Archive through December 12, 2001

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Mssilhouette

Monday, December 10, 2001 - 01:04 pm Click here to edit this post
Riviere you should get House Party. At least you give your old sims a bit more life.

I don't see how Living Large is compatiable with your comp but HP isn't. Trust me HP does NOT suck.

You get more furniture, more jobs and you get to throw parties. You'll have party crashers, a mime and if its a damn good party you'll get a celeb guest dropping by.

Also you get to CALL your friends on the phone and talk without them coming over. Heck that little bonus was worth it for me.

Hell watching your Sims boogie on the dance floor and in the dance cages is hillarous enough. Also buying entertainment that pops out of cakes is funny as well.


Angel, if you enjoy any type of Simulation games then you'll enjoy the Sims.

Basically if you enjoy buidling everything and controlling just about every aspect of a game character then bingo you'll like the sims.

If you like soap opera drama and always wanted to create your own characters and storyline...Bam the Sims is for you.

If you always wanted to have a boatload of cash and an expensive house and decorate it, then the Sims is for you.

If you always wanted to relieve stress by killing random folks but did not want to go to jail for it then...The Sims is for you.

If you always dreamed of being a movie star, a business tycoon, a computer hacker, a cop, a doctor, a military general, the mayor, a pro athlete, a famous scientists, a paranormal, a slacker etc....then The Sims is for you

If you're a control freak and find that most real people don't bend to your will then THE SIMS FOR YOU!

Misslibra

Monday, December 10, 2001 - 02:44 pm Click here to edit this post
Ok you have convince me to get this game. Since it will be my first Sims can I start out with hot date? Will I need a special video card to play it. I guess I should go to the site and see what the requirements are to play it on my puter. But it sounds like fun. And can you interact with other people Sims, you know Mssilhouette, like could my people play with your people? And what is the best Sims out of all of them?

Misslibra

Monday, December 10, 2001 - 03:12 pm Click here to edit this post
I just left the Sims sight and see that hot date is just a add on pack, so I guess I need to buy the original one first and then add on to that one.

Ocean_Islands

Monday, December 10, 2001 - 03:13 pm Click here to edit this post
Do the Sims get naked and party?

Willsfan

Monday, December 10, 2001 - 04:10 pm Click here to edit this post
Misslibra,
I recieved The SIMS for my birthday 11/02 and it laid on my scanner for weeks because it didn't look that great and I had never seen one played so it was all new to me. I finally decided I would load it and now I love playing it, and I am easily bored.
My imagination runs wild. I even designed a couple as much like myself and "D" as possible to see how they would make it. It's been interesting.

I might get House Party after Mssilhouette's description of it. But if I get Hot Date for Christmas I won't turn it down. Either one looks like fun.

Mssilhouette

Monday, December 10, 2001 - 04:51 pm Click here to edit this post
MissL,

The Sims has what they call a Transporter device where you can upload or download a family.

Basically you upload your family info to the Maxis site and then your family will be available for downloading by everyone else.

Meaning, my people can play with your people. I can download your family and place them in my neighborhood and you can do the same with my family.

Sadly all the expansion packs up to but not including Hot Date doesn't allow any of the Sims to really go anywhere but to work and back home.

NOW with Hot Date you can build your own neighborhood and at least get out of your custom built house! Finally!

LOL OI always want someone naked.

Okay in the game whenever a Sims gets into the shower, they remove their clothes but all you see is a digitized blur.

There is a patch that can be installed to remove the blur and you can watch naked sims stepping into a shower or hot tub.

Since the first expansion pack they added the "Love Bed" you can have your Sims (they have to be in love) to...ahh..err do the wild thing or as the makers of the sims call it "Play In Bed".

There's also a patch that can keep your Sims naked. I've never used these patches but you can probably find them on any of the Sims fan sites...or at least links to them.

If you ever find yourself getting bored put in the cheat code "autonomy 100" and let the game run then see what trouble your sims get into :)

Angelnikki

Monday, December 10, 2001 - 05:59 pm Click here to edit this post
WOW MSS, I REALLY WANT THIS GAME AND IT SOUNDS LIKE THE SIMS IS FOR ME

thank you, you have really sold me on this game you make it sound really interesting.

Misslibra

Monday, December 10, 2001 - 06:43 pm Click here to edit this post
Angelnikki, Mssilhouette has sold me on the game so much so that I just got back home after making a trip to wal-mart to buy the game. I brought The Sims, and Ths Sims Livin large...WOO HOO my christmas has already begun. I just did the tutorial with the man and a woman. So far I like what I see.

Yea Mssilhouette I saw the blur, I made Bob newbie take a shower. I was like were adults here whats with the blur. To bad it's not an adult game, because I want to see everything! LOL

Misslibra

Monday, December 10, 2001 - 06:46 pm Click here to edit this post
Thank you Mssilhouette for all the info, and the cheat code. I can't wait until I can really get into this game. Oh and they have a patch to remove the blur... cool!

Willsfan

Monday, December 10, 2001 - 09:16 pm Click here to edit this post
You can use the cheat codes for extra money, then you don't have to worry about your sims working until you get used to the game. Of course having several thousand dollars is kind of nice to look at on the score board. Mssilhouette posted a link to the Sims resource for codes,etc.
It also has lots of info that is helpful for those of us just starting out. And you can download extras at the Sims site. I like to build my own houses but I like stuff like juke boxes and pepsi machines.

Everybody have fun!!!!! Keep us posted on anything you find interesting. (cause I may not have seen it or tried it).

Sage

Monday, December 10, 2001 - 09:35 pm Click here to edit this post
My daughter got hooked on the Sims, and then she introduced it to her brother. I have avoided it like the plague as I know I could easily get addicted to it, and I'm already addicted to so many other things at the moment. Someday, I'm sure I'll allow myself to get into it.. it sounds like a lot of fun.

Willsfan

Monday, December 10, 2001 - 09:43 pm Click here to edit this post
Here's a pretty good link. It has the cheat codes and patches at the bottom of the page. I looked at the nude patch but I am afraid to try it. I sure don't want to mess up my game, I have worked way too hard on my houses and sims. haha

The cheat codes are cool.

http://www.game-revolution.com/games/pc/sim/sims.htm

Kep421

Tuesday, December 11, 2001 - 07:01 am Click here to edit this post
Willsfan, backup your game file first. Find the folder the game info is held in, copy it to another part of your hard drive,(I created a special folder called "Backup Copies" for my game backups) then apply the patch. If it doesn't work, you can always delete the folder and replace it with the backup copy.

I do it all the time to many of my PC games. I'm an avid RPG player, my last game was RUNE. I'm currently playing Alice (woohoo!!!) But you guys make this SIM playing seem so much fun, I'm gonna hafta try it!!!!

Mssilhouette

Tuesday, December 11, 2001 - 11:22 am Click here to edit this post
WOO HOO Another SIMS convert!! I'm happy that everyone liked my descriptions of the game so much that they wanna buy it.

Heck maybe I need to work for Maxis!

Oh MissL to enter the cheat codes hit:
CTRL - SHIFT - C
then the input box will appear in the upper left hand corner of your screen. Punch in the code and away you go! If you punch in the wrong code it will let you know, so not to worry.

I'll just list a few codes right here
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
To enter codes hit: CTRL SHIFT C
Description: CODE

1,000 Simoleans: rosebud

More Simoleans: !;
"rosebud" must be nentered first! Then every !; entered = $1000 simoleans

Create moat or streams: water_tool

Create-a-character mode: edit_char

Set free thinking level: autonomy <1-100>
enter the number amount...ex: "autonomy 100"

Display personality & interests: interests

Draw all animation: draw_all_frames
Disabled:off

Rotate camera: rotation <0-3>
Ex "rotation 3"

Save family history file: history

Set game/sim speed: sim_speed <-1000-1000>
Ex. "sim_speed 900"

Toggle camera mode: cam_mode

Toggle music: music

Total realod of people, skeltons, animations, suits and skins: reload_people
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Okay you new Sims playing folks. Now using the money cheat will make the game easier to those who are new to playing. But I suggest after you have the hang of the game try making a new Sims and playing the traditional way!

With all these new Sims players here on TVCH, we might have to start exchanging houses and familes. Or at least sharing photo albums. :)

I'll havta start taking some snap shots of my house and sims family then I'll post a link.

Angelnikki

Tuesday, December 11, 2001 - 04:58 pm Click here to edit this post
thats sounds really cool Mss
thanks alot for introducing me to the SIMS.
when i saw this thread i thought i would come in because i had seen the commercial on tv all the time and thought, what the heck are the SIMS?
I told my boyfriend that thats what i wanted for Christmas

Angelnikki

Tuesday, December 11, 2001 - 05:41 pm Click here to edit this post
Mss, are you in anyway affiliated in BB or BB@??
Just a question because of your profile??

Neko

Tuesday, December 11, 2001 - 05:49 pm Click here to edit this post
Ooooo...I played this once on a school night and didn't get to bed under 2 am in the morning!Was I ever tired!!
Unfortunetly, that was a friends game I was borrowing and I don't have it anymore. Oh well, I'll get it some other time.Hehehe I had the coolest family, sure they weren't worth much, only 56,000, but that was pretty good for not cheating!Hehe!I didn't even realize there were cheats!

Misslibra

Tuesday, December 11, 2001 - 06:38 pm Click here to edit this post
I made up a married couple from scratch, but I use the horoscopes profiles, using a Aries and a Libra of course.

But how do I keep the neighbor's from just walking in the couples house. They just barge in, i wasn't expecting that.

And another thing I wasn't expecting is for them to be so hard headed, they don't want to do what I want them to do alot of the time.

I have to tell my couple to do things over and over again before they do it. Is that normal? Or have I created two monster's ? :)

Oh, and I almost forgot how do I check to make sure I have it in english? My people sound like they are speaking a foreign language.

When I installed the original Sims I clicked english, but I don't remember when installing Livin Large it asking me what language I wanted?

Those cheat codes will come in handy. I spent quite a bit of money trying to fix up their house with the things they needed. So that cheat code for the extra money will come in handy.

And the first job the husband got he refuse to go to work. Missed his ride refuse to go out to the car. Are we allowed to smack them up side the head, because I sure felt like smacking him. LOL

Kep421

Tuesday, December 11, 2001 - 07:17 pm Click here to edit this post
You know, if you guys like the Sims, you should try a game called "Black & White".

It is similar in that you create entire communities, but you are "GOD", and you can teach your people to be either good, peace loving, law abiding sweeties or you can teach them to be greedy, aggressive war mongers...

The communities are rural, farming communities from acient times and you get to do all the things you do in the Sims, even though it is a bit ala Flintstoneish.

BUT...in this game, you do get to smack 'em upside the head!!!!

Angelnikki

Tuesday, December 11, 2001 - 08:26 pm Click here to edit this post
OOOHHH sounds like fun Kep

Wow Misslibra, sounds like you are having fun with the game. keep posting letting us know how much you enjoy it because i hope to get it soon and I really enjoy hearing about all of your experiences with it.

Willsfan

Tuesday, December 11, 2001 - 09:04 pm Click here to edit this post
Misslibra,
They have their own language, SimsSpeak.

The Sim visitors do tend to barge in and the maid and gardener (if you have plants inside the house). Actually it's kind of funny when three or four of them just come walking in and eat, use the bathroom, stare at themselves in the mirror and leave. It's a good way to build friendships/relationships that help you advance in the game (higher paying jobs). And for parties.


After reading this review I know for sure I want Hot Date next.
"The Sims Hot Date. The expansion will add new characters and objects and a new downtown area complete with restaurants, shops, and parks. Players will be able to match their sims with others using an in-game dating service or by simply asking other sims out on dates and taking them to the appropriate areas. While on the date, the sims can perform new actions that fall in line with the theme of the expansion, like flirting or talking about interesting subjects in the sims' native language".

Mssilhouette

Wednesday, December 12, 2001 - 10:39 am Click here to edit this post
Angelnikki -- Nope not connected in any way to BB or BB2. I was active on the message board here when it was on. And one of the TVCH members recorded MP3's from the live feed and needed a place to host the files. I had the most space so I offered and presto I became the BB2 Audio File Hostess :)...They're still avilable if you want to relive a BB2 moment. Anyway that's why the link is in my profile.


MissLibra - I'm excited that its your first time! Woohoo A Sims virgin.

Your neighbors will assume that because you greeted them at the door that means they can have the run of your house until you tell them to leave.

Basically if you don't want company then don't answer the door. Of course sometimes if you have something going in your backyard and they can get back there...they may wander in, but if you don't talk to them they will leave.

The key is not to greet them. You will have people come by and walk by on the street 3 times a day.

Its good to greet them then ask them to leave quickly, if you don't have time. Later on you can call up the people you met and ask them over if you want to bring up your socalizing points.

As for your Sims being hard headed they're usually not. But it depends on what they have waiting in their command queue. (Shown in the upper left corner of the screen) If you see an activity listed before yours just click on it cancel that command and it'll bump yours up.

You might want to turn OFF free will. Your sims will just sitting around waiting for your commands, though and won't even go to the bathroom without your telling them.

Also if your Sims are depressed they won't want to do anything. Check your meters and make sure you don't have several into the red. Also keep an eye on that green diamond above their head.

By the way if a Sims misses two days of work in a row they get fired. BUT you can take off every other day without getting fired. :)

Good luck MissL...Please keep us informed.

I'm still working on posting my little family album. I'm gonna havta make a new Sims with my name so after I've gotten her all set up I'll go ahead and show off her house and crap.

Mssilhouette

Wednesday, December 12, 2001 - 10:42 am Click here to edit this post
Ooo one more tip MissL - If you get a computer you can check for jobs and it'll offer you 3 of which to choose from. Instead of just the 1 in the newspaper. Every day you'll get a different job listing. So you might want to wait and see...if you can afford it.

And every 3 days your bills arrive :) I forget how long you can leave them in the mailbox but if you pull out mail that's red well you better start paying or the repo man's a comin'

Crazydog

Wednesday, December 12, 2001 - 10:55 am Click here to edit this post
MsS,

Just wanted to let you know I have just ordered this game! Thanks for all the descriptions of it, you really made me want to get it.

Beware the wrath of Crazydog. ooooh I am going to have so much fun. I will try and play as it is supposed to be and make my Sims happy and successful. But on my really foul mood days I am hoping it will be a big stress reliever to ruin the lives of poor innocent Sims. Now if only I can make a Sim that looks like my boss or other people who irritate me, and when they are mean to me I will do cruel and humiliating things to them, like peeing on themselves or stripping them naked and making them go grocery shopping. A virtual voodoo doll, LOL!

Mssilhouette

Wednesday, December 12, 2001 - 12:11 pm Click here to edit this post
Ahh Crazy Dog!! Just get one that's close to his look and have him drown in a pool.

LOL naked grocery shopping! Hmm I really gotta get that HOT DATE expansion pack!

I unintentionally allowed my Sims couple to get into a spat. Well jealous anyway.....

Here's how it went down...

My sims decided at about 4 pm to throw a party. She wasn't doing anything anyway and she was in a great mood.

She finshed watching TV and called the caterer then called her friends. (well she just called "THROW PARTY" on the phone) So everything was set. She entered her club/party room complete with the disco type floor tiles that light up and dance cages. She turned on the music..a nice techno selection!

Well by that time the caterer had arrived and he began setting up the spread in the backyard. Then before she knew what was happeneing 6 people showed up and rang her bell.

All her neighbors and friends! Woohoo she greeted them all, except for one foul guest who keep being nasty to people so she asked the woman to leave.

After that her hubby came home and he wasn't upset he just took a quick shower and joined the fun! He decided to liven up the party a bit by ordering some entertainment. To make it equal he ordered a male dancer and a female dancer.

After watching them both pop out of cakes the guests were thrilled. They lounged in hot tubs and ate the food. Some danced and others flirted with the entertainment.

Well here's where things got a little messed up. Mrs Sims after leaving the hottub for a relaxing moment decided to check out the dance floor. Maybe she wanted to strut her stuff in the cage.

Before she could even shake her groove thang, what does she see?? Mr Sims and that tramp female dancer flirting. Well she was having none of it!! NONE....OF....IT. She spun Mr Sims around and promptly slapped him (It does happen in the game).

You figure after that he would get the hint...nope Mr. Sims kept talking to the dancer which prompted another slap. Then Mrs. Sims went to bed in tears.

Mr Sims dissmissed the help and dancers and told his guests to leave. After that he went to bed knowing that Ms. Sims was not going to be the mood to talk.

So it stands in my Sims household so far.....I don't know what I'm going to do. Mrs Sims is in a very bad mood. I'm thinking she might have an affair but I haven't decided yet.