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Willsfan | Wednesday, December 12, 2001 - 07:47 pm     I didn't want this to happen but it did. It was an accident. I put several sims together in one house and two would not read the cookbook. Even a limited amount of cooking skills is important if you have an outdoor grill. (I have two couples with maxed out skill levels-this would not happen to them and they are in other houses. Thank goodness) To make a long story short the grill caught fire and it rapidly spread to the picnic table & several chairs, two of them ran into the fire and I now have two tombstones in the back yard. I kept trying to get them to stay away from the fire while the "lone" firefighter put out the blaze and two other sims had fire extingushers but no they had to kept running toward it. It was extremely difficult to keep more of them from getting burned. They were acting extremely stupid. I even yelled out loud once and woke my dog. It was a little too realistic for me. They were all screaming. And now they go to the tombstones and cry and I give them a command to do something "fun" cause all of them are depressed in that house. I might build a fence around the stones and that may keep them from going over there and it might keep the hauntings down too. Late at night there are ghosts which roam the house, but it only lasts for a little bit and then they are gone. I know when they are coming because creepy music starts playing. I can sell the tombstones but I don't know if I will or not. This is a part of that house's history. I got the Hot Date pak tonight but haven't loaded it yet. It was an early Christmas gift. Anyway, just wanted to let you know some sims really do need their skill levels built up or you can have accidents. I never would have imagined this would happen. |
Kep421 | Wednesday, December 12, 2001 - 08:45 pm     Oh my Willsfan.... |
Mssilhouette | Thursday, December 13, 2001 - 01:20 pm     Ahh Wilsfan, you learned a harsh lesson. I'm sorry your sims died. Whenever there's a fire ALL the Sims will run toward it and yell and scream unless you tell one of them to extinguish it. Sometimes it takes a bit for them to listen. If a sims dies and the tombstone is there they will mourn for that sims for about 3 days (I think) Try moving the tombstones outside so they can't see it. You could make a nice graveyard for it. Cooking skills should be at level 3 to keep a fire from happening. Having on 0-2 on cooking level increases your chance to have a fire. Also having the grill near plants or anything remotely flammable will set the place a blaze. I'm sorry you lost a Sim Willsfan. By the way that death in the family is probably been captured in your family photo album. |
Moondance | Thursday, December 13, 2001 - 05:24 pm     Mssil... I have a Mac... does this mean I can't play? |
Mssilhouette | Friday, December 14, 2001 - 01:51 pm     Moon it looks like The Sims only want to play on PC's. ~~~~~~~~~~From the http://www.thesims.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~ What are the minimum requirements for The Sims? To play The Sims you will need: Windows 95 or 98 233 Mhz or faster Intel Pentium processor or AMD K6 32MB RAM 2MB Video Card, 16-bit Color Capable - DirectX 7 Certified Sound card - DirectX 7 Certified 300 MB free hard disk space (additional space required for DirectX 7 installation and Windows swap file) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I have seen anything that says it can be played on a Mac but I'll keep looking. I want everyone to abe able to play  |
Moondance | Friday, December 14, 2001 - 01:55 pm     Thanks Mssil... I might have to report the Sims to some complaint equal opportunity agency of some kind when I find one!!!
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Solidsnake | Friday, December 14, 2001 - 03:56 pm     The TVCH'ers brought to you by EA Sports. Look for it in stores asap. |
Willsfan | Friday, December 14, 2001 - 04:10 pm     This is a review of the The SIMS for the mac. http://www.apple.com/games/articles/2000/08/thesims/index2.html And another one. The prices probably vary online. http://www.macworld.com/2000/11/reviews/sims.html |
Kep421 | Friday, December 14, 2001 - 04:31 pm     LOL Solidsnake!!!!! |
Misslibra | Sunday, December 16, 2001 - 12:02 pm     Mssilhouette honey let me tell you! I entered the Sims world and have not left since I got the games. Wait, thats not true I came out long enough to say Yay! I got all my vote right in the Survivor Deadpool. Now I want hot date, and house party. And Willsfan thanks a bunch for all of your good info. I went and downloaded some homes and families, big big mistake, because everytime I clicked on one of the houses and families I downloaded the game kept kicking me out onto my desktop. And I wasn't having none of that. I found out some of those files can be corrupt, but to bad I didn't know that before I got carried away, I think I downloaded 20 homes with families. So I ended up uninstalling my Sims and re-installing it last night. Everything is working normal again now... yay!!! I'll make my own homes and Sim people from now on out. I made up a new family, two couples, but the problem is, the Men don't like the Women and the Women don't like the Men, so they wont sleep together in the same bed, and that has been a trip, especially since they seem to want to sleep at the same time most of the time. I added the sad clown picture as decoration for their wall. But I did a bad thing, since I couldn't make them sleep together I got mad at them and started making them slap each other... why because the devil made me do it! Anyhoo with everyone was slapping each other and crying the sad clown decided to pay the family a visit, so he came down out of the picture, and have been crying coughing up phlegm spitting it out on the floor... yuck, and have been dogging my sims every move with his whinning and crying, he has become a major pain in the butt, and even though the sims ask him to leave he wont go. So I guess in order for him to leave the houeshold the sims have to make love not war. Easier said then done since they don't like each other. I also added the voodoo doll to there household, and made one of my sims put a spell on the other one... hehehehe. I couldn't figure out how they changed clothes until I added a dresser and closet like thing, then I finally got them to change. I'm going to add that chemistry set to their home. I figured that would be a way to make them fall in love with each other if one of them make up a love potion. But I'm very anxious to get hot date and house party add ons to see what all they will do. And I tried to get that patch to remove the blur but it wouldn't download for me. Kep, I never heard of that black & white game before it sounds very very interesting. Have you played it before? |
Willsfan | Sunday, December 16, 2001 - 04:01 pm     LOL Misslibra, I am so glad you have having fun. Sounds like you've downloaded some fun stuff. I didn't know that about the clown. How funny...and how wierd. I hate clowns in real life so I didn't even consider hanging the painting. I have my couples talk and talk then hug until "kiss" appears then I have them kiss and before long they are crawling into bed together. The first time I saw him go into her room and get into bed I was surprised then relieved when she didn't get mad. I would like to eventually get two of mine married. That would be kind of cool. I have had problems with Hot Date. It constantly froze when I was in "buy" or "build" mode. So I exchanged the disc, got a new one and it did better but it dumped me on the desktop a couple of times so I gave up on it and uninstalled it and deleted all the files I could find. I then reinstalled The SIMS and left off HD. I have went to a forum where a lot of people say they are experiencing problems and hopefully there will be a patch for HD soon. I'm headed over there now to see if anyone has a solution. I have plently of memory, 83% resource free so I don't think it's my computer. |
Kep421 | Monday, December 17, 2001 - 06:11 am     Ok MsL, check out this site... (oh goody, I did a link, I did a link, hahahaha!!!) Black&White It is appropriate to talk about this game here because it really is a "sim" game. This game just won 3 Emmas, which is like an Emmy and a really big woohoo in the game industry. I believe this game is one example why PC gaming is still better than console gaming (Kep deftly ducks all the Nitendos, Xboxs, PS2's, DC's thrown at her head). Back up guys!!! I play console games too.... I'm not allowed to purchase another game until I become re-employed. My family thinks another game might impede my employment search...Jeeze!!! Talk about no faith! I am planning to purchase this game the day after I get hired somewhere... For those of you who are just curious and don't want to visit the site, here are some exerpts from the B&W site listing basic information. THE STORY In a perfect world, people wouldn’t need gods. But perfect worlds can’t exist and sooner or later someone, in trouble, desperate, will pray to the heavens. This is what happens in the beginning of Black & White. Your new tribe bow before you in awe, and from this moment your prayer power starts to grow. As you carry out godly acts, the belief in you rises and more and more people are convinced that worshipping you in the way forward. But you can be good or evil. You may choose to rule the world as you wish. As you grow in power, you acquire a Creature, a wondrous being capable of doing anything you can do. Capable of learning and being trained and capable of making his own decisions. The people of Eden, whether they believe in you or not, can’t failed to be impressed by this beast, and more are swayed to your cause through their admiration of the Creature and the god that owns him. But on other lands there are other gods. They have their own Creatures and their own followers. You must vie with them for power. You must use your Miracles, your Creature and your cunning to steal followers from these gods, and to do battle between the Creatures for supremacy. The ultimate goal is the Creed. Elements of these live within each Creature, and he who controls the parts of the Creed can control the whole land of Eden. You may do well, You may sway the minds of the tribes, but can you gather the parts of the Creed? Can you defeat the god of gods, the enemy of enemies? Can you defeat your Nemesis and rule over the whole world? That is a question only you, and only time will answer. Format: Win 95/98/ME/2000 Publisher: Electronic Arts Release Date: April 6, 2001 Minimum Spec: 350 MHz, 64Mb RAM, 8Mb 3D Accelerated Video Card. Black & White is a god game. Packed with strategy, it gives you control of the destiny of an entire world. You must use your godly powers to rule over and look after your people. As you do so they pray to you and worship you more and more, and you use this power, this belief to carry out Miracles and to extend your influence over the world. You must impress other tribes to get more followers, and as your zealous power base grows you are faced with innumerable challenges. The people will pray to you to help them, make them rich, harm their neighbours of simply make their lives easier. Whether you choose to listen to them or help them is up to you. In Black & White you can be the god you want to be. Will you rule with a fair hand, making life better for your people? Or will you be evil and scare them into prayer and submission? No-one can tell you which way to be. You, as a god, can play the game any way you choose. And as a god, you get to own a Creature. Chosen by you from magical, special animals, your Creature will copy you, you will teach him and he will learn by himself. He will grow, ultimately to 30 metres, and can do anything you can do in the game. Your Creature can help the people or can kill and eat them. He can cast Miracles to bring rain to their crops or he can drown them in the sea. Your Creature is your physical manifestation in the world of Eden, He is whatever you want him to be. Your people will build you a Temple and although you can go anywhere in the land, this Temple is your base. It’s a mighty piece of work and contains all you’ll ever need to be a god, run your world and look after or check on your Creature. But things are never simple. You are not the only god on Eden. There are others, and they will not have the same views as you. They, too, are intent on gaining the hearts and minds, and finally the souls of the tribes, and, like you, they have Creatures capable of great works or of mass destruction. There will be war between the gods. Whether you win is down to you, your Creature and what sort of a person you really are. Black & White utilises brand-new graphics control systems, and you see the world from any angle, direction or height. It’s fully scalable, has light-sourcing and reflections, and you can even import real weather from the internet into the world. Nothing like this has ever been seen before. And the game also boasts a new level of artificial intelligence. Your Creature is almost a living, breathing thing. He learns, remembers and makes connections. His huge range of abilities and decisions is born of a ground-breakingly powerful and complex AI system. The villagers in Eden also use revolutionary AI. Each has his or her own personality, and this can be altered by what they see, what they do and what sort of person they are. Another innovation is Gesture technology. There are no icon panels or on-screen controls in Black & White. If you want to carry out even the most intricate or powerful Miracles, you can do so by simply drawing the correct sign on the ground. It’s quick, intuitive and adds to your power as a god. If you have an Immersion TouchSense-compatible mouse like the Logitech iFeel Mouse, the virtual Black & White world will provide realistic tactile feedback through the mouse. Pulling up trees, powering up Miracles, stroking or slapping your Creature, zeroing in on faraway villagers, and many other interactions all have their associated touch sensations which will add to the overall immersive game experience. Finally, the game sets new standards in on-line gaming. Not only can you play with others, either co-operatively or against them, but you can take you Creature out of the single-player game and onto the web. You can also send and receive e-mail and phone text messages from within Black & White, using the all-new unified message system. And the game will even interrogate your e-mail package, import your contact names and assign them to individual tribespeople. So someone can come up to you and give you a message personally! Black & White is a genre-busting game which links resource management to strategy to combat to puzzles. We are Lionhead believe it will change the world of games forever. |
Kep421 | Monday, December 17, 2001 - 06:22 am     Oh MsL, I almost forgot, be sure to check out the screen shots...the eye candy in this game is just fantastic!!! |
Mssilhouette | Monday, December 17, 2001 - 01:22 pm     Wow!! I try not to check the boards on the weekend (mostly because I don't have time) so its such a treat to hear all the news when I come to work on monday. WOOHOO MissL is having a good ole time with her sims. Kep thanks for the info about Black&White! I think its okay to talk about Sim games here. The main focus may be The Sims but I don't have a problem in opening the door for other sims game to be discussed. Now MissL you're one evil woman with your sims...LOL For shame! If your couple has 50 and below relationship points then it really won't sleep with anyone else. Get em up to 90 then you won't have to work so hard every day to keep up the score. I find that keeping all my sims's friends up in the 90's keeps me from having to invite them over so the score doesn't drop and i lose a friend. Okay I've FINALLY finished renovating my Sims counterpart's (Ms. Silhouette)house. I've also furnished it. I'm gonna start taking pictures tonight and I'll either upload the house on my personal website or dump it onto Maxis If nothing else you should be able to view the family album. So far my countpart has about 1mil in cash and is single and lives in an expensive home. I hope to get her skills maxed out soon but that will take a bit of time. I'm gonna go ahead and try that nude patch tonight. MissL you might as well spend the cash on HouseParty....Maybe wait on HotDate since some folks are having trouble. HotDate is a much bigger expansion since it does change the game play more than the other 2 expansion packs. I hope once everyone is familar with the game we can download each other's houses and families and play them in the game. I TVCH Sims exchange, if you will. Good luck to you all! I wanna keep hearing those Sims dramas TVCH Springer Show! LOL |
Angelnikki | Monday, December 17, 2001 - 07:13 pm     Ok, I dont actually have THE SIMS yet but im hoping for xmas and if not then, then I will purchase the game for myself. For all of you that are going to get HOT DATE, I just saw it on sale at Target for 19.99 for about 1 week then it will go back up to 29.99 just to let you know. Yes, please keep up with the Sims dramas because i look forward to reading it everyday.  |
Crazydog | Wednesday, December 19, 2001 - 09:13 am     Hey hey hey, my copy of the Sims just arrived in the mail today. Eagerly looking forward to playing it. For all you expert Simmers, I opened it up and that manual looks daunting. I didn't really get a chance to go through everything yet. I hate reading instruction manuals, but is it really necessary to read everything? Would you recommend the "trial and error" game method, or is there a tutorial or something? Also, on ebay I bought this disk that some guy compiled from a bunch of downloads on the internet, it is supposed to have a lot of extra stuff. If anyone knows what to do with this I would appreciate it. The wrath has been unleashed. Sims run for your lives and prepare to beg for mercy. Otherwise you'll find yourself buck-nekkid at the 7-11!  |
Mssilhouette | Wednesday, December 19, 2001 - 11:58 am     And now the moment you've all been waiting for!.... Ms. Silhouette - THE SIM! http://www.silhouettestudios.com/Sims/house.html Click on the family album to see more photos of the house and my silly comments. I was going to put my house on thesims.com but it was taking to long this morning so I just decided to upload it to my own webspace and call it a day. Let me know what you think! |
Mssilhouette | Wednesday, December 19, 2001 - 12:08 pm     Crazy you don't have to read the manual but it does help. But as a short cut you can take a hands on approach and just go through the tutorial in the game. I do recommend running through the tutorial just once to get the feel of the controls. After that you can do your own thing and have fun! Good luck and let us all know how its going! |
Grooch | Wednesday, December 19, 2001 - 12:13 pm     I just looked, MsS, it it hysterical. And I love your house. Btw, I was at my sisters house going through the Sunday paper's ads, and I showed her the SIMS game and said I wanted it. She told me she already got it for me. She saw it somewhere and she said it reminded her of BB which she knew I was addicted to. Fnally a CHristmas present I like. I can't wait. |
Mssilhouette | Wednesday, December 19, 2001 - 12:50 pm     Ahh another joins our fun group!! I can't wait to see how you like it Grooch! Just make sure she gets you The Sims and not just an expansion pack. Heck with all these folks buying The Sims, I should get stock in Maxis...LOL |
Kep421 | Wednesday, December 19, 2001 - 02:15 pm     Msslil: that is just too cool!!! I'm gonna have to really look for my SIM game... But I have only one question...why five bathrooms, but only one bedroom???? What kind of house has over 6,000 sq ft of space, yet only one bedroom? Doesn't that effect the resale value? Are you only allowed one bedroom because you only have one person? Ok, so I had four questions.... |
Mssilhouette | Wednesday, December 19, 2001 - 03:08 pm     LOL Kep. 4 I noticed that myself I am going to have to add more bedrooms though. To answer your questions: #1 "Why five bathrooms but only one bedroom?" Answer: I made more bathrooms for the guests I have come over and party. If you notice the room above the detached dance/club house you'll see where the bathrooms are. Also Sims won't go to the bathroom if they can see anyone else in the room. They will shoo them out. So I had to put walls up between the toliets so they can go in a groups without getting all prissy. LOL #2 - What kind of house has over 6000 sq ft of space yet only one bedroom? Answer: The Sims kind!! Actually its counting the main house and the two semi-detached pieces. So the house itself is really not that big. But the dance/club house is big. As well as the backyard/patio area. There's also a tree garden that I didn't take a photo of yet. #3 - "Doesn't that effect the resale value?" Answer: Yes it does. For layout points I get a fat zero but everything else is high. My house is only worth 200K. That's about how much I spent building it and putting crap inside. Of course since it is a default house it had its value set which increased a bit according to what I used to make the extra rooms and such. It also depends on what lot you pick to place your house. #4 - "Are you only allowed one bedroom because you only have one person?" Answer: Nope. You're allowed as many bedrooms as you can afford and have room for. The Sims consider a bedroom to be where a bed is (naturally). I only have one bed (one sims) but I will make a change to that soon. I need a game room and a place for the "love bed" so few more bedrooms will be coming shortly. By the way on the main page of my Sims webpage you can click on the picture of the sectioned house on the upper RIGHT hand corner. (Next to the photo of the house) and if you click each section (Roof, 2nd Floor, First Floor) the photo will change and show you each section. I think its neato LOL http://www.silhouettestudios.com/Sims/house.html |
Willsfan | Wednesday, December 19, 2001 - 08:29 pm     LOL Mssilhouette, "Get stock in Maxis" Yes, you should have! When I first asked if anyone here played The Sims you were the only one that answered and I thought we must be the only ones left (still posting-not counting lurkers). But, now look... your descriptions and story lines have encouraged people to buy a copy. haha It is true about the bathrooms though, they don't like people crowding them there or anywhere actually. If you have several in a small room they just about go nuts with the hand gestures and head shaking. No one wants to budge. They want to stare each other down. Your site looks excellent. |
Crazydog | Thursday, December 20, 2001 - 05:47 am     Just wanted to report that the wrath of crazydog has been put on hold. Sims everywhere are rejoicing. Got home, tried loading it up, turns out my computer is not too quick. I got it in 97, so it's a few years dated (I believe it's a Pentium ONE). Everything kept freezing on me. So looks like I will be new computer shopping! Although it will probably have to wait until Christams, Best Buy etc. right now are public disaster areas. Since I haven't bought a computer in years, I'm a little out of the loop on what's necessary and what's considered a decent price. I suppose the most important thing is, what do you need to play the SIMS with no freeze delays!!!  |
Mssilhouette | Thursday, December 20, 2001 - 11:36 am     Well Crazy you can't play too many games with that ole Pent 1. I posted this before but here's what you need for the PC's To play The Sims you will need: Windows 95 or 98 233 Mhz or faster Intel Pentium processor or AMD K6 32MB RAM 2MB Video Card, 16-bit Color Capable - DirectX 7 Certified Sound card - DirectX 7 Certified 300 MB free hard disk space (additional space required for DirectX 7 installation and Windows swap file) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ |
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