My Sims need a pool table for their pubs. They can't feel manly (or womanly) without one!
I looked at some EPs and saw that 3 EPs have pool tables: University, Showtime and Into the Future. I'm trying to decide which one to get.
I'm not into any of the careers in Showtime but the coffee shop looks neat.
My Team Galactic Sims would like Into the Future but you can't take pets. Can ItF have weather?
My Sims want to go to uni to get
juiced skills they can't learn at high school
Can any age Sims (above teen) go to uni? Can you take pets with you?
I'm a family player so I'd really like the EP that has the best family play in it.
Thanks in advance for advice
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I think my Sims would like a comic book store Can you alter how long a Sim is at uni for? Do they go home for the hols? What happens to Sims at home while other Sims are at uni?
I'm not sure whether ITF can have weather. I use NRaas Traveler and get weather at any world my sims travel too, including Oasis Landing and the WA destinations. I've never traveled to OL without that mod installed.
NRaas Traveler and NRaas Careers can be used to send teens to university if you like, but not younger sims. Normally any sim YA and older can attend. If you have Seasons installed there will be holidays, but sims at university don't go home or even have classes off those days.
Don't know about pets. I've had sims of all ages travel to and from Oasis Landing (again with NRaas Traveler) but I haven't played with Pets much so I don't know if bringing pets is possible with that mod.
You can put the UL social hangout venues in other worlds, or get smaller CC made equivalents. So with CC versions, or your own, you can easily put in a comic book shop, an arcade (with bowling, which kids can do), and a rebel hangout in a homeworld. I've been using UL venues from mysimrealty which are smaller and thus easier to add. UL also includes a snack bar which offers snacks, coffees, herbal teas, and energy drinks. I put those on many community lots so my sim have a source of food.
ITF has a lot of really useful items. The hover boards are fun, I usually give them to all the children. The dream pods have a lot of helpful dreams and is one of the better beds in the game, although it doesn't give the well-rested moodlet and bed assignments don't seem to work on it. The tub elevators require a 1x3 space to work, which makes them easy to squeeze into places. I use the food synthesizer at university dorms. I've never seen it catch fire and since the food never spoils the dormies tend to do a better job of keeping themselves fed. They also provide another way to get perfect quality meals without needing to master the cooking and gardening skills (your sim will have to master Advanced Technology and upgrade the food synthesizer to get quality meals).
I bought Showtime mainly for compatibility with CC worlds. I haven't used much of it apart from the dominoes table. If I can fit one on the lot I'll often have kids and teens play together to learn some logic and raise a little bit of relationship level with each other.
If you are looking for an EP which allows the greatest amount of family play (and I take that to mean a household with sims of all ages and pets) then Showtime is probably a good choice. I say that just because it includes a new homeworld, so no restrictions on family. Although I prefer UL and ITF, they aren't as supportive to that type of play, or at least require a break from it while you play those worlds.
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Univerisy
https://simsvip.com/sims-3-university-life-guide/
http://www.carls-sims-3-guide.com/universitylife/
LGR - The Sims 3 University Life Review
Showtime
https://simsvip.com/sims-3-showtime-guide/
http://www.carls-sims-3-guide.com/showtime/
LGR - The Sims 3 Showtime Review
Into the Future
https://simsvip.com/sims-3-into-the-future-guide/
http://www.carls-sims-3-guide.com/intothefuture/
LGR - The Sims 3 Into The Future Review
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I've had my eye on The Boardwalk for ages now but I haven't got enough Sim points for it. I'm temped to buy more Sim points too but I know they'd find their way onto the fancy greenhouse first
I just found out that ITF can have seasons but not pets. I like the look of the hover boards and the plumbots (especially if you can make them sentient). LGR said that
I really am leaning towards University at the moment There are so many things for my Sims to play with: the football, kicky bag, ping pong table, bowling and new arcade machines. The new romance options look cute too.
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University Life - the main reason why I want to get it is the same as you: POOL TABLES. Must have a pool table in the house. So I may look into that one after Seasons. And there are a lot of things to do and new actions. Such as "ranting" Just remember that ranting about death will get you on the bad side with Grim and it's a new way of dying. You will earn a moodlet that lasts for 12 hours and if you rant a second time about Death (while that moodlet is in effect) Grim will "off you" (I think that death is permanent; Grim may resurrect you if he's in a good mood. I also like the fact that there's a new town involved - the University Campus. New places to explore.
I also recommend LGR's game reviews on the Sims. His humor is dry, quick and hysterically funny. And he'll give you the lowdown on each expansion pack and what it offers and what's more. He's a die-hard simmer...essentially he's one of us.
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Grim kills you if you rant? Now to find townie Sims I don't like and make them rant >: )
I watched LGR's review of Uni and it's made me want it even more. There were an awful lot of Sims streaking :P
Yes, I'm a sadist when it comes to Sims.
Always "River McIrish" ...and maybe some Bebe Hart. ~innocent expression~
Always "River McIrish" ...and maybe some Bebe Hart. ~innocent expression~
Poor Sims I saw them banging into the vending machine in a LGR video and I was just waiting to see the vendo fall on them! I swear the poor things have more ways to die than I have pairs of socks :P