Vickybii its the best memories ever, I think there will always be sims 1 in our hearts, yes two and three came and four is about to be played by us, but sims 1 will always be our first sims ever, and while playing them now I think they are the best
Anthono there is some floating around on amazon, but they are rare, hopefully with one or other sims celebration they will release the whole series as a download or something, that would be awesome
shakeninsane I love doing the Nessie cheat, its so cute, I love all the bohemian light ideas too, aren't they great
anettesb I wish the same, I am having so much fun watching these little guys, they were gossiping and fighting last night and the one was so drunk it walked bang into the wall.
Lanlyn thanks for all your tips about creating awesome lights in sims 3 I will deffinetly try those when I load sims 3 again
Henwen those are such awesome tips its a pitty not a lot of people will see them in our sims 1 thread.
Hi all sorry I have not updated today, but we just got home from the most awesome mothersday ever and now we are going to have supper, I might play a little bit later if not deffinetly tomorrow
I know there is a petition on GOG.com for The Sims Complete Collection,but I'm surprised EA doesn't just release a digital version considering it was the best selling PC game of all time and all.
mcrudd - You almost got me buying "The Sims Complete Collection" on Amazon. LOL which can go from 12.90 (used) to 138.00! Origin may sell it (?) but IDK. EA should sell all of the sets of Sims and keep those sites up to buy the content. They should never take the sites down.
Then, I went to one of my favorite sites for sets at "Parsimonious" and reminisced.
I wish now that I had kept my small collection, but was cleaning things out a couple of years ago and after playing TS1 decided not to keep it. I did keep TS2 and doubt I will ever play that one again either.
Dang - I want to play it for fun now. I had a lot of mods to make game play easier too.
Hi Zorba sorry about that, I have never exceeded bandwich, but I bought the 20GB now so it should be all good for you. Zorba what windows are you running, if you have windows 7 you get a snip it tool which works amazingly, it saves your pic as png file so you keep all your colour not a jpeg like in paint where it dulls and gradient your colours
Well, I'm glad your pics are back!
I DO have windows 7. Where is this "snip it" tool??
Edit: Maybe I'm dense but I can't seem to find anything but "paint". Is it part of paint?
I think it would be great if EA would release a special new complete collection.
I bought mine used off amazon for about $40.00 and well worth it. I always look for something that states it comes with booklet and code, and All 4 discs.
What awesome suggestions anettesb, I wonder if you should suggest it at the sims 4 forums, I would love that
I wish so too Anthono but I guess they think people will not be interested in sims 1 because of the yucky graphics, but they should think about minecraft being super popular, my kids love it and that is yucky graphics too
LOL Henwen, its so much fun to play, I know its old school but its sooo much fun
Glad you can see the pics Zorba Snipping tool is here: Start > All Programs > Accessories > Snipping Tool. I hope you can find it, let me know if you can't and then I can screenie it for you, and happy mothersday to you too, ours was yesterday
Hi all, not much sim time today, we went shopping and now I need to prepare supper, but I promise some pics tonight
Ohhhhh the memories ...now I want to play (time to load up) :-)
LOL awesome, don't forget to come here and share. I made a new sim her name is Annabelle she is saving magic coins to move into Magic town, so I am keeping you guys in suspension while she completes that, which is soon, like I promised tonight there will be pics
Here is my new sim Annabelle She is mastering magic first and once she done that then she will become a superstar and use magic to become a five star celebrity quicker
The first few pics are off Annabelle working real hard in magic town to earn magic coins to buy her house. The last two pics are of Annabelle infront of her very cool postbox and then her house in Magic town
I am going to give the house a make over so its not so scary, its not as if she is living in a cemetery she is just living in a magic town
@PirateJandcats: Hi! If you mean when you open the front door and enter right into the living room, then yes, most houses on the West coast of US would be built "open" like that. It gives a sense of spacious and airy environment, especially desirable in a smaller home like the Newbie's. Most all the houses I re-do in the Sims, I always tear down walls and open up the place to bring in light and make best use of space.
Another advantage: Sims can move around more fluently in an open layout, and you can see them easier during play. There is also a game-tip pop up to that effect in Sims 1: It states that Sims like large rooms with lots of corners and windows to let in light. I don't know if the same is true for Sims2 or Sims3, though, but I've always kept that in mind.
We do have hallways where I live, but they usually lead toward bedrooms. Try doing an online search of contemporary floor plans in Southern California to get more ideas on what homes look like here.
Annabelle's house is done, she loves living in Magic town. I can't wait to see when the magical growths start. She is busy doing all the spells and charms in her magic book. Once she did them all and her gnomes are all happily tending to her garden then she will go and try superstardom
My sim had discovered all the spells and charms except for the superstar one, because now she needs to become a celebrity so she can get those black roses and then only will she discover that last charm. So she is off to Studio town now
Glad you can see the pics Zorba Snipping tool is here: Start > All Programs > Accessories > Snipping Tool. I hope you can find it, let me know if you can't and then I can screenie it for you, and happy mothersday to you too, ours was yesterday
I found it thanks! I can't believe I never knew about this. I've been using "paint" all this time, with "print screen" wondering why my pics of a webpage or computer look blurry and unreadable when other people post really nice big clear pics.
I'll have to experiment with it a bit when I have more time.
Yes I redid it, I removed most of the side walls, because in sims 1 you can't place furniture at that angle so it makes furnishing difficult. I also made the pool more square and refurnished the whole house LOL
I have a disk full of cc in my superstar cd container, but have not installed it, so far I am good without it LOL
Annabelle did it. She managed to get enough stars to get an obsessed fan who left her some black roses and then she made the price of fame charm and now she is a four and a half star celebrity I also think I can see the beginning of a magic beanstalk growing in her garden, will have to remove the fence to give it space, but that is ok So here follows the pics Will remove the fence once I am done posting this post.
I always loved the sims 1 Genie. There are still so many things I've never done in the game. Even though I have all the EP's I guess I never bothered to do the whole magic thing, gnomes etc.
Some Random In-Game pics. I still have these on my computer though I haven't played in awhile. They are probably blurry and not so great but what the hey!
Michael Bachelor's House remade with tons of custom content:
Since Betty Newbie is supposedly "Fat" there are few clothing choices for her and I Loved being able to make her clothes on my own in that Beta body shoppe thing (has a different name forgot now) that comes with complete collection. This one is a little risque even for Betty ;o) :
I guess my pics didn't come out too bad. One thing I notice - the in-game "camera" setting default back to "medium" quality and size every time I load the game. If I just remember to turn these settings to "high" quality camera and "Large" size everytime I load up the game and am going to take pictures, they do a little better.
I Love the in-game camera from sims 1 and sims 2 and Really, really wish they would include this simple camera and photo album for sims 4.
I always loved the sims 1 Genie. There are still so many things I've never done in the game. Even though I have all the EP's I guess I never bothered to do the whole magic thing, gnomes etc.
Hi Zorba, me either--I never did much of any of the magic stuff other than a few duels and magic acts in Magic Town. I never learned any spells, and I never got the gnomes to come alive. Maybe this time, I can work on that. I don't even know where to start. I guess I'll have to read up on stuff.
To accomplish everything, I think it's better to work with only one Sim in a household, like mcrudd is doing. Too hard when you have other Sims to feed and take care of. They're so needy! Good thing is in Sims1, they never age, so we have all the time in the world to play with their lives.
@mcrudd: Wow! Your pics are great (I especially love the worker gnomes) and I notice your Sim is already maxed out in every skill!! :shock:
Hi Zorba I love making magic so much, it bought so much to the game, the gnomes are my absolute favourite, because they look so cute running around tending to the garden. Wow Michael's house looks awesome, I love that big painting its beautiful. Your Betty Newbie looks awesome too. Your pics are good, not blurry at all, I liked those cameras best too, the photo albums are great.
Anthono its the best expansion by far, I love making magic its awesome
Pamhamlet its so easy to max out skills in sims 1 because there is not as many as there is in sims 3. I have a charm that puts her in the green so she just uses that a lot. I have written down all the recipes and where I got ingredients and I also wrote down the duels and what beats what and so on, so whenever you need advice just shout out and I will give you the answers
Agreed. Makin Magic just went all in. They nailed the atmosphere, and they mixed spooky but fun magic in perfectly with the magic town's eerie but also fun gameplay.
Plus the music, it's still just superb. I sometimes listen to it on youtube. Whoever was behind that, wow! (then again, all Sims 1 music was amazing. Even the annoying Unleashed music has it's charm and was quite addicting!)
Sims 2 music in build/buy mode was urhhh, a bit annoying but fairly OK. Nowhere near as good as the build/buy in sims 1, but ok. Sims 3 music in build/buy/CAS etc, oh my GOD I have to mute it and listen to my own music or I will got nuts!
Anyyyway. That obsessed fan was SO creepy! I loved the dark humour in Sims1 . I mean. He would come around and give black roses, didn't matter if you were a male or female superstar. He would just linger around all creepily.
I remember having the butler aswell, and he'd slap the obsessed fan to scare him away, hahaha!
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I know there is a petition on GOG.com for The Sims Complete Collection,but I'm surprised EA doesn't just release a digital version considering it was the best selling PC game of all time and all.
Then, I went to one of my favorite sites for sets at "Parsimonious" and reminisced.
I wish now that I had kept my small collection, but was cleaning things out a couple of years ago and after playing TS1 decided not to keep it. I did keep TS2 and doubt I will ever play that one again either.
Dang - I want to play it for fun now. I had a lot of mods to make game play easier too.
Well, I'm glad your pics are back!
I DO have windows 7. Where is this "snip it" tool??
Edit: Maybe I'm dense but I can't seem to find anything but "paint". Is it part of paint?
I bought mine used off amazon for about $40.00 and well worth it. I always look for something that states it comes with booklet and code, and All 4 discs.
And Happy Mother's Day to All!
I wish so too Anthono but I guess they think people will not be interested in sims 1 because of the yucky graphics, but they should think about minecraft being super popular, my kids love it and that is yucky graphics too
LOL Henwen, its so much fun to play, I know its old school but its sooo much fun
Glad you can see the pics Zorba
Hi all, not much sim time today, we went shopping and now I need to prepare supper, but I promise some pics tonight
Ohhhhh the memories ...now I want to play (time to load up) :-)
LOL awesome, don't forget to come here and share. I made a new sim her name is Annabelle she is saving magic coins to move into Magic town, so I am keeping you guys in suspension while she completes that, which is soon, like I promised tonight there will be pics
The first few pics are off Annabelle working real hard in magic town to earn magic coins to buy her house. The last two pics are of Annabelle infront of her very cool postbox and then her house in Magic town
I am going to give the house a make over so its not so scary, its not as if she is living in a cemetery she is just living in a magic town
Another advantage: Sims can move around more fluently in an open layout, and you can see them easier during play. There is also a game-tip pop up to that effect in Sims 1: It states that Sims like large rooms with lots of corners and windows to let in light. I don't know if the same is true for Sims2 or Sims3, though, but I've always kept that in mind.
We do have hallways where I live, but they usually lead toward bedrooms. Try doing an online search of contemporary floor plans in Southern California to get more ideas on what homes look like here.
I found it thanks! I can't believe I never knew about this. I've been using "paint" all this time, with "print screen" wondering why my pics of a webpage or computer look blurry and unreadable when other people post really nice big clear pics.
I'll have to experiment with it a bit when I have more time.
And Glad your photobucket pics are back.
Did you redo that mansion , or is it something you built or in one of the vacation spots or something?
Edit: I just have to say even though I have way too much custom content for my sims 1, the pics look great even without cc, the colors so vibrant.
I have a disk full of cc in my superstar cd container, but have not installed it, so far I am good without it LOL
Michael Bachelor's House remade with tons of custom content:
Since Betty Newbie is supposedly "Fat" there are few clothing choices for her and I Loved being able to make her clothes on my own in that Beta body shoppe thing (has a different name forgot now) that comes with complete collection. This one is a little risque even for Betty ;o) :
I Love the in-game camera from sims 1 and sims 2 and Really, really wish they would include this simple camera and photo album for sims 4.
Hi Zorba, me either--I never did much of any of the magic stuff other than a few duels and magic acts in Magic Town. I never learned any spells, and I never got the gnomes to come alive.
To accomplish everything, I think it's better to work with only one Sim in a household, like mcrudd is doing. Too hard when you have other Sims to feed and take care of.
@mcrudd: Wow! Your pics are great (I especially love the worker gnomes) and I notice your Sim is already maxed out in every skill!! :shock:
Anthono its the best expansion by far, I love making magic its awesome
Pamhamlet its so easy to max out skills in sims 1 because there is not as many as there is in sims 3. I have a charm that puts her in the green so she just uses that a lot. I have written down all the recipes and where I got ingredients and I also wrote down the duels and what beats what and so on, so whenever you need advice just shout out and I will give you the answers
Arriving home with the egg
Cradling the egg
Rotating the egg
Letting the egg listen to some music
How the beanstalk is growing
Better take the egg inside, the papparazzi is a pain
Plus the music, it's still just superb. I sometimes listen to it on youtube. Whoever was behind that, wow! (then again, all Sims 1 music was amazing. Even the annoying Unleashed music has it's charm and was quite addicting!)
Sims 2 music in build/buy mode was urhhh, a bit annoying but fairly OK. Nowhere near as good as the build/buy in sims 1, but ok. Sims 3 music in build/buy/CAS etc, oh my GOD I have to mute it and listen to my own music or I will got nuts!
Anyyyway. That obsessed fan was SO creepy! I loved the dark humour in Sims1 . I mean. He would come around and give black roses, didn't matter if you were a male or female superstar. He would just linger around all creepily.
I remember having the butler aswell, and he'd slap the obsessed fan to scare him away, hahaha!