I thought that in honor of the 4th of July, that I'd set off some fireworks for my Sims. It turns out that if you have at least 5 fireworks (buyable from the Chinese General Merchant), that you can have an "extravaganza" of fireworks.
So, I told my Sim to set it off, but neglected to tell them to go outside first. Big mistake. My Sim set off a fire in their dining room (and none of the fireworks were visible from the map view like a normal fireworks.)
I did have her set off another "extravaganza" but sent her outside first. Very nice effects! (And no fires outside.)
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You do know that you can send multiple sims to set off extravaganzas all at once, right? Try it some time. The best I've coordinated was three (I tried five, but two didn't get out the door :? )
And they got a 10 point moodlet for "a good show." She didn't get that when she shot them off as an extravaganza by herself.
I'm glad you tried it out. There really are some things I love about WA.
Edit: *someone* should make a movie... if no one beats me to it, I think it'll be me
New edit: I think the "good show" moodlet happens even if you only do one extravaganza... it's because there were other people watching... I think.
Maybe my Sim didn't get the moodlet because she was by herself when she set them off. Having an audience wouldn't make that much difference though, would it?
It could be that the one setting off the Fireworks doesn't get the moodlet but anyone watching does, so when you have several sims setting off fireworks they are also watching each others displays (and thus all get the moodlet).
Has anyone tried setting Fireworks with a "Clumsy" sim? Could be fun
Wait, your profile doesn't say you're evil.
Here's a thread from a little while ago about using the Processor to change light colours in a sequence, using fireworks should be much the same if anyone is interested:
http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/list/189993.page
Apparently this is my 1337th post, is that worthy of a firework celebration? Any excuse I say
I was going to reply to the bit about triggering fireworks with a tomb item (which I think is utterly cool, but I don't make tombs or edit lots myself), but I thought it was worth a mention that at work (in a large data centre) we have a large digital clock on the wall (in 24h time). Every day at 1:37 pm I observe a 1 minute dance break, starting it with "It's Hacker Time... do do-do-doot, do-doot, do-doot - do do-do-doot, do-doot, do-doot; break it down".
Yeah, I really am that corny.
I tend to celebrate that holiday every day too, I don't usually do a dance though so I might have to start
If you use the free camera mode (press "Tab") then you can tilt the camera up from a Sim point of view and watch the show, I think that's kind of cool
Well, it took me a while, but here it is... I hope you're not disappointed:
http://www.thesims3.com/contentDetail.html?contentId=253754
That really is too bad. It is, um entertaining... in my opinion, of course.
http://www.thesims3.com/contentDetail.html?contentId=253772
You could do one from a Sim's point of view
The first one is quite large; it takes several minutes to D/L before playing on my system (admittedly not the best system, but decent). There is some good reason to watch the first one
[Edit: I decided to check it out again, and after 15 minutes it was still D/Ling so I pressed refresh. It may have only been a coincidence that the video started immediately afterward. -- I'm sorry it's so big, but I think it's worth it.]
I finally got one that worked, so for those who want to see a fireworks display without getting one going yourself... here it is.
http://www.thesims3.com/contentDetail.html?contentId=254673
Like all fireworks displays, it seemed to take longer when it was happening
Sadly, not an official one. But your sims could host one anyway (maybe with fireworks and burn a pile of leaves for the bonfire).
Happy Simming!
So have I lol. And to think I've been wondering why there were fireworks for sale lol. *shakes head* sometimes I really think I'm a little to dense for the Sims lol. Thanks once again for sharing this info. I'm now going to go and attempt to have a fireworks display!! Hope it works lol