What did you discover today while playing the sims?

[KaiRuh]

Today, Edwin had a wish to help his sister Roxie, who had just gotten on academic probation, with her assignments. aww.

I've never seen that one before. He kept rolling it too! so I finally let him do it.

[AlexandraSpears]

Sometimes you can view right away what a toddler's predetermined hobby is (as in, it'll be highlighted), if it's something they can't discover until childhood, like sports or games.

[Yazoo]

I discovered this like supa late. But when I put my mail box on my porch, obviously, the front porch. The taxi drives up on the porch and drops or picks people up..My eye literally twitched -.-"

[oreosncreamforjojo]

I discovered that toddlers can struggle to get off the potty while parents can try and keep them on it.

http://i458.photobucket.com/albums/qq310/Gloomy_Kitten_515/snapshot_5c46856c_1c4e2825.jpg

[Cyjon]

Bigfoot cannot use the Renu-U Senso Orb, nor does the SimBlender have the ability to change his aspiration. I'm highly annoyed. :(

That's because the aspiration dialog also forces you to pick turnons and turnoffs. I'm not sure it would actually hurt for him to have turnons and turnoffs, since he would still be unable to do romantic things or have chemistry, but that's the rationale behind why he can't change aspiration.

[Peni Griffin]

Yep, Oreos; you waited till either energy or bladder were too low and they got cranky and wouldn't cooperate. That's why I monitor toddler needs obsessively.

[Darby]

That's because the aspiration dialog also forces you to pick turnons and turnoffs. I'm not sure it would actually hurt for him to have turnons and turnoffs, since he would still be unable to do romantic things or have chemistry, but that's the rationale behind why he can't change aspiration.

That makes sense. I also noticed, when giving him a secondary aspiration, that Family, Romance, and Pleasure options are unavailable, which also makes sense.

The SimBlender doesn't require the choosing of TOs/TOs, though. Something hard-coded that prevented TJ from including that feature for Bigfoot, perhaps?

Oh well. I had the first Bigfoot (Phil) go to Three Lakes and invite the replacement (Dwight) to move in as well, and Dwight is Popularity also. Sucks that I can't change primaries, but at least Knowledge, Fortune, and Grilled Cheese are available as secondary aspirations.

[oreosncreamforjojo]

Yep, Oreos; you waited till either energy or bladder were too low and they got cranky and wouldn't cooperate. That's why I monitor toddler needs obsessively.

Ah, yes. I've never seen it before but it's been difficult because it is the first generation of a legacy and the dad was killed by lightning before the toddler was born. I think both bladder and energy were low....

[Yazoo]

I discovered that I can not make a basement to save my life. I was doing rather well, until it comes down to covering it back up. o.O Then it just won't go, and then I can''t build the wall. SOOOOOOOOOOOO yeah, I am discovering that I am a good builder, but when it comes down to a basement...I fail -.-"

[Honeywell]

That outgoing guys get the option to use the campfire when their bladder is low just like they do with the bushes. I thought it was hilarious but really laughed when they finished because it puts out the fire.

[McChoclatey]

I discovered that sims can flirt with each other autonomously. O_o

I found this when I was having my Sim buy new clothes at the clothing shop, and one of my neighborhood Sims popped up. They were talking to townies and hanging out as normal, until this random townie decided she wanted to flirt with him! D:< They have a CRUSH on each other now! I was so shocked and mad because he wasn't supposed to have a crush on anyone yet! I was saving his first crush for when he was an adult as a part of the neighborhood story, but that townie just had to make a move! Grrr...

Also, this happened when my Sim brought a friend home from school. I let them talk to eachother a bit so they could become friends (I was trying to help out with his dad's career) and when I stopped making them interact, she FLIRTED with him! I quit without saving--and thank goodness she didn't show up again when he got home. The frick is wrong with these girls trying to steal my boys away from me! D:<

I also discovered today that even grouchy Sims with zero nice points can have a heart, too. I was having my Sim go fight with his brother (they hate eachother's guts) and just when you'd think he'd been rubbing his hands together and grinning all devilishly, he actually looked up and me and whined before doing it. When I had him insult his brother, attack him, throw a drink in his face and all that, he kept giving me that sad face and even rolled a want to apologize to his big bro! I was shocked--I mean, a Sim with no niceness points actually feeling bad about being mean to other Sims? :wtf: I wonder what gave him a change of heart...

[sushigal007]

I discovered that sims can flirt with each other autonomously. O_o

Do you have ACR at all? I didn't think sims could do that in an unmodded game!

[McChoclatey]

Do you have ACR at all? I didn't think sims could do that in an unmodded game!

Nope. I never played with ACR before, so it really surprised me when that teen put the moves on my Sim!

[Mootilda]

I'm guessing that you play with other mods, though.

[Darby]

Autonomous woohoo can't happen in an unmodded game, but autonomous flirting has always been possible, once a sim has a gender preference.

[fruitsymphony]

Well, my sims did woohoo, when they had just moved in somewhere so they were "all greened up". I did not have any mods at the time.

[sushigal007]

Autonomous woohoo can't happen in an unmodded game, but autonomous flirting has always been possible, once a sim has a gender preference.

Aaaaah. That's handy to know!

[Peni Griffin]

McChocolatey, stop fighting it and roll with it! The boy is obviously a chick magnet - there's story there! The boy who hates his brother but doesn't want to, ditto - especially if his brother doesn't want to make up.

If you let them do a lot of the story work, the stories come out better. Trust me. They'll do things you'd never have thought of, things you actively don't want, and make you like it; and one day you'll look back wondering why you ever wanted it any other way.

[Darby]

Well, my sims did woohoo, when they had just moved in somewhere so they were "all greened up". I did not have any mods at the time.

Forgive me, but I'm skeptical about that. I suppose they might have made autonomous woohoo possible in a later EP, long after I started using ACR anyway, and thus wouldn't see a difference, but it's hard to imagine them doing that. It's a T/Teen game, but I suspect woohoo was carefully left NON-autonomous in order to get that rating.

[McChoclatey]

McChocolatey, stop fighting it and roll with it! The boy is obviously a chick magnet - there's story there! The boy who hates his brother but doesn't want to, ditto - especially if his brother doesn't want to make up.

If you let them do a lot of the story work, the stories come out better. Trust me. They'll do things you'd never have thought of, things you actively don't want, and make you like it; and one day you'll look back wondering why you ever wanted it any other way.

@Peni Griffin

Yeah, guess so...I dunno, it will take some getting used to. I am a control freak after all. :p But now that I think about it, that may be what separates one Sim from another. I'll try it, n' see what happens...I just hope Goopy won't be too bad to make over for a possible future wedding. *shutters*

@Mootilda

The only mods I really have are:

Poseboxes (for storytelling pics)

The grilled Cheese and Date counter

...And that's about it. I don't think I added anything major to my game to make Sims suddenly interact romantically with eachother. There's never been an autonomous woohoo, either--just flirting from two teenage Sims.

[Maranatah]

Sim's comfort slightly increases when they watch out of the window.
And also that the Patels (Belladonna Cove) can have a light-skinned baby! I never knew that Ramir's mother had s2 :o

[Mrmo]

I discovered that the things the sims do can have very big impact on their psysics. I had a man date one of my sims, they were out to dinner and so on. Later she did call back saying "hey, that was awsom. Do you want to do it again?". Sure he said and they had an other date. I should not bother you whit details but when the dates was over, she did not go home. Instead she stayed at the nightclub and ordered food a couple of times. For some (unknown) reason this woman is constantly hungry so I was'nt surprised. The I played her last time she had a "medium" body but now when I opened the family she was at the very bottom of the scale. From "medium physics" to "very fat" in two dates.

[fruitsymphony]

I built a swim center for my neighbourhood Morbiton Valley, and while some sim was visiting there, relaxing in hot tub etc. etc, a playable from another family showed up and was swimming in the pool. The next time I played his family he seemed to have lost weight. He had triple bolts with another sim, when he was fat, but after slimming down only 2 bolts. He likes dancing too so maybe that was how he got fit.

[Peni Griffin]

Dancing, bizarrely, doesn't help fitness, but you do increase fitness on community lots when swimming and skating.

[McChoclatey]

I discovered today that there's a "bathe together" interaction between toddlers and their parents. This is a pretty rare occurrence for me, since it's popped up before but I accidentally x'd it out not knowing what it was (this was years ago). Unfortunately, I x'd it out again the second time it came up, but I learned a few things about it from that:

1. It's autonomous, so you can't force the interaction to happen when you want

2. The parents are the ones who initiate the action

3. It only happens when a toddler's hygiene and (most likely) social needs are low (well, not low enough for them to get a warning about possibly being taken by the social worker, of course).

Has anyone had the "bathe together" interaction come up before?

[Macaroodle]

Last night I found out that when you're running a restaraunt (as a business), patrons will sometimes tip the servers on their own! They get a relationship boost and everything. Nice! Now that I know this, I ought to make popularity sims be servers.

[Peni Griffin]

Last night the Swains' nanny made them lobster thermidor!

Erik and his wife both got home at 6, so I guess some "make supper" code kicked in. If the Newsons had gotten a nanny like this when the twins were toddlers, they wouldn't be insisting on never hiring one now.

Erik tried to tip her $100, but she left before he could.

[minpinz]

I discovered that butlers and servos don't mix, all hell breaks loose lol

[Gcgb53191]

I discovered that butlers and servos don't mix, all hell breaks loose lol

What happened lol? :lol:

[Bwinney43]

I discovered that sims can either wear roller blades or roller skates when using the skating rink. I'm assuming it must be related to how many body skills they have. My one sim, Louise, has maxed body skills and she put on roller blades as opposed to skates.

There was something else I discovered that made me go "How cool!" but of course I didn't jot it down and now I forgot :3

[minpinz]

What happened lol? :lol:

they both kept trying to clean the same things and just continually got in each others way. its quite amusing :lol:

[oreosncreamforjojo]

Okay, so other people probably know this. A parent that doesn't and never has lived with a child can see them off to college ! The child has almost no relationship with his father.

[Alijah]

Been a while since I played, but last night I decided to fire it up again and within the first few minutes, I learned something new! Sims can do yoga on a coffee table!

I was playing a sim with high body, fitness and yoga levels and happened to hover over the coffee table when I noticed the little interaction asterisk. I clicked it and up popped the action, "Yoga". I thought it was a crazy bug or side effect of one of my many mods at first, but I was intrigued so I clicked it--so cool! My sim did a little flip onto the table and began practicing her yoga poses. Cool animation!

[Mrmo]

There is always something to discover. A week ago I had a funny thing on a hobby lot. Some of my sims do sport and then they can visit this hidden health club. A older sim use to be there and swim in the indoor pool but on this occation something went wrong. The woman was in the pool in her everyday clothes. Then she get out of the pool changed to swimwear and jumped in again. Funny, I have never seen it before.

[Aserette]

Well I was playing the Pleasantview premades for a change and I was in the Caliente household, checking their backgrounds. I noticed that Dina and Nina have an alien background!!!!!!!!!!! Their father has 2 fathers, one of which is the polination tech. So he must have gotten abducted and became pregnant with Dina and Nina's father.

I wonder if they can carry on alien genes to their offspring. Oooooh.

[Aegagropilon]

Well I was playing the Pleasantview premades for a change and I was in the Caliente household, checking their backgrounds. I noticed that Dina and Nina have an alien background!!!!!!!!!!! Their father has 2 fathers, one of which is the polination tech. So he must have gotten abducted and became pregnant with Dina and Nina's father.

I wonder if they can carry on alien genes to their offspring. Oooooh.

Unfortunately, there's no chance of Dina or Nina having green babies (unless they're abducted with a hack in place or their partner is green) in a standard Pleasantview. I'm not sure about the megahoods, though, since I believe at least some of them have fixed genetics.

[Aserette]

Unfortunately, there's no chance of Dina or Nina having green babies (unless they're abducted with a hack in place or their partner is green) in a standard Pleasantview. I'm not sure about the megahoods, though, since I believe at least some of them have fixed genetics.

Aww. I should look into their background. I wonder why maxis decided to give them an alien father, something to do with the dissapearance of Bella Goth maybe?
That kinda sucks that they can't pass on the genes, considering they should have them lol.

[oreosncreamforjojo]

Aww. I should look into their background. I wonder why maxis decided to give them an alien father, something to do with the dissapearance of Bella Goth maybe?
That kinda sucks that they can't pass on the genes, considering they should have them lol.

You could get them together with The old green dad, elder males can have kids with adults. I think he's a polination tech too, not sure but his wife is the blond lady and they have 2 kids....

[M.M.A.A.]

You could get them together with The old green dad, elder males can have kids with adults. I think he's a polination tech too, not sure but his wife is the blond lady and they have 2 kids....

But those are in Strangetown, unless Aserette has the Mega/Uber hood.

BTW, they are the Smiths.
Father: Pollination Technician #9
Mother: Jenny
Son: Johnny
Daughter: Jill

[YukiShine]

Aww. I should look into their background. I wonder why maxis decided to give them an alien father, something to do with the dissapearance of Bella Goth maybe?
That kinda sucks that they can't pass on the genes, considering they should have them lol.
Isn't the green alien skintone a genetically dominant one? I've never had that much alien offspring in my neighborhoods, but I've always thought it was. In that case only green parents could pass the "green skintone" gene on to their children. Dina and Nina both have normal skin, so I'd say neither of them has the alien skin gene. And it's not even a mistake by MAXIS, but totally normal, too, so even "fixed" genetics wouldn't let them have green offspring. (Except, of course, via new abduction/ father with green skin.)
Or does anyone know a case where the alien gene actually skipped at least one generation and re-appeared later?

[katya_stevens]

Isn't the green alien skintone a genetically dominant one?...Or does anyone know a case where the alien gene actually skipped at least one generation and re-appeared later?

The default alien skintone can become recessive, and thus skip a generation: if you scroll about halfway down this livejournal entry (http://rikkulidea.livejournal.com/57938.html), the legacy heir (who has a non-alien skin) ends up having quads, two of whom end up with alien skin.

[esmesqualor]

I'm not sure about it skipping a generation, but isn't rather odd that Flamenco Caliente (Nina and Dina's dad) doesn't have alien skin? At least I don't think I've ever had an alien abduction baby without the green skin. (I don't have custom skins and don't know if that would affect anything.)

I'm playing a sort of pre-Pleasantview hood and my Flamenco is the result of Nestor's abduction and my Flamenco is quite green. Dina and Nina both have normal sim skins, but it took a few exit-without-savings in order to get that. (Actually, that's Flamenco over to the left, there, after happily being struck by lightening.)

[AlexandraSpears]

A ghost wandering through the house can wake up a sleeping toddler (but not scare the little tyke by doing so). I got General Buzz remarried and his daughter Missy was in her crib, and Lyla's ghost was wandering through, woke up Missy. I got Tank up and had him hold his sister (since her energy was still low enough), then put her back in her crib.

Then his mom's ghost scared him. After which I moved her grave to a community lot!

[lizard49]

A baby can spit up all over the Sim who is holding him. It looks like blue waves & sends hygiene into the red zone. I'm constantly amazed by the realistic details in the game.

[Aegagropilon]

I'm not sure about it skipping a generation, but isn't rather odd that Flamenco Caliente (Nina and Dina's dad) doesn't have alien skin? At least I don't think I've ever had an alien abduction baby without the green skin. (I don't have custom skins and don't know if that would affect anything.)

I'm playing a sort of pre-Pleasantview hood and my Flamenco is the result of Nestor's abduction and my Flamenco is quite green. Dina and Nina both have normal sim skins, but it took a few exit-without-savings in order to get that. (Actually, that's Flamenco over to the left, there, after happily being struck by lightening.)

It's about as odd as Jill Smith not having green skin :lol:

I haven't seen an alien abduction baby come out with anything but green skin yet -- even with my freelance pollinator Ellison, who snagged some of yellow alien Idun's genetic material on a walkby -- but it must be incredibly, remotely possible? Or else Maxis was just messing with us.

[AlexandraSpears]

Strangetown Sims' DNA is messed up to begin with, so that'd explain Jill.

[Clashfan]

If a plantsim has a baby throw up on him, usually from the "toss in air" action, it waters him. So instead of it plunging the hygiene, which they don't have anyway, into the red it's actually a good thing. It waters them quite a bit too. Totally grossed me out when it happened though and now he keeps rolling wants to play with the baby.

[Aserette]

So it's definitely not possible for Dina and Nina to have pass on hidden alien genes? Just confirming :P
If I didn't want to ruin my game, I'd make Dina and Nina have a tonne of babies just to see the genetics.

Back on track... I also discovered today that twins (maybe even just siblings) will show up to their twin sibling's house a few hours before they die...
I don't know if it was just a coincidence or not but Tilly Brown lived right up until her elder age bar was full and a few hours before she died, her twin sister Jane Thimble came over and they hung out for a while. And stayed around until after she died, and she'd never visited on her own will before.

[VerDeTerre]

I also discovered today that twins (maybe even just siblings) will show up to their twin sibling's house a few hours before they die...
I don't know if it was just a coincidence or not but Tilly Brown lived right up until her elder age bar was full and a few hours before she died, her twin sister Jane Thimble came over and they hung out for a while. And stayed around until after she died, and she'd never visited on her own will before. I never noticed that! I have to give that a try now!

[PolterGeist44]

I'm not sure about it skipping a generation, but isn't rather odd that Flamenco Caliente (Nina and Dina's dad) doesn't have alien skin? At least I don't think I've ever had an alien abduction baby without the green skin. (I don't have custom skins and don't know if that would affect anything.)

I'm playing a sort of pre-Pleasantview hood and my Flamenco is the result of Nestor's abduction and my Flamenco is quite green. Dina and Nina both have normal sim skins, but it took a few exit-without-savings in order to get that. (Actually, that's Flamenco over to the left, there, after happily being struck by lightening.)
Alien abduction babies usually get majority of their genes from the pollination technician but I do remember that I once had my sim abducted and he got an alien baby with normal sim skin.
As for alien+sim pairs, having babies with normal skin isn't really uncommon.

[oreosncreamforjojo]

So it's definitely not possible for Dina and Nina to have pass on hidden alien genes? Just confirming :P
If I didn't want to ruin my game, I'd make Dina and Nina have a tonne of babies just to see the genetics.


It depends. I have a hack that allows women to get pregnant from alien abduction...

[YukiShine]

I just had a cat use a toilet. For humans. :D Ususally all my cats always use the litter box, they don't even have to be taught to.

[esmesqualor]

So it's definitely not possible for Dina and Nina to have pass on hidden alien genes?

Dina and Nina do not have any hidden alien genes. That's actually why I built my current hood, because, dang it, they need alien genes.

[RowenaLupin]

I discovered the true meaning of the word 'Borked.' >.< So now, I'm staying away from Maxis premade hoods because I'm known to do something stupid. Maybe I'll make my own...

[Darby]

I discovered the true meaning of the word 'Borked.' >.< So now, I'm staying away from Maxis premade hoods because I'm known to do something stupid. Maybe I'll make my own...

Consider these instead.
http://meetme2theriver.livejournal.com/63030.html#cutid1

Still have to refrain from doing any neighborhood-corrupting stuff, of course, but these 'hoods start out a lot more stable than the default premade 'hoods do.

[Gcgb53191]

Consider these instead.
http://meetme2theriver.livejournal.com/63030.html#cutid1

Still have to refrain from doing any neighborhood-corrupting stuff, of course, but these 'hoods start out a lot more stable than the default premade 'hoods do.

When I begun my game I made a custom hood and added bluewater village. I ended up using Bluewater Village as my 'main hood'. No one resides in the first custom hood. Is it possible to do what it says on there so I dont have to go through two waiting screens to get to Bluewater Village? Or will that mess my game up

[Firelira78]

I just found found out that an elder sim has options to encourage his/her spouse!

Pollination Tech#9 can encourage Jenny to be shy ("wife, you must not gossip with the neighbors so much"), neat ("wife, you must tidy up the house"), playful("wife, you must lighten up"). :lol:

But an elder cannot "classice dance" with the adult spouse. The option is just not there and Pollination Tech#9 and Jenny always want to classic dance with each other!

[Mootilda]

When I begun my game I made a custom hood and added bluewater village. I ended up using Bluewater Village as my 'main hood'. No one resides in the first custom hood. Is it possible to do what it says on there so I dont have to go through two waiting screens to get to Bluewater Village? Or will that mess my game upWhich "what it says on there" are you talking about?

Yes, it is possible to create a new neighborhood with Bluewater Village as your primary neighborhood.

Changing an existing neighborhood by swapping the primary neighborhood and a subhood? May be possible, but it would be some amount of work. You could always close and sell off all businesses, move all of your families to the sim bin, move all of your lots to the lot bin, use HoodReplace to make your primary neighborhood look like Bluewater Village, place the lots into your primary neighborhood, place the families back into their lots, have them buy back all of the businesses, ...

However, you shouldn't have to go through two loading screens. Just click on your hood and select Bluewater Village rather than the main hood.

[Gcgb53191]

However, you shouldn't have to go through two loading screens. Just click on your hood and select Bluewater Village rather than the main hood.

You're right that's what I do, I guess I meant to word it as just being able to click on the first neighborhood picture instead of clicking on a subhood for it ...I just need to stop being lazy I guess. :rofl: Plus knowing I have that neighborhood but not having anything on it bugs me and I much prefer Bluewater Village then to move all my sims to the 'main' neighborhood. :jest:

[Mootilda]

The idea would be to copy everything from Bluewater to the main hood, including the terrain, lots and families, thus turning your main hood into Bluewater.

[oreosncreamforjojo]

I discovered the true meaning of the word 'Borked.' >.< So now, I'm staying away from Maxis premade hoods because I'm known to do something stupid. Maybe I'll make my own...

I always make my own, its so much fun !

[nikel23]

If some of you are still confused about the alien-related family tree, check out the Goth-Caliente family tree (http://images1.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20110628043635/sims/images/5/52/GothFamTree.png) and Curious-Smith family tree (http://images2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20111113020215/sims/images/6/6d/Curious-Smith_Family_Tree.png)

[Peni Griffin]

Firelira, they can classic dance, but only autonomously. You can't direct them to do it.

Which, yes, is weird and stupid, but there we are. Leave them chunks of time to do things on their own and they may do it eventually.

[oreosncreamforjojo]

In college some sims have to pay bills and other sims dont !

[Peni Griffin]

Um - no. The bills are assessed by household, just like in the main hood. You don't get separate bills for each student in a residence or dorm, and anyone in the household can pay them. All grant money, cash made busking, etc., is accessible to anyone in the residence.

If you have a household that's not getting billed, that's a glitch and could cause you problems. I'd ditch the residence, as it's most likely a problem with the mailbox.

[oreosncreamforjojo]

Um - no. The bills are assessed by household, just like in the main hood. You don't get separate bills for each student in a residence or dorm, and anyone in the household can pay them. All grant money, cash made busking, etc., is accessible to anyone in the residence.

If you have a household that's not getting billed, that's a glitch and could cause you problems. I'd ditch the residence, as it's most likely a problem with the mailbox.

One dorm building got billed and the sim I controlled even got a warning about not paying bills.

This dorm did not get any bills and the student graduated without a problem :) It was awesome!!! No other students or NPCs paid a bill either.

[sierrakusterbeck]

I learned that if a sim is sitting and I direct another sim to serenade them, they'll stay seated ^.^

[AlexandraSpears]

Um - no. The bills are assessed by household, just like in the main hood. You don't get separate bills for each student in a residence or dorm, and anyone in the household can pay them. All grant money, cash made busking, etc., is accessible to anyone in the residence.

If you have a household that's not getting billed, that's a glitch and could cause you problems. I'd ditch the residence, as it's most likely a problem with the mailbox.

I've had that same issue, mostly with La Fiesta Tech.

(If anyone has Mansion and Garden SP...before you move Sims into a dorm, put some green energy sources on the lot if you don't want to worry about bills.)

[Mrmo]

Today, the toodler in my current family wanted to eat dogfood. I have heard of it before but never experienced it myself. Don't know why he vanted to eat, he was'nt even hungry. The only problem (for him) was that toodlers can't klimb stairs.

Adding a image of the kid Patric and Kerri the family dog. They are quite cute together.

[AlexandraSpears]

Whenever you move in a college townie/dormie, they graduate, but they don't get the extra want slots/locks.

I had Tybalt Capp (imagine that, actually playing with the Veronaville premades for once) get engaged to a college dormie, after he graduated he invited her over. Marriage wasn't an option, so I just had her move in, she aged up, then I got Tybalt married to her.

Then I just used the Batbox to "upgrade" her and give her the additional want slots and locks. She has a diploma and memories of completing each "year" of college.

[Darby]

Whenever you move in a college townie/dormie, they graduate, but they don't get the extra want slots/locks.

If a sim who never went to college asks a dormie to move in, the dormie will not have a diploma or extra slots.

But if a dormie is asked to move in by a Uni grad, the dormie should get all the perks of having graduated as well, including those extra want/fear slots.

In other words, moved-in dormies' Uni status is supposed to mirror that of the sim that asked them to move in. Something wonky happened with your Tybalt/dormie situation.

Yay for the batbox!

[AlexandraSpears]

If a sim who never went to college asks a dormie to move in, the dormie will not have a diploma or extra slots.

But if a dormie is asked to move in by a Uni grad, the dormie should get all the perks of having graduated as well, including those extra want/fear slots.

In other words, moved-in dormies' Uni status is supposed to mirror that of the sim that asked them to move in. Something wonky happened with your Tybalt/dormie situation.

Yay for the batbox!

Yeah, I was wondering about that. I was like, "shouldn't she have the extra wants and lock?"

Hmmmm.

[fruitsymphony]

Sims can View paintings together, or other artwork. They both look at the painting and discuss it and make gestures.

[M.M.A.A.]

That the guy with the assumed Bella Goth in the air balloon, is the same guy as that in the small boats:

http://thumbs.modthesims.info/getimage.php?file=1277371

http://thumbs.modthesims.info/getimage.php?file=1277372

So, I'm not quite sure on theory of him either being Bella's Brother or Don...

[JDacapo]

I learned that witches can earn some moolah from their thrones of light. I used the buy/build mode and moved one around, and it was somewhere over 1,600 simoleons. Wow. Might have Nervous Subject quit his day job and start selling thrones of light instead!

[lizard49]

I learned that if a home has only the mini-fridge, there are fewer cooking options. One of my Sims had 4 cooking points & yet could only make an instant meal or chef's salad for lunch, so I got the household a full-sized fridge & the other foods became available.

[DasRabennest]

I just found out there's a great little video when a sim is abducted by aliens. I have never had anyone abducted before and was SO scared when that strange music started playing...*shivers* :D

First I thought my game had crashed...

DasRabennest

[oreosncreamforjojo]

I just found out there's a great little video when a sim is abducted by aliens. I have never had anyone abducted before and was SO scared when that strange music started playing...*shivers* :D

First I thought my game had crashed...

DasRabennest

The video for a man giving birth to an alien baby is hilarious !

[VioletPadfoot]

I discovered that If you free butterflies or fireflies before they die, the sim says goodbye to them. In the case of the fireflies it kinda sounded like she was saying "be free my friends, be free" except you know in simlish.

[frankokomando]

I discovered that I borked my game by summoning Mrs. Crumplebottom to one of my sims houses. :)

[Bwinney43]

I discovered that If you free butterflies or fireflies before they die, the sim says goodbye to them. In the case of the fireflies it kinda sounded like she was saying "be free my friends, be free" except you know in simlish.

I love when the children release them. They sound so adorable when they say goodbye to the butterflies/fireflies.

Although one time I forgot about the jar of butterflies...:c That wasn't so adorable when they just flopped out onto the ground ;~;

[akksgurl]

I discovered that sim businesses can reach negative ranks. A really pathetic little home gym run by one of my really poor families managed to reach -1 in rank. Apparently having no showering facilities, stinky owners, and dirty dishes strewn all over the place is a big "no-no" in business running etiquette. :rofl:

[oreosncreamforjojo]

Is it wrong that I love the clown-in-a-box with the flames on it and enjoy watching it terrify the toddlers ? I love my toddlers and taking care of them but that clown is funny !

[Gcgb53191]

Is it wrong that I love the clown-in-a-box with the flames on it and enjoy watching it terrify the toddlers ? I love my toddlers and taking care of them but that clown is funny !

Is that one of the toys they can build on OFB?

[oreosncreamforjojo]

Is that one of the toys they can build on OFB?

Yes, it happens when the sim building it "messes up" while making the regular ones.

[Saturnfly]

Today I discovered sims can read a book while walking up the stairs.
It was unfortunately a glitch, though, although a pretty cool glitch.

[Mrmo]

Today I discovered sims can read a book while walking up the stairs.
It was unfortunately a glitch, though, although a pretty cool glitch.

I do not think it is a glinch. When I click on a spot and tell as sim to "go here" they always seems to be reading books if the distance is longer than a few steps. In stairs to. Maybe we are thinking about different things but maybe not.

[AlexandraSpears]

I do not think it is a glinch. When I click on a spot and tell as sim to "go here" they always seems to be reading books if the distance is longer than a few steps. In stairs to. Maybe we are thinking about different things but maybe not.

I see that with Sims who are into Film and Literature.

[Yazoo]

I recently learned...Go me. But I learned when it snows, and the teens or kids cheer it means snow day! And...I made them go to school. Oh yeah! But hey they went to school in style. Two of them went to school in the sports car, and the other two went to school in a helicopter. Yeah. And also, my one Sim, she tends to never take the bus anymore, she is too cool for the bus, and she takes the helicopter, mhm

EDIT: And that when on a community lot, just hugging your sibling a bagillion times, will let you gain maximum reputation points. So, two of the set of twins, is like a sociable celebrity, woot woot!

[VioletPadfoot]

I discovered that having heatstroke, or just maximum temperature, makes the sim use the sunburn overlay, turning them pink and making me wonder when the sim got sunburn and I didn't notice.

[sierrakusterbeck]

I see that with Sims who are into Film and Literature.
Oh my god that's why my college kids with F&L maxed would do that! The lot was really glitchy so I thought it was yet another glitch. It kinda freaked me out.

[oreosncreamforjojo]

Sims can survive being struck by lightning !

Whenever I have tried to have sims get struck by lightning it doesn't happen. They can spend days in a hot tub in the rain outside - nothing.

I happen to have a sim on a date and it started raining. She wasn't in a puddle or anywhere near a hot tub - BAM! Lightning hit her out of nowhere. I was like "CRAP! You're my legacy sim - don't die..."

She didn't die but she wet herself and the dream date sunk to the middle or 'good' and the timer wouldn't add time even though I raised the meter to 'great'. So I also learned that when a sim pees their pants, it ruins a date...

[Gcgb53191]

Sims can survive being struck by lightning !

Whenever I have tried to have sims get struck by lightning it doesn't happen. They can spend days in a hot tub in the rain outside - nothing.

I happen to have a sim on a date and it started raining. She wasn't in a puddle or anywhere near a hot tub - BAM! Lightning hit her out of nowhere. I was like "CRAP! You're my legacy sim - don't die..."

She didn't die but she wet herself and the dream date sunk to the middle or 'good' and the timer wouldn't add time even though I raised the meter to 'great'. So I also learned that when a sim pees their pants, it ruins a date...

It would ruin my date for sure too :lol:

[Saturnfly]

I do not think it is a glinch. When I click on a spot and tell as sim to "go here" they always seems to be reading books if the distance is longer than a few steps. In stairs to. Maybe we are thinking about different things but maybe not.

I thought it was a glitch because when he reached the top of the stairs the book was glued to his hand. xD

Today I discovered the magical land for witches. D: I can't believe it took me that long to notice it was in my game.

I also discovered that the Ninja dude is real bleeping annoying.

[Mrmo]

I did play a family of 3 sims (mother, father and their teenage doughter). The girl had make the tioliet overflow and her mother was going to yell at her for that. But I did'nt want the woman to do that so I aborted the action and instead of yelling at her doughter she waved her arm and said "hello". And the girl answered in the same way. I'm sure you have seen it before but it was the first time for me. Normally when I abort this angry action, the sims just do nothing.

[roxmaniac]

Well I was playing some Uni sims and they went to a community lot. One of the girls sat down to write in her diary. When other sims walked by her she hugged her book to her chest so they could not see what she wrote. hihi cute.

[Babahara]

I thought it was a glitch because when he reached the top of the stairs the book was glued to his hand. xD
It's not a glitch for sure. Sims with maxed literature enthusiasm tend to read books while walking.

One thing that shocked me, though, was seeing for the first time how a vampire sim started flying as a bat, while comfortably carrying and reading a book in midair.

[JDacapo]

Abduction resulting from searching for UFOs does not result in pregnancy for males, even for those more than five days away from becoming elders.

[Peni Griffin]

Does not necessarily, I believe you mean. They introduced a random impregnation factor when they introduced the perk.

[oreosncreamforjojo]

Abduction resulting from searching for UFOs does not result in pregnancy for males, even for those more than five days away from becoming elders.

......I've had men search for UFOs, get abducted, and have alien babies....

[AlexandraSpears]

If a Sim is running late getting to the bus or carpool...at, say, 8:45, the Sim RUNS to the bus or car!

As far as the walking while reading...I did that all the time in high school, between classes. Typically the latest Sweet Valley High book. :lol:

[Peni Griffin]

I've always read while walking. I used to take the stairs at work as often as I could (you wouldn't believe what a big help it is to maintaining your weight, just to avoid the elevator and walk to and from the bus at either end of the day), and read while doing it, and people were always warning me I was going to trip; but the only times I ever did so, were when I had no book.

Today I discovered that, when the cat randomly steps on a button that takes away your HUD, F11 is the key that brings it back. Fortunately nobody caught fire while I was figuring it out.

[frankokomando]

Today, when Annette and Dale were sleeping, Dale woke up and just watched Annette sleep. It was really cute. :)

[JDacapo]

......I've had men search for UFOs, get abducted, and have alien babies....

Hmm... that's really weird then, because I kept on having Ajay search for UFOs and get abducted, but he'd never return pregnant. Wonder if it's a gremlin or something. *shrug*

Maybe it's some kinda hack conflict.

[oreosncreamforjojo]

Pregnant sims cannot "Hug... Leap into Arms" LMAO. I laughed pretty hard imaging the receiving sim collapse as a preggo one leapt at them.

[oreosncreamforjojo]

Hmm... that's really weird then, because I kept on having Ajay search for UFOs and get abducted, but he'd never return pregnant. Wonder if it's a gremlin or something. *shrug*

Maybe it's some kinda hack conflict.

some sims are more fertile than others, I once had a sim couple try for a baby their whole lives and they failed :( It's totally random too... could just be bad luck ?

[Saturnfly]

Today I discovered that witch and warlock sims can actually make more than one throne. I didn't realise teleporting everywhere decreased their good magic thingy and that thrones are strictly for either good or evil witches.

[aaries16]

I discovered that all the dead and unlinked sims are located in the "default" family in SimPE.

[AlexandraSpears]

some sims are more fertile than others, I once had a sim couple try for a baby their whole lives and they failed :( It's totally random too... could just be bad luck ?

On the other hand, it's been my experience that if a Sim couple tries for baby, it fails, they wake up and immediately try again...they're more likely to have twins. But that's just how it's worked out for me.

[VioletPadfoot]

On the other hand, it's been my experience that if a Sim couple tries for baby, it fails, they wake up and immediately try again...they're more likely to have twins. But that's just how it's worked out for me.Perhaps that first time wasn't really a failure? :heyhey:

[Peni Griffin]

I think that's a statistical artifact, Ms. Spears; when when I've had two tries for baby in one night and the second one takes, twins have not been the result.

[JDacapo]

some sims are more fertile than others, I once had a sim couple try for a baby their whole lives and they failed :( It's totally random too... could just be bad luck ?

Ah. Well, I wanted him to have another alien spawn for story reasons so for an experiment, I forced the abduction. Might try something different later on. Couldn't risk it until Alita became a teen because Ajay was single and lived alone.

[AlexandraSpears]

I think that's a statistical artifact, Ms. Spears; when when I've had two tries for baby in one night and the second one takes, twins have not been the result.

That's just what's been my experience. Yeah, it could be statistical. Just like the other poster's couple unable to conceive.

[JDacapo]

That's just what's been my experience. Yeah, it could be statistical. Just like the other poster's couple unable to conceive.

Ah. But anyway, Ajay got abducted while using the electro dance sphere, and got pregnant from it. Bakura just turned into a toddler, and he's going to be a big brother. Haha.

[Peni Griffin]

I discovered that, though you can throw other parties any time after 7:30 AM, graduation parties can't be thrown till 8:00.

This distinction, in my opinion, is stupid.

[Bellasaurus]

Students always sleep late 'cause they stay up so late studying/partying?

[Peni Griffin]

You can throw a toga party at 7:30, but not a grad party.

[Clashfan]

You can throw a toga party at 7:30, but not a grad party.
I've noticed this myself and wondered if it had something to do with the in game timer. Just my brain trying to make it logical, I've absolutely no proof of this.

Meanwhile I discovered that plantsims have a major addiction to the espresso maker or at least mine does. I put it in for the wife so she could hang with her non-sleeping spouse a bit more and if I don't watch him all he does is repeatedly drink espresso.

It does fill his water need and since he has no bladder to worry about I guess it's not that big a deal but it is a little strange.

[AlexandraSpears]

Do PlantSims get the shakes after drinking espresso? I know they get fat from drinking too much water.

[Clashfan]

Do PlantSims get the shakes after drinking espresso? I know they get fat from drinking too much water.

No they don't get the shakes and it hasn't lowered his fitness level any.

I also discovered that dogs can lick toddlers. I've seriously never seen that action before then again I don't think I've ever taken a toddler outside before this one either so maybe it's an action they can only do outdoors.

[Aserette]

I also discovered that dogs can lick toddlers. I've seriously never seen that action before then again I don't think I've ever taken a toddler outside before this one either so maybe it's an action they can only do outdoors.

Nope :P They can do it where ever, aslong as they're both on the ground.

[Mrmo]

I discovered that my game are trying to troll me ;) .

I went back to a family (1 sim household) that had some out time. Everything did run as normal until a thunderstorm break lose. A stray dog did visit the lot and when a lightning hit a small lamppost he barked at it. When he run outside the lot and froze. The woman tried to make him leave but it did take half a day before it worked. It was kind of scary seing him just stand there and stare.

A few days later, the pinguine come to visit. But it was'nt winter, it was the last day of spring. The pinguine did not enter the lot, it stayed outside by the mailbox. Then it started to jump around and move in its specific way but not forth or backwards. It moved sideways (!). After a short time the pinguine left the lot area- Sideways. It looked so funny I had to laugh. I'm quite sure it was a glinch or something.

As a bonus, the sim did find some dead cockroaches on the road. Non of us (me or the sim) had seen them before so I'm quite unsure where they come from. Maybe they have been there a long time but the sim have no memorys of having roached before she find them.

[Clashfan]

I discovered that my cat is a bad photo assistant. I spent hours trying to take some half way decent shots of a lot I built for a contest only to have my cat throughly prolong and disrupt the process. It probably took me me about 4 hours longer than it would have if he hadn't decided I really needed his help.

I also discovered that I've been playing my game for years at it lowest graphics and resolution settings, not because my computer can't handle anything else but because I'm an idiot. It looked all right to me in game and I've never really had to take good photo's of anything before. Yeah, once I set everything to high and raised the resolution I realized how crappy it had all looked. :faceslap:

[oreosncreamforjojo]

I discovered that my cat is a bad photo assistant. I spent hours trying to take some half way decent shots of a lot I built for a contest only to have my cat throughly prolong and disrupt the process. It probably took me me about 4 hours longer than it would have if he hadn't decided I really needed his help.

I also discovered that I've been playing my game for years at it lowest graphics and resolution settings, not because my computer can't handle anything else but because I'm an idiot. It looked all right to me in game and I've never really had to take good photo's of anything before. Yeah, once I set everything to high and raised the resolution I realized how crappy it had all looked. :faceslap:

I used to turn off sound in game to be able to run the best graphics. Now I can run it with everything :)

[Yazoo]

I thought it was a glitch because when he reached the top of the stairs the book was glued to his hand. xD

Today I discovered the magical land for witches. D: I can't believe it took me that long to notice it was in my game.

I also discovered that the Ninja dude is real bleeping annoying.

Yeah, when I saw that my Sim was reading a book towards the Kitchen...I was like:

"Oh crap! Another glitch!"

I discovered that making out when your teenager daughter's friend is on fire is bad. Poor River, he burned because of the train set...I am not sure what happened. But it was sad.

I also learned that being a Social Celebrity, you have a LOT of Sims surround you, just to talk to you. And sometimes my Sims get trapped because the other sims are surrounding them. That was pretty fun -.-"

Oh, and when the witches land on a community lot, they freeze my game, >.<

[Gcgb53191]

I also learned that being a Social Celebrity, you have a LOT of Sims surround you, just to talk to you. And sometimes my Sims get trapped because the other sims are surrounding them. That was pretty fun -.-"

Really? In the Sims2??

[Sunbee]

I discovered that you can get the best of the best award more than once with the same sim and business. Go Malcolm! I've never seen the reporter show up more than once at a business before.

[Liv Lukas]

Really? In the Sims2??

I think maybe she means Sims with a high reputation?

[AlexandraSpears]

I think maybe she means Sims with a high reputation?

Yeah, Sociable Celebrity is the highest reputation and Sim go nuts over Sims with excellent reputations.

Have you ever seen a Sim already shaking from a caffeine overload shudder at a Sim with a bad rep? I have today! :lol:

[Mrmo]

I had a gardner on a lot, and she (for some unknown reason) get stuck between a tree, a bush and a spotlight. First she spin around very fast, stopt to argued about it and spin again. This time she did'nt argue, she just cried. I felt sorry for her so I moved the spotlight so she could move out of there.

[Yazoo]

Yeah, Sociable Celebrity is the highest reputation and Sim go nuts over Sims with excellent reputations.

Have you ever seen a Sim already shaking from a caffeine overload shudder at a Sim with a bad rep? I have today! :lol:

THEY TRAP MY SIMS! >.< But yeahhh she is right Sociable Celebrity is the highest ^.^

And honestly..As lame as this may sound, I for some reason thought that my friend corrupted my game when I saw the tweaking coffee drinkers -.-" I know I am all lame and shizz

And I have to ask...How did that go? With the Sim wigging out from coffee and having a bad rep? I must know o.o

[.Wishes.Of.Silver.]

I discovered that you should never get neighbours to watch your toddlers for a large period of time. He was an idiot.

"No, a kiss isn't going to get rid of the green fumes!"

[AlexandraSpears]

And I have to ask...How did that go? With the Sim wigging out from coffee and having a bad rep? I must know o.o

Well, you know how Sims shudder when they see a Sim with a bad rep? One of my college students (who eventually married Gabriel Green) was already shaking from the caffeine at Center Drip Coffee Shop and she saw Jessica Peterson (who has a bad reputation). Combine the shaking with a shudder...it had me giggling.

Oh, and her roommate married Jessica's ex-husband.

[Peni Griffin]

I think the "Neighbor Watch Kids" coding just turns the neighbor into a nanny for awhile. You might do well to ask a playable neighbor with childrearing experience. Using the hack that lets you ask visitors to watch your kids for you in normal residences, I had Kitty Hawkins watching her grandchildren while her daughter had make-up woohoo with her husband, and she did a great job. To be fair, I made it easy for her - one was already potty-trained and the other had been taken care of before she arrived, so all she had to do was feed and play with them. Plus, Grandpa was there, too, and he'll do spontaneous walk-bys to take care of other people's toddlers.

Generally speaking, I think what sim kids really need is supervision by playables. Any sim you can't control is going to do stupid things occasionally, so you want to minimize the time they spend in charge.

I learned that if you don't have a downtown attached to your neighborhood, the 6PM post-date phone call is just a phone call that doesn't lead to a second date.

[omglo]

That some kids can scrub their feet on a throw rug to build up a static charge then touch someone to shock them. I can't figure out what determines whether they can do it though. Two kids in a family have the same amount of nice and playful points, but the boy can shock people and the girl can't.

[Yazoo]

Well, you know how Sims shudder when they see a Sim with a bad rep? One of my college students (who eventually married Gabriel Green) was already shaking from the caffeine at Center Drip Coffee Shop and she saw Jessica Peterson (who has a bad reputation). Combine the shaking with a shudder...it had me giggling.

Oh, and her roommate married Jessica's ex-husband.

Lol, oh wow, that would be actually an interesting sight.

I discovered, that Vex is very indecisive. She has the Fortune Aspiration, and the Knowledge Aspiration as well. And her rolls were this:

To become a Witch

and her Negative Roll:

To become a Witch

>.> I was like uhm...Okay...So you do but you don't, go you

[Peni Griffin]

I discovered that Tank Grunt's OTH is Science.

Suddenly I see a beautiful character arc laid out before him, as he goes to college, embraces his inner nerd, and learns to face his dad with his real self. :)

Too bad Strangetown's my "off" neighborhood, not played very often, so it'll take forever to work it out. But then, what's the hurry?

[AlexandraSpears]

I discovered that Tank Grunt's OTH is Science.

Suddenly I see a beautiful character arc laid out before him, as he goes to college, embraces his inner nerd, and learns to face his dad with his real self. :)

Too bad Strangetown's my "off" neighborhood, not played very often, so it'll take forever to work it out. But then, what's the hurry?

That would certainly fit in with what's in Tank's bio.

I've had Buck become head of SCIA myself (he's perfect as a Knowledge Sim).

[Gcgb53191]

I discovered that Tank Grunt's OTH is Science.

Suddenly I see a beautiful character arc laid out before him, as he goes to college, embraces his inner nerd, and learns to face his dad with his real self. :)

Too bad Strangetown's my "off" neighborhood, not played very often, so it'll take forever to work it out. But then, what's the hurry?

This is a stupid question but what does OTH stand for?

[Mootilda]

This is a stupid question but what does OTH stand for?"One true hobby".

[Darby]

One True Hobby, aka "predestined hobby".

[MsScribble]

If you forgot to tell your sims to pay their resturant bill, it gets added to thier household bill!

[Saturnfly]

Today I discovered that sims can serenade other sims that are sitting down. ^^
I also discovered that pool slides are a fab way to boost fun instantly.

[Peni Griffin]

John Stacks called a townie teen he wanted to make friends with. Instead of the usual options I see when calling a playable - Invite Over, Invite Household, Just Talk, I got "Ask to be Houseguest (3 days)" and "Just Talk."

There's no room for an overnight guest in the Stacks house and it's just a townie, so I chose "Just Talk." Have I never seen that before because I hardly ever have people call townies?

[JDacapo]

Non-Knowledge sims don't always roll fears to turn into witches or warlocks, and if they do get turned, will not necessarily roll cure wants. I'm doing this experiment in a brand new hood with my first playable as a young adult in college. He befriended an elder good witch and soon asked her to teach him the ways of the light. Before that, almost immediately after he moved into the dorm, the Matchmaker delivered a lamp to him, so he first asked for wealth, which he got(though he still lives in the dorm), and then peace of mind, so he's permaplat. And he's a family sim who wants to raise lots of puppies or kittens - no secondary aspiration yet. He's a good warlock, and is busy studying the required skills and doing some witch skilling as well - while attempting to insult the evil cow mascot. He was also abducted by the Secret Society, and will likely use the rewards to build his skills even higher. His name is Matthew Decker, after a character from a Star Trek episode, but he looks nothing like the guy, and has long, bishi hair.

[omglo]

John Stacks called a townie teen he wanted to make friends with. Instead of the usual options I see when calling a playable - Invite Over, Invite Household, Just Talk, I got "Ask to be Houseguest (3 days)" and "Just Talk."

There's no room for an overnight guest in the Stacks house and it's just a townie, so I chose "Just Talk." Have I never seen that before because I hardly ever have people call townies?The only townies who have it are the ones who live in one of the vacation hoods, so the option to have the townie be a houseguest is pretty rare.

My Sim met a teen at school, Juan something, and got those same choices when she tried to invite him over. If he lives a plane ride away, I'd like to know why he came home from school with her.

[AlexandraSpears]

For the first time I had a Sim learn how to breakdance...and I found out they can roll a Want to do so.

I also found out that you click on that Sim, choose "Entertain," and they have two new options: breakdance and breakdance for tips.

[Peni Griffin]

I also discovered that you can't empty the pottychair into the stall toilet.

So instead the downstairs bathroom in the old barracks where the Strangetown Newsons are squatting (Mom died in war-torn Simlakistan; Dad was struck by lightning at her funeral; they figure the Combined Services owe them a roof over their heads) has two cheap toilets divided by a cinderblock half-wall, which works much better.

[Sunbee]

Personally, I'd say that's a point in favor of the stall toilet. I'm always canceling sims halfway through emptying so they can put it in the compost. Do your Newsons not garden lest someone at the grocery report them to Social Worker? (Luckily for Gavin, his OTH is nature.) I wonder how above my head it would be to change another toilet to work that way?

[Peni Griffin]

The Strangetown Newsons have only just moved in and haven't had a moment to breathe, much less put in a garden. I hadn't realized you could empty the pottychairs into the compost - in real life it's a bad idea (passes bacteria and parasites into the veggies. Don't empty the catbox there, either).

[Yazoo]

I recently discovered, that inviting a Vampire over in College is bad. I kid you not, this Vampire bit three of the Sims that were in College (There was four of them) Then when the Sim with the Fortune Aspiration called the "Match Maker" the Vampire bit her too. Then I had my Sims wanting to be bitten, and then they didn't want to be cured. And all I could think about was:

"Your not the sparkly freaking Vampires, your going to bake in the sun, as you walk your slow ass to class."

It wasn't pretty. >.> Sooo yeah.

[PolterGeist44]

When playing the base game in AGS for sake of nostalgia, (Jobs were harder, more actual difficulty, no complex stuff, no influence, simplicity, fast loading, ahh) I noticed that there were some shows on the TV that don't appear after some EPs are installed. Wonder why.

[JDacapo]

I recently discovered, that inviting a Vampire over in College is bad. I kid you not, this Vampire bit three of the Sims that were in College (There was four of them) Then when the Sim with the Fortune Aspiration called the "Match Maker" the Vampire bit her too. Then I had my Sims wanting to be bitten, and then they didn't want to be cured. And all I could think about was:

"Your not the sparkly freaking Vampires, your going to bake in the sun, as you walk your slow ass to class."

It wasn't pretty. >.> Sooo yeah.

Try a vampire mod, like one that turns cologne into vampire sunblock. It'll help those Twilight fans at the very least keep their grades up.

[Yazoo]

Try a vampire mod, like one that turns cologne into vampire sunblock. It'll help those Twilight fans at the very least keep their grades up.

I don't mind it, really. Just the fact, Young Adult Sims, walk sooooooooooooooo slow -.-" And I'm soooooooooo not a Twilight fan, lol. But thank you. I am just not so into modding things, for some odd reason it really messes up my game, and honestly, I've no clue why.

For a new discovery...I can't use "boolprop" cheat on the College lots, without making one or two of my sims, having that drastically low College bar, and honestly I do not know why. I mean heck...It works on every other lot, just when it comes to a College lot, it just...Really messes up things.

But thank you so much, JDacapo for the mod idea :) I would do it..If it didn't just screw up my game :(

[AlexandraSpears]

There's a fix for college Sims walking like they have a broomstick shoved you-know-where, over at MATY I believe.

[VioletPadfoot]

I discovered that when a toddler is playing with a toddler toy (music thing that gives creativity, the blocks that give logic, not sure as to the bunny head, didn't try it) an adult can join them. It was so cute to see Santo playing with his daughter Adah while she was banging away at the music thing

[JDacapo]

That I can use the 'force error' and 'move objects' cheat to save an idiot in the process of grabbing the cake. Might remove the cowplant from the Secret Society lot just to be safe though. I'm not sure if you can bring back a cowplanted sim using the resurrectonomitron though, so I'm not risking it.

[Mootilda]

For a new discovery...I can't use "boolprop" cheat on the College lots, without making one or two of my sims, having that drastically low College bar, and honestly I do not know why. I mean heck...It works on every other lot, just when it comes to a College lot, it just...Really messes up things.Which boolprop cheat? Boolprop by itself isn't a cheat, it just says that the third parameter is boolean (ie, true or false, on or off, 0 or 1). The important part is the second parameter: testingCheatsEnabled, snapObjectsToGrid, etc. So, which cheat are you having problems with?

[Ghost sdoj]

Yes you can bring back a sim who was eaten by the cowplant with the resurrectonomitron. Even if another sim drank the victim. You just need someone who knows the victim, and enough money.

[JDacapo]

Yes you can bring back a sim who was eaten by the cowplant with the resurrectonomitron. Even if another sim drank the victim. You just need someone who knows the victim, and enough money.

Good, because even though it is tempting to kill other sims like that, I just don't generally have the heart to do so.

[Yazoo]

Which boolprop cheat? Boolprop by itself isn't a cheat, it just says that the third parameter is boolean (ie, true or false, on or off, 0 or 1). The important part is the second parameter: testingCheatsEnabled, snapObjectsToGrid, etc. So, which cheat are you having problems with?

its this:

boolprop allow45degreeangleofrotation true

that one ^^

I am not sure why, its being a complete mean freaking cheat. But it is. :( It sucks, because like I said...Everywhere else I can use it...Just not when making a house in College. -.-" It totally sucks :(

I also found out that evil and good witches can actually get along, as they are watching TV, and talking :P Oh yeah...I had so many witches on one lot, that no new townies could enter it :P hehehe

[Grig 32]

That the education career isn't just a part-time job its a full-tier career with opportunities and everything... no real rewards or a LTW (which is sad because I rather like the career and it's a good alternative to the business or government career) but it's a career I've been using a lot more for my brainy/bookworm/collector sims as late :)

[Peni Griffin]

What do you mean, no real rewards or LTW? The LTW is "Become Education Minister" and the career reward is the bookcase that lets you read to skill in everything, not just cooking/cleaning/mechanical/the Life Skills - one of the favorite career rewards, as you'll see reading the thread dedicated to which ones people like best.

I discovered that the coaches are no more inhibited about barging into the bedroom where a student is getting rid of his/her virginity and berating them about working out than the cheerleaders are about providing a cheering section for the activity. Old coot - doesn't he realize how many calories woohoo burns? The workout is already under way!

[Grig 32]

What do you mean, no real rewards or LTW? The LTW is "Become Education Minister" and the career reward is the bookcase that lets you read to skill in everything, not just cooking/cleaning/mechanical/the Life Skills - one of the favorite career rewards, as you'll see reading the thread dedicated to which ones people like best.

Uh... TS3, not TS2. There is an education career in TS3 that's just like I said. I saw 'what did you discover today in the sims' and assumed that meant any game in the series - not just TS2. sorry

[Darby]

I saw 'what did you discover today in the sims' and assumed that meant any game in the series - not just TS2. sorry

Fortunately, no. ;) Try here: http://www.modthesims.info/showthread.php?t=349023

[Bwinney43]

Uh... TS3, not TS2. There is an education career in TS3 that's just like I said. I saw 'what did you discover today in the sims' and assumed that meant any game in the series - not just TS2. sorry

Well seeing as how this thread is located in the Sims 2 Popular Threads section I'd say it's specifically geared towards sims 2 ;)

[Peni Griffin]

I also discovered that, like the nature lot, the arts hobby lot has a built-in routing problem. I took Leslie Gay there, and had to have her leave as soon as she could smooth talk Demi Louie into a date, because poor pregnant Sharla Iana was trapped behind one of the pottery wheels and throwing a continuous-loop routing fit. Not only is this annoying, Sharla is pregnant, and if I'd lingered she probably would be all bummed about having a public bladder accident next time I played her.

Really got to take time to edit those hobby lots...but the process looks so finicky and time-consuming...

[Gcgb53191]

I also discovered that, like the nature lot, the arts hobby lot has a built-in routing problem. I took Leslie Gay there, and had to have her leave as soon as she could smooth talk Demi Louie into a date, because poor pregnant Sharla Iana was trapped behind one of the pottery wheels and throwing a continuous-loop routing fit. Not only is this annoying, Sharla is pregnant, and if I'd lingered she probably would be all bummed about having a public bladder accident next time I played her.

Really got to take time to edit those hobby lots...but the process looks so finicky and time-consuming...

Wasn't aware it was possible. Luckily I don't go to them often (unless I've never been there before lol)

[Peni Griffin]

They actually make good destinations for making connections, just as in real life - people who show up there don't have to be greeted and are already interested in at least one thing the active sim is. Unless somebody gets randomly positioned somewhere inconvenient, like poor Sharla. And there's this big berm in the nature lot that everybody throws routing fits about because they can't bring themselves to walk around it, and if somebody you want them to talk to happens to be on it you can forget about it.

I was referred to this MATY thread when I asked how to edit them. http://www.moreawesomethanyou.com/smf/index.php/topic,11323.0.html

I expect when I just sit down to do it I'll discover it's not as hard as it looks, but for right now, if I have a chunk of time and attention and mental elbow-room to deal with it, I feel like I ought to use that to figure out my new pants pattern instead:

[music2ologist]

I discovered that sims can see round corners.

Have you ever sent two sims off to honeymoon in Twikkii island? When they relax on the bed, ready to seal the bond, one of them will switch on the television. EA have decreed that the television can be switched on from the bed with a flick of a button, but to switch it off, a sim must get out of bed and walk round in front of the set. Tell her to switch it off, and while she is getting back to bed, he will switch it on again. You must put up with it prattling about the weather all the while they are consummating their love. Then, of course, they can't sleep, because the television is making too much noise.

In the Double Palm hotel, I chose the most expensive suite, $836 a night, because the television could not be seen from the bed. It was at right angles, with a sofa in front. It made no difference. The relaxers coould see round the corner, and were laughing merrily at the weather forecast while I was trying to start their married life.

Grr! I must remember, before the next honeymoon, to go to Twikkii and delete all television sets.

[Peni Griffin]

I discovered that sims can tell dirty jokes about other sims! Sara Starchild was telling one to her husband, and Mary Munny's face popped up. This makes sense, as she's well-known around town both for her music and for her dating habits.

It's possible this was glitching, as later in the same session Sara stopped being able to interact with other sims, so I've got to troubleshoot that lot now; but since the glitch doesn't have any obvious relation to the dirty joking, and it was so logical, I'm going to assume it's a feature not a bug.

[anna220]

That if you place the bug case from inventory on the wall cockroaches/bugs will invade the room ! My sims were going nuts trying to stomp them to death. So I exited the lot without saving and left the case in the backpack and never saw a cockroach !

[Babahara]

I often put the bug box on the wall and never had bugs invade the room.

[ada000]

I just discovered that sims can actually die during watching clouds! I never had that happent! Duhh, my poor sim!

[oreosncreamforjojo]

One of my legacy sims rolled "family" as her first aspiration and "romance" as her second aspiration. She is already engaged. She keeps wanting to fall in love with more people and then wants to get engaged to them !! My sim wants to be a bigamist :wtf:

[JDacapo]

So far, if you make a sim a witch or warlock early on, like as a young adult or teen, he or she will not have a problem with being magical or with turning other sims. Matthew Decker is family, with no knowledge as a secondary yet. Might change that. However, this neighbourhood is also very new and he was the first playable sim I made. That may have something to do with it. Going to see if this trend continues.

[Gcgb53191]

I never noticed this before but sims will laugh at other sims if they dont dance well lol

[JDacapo]

I never noticed this before but sims will laugh at other sims if they dont dance well lol

If they're grouchy enough, they'll laugh at sims who have accidents.

EDIT: I also found out that those darned annoying coaches are PERVS! Male coaches can just walk in on the girls while they're showering in the GIRLS' BATHROOM! EWWWW!

[Saturnfly]

I discovered the 'Make Ruckas' (ruckus?) animation today xD It was funny seeing the surrounding sims covering their ears with an expression on their face as if their brain was melting.

[sierrakusterbeck]

I was playing the Capp family and I looked around in their graveyard and found someone named Julius Caesar and I nearly yelled. Never noticed that before :lol:

[Saturnfly]

I also noticed (well, a while ago) that sims can have nightmares, and even sit up in bed clutching their chests.

I don't normally have my sims with extremely low needs, but one unfortunate thing happened and my sims caught fire (twice, the second time trying to extinguish her husband who had just extinguished her while the fire brigade just extinguished the damn tree).

Anyway, my sim was practically all red, deathly red but I managed to get some food in her and send her to bed and she kept stirring and sitting up abruptly and clutching her chest. xD

I think I should mistreat my sims more often, might find some new things in the game lawl.

[JDacapo]

I also noticed (well, a while ago) that sims can have nightmares, and even sit up in bed clutching their chests.

I don't normally have my sims with extremely low needs, but one unfortunate thing happened and my sims caught fire (twice, the second time trying to extinguish her husband who had just extinguished her while the fire brigade just extinguished the damn tree).

Anyway, my sim was practically all red, deathly red but I managed to get some food in her and send her to bed and she kept stirring and sitting up abruptly and clutching her chest. xD

I think I should mistreat my sims more often, might find some new things in the game lawl.

That happened in my early days of simming, lol. I would wonder why my sim would suddenly wake up when she wasn't even rested yet.

[Mrmo]

I was playing the Capp family and I looked around in their graveyard and found someone named Julius Caesar and I nearly yelled. Never noticed that before :lol:

Yes, Julius Ceasar is one of the top names in the Capp family tree. You can find it here: http://sims.wikia.com/wiki/Capp_family

[saskganesh]

One of my legacy sims rolled "family" as her first aspiration and "romance" as her second aspiration. She is already engaged. She keeps wanting to fall in love with more people and then wants to get engaged to them !! My sim wants to be a bigamist :wtf:

I get this. It's just a phase for Fam/Roms.

Marry her fast and then spend the rest of her days having woohoo at home, in a hot tub, and in public places. And then again. All with her husband. She'll be very happy. And he'll be whipped.

[Peni Griffin]

I think you mean "wiped, but smiling."

Yeah, she's just in love with love. Just make sure she's with the right person before you get her hitched - serial monogamy is hard on everybody.

[oreosncreamforjojo]

whiped, whipped - who knows what goes on in that tent ? Lol. She mainly sleeps with her hubby but occasionally accidentally sleeps with someone else... It's not real life so I'm not entirely against her having an affair from time to time.

[M.M.A.A.]

I discovered that sims can be personal trainers. not sure how though, either by having a high number of body skills or a high enthusiasm in the fitness hobby...

[oreosncreamforjojo]

I discovered that sims can be personal trainers. not sure how though, either by having a high number of body skills or a high enthusiasm in the fitness hobby...

High Hobby Enthusiasm allows sims to instruct their hobby :)

[DigitalSympathies]

That you can instruct other sims on how to play video games, and that in a dorm, sims who get pregnant will have to be manually "popped" or else you won't even be able to tell that they're pregnant.

[VioletPadfoot]

I discovered kids can play on the refrigerator door. My reaction was the same as my parents would have been if i had ever dared to do that in real life "Get the hell off that before you break it!"

[Clashfan]

High Hobby Enthusiasm allows sims to instruct their hobby :)

Actually for the personal trainer option you don't have to have FT. To have the option to be a personal trainer your Sim has to have a higher body skill than the Sim they want to train. I think that came with Uni as it's an option to earn extra money for Uni students and others of course.

[katya_stevens]

in a dorm, sims who get pregnant will have to be manually "popped" or else you won't even be able to tell that they're pregnant.

Huh, I've never had that issue, all my pregnant young adults have progressed without any interference from me.

[Peace]

I discovered a few days ago, im so embarrassed, that you can actually turn the floor tiles before placing them. *smh* And I just installed Ikea and M&G and now my sims can smell the flowers. I never noticed this before, i hope it came from M&G! lol

[oreosncreamforjojo]

Has anyone ever had a pick pocket ? I havent but I wanna see it !

[JDacapo]

Huh, I've never had that issue, all my pregnant young adults have progressed without any interference from me.

Were you using Inteenimator or the Simblender? I recently switched from the Vidcund Boddlerizer to Simblender because I didn't want Vidcund to suddenly turn into a teen with an adult body shortly after he comes back pregnant and Pascal gives birth. Happened even in the Uber-Megahood. Besides, I have some other mods that would conflict with Inteen, but I would like to possibly have a pregnant young adult man - having him birth an alien would be hella funny(it happened before on a different installation), and I eventually decided to freeze the pregnancy until he moved out of college, so the evil social worker wouldn't take the kid away.

[Vimpse]

This doesn't reeeally count as while playing (although I had the game alt-tabbed) but I discovered the 'setLotLightingFile clear' from this thread (http://www.modthesims.info/showthread.php?t=94313) from 2005 that saved me from demolishing a house in frustration because of the bug with the lights. Yay!

[Gcgb53191]

I think sims have a general idea of who/what is attractive or something similar to that.

Sometimes when my sims chat with each other there's a certain sim that they always talk about and they always have little hearts around him, even the men! Maybe he's really good looking to them or he's a really good person? :lol:

[oreosncreamforjojo]

Parents can call their kids in college in the middle of the night. Students cannot call their parents at midnight...

[larky]

Right-clicking on a member of the household selects that sim. How on Earth did I not know that?

[lg135]

Parents can call their kids in college in the middle of the night. Students cannot call their parents at midnight...

Sort of realistic. Common college kid stereotype is that they never sleep. Sim kids have a great chance of having their only class being in the afternoon/evening, which frees up their night to do anything. Their parents, however, have jobs to go to or other children to take care of in the am, requiring them to be asleep at a certain hour.

[JDacapo]

Ever notice how Pleasure/knowledge sims are quite playable and roll some nice, diverse wants? Those two aspirations can go together quite nicely!

[Yazoo]

Ever notice how Pleasure/knowledge sims are quite playable and roll some nice, diverse wants? Those two aspirations can go together quite nicely!

Really? This I didn't know, maybe I'll make one with Pleasure and Knowledge ^.^ Just not Romance. An intelligent whore, doesn't sound good to me -.-"

Anyway, I learned that apparently, only one Sim wishes to be productive. Were the rest have yet to decide what Major they want -.-" Go, you.....*rolls eyes*

Oh, and that my Witch Sim, loves to fly to class, ugh, I wish I could see the student's faces when they see this girl flying in to class. And as always, two of the four sims (Other than the one that is a witch) want to become witches, my Fortune Sim (money hungry woman), wants to see her step-sister be cured of the awesome Witchyness. As the others want her to stay, ah, what an amazing family they are -.-"

[JDacapo]

Really? This I didn't know, maybe I'll make one with Pleasure and Knowledge ^.^ Just not Romance. An intelligent whore, doesn't sound good to me -.-"

Anyway, I learned that apparently, only one Sim wishes to be productive. Were the rest have yet to decide what Major they want -.-" Go, you.....*rolls eyes*

Oh, and that my Witch Sim, loves to fly to class, ugh, I wish I could see the student's faces when they see this girl flying in to class. And as always, two of the four sims (Other than the one that is a witch) want to become witches, my Fortune Sim (money hungry woman), wants to see her step-sister be cured of the awesome Witchyness. As the others want her to stay, ah, what an amazing family they are -.-"

I've made at least one of my teen sims in the Uber-Megahood a Knowledge/romance... sort of a Captain Kirk-ish combination, don't you think? He's more of an artist though, so I figure he might never marry until later on in life, to a rich sim - if ever. Though he might change his aspiration later on and become a family man or the like. It'd be funny if he has a baby that's also the sister of his half-sister Olive Subject. Also, the son of Vidcund Curious and Nina Caliente is primarily Knowledge, and I might make him secondary romance because Esteban Caliente just looks so dashing. And yeah, I don't think he knows his daddy yet. Weird part is he was conceived while Vidcund was still heavily pregnant.

Have you had your witch sim try to turn her step-sister? Also, are the other two sims Knowledge sims? Funny thing is, Sandra Roth currently has no desire to be cured, though her mum might flip out. Her dad is gonna be so down with it though - he'll probably WANT to become a warlock. Sandra actually rolls wants to cast spells and the like, but never any wants to be cured whenever I peek at her wants using the sim controller mod.

And all my non-Knowledge young adult sims are quite cool with being witchy. They've never rolled wants to be cured. Ever have that happen with your sims?

[Aegagropilon]

I discovered that germophobe Vidcund's son Sputnik Curious absolutely will not sit on a public toilet, no matter what color his bladder bar is. He will, however, clean all the toilets he can get to after he's done at the urinal.

Curiouses :rolleyes:

[JDacapo]

I discovered that germophobe Vidcund's son Sputnik Curious absolutely will not sit on a public toilet, no matter what color his bladder bar is. He will, however, clean all the toilets he can get to after he's done at the urinal.

Curiouses :rolleyes:

I wonder if Vidcund will... I mean, he does have a memory of wetting himself as a teen. Poor guy. And are you playing the megahood or the original Strangetown? Because the original has a lot of sims with missing or extra DNA coding. Vidcund is one of them, which may be the reason he turns into a tendault if Inteen is installed.

[Aegagropilon]

I wonder if Vidcund will... I mean, he does have a memory of wetting himself as a teen. Poor guy. And are you playing the megahood or the original Strangetown? Because the original has a lot of sims with missing or extra DNA coding. Vidcund is one of them, which may be the reason he turns into a tendault if Inteen is installed.

I play original Strangetown, not the Megahood. I'm tempted to send Vidcund to the same community lots to see if he would do the same thing... but I'm afraid that he would rather explode than enter a public restroom. (And I'm sure his pants-wetting incident as a teen is a source of much "remember when?" amusement for not only General Buzz, but for the Beakers as well. Poor guy used to date scary Circe Beaker, after all.)

[Yazoo]

I've made at least one of my teen sims in the Uber-Megahood a Knowledge/romance... sort of a Captain Kirk-ish combination, don't you think? He's more of an artist though, so I figure he might never marry until later on in life, to a rich sim - if ever. Though he might change his aspiration later on and become a family man or the like. It'd be funny if he has a baby that's also the sister of his half-sister Olive Subject. Also, the son of Vidcund Curious and Nina Caliente is primarily Knowledge, and I might make him secondary romance because Esteban Caliente just looks so dashing. And yeah, I don't think he knows his daddy yet. Weird part is he was conceived while Vidcund was still heavily pregnant.

Have you had your witch sim try to turn her step-sister? Also, are the other two sims Knowledge sims? Funny thing is, Sandra Roth currently has no desire to be cured, though her mum might flip out. Her dad is gonna be so down with it though - he'll probably WANT to become a warlock. Sandra actually rolls wants to cast spells and the like, but never any wants to be cured whenever I peek at her wants using the sim controller mod.

And all my non-Knowledge young adult sims are quite cool with being witchy. They've never rolled wants to be cured. Ever have that happen with your sims?

Nina Caliente...Has a crush on one of my Sims...Not getting into that story, yeah, no.

The one Sim that does NOT want to be a Witch is the Sim that has Fortune Aspiration. She wants everyone to be cured. And the Sim that is a witch, didn't change any of her sisters. Because they were busy playing Computer Games -.-" And blogging, and watching TV. The only productive Sim there is, Jasmyne. It's rather sad -.-" Go Jasmyne.

I should have known this, BUT, I discovered that Butlers will allow anyone in that rings the doorbell, well, except the ones that are just dropping things off. But I ended up having a full house last night, with teens and adults. The Smiths, all they were doing was flirting and making out. And Olive was trying to start a fight with Ashley (I made a new family) lol. So..I may need to have a little talk with the Butler -.-"

[JDacapo]

I play original Strangetown, not the Megahood. I'm tempted to send Vidcund to the same community lots to see if he would do the same thing... but I'm afraid that he would rather explode than enter a public restroom. (And I'm sure his pants-wetting incident as a teen is a source of much "remember when?" amusement for not only General Buzz, but for the Beakers as well. Poor guy used to date scary Circe Beaker, after all.)


You mean that extremely neat sims will disobey you when you direct them to use public toilets? Wow. And Circe is quite easy to get along with, if you're talking about what she's interested in. She can be quite a good friend and a decent mother, and besides that, she and Loki mean the world to each other, and both of them love their kids. And pregnant Loki(who gave birth to a normal-browed Persephone) looked adorable - especially when fighting with burglars thanks to the anyone-can-savage-burglars mod.


Nina Caliente...Has a crush on one of my Sims...Not getting into that story, yeah, no.

The one Sim that does NOT want to be a Witch is the Sim that has Fortune Aspiration. She wants everyone to be cured. And the Sim that is a witch, didn't change any of her sisters. Because they were busy playing Computer Games -.-" And blogging, and watching TV. The only productive Sim there is, Jasmyne. It's rather sad -.-" Go Jasmyne.

I should have known this, BUT, I discovered that Butlers will allow anyone in that rings the doorbell, well, except the ones that are just dropping things off. But I ended up having a full house last night, with teens and adults. The Smiths, all they were doing was flirting and making out. And Olive was trying to start a fight with Ashley (I made a new family) lol. So..I may need to have a little talk with the Butler -.-"

You should totally have her turn them anyway - then they could re-energize in the throne of light, and then do all the skilling and other cool stuffz. But oh man I wish there was a way to block any wants to be cured or have someone else be cured of witchiness, or for that matter, most other paranormal states. And possibly a block for a non-knowledge vampire's fears of biting sims.

[Yazoo]

@JDacapo: You never know, maybe one day someone will make a mod for that :) I don't mind the wants and dears so much. But still. I mean...I guess what I'm saying is, I sort of like it, and sort of don't. I would love that my Fortune Sim to want to become a Vampire :P But then again, the Vampires that bite the other Sims...Their want right after biting them, is for them to cure it...Its weird o.O I don't understand it, at all -.-"

[Gcgb53191]

Sort of realistic. Common college kid stereotype is that they never sleep. Sim kids have a great chance of having their only class being in the afternoon/evening, which frees up their night to do anything. Their parents, however, have jobs to go to or other children to take care of in the am, requiring them to be asleep at a certain hour.

Is this why my uni kids are hardly ever tired unless I make them work out ? It'll be like eleven o clock and their bar is barely at the middle, its very annoying!

[Peni Griffin]

You obviously aren't working them hard enough! Date them relentlessly, send them to community lots, send them gardening and swimming and skating and hiking and jogging - jogging's a surefire energy drain. Let them make the most of their college years!

[McChoclatey]

I discovered that when shy Sims dance to music, they don't really get as "into it" as outgoing Sims do. Their movements are very stiff, and they look down at the floor with a worried/embarrassed expression on their face. Sometimes they'll break out into a "normal" Sim's dance afterwards, but then they go back to dancing all strangely again. *shrugs*

[Peni Griffin]

I discovered that the Apartment Life disc I was using Monday night last thing before the hard drive crashed is now damaged to where the machine doesn't recognize it.

Excuse me a moment.

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!

I don't like ordering from Amazon, but I did. And I also ordered a NEW Mansion and Garden, so that at least next time I have to replace a disk it won't be AL, which I've already had to replace once. And I'm hoping that a new disk will last longer than one that was treated heaven-knows-how before I got it.

It wouldn't be so bad, doing without the game, if I were able to do anything else. It's great gardening weather, but bending over makes my head fall off. It's a lot easier to mellow out about that if I can make my sims garden, you know?

Technology's great when it works. The rest of the time, it sucks dead bears.

[Aegagropilon]

You mean that extremely neat sims will disobey you when you direct them to use public toilets? Wow. And Circe is quite easy to get along with, if you're talking about what she's interested in. She can be quite a good friend and a decent mother, and besides that, she and Loki mean the world to each other, and both of them love their kids. And pregnant Loki(who gave birth to a normal-browed Persephone) looked adorable - especially when fighting with burglars thanks to the anyone-can-savage-burglars mod.

Nah, I was just making a joke :) Vidcund's been just fine as a walk-on on those same community lots and as an active visitor. I just never paid attention before; Sputnik's cleaning routine was what caught my notice.


And Circe and Loki are among my favorite sims! :D They're hilarious, aggressively loyal to each other (woe be to stupid social townies that try and set them up on blind dates), and they were very sweet to their sons when they were little...as long as the other wasn't there to see it happen. They both have several friends (and Vidcund and Loki are best friends) and are autonomously nice to their current lab rat Guinea Pig. I really could go on and on about them; they're great.

[oreosncreamforjojo]

I discovered that the Apartment Life disc I was using Monday night last thing before the hard drive crashed is now damaged to where the machine doesn't recognize it.


Awh. I had to buy bon voyage again because my old disks wont install... now it works. It always sucks when something like that happens :(

[Cyjon]

@JDacapo: You never know, maybe one day someone will make a mod for [paranormal wants]
Unfortunately many of the paranormal wants are effectively unmoddable. Some wants simply can't be modded the normal way, by putting files in Downloads. The only way to change them is to take a chainsaw to core game files. I'll do that to my game but it's not something I'll distribute to other people.

[JDacapo]

Unfortunately many of the paranormal wants are effectively unmoddable. Some wants simply can't be modded the normal way, by putting files in Downloads. The only way to change them is to take a chainsaw to core game files. I'll do that to my game but it's not something I'll distribute to other people.

I thought there would be... I mean, there is a mod that curbs the cure-lycanthropy wants, so I thought it would be possible to at least suppress the cure-witch wants as well, and possibly any become-witch fears. Really weird how EAxis does things *sigh*. Guess I'll hafta deal with self-hating witches -_-

[Yazoo]

I thought there would be... I mean, there is a mod that curbs the cure-lycanthropy wants, so I thought it would be possible to at least suppress the cure-witch wants as well, and possibly any become-witch fears. Really weird how EAxis does things *sigh*. Guess I'll hafta deal with self-hating witches -_-

Awwwwwwwww don't give up! Have faith sista! :D (sorry I uhm..just read your profile...Please forgive me for saying brotha -.- This is what I learned for real life, go to someone's profile BEFORE posting brotha or sista...Hahahah <---Nervous laughter)

Anyway, I learned...That all the witches dig my Sims...I have had three of them call the house asking if they want to go out on an outing. And my Sims can't because they tend to call when they are going to class. >.< And its like...Dude...I am sort of busy. The witches will not leave them alone. I mean hell, Barbara Cho, an evil witch shows up EVERYWHERE.

I had the College Sims go to a clothing store, BAM, Barbara was there. I think she wants turn all of my Sims to the darkside -.-"

[Anaticula]

I discovered that toddlers can play in trash piles. Even if they are 10 points on the neat scale. It actually raises their fun quicker than having their parents play with them, lol. Of course you have to give them a bath immediately afterwards because they stink.

[Yazoo]

I discovered that toddlers can play in trash piles. Even if they are 10 points on the neat scale. It actually raises their fun quicker than having their parents play with them, lol. Of course you have to give them a bath immediately afterwards because they stink.

Trash piles? Ewwww. Wouldn't it also work with leaf piles o.o But then again, I bet its a cute sight :D

I recently learned, when I was playing last night. That teenage Sims can be in the bathroom at the same time -.-" My playable Sim was taking a bath, when River Smith walked in, went to the bathroom and washed his hands. My Sims continued to take her bath, and River...Well he is a little dirty perv! >.< It...Was uhm interesting. And when she got out of the bath, that is when River did that expression; Ew or well he gasped, and I said this:

"That's what you get for standing in the bathroom with a naked girl Sim. Go you, River."

[Peni Griffin]

Sims can be together in the bathroom if they're both highly outgoing (the kind who strip out of their clothes and jump in the hot tub) or if they have very high relationships. My married couples do it all the time, even ones where both of them are two-points shy.

[Sunbee]

Married couples also have to be friends. When the Pleasants were on the outs Mary Sue wouldn't go in the bathroom while Daniel was in there. Now I'm not sure if he would or not--he was back in love with her while she still had negative STR and LTR towards him. They also wouldn't share a bed, but they would share a tent.

[Anaticula]

Trash piles? Ewwww. Wouldn't it also work with leaf piles o.o But then again, I bet its a cute sight :D

It was a family with triplets, and an infant, so they were constantly dropping one toddler to go change/feed another toddler or the baby. This toddler's fun fell and there just happened to be a pile of trash his dad dropped so he could go change his brother and next thing I knew he was playing in it. it looks like the same animations as playing in the sand, just with more stink....

[JDacapo]

Awwwwwwwww don't give up! Have faith sista! :D (sorry I uhm..just read your profile...Please forgive me for saying brotha -.- This is what I learned for real life, go to someone's profile BEFORE posting brotha or sista...Hahahah <---Nervous laughter)

Anyway, I learned...That all the witches dig my Sims...I have had three of them call the house asking if they want to go out on an outing. And my Sims can't because they tend to call when they are going to class. >.< And its like...Dude...I am sort of busy. The witches will not leave them alone. I mean hell, Barbara Cho, an evil witch shows up EVERYWHERE.

I had the College Sims go to a clothing store, BAM, Barbara was there. I think she wants turn all of my Sims to the darkside -.-"

It's okay. Been havin' a crappy morning and your post made me smile. Dealing with some 'issues' and such and well, it can be quite draining. Just have so many ideas for mods, including things like disabilities - like maybe using the dance sphere on hard with low body points can lead to paralysis.

[Yazoo]

Sims can be together in the bathroom if they're both highly outgoing (the kind who strip out of their clothes and jump in the hot tub) or if they have very high relationships. My married couples do it all the time, even ones where both of them are two-points shy.

But that's the thing. My Sim isn't that outgoing, and their relationship? They only had 7 points, and the bottom bar, was at 0. >.> Their relationship isn't there...So, it was a little odd.

It was a family with triplets, and an infant, so they were constantly dropping one toddler to go change/feed another toddler or the baby. This toddler's fun fell and there just happened to be a pile of trash his dad dropped so he could go change his brother and next thing I knew he was playing in it. it looks like the same animations as playing in the sand, just with more stink....

Lol, well, at least the toddler was getting the fun back up :D That is always good *nods* I just..Never seen it myself. o.O

It's okay. Been havin' a crappy morning and your post made me smile. Dealing with some 'issues' and such and well, it can be quite draining. Just have so many ideas for mods, including things like disabilities - like maybe using the dance sphere on hard with low body points can lead to paralysis.

Well, I like to make people smile :D And I'm sorry that you're having such a crappy morning. I do hope things get better. :) And I would love to have new mods. I mean that would pretty cool. Mods that change the game. :D

[JDacapo]

Your sim can actually become best friends with the danged cow mascot if there's a card table in the dorm or on the lot. That way, the two sims can socialize with a minimum of unpleasant interactions. It'd be funny to make the evil mascot playable and have him live alone or at least have a card table to keep him or her occupied. Also, it would be quite funny to have someone encourage the cow mascot to be sweet as pie. Wonder what would happen then lol.

[Yazoo]

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 -.-"

@JDacapo: I wish the Cow Mascot was sweet, then she/he wouldn't try ruining lives! GAH >.<!

[Gcgb53191]

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 -.-"

@JDacapo: I wish the Cow Mascot was sweet, then she/he wouldn't try ruining lives! GAH >.<!

I think the cow mascot is bi in my game because Ive seen him flirt with both sexes :lol:

[Yazoo]

I think the cow mascot is bi in my game because Ive seen him flirt with both sexes :lol:

Mine is a chick, and she flirted with Marcel. I am like really, evil freaking cow?! REALLY?! She ruined the relationship. Cara is still pissed off at Marcel. And surprisingly...They are engaged. But still, that Cow Mascot...is ugh! Its like you just want to make her cook or something, then watch her burn. !_! I know, morbid. But my goodness. Starting fights with my Sims, I keep bad mouthing her. So everyone in the house hates her. MUAHAHAH. But I decided the wise thing to do is, lock the door, and let only the household in. And the maid can come in still, so, at least my place will be clean.

But I swear I want to invite her over, and just attack! ATTACK! Okay I am good, LMAO xD But yeahhhh I think the Cow Mascot is bi. He or she flirts with both sexes. And they tend to ruin lives.

[Peni Griffin]

There are two cow mascots, male and female. At Sim State, the female one, Katelynn, hangs around the sorority and the male one, Trevor, hangs around the frat. (All my other residences lock them out, and I haven't run a dorm in awhile.) They will flirt with anyone a playable on the lot has a particularly high relationship score with. This can have three results:

Partner accepts flirt (yes, this happens!). Playable sees, is furious, much drama. Both parties get cheating memory; if couple is engaged, guilty party also gets "Had an affair" memory.
Partner refuses flirt. Playable is furious anyway, much drama. Both parties get cheating memory, but innocent partner does not get "had an affair" memory.
Partner refuses flirt. Playable is furious WITH THE COW MASCOT! Far less drama. Both parties get cheating memory, but relationship barely takes a dip and all is well in no time.

The last scenario has happened twice in my game - the first time, Harris Hawkins, 10 points nice, started slapping the crap out of whichever mascot it was that had hit on his girlfriend, who was crying. Second time, his little sister Pigeon - only three nice points - caught Katelynn trying to move on her fiance, and I only knew about it from the memories. She and her Ezekial were 100/100 and if Katelyn had dared to show her face Pigeon would have caved it in for her. I don't know if, mechanically, her relationship with Harris (her favorite brother) had a hand in it, or what, but it was delightful.

Feeding the cow mascot to the cow plant is at best a temporary measure, as the game will generate new ones; ditto the regular pep squad. Keeping the batbox on hand so you can smite the thing when you're really fed up with it is more satisfactory, as if you smite them hard enough (it might take two tries) they'll run off with a red toilet thought bubble and never bother your sims.

The relationships don't have to be ruined - it is my own contention that if your relationship can be broken up by the stupid cow mascot, it should be! Couples counseling and constant throwing them together and influencing them to talk to each other fix things right up, if they're really serious. It's frustrating when it happens at an outgoing sim's graduation party, though.

Weird but true: During my experimental phase, the first sim I ever ran through University was Stella Terrano, and the only person I could find on campus that had lightning with her was a cow mascot! But I was only playing the one household, out of the dorm, since I didn't know any better and was only experimenting anyway.

ETA: Oh, and I've tried, but I've never been able to raise the option to attack the cow mascot. Heaven knows why. The pep squad, however, can attack them. Many a Greek gathering has been much enlivened by a llama or a cheerleader kicking the cow mascot's butt.

[Aegagropilon]

Partner accepts flirt (yes, this happens!). Playable sees, is furious, much drama. Both parties get cheating memory; if couple is engaged, guilty party also gets "Had an affair" memory.
Partner refuses flirt. Playable is furious anyway, much drama. Both parties get cheating memory, but innocent partner does not get "had an affair" memory.
Partner refuses flirt. Playable is furious WITH THE COW MASCOT! Far less drama. Both parties get cheating memory, but relationship barely takes a dip and all is well in no time.

You forgot the fourth option:
Partner accepts flirt. Playable sees, is furious. Playable's visiting father also sees flirt, gets furious, slaps the crap out of the cheater for breaking the playable's heart, then shows up every hour or so to stand outside the building and scowl. Trying to get the playable's brother to use Couples Counseling to get the cheater and the playable -- who have been wandering around the house, sadly heartfarting in each other's direction -- back together results in the brother pointing to himself and looking horrified at the suggestion before trudging over to attempt the feat.

It was pretty epic. Stupid sexy cow :lol:

[Peni Griffin]

Now, see, that's exactly why I've never downloaded the cow mascot trophy head or used the Visitor Controller to keep them off the lot. Yes, they're a nuisance - but they're a nuisance that throws my plans into a cocked hat and improves the story.

[VioletPadfoot]

My sister once actually got her sim to fight the cow, and won. I think she may have cheated to achieve thsi though. When cheerleaders or cows annoy her, she tends to cheat the relationship (and offending party's body skill) down and have her sim fight them. It makes her happy.

[Yazoo]

There are two cow mascots, male and female. At Sim State, the female one, Katelynn, hangs around the sorority and the male one, Trevor, hangs around the frat. (All my other residences lock them out, and I haven't run a dorm in awhile.) They will flirt with anyone a playable on the lot has a particularly high relationship score with. This can have three results:

Partner accepts flirt (yes, this happens!). Playable sees, is furious, much drama. Both parties get cheating memory; if couple is engaged, guilty party also gets "Had an affair" memory.
Partner refuses flirt. Playable is furious anyway, much drama. Both parties get cheating memory, but innocent partner does not get "had an affair" memory.
Partner refuses flirt. Playable is furious WITH THE COW MASCOT! Far less drama. Both parties get cheating memory, but relationship barely takes a dip and all is well in no time.

The last scenario has happened twice in my game - the first time, Harris Hawkins, 10 points nice, started slapping the crap out of whichever mascot it was that had hit on his girlfriend, who was crying. Second time, his little sister Pigeon - only three nice points - caught Katelynn trying to move on her fiance, and I only knew about it from the memories. She and her Ezekial were 100/100 and if Katelyn had dared to show her face Pigeon would have caved it in for her. I don't know if, mechanically, her relationship with Harris (her favorite brother) had a hand in it, or what, but it was delightful.

Feeding the cow mascot to the cow plant is at best a temporary measure, as the game will generate new ones; ditto the regular pep squad. Keeping the batbox on hand so you can smite the thing when you're really fed up with it is more satisfactory, as if you smite them hard enough (it might take two tries) they'll run off with a red toilet thought bubble and never bother your sims.

The relationships don't have to be ruined - it is my own contention that if your relationship can be broken up by the stupid cow mascot, it should be! Couples counseling and constant throwing them together and influencing them to talk to each other fix things right up, if they're really serious. It's frustrating when it happens at an outgoing sim's graduation party, though.

Weird but true: During my experimental phase, the first sim I ever ran through University was Stella Terrano, and the only person I could find on campus that had lightning with her was a cow mascot! But I was only playing the one household, out of the dorm, since I didn't know any better and was only experimenting anyway.

ETA: Oh, and I've tried, but I've never been able to raise the option to attack the cow mascot. Heaven knows why. The pep squad, however, can attack them. Many a Greek gathering has been much enlivened by a llama or a cheerleader kicking the cow mascot's butt.

Oh, Cara (Marcel's fiancee now) was furious with both. It was such a sad sight, I felt so bad for Cara, because she was crying. I wanted to reach in and hug her...Oh yeah, that's not creepy. But poor Marcel she didn't a darn thing. This is why the Cow Mascot should be...GAH! So morbid thoughts going through my head -.-"

Like I said it was going amazing, until Ms Jealous Cow, wanted Marcel, and Marcel was like back off biotch, and yet...*Sniffles* Poor Cara. So sad, and I wanted to start fresh with her and my family. But if I do this, bye bye Cara seeing she is now in the same house as my family *le sigh*

I have to ask...Why is the Cow Mascot the worse Mascot ever? Is it because he/she can't get any? Or is it because they are jealous of everything -.-"

[Peni Griffin]

I believe they're from a rival school and are deliberately being pains in the butt any way they can. Don't give up on Cara - it only takes about a semester to make up if they see each other constantly. Less, if someone who's friends with both has couples' counseling. A lot of Luis and Sharla's making up was accomplished when Sharla's future sister-in-law, who was friends with Luis but not with her, ran out to greet her on a walk-by, called Luis to come over, influenced him to talk to her, and then threw her graduation party. The two of them stood outside as the snow piled up to their knees, talking it out while the party raged inside. It was very touching, and contributed to the party score, too.

[PolterGeist44]

I found out that there are three GameSpot (or GameSpy) t-shirts hidden in the game, they can be accessed through Shift-N in CAS.
I wonder what for they were there, did GameSpot employees get to test the game and make their sims wear the shirts? :P

[maybesomethingdunno]

No, those were part of a "Starter Pack" for a version of Bodyshop that was released before TS2 was released. The pre-release Bodyshop was to get us started on making content (so the Exchange wouldn't be too empty at the game's outset) and get us excited about the game's release. "Oh, wow, look at how we can edit our Sims!" :)

[frankokomando]

I learned that really sloppy sims will eat out of the trash can. =/

[Yazoo]

I believe they're from a rival school and are deliberately being pains in the butt any way they can. Don't give up on Cara - it only takes about a semester to make up if they see each other constantly. Less, if someone who's friends with both has couples' counseling. A lot of Luis and Sharla's making up was accomplished when Sharla's future sister-in-law, who was friends with Luis but not with her, ran out to greet her on a walk-by, called Luis to come over, influenced him to talk to her, and then threw her graduation party. The two of them stood outside as the snow piled up to their knees, talking it out while the party raged inside. It was very touching, and contributed to the party score, too.

I haven't given up on Cara. But the sad part is...Its like..Almost the end of the Semester for Cara, and Marcel has now become a Sophomore -.-" But yeah, the Cow needs to be slaughtered. I love when the Cheerleader kicks the Cow's butt. So, would that mean this...The cheerleader in black is from Cow Hell? And the girl in blue is cheering for the Llama?

I learned that really sloppy sims will eat out of the trash can. =/

So that is the cow was rummaging through my garbage can. ALL MAKES SENSE NOW :rofl:

[nikel23]

You know that all premade non sub-neighborhoods have a neighborhood flythrough camera, a camera that drifts throughout the neighborhood to show you around it. I discovered that creating a custom neighborhood and naming it "Sedona", "Europa", or "Lakeview" will make a flythrough camera for the neighborhood! However, some terrains don't suit the camera, so it might not work. For the best example, use Sedona template and name it Sedona, and check it out!

[Orilon]

The cow tends to be low on neat points (the digging through trash and leaving puddles everywhere when he or she showers (I saw male and females when I could play Sims 2) and nice points which is why they are such an annoyance.

Some people go the bloody route and use mods to kill the cow, I used TwoJeffs' Trophy Head which usually scared them away: http://www.simbology.com/smf/index.php?topic=7.0

[Peni Griffin]

So, would that mean this...The cheerleader in black is from Cow Hell? And the girl in blue is cheering for the Llama?
I thought that might be it when I first started figuring it out, but then the cheerleader who I first saw in black showed up in blue while the cheerleader in blue showed up in black, so there are no Evil Cheerleaders, only Evil Mascots. The cheerleaders and llamas would seem to constitute the local pep squad, and are only incidentally annoying. (Very enthusiastic about people gaining sexual experience, too.) Presumably the school with the cow team has an ordinary pep squad, too, and the cow mascots are members who are so obnoxious they are constantly encouraged to go harass rival schools.

Which might mean there's an alternate-universe sim college with good cow mascots and evil llamas! Wrap your head around that one, if you like.

[aaries16]

I learned that born in game sims sometimes have more personality points than CAS-sims. I guess they really do get a mix of their parents' personalities as well. I love the genetics in this game.

[JDacapo]

I learned that born in game sims sometimes have more personality points than CAS-sims. I guess they really do get a mix of their parents' personalities as well. I love the genetics in this game.

Yup. Nervous Subject had a sweet little angel, Olive, who is extremely neat and stuff, possibly from his side, but also incredibly nice and playful - so playful she couldn't meditate I think, though I could be wrong. Also, Persephone Beaker has her father's seriousness and neatness, and possibly his athletic inclination, but she's also very nice, though probably extremely shy as well.

As for Juno... she isn't the nicest sim in the family, but she does have three nice points. That's not too shabby for someone with two extremely grouchy parents. And Thor? He's probably gonna be another sweetheart.

[Gcgb53191]

Yeah Malcolm V's son has the exact same personality as him! Not sure if its some type of glitch but eh oh well lol.

[Yazoo]

I thought that might be it when I first started figuring it out, but then the cheerleader who I first saw in black showed up in blue while the cheerleader in blue showed up in black, so there are no Evil Cheerleaders, only Evil Mascots. The cheerleaders and llamas would seem to constitute the local pep squad, and are only incidentally annoying. (Very enthusiastic about people gaining sexual experience, too.) Presumably the school with the cow team has an ordinary pep squad, too, and the cow mascots are members who are so obnoxious they are constantly encouraged to go harass rival schools.

Which might mean there's an alternate-universe sim college with good cow mascots and evil llamas! Wrap your head around that one, if you like.

*eye twitches then head explodes*


Nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo, it can't be true! NOOO WAY! >.< Ahem, I am good now. I'll stick with the evil Cow Mascots, and watch cheerleaders beat on him or her :D It's funny. But not funny, when your lover catches "cheating" and she or he is slapping the evil Mascot, and then the Cow Mascot never leaves..Keeps showing up on your property, and yeah, that's not fun

[oreosncreamforjojo]

I never played much with plantsims so after years of playing the sims, I just learned that plantsim babies are born knowing how to walk & talk !

[NatteryakToad]

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...

[Peni Griffin]

@ 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.

[julmoo]

It probably has been mentioned in some form already, but just a few minutes ago one of my Sim women had triplets o.O
I didn't use any hacks or tricks like the cheesecake. It was like single births too, like, she continuously went into labour.

Their house is tiiiny and I'm not sure what to think of this XD
Oh man I'm completely baffled

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