Archive through January 30, 2002

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Resortgirl

Thursday, January 24, 2002 - 01:33 pm Click here to edit this post
My Sims had a baby earlier in the week... the darn kid had it's days and nights mixed up... was screaming all night... the four family members took turns playing, feeding and singing to the brat but social services showed up anyway. I'm having Mrs. Baxters tubes tied pronto!

Willsfan

Thursday, January 24, 2002 - 02:07 pm Click here to edit this post
Finally got one of my seven sims brothers married. But, one thing I had not thought of- you can only have eight people in the house right? So I guess that means that none of the other guys can get married. I tried another couple last night and she refused his proposal. Now I'm wondering if she accepts he will move in with her. I'll let you know what happens since I know some of you have single sims households.

The Hot Date patch is on the sims site!

I downloaded the patch today but haven't tried playing the game yet. I want to reboot the computer first. Just wanted to let you guys know about it in case you have HD. It took 17 minutes. And it seemed like that long for it to be unzipped. haha It may or may not be worth it. I had never seen the old prude and my sims "played" on the picnic blanket frequently. The janitor, Sonya did however poke one of them in the butt with her broom. (not supposed to happen) HD has several glitches, many of them are amusing.

I also downloaded (last night) the MTV skins. Only 4 of them appeared and 4 new outfits. Hey, I'm happy anyway. I wanted new skins sooo bad but have heard people say downloaded skins can cause a world of trouble with certain expansion packs so I am afraid to download skins or objects from other sites. Although, I am tempted to visit 8DS just to see what I'm missing.

Willsfan

Thursday, January 24, 2002 - 02:18 pm Click here to edit this post
Mssilhouette - I was out at Wal-Mart today and happened to see all the sims expansion packs and after reading all the boxes wish I had LL because it seems like it would have been the best pack to add first. So, I totally agree with you recommending it.

I received The Sims and Hot Date as gifts so I'm not complaining I'm just saying that as much fun as HD is LL adds careers and a few other things that HD doesn't. But, according to people at the simresource forum it has many, many objects from HP and LL. It would be nice to have them all. LOL

Mssilhouette

Thursday, January 24, 2002 - 11:21 pm Click here to edit this post
Well Willsfan, you're having a grand time.

I'm glad you agree with my assessment of LL and HP. I think LL was the best expansion with the addition of more career tracks and objects and neighborhood expansions. HP basically made it more fun to party with much nicer furniture and MORE skins :)

By the way Willsfan, you shouldn't worry too much about downloading skins. Heck most of the skins used in LL and HP came from sites like 7deadlysims.com and others.

Try out 7deadlysims.com first since that's the free one. 8thdeadlysim.com is their pay site with more adult themed objects and skins.


MissL - THere are only three houses available for downloading on my TRIPOD website.

On the these pages there's a list of stats for the family after you see "Number of Family Friends" there's one more phrase, that I added "Download House" next to that is the text link for the zip file.

Silhouette Sim Lane3.


Brothers Sim Lane10.


Widow Sim Lane8.


If you're still having trouble, just let me know and I will send it to you via email. :)

Willsfan

Friday, January 25, 2002 - 01:47 am Click here to edit this post
Problems with the HD patch.
Of course I had to spot it right off and download it before they removed it from the sim site. They are going to release another one in a few days. I can only hope that it overwrites the patch I have installed.

My game seems to run smoother but...here's a few things that my sims used to be able to use downtown they cannot use now: the diving board,sinks, dressing rooms and they can't play in the fountains. This is not a huge, huge problem, though. They can still swim and if they have neatness points they will wash their hands and they can still buy clothing.

If I had known the patch would cause these minor problems I would not have downloaded it!! Darn it. It's pretty bad when you can not even trust the official sims site.

I married off another brother and he went to live with her instead of at his own house since his house already had eight people. She proposed to him. The message box said she would be living with him but they didn't.

Misslibra

Friday, January 25, 2002 - 06:12 am Click here to edit this post
Hi Mssil, I got the Brother's house and the Widow's house. Thank you!! :) I'll add them to my second neighborhood.

Willsfan that sucks about that patch, even though it didn't cause a major problem like stopping you from playing the game it still sucks!!

Judy, I hope things worked out for you over there. After I ate I went to bed. My day yesterday was a long one, I was so tired. I tried to wait until you came back, but I had to split on you. Hope you forgive me. :)

Resortgirl that baby is a handful. Welfare came and got one of my couples baby to, so don't feel bad. Since that happen I have not let any of my couples have babies. If they can't take care of them they shouldn't be having them. That is why I was a little bothered when I heard sometimes the babies just appear.

The last time I played my Sims... about 48 hours ago. :) I played with my polygamy couple (two Women and a Man). I didn't direct them to do anything I let the game run by itself. And boy let me tell you, there was a whole lot of slapping going on.

The Women are so jealous of each other. Not to mention the Husband have been working on Chris the roomie. He is was up to 92 points with Chris, that was until Trina one of his wives slapped her a couple of times. Chris cried and then left, the Husband have lost a friend.

So Robert have been flirting, kissing and sleeping with Beverly a lot more then he has with Trina. They take turns sleeping with him, but ya'll knew that right?? LOL

Anyhoo, Trina hauled off and started slapping on her, not once but about 3 to four times, but not all at the same time of course, only when Robert was loving on Beverly.

Trina is violent and very jealous. I didn't realize that until I let the game run on it's own and I think she is tired of free loading Beverly.

And I might add that Beverly and Trina have never liked each other from the get go. But so far Beverly have not slap Trina back. She just cries. And when she try to talk to Trina, I notice Trina wont say much back to her. Robert thought that they could learn to like each other by the three living together... it ain't working, no how no way.

But I have to give Robert and Trina credit, they didn't get fired from their job, they went to work like clock work, no matter if their bladders was full or not. LOL

But Beverly lost her job, and right now she is out of work. So she stays home while Trina and Robert works, doing nothing. I'm going to have to do something about that the next time I play the game. I started to intervene when I saw she was going to miss her second day of work, but I didn't. So she will have to start all over again in her career.

Mr Pleasant have been coming over and visiting Trina quite a bit, so I think Mr Pleasant know that Trina is having trouble with her marriage, maybe he have been coming over to counsel her or something.

I did notice he never brings his wife or Kid's with him though. Wouldn't that be something if Mr pleasant left Mrs Pleasant... hmmmm I think I see a story line forming here. LOL

Mr Pleasant was visiting Trina one night and walked in on Beverly and Robert making whoopee. Now the making whoopee was my doing... hehehe I had to try out the new love bed I got!

Judy

Friday, January 25, 2002 - 07:39 am Click here to edit this post
Hey All!

Crazydog- I used your playatub and my Sims did not get in nekkid:(

No prob MisL- I never made it back online last night. My fajitas turned out great and I ate WAY too many of em. Never moved off the couch after that LOL

MisL has sent a bunch of goodies to my FTP for everyone to enjoy! Thanks MisL!

These items are also available through my AIM file shring too. You have to be on my buddy list to get them, though. Here is my AIM name: JudyAlias
If you want to try downloading that way- just drop me an IM and I will add you to my buddy list.

Well,
When I have had time to play - I have been playing with my Judy family.
If you remember my hubby had advanced all the way through the Athlete career and then changed to the Extreme career track.
He is now an international spy. When he got promoted the pop up window warned that International Spys are chick magnets. Then my hubby Sim changed into this cheesy black shiny jumpsuit! It is hilarious- he looks like a geek NOT a playa! LOL
My Judy Sim has never had a job- so since her hubby is now a government spy I decided to get her a job in the Life of Crime area.
We'll see what happens heh heh heh

Mssilhouette

Friday, January 25, 2002 - 10:10 am Click here to edit this post
I see a member of the ModSquad edited my long URL link...but that's the way I like them. :(

Now hmmm I wonder what things MissL has sent to judy for her FTP. LOL I think I know :)

Everyone is having a great time with their Sims...I was gonna play and STILL haven't played. I got busy yesterday and didn't have time to even move anything.

I was trying to place my page on my aol site but that darn piece of crap severs of there was busy. So the hunt continues....

I'm gonna make a page with all the tips I previously posted so it can be in one single place for reference ;)

Maybe after that I'll have time to do something with those sims. LOL

Moderator

Friday, January 25, 2002 - 11:57 am Click here to edit this post
Mssilhouette your URL links were edited because they made the thread to wide, which makes it hard for others with small monitors to read this thread. It's a pain to scroll back and forwards to read a thread. I and some other member's here have a small screen. One day we hope to get a larger screen, but until then those long urls will have to be edited. Sorry about that, I didn't mean to make you sad. Cheer up it's a beautiful day!

007

Mssilhouette

Friday, January 25, 2002 - 05:43 pm Click here to edit this post
LOL That's okay 007 modsquad member. I have a small monitor too a mere 15inches. Woe is me!

I'm having a good day but thanks for explaining just the same. I promise not to make the thread into a Letterbox version.


Fellow SIMSaholics! I finally played today!! Yessir I played those little sims...okay I was finishing up the strip/night club. I complete the second strip room and was starting in on the back house for the ladies and Red. Everything was going along nicely when suddendly.....

NOTHING...My computer froze and would not budge. So I had to do the harsh reboot and lost everything. *SIGH* back to square one again.

Biloxibelle

Saturday, January 26, 2002 - 06:35 am Click here to edit this post
Morning all thought I'd pop in with my 2 hour update. I loovvveee HP I love to build with it. Everyone is ending up with some form of a night club attached to their house and my downtown has taken on new life.

Judy I think the key to them getting nekkid in the hot tub is needing a lot of "outgoing" personality points. Wiilsfan I was right there with you d/l the HD patch I haven't seen any problems with it yet but then I wasn't sure I had any of the problems that needed to be fixed except I have never seen the old prude downtown didn't even know there was one, I didn't have the bay window and my Sims would get stuck in the swing. So now I will wait for the patch to fix the patch that fixed the problems I didn't even know I had lol.

Here are a couple of problems I am having that someone might help me with. First one is flies, flies just appearing and buzzing around the house not over dirty plates just every where. They fly around the rooms in and out of the windows and are driving me nuts with their buzz buzz buzz. I have the robot that cleans all the time and in one house I even brought in the maid thinking that would help but they just kept buzzing then in a day or two (sims time) they will disappear. There is no prompt when you try to click on them to spray or swat they just buzz and fly.

And second thing is the nekkid patch I had it d/l fine on my old computer and I swear I d/l and unzipped in my skins folder and it worked fine. Now I can't get it to work on either one of my computers so I know I am doing it wrong. Where should I d/l it?

Last but not least when I am d/l window and doors from Sims sites where am I suppose to put them. Under game data I have my wall, floors and roofs folders but where oh where do I put doors and windows?

Misslibra

Saturday, January 26, 2002 - 09:56 am Click here to edit this post
Mssil, your Brother's house is out of this world!! Girl you know you was working it when you made the Brother's house. It's FANTABULOUS!!! As Bunky would say. :) The decor of the house and everything was excellent. Now I have to make up some Sims to go into the Widows house so I can see what goodies you have in there. :)

And I'm very please to report I had no trouble with the house, except some objects didn't load. So I don't know what I missed seeing. I made a few changes, like replacing the dance cages with my tiki dance cages, and a few other changes because I just downloaded a bunch of tiki stuff so those things I downloaded will go well with the house.

I put three women and two men in the brother's house. So their is plenty of space in case they want to move somone in. When they entered the house they look like they were in a big toy store for Sims. I mean you put everything in that house. And the family recieved a lot of company shortly after I moved them in. It look like the whole block came to visit all at the same time.

But guess what happen? With all the bathrooms in the Brother's house you would think their guess would have no trouble finding a bathroom, well about three of the guess ended up peeing on the floors. I was pissed because with all those bathrooms there is no excuse for them peeing on my Sims floors. I couldn't figure out why they did that. They must be jealous!! LOL

Judy I'm not sure what house you got from Mssil if you didn't get the Brothers house you should check it out.

Biloxibelle, the fly problem could be caused by your outdoor plants if they have died from not being water and taking care of. If you don't have a gardener get one.

If you have old newspaper's laying around the house that could be the problem also. I had the same problem you did with the flies, and I couldn't figure out why there were flies when the house was clean, well it seem the old newspapers laying around the house, and dead plants outside the house was the problem. I didn't know at the time how important a gardener is, but I do now. :)

Your doors and windows go into your objects folder. And Judy has the nude patch on her FTP. The link is in one of her above post. I downloaded the patch from Judy and my patch works fine. Try the patch Judy has and see if it works for you. And you are correct the patch goes into the skins folder.

Willsfan

Saturday, January 26, 2002 - 11:52 am Click here to edit this post
Biloxibelle- I heard the nude patch doesn't work on HD. If you d/l it and it works let me know, I've been wishing for one. (I don't have HP or LL.)

I am still ticked about the HD patch! I'm finding more little things that didn't used to happen. The chairs in the department store don't work. These are the ones the game had there originally.

Someone said the patch was like a trojan horse and they were correct. This was done, I was told, to prepare for the release of Vacation. So, now they will probably tell us in order for the game to run properly we will have to purchase that expansion pack.

Angelnikki

Saturday, January 26, 2002 - 07:40 pm Click here to edit this post
Ok i have a question and i hope someone can help me. I have downloaded quite a few things from 7deadlysims and simfreaks(which i payed for) and i cant seem to find them or access them. It downloaded to winzip and i cant find all this cool stuff i downloaded. can someone help me and let me know how to get my stuff????

Biloxibelle

Sunday, January 27, 2002 - 04:51 am Click here to edit this post
Ahhh dead plants that is cause and your right no gardener been leaving that up to servco and he has been slipping in that department. Thanks so much MissL for that info those flies were driving me nuts.

I have already d/l Judys nude patch thinking it would work and it didn't so that must be it Willsfan it won't work on HD what a bummer. I only had LL when I had it on my other computer. I hope someone comes out with one that will work with HD.

Angel do you mean you can't find the files you d/l? Not sure where they went but try to d/l something else and note the file they are going into and that's where they should be. If you know where they are and you put them in the proper files when you unzipped them it might be that some of the things won't appear unless you have certain expansion packs. When I did all my d/l for Simfreaks I only had LL and most of it worked but I haven't been there since it turned pay. One hint I would suggest since you are paying for the d/l I wish I would have done this and I didn't. Make a folder for your Sim Zips and back all the zips you have on a disk that way if you crash or buy a new computer you will still have all you zip files ready to install again. Plus all your zips will be easy to locate and then you can just unzip them into the right Sim folder to make them work.

Heading out this morning for Atlanta will be gone most of the week. I will see everyone when I get back. Willsfan going to cross my fingers they have a fix for the HD patch when I get back.

Misslibra

Sunday, January 27, 2002 - 07:27 am Click here to edit this post
When ever you download any files from now on have them download to your desktop so you can find them.

You could also do a search for any winzip files on your hard drive and it should show you where those winzip files are. But next time save yourself a headache and download them to your desktop.

I hope you have a good trip Biloxibelle. :)

Willsfan you could try backing up your houses and families then uninstall the games, then re-install them that might get rid of that patch you downloaded.

I also wonder if you could manually remove the patch yourself if you know what folder it went into. Just some suggestions for you to try. I would also email maxis and ask them how to remove the patch.

Angelnikki

Sunday, January 27, 2002 - 01:28 pm Click here to edit this post
misslibra i downloaded way way too many to download to my desktop. so that wont work.

I do have winzip 8.1 but i need to know how to import them into the game.

Mssilhouette

Sunday, January 27, 2002 - 01:57 pm Click here to edit this post
Hi Angel,

Whenever you download from a site its always in a zip file. Usually inside the zip file there is A SEE ME or READ ME file that will tell you EXACTLY where to place each type of file. But for the sake of progress I'll list them here :)

These are the default locations:

OBJECTS (.iff)
C:\Program Files\Maxis\The Sims\GameData\Objects

WALLS(.wll)
C:\Program Files\Maxis\The Sims\GameData\Walls

FLOORS (.flr)
C:\Program Files\Maxis\The Sims\GameData\Floors

SKINS(.skn .cmx .bmp)
C:\Program Files\Maxis\The Sims\GameData\Skins

Simply unzip the files and extract everything except for those readme seeme text files into the corresponding location. Once that is done, start the game and you'll see the new stuff in the list.

By the way since you have Win Zip 8.0 once you put in those locations it should be in the drop down menu when you get ready to extract. That way it'll be easier next time around :)

Willsfan

Sunday, January 27, 2002 - 02:09 pm Click here to edit this post
Thanks Biloxibelle, if I hear any news about HD patch or a nude patch I'll post it here.

Misslibra - Yes, I've been thinking I should write them an email. Not a ranting one, but one expressing my disappointment in their products.

I read over on the simsresource bb that trying to remove the patch is close to impossible. (people are reinstalling using sim eraser)

I sure don't want to have to reinstall. It took several tries just to get HD to even run on my computer. So, I'll just have to hope that Maxis comes out with a solution.

Crazydog

Monday, January 28, 2002 - 10:40 am Click here to edit this post
I still have yet to sit down for an extended period of time to play... I am still gleefully downloading songs from Morpheus etc. and that's where all my free time has been going! However, I did pop in on my Sims for a quick bit. I still have Evan and Bella. There is also now a brothers family consisting of Mack, Reed, Cole and Jake. All of them are slackers. Mack and Reed get along very well but the others seem to just ignore each other. Then there is a sisters family consisting of Elisabeth, Marianne, Melinda, Larissa (she looks Asian, so they suspect that Mother Sister had an indiscretion some years ago) and Shaniqua (she's definitely adopted). None of them have jobs yet either, they just like to hang out in their new house (it's now by far the largest). The women seemed to be very excited by all their new belongings. They had thought bubbles of each item as they stood in front of them and they looked happy and clapped their hands. On the other hand, the brothers just seemed to take their new things for granted, or maybe I just didn't notice. LOL.

Oh! When I was playing as the Brothers, at least once they got into the hottub NAKED!! Some of my brothers have full playful points, so maybe that is the key. Also, I think I didn't tell them to get in, there are so many guys there that I can't keep track of all of them (especially when they are on different floors - I don't know how you all do it with your 8 person families) and I think the computer told them to get in. That's when they just stood in front of the tub, and their clothes disappeared, as if they were taking a shower, and they climbed in. I think if the first one to get in gets in naked, then anyone else who gets in will do the same. LOL they will get in naked into the hottub but they won't use the gang shower I put in when I had to remodel the upstairs bathroom. The whole point was that with four guys, eventually if they all have jobs they will have to get up at 4 am just to all be ready on time, and I figured they were brothers so they wouldn't care. But they won't use the shower together. Maybe if I get their relationship points up they will be more efficient.

When they got into the hot tub was when I also found out that two of my brothers seem to have a beer gut problem. This was the first time I controlled them after creating them and to see this five minutes in was quite interesting... they sure looked fit and trim in their clothes when I selected their skin! In the next expansion they should make it a little more realistic in that if you eat too much you will put on weight and then can work it off by exercising on a treadmill etc. Of course on the other hand there is Evan the human garbage can who is an athlete and always hungry. Bella's cooking skills have improved some so I think now their meals are a little more filling. She had a very small fire though... luckily the firemen came in time to put it out. Like an idiot she just stood two feet away and hopped up and down and screamed rather than going elsewhere.

I am growing to dislike Bob Newbie... he has a tendency to walk in on Bella when she is in the shower. And she doesn't even say anything! She just gets out of the shower and continues on her business. He still eats all of their food and never cleans up. Maybe it's time for the Newbies to move out of the neighborhood.

Oh, I also ordered all three expansion packs... felt like I've been missing out on things and of course wanted to have them all! So when they arrive I will probably have to ask you all for more tips on how to use those things!

Judy

Monday, January 28, 2002 - 12:11 pm Click here to edit this post
I did it!!!
I finally raised a baby:)
I was bound and determined!
The first one got taken away- and my couple was doing so well with it, too :(
I figured out that the problem was at night when everyone is sleeping and the game automatically goes into ultra speed. Then when the baby cries- too much time passes before you can attend to the lil thing. So I just made sure at night to switch it off ultra speed when they were sleeping.

Every time it cried I did feed, sing, feed, sing, feed, sing, feed, then another command. The baby doesn't need all that attention but the caregiving Sim automatically cancels any unnecessary attention - then the baby sleeps for 4 hours.
I think it took 3 full Sim days and then PRESTO the kid grew up! I was really curious what it would look like, personality, etc.

It was a boy Sagittarius:) I built him a bedroom and he is a great addition to the family. I guess because I had to work so hard to get him. WHEW!

Car54

Monday, January 28, 2002 - 12:24 pm Click here to edit this post
Gosh, this sounds just like real life, Judy.

Crazydog

Monday, January 28, 2002 - 12:29 pm Click here to edit this post
Judy, congratulations and great news on the baby-raising! As I am fairly new to this game, I am wondering if someone can tell me what the benefit of having a child is. (Evan and Bella got a call offering to let them adopt one.) When Cassandra Goth was visiting her mother Bella, Bella didn't seem to pay any extra attention to her and Cassandra got mad that she was being ignored. Maybe in my game since Bella ran off with Evan the game no longer recognizes her as part of Cassandra's family. Does the child add extra mood points to the parents? Just seems to be an extra mouth to feed, and an added expense since they don't seem to be able to grow up into adults. They just go to school and study, right? And another person to keep track of. In that case I'd rather just get a live in houseguest, there's a lot more room for drama when the husband is at work and the wife and guest are at home. Or maybe I'd just have my Sim get a second wife. LOL it's a good thing real life isn't like this.

Mssilhouette

Tuesday, January 29, 2002 - 12:03 am Click here to edit this post
Okay I woke up bright and early with a sore neck and a cold but I figured laying down wasn't gonna help it any. HEY, I said to myself...lemme play the sims! And that's exactly what I did for about 10AM til ohhhh 6PM :)

What was I doing? I was putting the finishing touches on the Nightclub house. Creating walls breaking walls, installing flooring, ripping up flooring. Putting in windows, removing windows....etc.

When I make a house usually my first idea is NEVER what I get in the end, because I keep changing it, until I finally like it.

So after all that construction I had to decorate the place didn't I? Hmmm. Of course, I did.

Well I was trying to use mostly game given objects but since I already had the strip/night club theme (which really isn't in any of the expansion packs) I just said what the hell and used some objects I downloaded.

Now I'll make the nightclub house available shortly on my site. I'm still on Tripod for now. (I was going to move to geocities but I had some files posted there and I'm too lazy to download them out and make room..LOL)

I haven't had a chance for too much drama but it was exciting watching the Strip Club girls dance in the cages and all the men coming by to say hello. Let's just say that most of the men came from the Widow household...I sense some drama is about to brew.

Also there was a party thrown at the nightclub (opening night you know) and well Widow and one of her companions dropped by...Well Red (nightclub owner) hired some extra entertainment (male and female)...(his girls were tired with the moving and all). As you may know that pop out the cake entertainment can be very flirty and was doing so with a certain Lady B and one of her companions got extremely jealous and I believe struck her or someone else. I could see with all the carrying on.

There were the 7 people of the house plus about 4 neighbors, 1 party crasher and 2 entertainers. The club was packed so it was hard to tell who was doing what.

If Morty slapped Lady B, I think I know who's gonna go to that special room of hers.


JUDY CONGRATULATIONS!!!! It's a BOY

Crazydog, I just checked my book and kids give you a tax break...Well a bill break :)

For every kid you have you get a 10% "tax credit" on bills for each child in the household.
5 kids =50% off monthly bills. Woohoo!

Of course with the money cheat who really needs this hassle. BUT if you really want to play the game this wouldn't be too bad. COnsider all they do is go to school and eat.

Maybe the next expansion pack will let those darn kids grow into teenagers. They could at least give them enter level positions. You know burger flipper, paper boy, etc.

Well I hope that explains about why kids are in the game and what they do. :)

Willsfan

Wednesday, January 30, 2002 - 01:31 pm Click here to edit this post
I downloaded a nude patch for HD, it's not the adult x-rated version. The sims look like Ken and Barbie but I prefer that to that annoying blur.

I would list the url but someone said their kids read this board and there's a few x-rated items on that site. If you want the addy I'll send it you.