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Misslibra | Thursday, December 20, 2001 - 07:25 pm     Mssilhouette, your house is absolutely gorgeous darling!! I just love it, I went to the seven deadly sins before but never downloaded anything from there. After looking at the house Kep had the same question I had about the one bedroom and so many bathrooms, but you have answered those question already. Crazydog, dagnabit!! you have to put your wrath on hold, that is so unfair, especially after your taste buds was all ready for it. Kep thanks for the link and the info about Black & white. I went to the site to check out the game. I would be in the same postion as Crazydog, I would have to get a upgrade to play that game. As the Sims turn... I made up this really cute newly married couple, fixed their house up really cute. And what happen the first day their in the house, the new bride cooks dinner the stove catches on fire, and as the couple try to put the fire out the wife catches on fire and gets burn up. I forgot to put a fire alarm up. Anyway it was pretty sad, all the husband did was morn his wife. Her urn was left in the kitchen after the fire. I tired to get him to take the urn outside, but everytime he look at the urn or went to touch the urn the poor guy would fall apart. So he use the insurance money from her death and brought a bigger and better house. Since he is single now I'm going to have to find him a mate. At my other house where the sad clown was dogging my sims every move, I had two couples living in that one house, well one of the couples got into a big fight, and the lady kicked the Mans butt, he got mad packed up his stuff and left. Don't know where he went, but he was so mean I haven't missed him. Mssilhouette, I'm really lousy at building houses but I'm trying to learn. I know I learned to always make sure there is a fire alarm in the house, that would of prevent the Sims death because the fire department would of came right out and put the fire out. I also learned that the burgular alarms is best if they are place on the outside of the house near the entry ways. I haven't learn how to make a room larger, that is the biggest problem I have is space. How can I make the room larger or do I just have to add on to the house ? And how do I get a sims to move a urn from inside of the house to the outside? I also pleaded for the poor wifes life when the grim reeper came but to no avail, he took her life anyway. Oh and I almost forgot one of my couples had a baby, but the wife neglected the baby because she was cheating on her husband while he was at work,and the child protection people came and took the baby away. Grooch this game does remind me alot of Big Brother. And I'm addicted to it already. Now I think I'll go check out some of these sims links I have and see what new objects and skins I can get for my sims. After seeing Mssilhouette house it have inspired me to see if I can do a better job with my houses. Because right now all I have is the objects with the game. And once I get mine together I'll show off some of my families to. |
Mssilhouette | Friday, December 21, 2001 - 12:50 am     Wow MissL you've had a lot happen to you. And I love reading about your As The Sims turn. Wait till you get good at taking action photos of your sims and putting them in the family album. Then we'll all be able to see the drama. Okay as far as building houses well I'd start out with one of the default houses or download a house I have a few homes built by far better architects than I. So once you see where you need to make improvement click on the HOUSE icon in the Sims control panel. That'll put you into build mode. From there you can erase and make walls to your own desire. I'm gonna copy a few passages from my Sims Prima Strategy Guide from the chapter on building a house. Wall & Fence Tools (ed. In build mode)There are several tools here, but your first step is to "frame" your house. Simply place the cursor at any tile intersection. Then click, hold, and drag to place your wall. When you release the mouse button, the wood framing will change to a type of wall selected on the Control Panel To Delete a wall hold down the CTRL key, then click and drag on a secton of the wall. You are not limited to square walls. Simply drag the cursor at any angle to creat an intersting corner. However, don't make the angled walls too long. You cannot place doors, windows or objects on these walls. Also you cannot connect angled wall to an existing straight wall inside your house. ~~~~~~~~ When building a wall holding SHIFT while dragging the cursor will make an instant square. You can make one single room bigger but you'll notice that that expansion will effect the look of the rest of the house. Overall MissL i'd say switch the Sims into build mode and test it out. It took me a few days just to make my house and that was before I bothered funishing it. But that's the fun part  |
Biloxibelle | Friday, December 21, 2001 - 06:19 am     Ooohhh the Sims Hi everyone. I'm new here my name is BiloxiBelle...Belle for short and I am a Sims addict. I picked this name because I figured that since I am in the South in Biloxi and am female I could consider myself a Belle but since discovering the Sims about 3 months ago the Belle is used better to discribe the shape I am becoming from hours of sitting here with the Sims . I went as far as to "hide" my car in the garage one morning so my neighbor would think I wasn't home and not drop over for coffee. We are in the process of setting up some new computer systems so I am starting over on my Sims again. I have Sims, Living Large and Hot Date somehow I missed House Party but there is always hope with Christmas coming. And after seeing your house Mssilhouette I really hope it is under the tree. I have spent hours on web pages getting objects and wallpaper and floors I will go back to those sites and copy them and post them here. I admit I will cheat when setting up a house which is my favorite part but I just can't help myself I love the finer things. But after the set up I send them out into the work world and earn my money the honest way. A couple of the cheats I found helpful are when using the rosebud cheat I will make a mistake on purpose in the prompt area. I use a group of ten thousand prompts after the rosebud;!;!;!;!;!;!;!;!;!;! then after the last exclamation point I put a colon : when you push enter you get the message there is no such cheat but if you notice your money it went up by 10K. Just keep hitting enter until you have the amount of money you want then backspace over the colon hit enter again and the rosebud prompt will disappear. I learned this one to late to save a few Sims but if something bad happens such as fire or welfare showing up to take the baby exit the game when it asks you if you want to save the game hit No then go back into the game and you begin where you were before the bad thing happened. Gives you a chance to add a fire alarm or feed the baby. Also pets can be deadly. I had a Single mother and daughter in one house with a Guinea Pig and didn't clean the cage enough. After the mother remarried, mother and daughter both died. I also had a dog in one of my favorite Sims house within a day of the dog dying my Sim started coughing and sneezing like my mother and daughter did. That's when I went out and didn't save the game and was able to go back in and sell the dog before it died and my Sim did not get sick. I know I rattled on and on here and will leave now. I was thrilled to find this site and hope it is okay if join your group. |
Willsfan | Friday, December 21, 2001 - 06:50 am     Welcome Biloxibelle Glad you found us! We always enjoy hearing other peoples SIM stories and their experiences with the game. I have two of my couples maxed out on the skills level and just started them to work. Whew. It's like real work to make sure their energy and fun levels are up before they go to work. The first day at work (because of their skill levels) they got raises and a pay bonus. Ranging from 300 to 600 simoleans (sp?). I don't want mine to have a baby yet. Geez!!! It's tough enough to see that the little girl gets A's in school and dashes out to the bus every morning. But it is refreshing to hear little kids sim talk. It's cute. The high dollar computer is a must for sim children because it can be used for fun and study. |
Mssilhouette | Friday, December 21, 2001 - 09:53 am     Hey Belle! Glad to have another Sims addict around! On your money cheat the max allowed in the cheat box is 30 of those !; things. I make 30 then do a CTRL C for copy and CTRL V for paste and just keep that up till I get into the millions. You know I didn't know you could have a dog. I know about the gueniea(sp) pig. By the cure for that is putting up the picture of the pig or making a potion. Its good to have a new person and I look forward to seeing the sites you'll post and the webpages. Woohoo Another SIMS player added to the clan! Once again WELCOME Belle! |
Angelnikki | Friday, December 21, 2001 - 04:50 pm     I have a question. My boyfriend and I decided to get each other the SIMS for Christmas. He was going to get me THE SIMS and I was going to get him one of the expansion packs(I got Livin Large). I brought it home and we were talking about it and I decided to bring the box out and i opened it. I told him it was compatable for windows 95 and 98 and he said we only have windows professional. We cannot use the game I tryed to take it back cause i had the receipt and the lady said they cant take it back at all because of copyright bullcrap, which is understandable. Anyhow, now I have a 30.00 game that I cant even use and to top it off, its an expansion pack its not the original that you would need to start the game. I didnt even put the cd in, i just opened the box. What should i do?? Could someone help me? |
Misslibra | Friday, December 21, 2001 - 07:10 pm     Biloxibelle, Welcome we are glad to have you join us! Thank you all so much with this Sims info. I have learned even more about my Sims from everyone recent posts. Mssilhouette, it would be just down right boring if I didn't make have my Sims mix it up a little bit. And thank you for your building tips it will be very helpful. And Crazydog, your idea of having them butt nekkid at 7-11 is my kind of fun... LOL Hurry up and get your system updated so you can do just that. Angelnikki, is there anyway you could switch over to windows 98? What is windows professional? And did you try the game at all? Maybe windows professinal has windows 95 or 98 incorporated in the windows professional system? I took a short break from baking cookies now it is time for me to return to my kitchen. |
Kep421 | Saturday, December 22, 2001 - 06:27 am     Hi Angelnikki. I searched the game boards I know looking for someone who may have the same problem as you. I found lots of people with problems who are playing SIMS on Windows ME. Fortuneately the problems were in how to play the SIMS, not that it doesn't work. This indicates that the SIMS is compatible to Windows ME. If I were you, I would go to the official Maxis SIMS site at SIMS Home Page or to this helpful site Peter's Place and email tech support. If you don't want to wait for a return email, there might be a tech support phone number on the box. Give them a call and ask them, I'm willing to bet the game is compatible with Windows ME. I personally think that Windows ME is just an upgrade of Windows 98 and the game should be loadable and playable. When I upgraded to Windows 98, all my Window 95 games still worked. I find it hard to believe that Maxis would make the original game compatible to only two operating systems and its expansion packs compatible to a third. It just doesn't make sense. Good Luck, hon!! I think Peter's Page has more helpful information then the SIMS home page and he even has a direct link to tech support. I'd be interested in hearing what you find out. |
Biloxibelle | Saturday, December 22, 2001 - 06:42 am     Good Morning All, Thanks so much for the warm welcome. We are running Windows ME on both our computers and Sims works just fine. Give it a try Angelnikki it should work. Let us know if you get it set up. Mssil thanks for the Guinea Pig info I did not know the picture did that. Going to clean the house up and look through some of my favorite sites I hope to get them posted here today. |
Judy | Sunday, December 23, 2001 - 09:23 am     WOW! I have discovered a pod of Simians!! I love this game,I really need to go out and buy it. The way I have it without buying it is I thought I was downloading a demo of it on Kazaa-but it is a whole working 'bootleg'! OOPS So I can't do things like download or uplaod stuff OR upgrade to LL or HD- so until I can justify spending $30 on ANOTHER game for myself, I am just messing around with this one. I can't wait to try the Newbie trick Missil- that sounds COOL! I must be a big softie- cuz I find that I can't torture my Sims, when they wrap their arms around their heads and whine- I feel so bad for em( I have a nude patch that works fine- I will put it on my FTP for download. I like it cuz you can just make the adults nekkid and not the kids Also when you create a new adult and give him full playful points, then when he/she is the first to get into a hot tub- they do it nekkid and every one else follows suit I am trying to not cheat (been there done that) and earn money the old fashioned way. Right now my Judy Sim is a military counter intelligince officer and my hubby is a Doctor. So glad I found this thread. Happy Holidays All |
Willsfan | Sunday, December 23, 2001 - 01:20 pm     I'm not going to try to reinstall Hot Date again until after Christmas and I have time to take my computer in for more memory. I have 128mb but I want to max it out. (256 or more) Then maybe HD won't freeze on the build mode. People have told me they are running theirs on 64, on much older computers than mine. How curious. Wow, I spent 5 hours playing this silly game this morning. But I'm not addicted. I can quit anytime I want. Just as soon as I get one more house built.... haha |
Judy | Sunday, December 23, 2001 - 01:32 pm     Yes- just keep telling yourself that! What I don't understand is the members of my non-sim family and how they just don't get it! They expect you to be able to just stop when you are in the middle of making a new friend and training for a big promotion at work! Jeez the NERVE of some people |
Angelnikki | Sunday, December 23, 2001 - 01:32 pm     ok, the SIMS seem to be working fine on my computer but i just have a few questions(im new) ok, i cant seem to figure out how to build, im not good at it at all my sim lost his job and said he was too depressed to look for a new one he has less than 100.00 dollars. he keeps whining about wanting a woman?? I dont know how to find him one.(i made him a bachleor) How do i cheat and get more money?? i find that having more than two Sims is too hard to control. i had a fire and didnt know what to do, luckily my Sim didnt run into it, he just put his hands on his head and screamed. When i told him to read about cooking, he shook his head and said uh uh im too depressed to read What the he**?? this game is hard. i am havin sort of a difficult time figuring out things?? my sim is so depressed and i cant seem to get him full enough, he is always hungry or whining about tv or radio. I bought him a tv and et center but he still whines. oh, and how do i get him a bed?? i havent seen one yet. sorry for so many questions but im frazzled thanks |
Judy | Sunday, December 23, 2001 - 01:53 pm     I have seen most of these things answered in this thread...you just need to go through the whole thing. Misssil posted all the cheats and how to enter them and I think she posted a little tutorial on how to build as well. Some things that took me a while to figure out: Click on the 'house' icon (where you buy stuff) again and you will see more options. The reason you haven't seen beds is probably that Also once you have a bunch of money, buy expensive stuff. Read the descriptions of objects and you will see 'comfort level' hunger level' etc. The higher this number- the more it will do for your sim. Also - I don't worry about cooking or fires cuz my sims are veggies! Buy the 'food processor' and your Sims can whip up yummy salads without catching the dern house on fire! |
Kep421 | Sunday, December 23, 2001 - 02:12 pm     Sometimes I think I really want to try this game and other times I think I will end up in analysis if I would start playing... I've never been into simulation games, but reading these posts have made me see the allure. It definately appeals to my "retentive" nature and this game could help me to work out some of my control issues. However, if any of my SIMs did the things that are happening to Angelnikki's and Willsfan's SIMs, I think I would end up taking the whole thing personally and I would not be able to cope. Things right now are not all that great in my life at the moment and if my simulated person was to commit suicide or set the house on fire or become so depressed he couldn't read a book...well it just might push me over the edge!!! |
Judy | Sunday, December 23, 2001 - 02:41 pm     Angel- I mispoke about which icon to press again for more objects you can buy...it's the chair with lamp icon (not the house one) also notice when the pictures of available objects is displayed there will sometimes be a white arrow/triangle- that means you can click that to go to more objects. I know what you mean Kep- but I find great satisfaction in satisfying my Sims! When one comes home from work and needs comfort - it is terrific to provide a great hot bath- and the moans of satisfaction are great (lil kids do an adorable giggle/moan when they are enjoying the comfort of a hot bath ) It just takes some practice and trial and error. Angel- I recommend keeping your game in 'build mode' until you have everything your sim needs (a nother great moment is when you buy something and your sim goes over to it and applauds with joy ) Basic necessities for your Sim house: Kitchen: Trash can (compactor if you have $) table chair(s) Fridge (best you can afford) counter tops for: sink (double is good) food processor lighting Living room couch some form of entertainment like tv or chess set note: make sure you get 2 chairs for chess set and that the set is facing the right way (pieces toward chairs) bookcase (for learning) lighting Bathroom: toilet sink tub/shower lighting Bedroom: Bed lighting Good luck |
Willsfan | Sunday, December 23, 2001 - 09:13 pm     I have three bachelors and I didn't let them even have a microwave until they had four levels (stripes) of cooking and three mechanical because the first three guys I created met with an untimely um...demise. I have their Free Will turned on but yet they seem happy to take orders to read the cookbooks and pratice speeches in front of mirrors. Next is the tough part. Body building. I think I'll get three of those workout machines and line them up together and make them all moan and groan at the same time. Heh! I have two single females and two married ladies who all showed up at the three single guys' front door one night. I had to encourage 2 of the guys to "Greet" the ladies but the other one (a Libra) almost ran over the other two getting out the front door to try to talk to all of them at once. LOL And they seemed to like him too they hung around until he went to bed. Sometimes this game is a little too much like real life. For those who want to torture sims...I don't want to kill the ones I create but I've been trying to trap the pizza boy. (just to see if I can) I suppose I could wall him up like something out of Edgar Alan Poe. Nah, I'm too chicken hearted. |
Judy | Sunday, December 23, 2001 - 09:35 pm     Sounds like you are having fun Will It also sounds like a hot tub would be a great investment for you. Once you greet your guests - then have your sim get in the hot tub. After that click on your guests and then choose 'join' they will get in the tub and chat with you. It's a great way to get comfort, hygiene and social all in one activity! |
Misslibra | Sunday, December 23, 2001 - 11:01 pm     Somebody, please... for my sake!! Remind me not to give cookies as christmas gifts! I have a half of pan of Gingerbread Men still to do, and a whole batch of sugar cookies to frost. This is the first chance I have been on my computer, since you all heard from me the other day. <MissLibra pouts> Not to even mention my poor Sims have been neglected. They wont die will they? I haven't seen them since Friday. <MissLibra pouts some more> But Judy my spirits lifted right up when I saw the link you posted to download that naked patch! But now I'm having trouble downloading Judy's file for the patch. <MissLibra sulks off pouting and thinking about all those cookies she has to finish frosting>  |
Misslibra | Sunday, December 23, 2001 - 11:12 pm     Judy I was using explorer and an older version of GoZilla. But I came out of Explorer and used my Netscape and had no problem getting the file... thanks! |
Soeur | Monday, December 24, 2001 - 04:42 am     My son (13)just bought himself the SIMS for his birthday. I feel guilty being online with so much to do and have not read all the posts here...can he read this thread or are you guys doing 'adult' stuff with these fictitious people? Honestly, I stared at the SIMS box in horror and wondered if the person setting the game up would start thinking they were the *creator* but my husband looked at me strangely and said "it's just like writing a book, honey". That put things in a better perspective (sheepish smile). Soooo, when we got it home we found that there was a major problem with our computer and in trying to fix it we were off line for almost a day. I stayed up until 2am last night fixing things up and he will finally be able to do SIMS today. *sis thinks that SIMS might be addictive... |
Kep421 | Monday, December 24, 2001 - 04:49 am     I'm not a SIMs player, just a lurker at the moment, but I think it sounds like (from these posts) you would need an expansion pak for the "adult" stuff....I think its called "Hot Date". Your son didn't bring that one home, did he? |
Soeur | Monday, December 24, 2001 - 04:57 am     Thanks Kep, No, he did not bring 'Hot Date' home. What a hoot! I checked the intro bit early this am and was able to make a guy take a shower, though This mom has to be watched at all times |
Mssilhouette | Monday, December 24, 2001 - 12:09 pm     Some quick keyboard shortcuts for the different modes: F1 - Live Mode F2 - Buy Mode {click once for furniture catagories [ie. chair tables, lamps] click again for room catagories [ie, bedroom, living room, kitchen] The item selection icons will change F3 - Build Mode F4 - Picture Mode That will make it easier than using the mouse all the time. Well its good to see many new Simsmanics here! I can't wait to see the houses and read the drama. Kep, most of the folks have the main game Sims and either Living Large or House Party. I think most of us are waiting on Hot Date. Soeur, I think your 13yr old can read this thead. We do talk about the nude patch and if you have the Living Large or House Party expansion packs they both have the "love bed" where the Sims...ahhh umm do their thang. But the nude patch doesn't come with the game, its something that has to be downloaded. Now if you don't mind us talking about the best way to kill your sims and get the insurance money then no biggie. ~~~~ I'll be making a change to my Sims page and updating the photo album. My Sims counterpart has been very busy. I've also added even MORE onto the sprawling estate. LOL I've also made a 8 brother family in a tiny 1 bathroom 1 bedroom house. Muhahaha let the mayhem begin. |
Soeur | Monday, December 24, 2001 - 12:56 pm     In his first life, my son met the female neighbor for the first time wearing his pajamas. He wanted to cook her supper and had to study how before making the meal and then they both sat down to eat with him still in his pj's. His first job? extra in a movie; he took a day off and got a phone warning from his boss that he was going to be fired if he did not come in the next day. His lot and building expenses were so high that he did not have running water. Oh, then he starved to death because he did not have a fridge. A new family has been started. Everything is fine with them but the wife is a pickpocket, the husband (my son!) is doing the night shift as a bag man or mobster crony. Their son refuses to study. They are making him happier, giving him comfort by letting him sit and entertain himself by watching tv. |
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