What did you discover today while playing the sims?

[ElZorro]

I learned tonight that male "maids" not only have pink costumes and lavender costumes, but also white costumes.

[Mai]

heh, the grim reaper is not always all business.
he stayed over at my sim's house after she died (the lot was then empty) to watch tv, use the restroom. it was only after he got bored and left that i finally got the "all your sims are dead on this lot" message.

[FlyingKiwi]

Yes it seems to be dependent on whether anyone is left or not; I've noticed that for me at least the Grim Reaper doesn't do anything particularly interesting if there are people left in the house, but if there is no one left he'll make himself right at home.

[ElZorro]

Yes it seems to be dependent on whether anyone is left or not; I've noticed that for me at least the Grim Reaper doesn't do anything particularly interesting if there are people left in the house, but if there is no one left he'll make himself right at home.

In that case, I guess I learned today that I should be killing off more sims' households. :)

[Fernweather]

The Grim Reaper can use the toilet.
It always seems odd when he does that.

LOLGrimmy: I'm in ur house killing ur doodz and leavin a floater.

[agent_dork]

My sim used the phone well holding a baby.

[Ferret II]

I discovered that toddlers can play with the toy robot that came with OFB! I thought only children onwards would play with it. The animation is really cute; and even cuter when the robot is broken!

[MacHeadMandi]

Today I discovered that Olive Spector got it on with the Grim Reaper and popped out Nervous Subject! I've never been one to play the storylines given by Maxis, so this was a bit shocking.

[Lemon&Lime]

I've seen that memory! I wonder how you could do that in game... if you plead for a Sim's life do you get a relationship score with Grim so you can phone him?

[blackivy]

I discovered that children can throw tantrum. Was fascinated with it, they look so funny when they scream and yell...

[Elven Moon]

I discovered that Sims can pee while showering. Either it was some kind of glitch or my Sim is sloppier than I thought XD

[coltraz]

I discovered that Sims can pee while showering. Either it was some kind of glitch or my Sim is sloppier than I thought XD

Sloppy Sims do that, it's great. haha

[grayx3eyedsoul]

I discovered that my computer is worse off then I thought. 4 people or more on a lot and it starts glitching and being slow. Fun... :smash:

[FlyingKiwi]

I learned that when you select "view" on the flowers that a sim leaves on the doorstep after a great date, you get a little message from them.

[Lenoba]

You're late... But I first saw a penguin yesterday xD

[Deeney]

I learned that you can delete clothing through the creating a new family section. Which means you dont have to guess which clothes it is your deleting you can actually see them on a sim before you delete them. Hurray!

[Avaluna]

I learned that you can delete clothing through the creating a new family section. Which means you dont have to guess which clothes it is your deleting you can actually see them on a sim before you delete them. Hurray!

Yeah, but you don't delete the mesh (if it uses one), so you might have a lot of unused meshes in your downloads folder then.

[duderocks]

I discovered that you can take off the railings from regular staircases.

[Ferret II]

I discovered that nice sims will ask someone to have a water balloon fight with them; but mean sims will distract the other and throw a balloon in their face! I thought that all sims did the latter.

[kustirider2]

Duderocks: How do you do that?

[Menaceman44]

Kustirider2: Place a regular staircase but then switch to the connecting stairs railing tool. Hold down the Ctrl key and then you can click away one or both railings.

[kustirider2]

Oh Okay Thanks!

[Cidira]

I've seen that memory! I wonder how you could do that in game... if you plead for a Sim's life do you get a relationship score with Grim so you can phone him?

You can't normally develop any sort of actual relationship with the Grim Reaper and, if you try and somehow succeed, it can b0rk your game bigtime. You can impregnate Sims safely with children fathered by the Grim Reaper if you have inSimenator, but it doesn't actually do anything special; mostly the supposed benefit is that the kids are pretty, but that's only because the actual Grim Reaper Sim doesn't have any genetics, so it defaults to the face that most people think of as "the pretty Maxis face".

[kustirider2]

If you used boolprop to impregnate sims by grimmy, will it bork your game?

[melethana]

I had a sim age from teen to adult, and all she wanted was to move out and get a job promotion, so I moved her into her own house, and one of the neighbors that came to welcome her to the neighborhood was her younger sister with whom she was BFF! She only moved one lot over! :howdy:

[charlie-chan_SC]

I discovered today that my sims seem to like others that are married etc.

Also how some of the Maxis made houses can be changed to accommodate extra people rather than them being cramped :)

[Cinamun]

I'm probably late buuuuuuuuut.. if you click on the newspaper that sims read whilst sitting on the toilet, you get the same options as the regular newspaper from the delivery boy. LOL pooping and checking the forecast? Now THATS multi-tasking ;)

[Cidira]

If you used boolprop to impregnate sims by grimmy, will it bork your game?

Not as long as you stick to impregnation and don't use it to make them actually KNOW the Grim Reaper. (The inSim option is the same as the debug mode option, but probably a little safer for most users because it's a separate option ("Grimpregnation" or something like that).)

[Fernweather]

I discovered that the number of Sims visiting a uni's secret society lot is determined by the MaxNumberOfVisitingSims value. I was wondering why 25 secret society members kept showing up every time I went to the secret society lot, and then remembered that I had upped this value in my UserStartup file (I had been hoping it would increase the number of Sims who would show up on community lots, but it doesn't).

[ElZorro]

Many of my sims will, when a baby/toddler barfs on them, go into immediate hygeine desperation, but werewolves are so sloppy they don't seem to mind baby vomit much.

[psivampyr]

Kids have a "show off" they can do, not sure what it does but I noticed it in the option tree on Brandi Broke's son. Also I saw kids on thier own stand on thier head and do summersaults- was extremely CUTE!

[novemberlove_SC]

I always wanted to be able to give townies a makeover but I thought that was only possible with the Open for Business EP, until i recently discovered that I have a vanity table (i think it came with University) and now I can give anyone a makeover!

[Squid_SC]

I discovered that there are actually color options for the pool slide that came with seasons. Elation! :anime:

[charlie-chan_SC]

I discovered that no matter what floor you put urns on the ghosts still haunt your sims.

Poor Clarisa had aspiration failure three times in a row because of the ghosts :(

Now the urns live in her inventory to avoid this happening again!

[tankochan]

I discovered that the Shody Fireplace (if I remember the name well) appreciates overnight.

Also discovered that kids play with the fridge too. It's an autonomous act such as "tuck in" and "throw a tantrum".

Children of sloppy and careless parents will tend to be very neat and usually grouchy.

[emma7442]

Since the last thread was deleted in the purge, I figured I'd start a new one. ^_^

Today I encountered the coach for the first time. My sim wasn't even that out of shape! Weird.
that its even more fun :)

[charlie-chan_SC]

Sims can have their newspaper stolen by townies when they are holding them.

Calvin was going to read it when Ellen Frost came and yoinked it from his hand. He acted like nothing had happened lol.

[psivampyr]

Food Poisoning makes them vomit. I was playing Brandi Broke and she had been at the messiest mess lot challenge house I had played earlier- she ate bad food.
I honestly didn't know they vomited when poisoned with food, so I kept expecting a preggo bump. I had to pull out the insim baby machine to check to see if she was pregnant when she wasn't getting signs of pregnancy. Then a prompt came up saying she wasn't sick anymore.
I kinda wish there was a way to see when they are sick with the flu or food poisoning besides a little prompt that goes away. It really freaked me out to see her vomiting like that- I thought she was bugged or going to explode with 10 kids lol.

[Phyllis_SC]

Extremely messy sims (1 neat point) can dig through the garbage can, if you click on it and hit "salvage". Also, if they're hungry and also messy they will dig through the trash can and eat the garbage.

I can't believe I just discovered it.

[Sir David]

That a guest will sleep on my kitchen table wake up pee on my floor and leave.

[ElZorro]

I guess parents who are werewolves can't make their teenage son into a werewolf. *sigh*

[Menaceman44]

There is a hack to allow adults to "Savage" teens but I can't remember where its from. I just know its out there. I have a feeling its from MoreAwesomeThanYou.

[Fantasyrogue]

Yeah, it's a MATY hack. I've got it in my game, only used it twice (in the same family) but it worked :)

[Stasisesque_SC]

That the "Summon Aliens" aspiration point meter option... thing... is awesome. It's the first time I've ever had one of my sims abducted. :D

(Of course, the family decided to glitch and remember the mother being abducted instead of the father)

[Lemon&Lime]

Summon aliens? I've never heard of that! What is it?

[Ferret II]

Summon aliens? I've never heard of that! What is it?

It comes with Free Time, its one of the aspiration benefit rewards for knowledge sims, the top one I think. The sim flashes a torch through the telescope and they can get abducted :D

[Lemon&Lime]

It comes with Free Time, its one of the aspiration benefit rewards for knowledge sims, the top one I think. The sim flashes a torch through the telescope and they can get abducted :D

I think I have to go and buy Freetime. :D

[Kusama]

I discovered that a cat can eat caught fish. But I don't know how to do it, because I just saw a golden trout on a side walk and my sims cat was eating it.

[xbRiAnNax]

one of my sims was pregnant but not showing yet, and then kept puking more often than my usual sims did and right before she was supposed to pop into the second trimester she had a spontaneous miscarriage and i was told to give her lots of love and care as she recovered
? i didnt even know that was possible in this game!
and then i was playing a different family while talking on the phone and not paying attention (possibly lagging on taking care of my sims :P) and my sim who was in her second trimester all of a sudden went into labor and then i was informed that she had gone into pre-term labor ! thats exactly what the thing said....and it told me to work on her diet and give her plenty of rest
i was like whoa!
it makes the game more realistic

[novemberlove_SC]

^^ doesn't that only happen if you download a hack?

[ani_]

I had one couple on a date, eating in a diner and saw the - love talk interaction. It dissapeared later on, but came back before lunch was over.

[~!Sasha!~]

musically enthusiastic sims whistle to themselves while they stand idle. It scared me at first cuz its just 2-toned and drawn out like wwwwwhhhhiiiiiiiiiissstllllllleeeee....or something along those lines. lol

[blackivy]

I discovered that sims can ruin paintings which depreciates the painting's value. And I discovered that they can smash urns. My sim smashed his mother's urn and the next day the maid came and threw the smashed urn in the trash :'-(

[kustirider2]

Brianna: That is an added feature when you download the Inteen.

[Menaceman44]

musically enthusiastic sims whistle to themselves while they stand idle. It scared me at first cuz its just 2-toned and drawn out like wwwwwhhhhiiiiiiiiiissstllllllleeeee....or something along those lines. lol

Doesn't it depend on what speed you are playing the game? I've heard them on normal speed and its more that just two drawn out notes. Someone said it sounds a bit like the Sims theme they are whistling.
I have heard it as just 2 notes when I was playing on double speed though.

[xbRiAnNax]

yeah thats what i thought it was but i was still really surprised when it happened

[charlie-chan_SC]

The whistle sounds like a horror theme tune!

[Daisie]

Ghosts can jump into microwaves! The pic doesn't show the ghost, just the
microwave sort of hopping up...

http://i289.photobucket.com/albums/ll202/DaisieBucket/TS2/ghost1.jpg

[alliemarie2323]

That all newborn sims have the same face.

[*roxette]

I am sure I heard one of my sims sneeze today... :blink:

Maybe I'd been playing too long and I imagined it?! I've never heard it happen before... Would be realistic though!

[JavaJulie]

I am sure I heard one of my sims sneeze today... :blink:

Maybe I'd been playing too long and I imagined it?! I've never heard it happen before... Would be realistic though!
They definitely sneeze. I think it might have been added with Seasons, but I can't say for certain.

[*roxette]

They definitely sneeze. I think it might have been added with Seasons, but I can't say for certain.

That makes me feel better, am not the only one who has heard it! Phew... lol

It was a very cute girly sneeze.. one of the uni dormies did it. Maybe it was added with seasons.. hayfever?! It was indoors and wasn't winter so she can't have been cold...

[ElZorro]

It was indoors and wasn't winter so she can't have been cold...

I think it is hayfever. Mine seem to sneeze most in the spring.

[SofieAmalieN]

That all newborn sims have the same face.

Except alien babies. Some of them don't have a nose. Even as babies.

[psivampyr]

That ACR works on non- controlled sims in a outing. I was in the Crypt club with a outing group and Titianna and her hubby were in the photo booth constantly getting thier groove on.
That you can have more pets even if your household is full. I have 4 kids, 2 adults and 2 dogs and then came 2 puppies. I don't have a larger household hack either. (I haven't found one compatible with FT and never used one before so I am sceptical to try it)
Oh and your sims can admire thier parents without being romantic.

[Toffee9994]

That there is a memory "Was Chased By Wolf" never noticed it before.

Also today while looking at the music, I just noticed the song "Our Time Now" was in the metal section. I never noticed it, was that song always there?

[Miex]

Sims can learn Parenting!
I have yet to see this in action, but I'm interested.

Also, you can teach a Toddler a Nursery Rhyme.

Freetime isn't bad at all. :anime:

[lazyviolet]

that sims can gain gardening experience simply by fertilizing soil. florence delarosa went from nothing to bronze doing this.

[melethana]

Except alien babies. Some of them don't have a nose. Even as babies.
ahhh, but all aliens babies look the same. All of my born in-game aliens have looked identical as babies, but then as toddlers they start to show their true features. One alien girl had normal shaped, round ears as a baby, and then as toddler, they suddenly become pointy, just like her dad's!

[sunshinyness_SC]

A ghost was wandering around, scaring people, like usual. Then it went up to its former husband and started cheering for him. Sort of like when a kid gets an A+ report card. The ghost has done it almost every night, usually while the husband either relaxes on the bed or is sleeping.
This is the first time I've seen that happen!

[melethana]

in CAS the custom heads you make in Bodyshop will only show up if the skin tone they were made in is selected. I was making a Sim with the unlocked green alien skin, and when I went to the "heads" tab, there was only one head! I freaked, to put it mildly. When I changed her skin to one of the default tones, there were more heads, but only half my custom ones. The rest of my custom heads were under the other default skin tone I tend to use. Just imagine expecting to see 2 full pages of heads, and only getting one single head!

[SofieAmalieN]

ahhh, but all aliens babies look the same. All of my born in-game aliens have looked identical as babies, but then as toddlers they start to show their true features. One alien girl had normal shaped, round ears as a baby, and then as toddler, they suddenly become pointy, just like her dad's!

I've had alien babies with ad without their noses... And all babies have round ears.

[FlyingKiwi]

In my game all babies seem to look the same period, bar obvious things like skin colour and eyes. When the new baby is shown for the first time after being born I can't help but always think "oh it's you again". ;)

[Henry Crun]

A ghost was wandering around, scaring people, like usual. Then it went up to its former husband and started cheering for him. Sort of like when a kid gets an A+ report card. The ghost has done it almost every night, usually while the husband either relaxes on the bed or is sleeping.
This is the first time I've seen that happen!

The ghost is actually cheering the bed. They get really attached to things like the bed and even their old toilet. :argh: If you sell any of their 'favourite' things they get really angry. :lol: I've heard of some people putting the bed in the attic or cellar if the ghost keeps waking up the new occupant and they didn't want to 'sell' the bed in case the ghost stepped up the haunting as a result.

[gwengirl9105_SC]

That sim parents will lecture their baby for pooping itself if they are in the room.
I mean its not the baby's fault it had to go.
What was it supposed to do?

[charlie-chan_SC]

They just don't like the smell..

I wish there was an option where the nanny/elder sims could lecture the parents for ignoring the baby's screaming and smell.

[gwengirl9105_SC]

They just don't like the smell..

I wish there was an option where the nanny/elder sims could lecture the parents for ignoring the baby's screaming and smell.

I know they don't like the smell etc but the mother was actually pointing and shouting at the baby in the crib like sims do if someone breaks the shower.

[psivampyr]

I saw the "flushing while other sim showered" lastnight- the husband did a back arch like you'd do when the water got cold or too hot and then he leaped out of the shower and yelled at his wife. I had a good laugh.
Also they found some starfish in the sand and they tell other sims the story about the starfish!! I thought that was WAY cool! And then those sims can tell other sims the story of the starfish. Doesn't seem to do it with the shards of glass or conch shell though, just the starfish if its in the house.
OH and here's a big bad one I found out- my sims dog kept going negative very fast and he wasn't doing anything really to be so negative. I followed him around watching his bars after I fully greened him with InSim. He was going red due to a Snapdragon plant that was poofing off the green gas...I had read that you can get a defective snapdragon plant, but never expected it to be deadly- poor Pete the dog he didn't die but he could have if I wasn't watching him. I gave him a happy plant and deleted the bad one- so hes happy again. I bet if you filled an asylum with the defective ones you'd kill off some sims pretty darn fast.

[Ferret II]

T
That you can have more pets even if your household is full. I have 4 kids, 2 adults and 2 dogs and then came 2 puppies. I don't have a larger household hack either. (I haven't found one compatible with FT and never used one before so I am sceptical to try it)


Actually, you can have up to 8 sims and 4 pets in a house :D

I discovered that downloaded cars take up A LOT of space in my downlodas folder; I deleted all my cars because they took up more room then my custom hair!

[mangaroo]

I know they don't like the smell etc but the mother was actually pointing and shouting at the baby in the crib like sims do if someone breaks the shower.

Most loathesome bit of code ever. I'm in total agreement. What kind of parent yells at a baby for soiling its diaper? Fortunately, there's a hack at MATY (http://www.moreawesomethanyou.com/smf/index.php/topic,7.0.html) (antibabylecture) that will prevent the scolding as long as the Sim has activities queued when the diaper bomb goes off. If they're just idling around the nursery, scolding still occurs.

[simsample]

Most loathesome bit of code ever. I'm in total agreement. What kind of parent yells at a baby for soiling its diaper?

I did! Darn baby never did it again! :anime:

[musiquefille_SC]

That Naenae Philippine, who appears to be a hobby sim for Nature (she's even dressed as a plantsim with a BV wreath on her head), has a predestined hobby of Cuisine!

Maybe predestined hobbies really don't make much sense when you think about the context of the sim. Personality shouldn't be the only factor.

[Menaceman44]

That you can click on a bowl of glass pieces that Sims can find in the sand and have the Sim tell other Sims of how they found them. I only found out when I saw one of my Sims doing it autonomously. I've had them in plenty of other houses but this was the first time I've had them placed on a counter.

[Tina9340]

I found out that teenagers can get abducted by aliens. (My first ever in game abduction, no hacks)

[Ferret II]

I discovered that sim ghosts can reenact their deaths! I had one sim that was killed by a vampire, and she floated around, stopping occasionally to gasp and hold her throat :lol:

[JavaJulie]

This one makes me feel really stupid, considering I've been playing the game since it was released, and have had Nightlife since it was available - but I only discovered today that .... Sims can live downtown. Maybe because in The Sims (1), Sims couldn't live downtown in Hot Date, I just never considered it. In fact, after it occurred to me to check tonight, I opened the Downtown neighborhood for *the very first time*. Wow. And there are some mighty nifty houses there.

Even stranger is that I knew you could live in Blue Village, so why it didn't occur to me to try living downtown is just beyond me.

[LegolianM]

A sim with a secondary aspiration who goes into aspiration failure can do the desperation act for both his primary AND his secondary aspiration! I just had a Romance/Fortune sim go beg for money at the street.

[FlyingKiwi]

I'm constantly amazed by how I'm still noticing new basic interactions I hadn't ever seen before - I only just discovered today that in uni dorm rooms you can knock on other people's doors!

[SofieAmalieN]

I found out that teenagers can get abducted by aliens. (My first ever in game abduction, no hacks)

If it was a boy, be careful with the Dance Phere ;) Alien Absuctions doesn't require a telescope, if your adult male was abducted as a teen...

[Dreamydre]

It's a feature of University, in order to get the graduates get back home. If you don't have Uni, you don't have the feature. Sorry :(

You can also merge families on Sims 2 nightlife :einstein

[Ferret II]

My serious sim gained fun whilst doing her homework!

[xliverbeanx]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v620/tearxjerker/snapshot_92637e5d_5589f29e.jpg

OMG, sims can fall asleep in their food. I've been playing forever and this has never happened to me. I cracked up at my poor sim.

[soniabigcheese]

I was finishing off my Sims' graduation party and I saw the option to 'impart knowledge' to his professor. It was so cute seeing this much older woman, sitting down, cross-legged on the floor, listening raptly to him give her a 'lecture'.

Also, the after effects of shaking the ant farm too. No matter how many times he bathed, he still couldn't stop scratching. He rolled a fear of ants crawling all over him after that.

[agent_dork]

sloopy sims clean.

[Ferret II]

Sims can wet themselves sitting down! A very pregnant Lucifer was sat at the table and he wet himself; the animation was very funny!

[psivampyr]

I found out what you get when you "wish for romance" Backfires on you on the wishing well. Poor Puck has horrible luck with everything he does and this was one of them.
If you don't know what happens- this is what happens-
He wished for romance, flames shot out of the wishing well and (I had assumed a zombie would come out)... Ms Crumplebottom came out and proceeded to beat him with her purse, then ATTACKED him! She thoroughly kicked his butt and left the lot. :(
He didn't deserve that at all, he's a kind gentle natured sim.

[grayx3eyedsoul]

I found out that my asylum is quite dull.

[agent_dork]

I found out what you get when you "wish for romance" Backfires on you on the wishing well. Poor Puck has horrible luck with everything he does and this was one of them.
If you don't know what happens- this is what happens-
He wished for romance, flames shot out of the wishing well and (I had assumed a zombie would come out)... Ms Crumplebottom came out and proceeded to beat him with her purse, then ATTACKED him! She thoroughly kicked his butt and left the lot. :(
He didn't deserve that at all, he's a kind gentle natured sim.
tahts good. :cranky: :claw: :rofl:

[LAXman#31]

My male sim had the flu then recovered, while he had it though he passed it to his wife, she passed it to her son, my sim recovered^^ but guess what he got the flu again..im worried this could become a cycle..so i learned to keep my sims contained in a room until they are done with the flu and also two bathrooms arent enough for 3 sims with the flu

[JavaJulie]

My male sim had the flu then recovered, while he had it though he passed it to his wife, she passed it to her son, my sim recovered^^ but guess what he got the flu again..im worried this could become a cycle..so i learned to keep my sims contained in a room until they are done with the flu and also two bathrooms arent enough for 3 sims with the flu
The flu is vicious. Thank god for Grandma's Comfort Soup from Freetime (for Family aspiration Sims). I have crowds of Townies and neighbors come over, whip up a batch or two of the soup, and invite everyone to eat. It has seriously helped manage the flu epidemic that has plagued Pleasantville for over a year. Even if I can't completely eradicate it, at least my active Sims are really easy to cure. Good thing most of my families include at least one Family sim.

[Suzania]

I discovered you can take your cat to work...
Assuming it's a glitch, my Sim was holding my kitten at the time the carpool arrived. He changed into his work clothes (still holding the kitten), walked outside (still holding the kitten), got in the car (still holding the kitten), and off he went (guess what? Still holding the kitten!).

I've tried this with the Nanny, who apparently decided that she liked my Sim's little baby so much that she kidnapped it =)

She was holding the baby; my Sim had just gotten home, and the Nanny went off to her ride as it arrived - still, to my disbelief, holding the baby in her arms. LOL

I deduced naturally that it was a bug, saved and exited to neighborhood, and sure enough, the baby was laying by the roadside as I came back in.

[Henry Crun]

The flu is vicious. Thank god for Grandma's Comfort Soup from Freetime (for Family aspiration Sims). I have crowds of Townies and neighbors come over, whip up a batch or two of the soup, and invite everyone to eat. It has seriously helped manage the flu epidemic that has plagued Pleasantville for over a year. Even if I can't completely eradicate it, at least my active Sims are really easy to cure. Good thing most of my families include at least one Family sim.

Paladin at Simwardrobe has a great cure for the flu:

http://www.simwardrobe.com/

Click 'Sims 2' on the left of the page then 'Objects' then 'Other objects' and then look for the box showing 'Maximum Strength Disinfectant' and click on that.

(It isn't possible to post a direct link due to the construction of the site)

[Lemon&Lime]

Well I didn't discover it today, but Sims with really low Neatness scores can rummage through rubbish (that's the part I already knew) BUT, they can sometimes find money! I left a teenage Sim rummaging for ages and they found several 100 simoleons! This family always had a tight budget, so I don't think they chucked that much money away.

I discovered yesterday that if you order more food than you can pay for, the delivery guy will always take the fridge away. It has happened before, but I never realised it was a general rule until it happened 3 times in my game.

[Fernweather]

I discovered this morning that two of my uni Sims who had already earned their fifth Want slots now only have four Want slots each (both of them are in their junior year of uni). Go figure. :confused:

[melethana]

but I only discovered today that .... Sims can live downtown.
I knew I could build Downtown, but it had never occured to me either to try and live there. Now, of course, I have that song by Petula Clark stuck in my head "when you are low and life is making you lonely, you can always go, Downtown..."
I also found that blind dates are not always single townies. I paid the $5,000 for a good date, and when she fell from the sky I thought "wow, she looks just like Rose (my vampire)" and it WAS Rose! Now she is very much in love with her live-in boyfriend, Count Victor, but since they are not married, the game will still pull them for blind dates. Now I had a great date with Rose, but the LTW is WooHoo 20 sims, so I invited her over the next day, and she brought her friend, Count Victor! I was so worried that there was going to be some big fight, but no! Rose kissed me, then went in to watch TV, and Count Victor started hitting on me! So now I am WooHooing both of them, and so far they don't seem to mind... :blink:

[JavaJulie]

Not really an important one but I found today that all the Garden Club people are considered part of the same household. A blind date from the Gypsy actually brought a fairly attractive Sim (and better still, not an elder, which is what my males get 99% of the time!) I decided she was the perfect life partner for my recently divorced Sim and invited her over to get things progressing. I was surprised -and at first dismayed - when the "Invite Household" option came up, thinking I had somehow hooked up with someone from a Maxis family without realizing it, but turns out, it's just the Garden Club people. The Sim's name is Allyson; I don't remember ever seeing her when the club has done its inspections before. She even has an entry level job in the law enforcement track.

[King Of My World]

Men can join Sororities.

Yeah, I thought that was screwed up too, but my male found his soon to be wifey there. (See photo in Couples.)

[Fantasyrogue]

Cats can chase sims around the house. I had no idea until I saw Shadow running around chasing poor Ian around and hissing at him. Poor Ian, scared of a little cat :P

[Ferret II]

Cats can chase sims around the house. I had no idea until I saw Shadow running around chasing poor Ian around and hissing at him. Poor Ian, scared of a little cat :P

:lol: I love that! I also like it when they pounce other sims and they do that spazzy-flip thing XD

[Lemon&Lime]

(This requires a little explanation beforehand).

As some of you know, Dina was once married to Michael Batchelor. Well... Dina and Mortimer are married on my game, and when Dina was about to have twins I looked at both their family trees for name ideas. I clicked onto Bella's family tree and guess what I found? Michael Batchelor is Bella's brother! This is the second time that Dina has tried to marry into the Goth family, maybe she realised that Michael wasn't as connected as she originally hoped, so set her eyes on the Patriarch? ;) [I'm just speculating as to some sort of storyline Maxis hid from us here].

[Petchy]

Figgi: WOW.. Maxis was DEEP! You can tell Will loved his Goths didn't he?! (He created the storyline and plot, First sims he played with apparently :))
Although, What about Nina? Who's she with in your game?!

[Lemon&Lime]

Nina is just floating around, pining for Don at the moment on mine. I'm planning for her and Don to move in together though, if only because they produce beautiful children. xD

[Petchy]

...Then what happened to Cassandra?
In my game, Don was never there! *I went Delete crazy* and he was just "A teen crush on a guy from the passing town", My game is brilliant :)

[longdaysend]

i discovered(or rediscovered if you like) how hard it is for me to implement an idea once i get it. allow me to elaborate a bit. i decided to do a beach house style cottage, downloaded a bunch of new recolors, walls and floors (i'm trying to avoid putting new meshes in my game if i can help it..not easy)and then promptly got distracted by reading threads on pmbd. next day i picked out a plan from my house plans book (don't you guys start, i know some of you have baby name books for naming sims :P) marked the page and again got distracted by threads on MATY this time....
the house will get built one day i swear.


also my sims are a lot less interesting than some folks around here, and that saddens me;)

[Petchy]

Lots of my custom sims have "Farytale" lives ;) they are told through the story albums and bios and not the things they do! X( I need to start PLAYING more than WRITING :D

[Lemon&Lime]

...Then what happened to Cassandra?
In my game, Don was never there! *I went Delete crazy* and he was just "A teen crush on a guy from the passing town", My game is brilliant :)

Cassandra is happily married to Darren after he left her at the altar. I'm not sure whether I want them to have children or not though, especially as Darren's house is so small.

[Petchy]

she not the heir? Alexander decided to move out as a teen when his dad died, he lives on the outskirts and wants nothing to do with the family now, He has a custom wife :)

[Lemon&Lime]

In some respects, she isn't the heir due to practicalities. I wanted Cassandra and Darren to get married, but I didn't want two couples in the same house - with Mortimer and Dina at the Goth Manor too - so I let Cassandra move in with Darren. This also means I can preserve the Dreamer family album. :)

In terms of storyline however, it's a little more complicated. Dina and Mortimer have married, effectively making Dina the Matriarch. Once Mortimer dies, she will have more rights to inherit the house than Cassandra; Dina and Mortimer have had twin girls, so both of those children have the right to claim it (especially as they are currently living there), Dina generally has higher status, especially as Cassandra and Alexander are the products of a previous marriage, Dina is a widow... and, Dina will be the Head of the Family still. I love making intricate storylines!

[FuryFanFiction]

I discovered that the Smustle is a mixture of the Thriller Dance and Macarena. Oh and that part of the cheering for the dance, you can clearly hear "Go Smustle Go!". Oh and if you start the Smustle in a dorm... it could go on for hours with OTHER sims...

And my evil mascot is a black guy. I could have taken a picture, but didn't get to him in time. He took a shower and walked out of it, and he was black!

[Fernweather]

I discovered this morning that two of my uni Sims who had already earned their fifth Want slots now only have four Want slots each (both of them are in their junior year of uni). Go figure. :confused:
Today I discovered the Sim Modder (one of the spawnable testingCheats objects) which enabled me to restore the missing Want slots. Yay! :banana:

[dawnlies]

I discovered that sims can share advices with their children when they paint!
My sims Robert went to advice his daughter when she was painting, he talked to her and she was listenning while painting, it was so cute!

[melethana]

if the parent calling to hire the nanny works from 9 AM - 3 PM (school hours) she will not allow you to hire her on a schedule! She just says "looks like you don't need me" What! I have 2 kids standing here, and I need to go to work!

[ElZorro]

if the parent calling to hire the nanny works from 9 AM - 3 PM (school hours) she will not allow you to hire her on a schedule! She just says "looks like you don't need me" What! I have 2 kids standing here, and I need to go to work!

In the morning, her car and the school bus will both come at 8 am. You can have the kids get on the bus and the parent get into the car pool with no problem right?

[Willow's Tara]

Meklethana- The parent can still go to work since both carpools arrive at 8, regardless if the parent gets into the car first and drive off while the kids are dawdling (But still get on the bus) they will be okay, besides if the Nanny came over, she would be there forlike fifteen dsims minutes and then has to go.

[RetroRose]

While trying to get one of my legacy heirs fall in love with one of his best friends, I would tell him to flirt with her, like holding hands, and he would sigh with this 'Do I have to?' face first. Whenever I would tell him to kiss her, he would get this mischievous smile on his face and rub his hands together.
xD

[melethana]

In the morning, her car and the school bus will both come at 8 am. You can have the kids get on the bus and the parent get into the car pool with no problem right?

but on the first moved in day, the kids don't have school. And on the weekends, the kids definitely need a nanny. I just waited until their mom came home from work, and since she was working 8AM - 4PM, she could hire the nanny.

[pooklaroux]

While trying to get one of my legacy heirs fall in love with one of his best friends, I would tell him to flirt with her, like holding hands, and he would sigh with this 'Do I have to?' face first. Whenever I would tell him to kiss her, he would get this mischievous smile on his face and rub his hands together.
xD Oh yeah -- I've seen that -- I needed to get one of mine married to help his dad achieve the "6 married kids" aspiration -- didn't realize I was walking all over his gender preference, but I guess I "ungayed" him accidentally by forcing him to flirt with a pretty girl. I'm just going to consider that he's bi.

[Algalara]

but on the first moved in day, the kids don't have school. And on the weekends, the kids definitely need a nanny. I just waited until their mom came home from work, and since she was working 8AM - 4PM, she could hire the nanny.
could you get her a promotion? Or is she at the top of her career? if she is, i would suggest moving in an unemployed adult - just think of it as a sort of aupair. If worst comes to worst, you could always get her another job, unless that career is ltw, or cheat one of the kids up to a teen. Also, if both of her kids are still in the child stage, that is probably why you can't get the nanny. That always happens to me D:

[Ranta]

but on the first moved in day, the kids don't have school. And on the weekends, the kids definitely need a nanny. I just waited until their mom came home from work, and since she was working 8AM - 4PM, she could hire the nanny.

You could call the Nanny on the first day and on weekends and ask her to come over 'Just for Now'. :)

[omgshsarah]

I have a sim with almost maxed out body skill and when I tried to get him to interact with a townie passerby, there was an option to 'Become Personal Trainer'. Don't know what it means yet, but I thought it was cool. (:

[luminous]

I discovered that blogging always comes first. Even when your pregnant wife is three feet away birthing twins. :| Way to go, new daddy!sim.

[ani_]

That sims who are running a restaurant can be tipped by the customers.

[melethana]

could you get her a promotion? Or is she at the top of her career? if she is, i would suggest moving in an unemployed adult - just think of it as a sort of aupair. If worst comes to worst, you could always get her another job, unless that career is ltw, or cheat one of the kids up to a teen. Also, if both of her kids are still in the child stage, that is probably why you can't get the nanny. That always happens to me D:

let me clarify
dad works 9AM-3PM, mom works 8AM-4PM, both are in their LTW career
dad can't hire a nanny (even though he works weekends) mom CAN though, for that 3PM-4PM slot and weekends. my children do need nannies. Their dad couldn't go to work because of the "can't leave the little ones" pop up. In a single parent house, I got the pop up of "Chris is too young to stay home alone" when she came home from school before mom came home from work.

[MongoLuehring]

Melethana - Could you have the dad call the nanny "Just for now" before he leaves for work?

You'd have to do it every day, but at least she'd show up. To be honest, I rarely hire nannies to track the parents' schedules, since with all the promotions, days off, etc. they get as they're advancing in their careers, it's too hard to keep track of.

When I get the "Carpool for XXX will arrive in one hour" message, I cancel whatever that sim is doing and send them to the telephone to get the nanny to come over.

[Lemon&Lime]

Melethana - If you have OFB, build a servo.

[FablesOfEuphoria]

I finally downloaded insim after ages of considering getting it, reading the download page, and reading reviews and loveletters for it by other simgods.
So many options I have now!

[Lemon&Lime]

That Sims can be scared of objects. Dina walked outside and jumped and gasped when she saw a chair in the garden, (she had a bubble above her head with the picture of the chair in it). I wish I thought to take a picture.

I also discovered that no matter how many times you cancel the autonomous "get bottle for toddler" on a servo, it will keep coming back again until the servo has done it.

[Nimi]

I hired a nanny for a toddler, and when he had grown up into a child and she came again, she was shocked for a second- wow, he's grown!
And after the mum came back from work and nanny's job was done, there was a popup saying 'Ok so now that I'm done, would you like to hang out?'
I haven't seen what would happen, as it was 2 am and mum was exhausted.

[Henry Crun]

That Sims can be scared of objects. Dina walked outside and jumped and gasped when she saw a chair in the garden, (she had a bubble above her head with the picture of the chair in it). I wish I thought to take a picture.

I also discovered that no matter how many times you cancel the autonomous "get bottle for toddler" on a servo, it will keep coming back again until the servo has done it.

Do you have any ghosts on the lot? Sometimes the ghost will levitate a chair but many of the chairs no longer seem to support this animation even though your sim will 'react' to it with shock. Also, sometimes the shock reaction seems to stick and they keep reacting to it even during the day.

[naplesstevens]

I hadn't played Strangetown since I first installed my game, two years ago, and I always play with the walls cut-away, so I was surprised to see that in Olive Spectre's house there are no doorways to the kitchen or living room. The arches were placed using the move_objects cheat allowing sims to walk through them, but giving the appearance they are walking through walls. They even put curtains around them to enhance the effect (& let you know where the doors are, I presume). I was doing some make-overs and decided to check out this lot & discovered this. I'm sure everyone else figured this out ages ago, but it's new to me.

[Menaceman44]

Actually its not an effect to make it look like Sims walk through walls. Its a glitch that happens when you install expansion packs. For some reason the game will only allow you to place curtains on one side of an arch. To place them on both sides you need move_objects turned on. So the cheat was used on the curtains, not the arch.
I know its an expansion pack related glitch cos I've had it happen on lots I've created myself. For example I place a window in a wall and a light or picture on the same segment of wall with move_objects. After I install an EP and go back to the same lot the window isn't seethrough any more because the wall has filled the opening.
The game seems to decide that the wall decoration takes presidence over any windows,doors or arches.

[soapstar]

okay, so get this... you can ROTATE floor tiles!

oh my god, what a revolution. did this come with an ep or something? i've never even imagined the possibility but it's amazing!

[Jetta_SC]

Island sims in BV love to listen to the Pussy Cat Dolls...it's always on at the most expensive hotel there.

[ani_]

A sim with high boodyskill doing yoga has one move where they are standing on one hand, and then they'll start standing on one finger. Pretty cool :)

[Menaceman44]

okay, so get this... you can ROTATE floor tiles!

oh my god, what a revolution. did this come with an ep or something? i've never even imagined the possibility but it's amazing!

It was first introduced with Pets and I think its been included in every pack since.

[Slytherin-Girl]

http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a286/hikari-schezar-bloom/Vipers/NO%20BABIEZ/snapshot_557a2983_159548fd.jpg

That adults can lecture other adults. I've never seen that before!

[Whizbee]

That if you have only one adult or teen in a family that can hold a baby and you have two infants, the single adult will awkwardly try to hold both in the family photo.

[TheSmi]

Yesterday I had a female sim in the shower and her husband flushed the toilet, and it DID make the water really hot and she squealed and jumped out the shower and gave him a little lecture, haha =D It's the first time it's happened, so I'm guessing it's quite rare but it was very funny!

[novemberlove_SC]

That if you have a home business, guests will complain if there are dirty dishes, unmade beds, etc. Even if the store is cosed. It's really annoying :/

[Menaceman44]

I discovered how fun and interesting it can be to read through the game files with SimPE.
Here are some examples:

You, Yes you behind the bikesheds! I Am your Headmaster, MR. MONSTER and your grades are a mess. Fix 'em quick or you will grow up to be a hill of beans. And also, don't think you can get off easy by not telling your parents I called. I will come to your house and I will trash your room and will eat all of your sugary cereal! Then I'll buy some more cereal, or wait, I'LL BUY THE WHOLE STORE OUT, and will eat it all on your front lawn while you're inside with your malt o'meal, super sorry you ever failed calculus. Also, I will forbid any student or teacher at the school to call you anything but Monsieur Marcel Duncechamp from now on. How do you like me now?

Hello, I am MR. MONSTER, your kiddo's Princi-Pal. Something's got to be done for reals. Your little darling is a failure and it is totally rubbing off on everyone. Just this morning I failed my field sobriety test on the way to school and had to waste two full hours explaining to the fuzz how poorly your kid is doing in its classes, which was particularly trying for me because my eyeballs were swimming in fine, oak aged scotch at the time.

Kiss.../Tonsil Hockey (I'd be intrigued to see what sort of animation they would have made for that.)

It looks like you're visiting this lot with its owner and all of the employees. It's time for a store party! (I think I'm going to try this and see what happens.)

Some DownTownies have arrived to invite you on an outing downtown. Click on their car and choose "Go On Outing Downtown" to join them. (I think this would have made so much more sense than a rondom Downtownie calling a Sim they've never met on the phone.)

I don't think I can change my appearance right now. There's just too much hair. Oh, the hair!

Didn't find anyone to kill in the specified family. (O.o)

Name your damn animals. (Listed along with pregnancy messages.)

Something went wrong, go yell at Ray (In the middle of a list of NPC character types.)

[psivampyr]

In my asylum my playable could "cheer up" one of the inmates. I didn't know you could cheer up people- its under appreciation, I am guessing they have to be failing in aspiration or worrying. Doctor Van Crank was having serious failure and worrying.
Oh and how do you rotate floor tiles? My husband has been bugging me for months asking me if they rotate.

[JavaJulie]

You can rotate floor tiles by pressing the < > keys. Makes decorating much easier ;)

[inabisim_SC]

You can rotate floor tiles by pressing the < > keys. Makes decorating much easier ;)

All this time ....and I never knew! I'm sitting there, looking at some of the tiles that they have, thinking, "how in the heck is it supposed to look right if I can't move it..." and there it is...

So many floors to decorate...so little time... :blink:

[soniabigcheese]

That Sim weddings don't always go as planned.
I decided to get two, sweet, adorable Sims hitched today. Planned the entire package, including the honeymoon etc.

I should have realised something was amiss when, as soon as they tied the knot, she had a red wedding band icon over her head (not a Romance Sim, but a Family/Popularity Sim)

The guests hogged the champagne all through the party, making it impossible for my Sim to dispose of it, and halfway through, they all left.

The party went from good time to disaster which devastated the groom.

And to add insult to injury, the limo/shuttle bus didn't even turn up to whisk them off on their honeymoon.

Go figure.

[Webster54]

i learned that a sim over 90 cannot get married. just because my sim is 90 days old, there is no option for him to propose. that's not fair! the elderly deserve matrimony too.

[Elven Moon]

Sloppy Sims can salvage through the garbage!

[melethana]

okay, back to my lesbian couples who I wanted to have girl babies. I cannot find Inteen, google is NOT my friend. I turned on boolProp etc, which I haven't done in ages, because it always crashed my game. I spawned the Tombstone of L&D, and post FT there is a new option "simulate genetic merge" hmmmm, tried it, one girl got pregnant, walked around the whole pregnancy with the baby icon and a question mark, like "how did this happen?" After 3 re-loads she did have a baby girl! As a toddler, she does look like a cross between her 2 moms, same-sex pregnancy solved! ::happy dance::

[Dreamydre]

I was playing my sisters dull boring non-content Sims 2 game today as my laptop is down for the moment and I can't play my own game. My toddler was crying in the crib and before I could get her mom or daddy to get her out she climbs out the damn crib herself. I've heard that toddlers can do this but never experienced it before, I was kind of happy about it :D

[milkiemybaby]

I wish I could discover that I can now create neighborhoods :(
Help please! http://www.insimenator.net/showthread.php?t=88235

[DarkZrker]

I learned that mrs.crumplebottom is gonna be a baby soon.she freaking ruined my date 3 days ago

[Menaceman44]

That installing EPs apparently removes any custom videos which you had available on your Sims' TVs.

[melethana]

dreamydre15 - once I even had an infant get out of the crib on it's own, but on further consideration maybe the nanny didn't put her back...
New thing! toddlers can tell their parents when they need to go potty! a non-potty trained toddler went to her mother, sat in front her, waved her arms and thought "potty!" her mom said "aww noo boo" patted the child on the head and walked away! I was surprised at how much sense the toddler had, and how silly her mom was!

[nerina]

College sims can ask former members of frats/sororitities to let them join them. Suckily phrased, I know.
I had my college sims invite to their house on the campus their parents and both of them were in a frat/sorority, and there was the same option as the one you get with current members.This is just so cool!

[eruwenfuin]

dreamydre15 - once I even had an infant get out of the crib on it's own, but on further consideration maybe the nanny didn't put her back...
New thing! toddlers can tell their parents when they need to go potty! a non-potty trained toddler went to her mother, sat in front her, waved her arms and thought "potty!" her mom said "aww noo boo" patted the child on the head and walked away! I was surprised at how much sense the toddler had, and how silly her mom was!


Toddlers do climb out of their own cribs when their logic skill is high enough.

[Katya Stevens]

Apparently milking the Cowplant gives you Nature enthusiasm O_o I just had a sim milk a cowplant and then got the message "I'm very excited that I tried this Nature activity!"

[Menaceman44]

Well it is technically a plant, I guess.

[psivampyr]

My new legacy guy had a blind date from the gypsy and he got The Diva. With one lightening bolt- they hit it off. He was poor, but after 2 dates they both wanted to be married to each other. She got negative memory on the engagement as he was poor and she was a fortune sim.
Anyway- this is what I discovered-
The Diva when joining my home brought in 70,000 Simoleons!!!!!!! Plus the expensive standing T.V, poker table, 2 kareoke machines, 1 sunflower, the exercise globe thing, and one more thing but for the life of me cannot remember what it was. Oh and if you asked her to tip the maid she will throw a huge fit. She was extremely annoying for Marks wife- he wanted kids and she wanted money- she had an "accident" shortly after he was abducted and got a baby without her help- 3 try for babies and she wouldn't get preg.

[I_Love_Simming]

Playing 3 toddlers at the same time is -tear your hair out- sorta crazy.

[humanoid143_SC]

I discovered that I am waaaaaaay too addicted to TS2. *sighs* Oh well!! Here's to addictive gaming!! :beer:

[LegolianM]

If a sim views a painting and doesn't like it, and the one who painted it is there, the artist will be upset about it. I'd had a guy paint a portrait of his husband, and afterwards the husband viewed it and shook his head at it, and the guy started to cry because he didn't like his painting!

[maeve.2.0]

Legolian, lol, that's so sad. The poor artist. :(

I discovered that apparently the time in game can freeze? :S I was having a wedding party, and for some reason at the end I spotted the New Year's Baby doing this little dance, and then time froze. Like I could scroll around, pause, play, go into buy/build mode, save, tell Sims to do things, and all this stuff, but time did not pass. The time was literally frozen. I left the lot and went back and it was fixed again. Really weird, though.

[ladyarwen]

I'm relatively new at Sims 2, so I'm still discovering a lot, starting with the simple things.

So far, I've discovered how to make garages, how to rename lots...wish i could rename my neighborhood, too, though...and that sims 2 is a lot more fun than sims...

I'm looking forward to making new discoveries...:)

[treeag]

You can rename your neighborhoods, ladyarwen ;)

[ani_]

If two sims are about to woohoo, and a third wheel is hanging around their room, they'll shoo him off before getting down to business. Had some creepy dude holding a teddy bear while one couple tried to have some nightly fun.

[melethana]

okay, no duh we all love cc, but I just realized how much of it is out there. I just have to think "I wish there was a way for me to..." and within 2 minutes of looking at the forums here I can ususally find the exact mod/hack I want. My most recent one was the inability to figure out the pre-destined hobby of 2 CAS sims in the same household (first time the "wow that hobby is great" thing didn't pop up) And poof! there is a link to simwardrobe.com where there is a lovely purple vase to display, and then alter the pre-destined hobby!

[Moonring05]

Well, I discovered that you can have two nannies at once at your house. So what's better then one bad nanny? Two. My sim just had another set of twins, and she had a track schedule set with the nanny. However, she couldn't wait for the nanny to show up so I had her call and choose "just for now." Now the regularly scheduled nanny showed up too. They're both taking bottles out and not really helping...

[psivampyr]

For some reason when I had 2 nannies in my home atleast one of them (never knew if it was the scheduled or non) would cuss out the mom and then I'd have to fire her. This has occured in the same house with 2 different wives. Mark, my legacy- has had 3 wives- one was the diva who completely went ape when they didn't make enough money- she badgered him to no end about money and went into constant asp failure nonstop. Stupid fortune sims- I've never had one that was so awful before. She had a untimely death... Then the Wishing Well hooked him up with a elder that was about to die. The Ottomon Grama- anyway she was the first one the nanny slapped around and yelled at. Then the 3rd wife was one of the FT art secret lot girls- all she does is paint and pop out babies. She was shoved, slapped AND yelled at before Cassidy could get a word in to fire her. I don't know what causes the nannies to get all angry.
Anyway- I've realized some sims just aren't into being romantic or kissing- they'd rather play with them then kiss.

[alliemarie2323]

I just noticed how young adults in Uni walk different. They have poor posture and kind of walk like they're -all that-.

[psivampyr]

I always thought YA walked like they were holding a watermelon between thier knees. They kinda jut thier feet outwards like they been on a horse too long lol. But maybe my YA are just weird.

[ladyarwen]

You can rename your neighborhoods, ladyarwen ;)

Um...how? :D

[treeag]

Um...how? :D
At the neighborhood selection screen, just put your cursor to the neighborhood name and start typing, it's a text box ;)

[Nimi]

A child boy won't sleep in the same bed as his very pregnant mother when she's wearing undies :D When she switched to PJs it was no problem.

[ani_]

The firecrackers can explode.

[Alexilibra_SC]

I learned that ghosts change Into outerwear also

[melethana]

OMG! I just saw my first real life townies (the really ugly kind) After I got over the excitement of seeing real townies, I felt really bad for those kids. They have to spend their whole lives looking like the townies no one will date :lonely:

[ladyarwen]

At the neighborhood selection screen, just put your cursor to the neighborhood name and start typing, it's a text box ;)

I didn't realize that...It seems I still have a lot to discover.

Thanks!

[ani_]

eating santa cookies makes you happy.

[aimsme_SC]

I learned that ghosts change Into outerwear alsoDo they? That is rather cool... *hurries off to try it*

Sometimes you can get glitches with 'ghost' items- they're not technically there, but they still influence the game. Has anyone else had this, because it's really bugging me.

[Blast the Stereo_SC]

that you get more aspiration points for "marriage" than for "joined union.

:[

[simscrazier]

I saw a townie sim playing with a rubix cube. What expansion pack did that come from?

[mangaroo]

I saw a townie sim playing with a rubix cube. What expansion pack did that come from?

Freetime. It's an idle hobby animation for Sims with...science enthusiasm? Tinkering enthusiasm? Drat, I should know this.

[Menaceman44]

Probably science seeing as the related skill is logic.
Tinkering's related skill is mechanical.

[Pockkt]

The influence option "leave us alone"
that could have been very useful with my romance zombie sim who gets caught cheating almost every day.
Like 4 people kick our trash can over.

[fallfromgrace2006]

My legacy sim's wife got pregnant when I clicked on woohoo and not try for a baby...did not know they could get pregnant with just plain woohoo'ing!

[Rabid]

You must have risky woohoo, ACR, or InTeen for that to happen. Maybe it somehow got in your game with another file.

[PuX- 80's]

Isn't there a 5% chance getting a baby from woohoo-ing?

[Zamn_SC]

I think my female sim can't get kids, because they tried like 6 or 7 times and she doesn't get pregnant.....

and PuX- 80's yes, I think is a little chance to get a baby with the woohoo option.

[lesse]

I found out that spectral animals will play together. I had to delete my 'hood, or I would put a screenshot of them. But I had a dog and cat play together and make the 'ghost' animal noises while they were playing.

[Pockkt]

You can't impregnant a girl who doesn't live with you.

[fallfromgrace2006]

You must have risky woohoo, ACR, or InTeen for that to happen. Maybe it somehow got in your game with another file.

I have inteen - so that explains it! Was not best please when it happened! :blink:

[melethana]

You can't impregnant a girl who doesn't live with you.
but if you are playing the girl, she can invite over her boyfriend, and then she can get pregnant.

Zamn - as long as the female is not very close to becoming elder, and you haven't reached your max family size, keep trying! It once took me over 10 "try for baby" to get a female sim pregnant.

[Night Racer]

i discoverd that adoptions are spawed when the social worker arrived
ive kinda noticed it before but never made the connection
i know this becuse if ther was a "pool" of adopt-ees...when i'd adopt them they'd all have the fugly maxis faces but they dont...they have my default replacment faces which are only used on new sims...and the little girl had a custom hair i downloaded just a few days ago.
and also that the platnum graves looks like cheap halloween decorations :(

[lazyviolet]

that if you have a kid in a high chair while a sim is serving a meal, they'll give the toddler a bowl of mush.

[patdee]

not exactly a game discovery but today I discovered that I can translate a full web page into english just by clicking on my browser toolbar I have avoided using sites not in english as it is confusing. A huge thankyou to thread on what hair you use in the game I followed link to helga and viola noticed a little tab on my browser called language ( DUH ).

[Nissun_]

That the hidro-garden reward produces nice potted plants. I thought they did nothing. Hmm. I haven't played the rewards long enough.

[1306]

That if you delete a bonfire with move_objects on while it's still burning, the fire stays burning.

[Neeri_SC]

I discovered that you can get teens to achive their life time want (if it is achiving the highest in a career) with simple teen jobs, Which is alot easier then the full adult career ride.

[Sigma22]

I have discovered that I hate the way sims eat EVERY food the same way.

The alarm clock can influence the evironment meter (decreases it).

Sims get too hot from taking a shower.

Orange trees are so unhappy sometimes.

The matchmaker is a rip-off no matter how much money you spend.

Cops can lose fights with burglars and the burglars will get away.

QUESTION: What is the difference between r'ship building with the season stamp above it or just regular r'ship building?

I HATE playing the Plant sims!!!

[mangaroo]

QUESTION: What is the difference between r'ship building with the season stamp above it or just regular r'ship building?

Friendships build faster in summer, family relationships build faster in winter, romantic relationships build faster in spring. ("Build faster"=more points from all the interactions.)

And to stay on topic: I discovered that making my own default skintones is easy (though kind of tedious). Makes me wonder what else I could be doing to customize my game.

[BillyDee]

Today I discoved that outgoing and messy sims can go pee on shrubs and the Hydroplanter reward

[Henry Crun]

Today I discoved that outgoing and messy sims can go pee on shrubs and the Hydroplanter reward

They pee in the shower too - watch their bladder go back into the green while they're in there (eww) :P

[TheSmi]

Yesterday one of my new Sims was using his telescope in the daytime to get some logic, and looks like he was spying on one of my other Sims, cos while he was looking, he had a thought bubble of her, and got really shocked and covered up the eyepiece, gasping. Guess he saw something he didn't want to see.

Then a little while later the Sim he was peeping on ran into his house and gave him a slap and a lecture, hehe

People are probably already aware of this, but I'd never seen it before cos I don't use telescopes much. It was pretty funny!

[Lemon&Lime]

This is gonna take some explaining... but;

As most of you will know, Pollination Tech had 2 alien children by 2 different guys, and other kids with his wife. However, one of his alien children with one of the guys, is his wife's half-sister! Keeping it in the family a little.

[Katya Stevens]

My YA sims are able to get a job by looking in the newspaper. Plus, as a bonus, when they graduate they immediately have that job still listed. I suspect it's a hack as the "Find a Job" option isn't available on the computer, but I'm not complaining :D

[Lockheart]

I discovered, rather last night actually, that sim children(Children to Teen) can and will run to their rooms crying if there is an argument in front of them, not 100% sure how it was triggered though.

I was holding a wedding, everything was going well until the bride-to-be's ex-husband showed up out of nowhere, so the bride goes over to him and starts to argue with him in front of all the guests(this of course killed the wedding party) when this happened the two girls of the bride went running up to their rooms crying, The action in the que said "Get upset". Never saw this before nor even knew it could happen.

[Lemon&Lime]

Was the ex-husband the father of the children? Child Sims always get upset if their parents argue/break up.

[Lockheart]

Was the ex-husband the father of the children? Child Sims always get upset if their parents argue/break up.

Yes, he was. But the kids didn't do anything about the break up, merely just cried a day later about it. Odd, but interesting and very life like.

[rescu911_SC]

I discovered that the Jocque mom has some questionable genes. I found out when she gave birth to an elf.

[Moonstream27]

I discovered that sims who are related to one another can get embarrassed if they see each other making out with someone. For example, a sim of mine was kissing his girlfriend, and his cousin who was nearby started to get embarrassed. In her queue was a picture of him and it said 'Get Embarrassed' lol.

i like how sims who are related to a sim will get mad when that sim's significant other is cheating! it's cute! it's like her cousins and brothers wanted to stick up for her, very cute.

[Ferret II]

I found out that pregnant simmies can't dive into a pool.

[sliimshaydi]

i like how sims who are related to a sim will get mad when that sim's significant other is cheating! it's cute! it's like her cousins and brothers wanted to stick up for her, very cute.

Haha, I've never seen that. I bet it's very cute :D

[conversechucks]

i found out the nanny can lick the plates clean

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see?

[LegolianM]

The penguin can climb stairs!

[Katya Stevens]

I found out that pregnant simmies can't dive into a pool.

They can't use the pool slide which came with Seasons either. I was wondering why they were unclickable, then when my female sim popped I found my answer :P

[Fantasyrogue]

They can't use the pool slide which came with Seasons either. I was wondering why they were unclickable, then when my female sim popped I found my answer :P

Yet for some reason they can use the exercise bike. And seeing how many sims have died on that thing I don't think pregnant sims should be allowed :P

For the first time the other day I saw the "woohoo in car" want. I sort of knew there had to be one but I'd never actually seen someone roll it before. I need to get my sims cars more often.

[Amaryllia]

Today I found out that sleeping can satisfy the fun-need. Never knew that. :D

[Babbelsim]

i just had the most funniest thing that ever happend in my game! 8D


some random townie walked by my house and stole my garden gnome.
after about 1 sim hour the next thing happend.

Watch this...

http://img177.imageshack.us/img177/9648/gnome1mt6.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

http://img116.imageshack.us/img116/9973/gnome2ie9.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

http://img116.imageshack.us/img116/6085/gnome3ff1.jpg (http://imageshack.us)


is that cool or what!? XD

did this happen to anybody els?




xXx Babbel

[Menaceman44]

I've had gnomes get stolen and my Sims walk off to retrieve them, yeah.
If you place gnomes against a wall though they can't be stolen. Sims just complain the wall is in their way and walk off in a huff.

[BAH_SC]

Man, the first time my gnome got stolen I was rilly, rilly ticked off. :disgust:

[Kusama]

If sim with lack of hygiene is in a community lot where are placed sinks, that sim may wash himself/herself in a sink. I didn't mean hand washing, of course! :naughty:

[Ferret II]

- One of my sims went hiking and brang back a statue! It was the one with an apple on a base. I wonder how he got it home...

- Also, I had the same sim view a rose that one of his girlfriend's ex had left. He started crying and now he is furious with her! His relationship used to be 100/100, now its -12/16! Man am I pissed off!

[gonebynow_SC]

I just recently discovered sims can play in the bathtub, and pretend to be pirates. I thought it was pretty cute. :D

[BDF92]

My sims just died ><

[Bethyy]

Well, I didn't discover this today, infact I discovered it a long time ago (When I first for Freetime when it came out) But you know how when the sims is starting up it has little silly messages scroll across the screen whilst loading? It even did it on the sims one. I saw one on Freetime that says "Writing Scrolling Startup Text" or something. It just make me feel all happy inside :D Lol

[Pockkt]

Overslidered sim plus maxis default = scary ape creature that scares children.

[Lemon&Lime]

I discovered the cut-scene that happens when a male Sim gives birth to an alien baby. It's so cute and funny! I love how the baby's plumbob comes out of a little box in the middle of the father's instead of being squeezed out like when a woman gives birth - I think that means the alien baby came out of the stomach in an Alien (the film) moment.

Also I love how the alien child levitates around the dad then drops itself in his arms, and how disgusted the dad looks before going "awwh" at the baby. =']

[Henry Crun]

Well, I didn't discover this today, infact I discovered it a long time ago (When I first for Freetime when it came out) But you know how when the sims is starting up it has little silly messages scroll across the screen whilst loading? It even did it on the sims one. I saw one on Freetime that says "Writing Scrolling Startup Text" or something. It just make me feel all happy inside :D Lol

Treeag kindly listed all the startup text for us here (http://forums.sims2community.com/showthread.php?t=53722&highlight=startup) so if you missed any (like I always do when I try to read them) you can check them out. It is silly but I love them.

[simsample]

Also I love how the alien child levitates around the dad then drops itself in his arms, and how disgusted the dad looks before going "awwh" at the baby. =']

I never tire of that one!
http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y288/Bluefunk/Misc%20Sims/Brian01.jpg

http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y288/Bluefunk/Misc%20Sims/Brian02.jpg

[Rabid]

I discoved that sims can barge in without warning. One of my sim couples, Hallen and Sarah, got a bitter divorce. While Hallen was at work and their daughter Holly was with the nanny, Sarah snuck into the house to socialize with Holly. It was really weird :lol:.

[Fantasyrogue]

I already knew sims could fall asleep in their food when tired. What I didn't know and saw for the first time today is that if another sim is at the table eating as well, they'll look at the sim falling asleep and act all shocked/worried.

[melethana]

I already knew sims could fall asleep in their food when tired. What I didn't know and saw for the first time today is that if another sim is at the table eating as well, they'll look at the sim falling asleep and act all shocked/worried.

Sometimes they will also laugh, like they do when they see an adult pee their pants.

[Pockkt]

CC sim plus maxis default= a sim that looks like a foot
CC sim plus CC sim = a sim that looks like a foot that got hit by a train

[Ferret II]

I discoved that sims can barge in without warning. One of my sim couples, Hallen and Sarah, got a bitter divorce. While Hallen was at work and their daughter Holly was with the nanny, Sarah snuck into the house to socialize with Holly. It was really weird :lol:.

:lol: I love it when sims do that. Megan Spencer visited often just to woohoo with Max for ageeees after she graduated college.

EDIT: Also a bit morbid - but I discovered how funny it is when sims die of fright XD I love how they check their pulse and then their eyes roll back :skull: :lol:

[coconutpecanfrosting]

I discovered that if Sim A and Sim B have a great date and Sim B gives Sim A roses, and then Sim A marries Sim C, and Sim C looks at the flowers, Sim C will get really ticked off.

[Taxi]

I figured out today (after years of owning the game) that when a sim leaps into their lover's arms, they yell "Nooboo!". Which means 'baby' in simlish. I think it's freakin' adorable.

[Henry Crun]

I figured out today (after years of owning the game) that when a sim leaps into their lover's arms, they yell "Nooboo!". Which means 'baby' in simlish. I think it's freakin' adorable.

I love that too, it's really cute. Have you seen the interaction if the 'catcher' doesn't want to know though? The first sim leaps up in the air and the second one kind of takes a step back and lets them land on their butt! :laugh:

[charlie-chan_SC]

I discovered that, after installing Pets, that some of the houses you can add to the neighbourhood have sims or families already living within them.

I didn't know that until now. Oops.

[simsample]

I discovered that, after installing Pets, that some of the houses you can add to the neighbourhood have sims or families already living within them.

I didn't know that until now. Oops.

'S'okay, they are safe. They have 'clean' memories and no links at all to anyone outside of the family.

[PlasticBarbie.]

Adult sims can woohoo Young Adult sims.. and get pregnant!

[Sigma22]

I have discovered that my sims can't call family members and I have no idea why.