Stupid/random questions... (v3)

[KittyKuba]

I should know this since I've been simming since sims 1, but I guess I'm not really into this aspect of the game. What is a machinima? What is a machinima engine? And is it just a sims 2 thing, or is it sims 2 and 3?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Machinima Is this what you mean???

[Mayo550]

I need help!!
I have ''normal'' family... mom is married to dad, they have 3 kids... but everytime the parents kiss, flirt or do anything romantic, the kids will start crying??? and their relationship with the parents goes down to almost -100? WHY?? Its so annoying. This is not the only family in my game that is like this.

[SamanthaSSJ]

I must have done something wrong but I can't figure out what I did.

I want to be able to place furniture on the diagonal - so I used the boolprop allow45degreeangleofrotation true cheat. It didn't work. The weird thing is - it used to work just fine - so I must have done something. But what would disable a cheat?

[mangaroo]

Samantha, are you using the < > keys to rotate the objects or are you trying to rotate them with the hand? The latter turns the objects 90 degrees.

Mayo, the behavior you're describing is what children display when they see a "biological" parent getting romantic with an adult who isn't their biological parent. If your children are crying when their mother and father kiss, you may have a bug or conflicting custom content: Game Help:Game Problem.

[Mayo550]

Just wondering.. does my problem have anything to do with this mod i downloaded? http://www.modthesims.info/download.php?t=223528&c=1

[please_dont_crash_my_game]

Probably not - but remove it temporarily and test, because I can't think of anything that would explain that phenomenon.

EDIT: Make the new father / whatever parent into the biological father of the children using the InSIMenator's Family Tree or the Sim Blender. That should, hopefully, stop it.

Also, this is an old question, but:
1) What do people do about the community phone on community lots in themed/historic neighborhoods?
I personally use moveobjects on to stick the payphone in an enclosed room, like a walled-in phone booth or something.


Hey everyone, I know this definitely qualifies as a stupid question, but:

Moving sims between neighborhoods using the Family Bin is a well-acknowledged Very Bad Thing. It's safe, though, to move Sims within a neighborhood using the Family Bin (from one house to another across the street or something like that), right?

Seems dumb, but I don't want my neighborhood to turn into a BFBVFS over something this trivial. I assume this is the Family Bin's intended purpose, and it should therefore be safe, but I figured I'd double check.

[mangaroo]

pdcmg, it's never safe to move a populated house into the bin. It is absolutely safe to move a family out of their lot, into the Sim bin, and then to another house in the same neighborhood or subhood (OFB/downtown).

[ajshn]

I'm running out of space on my c drive and i was wondering, if i where to upload my sims to the official site, and delete my downloads, then download my family. Would i still see there custom skin tones and eyes?

[please_dont_crash_my_game]

Alright, that's what I meant. The point was to replace the house anyway - I wanted to build them a new house since I managed to do something dumb to the terrain tiles in their existing house that is hard to undo.

Thanks :)

I'm running out of space on my c drive and i was wondering, if i where to upload my sims to the official site, and delete my downloads, then download my family. Would i still see there custom skin tones and eyes?
In general, the Exchange is buggy and not a good idea to use, especially since everyone can download your stuff. You'll also lose pretty much everything except their appearance. Therefore it's a much better idea to use SimPE to export their appearance into BodyShop, package your Sims up from BodyShop, and put them back into your game that way. If their skintones are fully custom, you'll see them, but if they're default replacements, you'll see the default skintones.

If you're really hard-pressed for disk space, just delete SOME of the stuff out of your downloads directory, instead of deleting the whole thing - this is where having better organization pays off. Either that, or you may need to look for more hard disk space. More Awesome Than You has a tutorial (http://www.moreawesomethanyou.com/smf/index.php/topic,14301.0.html) on how to trim a couple megabytes out of your Sims installation, but I doubt that'll be too helpful.

[SamanthaSSJ]

[QUOTE=mangaroo]Samantha, are you using the < > keys to rotate the objects or are you trying to rotate them with the hand? The latter turns the objects 90 degrees.

Yep, using the , or . keys - which used to work just fine. That's what has me confused - it USED to work and just stopped.

[lg135]

Just curious, does the OFB or any later patch fix the employees having no eyebrows glitch when you put them in uniform? I didn't see it on the list and the main site's running terribly slow for me to check the other ones.

[neverknown]

Is it possible to have more than one chef appear at a dorm lot at any given time? i.e. if I have two separate cafeteria, say on different floors, each with their respective counters etc., can I get two chefs appear at the lot for each cafeteria?

[oscarzoa]

I think so, neverknown.
'Kay, here's a question: I downloaded the nanny career, but I can't find it whenever I search the newspaper. I always loved the idea of sim nannies you made, but when you look for a job, random jobs come up, so I can't find the nanny career. Any help?

[el_flel]

Just curious, does the OFB or any later patch fix the employees having no eyebrows glitch when you put them in uniform? I didn't see it on the list and the main site's running terribly slow for me to check the other ones.AFAIK that bug has never been fixed. I've got all EPs and SPs and my game is fully patched and I still get that issue.

[Frozen120]

Probably has been asked before - but what expansion do witches come with? I'm tempted to say Bon Voyage or Apartments...


Also - is there an easier way to make a collection that isn't in-game?

[cheshirekat]

oscarzoa, I have the nanny career also. I haven't tried checking for the job in the newspaper. I think you will find different jobs using the computer. It's been a long long time since I used the paper to find my sims a job. I had one guy I moved into a very cheap little shack about a month ago. I was completely lost doing stuff without computers that it took me a while to figure out the jobs were in the newspaper. He already had a job, but I wanted him to quit to get a lower paying job. I was just testing how poor my sims could be without me getting bored. I was very very bored. I was only happy when he had company over or when he was working hard in the garden. But I had him try just about everything in that stupid newspaper when I wasn't having him greet every single person that walked by. Hehehehe.

There's also a Job Finder Tool that makes it very easy to find exactly the job you want. It's by christianlov, as is the computer, Easy Computer, I use which I like better than the default computer for studying, finding jobs, writing novels, chatting, etc. I only recently started using the Job Finder Tool and I like it a lot. It is a painting you put on the wall and can click on it for different job options. After using it for a couple of days, I went and put it in all my houses. Most of my sims already have jobs, but I don't always let them keep the job. Sometimes it is more fun when they get demoted or quit their jobs on a whim and have to get another one while losing their vacation days.

Actually, I just checked and don't see the nanny career in the computer or The Job Finder Tool. Maybe I forgot to install it. I'll download a couple more new careers today to test. Then I should have another newspaper, if I remember to keep my sim from composting it.

[tlynnjpeg]

Frozen120: they came with Apartment Life. The creature with Bon Voyage was Bigfoot.

My question:
I'm way too nice to my sims, and virtually never let them die a non-old-age death. But I had a house full of kids and wanted to send them off with the Orphans Assistance Grant, and I already had a cowplant, so, one thing led to another, and...you get the picture.

Both parents were in platinum when they died (one permaplat, the other just well-maintained), but no platinum graves! Are platinum graves only for dying in platinum of old-age, or do I have some sort of glitch going on?

[tlynnjpeg]

Well, sad for my cowplant fodder, but good to know it's not a glitch. Ha, funny how there are things in this game that I've never seen in over 4½ years (or at least not often enough that I can remember it the next time I see it). I think the only other deaths I've had weren't platinum anyway, so it never crossed my mind that they would only have gotten regular headstones anyway.

[amora_selvagen]

Okay... I got two!
There is a way to prolongue the age of the sims? and the second is there is a way to move the sims from one hood to another without having to get them houses with?(at the moment I have so far only Nightlife installed...But I do have all Eps and Ops?

[Bellasaurus]

There is a way to prolong the age of the sims?

There are lots!

*Turn aging off (cheatbox - aging off)- all sims will not age.
*Use the Elixir of Life (Aspiration award) - add 3 days per swig. **Make sure your sims is Gold/Platinum**
*Use the cowplant (Career reward) - add 5 days per victim.
*Various mods (have a search) - add/remove days, set age ie Teen/Adult etc

[amora_selvagen]

There are lots!

*Turn aging off (cheatbox - aging off)- all sims will not age.
*Use the Elixir of Life (Aspiration award) - add 3 days per swig. **Make sure your sims is Gold/Platinum**
*Use the cowplant (Career reward) - add 5 days per victim.
*Various mods (have a search) - add/remove days, set age ie Teen/Adult etc

Thank you very much!!! :D

[Tenielle]

...The second is there is a way to move the sims from one hood to another without having to get them houses with?(at the moment I have so far only Nightlife installed...But I do have all Eps and Ops?

Check out this (http://www.simswiki.info/wiki.php?title=Game_Help:Moving_Sims) tutorial- will tell you exactly what you need!

[Bellasaurus]

You can still have a positive drink from it even if your sim is in greeen or red. And you can still have a bad drink even if your sims is in gold/platinum mood. :)

Whoops - didn't know that!

A question of my own.... Is it possible to choose your sim's Lifetime Want? I have a mod that lets any sim have any LTW, and also InSim, which lets me re-roll it, but I'd like to be able to choose for some of them - it seems everyone wants to be a Mad Scientist or have a load of pets in careers, rerolling gives a bit of variation, but not enough for my liking.

Oh, and I've never had be a Cult Leader (top of Paranormal track) - has anyone else ever had that as a LTW?

[mangaroo]

Oh, and I've never had be a Cult Leader (top of Paranormal track) - has anyone else ever had that as a LTW?

Yes, but I have this hack (http://www.moreawesomethanyou.com/smf/index.php/topic,8793.0.html) from MATY installed. Without a hack, Sims don't role Uni careers as LTWs. (I've always wondered if they might roll them if you take the option to change aspirations in Junior year and/or use the LTW aspiration reward as a YA.)

[Bellasaurus]

I always start my teens off with the romance aspiration and then change it in college - otherwise I forget to kiss/woohoo anyone :) So I'm guessing that doesn't make a difference. Thanks for the link!


EDIT: Yay! It totally works! Now my potential Cult Leader actually wants to be one :D (When I re-rolled it came up first time)

[arathea]

The SimBlender and the SimModder, that can be spawned with the boolprop cheat, let you go through the LTW. Unfortunately it's not possible to choose it from a pie menu, you have to switch to the next one until you find the one you are looking for.

[neverknown]

Is it possible for bartenders/barristas/whatever to appear in a dorm (assuming you've placed the necessary stuff, like the bars, etc. somewhere in your dorm lot)? If not, then is it possible to get the chef/cook in the dorm cafeteria to serve to do that stuff (assuming the bars etc. are placed in the cafeteria)?

[amora_selvagen]

Check out this (http://www.simswiki.info/wiki.php?title=Game_Help:Moving_Sims) tutorial- will tell you exactly what you need!

Thank you so much Tenielle- I love you sims, houses, blog, LJ...all...I love you!!! :lovestruc :lovestruc :lovestruc ...REALLY...Are you a sim?...I mean...do you have a selfsim So I can marry you???hahahahaha!!! :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :giggler: :p :bunny:

[Tenielle]

Thank you so much Tenielle- I love you sims, houses, blog, LJ...all...I love you!!! :lovestruc :lovestruc :lovestruc ...REALLY...Are you a sim?...I mean...do you have a selfsim So I can marry you???hahahahaha!!!
I am totally blushing right now, Amora. Glad I could help :)

[LittleFallenAngel]

I just recently purchased OFB: Best of Business and I went to get the patch for OFB but when I went to install it said I didn't have OFB installed and it's required for the patch.

I searched through the FAQ and found nothing about the "Best of Business" just that The Deluxe and Double Deluxe didn't need patches. Since this came with two stuff packs including the OFB expansion, does this mean I don't need a patch? Or am I just missing where to find the patch, because I only saw a patch for OFB, no patch for H&M or the Kitchen & Bath stuff packs where you get the patches.

Also, are H&M fashions and the piercings/jewelry supposed to show up in body shop? Because they don't in mine.

Sorry for all the silly questions, I'm fairly new to the world of expansions as I only just this year started purchasing them. (I also searched through the FAQ for this question as well.)

Any help would be appreciated! ^___^

[Gingerxyz]

I can't help with the best of business stuff but the H&M stuff should be showing in bodyshop.

And I have a random question! You know the 'marry a rich sim' wants. What qualifies as rich? Completely random, just wondering...

[LittleFallenAngel]

Well shoot. Thanks.

As for the rich sims, I did a search and it says they have to have 50,000 simoleans but you have to marry them without moving them in first or it doesn't fulfill the want.

[Gingerxyz]

Thanks :)

[Menaceman44]

LittleFallenAngel, if the piercings show up in game under a new jewelry section then they shouldn't show in bodyshop. If they show in accessories along with glasses then they should show in bodyshop.
I don't actually own H&M.
The new jewelry catagory was first added with Bon Vovage and none of those jewelry/piercings show in bodyshop.

[Liminal]

I'm wondering was this a glitch...I had a sim woohoo with his wife, and afterwards he seems to have forgotten about her. In the relations panel for the guy, she wasn't in there until they talked. Then it showed her as Just Met. Although on the wife's screen he's still family and their still married. -is confused- =] Anyway to fix this perhaps? o.o

[Frozen120]

What is the easiest way to kill a sim with fire?

[Prosthetics]

Burn the toaster pastries.

[tlynnjpeg]

What is the easiest way to kill a sim with fire?

Piano fire (http://jennthesimmergirl.com/jtsg.php?pg=tips&n=27). :)

[LittleFallenAngel]

Is it possible to run TS2 in a different sized window aside from either full screen or windowed mode? I tried what it said in the read me file, but it didn't work. The game just opened up in full screen.

[please_dont_crash_my_game]

Is it possible to run TS2 in a different sized window aside from either full screen or windowed mode? I tried what it said in the read me file, but it didn't work. The game just opened up in full screen.

I have two "run" shortcuts, one that runs the game windowed and in 800x600 and another that runs the game full-screen and in 1280x1024.

Basically, put this in for the path in the shortcut:

"*regular path to exe*" -r1280x1024

and then -f for fullscreen and -w for windowed. Replace "1280x1024" with whatever resolution you want.

Make it lead to the actual game EXE though, and not the Launcher. Mostly because the Launcher is pretty much pointless, but also because I'm not sure it works if you start your game through the Launcher.

[Essa]

- Can a family be robbed in an apartment?

[LittleFallenAngel]

Thank you, I'll try that!

New question: Would the Insim hack cause my sims computer to not have the "Write Novel" option available any longer? That's the only new hack I've downloaded. But I also did just purchase and install Best of Business.

[cheshirekat]

I haven't had a teenager in the same house as a baby before, so this is probably a very stupid question. Can the parents leave to go on a date and leave the baby in the care of the teenager? Or does another adult have to be in the house?

[mangaroo]

cheshirekat, yes. Teenagers can look after children and younger. The game will not prevent the adults from leaving on their date.

LFA, there's one way to know: remove the mod and test.

[Charity]

I haven't had a teenager in the same house as a baby before, so this is probably a very stupid question. Can the parents leave to go on a date and leave the baby in the care of the teenager? Or does another adult have to be in the house?

There's a whole family in one of the EPs where the teenagers are taking care of the kids and there are no adults, so I'd say yes.

[Prosthetics]

I just recently purchased OFB: Best of Business and I went to get the patch for OFB but when I went to install it said I didn't have OFB installed and it's required for the patch.

I searched through the FAQ and found nothing about the "Best of Business" just that The Deluxe and Double Deluxe didn't need patches. Since this came with two stuff packs including the OFB expansion, does this mean I don't need a patch? Or am I just missing where to find the patch, because I only saw a patch for OFB, no patch for H&M or the Kitchen & Bath stuff packs where you get the patches.

When an expansion pack is re-released as OFB and University have been, you don't need the patches because the patch has already been applied.

[Amairani]

- Can a family be robbed in an apartment?

Yes, I had two of my Sim families robbed twice and then I made sure each family living in apartments had a burglar alarm installed, so it won't happen again.

[Essa]

Thank you Amairani.
Time to get some burglar alarms. :) I also have one family who have a sentrybot and I was wondering if it was really needed.

[vicarious70]

Yes, I had two of my Sim families robbed twice and then I made sure each family living in apartments had a burglar alarm installed, so it won't happen again.


I was wondering the same thing the other day as I moved a couple in an apartment. So automatically I put in an alarm.

[SamanthaSSJ]

Thank you, I'll try that!

New question: Would the Insim hack cause my sims computer to not have the "Write Novel" option available any longer? That's the only new hack I've downloaded. But I also did just purchase and install Best of Business.

When my sims had problems with their computer it turned out to be due to the computer being a custom one rather than the maxis one. When I replaced it everything worked just fine - you might try that. I have the same hack and it doesn't seem to be a problem. But it looks like teens don't have the write novel option available at all.

[LittleFallenAngel]

Thank you for the replies.

I removed the Insim hack to see if that was the problem and I have no custom computers in the game. Still no "Write Novel" option on the computer. The only options I have available are these: http://i97.photobucket.com/albums/l229/sleepless_night_star/thesims2/59dfb200.jpg

The only other hacks I have in my game are the "Smarter Lights" and "Nicer Phone Messages". Both of which have never given me any trouble. I'm also not using any cheats (boolprop, etc.) while playing.

[rosesforme17]

You may want to take this to the Game Help section LittleFallenAngel. There are detailed steps you can take to try to figure out the problem there. I don't believe it to be a problem with Insim. I have that mod and have never had such an issue. You may have another hack or custom content problem, which the Game Help FAQ can help you locate.

[Amairani]

Thank you Amairani.
Time to get some burglar alarms. :) I also have one family who have a sentrybot and I was wondering if it was really needed.

You're most welcome. I'm not sure about the sentrybot though, never had one living with my Sims, but now I'm curious to try and see what happens when a burglar comes. Technically, these robots are not really guards of Sims' property, like homes and what's inside those, as far as I understand.

[Essa]

As far as I know it zaps sims who steal papers. I always die laughing when this happen.
So I'm assuming that he will zap burglars aswell.
This robot is growing on me. My plan is to provided one to all my families.

[Gingerxyz]

I only tried having the robots once . They broke down really quickly :(

[amora_selvagen]

can the parents sit with the enfants on they arms?

[Essa]

No they can't unless you use cheat codes.

[cheshirekat]

I only tried having the robots once . They broke down really quickly :(

I have only had a bot break down once, and that was a cleaning bot. I'm not sure if it makes a difference where the bot came from (Did you buy it, or have a sim make it.) but in some of my households, I have been so glad that I had the sentry. I've wanted to put one in every household, but I always forget, until something happens.

Some of my bots have been made, but I have a few sims that can make bots and I planned to have them give the sentry and cleaning bots as gifts to their friends. But it takes a while to make those bots so I will only have them given to best friends. Whenever I remember.

I wish I could get one or two sims to make house calls, like you can the gypsy or repairman. Then I would make that sim be the one to be a traveling salesperson, selling the bots they make. Or have one sell apples or eggplants if my sims are low on those things which can't be bought anywhere. I don't have any of my sims running a business because that seems like it would be too complicated when I'm already having so much fun and barely keeping up with doing stuff from other expansion packs.

Just the other day, I found a hack that keeps objects from breaking, so I installed it. I haven't had anything break down since I put it in, but it has only been a few real life days. I think I may have gotten it from insimenator.org. It hasn't been too many days ago, so I should remember, but I also went on a download spree for Paintings and going to so many sites makes my memory fuzzy on the details of each site and what I found/downloaded there.

[Charity]

Can witches fly to work?

[rosesforme17]

Yes they can Charity. But I think they still come home in the carpool.

[Charity]

Yes they can Charity. But I think they still come home in the carpool.

Ooh useful, thanks. The carpool has trouble finding my house and I don't want to buy a car.

[Bellasaurus]

In the Paranormal career track, I remember the top spot (Cult Leader) as working only 1 day a week, but for 24 hours (I think), but now it's 2 days 21.00 - 03.00. Does anyone know if I'm just imagining it or did an EP change it?

[Essa]

I have only had a bot break down once, and that was a cleaning bot. I'm not sure if it makes a difference where the bot came from (Did you buy it, or have a sim make it.) but in some of my households, I have been so glad that I had the sentry. I've wanted to put one in every household, but I always forget, until something happens.

Some of my bots have been made, but I have a few sims that can make bots and I planned to have them give the sentry and cleaning bots as gifts to their friends. But it takes a while to make those bots so I will only have them given to best friends. Whenever I remember.

I wish I could get one or two sims to make house calls, like you can the gypsy or repairman. Then I would make that sim be the one to be a traveling salesperson, selling the bots they make. Or have one sell apples or eggplants if my sims are low on those things which can't be bought anywhere. I don't have any of my sims running a business because that seems like it would be too complicated when I'm already having so much fun and barely keeping up with doing stuff from other expansion packs.

Just the other day, I found a hack that keeps objects from breaking, so I installed it. I haven't had anything break down since I put it in, but it has only been a few real life days. I think I may have gotten it from insimenator.org. It hasn't been too many days ago, so I should remember, but I also went on a download spree for Paintings and going to so many sites makes my memory fuzzy on the details of each site and what I found/downloaded there.
Cheshirecat, you may try the Business Controller (BRY) by Pescado: http://www.moreawesomethanyou.com/smf/index.php?topic=3884.0

Running owned businesses is my favorite part of the game, I dislike home businesses though. If you can stand loading screens it could worth it.
In my current hood, I have a sim who builds bots and sales them to the inhabitants (playables and no playables). She's out of stock atm.
I'm not fond of servos so she's allowed to build only a few (I don't remember how many but I only have one active).

In my test hood, I had a repairwoman. When needed, she was teleported in with Inge's Teleporter Cat to repair broken things and was paid with Simwardrobe Checkbook.
In my wood, sims usually don't grow plants but they buy fresh produces by the farmer. He owns a community business.

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In the Paranormal career track, I remember the top spot (Cult Leader) as working only 1 day a week, but for 24 hours (I think), but now it's 2 days 21.00 - 03.00. Does anyone know if I'm just imagining it or did an EP change it?
Was your sim demoted? Exorcist works from 9PM to 3AM.

[Prosthetics]

In the Paranormal career track, I remember the top spot (Cult Leader) as working only 1 day a week, but for 24 hours (I think), but now it's 2 days 21.00 - 03.00. Does anyone know if I'm just imagining it or did an EP change it?

It's actually the Natural Science career's final level that is a 24 hour period, the Cult Leader position is a two day a week job.

[Bellasaurus]

It's actually the Natural Science career's final level that is a 24 hour period, the Cult Leader position is a two day a week job.


Aaah. Thanks!

[A+B]

I haven't had a teenager in the same house as a baby before, so this is probably a very stupid question. Can the parents leave to go on a date and leave the baby in the care of the teenager? Or does another adult have to be in the house?

yes, you can leave a baby in the care of the teenager- you could even have the parents move out!

[maybesomethingdunno]

This might stretch the purpose of this thread a little...but it is a quick question that doesn't need its own thread and is somewhat TS2-related.

What is the real name of the tall blue plants seen here (http://thesims2.ea.com/images/about/sp9_screenshots/screenshot_15_big.jpg) around the fountain and in multiple colors behind the white picket fence? (The real life name, not whatever zany name it has in the M&G Stuff Pack.)

[LittleFallenAngel]

This might stretch the purpose of this thread a little...but it is a quick question that doesn't need its own thread and is somewhat TS2-related.

What is the real name of the tall blue plants seen here (http://thesims2.ea.com/images/about/sp9_screenshots/screenshot_15_big.jpg) around the fountain and in multiple colors behind the white picket fence? (The real life name, not whatever zany name it has in the M&G Stuff Pack.)


Looks to me like it could be either snapdragon or larkspur. As I don't have M&G Stuff Pack myself, I can't go and get a super close look. But that's what they appear to be. Hope that helps a bit!

[mangaroo]

Those are lupin (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lupin).

[maybesomethingdunno]

Thank you both. :)

[cheshirekat]

yes, you can leave a baby in the care of the teenager- you could even have the parents move out!

So, if I have this right, the game will allow parents to abandon their teenagers and a baby. But, if a teenager moves out on their own, they become an adult?

I did have parents in my game that abandoned their kids once. One of my first families when I was clueless about the sims. I thought it was a glitch in the game. A long long time afterward, I had experience with other kids, so I returned and started playing the kids (Kiawyn and Kayinn Raven) and got them into Uni. They graduated.

The parents, the mother and an aunt, are still alive and well. I didn't kill them because I was the one frustrated with the kids and wouldn't play with any kids at all for a long time afterward. What do you mean, you don't want to do your homework?! You can't leave it all over the floor! And, as you can imagine, the kids didn't have many skills, but were very good at starting fires.

I have a couple different scenarios to work out with teenagers, so that is why I am asking. One is a teenager and baby. The other is a teenager I wanted to move out on his own, without becoming an adult yet. But it looks like I will have to move the adults out instead, if I'm reading correctly. I want the kid to live in a different type of house than the house he is currently living so I will go move the family first, then move the adults out.

[Menaceman44]

By default unaltered gameplay Teens do not have the option to move out unless an adult or elder accompanies them.
The only regular way to get a teen out of the household is to send them to uni which forces them to age to Young Adult.

There are mods out there though that will allow teens to move out into other households without going to uni or becoming adults. Maybe you could try the WCIF forum.

[Maranatah]

I've noticed that some of my sims have something like a "power walk", when they walk like the game is at speed 2 even though it's only going in normal speed and all other sims walk normally. Is that feature part of some personalities or why some sims do it? I'm playing now a sim that isn't even active, she's got few lazy points, so it can't be about activity... or can it?

[Charity]

Do you mean like a swagger walk? I had a Sim that did that once. He ponced about wherever he went. XD He looked like a complete prat.

Something I just thought of. Sometimes I forget to turn cheats off before quitting. When the game reloads it automatically does so without the cheats right? Otherwise I might be borking my game. :S

[lazzybum]

So I opened up a little coffee shop, placed that coffee maker thing where you work as bartista (dont remember the name of that object), a few chairs and a bathroom. I had my sim work as a bartista, but all the customers wont dare order any coffee. They spent the whole time socializing. So... does a coffee shop business even work? Or is something fishy about my shop? :[

[Menaceman44]

I've successfully used the coffee bars in owned businesses. I had a clothing store with a coffee area upstairs. My customers would happily ignore the clothing to go get a coffee instead.

[Bellasaurus]

Something I just thought of. Sometimes I forget to turn cheats off before quitting. When the game reloads it automatically does so without the cheats right? Otherwise I might be borking my game. :S

No need to worry - all cheats are off each time you load up, unless you have a mod that sets them to be on.

[lazzybum]

Wow Menaceman44, thats the total opposite for me! I tried putting up vending machines from AL in my shop and the customers were practically fighting for them. Maybe I need a new bartista.. who knows haha

[Menaceman44]

The AL vending machines do seem to advertise rather strongly. Maybe if you take them off the lot your customers will buy coffee?
I have a park with vending machines and the Sims tend to ignore most of the other stuff there.

[cheshirekat]

I had to install a mod that kept my sims from abusing the barista. I had created a quite a few different comm. lots and they would not do hardly anything but drink espresso cup after cup after cup. I've actually installed quite a few hacks since the days when I would sit there frustrated that they weren't using the other stuff. Now they hardly ever go to the barista unless their energy drops really low and I get to see them exercise, play games and choose to do many other things. It makes the game much more interesting, especially when I take more than one sim to a comm. lot since I don't spend the entire time herding them like sheep away from the espresso bar. I can let them be free to cause their own mischief when I don't have a specific purpose for them to accomplish.

Quite a few of my sims don't have swimming pools or exercise machines, so I take them to one of the parks or other lots that have those amenities. But sometimes I'll take sims that have them just so they get away from their lot. It would drive me nuts to look away for a brief moment and find them already getting a drink from the barista. I get the impression sometimes that some sims are too in tune with the camera movements and make a break for something they shouldn't do the second the focus is off of them. On residential lots, it is almost always the noisy pinball machines or chatting online since I have hacks for the others and the espresso greediness taken care of.

[LlamaMecha]

I'm having problems when one of my sims dies. Once the Grim Reaper interaction is just about finsihed, the game seems to be paused, even with time running. I have to delete the grim reaper to get things moving, but then the exit/save options remain greyed out :(

With testingcheats on, I get a message something like 'Couldn't find stack object when required', then lots of 'value out of bounds' or 'value must point to a valid sim' or somesuch. I really need to make a note. It keeps repeating that error until I click 'delete'. Which leaves me with the same problem, unable to save or quit.

I tried moving the family out from the neighbourhood screen, after laboriously packing everything into sim's inventories. In the past, moving out and back in again has got rid of pauses and wierd bugs. But not this time. Even on a different lot, the problem seems to be moving with the family. It seems to be when any of them die, I get this error.

Its a much-played neighbourhood and I have over 500 entries in my characters folder. Could this be related to the problem? Only 100 or so are 'my' sims, the rest must be annoying random townies. It probably didn't help that I've made an additional downtown area.

:(

EDIT: some sims in my neighbourhood can still die OK.

Also, the problem family includes the blonde teenage maxis sim whose name I forget (the one with boots!), who I moved in with cheats, and she eventually aged up and had two kids with one of my normal sims. I wonder if some bad data was attached to her or something.

:cry:

EDIT #2: I split the family apart, and the same thing is happening to both parts. Its not related to any specific lot. Obviously somethings going wrong with the Grim Reaper cleanup, but why with only certain sims?

I have the ObjectError log but I can't make much sense of it. There are lots of 'Token GUID's listed with some very very long numbers, some of them negative. It looks like trash data.

[lazzybum]

Yea, I've taken out the machines already, yet all their doing is jump roping and playing hacky sack. But since I read cheshirekat's reply, I wouldnt want them obsessed with coffee either xD So I'll just change the business... lol

[LlamaMecha]

Regarding my Grim Reaper problem I was ranting about, I found a workaround using JM Pescado's Lot Debugger object, which re-enables the save/quit/neighbourhood buttons just fine. So I have a workaround, but I know from experience that its better to solve things properly.

Is it the fate of every neighbourhood to be bugged to death, in the end? :(

[Prosthetics]

Whenever I got the errors that you're experiencing, it meant I had a conflicting hack in my game. You could post up your error logs on MATY (http://www.moreawesomethanyou.com/smf/index.php/board,19.0.html) and see if Pescado can make any sense of it, since he usually can.

[cheshirekat]

I noticed that when my sims make friends with Bigfoot, they get a want to ask him to move in. Has anyone done this and regretted it?

How about some of the other vacation locals, anyone asked them to move in? Do they go back home with you or stay at the vacation home? It must be possible to have them move in after the sims have returned to their neighborhoods, or else is the continued want to move in Bigfoot a glitch?

[arathea]

I haven't done this very often, but I think Bigfoot stays at his lot until your family rerurns home, then he's with them as a family member.
I'm not sure about the locals, because the only time one of my sims got married while on vacation, I've messed around with making the local selectable. The local was added like someone you asked to come with you on vacation and, when the sim returned home, the local came with him and was a family member then.

[Croutonian]

Bigfoot moves in with your family fine back home...and is very talented. But he eats a LOT! And the one I have seems to only cook Lobster Thermidor...even if he isn't hungry. So my only regret is the fact the fridge is now full of that!

[Menaceman44]

Does the 'Ruin Painting' action that Sims in aspiration failure may do actually affect the painting? I've had them do it to half finished pictures which have then been completed with no issues at all.

[lazzybum]

If i change a sim's face with the plastic surgery, will their kids take genes from the face after or before the surgery? I know the answer for RL but I'm not sure for sims lol

[Prosthetics]

They'll take the genes from before the surgery. I made the mistake of having Loki and Circe Beaker have children after I fixed his face, but the children came out hideous and looked a lot like Loki before his surgery!

[cheshirekat]

Bigfoot moves in with your family fine back home...and is very talented. But he eats a LOT! And the one I have seems to only cook Lobster Thermidor...even if he isn't hungry. So my only regret is the fact the fridge is now full of that!

Oh boy! My sims never eat lobster at home. Once in a blue moon, they might get some at a restaurant when they go out. The last time I allowed any of my sims to cook lobster thermidor at home was for the headmaster's visit to get a kid into private school. I stopped trying to get the sim kids into private school a long time ago.

I'd hope that bigfoot had really impressive talents to warrant the luxury of lobster frequently. Um, actually, no I can't imagine any talents a sim could have that I'd allow that. My sims eat a lot of fish and drink a lot of juice and it's so inexpensive to feed them compared to my new sims move in and don't yet have a garden to harvest. And the cheaper refrigerators run out of food so quickly that it seems like I have to buy food after only a couple of days if they don't stock it with some fish and veggies.

The one good thing about group meals I recently discovered is that I can have my sims cook a bunch of group meals until the refrigerator is empty, and load the meals into their inventories. Since it is easier to "see" into the inventories without involving the sims "check food supplies", I won't be caught off-guard by an empty refrigerator at the worst possible timing. That is also what I'd do to prevent my sims from making lobster thermidor all the time since they can't cook when the refrigerator is empty. They don't even have a reason to be in the kitchen except to make juice, so I don't have to worry about fires all the time.

The down side is that you can't do the "influence sim to serve a meal" with an empty refrigerator. That one cost me too much, so I no longer try to fulfill that want because the sims kept choosing to cook lobster thermidor and I had a major fit the last time. Most of the time they burn it. I like my sims to afford good things, but they couldn't afford them if they frequently ate (and burned) expensive food. So they eat a lot of fish until someone rolls a want to eat something different. Thankfully, I've never had a sim roll a want to have lobster.

Now I definitely don't know if I want a lobster-craving bigfoot in my neighborhood. I did stuff with my other sim while one sim made friends with bigfoot because I didn't really like looking at him either. That's my thinking on the servo as well, so I was half thinking of pairing them and having no chance of babies. But I'm not having much luck finding info on bigfoot characteristics, so I'll look more throughly this weekend.

[Menaceman44]

cheshirekat, you can find info on Bigfoot on SnootySims at the bottom of the page here> http://www.snootysims.com/infoindex.php?id=creatures

[RuthStar]

Hello, I was on another sims forum, a sub forum that focuses on Sim genetics, and alot of people there are saying not to use the plastic surgery feature if you intended for your sim to have kids, so does using that mess up the children's appearance of the person you intend to use it on?
I've got a decent looking sim, apart from a horrible crooked nose, i really want to fix his nose, but him and his soon to be wife i'm wanting them to have them have children. But if this is true, i'll have to leave his nose as it is!

[mangaroo]

If you're talking about Dr Vu's plastic surgery station (the Show Business career reward), then you need to know that the changes it makes are not genetic. Your Sim's offspring will be based on the unaltered facial structure (the crooked nose). It does not, however, do anything to mess up the offspring.

[RuthStar]

^Yeah, i couldn't remember the name of the Reward, Thanks for your help, I'm glad it doesn't mess up the childrens apperance. Thank you again :)

[KittyKuba]

I have an old, stupid question: is it possible to build a split level house in the base game?
And is it true that the basegame has a limit on how many sims per hood?

[SBE]

What are the sizes of all the lots in the game? Like whats a 2x3 in game. (I've been looking all over for a size or dimensions chart and can't find anything.)

[cheshirekat]

cheshirekat, you can find info on Bigfoot on SnootySims at the bottom of the page here> http://www.snootysims.com/infoindex.php?id=creatures

Thanks for that, menaceman.

Having all gold badges seems like a good feature for a sim, especially to help with gardening.

I was wondering if hygiene would be something bigfoot lacks. Do they never take baths/showers and go about stinky with green fumes? Fear bathing, or just avoid bathing unless told to bathe?

So far I haven't liked any of the extra creatures in TS2, except the plantsim, so I wanted to know more about bigfoot before bringing in my hood. I'm still trying to decide whether or not to put all my servos in one household. Only one has been activated. Probably a handful in inventory that my sims made while learning robotics. I haven't let my sims activate/make any more servos after I finally got to experience life with one and wasn't impressed. And mine would get upset and complain a lot about doing garden work because it always wanted to play pinball or chat online. My hood is supposed to be a rural community with a focus on agriculture, so every sim gardens - even the kids.

[Menaceman44]

When a Bigfoot's hygene level gets low into the red they will not complain about it. They also wont bother to wash unless you tell them to so they do go around stinky, yes.

They get hungry quicker than other Sims as well.

[Croutonian]

My Bigfoot washes...he hates being dirty!

He also keeps bringing gifts home from work...

[cheshirekat]

Why does bigfoot bring gifts from work? Are they things he steals?

If bigfoot is a hard worker and won't complain about gardening and fishing, I can take care of the hunger need I think. I try not to let my sims waste food, but what gets wasted more than anything else is the juices when I have a sim serve. It is more filling than the meals but I can't store the drinks as leftovers. Eventually they go poof and disappear if I don't have guests over that I can make drink them.

I would like to put bigfoot in a big lot with a servo so they can have the biggest garden and orchard in the hood. So far, I haven't had any other sims up to the task of being a full-time farmer.

Croutonian, did you use a hack or mod to make your bigfoot like washing? I'm hoping I can get this to work so I can make use of that big lot I have since I got rid of all the Capps. And it would be funny to make Hermia and Juliet move back home and live with bigfoot. They are the only Capps whose lives I spared, so far. But they still have to prove that they are worth keeping around because the Monty family is quite large in my game now. Obviously I like the Monty clan and don't want stupid old feuds ruining my hood. Only new feuds are allowed - for a while at least.

[Prosthetics]

What are the sizes of all the lots in the game? Like whats a 2x3 in game. (I've been looking all over for a size or dimensions chart and can't find anything.)

A lot with the dimensions of 2x3 is 20x30 tiles, and so on. Multiply each number by 10.

[Croutonian]

Croutonian, did you use a hack or mod to make your bigfoot like washing?

No. I'd already brought him back long before I started adding hacks, mods or any custom content.

[Bellasaurus]

Which career has the highest value cash bonus? Do all careers have the possibility of a bonus? I was surprised last night by £37,000 that I received for firing my boss's niece in the Journalism career.

[Babahara]

Why does bigfoot bring gifts from work? Are they things he steals?
The message always says that his co-workers were impressed and decided to give him a gift, and he shares it with your family. He brings these gifts every day, so it's a lot of free money. Things like refrigerators, microwaves.

[katya_stevens]

Which career has the highest value cash bonus? Do all careers have the possibility of a bonus? I was surprised last night by £37,000 that I received for firing my boss's niece in the Journalism career.

Not sure if it's the highest, but the Artist career (comes with University) has a chance card which can earn you 100k if you're TOC: here (http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v203/Katya_Stevens/Angelos%20Town/1634.jpg) and here (http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v203/Katya_Stevens/Angelos%20Town/1635.jpg)

[Prosthetics]

Which career has the highest value cash bonus? Do all careers have the possibility of a bonus? I was surprised last night by £37,000 that I received for firing my boss's niece in the Journalism career.

All careers have a cash bonus:

Athletic Career: 50,000 simoleons @level 10 (good outcome for "smile pretty")
Business Career: 40,000 simoleons @level 10 (good outcome for "buy trucks")
Criminal Career: 60,000 simoleons @level 10 (good outcome for "doomsday")
Culinary Career: 60,000 siomleons @level 10 (good outcome for "pay the man")
Law Enforcement Career: 50,000 simoleons @level 10 (good outcome for either option)
Medicine Career: 80,000 simoleons @level 10 (good outcome for "send away")
Military Career: 55,000 simoleons @level 10 (good outcome for "vaporize")
Politics Career: 50,000 simoleons @level 10 (good outcome for "no")
Science Career: 55,000 simoleons @level 10 (good outcome for "green")
Slacker Career: 75,000 simoleons @level 7 (good outcome for "bunny rabbits")

UNI (I obtained this information from a FAQ, so I'm not sure about these ones)
Artist Career: 10,000,000 simoleons @level 6 (good outcome for either option)
Natural Science Career: 50,000 simoleons @level 9 (good outcome for "use amber")
Paranormal Career: 2,000,000 simoleons @level 4 (good outcome for "report associate")
Show Business Career: 10,000,000 simoleons @level 3 (good outcome for "keep quiet")

[Bellasaurus]

Cheers muchly, I never knew they all had one.

[anothereyjana]

I have a quick question about SecuROM (I didn't see a specific thread about it after searching, so I decided to post here) and Free Time (which I haven't bought yet, but am considering getting). After doing some digging, I found out that they also included SecuRom on the Free Time EP (I had thought that it was just Bon Voyage, and that they had stopped after that due to all of the complaints) when it was first released back in 2007; what I want to know is, are they STILL putting SecuRom on all the CDs that they put out? In other words, if I went to the store and bought a RECENTLY-MANUFACTURED (as in, 2009 or later) copy of Free Time, would I still have to worry about SecuRom (I have heard mixed stories about whether or not Sims 3 has it, so I was wondering if maybe they had stopped automatically putting it on all newly-manufactured games)? I have heard that some of the claims about the program are blown out of proportion, but I still can't help but be worried about it.

[LittleFallenAngel]

What EP number would I enter for the Best of Business collection at the end of the target line in order to bypass the launcher? I have read through the FAQ on how to bypass the launcher, the thing is I think BoB is counted as a completely new expansion since in order to play the game I use the BoB disc and not the Seasons (my "latest" EP) disc to play.

Thanks in advance! ;D

[Prosthetics]

anothereyjana To answer the question about SecuROM, yes. They still put it on newly manufactured discs (because I just recently obtained Free Time as well, and it still has SecuROM on it.) All EA Games, to my knowledge, have SecuROM adapted to them automatically these days.

LittleFallenAngel it is still EP3, but if you installed the store bonus, the game begins with EP99 data.

[LittleFallenAngel]

LittleFallenAngel it is still EP3, but if you installed the store bonus, the game begins with EP99 data.

Thank you! I'll try entering that. Or just living with the launcher. XD

[please_dont_crash_my_game]

Can't you just delete "Launcher" out of the existing shortcut path?

like this:
Sims2EPxLauncher.exe -> Sims2EPx.exe

I'm under the impression that they're always in the same directory, although I only have one EP (Nightlife) and two SPs (Celebration Stuff and Mansion and Garden, the latter of which I bought purely because it was the last update), so I don't know if such is true for all EPs and SPs.

Anyway, if you still have your original shortcut, try that.

[anothereyjana]

Ah, I see...thank you Prosthetics.

[Frozen120]

I just was looking at my sim's relationships and one of them has a blue version of the red-rage thing. This is a sim I've never met and he called after I had a dream date with one of his friends... Is this blue thing a time limit to make contact and have a friend?

[tlynnjpeg]

I just was looking at my sim's relationships and one of them has a blue version of the red-rage thing. This is a sim I've never met and he called after I had a dream date with one of his friends... Is this blue thing a time limit to make contact and have a friend?

It's kind of the opposite of the furious state. Where being furious makes it easier to do the mean interactions, it's much easier in the "blue state" to do the friendly interactions. But yes, it wears off after a time. I believe they stay in the relationship panel as acquaintances at least, even if you don't make any contact with them, but I usually take advantage of the friend offer when I get it (which is very rarely...my sims tend to be recluses) so I'm not sure if it reverts to a lower level or what happens when the blue wears off.

[Frozen120]

It's kind of the opposite of the furious state. Where being furious makes it easier to do the mean interactions, it's much easier in the "blue state" to do the friendly interactions. But yes, it wears off after a time. I believe they stay in the relationship panel as acquaintances at least, even if you don't make any contact with them, but I usually take advantage of the friend offer when I get it (which is very rarely...my sims tend to be recluses) so I'm not sure if it reverts to a lower level or what happens when the blue wears off.

Ahhh, someone understood me! Thanks for the explanation, I guessed, but I wasn't quite sure... You are awesome <3

[Bellasaurus]

It's kind of the opposite of the furious state. Where being furious makes it easier to do the mean interactions, it's much easier in the "blue state" to do the friendly interactions. But yes, it wears off after a time. I believe they stay in the relationship panel as acquaintances at least, even if you don't make any contact with them, but I usually take advantage of the friend offer when I get it (which is very rarely...my sims tend to be recluses) so I'm not sure if it reverts to a lower level or what happens when the blue wears off.

Ahhh, someone understood me! Thanks for the explanation, I guessed, but I wasn't quite sure... You are awesome <3

While the panel is blue the relationship score doesn't decay as quickly, then when the blue finishes the decay rate goes back to normal. Also, I think maybe you get higher relationship boosts from friendly actions - like the boost when it's summer (if you have seasons).

[Squirrel]

hiyas! i made an apartment block and moved my simmies in. a tree on the street caught fire that night, and wouldn't go out. my sim eventually called the fire department, but got fined 500 for calling them out! (she's pretty mad lol) it was still burning the next day but i moved my sims out, bulldozed that lot and made it again because i wanted to change it a little. i moved my sims back in, and within hours a tree on the street caught fire! a day later and its still burning away. so, what's with that?? lol.

[rosesforme17]

It's a glitch. Don't worry though, the fire should eventually go out on it's own. The sims won't even notice it.

[Invertin]

I had a similar glitch when my cooker caught fire, but I noticed that I could still use the build menu, so I picked it up and moved it outside. The air was still on fire, and so was the cooker.

I got my revenge though- I was a werewolf, so I savaged the fireman.

Going back to the 'hood and then going back to the house fixed the fire.

[aaries16]

hiyas! i made an apartment block and moved my simmies in. a tree on the street caught fire that night, and wouldn't go out. my sim eventually called the fire department, but got fined 500 for calling them out! (she's pretty mad lol) it was still burning the next day but i moved my sims out, bulldozed that lot and made it again because i wanted to change it a little. i moved my sims back in, and within hours a tree on the street caught fire! a day later and its still burning away. so, what's with that?? lol.

I sort of had a similar situation, but the fire did go out when the fireman came. Though it took two firemen. The fire spread by itself around the building.

[Squirrel]

I got my revenge though- I was a werewolf, so I savaged the fireman.

That's the funniest thing i've heard all week LOL

I've moved another family into the apartment and no fire, its wierd that it happened both times with the same family, on two different and new lots. Perhaps they are cursed!

[vhanster]

Wondering if a you don't contact a Sim for a really long time, will the Sim you haven't been in contact with disappear from your 'relationship list', like it does in TS3?

[arathea]

No, they don't. They will stay in the list with 0/0 relationship until you remove them with a hack.

[Amairani]

I'm about to install few new Residential houses to my game and Clean Installer shows two weird files there, both in red, as if those are hacks - Portal Pedestrian and Portal Car Stop. I've installed an insane amount of lots in the past 4 years yet I never saw such things. I never install in my game any hacks or mods that come packaged with lots, now I wonder if I need those Portals for the lots to work :/

[Prosthetics]

According to my research, those are the portals in which sims enter/exit the lot and you do need them, because there is no way to get them back if they're removed.

[Amairani]

According to my research, those are the portals in which sims enter/exit the lot and you do need them, because there is no way to get them back if they're removed.

That's the only info I found on those portals too, only I don't understand why they were included with the rest of CC for these new lots when I installed a hundred of houses before and never portals were among the CC there. I guess I have no option but to install these portals and hope they won't bork my new 'hood, I put way too much time in it already :/

p.s. And why am I not Space Pony anymore? I liked that title ... :cry:

[Prosthetics]

(you surpassed the number of posts required for a title change)

Also, back up your folder first! You should always do this whenever you are unsure. (I think the reason that the portals were included were because the person who built the house probably moved them elsewhere on the lot, so they aren't in the traditional spot)

[Amairani]

Not fair, I was Spacy Pony for like 5 posts, if not less :cry: I'm such a cry-baby over this, I should be ashamed, only I'm not.

I'm somehow hesitant now to install those lots with portals. I tried to install them with portals unchecked in Clean Installer and what do you know, the lots got stuck in Teleport folder! I might install just one house and see how it goes; thank you for reminding about a back-up, I will definitely do that, don't want to loose yet another custom 'hood.

[dcricket]

I'm playing with the Curious brothers in Strangetown, straight from the beginning. I have a new default PT installed, but everytime Pascal has the baby that he is pregnant with when you enter the lot, the baby still looks like the original PT. I tested it on another sim, and they had a "normal" alien baby, with my new defaults. So I understand that the genetics for the baby were set long before the baby was born, but is there a way to make the original baby Pascal has take genetics from my new PT? I hate the original alien look. Thanks!

[Invertin]

Other parts of the internet have told me that Servos can become werewolves. Can anyone confirm this? And if it is true, how do Wereservos work?

Don't go into too much detail, I still like surprises, but for example- What to Servos have instead of the hunger spike?

[Squirrel]

Many questions, always, so many questions!

I'm going to ask this qu again, since clean installer has come up. I have clean installer, but i don't actually know how to use it. Can someone tell me? I know what its for, but i don't how to make it do stuff.

Also, if i put my computer's specs here, could you tell me if i can run sims2 and sims3? I don't want to lose sims2 just to explore sims3. Or is the general rule that most puters can't run both games? My puter runs sims2 and secondlife well. Does this help?

AND, I made a sim and thought i would give it the grilled cheese asp, but this wasn't an option. Is the grilled cheese asp a secondary asp?? There's a sim in one of the maxis NH's with the grilled cheese asp, so, whatup?

Can i move a sim (while in her house) from one shopping district to another in the same NH? Or is this just the same as moving a sim from one NH to another?

Off to take brain medicine now, to make brain go. :rofl:

[tlynnjpeg]

So I understand that the genetics for the baby were set long before the baby was born, but is there a way to make the original baby Pascal has take genetics from my new PT?
Yes, babies are given their genetic links at conception, which is still the original PT. If I am remembering correctly, new default PTs don't actually replace the previous sim, just redirect the abductions to the new version.

To reassign it, I know inSim has an option to reassign the "father's" ID. SimBlender may have this as well.

AND, I made a sim and thought i would give it the grilled cheese asp, but this wasn't an option. Is the grilled cheese asp a secondary asp?? There's a sim in one of the maxis NH's with the grilled cheese asp, so, whatup?

Grilled cheese is accessible as a secondary aspiration, but to get it to be the primary, you have to use the Re-Nu-Yu SensoOrb (or however it's spelled) to change aspiration (to anything), in something other than gold or platinum. That's the "failure". Or use a hacked object to allow you to reassign aspirations from a menu.

[Amairani]

I'm going to ask this qu again, since clean installer has come up. I have clean installer, but i don't actually know how to use it. Can someone tell me? I know what its for, but i don't how to make it do stuff.

You install packaged houses and sims with Clean Installer, by clicking on the package. Before instaling a lot/sim, you will see all the CC included, very useful, if you wish to omit something. You can also browse your CC content in Downloads folder with Clean Installer, I use it to preview CC when I want to get rid of something or wish to remove the duplicates.


Also, if i put my computer's specs here, could you tell me if i can run sims2 and sims3? I don't want to lose sims2 just to explore sims3. Or is the general rule that most puters can't run both games? My puter runs sims2 and secondlife well. Does this help?

The requirements for both games are here - http://modthesims.info/wiki.php?title=Game_Help:System_Requirements/MTS2_Recommendations and http://modthesims.info/wiki.php?title=Game_Help:System_Requirements/MTS2_Recommendations#The_Sims_3_System_Requirements

Since you won't be running both games at the same time, if your PC meets the requirements, then I dont the the reason why to uninstall TS2 in order to play TS3

Can i move a sim (while in her house) from one shopping district to another in the same NH? Or is this just the same as moving a sim from one NH to another?


I dont think it's the same, yet I remember from somewhere it's not alright to move a house with living Sim to Lot Bin, but I can be mistaken here.

added: here, I found this thread, might be useful - http://www.modthesims.info/showthread.php?t=238261

[vhanster]

By the way, if a teen sim run away/get taken by social worker, will the social workers, police, etc appear on the Sim's relationship list?

Also, I'm wondering if I could remove the bad memory from the sim somehow

[Amairani]

By the way, if a teen sim run away/get taken by social worker, will the social workers, police, etc appear on the Sim's relationship list?

Also, I'm wondering if I could remove the bad memory from the sim somehow

If a teen sim runs away, no police or social worker gets involved. I had teens brought back by police after unsuccesful sneak-out or running away - no one in the family got a policeman in their relationship list. And while I'm not 100% certain, a parent gets a social worker in his relationship list after being lectured (that's when a child gets taken away), but I honestly don't remember. What concerns the memories, I think it might be possible with SimPe.

[Menaceman44]

Other parts of the internet have told me that Servos can become werewolves. Can anyone confirm this? And if it is true, how do Wereservos work?

Don't go into too much detail, I still like surprises, but for example- What to Servos have instead of the hunger spike?

Werewolf Servos are possible as I have done it in my game. All I noticed about them was their eye turns yellow and they get fangs. They can savage other Sims of course.

vhanster, SimPE can add, remove and modify any Sim's memory. I've done it myself.

[dcricket]

To reassign it, I know inSim has an option to reassign the "father's" ID. SimBlender may have this as well.

Which part of insim is it? I found a 'set parent' option. Is that it?

[charlie-chan]

I believe reassigning the "father's" ID can be found via the Reproductive Adjuster (the microwave).

[vhanster]

Hey. Does anyone knows how to stop college mascots and cheerleaders from intruding into your house and mess up with the stuffs?

[charlie-chan]

If you have OfB, you could lock the door(s) to only allow the household members in.

I'm not sure if that keeps mascots and cheerleaders out though.

[Squirrel]

Thankyou for your help and for answering my questions! :-)

[cheshirekat]

If you don't have the onlyvehiclesusegarage hack, (from maty, I believe) they will still enter through the garage doors when they find the other doors locked.

If you have a sentry bot, they will zap the cow mascots just for being on the property. It is good for a few laughs because the cow will be zapped quite a few times before leaving.

[thatsong64]

I need help with roommates. I get a roomate but they almost never show up at the apartment. I've tried 5 times with 3 different families and 2 different neighborhoods. Only once the roommate showed up and they just stood at the edge of the lot for like 3 days. Thier needs went down but they never moved. Oh and when I right click on the picture of the roomate, it centers on the original sim living in the aprtment, not the roommate. So what's going on and how do I fix it? thanks!

p.s. I did search for similar problems and I found someone with the same problem, but they never got a response on thier question and that was over a year ago.

[rosesforme17]

I would suggest you check the Game Help forum thatsong64. You most likely have some kind of a glitch or conflict. What you describe is not normal game play.

[aaries16]

What do you need to do to "meet" Big Foot? I had a whole family go to the Hidden Burrow, most had the want to meet Big Foot, so I made them all do the chest pound gesture towards him, but that didn't satisfy the want. So then I had them play and talk with him until they were friends, and that didn't satisfy the want either.

[Prosthetics]

That's really odd aaries16, because once you became friends with him you should've gotten the memento :/

[SimmerGirlGirl]

Hey. I killed off the Grunt family (except Buck, he's living with his girlfriend at Uni) but Grim did not leave a grave for Buzz or Lyla (who I resurrected just to kill again to put in the Grunt Cemetery) but he left a grave for Tank and Ripp. Buzz and Lyla's ghosts seem to not exsist. so is there anyway to get there graves back? (and I searched the entire house. and no graves/urns)

[Amairani]

If you don't have the onlyvehiclesusegarage hack, (from maty, I believe) they will still enter through the garage doors when they find the other doors locked.



I had no idea such a hack even existed, thank you so much for mentioning it here. I went to look for it and found it not on Maty, but on MTS:

original one by jordi - http://www.modthesims.info/download.php?t=193128

for those with AL and/or M&G: http://www.modthesims.info/download.php?t=324925

[cheshirekat]

I had no idea such a hack even existed, thank you so much for mentioning it here. I went to look for it and found it not on Maty, but on MTS:

original one by jordi - http://www.modthesims.info/download.php?t=193128

for those with AL and/or M&G: http://www.modthesims.info/download.php?t=324925

It is good you found the mod. I wish I had heard about it long before I did. It is so frustrating when sims can enter the house and do whatever they want as if they own the place.

I guessed it was from maty because I have a lot of my mods/hacks from there. There's another mod that stops sims from screaming about locked doors. Duh, the doors are locked to keep your stupid butt out! It's kind of creepy to me to see how many sims will go to the garage door expecting to waltz in. Every sim immediately goes to the garage when they find the front door locked. For the life of me, I can't figure out why maxis would exclude a way to lock the garage doors.

But now I want a mod to zap sims that stand at the garage door for too long just because their presence bothers me. Actually, there are a lot of times I just want to zap sims just for the heck of it. Zzzzzt! Now get outta my face!

[Maranatah]

Hey. Does anyone knows how to stop college mascots and cheerleaders from intruding into your house and mess up with the stuffs?

Visitor Controller (found in here (http://www.simbology.com/smf/index.php) ) by twojeffs. You can stop all annoying NPC's (from UNI and everywhere) and other sims from coming to your lot at all :) Really worth of checking out!!

[AgeMarkus]

DELETED

[mangaroo]

No, the only interspecies mating in the Sims involves alien probes.

[KittyKuba]

Hey. I killed off the Grunt family (except Buck, he's living with his girlfriend at Uni) but Grim did not leave a grave for Buzz or Lyla (who I resurrected just to kill again to put in the Grunt Cemetery) but he left a grave for Tank and Ripp. Buzz and Lyla's ghosts seem to not exsist. so is there anyway to get there graves back? (and I searched the entire house. and no graves/urns)

This has been happening to me. I finally figured I had the Dead Head Bug (the game does not recognize these sims as dead) and no way to fix it. You may have it, check to see if the dead sim's still show up when you click on the house details in neighborhood view.

[aaries16]

That's really odd aaries16, because once you became friends with him you should've gotten the memento :/

They got the vacation memento (which satisfies me), but it didn't satisfy their want to meet Big Foot. Which I think is odd, especially if you're friends with someone - surely you met them right.

[Prosthetics]

Did they obtain the memory in their memory panel? I can't imagine why talking to him and all that wouldn't qualify. (I've never had this problem, so I don't know what could have gone wrong....)

After some research, I've deduced that that can't be right, but I've also deduced that no one else has seemed to have this problem. :|

[Amairani]

How to set a certain outerwear outfit for a townie? I figured how to set their everyday clothes with a help of Christianlov's Clothing rack, finally, but what about outerwear? I work on a gothic neighbourhood, it's winter now and I watch aghast my carefully dressed up townies walking around in Maxis outerwear :( I can think of only of one solution by moving a townie in, set his/her clothes and then "let them loose in the wild", Sim Blender can do that. But is there another way?

[SimmerGirlGirl]

This has been happening to me. I finally figured I had the Dead Head Bug (the game does not recognize these sims as dead) and no way to fix it. You may have it, check to see if the dead sim's still show up when you click on the house details in neighborhood view.




I checked and Buzz and Lyla still show up there. but there pictures on Buck's family tree are greyed out like normal.


is there anyway to fix the dead hand bug (it has happend with a few of my houses) and is there a way to ever get Buzz and Lyla to rest in peace?

[Menaceman44]

How to set a certain outerwear outfit for a townie? I figured how to set their everyday clothes with a help of Christianlov's Clothing rack, finally, but what about outerwear? I work on a gothic neighbourhood, it's winter now and I watch aghast my carefully dressed up townies walking around in Maxis outerwear :( I can think of only of one solution by moving a townie in, set his/her clothes and then "let them loose in the wild", Sim Blender can do that. But is there another way?

You could use Merola's Mind Control mirror. Invite the Sims over to a house, take control of them, change their outerwear, stop controlling them and then send them home.
Probably good to use Inge's teleporter shrub to get Sims to the lot rather than inviting them.
I guess you will need all of the outerwear outifts you want to use in the closet already though.

[Amairani]

Thank you for advices, Menaceman44 :) I feel I'm going to be busy for awhile with changing townies' appearance...

[KittyKuba]

I checked and Buzz and Lyla still show up there. but there pictures on Buck's family tree are greyed out like normal.


is there anyway to fix the dead hand bug (it has happend with a few of my houses) and is there a way to ever get Buzz and Lyla to rest in peace?

I've only heard of one way from searching this site: Move a still living member of the household in with a friend into their house. When the "sims moving in with" dialogue comes up the dead sims names should be on the list. Move them in as well and then I *think* you either delete them or let them turn into ghosts on that lot.

I've never done it because on the lots I have the dead head bug with I also have the bad birth bug and can never play those houses.

I *think* there's a fix (Pescado) for it, I just haven't been able to find it. I've been meaning to post in the help section for ages but I'm scared to. :blink:

[aaries16]

Did they obtain the memory in their memory panel? I can't imagine why talking to him and all that wouldn't qualify. (I've never had this problem, so I don't know what could have gone wrong....)

After some research, I've deduced that that can't be right, but I've also deduced that no one else has seemed to have this problem. :|

No biggie, they all got the memento, because I made them friends with Big Foot; the want to meet Big Foot will just roll away anyway. I thought maybe there's something special they have to in order to meet him.

[amora_selvagen]

Okay I made one thread asking about how many houses you can download to your game but now the thread isnt not there anymore...so I am guess here is the place to ask again!!

There is a limit of amount of houses you can have in the lot katalogue?

Thank you.

[Prosthetics]

Not that I'm aware.

[SimMegaptera]

If you have OfB, you could lock the door(s) to only allow the household members in.

I'm not sure if that keeps mascots and cheerleaders out though.

This would also keep the lunch lady out, though. I like having someone to cook all the meals. :P Wish the stupid cow would stop bashing her with pillows.

[lg135]

Has anyone ever gotten the "Plead to Boss" option to work from Free Time? I'm at a loss at what I'm doing wrong. Is it at a very skewed chance? Do you have to be poor? Should I do it at a certain time? Argh it's frustrating @_@

[arathea]

:P Wish the stupid cow would stop bashing her with pillows.

My first choice: the cow head from Simbology (http://www.simbology.com/smf/index.php?topic=7.0). Cows will run away crying/executed with the Repo gun every time they show up. Now I love them coming to my Uni lots! :rofl:

[SimMegaptera]

My first choice: the cow head from Simbology (http://www.simbology.com/smf/index.php?topic=7.0). Cows will run away crying/executed with the Repo gun every time they show up. Now I love them coming to my Uni lots! :rofl:

EXCELLENT. Thank you. :cool:

[Tenielle]

Is there a way to age toddlers back to babies? I tried the Sim Modder, but it doesn't have the 'age to baby' option.

[Squirrel]

Hi all!

Is it okay for sims to move from thier NH to thier shopping district and vice versa, and is it okay for sims to move between shopping districts in the same NH?

Also, how many shopping districts can you have attatched to one NH?

[vhanster]

Eh... if you make a new, custom neighborhood, will there be premade Sims created randomly by the computer there?
Like, in Pleasantview, even though I've deleted all the premade families living there, there are still some Sims I didn't create walking around the town...

[Bellasaurus]

Eh... if you make a new, custom neighborhood, will there be premade Sims created randomly by the computer there?
Like, in Pleasantview, even though I've deleted all the premade families living there, there are still some Sims I didn't create walking around the town...

There will still be townies/npcs etc, unless you do a complete clean out of the neighbourhood. See here http://www.moreawesomethanyou.com/smf/index.php/topic,5861.0.html for a tutorial.

[Menaceman44]

Is there a way to age toddlers back to babies? I tried the Sim Modder, but it doesn't have the 'age to baby' option.

Not that I am aware of. I think it would garble too much internal Sim data to do it. Probably why it's not on the Sim Modder.

[vhanster]

more questions:
Can teen ask another teen to move in? Or must an adult to that?
Also, is it possible to lock in household members inside a certain room in the house?

[Prosthetics]

You can't actually move in a teen or a child without this mod: click (http://modthesims.info/download.php?t=211714)
With this mod, you can have children ask children and older to move in, teens can ask anyone children and older to move in, etc.

You can lock members into certain parts of the house that have doors, all you need to do is have them go there, and then lock the door behind them. You use the option "lock for all sims," the problem with this is that other sims won't be able to go through that door either. There is also a mod at MATY that only allow certain people through certain doors, but I haven't really figured that one out yet. click (http://www.moreawesomethanyou.com/smf/index.php/topic,7707.0.html)

[vhanster]

Well, thanks. Unfortunately, I don't have the Pets EP, so I guess I can;t move in teens. By the way, Adults can move in teens right?

[Prosthetics]

No, they cannot.

[Ghost sdoj]

Hi all!

Is it okay for sims to move from thier NH to thier shopping district and vice versa, and is it okay for sims to move between shopping districts in the same NH?

Also, how many shopping districts can you have attatched to one NH?

You can move sims between the main neighborhood and the sub-hoods safely, as long as they don't take the house with them. You have to move them out of the house first and move the house separately if you want it.

You can get the stay-things shrub from simlogical to keep the furnishings, although it doesn't seem to work on cars or money trees. (Which probably means that any other career or aspiration rewards should probably be stored in inventory too.)

I've attached 2 Downtowns to one NH, but I've heard that one of the later EPs made it impossible to attach more than one of each kind. But my NH with 2 Downtowns still works for me. (Although I don't have AL) I don't know if there is a limit beyond the fact that each one generates more NPCs, and you don't need too many of those.

[Prosthetics]

You can attach more than one, and I have all EP's.
I have all three vacation hoods, four seperate "shopping" hoods and two downtowns on a custom 'hood of mine. It works fine.

It's not advisable to add more than one university, however.

[Squirrel]

Thanks Ghost and Prosthetics!

I'm so glad i don't have to make the same sims yet again. I keep changing my shopping hood, which means starting to remake the whole town, remaking the sims - its ridiculous. I've made one family a dozen times! I think if i had to make them again, they would have leapt out of the monitor and beaten me with their teenie tiny fists.

Re. Uni's, do you mean that one NH can only have one of the maxis Uni's? I used to add all three, like you can add all three of the maxis vacation spots. I haven't added any uni's to this NH though - because i keep changing everything and starting again none of my poor simmies have aged enough to get to uni!
I'm so bad to my Sims!

[Prosthetics]

The problem with having three universities is the secret societies. If your sim gets abducted, theres the possibility of the game crashing because three different societies will be attempting to collect your sim. Then, of course, you get doubles/triples of every university townie basically. Different names, same faces.
(Also, if you attach more than one shopping district..I would recommend clean templates to prevent the duplicate/triplicate townie problem there as well..I don't think you can use the template Bluewater Villiage after you add the original, so you won't have the problem of too many of the same playables)

[Katika]

Can sims fall in love/build relationships automatically? I know my sims on free will, will go out and chat and maybe depending on how well they get along may have good or bad interactions, but they never fall in love with one another. Or do any 'love' or 'flirty' interactions with eachother unless a forcefully marry or couple them manually. Is there a way that can automatically do those things?

[Prosthetics]

You can use Autonomous Casual Romance, it's a mod by twojeffs. It enables autonomous woohoo, flirting, kissing, etc.

I can't find a link at the moment (but it's simbology...I think), just do a search for it and you'll find it no problem.

[Menaceman44]

I've had Sims meet on community lots and start kissing and hugging and I don't use any romance mods.
I think I had made them flirt with each other before but they weren't romantically involved at the time of said kissing.

[tlynnjpeg]

I've had Sims meet on community lots and start kissing and hugging and I don't use any romance mods.
I think I had made them flirt with each other before but they weren't romantically involved at the time of said kissing.

I think they will autonomously do romantic actions if they have a gender preference.

[Katika]

Can sims be created in a family even f they are unrelated?

[mangaroo]

Katika, if you're asking if unrelated Sims can be created in CAS, the answer is yes, as long as the unrelated Sims are adults or elders. Their relationship can be set to "roommates." However, teens and younger have to be the child of at least one adult in CAS.

[AlexandraSpears]

Can sims be created in a family even f they are unrelated?

Yep.

Now here's something I've learned if you don't want them all to have the same last name:

Create your first roommate. That'll be the owner of the house. Say, Mary Smith. Hers will be the Smith residence. Move her into her house.

Go to Create a Family and create Missy Jones. Move her into Mary's house. She'll be part of the "family," her Simoleons will combine with Mary's, and she'll still keep her last name.

*Note: You can't do this in Sims Life Stories. (That was my first Sims game.)

You can move Sims into occupied lots so long as you don't exceed the maximum number, I believe. I experimented by moving a Capp family in with a Monty family. They all kept their respective last names. The nice part is, they don't have to be friends for you to do this! :up:

[SimMegaptera]

Oh man... the down-aging is giving me an idea. I want Rose to get the paranormal career and resurrect her step-granny, and then I'll de-age step-granny down to an adult again so that they can be young together. Creeeeepy. :D

[Ghost sdoj]

Yep.

Now here's something I've learned if you don't want them all to have the same last name:

Create your first roommate. That'll be the owner of the house. Say, Mary Smith. Hers will be the Smith residence. Move her into her house.

Go to Create a Family and create Missy Jones. Move her into Mary's house. She'll be part of the "family," her Simoleons will combine with Mary's, and she'll still keep her last name.

*Note: You can't do this in Sims Life Stories. (That was my first Sims game.)

You can move Sims into occupied lots so long as you don't exceed the maximum number, I believe. I experimented by moving a Capp family in with a Monty family. They all kept their respective last names. The nice part is, they don't have to be friends for you to do this! :up:

Combining households didn't work in base game. You need at least one EP, because it was added with Uni.

[Amtram]

Probably answered somewhere on this vast thread, but has anyone here ever had a toddler that actually got a bottle from another sim? All I've ever seen in my game is the older sim bring the bottle over, complain about being blocked, then put the bottle on the floor for the toddler to crawl over and get. There's never anything actually physically in the way, and I've stopped the toddler so it isn't doing anything, but in all my years of playing, not one toddler has actually been handed a bottle.

The other thing that irritates me is sim kids and teens coming home and putting their homework on a 2-tile desk that has a computer on it, then being unable to take it off the desk to DO the homework. I don't always like the look of 1-tile desks, but it irritates me to have to go into buy mode and move the darn notebeook every time. It's something EAxis should have fixed already, since it's been a problem for as long as I can remember.

I feel better now.

[Prosthetics]

I've had a toddler receive a bottle from an adult successfully, I think it's all about timing to be honest...because I still have certain periods where a toddler will have to go pick up their bottle off of the floor.

The best way to "fix" the homework problem is to put something on the other side of the desk, such as a lamp...or some sort of clutter. At least the kids won't place it somewhere that they can't actually access it again...

[AlexandraSpears]

Combining households didn't work in base game. You need at least one EP, because it was added with Uni.

Okay. See, I got Sims 2 Double Deluxe, which comes with Nightlife (I don't have University).

I did a scenario based on the old Legend of Zelda cartoon--I created Zelda and her father, then moved Link into their lot. Link got Pleasure aspiration. It was fun. They eventually got married. That was after he flirted with her, kept getting turned down (just like in the cartoon!) and just kept at it. :rofl:

[Abhorrent Fantasy]

hi =] i have two quick questions:

1. is it possible to move a family out without having the game automaticly sell all of their stuff in the house? without having to move the furniture and stuff into their inventory, but just to have everything stay fully furnised?

2. vacation locations are strictly vacation, right? i cant move a family into twikkii island for good, just for vacation?

any kind of help is well appriciated =]

[JRD7]

hi =] i have two quick questions:

1. is it possible to move a family out without having the game automaticly sell all of their stuff in the house? without having to move the furniture and stuff into their inventory, but just to have everything stay fully furnised?

2. vacation locations are strictly vacation, right? i cant move a family into twikkii island for good, just for vacation?

any kind of help is well appriciated =]

1) I use this one with all EP's and SP's and it seems to work fine for me, but I've read on MATY that it's supposedly borked. You'll just have to try it and see if it works for you.

http://www.file-upload.net/download-1629227/MQ_Find_Own_Place_Mod.rar.html

2) Yes, strictly vacation.

[JRD7]

Probably answered somewhere on this vast thread, but has anyone here ever had a toddler that actually got a bottle from another sim? All I've ever seen in my game is the older sim bring the bottle over, complain about being blocked, then put the bottle on the floor for the toddler to crawl over and get. There's never anything actually physically in the way, and I've stopped the toddler so it isn't doing anything, but in all my years of playing, not one toddler has actually been handed a bottle.

The other thing that irritates me is sim kids and teens coming home and putting their homework on a 2-tile desk that has a computer on it, then being unable to take it off the desk to DO the homework. I don't always like the look of 1-tile desks, but it irritates me to have to go into buy mode and move the darn notebeook every time. It's something EAxis should have fixed already, since it's been a problem for as long as I can remember.

I feel better now.

Try this:

http://www.modthesims.info/download.php?t=312004

[ginrouken]

1. is it possible to move a family out without having the game automaticly sell all of their stuff in the house? without having to move the furniture and stuff into their inventory, but just to have everything stay fully furnised?

Get the Stay-Things Shrub here: http://www.drealm.info/simlogical/sl/Sims2Pages/Sims2_MiscHacks.htm

Before moving the family out, put the shrub on the lot, click on it and choose "make things stay on moveout". You can kick the family out then, and the house will stay furnished.

[Frozen120]

How do I change the price on an object?

I have searched high and low and I have not been able to find anything telling me just how to change the price.

[Astraea Nevermore]

Stupid question over here:

http://i45.tinypic.com/2vlmdr5.jpg

See the little number sequence I underlined in red? I never noticed that before in my game... What is that exactly? Seems like a line that tells me which version of the game I'm using, but I'm not sure... anyway, can I get rid of it?

[Kailacat]

Astraea Nevermore: that means you are using Boolprop testingcheatsenabled true or you were using Boolprop on that lot before. You should turn it off if you haven't already (replace true to false.)

[Astraea Nevermore]

Astraea Nevermore: that means you are using Boolprop testingcheatsenabled true or you were using Boolprop on that lot before. You should turn it off if you haven't already (replace true to false.)

That's ok, so, thank you! :) (woah, first time ever I notice that it appears when using that cheat :lol: )

[Kailacat]

That's ok, so, thank you! :) (woah, first time ever I notice that it appears when using that cheat :lol: )

It only appears when you enter the cheat from the neighborhood and then enter a lot
I know when I first found out about it (that would be about a week ago) I was really freaked out, I'm like "what is this?"

[ginrouken]

I have a stupid question. Is there any way to make downtown lots not look blacked-out from neighbourhood view? I wanna move some sims in to occupy those empty houses, but I hate how you can't see anything there. :\

[Ghost sdoj]

You can change the Neighborhood view from night to day (or day to night) by clicking the toggle in the center of the panel (it has a sun and moon on it) or by using a keyboard command. (I think it's L, but I always use the toggle.) It's the same one that you use in buy/build mode to change the lighting.

[AlexandraSpears]

I've had a toddler receive a bottle from an adult successfully, I think it's all about timing to be honest...because I still have certain periods where a toddler will have to go pick up their bottle off of the floor.



If there's a toy in the way or the toddler is facing the wrong direction, the parent gets mad and sets it down. I've had the parent set it down, then go to dispose of it--to avoid this, I immediately assign them another task, then have the toddler get the bottle.

(Personally, I find it cuter to sit them in the high chair and let them eat from a bowl. Even cuter when you have boy/girl twins in their blue and pink high chairs, in matching blue and pink outfits!)

[Abhorrent Fantasy]

1) I use this one with all EP's and SP's and it seems to work fine for me, but I've read on MATY that it's supposedly borked. You'll just have to try it and see if it works for you.

http://www.file-upload.net/download-1629227/MQ_Find_Own_Place_Mod.rar.html

2) Yes, strictly vacation.

ahh that sucks...i really like twikkii island and i fail at creating neighborhoods lol =P and i shall try that mod, thanks alot!

[Prosthetics]

You could create a new neighborhood using the Twikki Island template and import all the lots that are on Twikki Island, excluding the hotels of course...you also wouldn't be able to get the "secret" lot, obviously, but it would be pretty similar.

[ginrouken]

You can change the Neighborhood view from night to day (or day to night) by clicking the toggle in the center of the panel

...wow that was even more obvious than I'd thought. Thanks, worked like a charm!

[Amtram]

Thanks for the replies. I think I'll just go and put decorative objects on the 2-tile desks rather than install a hack (and put more desks into my houses.) I don't usually put much in my houses that isn't functional besides paintings and plants. HGTV would never visit my 'hoods!

[LlamaMecha]

Another question:

I have sims2, nightlife, pets and seasons. I installed them in that order orginally. Say I want to get University and Open for Business (selling rather cheap online now), would I really have to uninstall the other expansions first? I've read that installing in order (of the original releases) is best, but what's the worst that can happen?!

[Prosthetics]

You don't need to install them in the order that they were released. I don't think I've ever uninstalled a "newer" expansion because I've obtained an "older" expansion. I just install them whenever it suits me to do so.

[cdanon]

"Say I want to get University and Open for Business (selling rather cheap online now)"

Just a note about that so you maybe get the best deal? Now those older ep's come with stuff packs in them... university is mixed with teen style stuff and open for business ( now best of business) the same way. When i finished my ep collection, they start doing this..i feel slightly cheated..but I got double-deluxe so I imagine the guys that got sims2 before that probably feel the same way.

[AlexandraSpears]

Yep, I like getting the three-for-one deal. Double Deluxe comes with Nightlife and Celebration Stuff, Best of Business Collection has OFB, H&M Fashion Stuff, and Kitchen and Bath Stuff. Those are the ones I have, along with Sims Life Stories.

[Prosthetics]

I actually bought the Fun With Pets, University Life, and Best of Business collections to replace the particular EP's they feature, just because I got two stuff packs for the price of one basically.

[AlexandraSpears]

I plan on getting University Life next. My birthday is next week and I asked for a Best Buy gift card. :)

[LlamaMecha]

Thanks for the info! :) So there's really no problem installing older expansions than the latest one you already have? I presume you still just run the executable of your latest expansion (seasons in my case) after installing like University or OfB?

I'm looking on Amazon (the UK version) and seeing the older expansions selling for what I guess might be just under $10. They don't have any stuff packs with them unfortunately :(

[Sims2Storywriter]

When you take (and I dunno about certain expansion for this?) away a bookcase, there are other things you can study that normally are not on there. What are they for?

[Liminal]

Wondering, whats the max amount of money can a sim household have? Also how many leftovers can you stuff into the refrigerator?

[SimMegaptera]

When you take (and I dunno about certain expansion for this?) away a bookcase, there are other things you can study that normally are not on there. What are they for?

Not sure what you mean by taking it away. Bookcases from certain expansions have more functions in them than just studying three subjects, writing in diaries, and reading 'books' (which appear to be fiction). Newer expansions let you read several kinds of fiction (Sci Fi, Drama, Mystery, etc.) and study new things that take longer (Fire Safety, Parenting, Couples Counseling, to name a few).

If you have a user-created bookcase that was made without those later expansions, it won't have those expanded options.

[appelsapgodin]

@Liminal:

Not sure what you mean exactly either, but I believe there is a bookcase obtained through the career-rewards that makes it possible to study all skills through reading instead of just mechanical, cooking and cleaning.

[tlynnjpeg]

Thanks for the info! :) So there's really no problem installing older expansions than the latest one you already have? I presume you still just run the executable of your latest expansion (seasons in my case) after installing like University or OfB?
Correct, whichever is the most recently released, not necessarily most recently installed (though it gets weird if you have the Store Edition, I hear).

I'm looking on Amazon (the UK version) and seeing the older expansions selling for what I guess might be just under $10. They don't have any stuff packs with them unfortunately :(
The new combination packs go by different, but related names, like University Life and Best of Business. University and Open for Business are still available as well, but they have their original titles.

[simetra866]

How do I get Allyn Thomason to pay my household a visit? She refuses to leave her house...ever. She's pregnant by one of my sims...and I WANT HER BABY! -.-'

[Ghost sdoj]

Get a teleporter and summon her? There are several to choose from.

[simetra866]

...teleporter? >.>'

[mangaroo]

simetra, are you playing Sims 3? This is a Sims 2 thread. Sims 3 "stupid questions" go here: http://www.modthesims.info/showthread.php?t=343651

[simetra866]

I don't have sims 3, so I'm playing sims 2. I think I found a good teleporter. I'm just about to try it out.

[mangaroo]

Then I have to know, please: how did you get a Sim you're not playing pregnant?

[simetra866]

Wel...I used boolprop to make her selectable...and I had her woohoo with my sim using the orgy rug I got from sexysims2.com. >.>' I was very bored at the time and decided to do it.


Hm...I'm not seeing Allyn on the list of people I can summon...any other ideas?

[mangaroo]

If I remember correctly, she's in the Garden Club if you're playing Seasons w/o empty templates. Are you using one of Inge's teleporters from Simlogical (http://www.drealm.info/simlogical/sl/Sims2Pages/Sims2_Teleporters.htm)? If so, there ought to be a kind of "dumping ground" household listed for all NPC Sims which would include Allyn Thomason. It would probably fall under the name of the Garden Club contact...which starts with a Z.

On the other hand, you're not actually supposed to impregnate non-playables. The game isn't coded to process that. So there could have been some borkage as a result.

[simetra866]

I'm using one of the teleporter shrubs...can't remember which one. I never thought of trying the garden club...



Found her. I looked under the first Z list I saw and her name was at the top. (: She's not pregnant anymore, but hey, at least I found her. :P

[cdanon]

This is an odd question and hopefully I wont get whacked with the hammer of justice for asking it. Really just a puzzlement and not really an issue. Downloading is fine and no game issues..I just wonder why some downloads have sim-packs in them. It is no trouble to extract them but what is the purpose of doing that? That is all I want to know.

[Engram]

Furniture items, clothing, etc, that are offered as individual downloads come as .package files.

Sims and houses, because they are often packaged with specific clothing, hair, furniture, walls, floors, etc, are usually offered as Sims2Pack files. It's a way of putting together a bunch of .package files that is recognised by the game (and Clean Installer) for installing into the game. It is easier to press a button that says "package up this house/sim" and the game or Bodyshop just sticks all the necessary parts into a Sims2Pack file, than it would be to track down the sim .package file or the house file and then to riffle through one's downloads to track down every single item and recolour used in the house or on the sim and then throw it all into a single zip or rar. It's simply the way the game packages sims and houses but also it is a matter of convenience for the creator of the sim or house so they don't have to track down every single piece of CC used amongst what is often several gigabytes worth of CC in their Downloads folder.

[cdanon]

Thanks Engram for that explanation.
That makes perfect sense now. Cleaning up files and came across it and had never packaged a file myself had only used rar. I understand why now...with things like the mini-lots I guess there would be no other way.

[ForeverCamp]

Wondering, whats the max amount of money can a sim household have? Also how many leftovers can you stuff into the refrigerator?

LOL, I've never tried motherloding a house numerous times (most of my households are broke until their parents die), so couldn't give you an answer.

Leftovers... There must be a limit, because the fridge has a max capacity - except for bottles. Neverending supply of baby bottles... It's probably some sort of formula (fridge max capacity = 600, then at fridge at 500 filled would have room for up to 100 units worth of leftovers).

[arathea]

Leftovers... There must be a limit, because the fridge has a max capacity - except for bottles. Neverending supply of baby bottles... It's probably some sort of formula (fridge max capacity = 600, then at fridge at 500 filled would have room for up to 100 units worth of leftovers).

I don't think that the game "stores" leftovers in the fridge, for me it looks like they are connected to the lot. When I sell the fridge and buy a new one or move a family out and let other sims move in, the leftovers are still available.

[Menaceman44]

Wondering, whats the max amount of money can a sim household have? Also how many leftovers can you stuff into the refrigerator?

As far as I am aware, which could be wrong, the max amount of cash is $999,999,999.

And I don't think there is a limit to left overs. I've had a full buffet table worth of servings in the fridge at once as leftovers.

[Prosthetics]

The limit couldn't possibly be 999,999,999. I've had sims max that out and reach over 1,000,000,000 simoleons before. :/

[Bellasaurus]

Leftovers... There must be a limit, because the fridge has a max capacity - except for bottles. Neverending supply of baby bottles... It's probably some sort of formula (fridge max capacity = 600, then at fridge at 500 filled would have room for up to 100 units worth of leftovers).

You can stock any fridge with as much fresh stuff as you like - I had over 1400 fresh stored, along with the 250 or so left from what came with the fridge, it was way over the poor little 300 capacity fridge!

[ForeverCamp]

Thanks for schooling me in the art of leftovers, guys! :D

Oh, the possibilities...

[SimMegaptera]

Wel...I used boolprop to make her selectable...and I had her woohoo with my sim using the orgy rug I got from sexysims2.com. >.>'

... My orgy rug doesn't get them pregnant. Maybe there's a new version. x3

[arathea]

... My orgy rug doesn't get them pregnant. Maybe there's a new version. x3
There is an option called "choose settings". ;)

[vhanster]

Just wondering... a parent sim sometime have this aspiration want to have his/her child become an overachiever. Just what exactly is an Overachiever?

[Julieryc]

Just wondering... a parent sim sometime have this aspiration want to have his/her child become an overachiever. Just what exactly is an Overachiever?

It's when they have an A+ report card and are at the top of a Teen career track. (Although it might just be my game, sometimes I've noticed this want fails to trigger if the teen hits the top of the career track before getting their A+.)

[ginrouken]

It's when they have an A+ report card and are at the top of a Teen career track. (Although it might just be my game, sometimes I've noticed this want fails to trigger if the teen hits the top of the career track before getting their A+.)

Yeah, they should have the A+ flag before reaching the top of the career or it doesn't count. They meant it as, the kid was able to get to the top while keeping his grades perfect.

[ekrubynaffit]

At certain times of the day for me if I come to mts the site either runs slow or has problems downloading items or, more often than, not its both. If I go to another site and try to download from there its fine, come back to mts and try again same thing happens, But then if I give up and come back in about 40 mins its fine again! it seems to be a consistant thing happening and around 10 in the morning and 9 at night. I just wondered if it happens to anyone else and if anyone knows why its happening?

[AlexandraSpears]

Yeah, they should have the A+ flag before reaching the top of the career or it doesn't count. They meant it as, the kid was able to get to the top while keeping his grades perfect.

Not to mention overachievers get more scholarship funds if you intend to send them to college.

I have this one Sim in college who was an overachiever, and she'd reached Logic and Cleaning Level 8 and got two more scholarships. Her LTW is become chief of staff.

[ForeverCamp]

ekrubynaffit:

What time zone are you in? If you're in roughly the same time zone as the site (GMT -5: Eastern Time in Canada/USA), then those might be prime downloading times - more users are online, running around MTS like maniacs, using more... bandwidth? (Not REALLY technically-literate, so forgive bad usage of terminology) I know with my internet connection in particular, some times are slower than others, because it's peak usage time in the area. Maybe it's the same principle for the site.

[mangaroo]

Remember, folks: the topic of this thread is stupid/random questions about playing The Sims 2. There's an entire forum for questions about the site: http://www.modthesims.info/forumdisplay.php?f=24

[siwbf]

I have searched everywhere for my question so either I’m dense or it doesn’t exist. I have spent quiet some time decorating a neighborhood to my liking and would like to use it multiple times; is there a way to have copies of the neighborhood to play.