I just discovered that you can get restaurant coupons in the mail! Not that the town I'm playing has a restaurant yet...
I used to love that, my Sims haven't gotten coupons in years. And love letters.
I love it too! My Sim got one for not eating- she didn't have the money and she skipped out of the bill... then the next day she received a coupon. I giggled. They felt bad for her.
The funny thing is that the family doesn't really need it. And the mom who purchased the machine can make around 700 for each of her paintings which takes less than a day to paint. I was just curious about the machine. I couldn't remember it so plopped it down in the front yard. After it caught on fire (many thanks to the firefighters who came to put it out and didn't call the cops), she did one sessions and got just 178 simolias. So I don't think it's worth hurting the family's reputation. I suspect the machine will go away next go round.
I don't remember ever getting a parrot so one of my Sims wanted to buy a bird cage. So she did and "stocked it". Again, this seems new to me (but honestly, with my memory, EVERYTHING is new to me!). The family got a parrot and I learned that the mom could teach it to talk. She did. Then the child talked to it and earned a charisma point! I had no idea! Now her the Perry talk all the time!
I don't remember ever getting a parrot so one of my Sims wanted to buy a bird cage. So she did and "stocked it". Again, this seems knew to me (but honestly, with my memory, EVERYTHING is new to me!). The family got a parrot and I learned that the mom could teach it to talk. She did. Then the child talked to it and earned a charisma point! I had no idea! Now her the Perry talk all the time!
OMG I didn't know that either! I'm gonna check that out too! LMAO!
I just discovered my Toddlers can influence Sims to do their bidding...
"What is it little Sim? I'm busy cleaning up your parent's messes." Remington
"La-lu la-lu!" Ferb
"Well sure. I can do that, too." Remington
Off he goes to work on the plants, too... Hm, Useful!
I'm like "Remington!" LMAO! I forgot he was a EA Sim not a Sim I created! LOL! I'm like "That's Jessica Catelli's husband, what's he doing there"
OMG too funny. I haven't played 3 in months and months. I'm just expanding on 2- so much yet to do. I did two experiences I wanted to which was a huge department store sized toy store (started off as a mom and pop in 2005 lol) and a car lot place. Got both done. Working on a 7 story apartment city building today I think. It's fall, day off, cloudy, perfect day for building.
I don't remember ever getting a parrot so one of my Sims wanted to buy a bird cage. So she did and "stocked it". Again, this seems new to me (but honestly, with my memory, EVERYTHING is new to me!). The family got a parrot and I learned that the mom could teach it to talk. She did. Then the child talked to it and earned a charisma point! I had no idea! Now her the Perry talk all the time!
That's how I would have my Sims build charisma, especially if their predestined hobby was nature. What I don't like is how energy and hygiene drop so quickly. How much physical activity do you burn by talking to a bird?! Is it throwing stuff at you to get you so dirty?
I've always found it a little difficult to keep that plum bird alive though. I swear the cage would always need to be cleaned right after everybody left for school/work and it would be dead by the time they got home.
That's a bummer! The maid cleans the cage I think. They've only had Perry for a few days so hopefully he will be around for a while!
Just don’t overfeed him. That’s how I think my sims parrot died. It did like to come out and fly about but with three cats I wasn’t sure it was the best of ideas.
I don't remember ever getting a parrot so one of my Sims wanted to buy a bird cage. So she did and "stocked it". Again, this seems new to me (but honestly, with my memory, EVERYTHING is new to me!). The family got a parrot and I learned that the mom could teach it to talk. She did. Then the child talked to it and earned a charisma point! I had no idea! Now her the Perry talk all the time!
That's how I would have my Sims build charisma, especially if their predestined hobby was nature. What I don't like is how energy and hygiene drop so quickly. How much physical activity do you burn by talking to a bird?! Is it throwing stuff at you to get you so dirty?
I've always found it a little difficult to keep that plum bird alive though. I swear the cage would always need to be cleaned right after everybody left for school/work and it would be dead by the time they got home.
Cleaning is the associated hobby with nature, if your trying to build hobby enthusiasm for nature study cleaning. Come to think of it I’m not sure why, it’s just what my guide says. (I have a Nature Sim at the moment, she spends more time looking at birds then her family lol)
Cleaning is the associated hobby with nature, if your trying to build hobby enthusiasm for nature study cleaning. Come to think of it I’m not sure why, it’s just what my guide says. (I have a Nature Sim at the moment, she spends more time looking at birds then her family lol)
Oh, you haven't discovered that some skills and hobbies cross over. I guess it would be more accurate to say it depends on the skill building object.
Talking to the bird builds the charisma skill, but builds nature enthusiasm. Using the surgery station builds the mechanical skill, but builds science enthusiasm. The Execuputter builds charisma, but builds sports enthusiasm. There may be one or two more but I can't think of any right now.
*Bowling builds body, but builds game enthusiasm.
*Another kinda odd crossover would be mechanical is the skill to build the fishing badge faster, but nature is the hobby.
When my Sims have enough enthusiasm for membership to the science and sports lots, I will send them back and forth from there and home (using the energizer) to max both skills and hobby enthusiasm, basically freezing time on the home lot. (I especially do this with my Uni students.)
Here's a trick to take advantage of when on these lots (or at least the sports lot): If you send a Sim maxed in both skills, have another Sim working on skills ask for help on the skill building object. Without canceling the action in the queue, click on the other object and ask for help. The Sim will build both skills at the same time! I always do this on the sports lot after the Sim has piqued their fitness level, going from the punching bag to the execuputter to keep the Sim from losing hygiene as quickly.
This actually works on home lots as well if you have more than one career reward (at least for many of them).
Cleaning is the associated hobby with nature, if your trying to build hobby enthusiasm for nature study cleaning. Come to think of it I’m not sure why, it’s just what my guide says. (I have a Nature Sim at the moment, she spends more time looking at birds then her family lol)
Oh, I guess you haven't discovered that some skills and hobbies cross over.
Talking to the bird builds the charisma skill, but builds nature enthusiasm. Using the surgery station builds the mechanical skill, but builds science enthusiasm. The Execuputter builds charisma, but builds sports enthusiasm. There may be one or two more but I can't think of any right now.
*Bowling builds body, but builds game enthusiasm.
*Another kinda odd crossover would be mechanical is the skill to build the fishing badge faster, but nature is the hobby.
When my Sims have enough enthusiasm for membership to the science and sports lots, I will send them back and forth from there and home (using the energizer) to max both skills and hobby enthusiasm, basically freezing time on the home lot. (I especially do this with my Uni students.)
Here's a trick to take advantage of when on these lots (or at least the sports lot): If you send a Sim maxed in both skills, have another Sim working on skills ask for help on the skill building object. Without canceling the action in the queue, click on the other object and ask for help. The Sim will build both skills at the same time! I always do this on the sports lot after the Sim has piqued their fitness level, going from the punching bag to the execuputter to keep the Sim from losing hygiene as quickly.
This actually works on home lots as well if you have more than one career reward (at least for many of them).
You are correct, that makes sense.
I wonder why charisma builds nature though... the examples above make sense. Charisma and nature? I can't see it, I have an active sim who has just aged up. I think she has 8 points in active in her personality and strangely enough her natural hobby isn't fitness or sports.
I wonder why charisma builds nature though... the examples above make sense. Charisma and nature? I can't see it, I have an active sim who has just aged up. I think she has 8 points in active in her personality and strangely enough her natural hobby isn't fitness or sports.
I think it's just because it's talking a bird - birds are nature.
Predestined hobby will usually be based on two traits, meaning not necessarily the strongest trait. Are there any other traits that are more than 5?
Oh yeah, I've also had a few Sims that never triggered.
I wonder why charisma builds nature though... the examples above make sense. Charisma and nature? I can't see it, I have an active sim who has just aged up. I think she has 8 points in active in her personality and strangely enough her natural hobby isn't fitness or sports.
I think it's just because it's talking a bird - birds are nature.
Predestined hobby will usually be based on two traits, meaning not necessarily the strongest trait. Are there any other traits that are more than 5?
Oh yeah, I've also had a few Sims that never triggered.
Playful and nice. She has two points in neat/sloppy which I hate. She's doing a lot of nature stuff on her own so maybe she's a nature sim just undeclared lol
Playful and nice. She has two points in neat/sloppy which I hate. She's doing a lot of nature stuff on her own so maybe she's a nature sim just undeclared lol
Have you tried having her tell a story about art to a Sim? Arts & Crafts personality traits are sloppy and nice. Always look for two traits that are off center if you are using the chart from the Prima Guide - I keep those guides by my side as I play to reference enthusiasm, majors, jobs, etc.
Playful and nice. She has two points in neat/sloppy which I hate. She's doing a lot of nature stuff on her own so maybe she's a nature sim just undeclared lol
Have you tried having her tell a story about art to a Sim? Arts & Crafts personality traits are sloppy and nice. Always look for two traits that are off center if you are using the chart from the Prima Guide - I keep those guides by my side as I play to reference enthusiasm, majors, jobs, etc.
First time I ever saw this in game! My Sim took Jan out on a date, he ran into her at bar and being a romance Sim I decided to see what type of date they would have. It turned out 'good' and I had to end it because he was tired, needed to go to work next day, shower etc.
One of the other Sims in the household must have got the mail and I found a card in her inventory from Jan, it was a Thanks for the Fun card. You can place it on a table, desk etc. It's a very cute greeting card. lol In all these years I never knew they sent a card like that which can set on a table like a real greeting card. I have gotten the free gifts at the door after a date, but never a greeting card. Details like that make TS2 the best in all those details.
ETA: The card has Jan's face on the front, that's so cute.
"Games Are Not The Place To Tell Stories, Games Are Meant To Let People Tell Their Own Stories"...Will Wright.
Yesterday I discovered that the "power networking" business perk doesn't do what I thought it did - I thought it was for doing the whole "secret networking" thing that gives you random free stuff or perks, but instead it's for meeting sims' aquaintances.
I’m usually OCD about that. But their daughter went off to college, dad was getting his last skill point to reach the top of his career AND his LTW and the cat’s food bowl was in an area I had to move the camera angle around to see. lesson learned!
Okay it's not strictly a discovery, but today I saw for the first time what it looks like if a cat sleeps in that scratching tree/tower. It has an energy rating, so I knew that in theroy they should be able to sleep in there, but I've never seen a cat actually go in.
But today I was playing "Nebucatnipzar", an extremely intelligent alien breed whom I have therefore on player control instead of instinct driven free will. And, voila, upon clicking the tree the "sleep" command showed up and Nebucatnipzar curled up inside
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I love it too! My Sim got one for not eating- she didn't have the money and she skipped out of the bill... then the next day she received a coupon. I giggled. They felt bad for her.
OMG- Yes! And cops can come and shut it down. XD
The funny thing is that the family doesn't really need it. And the mom who purchased the machine can make around 700 for each of her paintings which takes less than a day to paint. I was just curious about the machine. I couldn't remember it so plopped it down in the front yard. After it caught on fire (many thanks to the firefighters who came to put it out and didn't call the cops), she did one sessions and got just 178 simolias. So I don't think it's worth hurting the family's reputation. I suspect the machine will go away next go round.
I'm like "Remington!" LMAO! I forgot he was a EA Sim not a Sim I created! LOL! I'm like "That's Jessica Catelli's husband, what's he doing there"
OMG too funny. I haven't played 3 in months and months. I'm just expanding on 2- so much yet to do. I did two experiences I wanted to which was a huge department store sized toy store (started off as a mom and pop in 2005 lol) and a car lot place. Got both done. Working on a 7 story apartment city building today I think. It's fall, day off, cloudy, perfect day for building.
That's how I would have my Sims build charisma, especially if their predestined hobby was nature. What I don't like is how energy and hygiene drop so quickly. How much physical activity do you burn by talking to a bird?! Is it throwing stuff at you to get you so dirty?
I've always found it a little difficult to keep that plum bird alive though. I swear the cage would always need to be cleaned right after everybody left for school/work and it would be dead by the time they got home.
Just don’t overfeed him. That’s how I think my sims parrot died. It did like to come out and fly about but with three cats I wasn’t sure it was the best of ideas.
Cleaning is the associated hobby with nature, if your trying to build hobby enthusiasm for nature study cleaning. Come to think of it I’m not sure why, it’s just what my guide says. (I have a Nature Sim at the moment, she spends more time looking at birds then her family lol)
Oh, you haven't discovered that some skills and hobbies cross over. I guess it would be more accurate to say it depends on the skill building object.
Talking to the bird builds the charisma skill, but builds nature enthusiasm. Using the surgery station builds the mechanical skill, but builds science enthusiasm. The Execuputter builds charisma, but builds sports enthusiasm. There may be one or two more but I can't think of any right now.
*Bowling builds body, but builds game enthusiasm.
*Another kinda odd crossover would be mechanical is the skill to build the fishing badge faster, but nature is the hobby.
When my Sims have enough enthusiasm for membership to the science and sports lots, I will send them back and forth from there and home (using the energizer) to max both skills and hobby enthusiasm, basically freezing time on the home lot. (I especially do this with my Uni students.)
Here's a trick to take advantage of when on these lots (or at least the sports lot): If you send a Sim maxed in both skills, have another Sim working on skills ask for help on the skill building object. Without canceling the action in the queue, click on the other object and ask for help. The Sim will build both skills at the same time!
This actually works on home lots as well if you have more than one career reward (at least for many of them).
I wonder why charisma builds nature though... the examples above make sense. Charisma and nature? I can't see it, I have an active sim who has just aged up. I think she has 8 points in active in her personality and strangely enough her natural hobby isn't fitness or sports.
I think it's just because it's talking a bird - birds are nature.
Predestined hobby will usually be based on two traits, meaning not necessarily the strongest trait. Are there any other traits that are more than 5?
Oh yeah, I've also had a few Sims that never triggered.
Playful and nice. She has two points in neat/sloppy which I hate. She's doing a lot of nature stuff on her own so maybe she's a nature sim just undeclared lol
Have you tried having her tell a story about art to a Sim? Arts & Crafts personality traits are sloppy and nice. Always look for two traits that are off center if you are using the chart from the Prima Guide - I keep those guides by my side as I play to reference enthusiasm, majors, jobs, etc.
Oh not yet! I will when she meets someone!
One of the other Sims in the household must have got the mail and I found a card in her inventory from Jan, it was a Thanks for the Fun card. You can place it on a table, desk etc. It's a very cute greeting card. lol In all these years I never knew they sent a card like that which can set on a table like a real greeting card. I have gotten the free gifts at the door after a date, but never a greeting card. Details like that make TS2 the best in all those details.
ETA: The card has Jan's face on the front, that's so cute.
Oh well, my simself has to know everyone anyway.
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LOL poor kitty!
Be glad it was flowers, I forgot to feed my cat and she ate the bird!
But today I was playing "Nebucatnipzar", an extremely intelligent alien breed whom I have therefore on player control instead of instinct driven free will. And, voila, upon clicking the tree the "sleep" command showed up and Nebucatnipzar curled up inside
LOL!!! OMG that is priceless!