a telescope. And what makes that bad is when my sim likes Science that's her LTW. I can't get her to stargaze without her spazzing out. I can't get her to watch TV, without spazzing. All she wants to do is, run, clean, and punch the air randomly (Thats if you have 8 Playful points and above)

[JDacapo]

Sadly, when she did all the Vampires were a sleep. Except the two that are in school. I was like...Wow, her name is Pleasant, but she be a bitch! But these mods? I may have to try them out. For some random reason, one of my sims a while back got lectured from her mother. Not sure for what, but it was like I made her stop playing the piano because the bus was going to be there soon, and next minute I know her mother is having a harry carrie. I was like...Woooow. -.-"

Thanks JDacapo! I will look into it :D and JDacapo..I sort of can't message you, due to I am sending messages that exceed your limit... :(


ANYWAY, what I discovered that its either a really neat or active sim that hates looking through a telescope. And what makes that bad is when my sim likes Science that's her LTW. I can't get her to stargaze without her spazzing out. I can't get her to watch TV, without spazzing. All she wants to do is, run, clean, and punch the air randomly (Thats if you have 8 Playful points and above)

Is she also playful? Playful sims don't like to look through telescopes. Will hafta clean up the messages - thought I could hold more XD

[Yazoo]

Yes she is very playful. She has 8 playful points. I have no clue how that even happened. She is the most playful one. And Dracul is the more outgoing one. And Daciana...Well, she is just average. >.<

Its just weird, does that happen to a lot of Sims? Eva has high stats in a lot of areas. And so does Dracul. But when you come too Daciana, her stats are as follows:

4---Neat
2--Shy
6---Active
5---Playful
7---Nice

Draculs:

4---Neat
10---Outgoing
8---Active
7---Playful
6---Nice

I mean you look at those two stats alone. And I keep asking myself...Why is Daciana just so normal. were the other two could be massively bouncing off the walls. I will tell you, it took Eva only two minutes human time (I guess you can say) to get her Fitness all the way up. I just don't get how, Eva and Dracul have extreme stats, and Daciana has stats exactly like her dad. So, yeah, I am so totally confused

@JDacapo: Niceeeeeeeeeeeeee :P I just wanted to let you know :D

[Gcgb53191]

I discovered when its raining and your tree catches on fire it can actually burn to the ground!

Usually the fire goes away really quick but not this time :P

[Sunbee]

Its just weird, does that happen to a lot of Sims? Eva has high stats in a lot of areas.

Yeah, I had a sim Colin whose stats were something like 10/10/10/9/0. He was a romance sim, one of a set of reaper twins. He was the only sim I've ever had gain fun by exercising to the stereo. Colin was also super driven and skilled like a madman, even though he tended to be a slow skiller He came from a Victorian hood (where he competed with his twin, a knowledge sim with a slightly more sane point spread) and became an apocalypse founder's spouse. He lifted athletic without having medical lifted, though his wife had lifted culinary, and when his wife gave birth to triplets rolled meet someone new repeatedly rather than fear of having baby.

[Orilon]

Try downloading a mod that allows you to direct your sims to lecture other sims - you could have your sim lecture her when she does that! Or there is also a mod which keeps non-furious sims from doing crap like that. Or if you're feeling really malevolent, get a security bot or something like that. There's also a mod which allows you to have a servo act as a 'bouncer', electrocuting sims who do stuff like kicking trashcans, stealing newspapers or gnomes... dunno if it will shock them for leaving poo-bags though. But the thought of having someone lecture Mary-Sue has me laughing already hahaha!

Cyjon has a mod that will stop all trashcan kicking http://drupal.cyjon.net/node/308

If I remember right, Mary Sue only has like 3 or 4 nics points, so she isn't all that "Pleasant" although I think the name is more meant to be ironic.

[Macaroodle]

The only good thing about having your trash can knocked over is that it's free compost! I think it gives you like two units.... I've had Leod McGreggor kick his trashcan over several times to stock up for spring. :)

[Fivey]

Is she also playful? Playful sims don't like to look through telescopes. Will hafta clean up the messages - thought I could hold more XD

Which would explain why my extremely playful alien-simbrid gets pissed off when I make him look through a telescope or play chess. I don't care, Apollo! You need logic points. You can canoodle your husband later.

I discovered when you try to kill Tutorial Joe, the game quits out of the tutorial before he can die. Shame, I was hoping the tutorial would let him burn into smithers, and yell at me for screwing up a tutorial.

[Yazoo]

I should have posted this like when I found out, but I sort of...Well forgot, lol.

Older siblings can encouraged their younger siblings BEFORE they become teens, after that, it's sort of too late.

[JDacapo]

I should have posted this like when I found out, but I sort of...Well forgot, lol.

Older siblings can encouraged their younger siblings BEFORE they become teens, after that, it's sort of too late.

That is until said older siblings go to college and grow up :D

[oreosncreamforjojo]

I learned that sending a heavily pregnant woman on vacation crashes your game. Instead of getting a message "I think I may be too pregnant to go on vacation," the game lets you book it, and board the taxi and then crashes :cry:

A lot like when I had two sims with the 'mannequin' skintone and they tried to have a baby - since there is not baby version of the skintone each attempt at birth crashed my game... (Years Ago).

[Yazoo]

That is until said older siblings go to college and grow up :D

Oh no, not in the Valentine Family...The teens are stuck there FOREVER * dramatically evil music plays in the background*

Naw, they are going to College, once their cousin is a teen, then off they go :D YAY!

I discovered that the Sims 2 should have given all of the townies a phone. Kind of hard to keep the "Headmaster" a friend when the guy doesn't have a phone. Which makes me wonder, how in the heck do you "Invite The Headmaster" when he doesn't have a phone. And why are all the Headmasters males?

[oreosncreamforjojo]

I discovered that the Sims 2 should have given all of the townies a phone. Kind of hard to keep the "Headmaster" a friend when the guy doesn't have a phone. Which makes me wonder, how in the heck do you "Invite The Headmaster" when he doesn't have a phone. And why are all the Headmasters males?

You can email most townies ! However, once you have a relationship with a Headmaster - A different one will visit when you "Invite The Headmaster".

I imagine when you "Invite The Headmaster" he answers from his office at the school instead of his home ?

[AlexandraSpears]

Well, I discovered, and should have known this. That the Cow Mascot...Tends to not only ruin lives but relationships. Oh, and the Cow Mascot needs to be eaten by the Cow Plant. *laughs evilly* No seriously, it messed up everything. So, Nicole, the Evil Cow Mascot you are, you are now and forever locked out of my College House -.-"



One time I had Sandra Roth and a cow mascot have a crush on each other. I thought there might be a future for them...and then he flirted with another guy.

She wound up with Leod McGreggor.

[Peni Griffin]

Lucky escape for her, I'd say!

[MOOKIEBLAYLOCK]

I learned that you can "pimp/pimpette" it out in your car. Go to a community lot , greet all those you have romantic interactions with , then go sit in your ride. Turn on radio , find a Barry White song. Call over a sim (ask to join) then kiss , make out , woohoo ( whatever your relationship enables) . Then tell them to bounce (ask to get out). Ask a different sim to join , repeat romantic interactions. Continue until you run out of paramour's or energy , whichever happens first. Gentlemen (sims) don't tell , but hey....psst... five before he decided he was craving some ribs.

[inforthekill]

I discovered if you use cheats to trap townies in a cage at your sim's house, they walk around aimlessly for days. It's quite hilarious.

[JDacapo]

I learned that you can "pimp/pimpette" it out in your car. Go to a community lot , greet all those you have romantic interactions with , then go sit in your ride. Turn on radio , find a Barry White song. Call over a sim (ask to join) then kiss , make out , woohoo ( whatever your relationship enables) . Then tell them to bounce (ask to get out). Ask a different sim to join , repeat romantic interactions. Continue until you run out of paramour's or energy , whichever happens first. Gentlemen (sims) don't tell , but hey....psst... five before he decided he was craving some ribs.

No getting caught cheating?

[Peni Griffin]

You wouldn't get caught cheating because the car is off-lot - sunlight won't burn vampires, married couples won't woohoo in the car if it means leaving someone underage "alone" on the lot. So nobody knows what you're doing in there even when the windows fog up and all four wheels leave the ground. That's why there's no cheering crowd outside, as with the photo booth. Also doesn't count for woohoo in public.

This wouldn't work for me because I don't woohoo folks randomly - women can try for baby even when they're not in the mood, if they want one, but men who don't have an active want to woohoo - well - that means they aren't presently able to do so. And the circumstance as described wouldn't create the want sequence. But if all you want is to knock out five of the lifetime count and you don't fuss about things like I do, it should work fine.

[oreosncreamforjojo]

men who don't have an active want to woohoo - well - that means they aren't presently able to do so.

What ? I'm so confused as to what you mean? My non-romance sims never roll a want for woohoo unless they are on a date. I've never had a male sim not be able to woohoo and 'try for baby' is successful 90% of the time.

[MOOKIEBLAYLOCK]

@JDacapo... not sure with EA jealousy , I use this...http://www.modthesims.info/download.php?t=185019 EA jealousy always struck me as , well, insane. " I had lunch and some afternoon delight with you four years ago( four sim days) and I called you and you said you were folding laundry and you'd call me back and i waited by the phone for three hours and you never called. Then I called again and you said you were on your way to meet your cousin and you'd call me back. And you never did. Now I see you dancing with and kissing another woman, I think I'll go physically assault you" Crazy much!

[lizard49]

Yes she is very playful. She has 8 playful points. I have no clue how that even happened. She is the most playful one. And Dracul is the more outgoing one. And Daciana...Well, she is just average. >.<

Its just weird, does that happen to a lot of Sims? Eva has high stats in a lot of areas. And so does Dracul. But when you come too Daciana, her stats are as follows:

4---Neat
2--Shy
6---Active
5---Playful
7---Nice

Draculs:

4---Neat
10---Outgoing
8---Active
7---Playful
6---Nice

I mean you look at those two stats alone. And I keep asking myself...Why is Daciana just so normal. were the other two could be massively bouncing off the walls. I will tell you, it took Eva only two minutes human time (I guess you can say) to get her Fitness all the way up. I just don't get how, Eva and Dracul have extreme stats, and Daciana has stats exactly like her dad. So, yeah, I am so totally confused

@JDacapo: Niceeeeeeeeeeeeee :P I just wanted to let you know :D

I have a playful Sim, Megan Pretzel, who loves looking through the telescope. Her stats are: Neat 5, Outgoing 5, Active 3, Playful 8, Nice 4. She's a Taurus with Fortune/Popularity aspiration. Both of which she's pretty much achieved. Every time she gets in the shower she plays with it & sings a song I've never heard anyone else sing.

[Peni Griffin]

What ? I'm so confused as to what you mean? My non-romance sims never roll a want for woohoo unless they are on a date. I've never had a male sim not be able to woohoo and 'try for baby' is successful 90% of the time.

I've never had a male sim not be able to woohoo, either, as far as the mechanics are concerned; but as far as my playstyle is concerned, if he doesn't have a big purple heart in his wants panel, the tackle's not cooperating. And only a cad will proceed if he's got a woohoo want and his date doesn't. He keeps working on making her want him till the date timer runs out, and if he doesn't - well, he'll just have to improve his technique.

Non-romance sims do roll woohoo wants when not on a date occasionally, but it is rare. (Retired baby machine Kitty Hawkins is the only one I can think of offhand - there's a reason that woman was a baby machine till her eggs gave out, and her husband still regularly rolls have-baby fears - he's not convinced that elderhood can stop her.) Because of this and the lack of ACR, almost all of the sex in my neighborhood - and there is quite a bit of it - happens in the context of a "date," even if it never leaves the confines of the bedroom. People who're all wham-bam-thank-you-ma'am aren't making any headway with my sims, no sir! You want a baby, you convince your spouse to make one the hard way!

ETA: Once I went away I thought of plenty of my non-romance sims who got wants to woohoo outside the context of a date - Fortune, Knowledge, Family. Popularity sims tend to be relatively cold. Mostly this happens to sims in committed relationships and mostly they roll "woohoo in bed" wants. Often first thing in the morning. Bit of extra realism there. Unfortunately you can't just get them to roll over and get things started. A "wake up nicely" interaction that put the partner In the Mood would be great.

[JDacapo]

@JDacapo... not sure with EA jealousy , I use this...http://www.modthesims.info/download.php?t=185019 EA jealousy always struck me as , well, insane. " I had lunch and some afternoon delight with you four years ago( four sim days) and I called you and you said you were folding laundry and you'd call me back and i waited by the phone for three hours and you never called. Then I called again and you said you were on your way to meet your cousin and you'd call me back. And you never did. Now I see you dancing with and kissing another woman, I think I'll go physically assault you" Crazy much!

Oh hell I know... one time I was playing the Bright house and had Jane Stacks invite Castor Nova over, and start flirting with him, and suddenly Allegra went bazzerko, slapping him. Thought he was a romance sim or something and was thinking of having him get abducted... problem was, he'd like it. But yeah... reacting like that when having a one-sided crush is insane. If real people did that all the time, oh my gawd... this whole world would turn into one big Jerry Springer fest.

[Aegagropilon]

Not as much while playing, but, while digging through the basegame object files, I discovered that all of the paintings had titles:

http://i273.photobucket.com/albums/jj202/aegagropilon/easel-paintingclownromance0_lifo_256x256.png: "Clown Romance"

http://i273.photobucket.com/albums/jj202/aegagropilon/easel-paintingdesertsunset0_lifo_256x256.png: "Desert Sunset"

http://i273.photobucket.com/albums/jj202/aegagropilon/easel-paintingeyepeeler0_lifo_256x256.png: "Eye-Peeler"

http://i273.photobucket.com/albums/jj202/aegagropilon/easel-paintinghousebad0_lifo_256x256.png: "House Bad"

http://i273.photobucket.com/albums/jj202/aegagropilon/easel-paintingllamabad0_lifo_256x256.png: "Llama Bad"

http://i273.photobucket.com/albums/jj202/aegagropilon/easel-paintingmoon0_lifo_256x256.png: "Moon"

http://i273.photobucket.com/albums/jj202/aegagropilon/easel-paintingorangeandapple0_lifo_256x256.png: "Orange and Apple"

http://i273.photobucket.com/albums/jj202/aegagropilon/easel-paintingredwoods0_lifo_256x256.png: "Redwoods"

http://i273.photobucket.com/albums/jj202/aegagropilon/easel-paintingsappyvalley0_lifo_256x256.png: "Sappy Valley"

http://i273.photobucket.com/albums/jj202/aegagropilon/easel-paintingtigerdeath0_lifo_256x256.png: "Tiger Death"

http://i273.photobucket.com/albums/jj202/aegagropilon/easel-paintingtulipbad0_lifo_256x256.png: "Tulip Bad"

http://i273.photobucket.com/albums/jj202/aegagropilon/easel-paintingwannabepicasso0_lifo_256x256.png: "Wannabe Picasso"

[lg135]

I discovered that after 6 years of simming, my sims have NEVER painted this picture before (hence, I've never seen it before until now):

http://i273.photobucket.com/albums/jj202/aegagropilon/easel-paintingmoon0_lifo_256x256.png

[JDacapo]

LOL I'll hafta figure out how to put in more paintings than those default ones, not just for custom paintings, but also for the 'practice' paintings.

[Bellasaurus]

LOL I'll hafta figure out how to put in more paintings than those default ones, not just for custom paintings, but also for the 'practice' paintings.

Stick any pictures you want your sims to paint in My Docs/EA Games/The Sims 2/Paintings and they will be able to be painted using the Custom Paint option. There is a mod here on MTS that allows Custom Paint for all levels of Creativity - I have some 'bad' paintings that I use for low levels and nicer ones I use for higher levels.

[AlexandraSpears]

You wouldn't get caught cheating because the car is off-lot - sunlight won't burn vampires, married couples won't woohoo in the car if it means leaving someone underage "alone" on the lot. So nobody knows what you're doing in there even when the windows fog up and all four wheels leave the ground. That's why there's no cheering crowd outside, as with the photo booth. Also doesn't count for woohoo in public.



Actually I've had Sims get "caught cheating" while WooHooing in the car on a community lot...another Sim in love with one of the couple in the car wanders by, sees the car rocking, and it hits the fan.

[Darby]

Actually I've had Sims get "caught cheating" while WooHooing in the car on a community lot...another Sim in love with one of the couple in the car wanders by, sees the car rocking, and it hits the fan.

Were the woohooing sims on a date, at the time? I'm not 100% positive, but I think sims automatically know when a pair is on a date, even if they're not engaging in any romantic behaviors in a given moment.

Really weird, if true, that sims don't recognize woohoo in a car that's right in front of them, yet can divine that two sims are on a date, even if one of the pair is talking to someone else while the other is in the bathroom. :lol:

[M.M.A.A.]

Yesterday, I discovered that sims have a want for "Stay Home from Work" or something like that. Such a noob-ish discovery, but don't blame, because it never rolled on to it before.

[AlexandraSpears]

Were the woohooing sims on a date, at the time? I'm not 100% positive, but I think sims automatically know when a pair is on a date, even if they're not engaging in any romantic behaviors in a given moment.

Really weird, if true, that sims don't recognize woohoo in a car that's right in front of them, yet can divine that two sims are on a date, even if one of the pair is talking to someone else while the other is in the bathroom. :lol:

Yes, they were on a date.

[sierrakusterbeck]

I downloaded the book of knowledge and learned painting, dancing, and a couple of other things are hidden skills. Probably explains why my level 8 painter still paints crappy 80 simoleon paintings.

[JDacapo]

I downloaded the book of knowledge and learned painting, dancing, and a couple of other things are hidden skills. Probably explains why my level 8 painter still paints crappy 80 simoleon paintings.

Even at level 8 creativity, pretty much all sims will only get at the most around 120 simoleons for their paintings.

[frankokomando]

Today, I got to see my sim autonomously wash the windows in her house.

[Aegagropilon]

I discovered that former teen-downtownie Breanna likes her blonds dumb:
http://i273.photobucket.com/albums/jj202/aegagropilon/BreannaLikesHerBlondsDumb.jpg
(This shot occurred seconds before Gilbert gave birth to his half-alien baby... and during the birth cinematic, I watched Breanna get sprayed by the skunk as well. With all that skunk activity right before the birth, I just had to name the baby "Flower.")

[McChoclatey]

I discovered today that when a sim is ordering their meal at a restaurant and they think of the food they'd like to have, if you order chef's choice from the waiter then they'll come back with the exact food your sims wanted! They must have some really good chefs if they can predict what their customers want..

[Fivey]

That having the Sinclair ZX Spectrum (http://www.modthesims.info/download.php?t=237328) on a legacy lot, especially first generation, is almost like cheating. I love that thing.

[Cyjon]

I downloaded the book of knowledge and learned painting, dancing, and a couple of other things are hidden skills. Probably explains why my level 8 painter still paints crappy 80 simoleon paintings.

The painting skill is just a count of the number of paintings you've sold and it has a very minor effect on painting price--something like an additional $5 per painting. The big boost in price comes at Creativity 10. The formula changes and that's when you make the big bucks.

As for what I discovered today: dead sims count towards simultaneous loves. I have a sim who has fed a series of wives to the cowplant to keep himself young and he's about to get his 20 simultaneous lovers LTW even though 19 of them are buried in his backyard.

[JDacapo]

The painting skill is just a count of the number of paintings you've sold and it has a very minor effect on painting price--something like an additional $5 per painting. The big boost in price comes at Creativity 10. The formula changes and that's when you make the big bucks.

As for what I discovered today: dead sims count towards simultaneous loves. I have a sim who has fed a series of wives to the cowplant to keep himself young and he's about to get his 20 simultaneous lovers LTW even though 19 of them are buried in his backyard.

Wow... creepy. I prefer to just use ACR or the like, and have my sims drink elixir of life.

Also, I found out that even new pre-made neighbourhoods can have corruption. Was playing Leod McGreggor's house and had him stargaze. Due to a mod that made abduction more likely... he got abducted. Sometime after his son became a toddler, I hovered my pointer over his aspiration meter... oh god. His son has a lifetime want. If I didn't know that that was a bad sign, I would've thought it was cute - his son wants to be Chief of Staff. Though I did think something was off when I saw the kid roll wants to buy a car. Somethin' is off with my Riverblossom Hills, that's for danged sure. Didn't even play with it much, but it might be due to new custom content or something. Ah well.

And I've noticed that the creature fear-triggers are very reminiscent of an allergy - first time someone changes, he or she doesn't roll wants or fears related to being cured. It's sort of like an RH- mother having an RH+ child - the first time doesn't pose any danger, but the body is still sensitized. So I may have to just dispense with the meet-witch formalities from now on, because I want to eventually have a story of a clash between good and evil witches, and perhaps a plantsim apocalypse(like a zombie apocalypse, but the sims don't stink, and they always get good memories even if they go loony-toons at first upon transforming).

[Fivey]

Wow... creepy. I prefer to just use ACR or the like, and have my sims drink elixir of life.

Also, I found out that even new pre-made neighbourhoods can have corruption. Was playing Leod McGreggor's house and had him stargaze. Due to a mod that made abduction more likely... he got abducted. Sometime after his son became a toddler, I hovered my pointer over his aspiration meter... oh god. His son has a lifetime want. If I didn't know that that was a bad sign, I would've thought it was cute - his son wants to be Chief of Staff. Though I did think something was off when I saw the kid roll wants to buy a car. Somethin' is off with my Riverblossom Hills, that's for danged sure. Didn't even play with it much, but it might be due to new custom content or something. Ah well.

And I've noticed that the creature fear-triggers are very reminiscent of an allergy - first time someone changes, he or she doesn't roll wants or fears related to being cured. It's sort of like an RH- mother having an RH+ child - the first time doesn't pose any danger, but the body is still sensitized. So I may have to just dispense with the meet-witch formalities from now on, because I want to eventually have a story of a clash between good and evil witches, and perhaps a plantsim apocalypse(like a zombie apocalypse, but the sims don't stink, and they always get good memories even if they go loony-toons at first upon transforming).

For some reason, it makes me giggle to imagine a toddler rolling the want to get laid.

[JDacapo]

For some reason, it makes me giggle to imagine a toddler rolling the want to get laid.

... they've rolled that want? WTF? Are there pedos among the programmers?(j/k)

[VioletPadfoot]

Were the woohooing sims on a date, at the time? I'm not 100% positive, but I think sims automatically know when a pair is on a date, even if they're not engaging in any romantic behaviors in a given moment.

Really weird, if true, that sims don't recognize woohoo in a car that's right in front of them, yet can divine that two sims are on a date, even if one of the pair is talking to someone else while the other is in the bathroom. :lol:
They also know when a loved one is woohooing someone else even when the woohoo is going on on the third floor and they're down in the basement. Come on, really?

[Liv Lukas]

Oh no, not in the Valentine Family...The teens are stuck there FOREVER * dramatically evil music plays in the background*

Naw, they are going to College, once their cousin is a teen, then off they go :D YAY!

I discovered that the Sims 2 should have given all of the townies a phone. Kind of hard to keep the "Headmaster" a friend when the guy doesn't have a phone. Which makes me wonder, how in the heck do you "Invite The Headmaster" when he doesn't have a phone. And why are all the Headmasters males?

Just found a mod for that, Phones For All: http://www.leefish.nl/mybb/showthread.php?tid=2988

[xEvilDinox]

u can kill the grim reaper! ALL RIGHTY! :D

[JDacapo]

They also know when a loved one is woohooing someone else even when the woohoo is going on on the third floor and they're down in the basement. Come on, really?

Had something like that happen in one household I played during my early days with Sims 2... tried to set it up where one woman did all the bread-winning and the other two who lived there would be her 'booty-calls'. Had them do it, and also had her do it with one of them, and then the other came in and got pissed off. I was thinking... 'didn't I lock that door'? But anyways it went downhill from there. Badly. Wish I had ACR back then -_-

[oreosncreamforjojo]

They also know when a loved one is woohooing someone else even when the woohoo is going on on the third floor and they're down in the basement. Come on, really?

I've always disliked how sims have "woohoo ESP" as I call it. Anything else can happen in another room without them knowing but they can sense woohoo a mile away !

[Fivey]

u can kill the grim reaper! ALL RIGHTY! :D

And cause the entire neighborhood to explode! Hooray!

[Peni Griffin]

A toddler wanting to woohoo would be a sign of a broken neighborhood. The base programming doesn't allow erotic wants till teendom, or woohoo wants till YA/Adult.

I discovered that even your biggest apologist will get fed up with you if you cheat on your fiance with a guy your sister also likes in front of your toddler by somebody completely different. Derek Zarubin has always stood by his half-sister Beverly Ku and made excuses for her no matter how badly she behaved, but last night he caught her doing that and threw a fit. It was right there in his action queue :"Read to toddler, have a fit."

The kid's mad at her, too, but since he's never had contact with either his biological father or her fiance I'm not sure on who's behalf he's furious. Maybe his aunt, with whom he's best friends? Or maybe he just can't stand to see her paying attention to anybody but him.

[Darby]

u can kill the grim reaper! ALL RIGHTY! :D

You'll find yourself having to reinstall your game in order to repair the damage if you do.
Read this: http://simswiki.info/wiki.php?title=Game_Help:Avoiding_Hood_Corruption

Additionally, take a look at this list:
Toddler New Year
Father Time
Santa Klaus
Hula Zombie
Pollination Technian
Grim Reaper
Therapist
Mrs Crumplebottom
Stinky Skunk
Witchdoctor
Bigfoot Bigfoot
Ideal Plantsim
Rod Humble
Genie
Spectral Assistant
Good Witch Cat

Those are all special characters that, if messed with in any way, corrupt not just a neighborhood, but your entire game to the point that reinstallation is the only fix.

[AlexandraSpears]

I've always disliked how sims have "woohoo ESP" as I call it. Anything else can happen in another room without them knowing but they can sense woohoo a mile away !

Then again Sim beds tend to make a lot of noise during WooHoo. But a hot tub? Not so much.

[Yazoo]

I discovered watching Don getting slapped around by Nina and Dina, made me giggle.

I made Don fall in love with Dina, then I made Nina watch him flirt with her. Then Dina caught Don flirting with the maid. So Nina was fighting with Dina, and vice versa. And then Dina was fighting with the maid.

So yeahhhh

[Mrmo]

A buggy little thing that I have seen before on different places. I had a couple living in the "Abode de I'amour" lot and as I wanted them to adopt a child I placed a lot "next door" and moved them in. I let them take some items from the old lot and one of them was the car in the driveway. I placed it in the catalog so I just had to take it out on the new lot. Here is the funny part: I can see the old lot from the new and the car is "back" on the old driveway (!). But when moving the sims whit "move family" all of the sims things were sold for similons, so what do the car do there? Funny, and I have seen it before. I think the game have some problems right there. It's also quite normal that the furniture stays in the old house when the sim is on an other lot and move in there.

I also discovered that some sims looks very happy when talking to their BFE's. They clap their hands and have this big "I can sell every toothpaste there is" smile. Looks nice I think. Not everyone does it but some. OK, I did'nt exactly discovered today but still.

[JDacapo]

And cause the entire neighborhood to explode! Hooray!

It don't just cause neighbourhood borkage - it causes GAME BORKAGE!

But seriously, there are things I know not to do, and I really don't wanna kill the grim reaper - when people die happily of old age, he's there to give a great send-off, and when Don Lothario dies of a ripe old age, he'll have two Bella Goths to romance.

[HarVee]

I just now noticed that once you install Night Life, the neighborhood view school bus automata disappears, and instead is replaced with a yellow sports car. Weird how I finally just noticed that.

[Charmful]

I noticed that if a child calls my sim after dark, their mother or father will come over and let themselves into the sim's house. Have no idea why.

[Mootilda]

I noticed that if a child calls my sim after dark, their mother or father will come over and let themselves into the sim's house. Have no idea why.As I understand it, when your sim is on the phone with someone, that other sim is temporarily (and invisibly) teleported to your sim's lot. If a child is "out" after dark, then one of their parents will come to take the child home.

[AlexandraSpears]

I discovered watching Don getting slapped around by Nina and Dina, made me giggle.

I made Don fall in love with Dina, then I made Nina watch him flirt with her. Then Dina caught Don flirting with the maid. So Nina was fighting with Dina, and vice versa. And then Dina was fighting with the maid.

So yeahhhh

I gave Don a secondary aspiration Family and suddenly he wanted to be engaged to everyone. :jest:

[Yazoo]

I gave Don a secondary aspiration Family and suddenly he wanted to be engaged to everyone. :jest:

WOW. That is a lot of weddings to plan. Nah, I want to ruin the relationship between him and Nina. Not the maid or whatever, just Nina. Nina can do a lot better than some sloppy little boy >.>

But yeahhh, think I may get the maid and Don engaged, teeheee. Juicy drama ;)

[Cyjon]

As I understand it, when your sim is on the phone with someone, that other sim is temporarily (and invisibly) teleported to your sim's lot. If a child is "out" after dark, then one of their parents will come to take the child home.

Hmm, you are right. I'll have to add that to my Kid Collection Fix mod.

[JDacapo]

I've discovered that it is immensely satisfying to smite people who do things like try to steal papers or knock over trashcans. Sarah McCarthy managed to overturn the Fleur family's garbage can, but didn't make it far before she got zapped. Wanted to have one of the family members lecture her, but instead I decided to keep them from getting a bad first impression... so I just used the 'smite' option with the batbox lot debugger.

[Saturnfly]

I discovered that if a toddler is sitting in the high chair waiting to be served food, while the parent sim is cooking, they will be served food from the main serving dish once it is dished out. xD *facepalm*

[Peni Griffin]

I discovered that it's possible to lecture Mrs. Crumplebottom back!

Andice Point and her half-brother Frank Munny were playing Marco Polo in the park. Frank got out to go schmooze some kids from his class (Popularity teen, doncha know; he has no objection to doing things with Andice but she is just a little kid). When Andice got out, Mrs. Crumplebottom was right there in her face to make her change into her everyday clothes and cry. (Very shy, very nice - a sensitive little girl.) Andice went over to tag after Frank some more, and Mrs. Crumplebottom followed her to lecture him for still being in his swim trunks. He got up in her face and shook his finger at her in return before changing back to everyday.

Andice really admires her big brother now! I've never seen anybody stand up to that hag like that before.

See, this is why I don't take the standard game annoyances like Mrs. C and the cow mascots out of my game. Who knows what you'd miss?

[Gcgb53191]

I discovered that if a toddler is sitting in the high chair waiting to be served food, while the parent sim is cooking, they will be served food from the main serving dish once it is dished out. xD *facepalm*

No way?! I must try this :D I always just give them their food from the fridge :giggler:

[omglo]

Were the woohooing sims on a date, at the time? I'm not 100% positive, but I think sims automatically know when a pair is on a date, even if they're not engaging in any romantic behaviors in a given moment.

Really weird, if true, that sims don't recognize woohoo in a car that's right in front of them, yet can divine that two sims are on a date, even if one of the pair is talking to someone else while the other is in the bathroom. :lol:Maybe it doesn't count because it was on a residential lot but one of my Sims got caught having an affair that way. Her fiance and kid ran outside to the driveway once the car started rocking.

[Yazoo]

I discovered getting greeted by every townie annoys me. Buying clothes, there is someone wanting to greet my Sims. Playing Pool someone wants to greet them. Funny thing is, they are not Social Celebrities!

I am like, please leave them alone they are trying to do their own thing.

Playing Chess gets very weird and scary, because they will just stand there staring at you. Just stare, they never leave. And then they get right behind you, so you can't move. Then after you do get away from the chess table, they become a mob just to greet you. Then once greeted they never shut up! Its like...Uhm...Okay I was doing something here. -.-" But other than that, Eva the playful sim will more than likely be playing a lot of red hands, because that's all townies want to do -.-"

[AlexandraSpears]

See, this is why I don't take the standard game annoyances like Mrs. C and the cow mascots out of my game. Who knows what you'd miss?

I've had Sims holler back at her too.

I like TwoJeffs' cow mascot trophy head. It is SO satisfying to watch the mascot on his/her knees, pleading...before they get chased off by something resembling a Super Soaker! :rofl:

Or if no one's around and they barge in and see the trophy head...they run!

Whacking them with Mrs. Crumplebottom's purse (Paladin's Place) gets them on the run too.

[Yazoo]

I discovered that Scorpios do NOT like over active Sims, hence why when Eva proposed, Eva was happy, *Yay* and Lindsay, not so much. I was like nooooooooooooooooo >:(

so, yeah, thank you Astronomy 101

Also, I discovered, that I actually giggled when Nina went super red, because she got bit by of course Miss Bitey Magee Grand Vampire, and went all depressed and crap. But no need to fear! Damocles was a quick thinker and got her to change back, however, now he is in love with Nina and vice versa...>.> But hey he showed that he could be a man in shining armor :D

[Peni Griffin]

I discovered that there's a time lag between moving a toddler in and his appearing in the side bar, while the toddler crawls onto the lot.

Jim Spitzig moved into his new place and threw a wedding party, inviting his former housemates, his bride Beverly's family, and a couple of old Greek connections. I decided to move in Beverly's brother Derek as well as her son Tri; but only Derek and Beverly appeared on the sidebar and I was all "Nooooooo! Did I forget to choose Tri? She wouldn't leave Tri behind!" So I closed without saving and did it again, for the same result. This time I waited to gather more information, and suddenly Tri appeared. So I switched to him and clicked and there he was, crawling along the sidewalk, having apparently come all the way from the House of Fallen Trees by himself.

I had Jim, who'd never met him before (he doesn't know his biological daddy, either), go out and play with him and they made friends instantly. Jim, who was originally a Secret Society dormie, got the Secret Handshake option with him under "Play," but he couldn't actually do it, just stood there until I canceled the action and changed it to "toss in air."

[kittcat92]

@Peni its the same thing if a sim invites the parents of a toddler on an outing, the toddler automatically comes too, but when it is time to leave the toddler won't get in the car or taxi and ends up walking home its very odd and the first time I saw it I was like " are you serious you're letting your toddler walk all the way home? What kind of parents are you?"

[Fivey]

I discovered that there's a time lag between moving a toddler in and his appearing in the side bar, while the toddler crawls onto the lot.

Jim Spitzig moved into his new place and threw a wedding party, inviting his former housemates, his bride Beverly's family, and a couple of old Greek connections. I decided to move in Beverly's brother Derek as well as her son Tri; but only Derek and Beverly appeared on the sidebar and I was all "Nooooooo! Did I forget to choose Tri? She wouldn't leave Tri behind!" So I closed without saving and did it again, for the same result. This time I waited to gather more information, and suddenly Tri appeared. So I switched to him and clicked and there he was, crawling along the sidewalk, having apparently come all the way from the House of Fallen Trees by himself.

I had Jim, who'd never met him before (he doesn't know his biological daddy, either), go out and play with him and they made friends instantly. Jim, who was originally a Secret Society dormie, got the Secret Handshake option with him under "Play," but he couldn't actually do it, just stood there until I canceled the action and changed it to "toss in air."

I learned a while back that Secret Society sims have the 'Secret Handshake' interaction avaliable for ALL sims. Even infant babies. Of course it does nothing until the target is a child. If you try it with a child they'll stare at the sim in a confused matter.

I found it greatly amusing when a sim I used to have named Craig tried to accomplish the Secret Handshake with his daughter when she was a child. She kind of just went "what the heck are you doing daddy". With punctuation error and lack of captialization.

[Yazoo]

That having a train set sucks -.-"

It either burns the operator alive, or the person doesn't stop playing with it, and you are stuck with them for a week and half or longer. But hey that's okay, I'll just keep my Sims ignoring them, teehee

[JDacapo]

That having a train set sucks -.-"

It either burns the operator alive, or the person doesn't stop playing with it, and you are stuck with them for a week and half or longer. But hey that's okay, I'll just keep my Sims ignoring them, teehee

There's a hack that keeps them from burning... forget the name of the site but I could probably find it through google. Or just put a few sprinklers above it - they'll soak the room, but the fire will be put out and your sim(or anyone else playing with the set) will live.

[Yazoo]

There's a hack that keeps them from burning... forget the name of the site but I could probably find it through google. Or just put a few sprinklers above it - they'll soak the room, but the fire will be put out and your sim(or anyone else playing with the set) will live.

I remember when River burned to death. And all my Sims were doing was making out in the Kitchen. It was a sad day in that household. They mourned for two minutes then went back to making out. I never thought my Sims could be so heartless.

EDIT: I also just discovered, Nina Caliente never leaves if there is the following in your house:

A) A Train Set

B) A Chess Board

C) A TV

D) A Stereo

E) A Ballet Bar

F) Or All Of The Above

She never leaves, and stays there. And when inviting the maid of Don's attraction, they fight all the time. Now, talk about a wonderful Jerry Springer moment, and annoying moment. Want to invite Nina over, and have her leave in a couple hours? Do not, and I repeat do not have A, B, C, D, E, or F. I mean heck, I like having people over, and letting them do their own thing, then eventually they leave. Not Nina, I think Nina may be obsessed with my Sims -.-"

[JDacapo]

I remember when River burned to death. And all my Sims were doing was making out in the Kitchen. It was a sad day in that household. They mourned for two minutes then went back to making out. I never thought my Sims could be so heartless.

EDIT: I also just discovered, Nina Caliente never leaves if there is the following in your house:

A) A Train Set

B) A Chess Board

C) A TV

D) A Stereo

E) A Ballet Bar

F) Or All Of The Above

She never leaves, and stays there. And when inviting the maid of Don's attraction, they fight all the time. Now, talk about a wonderful Jerry Springer moment, and annoying moment. Want to invite Nina over, and have her leave in a couple hours? Do not, and I repeat do not have A, B, C, D, E, or F. I mean heck, I like having people over, and letting them do their own thing, then eventually they leave. Not Nina, I think Nina may be obsessed with my Sims -.-"

Just have one of your sims say 'goodbye' to her. She'll leave.

[Yazoo]

Just have one of your sims say 'goodbye' to her. She'll leave.

But I like being impatient, and watch her dance, and stuff. Well, then again not really. She helps get my friendships up, that is why I keep her there. HOWEVER, she never stops calling. -.-"

I mean she has called Tegan at least ten different times. She so has their number on Speed Dial. >.>

[Saturnfly]

I discovered that Bigfoot is a rather social bug for a freak of nature. Three teens go off to college, Bigfoot calls EVERY day until the last day of college, whereas the parents didn't call once (Prolly cause Bigfoot was always using the damn phone).

[oreosncreamforjojo]

:bunny: I learned that by using 'MoveObjects on' you place todedlers on island counters but not on regular ones ! :bunny:

http://thumbs2.modthesims2.com/img/2/8/6/3/7/4/MTS_oreosncreamforjojo-1287061-snapshot_1c94a5ef_dc94ac0c.jpg

[Sunbee]

Summoning a dead grandparent to respawn the tombstone (thanks, Maxis!) fulfills the fear of death of a relative. Poor little Alex kinda needed those aspiration points, and Cassandra had already just had a shrink visit before her date with Don. (Not sure why, as she hadn't been played, but it might have had something to do with Komei picking on her.) Doing them all at once was a really bad plan. On the bright side, Bella's folks have tombstones now, as do all of Mortimer's relatives. As far as I can tell, Cassandra rolled some other fear after the first, as she dipped into gold from it, but Alex rerolled the death fear and got a double whammy and his aspiration bottomed out.

[JDacapo]

Summoning a dead grandparent to respawn the tombstone (thanks, Maxis!) fulfills the fear of death of a relative. Poor little Alex kinda needed those aspiration points, and Cassandra had already just had a shrink visit before her date with Don. (Not sure why, as she hadn't been played, but it might have had something to do with Komei picking on her.) Doing them all at once was a really bad plan. On the bright side, Bella's folks have tombstones now, as do all of Mortimer's relatives. As far as I can tell, Cassandra rolled some other fear after the first, as she dipped into gold from it, but Alex rerolled the death fear and got a double whammy and his aspiration bottomed out.

That sucks! Hope the Tricou kids won't have that happen.

[Cyjon]

A bit of a story before I say what I discovered today.

The thing about being a modder is my game is always at risk of getting corrupted. Every now and then my game acts up and it's usually because of something I'm working on. Recently I've been back working on Ghost Hack, and one of the most recent changes I made was to increase the incidence of ghosts on community lots. Suddenly have ghosts appearing when they shouldn't on residential lots. Um, that's bad.

So I pored over the code again and again, and dammit everything is fine! Ghosts shouldn't be coming out during the day and shouldn't be coming out less than 24 hours after death. WTF?

OK, what can call the ghost generation routines? Tombstones, check. Lighting strikes, OK I knew that. Hmm, what's this one? Oh.

Hey, kids, did you know if you have a bug collection on the wall with all 10 spiders, it forces ghosts out during they day? Yeah, neither did I. But it sure wasted hours of my time.

[sushigal007]

Hey, kids, did you know if you have a bug collection on the wall with all 10 spiders, it forces ghosts out during they day? Yeah, neither did I. But it sure wasted hours of my time.

I'm sorry, I know it wasted your time, but it's kind of funny. XD I guess ghosts really want to get out and have a look at that epic spider collection!

[Darby]

Hey, kids, did you know if you have a bug collection on the wall with all 10 spiders, it forces ghosts out during they day? Yeah, neither did I. But it sure wasted hours of my time.

Not a total waste of time, since you learned something new to share. :D

Also, Cyjon, have you observed ghosts out during overcast days? On every occasion I've seen a daytime ghost, it has been overcast or rainy. And I've never had a sim with a full bug collection, so I know it's not that.

[smorbie1]

I hate it when I seem stupid, but bug collection?

[Orilon]

If you have Free Time your Sim has the option to "Hunt Bugs" if you click on the ground, and then they'll collect bugs. Mine never gotten that far to get all the spiders.

[smorbie1]

If you have Free Time your Sim has the option to "Hunt Bugs" if you click on the ground, and then they'll collect bugs. Mine never gotten that far to get all the spiders.
Thank you. I've seen that, but never paid attention to it. I didn't know there was a goal.

[fway]

That I instantly recognized the build mode (or CAS?) music from TS2 when watching this commercial:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U4xJT49gbC4

[kittcat92]

That I instantly recognized the build mode (or CAS?) music from TS2 when watching this commercial:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U4xJT49gbC4

Omg I saw this commercial a few weeks ago and had the same reaction even though I turned my sims music off a long time ago :rofl:
I discovered windowed mode today. It's quite useful for setting up challenges, now I don't have to keep exiting out of the game to go update my W7 Sim Tracker. I'm a little annoyed that I can't scroll the screen though.

[Yazoo]

Soooo I discovered the way Romance Sims walk if they have "Mass Attraction" Or whatever...They walk really weird when they are about to do a Romantic gesture. They are strutting their stuff. But the females...WOW. I was laughing so hard I couldn't breathe :P

Also, I did find out that "boolProp" didn't mess up my College house, the house I picked out did >.<

[Peni Griffin]

They don't need any perks to walk like that. I was getting it before I ever installed Freetime, and I love it. If you think it's funny on the adults, wait'll you see a teen do it. You'll be telling 'em to go flirt random girls on the other side of the room just to watch the silly little buggers strut!

[Liv Lukas]

Omg I saw this commercial a few weeks ago and had the same reaction even though I turned my sims music off a long time ago :rofl:
I discovered windowed mode today. It's quite useful for setting up challenges, now I don't have to keep exiting out of the game to go update my W7 Sim Tracker. I'm a little annoyed that I can't scroll the screen though.

I've used windowed mode for years and I scroll by holding down the right mouse button and dragging. The further the little blue arrow moves from the spot where you started scrolling, the faster the scroll.

[Cyjon]

have you observed ghosts out during overcast days? On every occasion I've seen a daytime ghost, it has been overcast or rainy. And I've never had a sim with a full bug collection, so I know it's not that.

Ghosts can come out during the day if the tombstone is struck by lightning, but being overcast doesn't directly affect anything. As far as I know those three methods (normal haunting, lightning, bug collection) are the only ways to generate ghosts. The lightning and spider ghosts don't hang around very long during the day since once an hour the tombstone realizes it's daytime and pulls them back, although the spider collection just regenerates them again.

[Fivey]

That when a sim drops Toddler Potty poop on the floor, it shows up as garbage. Like milk carton and tin can garbage.

I didn't know toddlers could do that.

[Fivey]

That I instantly recognized the build mode (or CAS?) music from TS2 when watching this commercial:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U4xJT49gbC4

Build mode.

Heh. Build mode music for a flooring commercial. Amusing.

[kittcat92]

I've used windowed mode for years and I scroll by holding down the right mouse button and dragging. The further the little blue arrow moves from the spot where you started scrolling, the faster the scroll.
yippeee thank you :bunny:

[aUserName]

You can delete the neighborhood stop signs. I can’t believe I never realized this before.

[VioletPadfoot]

Omg I saw this commercial a few weeks ago and had the same reaction even though I turned my sims music off a long time ago :rofl:
I discovered windowed mode today. It's quite useful for setting up challenges, now I don't have to keep exiting out of the game to go update my W7 Sim Tracker. I'm a little annoyed that I can't scroll the screen though.kittcat you just gave me a fantastic reason to play my ToT Challenge in windowed mode, if for no reason other than to make sure my babies are recorded immediately and I don't have to flip through pages in my notebook to see what the eye color was. And so I can fill in some of the fields that I never write down and get bored when i try to dig through SimPE to find out. ~VP

[McChoclatey]

The male version of the diva from downtown in nightlife has a special flirt interaction with sims when you make him playable. Its called the 'wolf whistle.' :D

[maybesomethingdunno]

The male version of the diva from downtown in nightlife has a special flirt interaction with sims when you make him playable. Its called the 'wolf whistle.' :D

All playables have that option (if flirts with the Target Sim are possible), regardless of who they are/were. It's somewhat an "entry-level" flirt. For me, it typically appears before "Charm."

ETA: Here's something fun (and perhaps evil) to do I've discovered somewhat recently....

So, I wanted to listen to the game music and my imported music while I worked. I opened up a dorm, froze the semester clock, turned on a stereo in my playable Sim's dorm room, and locked him in there while he meditated. I had installed ACR and MATY's FightClub hack so I turned off jealousy for the lot and made all the dormies Romance Sims with the appropriate sexual orientations.

I turned off my computer monitor so I could work (no temptation) and listened to the music with all other game sounds muted. By the time I was done with my work, the dormies had more or less all become in love with each other. Then I turned jealousy back on. >=D Having the sound effects muted is key if you're going to do this...unless you reeeally like that "booooing" sound effect when someone gets caught cheating. Exit without saving to keep the status quo. ;)

[Peni Griffin]

All men get the wolf whistle. They do it to Romance sims of their preferred gender in the same way that women swoon at theirs. Wolf whistle is usually on the men's flirt menu right next to "check out sim," even when they can't do anything else.

Mr. Big and the Diva have "primp" as their persistent gesture. They'll do that before washing, eating, or peeing after getting struck by lightning, it's so persistent.

I just found out there's a photo booth at Oresha's Family Dining! I'd've sent Goz and Kitty there with their kids sometimes if I'd known that! Well, Goz is still alive, so it's not too late...

[Maranatah]

Another headdesk-discovery: how to enable quarter tiles when adding floors or cealings (Ctrl+F). Well, better late than never :)

[kittcat92]

kittcat you just gave me a fantastic reason to play my ToT Challenge in windowed mode, if for no reason other than to make sure my babies are recorded immediately and I don't have to flip through pages in my notebook to see what the eye color was. And so I can fill in some of the fields that I never write down and get bored when i try to dig through SimPE to find out. ~VP
glad I'm useful for something :lol: I was so excited when I discovered window mode, so much better for keeping track of stuff.

[Orilon]

If a Knowledge Sim is on vacation in Twikki Island, learning the Sea Chantey will fill his/her want to see a ghost.

I sent Antonio Monty on vacation and when he rolled the want to see a ghost, I sent him to the lot with the pirate ship to see if seeing the ghost of the pirate captain would fill the want. It did, and then I had him learn the chantey. Its been awhile since I've played Sims 2, so I didn't know that before.

[Clashfan]

If a Knowledge Sim is on vacation in Twikki Island, learning the Sea Chantey will fill his/her want to see a ghost.

I sent Antonio Monty on vacation and when he rolled the want to see a ghost, I sent him to the lot with the pirate ship to see if seeing the ghost of the pirate captain would fill the want. It did, and then I had him learn the chantey. Its been awhile since I've played Sims 2, so I didn't know that before.
I hope you have a mod that stops them from performing it autonomously. That stupid sea chanty is like a plague. He will teach it to everyone he knows and pretty soon the minute you have two Sims on a lot together all they will do is sing that damn chanty.

It's permanently banned from my hood as they very nearly drove me crazy with it in my first hood.

[Orilon]

I have BoilingOil's Vacation Limited Mod which does stop the vacation related activities. Antonio has been bugging me in the way that three bolters normally bug me, but he hasn't sung the Chantey once since he left Twikki Island.

[smorbie1]

I have BoilingOil's Vacation Limited Mod which does stop the vacation related activities. Antonio has been bugging me in the way that three bolters normally bug me, but he hasn't sung the Chantey once since he left Twikki Island.

How do three bolters annoy you?

[Orilon]

I had Antonio remarry a townie named Brooke. The reason why I say three bolters annoy me is that they are always stalking each other. If Brooke is reading a book, Antonio will sit on the couch next to her, if she's fishing, he autonmously goes fishing even though his hunger and bladder are low. Hes always staking her and they are always autonomously woohooing through ACR.

[Peni Griffin]

I discovered that there is indeed a silly trivial thing that bugs me in this game as much as stuff I don't even notice (like the YA walk) bugs other people here.

The toddler bear pajamas. I hate them. They look hot. And it seems as if three-quarters of the toddlers who grow up in Drama Acres grow into them. Okay, no big deal, since I've gotten into the habit of having somebody go out and buy toddler clothes before the birthday I can just take the kid straight to the changing table. Except that about half the time the changing table WON'T CHANGE THEM OUT! Just tonight I had to plan Dior Skirt's PJ outfit three times before it took.

No way is a kid named Dior hanging around in anything as unstylish as a bear suit.

[AlexandraSpears]

I discovered that there is indeed a silly trivial thing that bugs me in this game as much as stuff I don't even notice (like the YA walk) bugs other people here.

The toddler bear pajamas. I hate them. They look hot. And it seems as if three-quarters of the toddlers who grow up in Drama Acres grow into them. Okay, no big deal, since I've gotten into the habit of having somebody go out and buy toddler clothes before the birthday I can just take the kid straight to the changing table. Except that about half the time the changing table WON'T CHANGE THEM OUT! Just tonight I had to plan Dior Skirt's PJ outfit three times before it took.

No way is a kid named Dior hanging around in anything as unstylish as a bear suit.

I have Pescado's clothing hack. That way I don't have to send anyone out to buy clothes.

[Peni Griffin]

I like going out to buy clothes, Ms. Spears. It's the refusal of the bear pajamas to go away when I've already planned the outfit to not include them which was driving me wiggy.

On the upside, Dior has itty tiny sideburns. I am so keeping the hair he grew into! And I did eventually get him into a decent pair of pjs, though not the ones I initially wanted - I'd bought a summer and a fall suit, and the summer one just wouldn't change. I suppose it might have been cloned from the bear pjs and I didn't get the mesh; but AFAIK it's just one recolor of a set that's worked fine in other families.

[_sheldor]

I discovered how if you force twins using cheats, the twins end up being boy/girl.

I don't know if theres actually any true logic to this, but everytime I force twins they are always boy/girl.

On a side note, I also discovered there is a sims build/buy mode song on a commercial! I thought I was hearing things when I first saw it, but nope. Same song.

[Aegagropilon]

(This might be a side-effect of hacks, but my sims are strange anyhow.)

I discovered that when a grown sim is playing with one of the craftable toys, other (young-)adult sims in the household have the option of joining in via the "watch" interaction selectable in the pie menu:
http://i273.photobucket.com/albums/jj202/aegagropilon/GozerCheersOnTheDamagePathOfDiffzilla.jpg
Gozer cheers on the path of destruction wrought by the mighty Diffzilla. Serious Gozer makes the toys, while Difficult tests them to make sure that they're fun enough for their future children.

[Darby]

I discovered how if you force twins using cheats, the twins end up being boy/girl.

I don't know if theres actually any true logic to this, but everytime I force twins they are always boy/girl.

How many times is "every time"? Normal odds could yield that result quite a number of times and still qualify as coincidence. Get that result 40-50 times in a row, and maybe you'd have something. ;)

[VioletPadfoot]

How many times is "every time"? Normal odds could yield that result quite a number of times and still qualify as coincidence. Get that result 40-50 times in a row, and maybe you'd have something. ;) I agree, and I will contradict the OP with the fact that I recently did "force twins" on a sim and got two girls.

[Yazoo]

Not sure if this has happened to others o.o

BUT, I recently discovered, if you have 2 Sims that are crushing on your Sim, they tend to kiss and flirt to your Sim in front of each other (I have the "No Jealousy" hack). For an example:

Tegan shared her first kiss with Nina, and Tegan has a crush on Kaylynn. Kaylynn saw Nina and Tegan flirting with each other. She came out of the house, began to flirt with Tegan, then Nina would do the same. Then Nina would kiss Tegan, and then Kaylynn would kiss Tegan.

I was like...

"DANG! GO Tegan! They all over you! WOOT WOOT!'

Yeah, did that happen to anyone else? o.O

OH! And any Sim with 10 on Outgoing usually get in the Hot Tub all naked o.O It was freaking odd.

[Peni Griffin]

What I love is that the ones who get into their swimsuits to get out of the tub where they've been soaking nekkid.

Outgoing Oliver Onions went to Twikkii Island for his honeymoon. When they soaked in hot springs, he and his bride both wore bathing suits; when they got out, his bride would change into street clothes to go to the next community lot, but Oliver wore his bathing suit everywhere they went.

[JDacapo]

It's so precious how Romance sims will play with their partners' children, even if they aren't related - when I moved the Pigeonblood household to a new lot due to a lot glitch that prevented Antimony and her live-in boyfriend from going to work, first thing Antimony did was dance with one of her boyfriend's alien-spawn sons. Really cute! She may have had the fear of having a baby, but she sure cared about all the kids - even the ones who weren't relatives.

[VioletPadfoot]

I discovered that if you have a teen "admire" another teen and not get rejected they make a "Yes!" hand motion. I thought it was so cute when Silas admired Leatha, she didn't reject him, and he fist pumped. Especially since he only recently became a teen, so this was like the first time he ever tried to hit on a girl.

[oreosncreamforjojo]

I discovered that a sim can roll a want to have their child 'meet the aliens' :p ! My legacy dad wants his teenage son to get abducted by aliens !

[Vladora]

Not to have an espresso machine in a college dorm. I was wondering why there was an unusual amount of pee puddles everywhere until I saw a dormie drink 7 cups of espresso in a row. If you're that tired, why don't you go to bed? ...Or just pass out on the floor.

Also not to throw a graduation party when TWO cow mascots are hanging around. My Sim kept socializing with her guests and the party kept staying at Snoozer. I guess that was the only thing keeping it from turning into a disaster. Probably should have asked them both to leave beforehand, but it was kind of fun to watch them team up in pestering everyone.

[saskganesh]

The Photobooth at FM is great for WooHoo's because it doesn't attract a crowd ... only those who are on the second floor.

Public WooHoo ... with discretion! I recommend it.

[Peni Griffin]

I dunno, there's often quite a few people on the second floor at FM by the time my sims want to woohoo. A lot of them have high Music and Dance interest and flock to those karaoke machines.

It can be a pain getting out of the crowd at Bernard's Botanical Gardens because the space is so constricted. I put one in the restroom/makeout hall at Midnight Flows, which is generally the most private in my hood because everybody's playing the instruments I put in the main room and hardly ever using the restrooms.

[music2ologist]

I discovered that I can control my temper, and not blast a sim out of the game if he flatly refuses to do my bidding. Sherlock in Twikkii kept in his want panel the want to learn the hula, but every time I pointed him to a dancing local and commanded him to Join the Hula, the command vanished as fast as I gave it. I gave it about twenty times, and he refused. I sulked for a bit then, and refused to give him any instructions for looking after himself. He became dirty and hungry, but he just used the time for wooing his guest. (Dora Ottomas, would you believe?) I gave up on the holiday, gave up instructing him to dig for maps so he could win the voodoo doll, and sent him home. I did not kill him.

[saskganesh]

I dunno, there's often quite a few people on the second floor at FM by the time my sims want to woohoo. A lot of them have high Music and Dance interest and flock to those karaoke machines.

It can be a pain getting out of the crowd at Bernard's Botanical Gardens because the space is so constricted. I put one in the restroom/makeout hall at Midnight Flows, which is generally the most private in my hood because everybody's playing the instruments I put in the main room and hardly ever using the restrooms.

Heh. Wait until everyone is hungry and has gone downstairs to eat. As an incentive to keep them there, turn on the stereo, start a smustle, and they'll glom there.

Two floors can mean a lot of space.

[oreosncreamforjojo]

Today My sim came home from work and earned $2,490 - But her job is only supposed to pay $1,960 ! She didn't get a chance card or anything...

[Darby]

If you have whichever EP brought in the reputation system (FT or AL?), your sim may be getting higher wages than usual due to knowing someone who put in a good word with her boss.

[katya_stevens]

The FT perks for Fortune sims also brings in higher wages -- the AL reputation seems to raise wages by about 5%, but the FT perks by about 20% (percentages are uncertain on my end, but I do recall that FT gives a bigger boost).

[Orilon]

I discovered that I can control my temper, and not blast a sim out of the game if he flatly refuses to do my bidding. Sherlock in Twikkii kept in his want panel the want to learn the hula, but every time I pointed him to a dancing local and commanded him to Join the Hula, the command vanished as fast as I gave it. I gave it about twenty times, and he refused. I sulked for a bit then, and refused to give him any instructions for looking after himself. He became dirty and hungry, but he just used the time for wooing his guest. (Dora Ottomas, would you believe?) I gave up on the holiday, gave up instructing him to dig for maps so he could win the voodoo doll, and sent him home. I did not kill him.

It's not him being obstinate, its a glitch. I've run into this before, where the glitchy Sim would make everyone doing the hula "jump" out of action. The only way I've found to fix it is if he has a stereo at home, do shift+control+C on your keyboard to bring up the cheat console put in boolprop testingcheatsenabled true and then with Sherlock selected shift click on the radio at home and select Debug Set Skill High. The next time you send him to a vacation lot, he will be able to learn any dances.

[Fivey]

My sim invited her boyfriend 'round for dinner, but headed to bed shortly afterwards - and...

...the non-controllable boyfriend started trimming the hedges, weeding the garden and generally tidying the house. I never realised they could or would do that. My sim can't be worth all the hassle, surely? ;)

One time, I had an elder invite his alien son and his family over, and his eldest grandson spent the entire time raking up leaves. Mind you he was like 9 at the time. So that was a bummer for me.

Then his other grandchild that lived with him invited the same relative over. Again, entire time raking leaves. I even served food and tried to get the poor kid to eat, but he didn't even notice the meal. Sometimes I invited the kid over just so he can garden.

Seriously, that kid had no life. Might of been because of his bug eyes. He scared the crap out of me when he was born.

[sushigal007]

I discovered just the other day that you need to have to have the ACR adjuster actually spawned on the lot for teens and elders to use all the autonomous actions. I'd been wondering for ages why my teens had no sex drive, despite being teenagers in a game with Inteen!

[Gcgb53191]

I discovered just the other day that you need to have to have the ACR adjuster actually spawned on the lot for teens and elders to use all the autonomous actions. I'd been wondering for ages why my teens had no sex drive, despite being teenagers in a game with Inteen!


Thats odd, my sims do autonomous actions all the time and I never have it on the lot.

[Alijah]

Thats odd, my sims do autonomous actions all the time and I never have it on the lot.

Same here, I can hardly keep my sims off each other! I do know that you actually need the adjuster on the lot in order to utilize the "booty call" function though :3

Today I learned just how much fun the EVIL toybench toys are! I should feel like a bad mommy for littering my house with evil clown-in-the-boxes for my toddlers to stumble upon, but it's just too amusing!

[AlexandraSpears]

I discovered that a sim can roll a want to have their child 'meet the aliens' :p ! My legacy dad wants his teenage son to get abducted by aliens !

Once I had a Knowledge Sim couple with a son whose aspiration was Fortune. It was great for their score whenever one of them met aliens...but their son just about hit aspiration failure constantly, as he kept rolling the fear! Aspirational tug-of-war.

[Orilon]

Thats odd, my sims do autonomous actions all the time and I never have it on the lot.

Its actually in the Read Me File.

b. For teens and elders only, autonomy is also dependent on an adjuster object being present on the lot. If there is no adjuster on the lot, teens and elders will not be able to perform any autonomous casual interactions.
i. This is due to a Maxis limitation in the way they coded the ‘plug-in’ social interactions that this mod uses.

[Sunbee]

Which version? I have ACR2, latest release, and I know I just saw a first kiss attempted between Francis Worthington (YA) and Hermia Capp (teen) at the Goth Wedding Party that crashed four times, without a controller on the lot, but Francis might have initiated that--I made all the guests selectable for a moment to get them to stop goofing off and get over to the arch, and it was in their queues.

[Charmful]

Hah, so I was checking out families from the neighborhood view and saw they had a lot of money, like 200,000 dollars but the last time I played I remember they had about 30,000 funds. Oh well I used the familyfunds cheat to do their taxes and subtracted 100,000. I learned that the total in the neighborhood view is their worth PLUS their home. So I was surprised when I clicke din and they were 10K in debt. I immediately gave them a motherlode tax return.

[music2ologist]

It's not him being obstinate, its a glitch. I've run into this before, where the glitchy Sim would make everyone doing the hula "jump" out of action. The only way I've found to fix it is if he has a stereo at home, do shift+control+C on your keyboard to bring up the cheat console put in boolprop testingcheatsenabled true and then with Sherlock selected shift click on the radio at home and select Debug Set Skill High. The next time you send him to a vacation lot, he will be able to learn any dances.

No, I'll let it go as part of the game's ability to surprise me. I have to accept some contingencies. So Sherlock can't hula? That fits: he has three points for Playful and three for Nice. I've gone off him.

[sushigal007]

Which version? I have ACR2, latest release, and I know I just saw a first kiss attempted between Francis Worthington (YA) and Hermia Capp (teen) at the Goth Wedding Party that crashed four times, without a controller on the lot, but Francis might have initiated that--I made all the guests selectable for a moment to get them to stop goofing off and get over to the arch, and it was in their queues.

I've got 2 too, and my adults are complete horndogs. No problems there. I did have a first kiss between a teen and a adult ages ago, but that could've been the adult starting it. And I did have a few teen/teen kisses on vacation, but NOTHING else. This is a sort of ISBI, so I give the teens no commands. Eventually I thought "I really should look at the ReadMe again and see why this isn't working" and lo, the adjuster is needed for total autonomous teen and elder stuff.

So I spawned the adjuster and had Juliet Capp ask Romeo on a date at her house. After three minutes, in which I commanded NOTHING, they had hopped into bed and successfully tried for a baby.

[saskganesh]

Ha! I have found some Sims, with great presence of mind, will swap away a Grand Vampire's attempt to bite them.

[Darby]

Which version? I have ACR2, latest release, and I know I just saw a first kiss attempted between Francis Worthington (YA) and Hermia Capp (teen) at the Goth Wedding Party that crashed four times, without a controller on the lot, but Francis might have initiated that--

I think First Kiss can be initiated autonomously without ACR though, can't it? ACR doesn't prevent normal Maxis autonomous romantic interactions. It only prevents ACR autonomy for teens and elders unless there's an adjuster on-lot.

[Orilon]

No, I'll let it go as part of the game's ability to surprise me. I have to accept some contingencies. So Sherlock can't hula? That fits: he has three points for Playful and three for Nice. I've gone off him.

Nope, if you don't shift click on the stereo and set his skill to high, he won't be able to learn the hula or the slap dance in Three Lakes.

It would make more sense if it was related to personality, but I've noticed that the glitch doesn't make sense that way. I first learned about it with the pre made Sims Oberon and Titania Summerdream. I had sent Oberon and Titania to Twikki Island for their honeymoon and both wanted to learn the hula. Both have high playful points and high nice points. Titania was able to learn the hula, but whenever I clicked on one of the Sims and had Oberon join, everyone doing the hula "jumped" out of action. I went online and found out about the glitch. After I fixed it, Oberon was able to learn from Titania at home.

When Puck Summerdream became an adult and married Hermia Capp, I sent them on a honeymoon to Three Lakes. Both wanted to learn the Slap Dance, Hermia was able to learn it, but when Puck tried, it dropped out of his queue like you said in your original post. When I sent them home I used the fix and then he was able to learn it from Hermia.

Last night, I was able to get Albany Capp to learn the hula without problems, and he has 1 playful point and 1 nice point. If it was related to personality, Oberon with his 7 or 8 nice points would have been able to learn it, but Albany with his 1 nice point wouldn't be able to.

I haven't been able to figure out what causes it, its just trial and error in my game.

[Sunbee]

I think First Kiss can be initiated autonomously without ACR though, can't it? ACR doesn't prevent normal Maxis autonomous romantic interactions. It only prevents ACR autonomy for teens and elders unless there's an adjuster on-lot.
I don't think it can be. It's been so long since I played without ACR, though, I'm not sure. My sims always use ACR to do it, though, even those head-over-heels in love who do all sorts of flirts without it.

[Darby]

I don't think it can be. It's been so long since I played without ACR, though, I'm not sure. My sims always use ACR to do it, though, even those head-over-heels in love who do all sorts of flirts without it.

I honestly don't remember for sure either. Same problem: Had ACR so long, I don't know anymore.

So much for that theory, I guess. :jest:

[music2ologist]

When Puck Summerdream became an adult and married Hermia Capp, I sent them on a honeymoon to Three Lakes. Both wanted to learn the Slap Dance, Hermia was able to learn it, but when Puck tried, it dropped out of his queue ... I haven't been able to figure out what causes it, its just trial and error in my game.

Now you mention it, my Puck couldn't learn the hula either, and he had won the Tsang Footwork award for college. Okay, I'll give your method a shot. It will save me shouting at the monitor.

[VioletPadfoot]

I learned that a sim four (or is it five) days from elder cannot get pregnant, even though there's plenty of time to bring the pregnancy to term. I always thought the cutoff was three days, I've been playing since the game came out, and I only found this out now b/c I never manage to stay interested in any family long enough to get the adults to elders. The things challenges force us to do...

[Cyjon]

Violet, I found that out during my Apocalypse Challenge. Thankfully I had elixir in the house and was able to age her down to get pregnant or all of civilization would have died out.

[Yazoo]

That for some odd reason a date can also be an outing. And once going on like three dates, Sims that are in love with your playable Sim, they will call constantly wanting to go on a date >.<

[lazzybum]

I discovered that lost pets will show up when you're playing other families like strays. Then you can use the phone and call the pet's owner, and they'll come pick it up and give you cash reward!

[music2ologist]

I learnt that a child need not be living with its parent in order to be encouraged into virtue. Tina Traveller had four points for Neatness and four points for Niceness. I wanted her to have six of each before her university career.

Trent Traveller was not at all attracted to his wife, so Trisha divorced him, took Tina with her, and married Julien Cooke. Now Julien has seven points for Neatness, and so can encourage Tina to be neat once their friendship is established; but Julien and Trisha have only five points apiece for Niceness, and so cannot encourage Tina to be nice. Well, back in the old home, Trent invited his daughter to visit, and quite quickly encouraged her into two more Niceness points. I made her selectable so I could check her progress. That is all very satisfactory.

[Bellasaurus]

I realised that for six weeks I have been playing without Ikea Stuff. I bought a new pc and having reinstalled TS2 & all related stuff, restored backups, readded CC etc, I completely forget to install Ikea. I feel like such an idiot! I was wondering why I couldn't find the small Ikea chests of drawers and remembered that I missed it. I find it hilarious that it took me six weeks to notice :rofl:

[Peni Griffin]

Musicoligist, anybody with a family tag who is older can Encourage traits; so Tina herself will be able to Encourage any younger siblings either parent produces while she's at Uni. She'll also be able to grant permission to go out - is that a sweet set-up or what?

Among spouses of different ages, the elder can Encourage the younger till the younger one ages up. I never had Goz do it to Kitty Hawkins, though, 'cause he thinks she's perfect.

[Yazoo]

Welp, I recently learned that weeds can be spawn up after a storm or stray animals peeping on the lawn. Totally didn't know that, until yesterday. Mhm.

[omglo]

I learned not to use the "watch kids" hack with the 'cruise in your car as long as you want" hack unless you want your the social worker to take the kids.

[Yazoo]

I learned that outgoing sims, like to flirt, but not the same flirt repeatedly. They need a change with the flirts *nods* I found this out like...Last night :P

[Alijah]

I learned not to use the "watch kids" hack with the 'cruise in your car as long as you want" hack unless you want your the social worker to take the kids.

:O

Where can I find this cruise hack? I'd love a way to get some of my sims out of the house on the weekends when they're all at home!

(Ottomas family, I'm looking at you!)

[katya_stevens]

Cruise as long as you want (http://www.insimenator.org/index.php/topic,8887.0.html). Basically allows sims to take a spin in the car until you cancel it.

[omglo]

:O

Where can I find this cruise hack? I'd love a way to get some of my sims out of the house on the weekends when they're all at home!

(Ottomas family, I'm looking at you!)Be aware that you can only get one Sim out of the house at a time per car, since drivers aren't able to take anyone else with them.

[Alijah]

Thanks!

Today I found out that there are little dirty shoe prints on the floor when you first lay a foundation! How cute!

[sushigal007]

It may have been my eyes playing tricks on me, but I could've sworn that today I saw one of my mean teen sims push another sim into the pool. I mean, one minute a sim's dithering at the end of the diving board, then my mean sim stood behind him and I'm quite sure the little jerk wobbled the board and knocked them in!

[Fivey]

That SSU has some really creepy professors due to a glitch.

He keeps hitting on my fellow dormies. High level flirts, all being rejected. Then he stops being best friends with them. Again and again. Peni said this happens usually to coaches and professors. Old people are weird.

I kind of feel sorry for him. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gaPfXSorgRk)