Post by Twoyys4me on Jun 7, 2009 3:04:56 GMT -5
So many things to learn but I thought it would be nice if we share some things we know so far. I'm yet to get a guide so this is all from gameplay.
Teenage Sims have a curfew of 11pm- if they are caught out after that the police bring them home. (It's so hard to hide!). They get a lecture from a parent on arrival home.
Fire actually burns items rather than reducing them to ash piles. I had a tv catch on fire, which then caught the curtains behind. My 'fire loving' (brave) sim extinguished the flames and was given insurance (via pop up) to replace said items. I just clicked on the items to replace them with shiny new ones. Brave sims get the option to 'play' with fire- don't try that at home kids!
So far I've found the Business career to be the only one (that I've played) that needs no skills.
Also- you don't need all the skill requirement to advance in a field, my Medical career sim got 3 promotions without filling her skills required. (The requirement appears to be in 'blocks' rather than a single skill, so it seems that as long as you are within that 'block' your skill is 'good').
She got a couple of 'chance card' type things which boosted her performance and presumably led to the promotions as well.
Very chubby sims will get slim if you have them work out. I find jogging to be the most effective, I have them run all over town. Of course if you use the reward type points to give them a 'faster metabolism', that helps. They do lose their shape if you don't keep them working out, but that's life right?
If you want your Sim to play guitar in the park, place the guitar in their inventory. (I haven't figured how to get an easel there yet).
For a laptop, you just need to buy one and place it in their home- another laptop mysteriously appears in their inventory anyway.
Picnic baskets- buy one and put it in inventory- then whilst at the park/beach plonk it down and click on it to open it up.
For parties at a venue, go to Edit Town mode, choose your venue and decorate accordingly (I use buffet table, stereo, some balloons and a couple of tables for cake or homemade food), then hit Edit Town mode again. The lot will stay the same unless you alter it again, which means only one set up unless you like to change stuff. (You just have to clear the buffet table to use it again). You need to take a birthday cake with you on the day of the party.
There is a little cowplant in game, it's a statue but I laughed when I saw it- I decorated mine using the leather cow hide- lol. Also at the Science building in the lobby is a statue of a Servo.
There is an old abandoned mine on the outskirts of town that my Sim found whilst jogging around- useful if your sim likes to collect rocks.
I had a sim stargaze with the telescope and she got a pop-up telling her she'd seen a falling meteor- she then had the option to go find it in the town.
On your simpage you can view uploaded pictures, simply add the picture to the Launcher to upload it. Then on a simpage you will find under 'My studio' the options for 'exchange', 'media' and 'movies and more'. The 'media' section hosts your pictures. I put one up of the first counter I made as a test. click www.thesims3.com/myMedia.html?action=default&persona=Twoyys4me to see
As sims don't physically 'get into' cars anymore you can place a driveway/garage anywhere at all on the lot! I just love this feature and I know you fabulous builders are going to as well.
Sims can sit on the edge of bathtubs and fountains.
There is a hot air balloon that flies over the town.
Buy some bubble bath and candles from the supermarket- place a candle and bubble bath on the end of your bathtub and enjoy a candlelit bath (you have to light the candle!).
Sims can dig in other sims trash cans- sometimes they find cool things, but don't forget to empty their inventories of trash piles afterwards!
If your Sims have a fire pit they can sit at it and roast marshmallows- or any other type of fruit/veg or fish if they have it in their inventory.
Handy sims can change the colour of their fires (flames) when they have enough skill.
If you buy a bicycle stand and bike the whole family will use a bike to get around unless you specify an owner. Kids seem to get around on bikes even when you don't buy a stand/bike.
I'm not sure what effect a sims favourite colour has, but I'm finding it so much fun to use their colours for their clothing and bedrooms. My one sim couple have a combination of hot pink and turquoise- it makes a very funky looking room. Plus I can spot my sims all over town- heh.
There are fun events that happen all over town. Read the newspaper daily to find out all the latest births/deaths/marriages and town news, and it'll tell you the weekly events such as cookout at the beach or weekly chess tournaments.
You can manage all the dead at the graveyard, go into 'Edit Town' to get to the graveyard, build your family plots, hit Edit Town again, and then next time in live mode go visit and you click on the mausoleum to 'manage dead'... a list of all the tombstones they have will come up and you can place them as you like. Depending on the lives they had will determine their tombstone size.
There are lots more- feel free to add as we go along!
Teenage Sims have a curfew of 11pm- if they are caught out after that the police bring them home. (It's so hard to hide!). They get a lecture from a parent on arrival home.
Fire actually burns items rather than reducing them to ash piles. I had a tv catch on fire, which then caught the curtains behind. My 'fire loving' (brave) sim extinguished the flames and was given insurance (via pop up) to replace said items. I just clicked on the items to replace them with shiny new ones. Brave sims get the option to 'play' with fire- don't try that at home kids!
So far I've found the Business career to be the only one (that I've played) that needs no skills.
Also- you don't need all the skill requirement to advance in a field, my Medical career sim got 3 promotions without filling her skills required. (The requirement appears to be in 'blocks' rather than a single skill, so it seems that as long as you are within that 'block' your skill is 'good').
She got a couple of 'chance card' type things which boosted her performance and presumably led to the promotions as well.
Very chubby sims will get slim if you have them work out. I find jogging to be the most effective, I have them run all over town. Of course if you use the reward type points to give them a 'faster metabolism', that helps. They do lose their shape if you don't keep them working out, but that's life right?
If you want your Sim to play guitar in the park, place the guitar in their inventory. (I haven't figured how to get an easel there yet).
For a laptop, you just need to buy one and place it in their home- another laptop mysteriously appears in their inventory anyway.
Picnic baskets- buy one and put it in inventory- then whilst at the park/beach plonk it down and click on it to open it up.
For parties at a venue, go to Edit Town mode, choose your venue and decorate accordingly (I use buffet table, stereo, some balloons and a couple of tables for cake or homemade food), then hit Edit Town mode again. The lot will stay the same unless you alter it again, which means only one set up unless you like to change stuff. (You just have to clear the buffet table to use it again). You need to take a birthday cake with you on the day of the party.
There is a little cowplant in game, it's a statue but I laughed when I saw it- I decorated mine using the leather cow hide- lol. Also at the Science building in the lobby is a statue of a Servo.
There is an old abandoned mine on the outskirts of town that my Sim found whilst jogging around- useful if your sim likes to collect rocks.
I had a sim stargaze with the telescope and she got a pop-up telling her she'd seen a falling meteor- she then had the option to go find it in the town.
On your simpage you can view uploaded pictures, simply add the picture to the Launcher to upload it. Then on a simpage you will find under 'My studio' the options for 'exchange', 'media' and 'movies and more'. The 'media' section hosts your pictures. I put one up of the first counter I made as a test. click www.thesims3.com/myMedia.html?action=default&persona=Twoyys4me to see
As sims don't physically 'get into' cars anymore you can place a driveway/garage anywhere at all on the lot! I just love this feature and I know you fabulous builders are going to as well.
Sims can sit on the edge of bathtubs and fountains.
There is a hot air balloon that flies over the town.
Buy some bubble bath and candles from the supermarket- place a candle and bubble bath on the end of your bathtub and enjoy a candlelit bath (you have to light the candle!).
Sims can dig in other sims trash cans- sometimes they find cool things, but don't forget to empty their inventories of trash piles afterwards!
If your Sims have a fire pit they can sit at it and roast marshmallows- or any other type of fruit/veg or fish if they have it in their inventory.
Handy sims can change the colour of their fires (flames) when they have enough skill.
If you buy a bicycle stand and bike the whole family will use a bike to get around unless you specify an owner. Kids seem to get around on bikes even when you don't buy a stand/bike.
I'm not sure what effect a sims favourite colour has, but I'm finding it so much fun to use their colours for their clothing and bedrooms. My one sim couple have a combination of hot pink and turquoise- it makes a very funky looking room. Plus I can spot my sims all over town- heh.
There are fun events that happen all over town. Read the newspaper daily to find out all the latest births/deaths/marriages and town news, and it'll tell you the weekly events such as cookout at the beach or weekly chess tournaments.
You can manage all the dead at the graveyard, go into 'Edit Town' to get to the graveyard, build your family plots, hit Edit Town again, and then next time in live mode go visit and you click on the mausoleum to 'manage dead'... a list of all the tombstones they have will come up and you can place them as you like. Depending on the lives they had will determine their tombstone size.
There are lots more- feel free to add as we go along!