Chat/Sims talk

[tootsie]

I'm just lying on the couch, listening to hubby play Sims 2 game. I'd like to play but he's way into it tonight, hehehe. Okay his Sim won't answer the phone, it's so annoying! I told him to answer it, LOL! I want to play now!

[WebLady]

LOL - I don't get how people get so into games like that :upsidown:

I can chat for a few minutes.

[WebLady]

ok, I guess I missed you ... anyone else? I will stick around there for a few minutes.

[WebLady]

OK well I guess I will try to catch someone in chat another time.

[Nekochanpurr]

Oh, fine guys, i see how it is ::Sob:: pick days i ::Sob:: aren't on.. ::SNIFF::

Hehe, i usually don't answer my sims calls either.. Its usually someone saying 'i haven't talked to you in forEVER.....'

[tootsie]

Sorry I left Brandi, Chris decided to let me play Sims and I got into it, heheheh. My couple tried for a baby, hope she's pregnant, LOL!

[sweetvenus]

That's all I did Friday and Saturday, lol. There is a hack you can download (I think on moreawesomethanyou.com) that will stop the "I haven't heard from you in forever" phone calls and your friends will actually call to chat with you instead. I love that one. It's saved a lot of my Sim friendships.

I found it. It's the phonehack.zip. Choose the latest expansion you have and you should be able to find it in the hacks folder: http://www.moreawesomethanyou.com/smf/index.php/topic,7.0.html

It's one of my favorites!

[Nekochanpurr]

Oh, thanks! i really should put it in.. i usually just used Insim to make relationship decay stop! :D

[EarlyBird]

Is this a convo about sims? I had it for my computer but cant figure it out!!!! anyone wants to volunteer their time to help me figure it out, lemme know

[Nekochanpurr]

No problem! First or second game? And whats your problem? :D I've had to figure out WAY too much for myself.. =/ its not fun!

[WebLady]

Is this a convo about sims?
Looks like that is the majority of the convo huh ;)

So is Sims like a video game that you need a system to play, some sort of software game or something you download? What is the point or appeal of it?

Sorry, just curious, I never got into and really don't know much about it and just wonder what all the excitement is about :geek:

[sweetvenus]

It's mainly a PC game (console versions exist, but aren't as good). The first one came out in 2000, and the second one was released in 2004. Each version has 7 expansion packs and the second one also has these things called "stuff" packs.

Basically, it's a virtual dollhouse. You create "Sims" (people) and stick them in a house, and then you control them. They can get jobs, get married, have kids, etc. You can create generations upon generations of families (well, in the second one....in the first, the kids never grew up) which is what appeals to me the most. I know some people just like to build houses and that's the appeal. There's so much to it that everyone can play it differently.

[Nekochanpurr]

Plus there are genetics, so that your children in game can get certain features (eyes, nose, mouth) from either or both parents.. Eye color, hair color, etc. When you make a sim, there are TONS of options, because there are sliders that you can change anything on the face with.. Its just NEAT.
What sims look like.
http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c204/ChibiAiChan/SIMs2/Stacy/snapshot_3292e926_5292fa15.jpg
http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c204/ChibiAiChan/SIMs2/Stacy/snapshot_3292e926_1292fc75.jpg

Of course, thats with custom content people made for the game (you can get replacement genetics, for things like hair, skin, clothes.. Pretty much anything.). I was playing a Slayers house before that one got wiped by my evil computer. :( i miss my anime families..

[EarlyBird]

:( Makes me so sad that i hated my sims game. I got it last yr, couldnt get the hang of it, and i think i threw away my game :(

I forget which ones i had, but can you do stuff without the expansion packs? I got an expansion pack and someoen told me that i should wait to put it in till i got the hang of it without the expansion packs.

[tootsie]

Chris and I want the Sims II Pets game so bad. It's been $30 for a long time now, we're hoping the price will go down soon.

[Goin2thechapel]

Ummm Is this Sims II like online with other people??

[Nekochanpurr]

I'm a dork and have all the expansion packs.. Personally, it doesn't make it any harder, just gives you more options, so if you want to put it in, go for it Vana. However, you DO need the first Sims 2 to play. The expansions can't be on their own..
Bernadette, have you tried online? I know a lot of people order from places like amazon.com or play.com. Also, i always buy my expansions at Target, specially when they first come out.. They are usually on sale. *^^* Hope i helped!
Ack.. i really look addicted.. LOL. I promise, i'm not completely glued to the computer!

[Nekochanpurr]

Ummm Is this Sims II like online with other people??

Nope. Its just you and your sims, heh. They tried sims online for the first game.. It really sucked.. :purplex:

[tootsie]

I'm a dork and have all the expansion packs.. Personally, it doesn't make it any harder, just gives you more options, so if you want to put it in, go for it Vana. However, you DO need the first Sims 2 to play. The expansions can't be on their own..
Bernadette, have you tried online? I know a lot of people order from places like amazon.com or play.com. Also, i always buy my expansions at Target, specially when they first come out.. They are usually on sale. *^^* Hope i helped!
Ack.. i really look addicted.. LOL. I promise, i'm not completely glued to the computer!

I just looked and saw one for $21 on Amazon. That's not too bad.

[Goin2thechapel]

But then how can you call someone?

[sweetvenus]

You can have multiple families, so the family you are playing can call other houses.

[Nekochanpurr]

Plus there are things like 'townies' and stuff.. Pretty much the games population so your not stranded all by yourself.

[tootsie]

Ever make your Sims go shopping? Chris made his woman Sim go shopping and she was obsessed with browsing, LOL! He said that's just like a woman, hehehe.

[Jamie'sBride]

Looks like that is the majority of the convo huh ;)

So is Sims like a video game that you need a system to play, some sort of software game or something you download? What is the point or appeal of it?

Sorry, just curious, I never got into and really don't know much about it and just wonder what all the excitement is about :geek:

I've never understood it either! My husband loves video games, and it drives me nuts. I always have to point out to him how much else he could have accomplished if he hadn't been playing them. I'm too anxious to play...I feel like I need to get up and do something productive. It makes me feel guilty.

[lize566]

I don't get some video games, but I will admit I can get wrapped up in the Sims quite easily! I don't play unless I know I have the time to do it. I hardly ever play, but I do get the urge to, I just always have something else going on that prevents me from devoting as much time as I know I would lol. I love it though!

[Nekochanpurr]

Thats me, too. If i know i have enough time to play, then i will.. But if i got stuff to do, i just can't.. Because i'll be like 'well.. Let me just get this kid to a teenager.. Oh.. Lets just get him to an adult..' LOL

[tootsie]

I saw the pool my hubby put in for his Sims family and it is so cool! His Sims kid likes to jump in and swim a lot, heheh. I played last night and my Sims lady is about to pop, wonder what sex it is. I've got the nursey all set up. I'd like to put in a hot tub, it's expensive though.

[Nekochanpurr]

Hehe, my sims are usually filthy rich by that point.. I won't let them pop out a kid till they are close to becoming old.. Don't want too many sims in the house at the same time!

[tootsie]

Hehe, my sims are usually filthy rich by that point.. I won't let them pop out a kid till they are close to becoming old.. Don't want too many sims in the house at the same time!

That'd be hard to control all of them, LOL! My husband's Sims kid is a little brat. He never wants to do his homework and always complains about things. He's ugly too, hehehe!

[Nekochanpurr]

LOL, that's when i'd try again, and the other bro wouldn't breed or would have an 'accident' :laugh:
Right now i am playing a scientist guy who has an alien daughter. Her goal is to have 20 lovers at once! Its pretty funny, lol. I have a feeling shes going to have a whoops soon.. :bblol:

[tootsie]

That is too funny!!! :rofl:

[sweetvenus]

I have far too many sims. I think I have at least 30-40 houses that I play, if not more. I'm on the sixth generation of sims since the original ones I created when it first came out. It's ridiculous. I have a spreadsheet of all of my sims that lists who their parents are, who they are married to, kid's names, their aspiration, their job, their major in college, and I check them off after I play them, until I've played all of them, then I start over. This is so I make sure everyone ages the same and someone doesn't end up older than their parents.

To speed things along, I have a few houses with the maximum amount of sims. One is like an apartment complex, where I stick my single sims when they graduate college. Then as they get married or get older, I move them out. I also have a retirement home where I stick my single/widowed elder sims.

Here's a picture that shows a few generations:
http://blog.sweetvenus.org/images/2007/11/snapshot_2e5f3855_f2dbc242.jpg

This is Jewel (the singer), the elder sim, and her daughter Lenedra with her husband Trent and their kids. This was taken awhile back. All of those kids have kids of their own now.

[lizardbnorton]

I so can't wait to play sims again thanks to you guys. I'm currently building a new computer, because mine is ghettoly old. I'm waiting for the parts to come in and I am getting a case from Fry's on Friday. I'm excited about getting a new computer finally.

[Nekochanpurr]

Yay for new computers!! :D I'm surprised so many of us play this game.. I guess i'll share a pic of my current family. :D

Heres the dad (hes old now though.. Poor guy never got one woohoo. Maybe i'll let him have some old people lovin'..)
http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c204/ChibiAiChan/SIMs2/Stacy/snapshot_f4d3125f_f4d34bc2.jpg

And his daughter.. I named her Meryl. Hopefully her kids will turn out cute, and not have her pointy chin. Its better than original aliens though. Default replacements FTW.
http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c204/ChibiAiChan/SIMs2/Stacy/snapshot_f4d3125f_94e22047.jpg

[lize566]

I so can't wait to play now!! I don't know when I will have time, plus I have to find the disc, so who knows when I will actually play!

[Nekochanpurr]

Come on woman, find it! lol. :D Hopefully you can play soon! Its great stress relief..

[tootsie]

http://blog.sweetvenus.org/images/2007/11/snapshot_2e5f3855_f2dbc242.jpg

This picture is too funny! I'll have to take one of my family and post it. The twins are about 8 years old now. They are a lot easier to handle and I love having little slaves around the house. The nanny sucked, when the twins were toddlers, she didn't change their diapers and they almost died from bad higene! LOL! I'm so addicted to Sims 2 now!

[Nekochanpurr]

LOL! I hate getting twins now!! Specially when the house isn't big enough and they keep waking each other up!! I hate the nannys!! LOL
Yay for another one becoming addicted. :D I want to see your pictures!

[vicky_vicky]

I loove the sims2! I was like playing every day but I got over this stage of addiction! hehe now I play every now and then and I know I can easily get addicted again! i love the game and its expansion I was overthrilled with "seasons" and it didnt dissapoint me.
I have costum made neighborhoods with all costum made sims, all college graduates and I just love sending them on vacation.

Another thing I have is that after a year or less I am getting bored of my sims and I reinstall so I have the game all fresh ready to get started again!
I am telling you I love to play sims2!

[vicky_vicky]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v128/vicky1980/snapshot_2dd72caf_52f47929.jpg
Dont you just love plantbabies?

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v128/vicky1980/snapshot_92abf06f_72abf07c.jpg

Here is Pink Lollipop, a female sim I made and she is romance aspiration

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v128/vicky1980/snapshot_92abf06f_f2af09e9.jpg

Dina Caliente's twin daughters, I believe they are more beautiful than their mom

[Nekochanpurr]

Great pics!! i haven't played plant sims yet.. Are they fun??

[vicky_vicky]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v128/vicky1980/snapshot_92f4c738_d2f4e614.jpg
Here in this picture is Alexander Goth who turned into a plantsim and his plantbaby!

Oh yes they are soo much fun to play!

Plantsims came with "seasons" expansion pack. In order to turn a normal sim into a plant sim you have to make them plant some veggies or some orchand trees and when these plants get infected with bugs (little white thingies all over your plant/tree) use pesticide, a lot! Then after a certain amount of pesticide your sim is becoming a plantsim! The transformation is cool also!

Plantsims need sun and water! And love of course!
No more hunger, energy, bladder etc. You have to buy a greenhouse light to keep in the house to provide them light during the night!

Also a disadvantage is that they die earlier. Not so many days of life.:purplex:

Many pleasant surprises you will get when you play a plantsim and I am not going to spoil it for you more than I did already!

[EarlyBird]

Okay, so i found my sims. Apparently i have sims 2 and thedn sims 2 exapansion pack for the "open for business" however, i lost disk 1 of 4 of the sims 2 - cant play now can i!??!?! im very upset. i wanted to learn how to play. im going to convince fh to go buy me it tonight

[vicky_vicky]

You have Open for business installed? if yes then you need to run the game with the open for business disc! You dont need The sims2 disks.

[EarlyBird]

No, i dont have anything installed anymore; This is a whole new computer. I have sims 2 disks 2-4 and i have open for business. nothing is installed though. I didnt know if i could install sims 2-4 disk and have it still work. Im a total newbie here on this sims thing. had them for way over a year, couldnt figure it out so i gave up :(

[Nekochanpurr]

That sucks! Yeah, you need to install the first sims 2 for it to work.. =/
Oh, vicky, plant sims look fun!! I am obsessed myself, so have all the expansions.. I really need to start playing the monsters! lol I am waiting for hacks to update first though..

[Measha]

The franchise has taken off so much! I recall when it was just like Sim Town, then Sim City, etc. etc. etc. I never was able to get any of the games haha, and Jon got me hooked on WoW (World of Warcraft) which is enough of an addiction for me!

[Nekochanpurr]

Hehe, i never got the warcrack addiction. :D I dislike other people in my games, LOL... too much a/s/l for me. XD

[Measha]

I'm a people person hehe, and a role player <stamps the NERD sign on her forhead>.

[Nekochanpurr]

Oh, you can share that nerd stamp with me.. I love paper and pencil RPGS, and freeform anime (email preferable) rpgs. :D I just dislike the favoritism of a lot of MMORPGs now, because once you hit a certain level (10 on everquest, heh.) they just.. Stop talking to you. I was like 'nooo... But i need a group for this mission..!!' lol

[vicky_vicky]

I have no idea about World of Warcraft, I never got it and I never got to play it.

BTW I never use hacks in my game, just cheats every now and then.

[Nekochanpurr]

I didn't use hacks for a VERY long time.. but then it got too repetitive. :D I have inteen, insim, ACR, and default replacements for the alien genetics.. I really liked one hack, i don't remember the name.. But it made it easier/more fun to play vampires, but it doesn't work with the newer expansions.. =/

[tootsie]

Well, I killed my Sims parents and the daughter has taken over the house and the son is living in his own house. I took pictures of the Grim Reaper taking away the mom, HAHAH! It was too funny! Oh my gosh, has anyone ever seen lots of bubbles coming out of their Sims? I made my Sim go swimming and it stopped but it was freaky to look at, so many bubbles! :bblol:

[EarlyBird]

Well, I killed my Sims parents and the daughter has taken over the house and the son is living in his own house. I took pictures of the Grim Reaper taking away the mom, HAHAH! It was too funny! Oh my gosh, has anyone ever seen lots of bubbles coming out of their Sims? I made my Sim go swimming and it stopped but it was freaky to look at, so many bubbles! :bblol:


i just started with the sims and sometimes i think im not playing the same game as you all. My sim does nothing interesting, eats drinks watches tv, has sex, goes to sleep, fights.. and i have even figured out what some of thier "thoughts" are.

ughhh how did you KILL them?!?!? i wish i knew all this stuff. it would make it much more interesting

[lizardbnorton]

Have them cook without learning. If they freak out leave them alone and then they'll burn to death.

[EarlyBird]

Have them cook without learning. If they freak out leave them alone and then they'll burn to death.

hhaha thats terrible. I dont understand how you can have them cook without learning. Im going to install the open for business today. then we can hope i get a little more interested :)

[tootsie]

i just started with the sims and sometimes i think im not playing the same game as you all. My sim does nothing interesting, eats drinks watches tv, has sex, goes to sleep, fights.. and i have even figured out what some of thier "thoughts" are.

ughhh how did you KILL them?!?!? i wish i knew all this stuff. it would make it much more interesting

Mine died because of old age and because they weren't getting their "needs".

[sweetvenus]

There's lots of ways to kill off your sims. Some of these are:
- Make them go swimming, then take away the ladder.
- They can get electrocuted if fixing a computer, tv, etc with low mechanical skill.
- They can start fires on the stove, grill, etc. if cooking with low cooking skill.
- If you send them outside to "look at the clouds", there's a small chance a satellite will fall on them (I've actually had this happen).
- Starve them to death.
- They can be scared to death by ghosts of people who have already died.

[lizardbnorton]

If you have them read books, the can read about cooking, which leads to learning. Does actually cooking teach them also, I don't remember. That might not work in sims 2 though. I know it happened in sims 1. I haven't playes sims 2 in forever since my comp didn't support it.

[EarlyBird]

There's lots of ways to kill off your sims. Some of these are:
- Make them go swimming, then take away the ladder.
- They can get electrocuted if fixing a computer, tv, etc with low mechanical skill.
- They can start fires on the stove, grill, etc. if cooking with low cooking skill.
- If you send them outside to "look at the clouds", there's a small chance a satellite will fall on them (I've actually had this happen).
- Starve them to death.
- They can be scared to death by ghosts of people who have already died.



So there are ghosts in this game?? Do i sound like an idiot??? i have played less then 5 hours total in my life so this is all new to me. if anyone has cool tips for newbies like me, please share.. the reading one was interesting. I did have a fire started but they put it out. I had one of my sims have like 4 babies and adopt another- it was crazy!! Mike and i were just messing with it one day.

[lizardbnorton]

This is funny and sad if you can figure it out.

DROWN IN YOUR OWN TOILET!!!

Requirments:
boolprop testingcheatsenabled true cheat,
a sim you want to dispose of,
a toilet,
move_objects on cheat,
rodney death creator gravestone.

you see that this is a funny way to die first pause the game so you can grab the sim and put him( or her )on the toilet then go to spawn after you entered the cheat and held shift on the keyboard look for the rondey death creator then click on it pops up a gravestone click on die by drowning then resume the game and watch the sim drownd in the small toilet.




I found it on http://www.neoseeker.com/Games/cheats/PC/sims_2.html

[sweetvenus]

Yep, if there is a gravestone on the lot, then there's a chance that a ghost will come out of it at night.

The original game included ghosts and aliens. Each expansion adds a different creature:
University - zombies
Nightlife - vampires
Open for Business - robots
Pets - werewolves
Seasons - plant sims
Bon Voyage - bigfoot
Freetime - genie in a bottle (although you can't actually control him)

[EarlyBird]

Oh yah i have nightlife. It says alot about vampires , yet i havent seen any yet. Although i went to the downtown area for the first time last night so that really doesnt count - didnt spend much time there.

[tootsie]

Yep, if there is a gravestone on the lot, then there's a chance that a ghost will come out of it at night.

The original game included ghosts and aliens. Each expansion adds a different creature:
University - zombies
Nightlife - vampires
Open for Business - robots
Pets - werewolves
Seasons - plant sims
Bon Voyage - bigfoot
Freetime - genie in a bottle (although you can't actually control him)

I sold my Sims gravestone for like $125. Oh and the Sims mom, when she died, she left behind an urn with her ashes in it, I sold it too.

[Nekochanpurr]

LOL, you know.. In Sims3, they will know we are trying to kill them.. Like, when we take out the ladder, they will CLIMB OUT THE SIDE. O.o;; I think this will make me feel a little guilty.. Maybe. Will i stop? Um.. Probably not. XD

[vicky_vicky]

LOL, you know.. In Sims3, they will know we are trying to kill them.. Like, when we take out the ladder, they will CLIMB OUT THE SIDE. O.o;; I think this will make me feel a little guilty.. Maybe. Will i stop? Um.. Probably not. XD


OMG really I didnt know this!

Its way too easy to kill a sim in sims 2, I think this feature was needed!!

[Nekochanpurr]

i know, i am way to excited for this game..

[tootsie]

My new Sims guy is really cute, but he's so gross! He farts like everytime he leaves the dinner table. He also burps a lot and so does his wife. They laugh at each other when they do it too, so weird! Hope their son isn't like that! LOL!

[Nekochanpurr]

LOL!! If they both don't have too many clean points.. XD I think you are going to have a burping, farting kid. :D

[tootsie]

LOL!! If they both don't have too many clean points.. XD I think you are going to have a burping, farting kid. :D

Well, ****! The dad does hate to clean. He complains everytime I make him clean, heheheh. Crazy Sims.

[ChibiAiChan]

woohoo i just started playing, again! and i do mean woohoo... my chick is VERY popular with her male neighbors.
I can't find the pictures though! I have all the other neighborhood pics... just not riverbloosm or whatever it's called. Anyways, heres the CREEPIEST kid some of my sims ever had....

http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c204/ChibiAiChan/SIMs2/Daniele/snapshot_124064a8_12725dd1.jpg


http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c204/ChibiAiChan/SIMs2/Daniele/snapshot_124064a8_12725ddd.jpg

[tootsie]

We bought Sims Pets 2, yay! My Sims family has a Jack Russel Terrier named Chacho, heheh. He's so small! :)

[Nekochanpurr]

Just remember to go to the EA website and patch your game!! :D