Archive through February 10, 2002
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Archive through February 10, 2002
Mssilhouette | Thursday, January 31, 2002 - 07:34 pm     Say where are all the Sims players? I'm gonna have 2 more houses ready for downloading...anyone? Hello.... ::singing:: Somebody come and play Somebody come and play Sims today Somebody come and smile the smiles and sing the songs, it won't take long Somebody come and play...today.
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Soeur | Friday, February 01, 2002 - 07:58 am     <insert tombstone or urn here> we can't play sims for a while as there is something wrong with our computer and when we play sims it makes a ton of noise and the disc gets really HOT. Until we get things sorted out we are having to stay away and I really miss it.
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Mssilhouette | Friday, February 01, 2002 - 08:39 am     Aww Soeur I'm sorry to hear that. I hope you get your comp fixed soon. It's kinda enjoyed playing with everyone so I hope you'll come back soon. Where's everyone else? *sigh* |
Willsfan | Friday, February 01, 2002 - 09:04 am     Couple of wierd things have happened this week. One of my sims drown. He had all his skills maxed out and I did not want anything happening to him or the others that I have spent time developing. I was looking at another part of the house where one of my sims, Matthew was laying on the floor (Matthew had plently of energy) and a message came on screen saying Brad was dead. Matthew stayed on the floor for a total of 2 sim days and during this time all levels stayed the same. It was like he was froze there. The other sims walked through his body - not around it. This was the strangest thing. (but interesting to view) I have no idea why Brad drown. I do know that his energy level was way, way down but I didn't tell him to swim. I thought he was on his way to bed. |
Misslibra | Friday, February 01, 2002 - 01:29 pm     LMAO!!! Willsfan you know you told Brad to go swiming knowing his energry level was maxed out. Did his urn appear? It would seem that Brad would of went to bed on his own if he is tired... strange indeed. That is a weird story about Matthew laying on the floor for 2 days?? You couldn't get him to get up? Mssil, you have the book, have any idea what happen with Brad and Matt? Judy had a baby boy... ahhhh how sweet. I agree with Mssil though about them growing into teens. But I didn't know that having kids knocks off a certain percentage of your bills. My disc gets hot to but it's because I play for so many hours at a time. I have been over here building and working with my Sims to getting their skill and job levels up. I have also made a lot of new Sims to, and trying to get them establish. |
Willsfan | Friday, February 01, 2002 - 03:25 pm     Apparently the combination of the Hot Date patch and the glitches in the game that were already there can cause some strange events. Another thought. There were lots of sims in the pool which makes me think one or two of them might have been on the ladders getting out very s l o wl y and and Brad's energy ran out before he could climb out. As for Matt laying on the floor - that was freaky. I should have taken a screen shot! *banging head on desk* I need to turn my camera back on. |
Willsfan | Friday, February 01, 2002 - 06:08 pm     The camera DID capture my cursor leaving to go to another part of the house while Brad is still in the pool. But, I did not notice that Ethan was sleeping in front of one of the ladders blocking Brad's escape. He could have used another ladder. I uoploaded some photos. It's listed as Sims Neighborhood. Willsfan Sims Neighborhood. |
Judy | Friday, February 01, 2002 - 09:28 pm     Hey all... I haven't been able to access TVCH for a couple of days- page just wouldn't load. Thanks for the congrats on my lil boy - Sweet Pea. That same couple had another baby! I guess folks should stick to what hey are good at- and these Sims can sure raise younguns! They did this one on their own too! They started making out in the bathroom one day and when the window popped up about having a baby- I clicked yes. Who am I to tell them how many kids they should have??!! I wasn't as deligent in making sure they took care of the baby- they pretty much did it on their own. Only thing I helped with was moving the baby downstairs during the day and upstairs at night. It turned into a little girl in no time. She has a funny name though. Cuz when she was born I was too lazy to get off couch and name it - so I typed in the number 1 for it's name with my remote mouse. 1 & Sweet Pea have a great time playing on their outdoor playset and also spend a lot of time running through the housse giggling. Their parents love them very much- their Dad often tucks them in and gives them a kiss at night. Has anyone ever heard of this?? It is not a command that I give him- but it is very sweet Can't wait to see your new houses MsSil! And Soeur- hang in there- wish I could help Wills- I check out your pictures. LMAO at the guy in the pool with a pipe! Sorry he died though Today I am going to try to build a replica of my real house in the Sims. For a goof |
Willsfan | Sunday, February 03, 2002 - 09:49 pm     This might sound crazy but I'm going to say it anyway. After watching Castaway with Tom Hanks for the second time and the first time since I've played The Sims I noticed that the symbol on the FedEx box he didn't open reminded me of the blue circles in the game. The kind you get when you've trapped the pizza guy - blue circles - then poof they're gone. On the box are two feathers/wings (what are they really??) with three blue rings around them. To me that symbolized escape. Or...it might mean I've been playing too much. Even worse scenario.... no one will know what I'm talking about. |
Angelnikki | Monday, February 04, 2002 - 05:28 pm     If you can believe it I still havent found my downloads. I thought I knew a little about computers but obviously I dont. Noone seems to be able to help me with this problem and now im ticked off cause i payed for simfreaks.com and i cant even use it. Why am i having such a hard time? This really sucks. Im sick of using the same decorations and the same skins all the time.
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Mssilhouette | Monday, February 04, 2002 - 07:01 pm     Angelnikki, Check the simsfreaks.com site for the name of one of the things you KNOW you downloaded. Then do a FIND. [START BAR > FIND] And look for that file name, chances are the other stuff will be there too. By the way you might check your TEMP folder. Sometimes things get dropped there Now if you have a MAC then ignore this stuff cause I ain't no mac addict |
Misslibra | Wednesday, February 06, 2002 - 07:16 pm     Judy I'm having the same trouble over here trying to access TVCH. I'm going to call my ISP because sometimes even once I get in here I can usually get one post on the board and then after that I get cannot find server page or this page cannot be displayed. It's really getting on my nerves too. Mssil can't wait to see your Strip Club! Willsfan after taking a look at those photos of Ethan blocking Brad I would say this is a case for "Murder She Wrote"... couldn't resist saying that. AngelNikki I forget to add make some folders on your desktop when I told you to download your zip files to your desktop. I downloaded a lot of things to, and I have a folder for objects, one for Walls & Floors, one for Skins etc... Like Mssil said, they are most likely in your temp folder. Go to Simsfreak and download something else and see what directory it is saying the zip file is going to. But with a MAC I have no idea where your zip files went. You might then want to ask someone with a MAC if this is the case. Hope that helps and please let us know how you come out. |
Crazydog | Wednesday, February 06, 2002 - 08:15 pm     I have now obtained all three of the expansions (I got them off of ebay). Once I install them I am sure I will have many many questions, so I'll be back! |
Mssilhouette | Thursday, February 07, 2002 - 12:17 am     Woohoo!! Congrats Crazy Dog! Please INSTALL them in the following order: LIVIN LARGE then HOUSE PARTY! Trust me on this LOL You might want to hold off on HotDate, since they're still working on patch. Oooo MissL I think you're really gonna like the strip club! Sadly I'm gonna be busy for the most the day tomorrow but when I come home, if its not too late, I'll upload it for all to see |
Willsfan | Thursday, February 07, 2002 - 01:51 pm     Misslibra - Murder She Wrote...LOL I wonder if Angelnikki found the downloads. I looked on my computer and saw that some of the things I downloaded were in the Temp folder and some in the Maxi folder. There's also a Recent Downloads folder and one called My Downloads. LOL I would be going nuts opening folders if I was looking for something. |
Angelnikki | Thursday, February 07, 2002 - 04:52 pm     yes i found the downloads but i dont know how to put them in the game. there are alot and im confused i feel stupid. i know about computers somewhat and this is probably simple stuff but for some reason i cant do it and neither can my boyfriend. i found all the stuff and when i click on one of them and click open it gives me like four things and one of them is a read me file or something. now what do i do then? this is soooo frustrating. i only have livin large and this game is getting boring with the same old stuff. man oh man. i want to pull my hair out. you guys make it sound simple but i cant do this. |
Mssilhouette | Thursday, February 07, 2002 - 11:52 pm     Angel...Read the README file it will tell you EXACTLY where to put the those files. A while back I answered your question about this very same thing. Here it is again: ~~~~~~~~~ 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 ~~~~~~~~~~~~ It's not really that difficult or confusing. It just seems like it is. You can even copy the file locations I've written and when you click on EXTRACT on winzip just paste that place and it'll go into the right spot. |
Mssilhouette | Friday, February 08, 2002 - 12:22 am     Okay the moment that some have been waiting for.... Ms Silhouette's SIM X Night/Strip Club!!! The link for downloading the house is on the page. (Silly I forgot that I had already uploaded it last week but wanted to do some minor changes to the web page) Anyway let me know what you think. There are a lot of custom items in the house so if you download it and everything isn't exactly right, that's why. Please note you WILL need the PEPSI MACHINE from thesims.com I use it a lot in the nightclub house. |
Biloxibelle | Saturday, February 09, 2002 - 03:27 pm     Hi all finally got back from Atlanta. Got home the end of last week but we were only home for one night and my father-in-law passed away so we had to go right back. I peeked in on my Sims last night and the all seemed present and accounted for. Right now I am playing mostly on my computer which isn't on line (hubby working on networking them but so far no luck) MsS I love the night club it is great. I have to get more daring with my Sims I've got this Leave It To Beaver thing going here Mom, Dad, kids, a couple singles but it's time to have FUN. Think I'll evict the dull folks and bring in some new exciting blood. Willsfan any news on the patch yet I haven't checked at Sims.com hubby has computer tied up working on the networking....sent him to Lowes just now so I could get on without getting my arm chewed off.....and yes Wills please send me the nude patch my addy is in my profile. |
Angelnikki | Sunday, February 10, 2002 - 12:37 pm     we have been successful with the downloads. yeehaw!!!!!!!!!!! they are in my sims game and it makes the game more exciting. i downloaded stuff from 7deadlysims.com and simfreaks.com. thank you guys i have sooooooo much stuff i dont know what to do |
Mssilhouette | Sunday, February 10, 2002 - 01:55 pm     Okay the time has come!!....MsSil is gonna go get herself HOT DATE....TODAY! I know they have a patch that's coming but I don't wanna be one expansion pack behind when The Sims Vacation comes out in the spring. Woohoo I'm gonna get hotdate...yeah! Angel has her downloads..WOOHOO!! Thank goodness!! Now you can have tons of fun. Belle I'm glad you liked my nightclub! And now I"m off to circuit city to gets me HOT DATE! |
Neko | Sunday, February 10, 2002 - 02:20 pm     Can you burn The Sims?? You could burn The Sims, Livin' Large, house Party and Hot Date for me and send them! LoL Hopefully they wouldn't take as long as my poor soap from PCakes! |
Crazydog | Sunday, February 10, 2002 - 04:59 pm     OK, I decided to be brave and install Hot Date.... but I noticed that all of the items I had downloaded previously DISAPPEARED from my "buy" selection screens. The ones I have already bought are still in the houses though. Not sure why it erased all my downloaded items, since Livin Large and House Party didn't do this. Oh well, time to look for more. And the adult censor patch no longer works with Hot Date, I will have to look for a new one. Willsfan, I believe the patch just removes the blur. If you don't want your nude Sims to look like Ken and Barbie you need to download anatomically correct nude skins. As I mentioned some posts ago, I have them, they're better than nothing, but unfortunately I can't remember where I found them! I have had a lot of playing time this weekend and my neighborhood seems to be headed on its way to a mega orgy. Evan and Bella have made some very good friends among the four brothers. Some of them have scores in the 90s. But now every time any of them see each other, they tend to be a little affectionate. If I let the computer direct them, everyone will kiss each other. Even between the men! LOL not sure how this happened. Two of the brothers will even sleep in the same bed. (BTW it cracks me up how the Sims don't have "their" side of the bed or in the case of the brothers family, have attachments to a particular bedroom or bed) Now everyone seems to be very jealous of each other. I've noticed in Hot Date it seems to be more difficult to make friends... even Bella was having trouble, the minute she started talking the person who she talked with didn't like whatever she was saying and they went negative. And why must Evan gossip about his wife Bella to strangers and vice versa? I am a little concerned about Bella and her daughter Cassandra. Bella and Cassandra's friendship points are at about 71, and I am concerned about the relationship. Bella keeps calling Cassandra after she gets home from school, but Cassandra always declines the invitation to come over. Is she mad that her mother ran off with another man? As far as I know there is no way I can send Bella over to the Goth house (well, unless I temporarily play as the Goths and have Cassandra invite Bella over). Evan and Bella now have the Love bed and the Love tub. I can't seem to get them to "play" in the bed. All they do is "vibrate", relax or sleep. The "play" option only came up once. Not sure why it won't anymore. There is also the Sister family, who I really haven't spent any time with after building their mansion. There's five of them, and all of them seem to want to visit Bella at the same time. She is having trouble talking to some of them and I am not sure why. So I expanded the Evan and Bella house and built a dance area, complete with dance floor, cages, mechanical bull, bubble machine and slot machine. I also put in the catering table and punch bowl. I haven't thrown a party yet because I am hesitant at what will happen. Do you need to build up a certain number of friends first or will just everyone in the neighborhood come crawling over? Oh, and even though I now have all expansions I still can't get more than one maid. I have the robot, but I thought I was supposed to have the option of both a female and male maid. All I seem to be getting is the male maid, maybe I downloaded the wrong one. |
Angelnikki | Sunday, February 10, 2002 - 05:34 pm     now im afraid to get Hot Date with all the problems you guys talk about. well i dont even have House Party yet, just LL but LL is cool. the stuff i downloaded is great. i got some really cool stuff like hippie walls floors lights chairs pictures, wall beads and everything. i have so many floors of different kinds i dont know what to choose. i downloaded "the fringe" set from 7deadlysims.com and its a bunch of trailer trash stuff like lawn chairs and oil barrels, pay phones, ceiling lights, nasty toilet, ripped up couches and love seats, stained carpet, ripped up walls, cheap little tv on top of a large tv that is broke (LOL) You might be a redneck if....? LOL this stuff is so funny. now i have to make a trailer and make some chubby slobby sims who belch all the time and put them in it. LOL i cant wait. i sound like a kid in a candy store i know but its so exciting to have all this stuff. i got the nintendo game cube with tv, all this tiki bamboo set stuff, 4 new tubs and showers. there is way to much to mention here. well, im off to demolish old houses and make new ones.  |
Misslibra | Sunday, February 10, 2002 - 07:20 pm     I want hotdate but will have to wait and get a upgrade on my computer. Crazydog thanks for the warning about HD erasing some of your things. Because I'll make sure my Sims files are backed up first before installing. Mssil is going to really have her some fun now with Hotdate. I'm just sorry I wont be able to download any more of your Homes now. BTW I just downloaded the strip club but haven't installed it yet. I'll have to change the number of the Clubs lot, because I already have a home on that lot. AngelNikki, I'm glad you found your sims stuff. where did you find it? It does get boring if you don't have more things for your sims to work with. And I feel like a kid in a candy store to when I get stuff for my sims. It also starts getting addicting to because there is so much stuff out there you just keep getting more and more and more stuff. |
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