If there is something good in this EP they need to go ahead and CONFIRM it already. Many simmers are bored with s3 and waiting patiently for an ep. With all the others I knew I was going to get something I want.
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Where's the gameplay at? If they said that your sims will be able to go on dates or have weather or go to restaurant or a nightclub...I'd buy it just to add one of those things to my game...but, until then I'm going to complain.
I agree with you on the gameplay aspect. New gameplay, new building options, things like that... Those have always been the kind of things that keep the game fresh and interesting. Take Bon Voyage for instance, I took my Sims on 3 or 4 trips and then no longer cared about that part of it. But swimming in the ocean, beachfront lots, new building tools, walking to lots, etc. Awesome. Those are the kind of things that make me want EP's.
If there is something good in this EP they need to go ahead and CONFIRM it already. Many simmers are bored with s3 and waiting patiently for an ep. With all the others I knew I was going to get something I want.
Here's how look at it...
Nectar making...cooking except more like juicing
Pyramid raiding...sounds more like a job for Lara Croft then my sims
Photography...ok your sims can take pictures of each other, but they can already paint like Rembrandts
France, China, and Egypt... just your average neighborhoods with a few pyramids and berets thrown in
Where's the gameplay at? If they said that your sims will be able to go on dates or have weather or go to restaurant or a nightclub...I'd buy it just to add one of those things to my game...but, until then I'm going to complain.
Well, I'm hoping it adds more to the gameplay.
Nectar making is quite different from regular cooking, seeing as how it is a form of non-alcoholic wine-making, if I'm not mistaken. There are various parts to it, and it will further the gardening skill.
Pyramid Raiding (from what I've seen) isn't just about grabbing treasure and leaving. From what I've seen, there seems to also be a bit of a storyline to it, but I may be mistaken. Even if it were like Lara Croft, I haven't seen the movies, so it'll still be an experience for me.
I'm hoping that with the photography skill poses are brought back. The photography skill will make our sims more like geographic explorers, since it will recognize the things we take pictures of.
Now, the part about France, Egypt, and China... FRANCE is your average neighborhood with a few berets thrown in, but we've seen nothing of China's town, so you cannot make any assumptions. Egypt has a unique architectural style, and although I have only seen what they've shown in pictures and the trailer, it seems they have followed that style quite well. I'm hoping they also keep the architectural styles of China, including the courtyard homes and sloped roofs.
I completely agree with you about dates or weather or go to a restaurant or night club, those are things I (and many others, it seems) are looking forward to. If anything we could consider WA a bit ob a blessing-- while WA is holding off the anxious sim fans, they can (hopefully) be getting a head start on Seasons and Open for Business and such, so that those will be the best they can be.
I would like to see how they would do a open for business in the sims 3. When it first came out for sims 2 i did not like it much but after a while i liked it even more. I know a lot of peaple liked weather so i hope they get there weather. I am also hopeing with the photography skill they bring back the poses. When you look at the screen shot of france the guy that is takeing the picture it looks like the woman is poseing so that makes me think they are going to give some poses. But i could be wrong but i hope.
Sure in real life there's huge differences in Photography and Painting, Wine making and cooking; but, how are those differences going to manifest in the game?
I mean if my sim makes waffles or lobster it really doesn't make that much difference to me. I'm not going to be the one eating it. If my sim makes wine and drinks how is that much different from making and drinking coffee.
Sure, I know there's huge differences between these things in real life, but it these differences don't translate well into the game.
Sure in real life there's huge differences in Photography and Painting, Wine making and cooking; but, how are those differences going to manifest in the game?
I mean if my sim makes waffles or lobster it really doesn't make that much difference to me. I'm not going to be the one eating it. If my sim makes wine and drinks how is that much different from making and drinking coffee.
Sure, I know there's huge differences between these things in real life, but it these differences don't translate well into the game.
Send your item to the launcher as usual.
Close the launcher.
Unzip the program.
Run the program and browse to mydocuments/elecronicarts/thesims3/exports
(Your location may be slightly different) This is where you will find your items
ready to be uploaded to the exchange. Click on the item you want to change.
Use the arrows to find the picture you want to change.
Click replace and browse to the picture that you custom made.
Make sure your picture is 512 by 512, 72dpi, png
Save
Open the launcher and upload the item to the exchange.
Check your studio and you should find that your item has your custom made picture. Note that the thumbnail in your launcher will not be changed.
I am looking forward to all of it. I think it will be very exciting and fun and it sounds much more like the charm of getting a new sims 1 expansion with all the fun adventures of sims 1 than what sims 2 did and I LOVE that because sims 1 was originally what got me hooked on the sims. I still play sims 1 occasionally.
Send your item to the launcher as usual.
Close the launcher.
Unzip the program.
Run the program and browse to mydocuments/elecronicarts/thesims3/exports
(Your location may be slightly different) This is where you will find your items
ready to be uploaded to the exchange. Click on the item you want to change.
Use the arrows to find the picture you want to change.
Click replace and browse to the picture that you custom made.
Make sure your picture is 512 by 512, 72dpi, png
Save
Open the launcher and upload the item to the exchange.
Check your studio and you should find that your item has your custom made picture. Note that the thumbnail in your launcher will not be changed.
Send your item to the launcher as usual.
Close the launcher.
Unzip the program.
Run the program and browse to mydocuments/elecronicarts/thesims3/exports
(Your location may be slightly different) This is where you will find your items
ready to be uploaded to the exchange. Click on the item you want to change.
Use the arrows to find the picture you want to change.
Click replace and browse to the picture that you custom made.
Make sure your picture is 512 by 512, 72dpi, png
Save
Open the launcher and upload the item to the exchange.
Check your studio and you should find that your item has your custom made picture. Note that the thumbnail in your launcher will not be changed.
Neh, I'm more on the positive side than the negative. I will buy anything they put out, if only for the new clothes/hair/items, etc. I'm pathetic, I know.
I haven't read through this entire post yet so I apologize if this has already been said. Anyway, I saw an interview with someone (and I hate when people say this) but I can't remember his name. I believe it was on one of the game review websites. In the interview it sounded to me as if the new hair , clothes and items that are added to the expansion is going to be very few but there will be a lot more added in the store. The reasoning behind this was because the expansion is supposed to be so large that it couldn't all be fit in or something to that effect.
So it sounds like there won't be many new clothes, hairstyles or items included with the expansion. I so hope I am wrong because if they do this it will do nothing but make even more people mad and the sims franchise is going to suffer so bad.
Neh, I'm more on the positive side than the negative. I will buy anything they put out, if only for the new clothes/hair/items, etc. I'm pathetic, I know.
I haven't read through this entire post yet so I apologize if this has already been said. Anyway, I saw an interview with someone (and I hate when people say this) but I can't remember his name. I believe it was on one of the game review websites. In the interview it sounded to me as if the new hair , clothes and items that are added to the expansion is going to be very few but there will be a lot more added in the store. The reasoning behind this was because the expansion is supposed to be so large that it couldn't all be fit in or something to that effect.
So it sounds like there won't be many new clothes, hairstyles or items included with the expansion. I so hope I am wrong because if they do this it will do nothing but make even more people mad and the sims franchise is going to suffer so bad.
The ep's going to be so large they couldn't fit in any new clothes, hairstyles, or items. More like our store needs to make money if you ask me. But, that's fine, free fan made CC is loads better anyway.
The ep's going to be so large they couldn't fit in any new clothes, hairstyles, or items. More like our store needs to make money if you ask me. But, that's fine, free fan made CC is loads better anyway.
I totally agree with you. I've ran across a few of your other posts earlier tonight and I agree with you one most of them too. It seems like we may have the same ideas about this game.
Well for the wine/nectar making. The sims has to crush the grapes and such in the machine and also aging it effects it as well. So there are factors that seperate it from cooking.
I agree with photography though, but we will see in the game.
None the less, I look forward to this EP. It will liven up the game!
im not a genious i don't even know how to download fron other siter its too complicated ive tried ive read their instructions carefully but i keep going around in circles i put them in the downloads folder but it appears as a zip not custom content im confused any help would be appreciated :(how do you change the type from a zip folder to the sims 3 custom content or is it impossible :?:
It is most commonly recognized from the Saturday Night Live skits which were fairly amusing, basically a person who always comes up with some reason everyone should not be enjoying their party, life, job, food, etc... (I remember one in particular with Ben A. where they cast couldn't stop laughing and had hard times keeping straight faces - I believe it can be found on Hulu.com)
For example:
Person says, "I'm taking an exotic tropical vacation. It's gonna be great!"
Debbie Downer says, "You know 881 thousand people die from Malaria every year."
So I ran across this article today: The Sims 3 World Adventures – Tomb Building #2. It's located at http://www.simprograms.com/ and right now, it's the second article on the page the link will take you to.
So anyway, it gives more details on how to build tombs. I can tell you right now that if I even get this expansion, I will never waste my time with all of this mess.
im not a genious i don't even know how to download fron other siter its too complicated ive tried ive read their instructions carefully but i keep going around in circles i put them in the downloads folder but it appears as a zip not custom content im confused any help would be appreciated :(how do you change the type from a zip folder to the sims 3 custom content or is it impossible :?:
Don't feel bad, computers can be overwhelming to a lot of people. I'm not the best teacher in the world. Probably the best thing you could do is find someone who knows a little be about them and let them walk you through it in person.
Sometimes City Librarians will show someone how to do this, or take a class at your community college.
They've already said that if you don't want to go on the adventure which INCLUDES the tent, you don't have to!
And this conversation has been held like a gazillion times. You're only looking at the CONFIRMED features, there's sure to be more.
Actually, this statement has been mentioned over and over again in the forums that it is getting pretty old too.
I mean the EP is an adventure pack, based around adventure with a tent for your sim’s comfort. They haven’t said there will be a luxury hotel waiting for your sim to enjoy have they? So I’d like to know what is there to do for those players who don’t want the adventure side. Nothing perhaps?
And frankly, if there were more selling points on the EP they’d surely have said so by now with the number of people who’ve lost interest in the EP by what’s been released so far.
im not a genious i don't even know how to download fron other siter its too complicated ive tried ive read their instructions carefully but i keep going around in circles i put them in the downloads folder but it appears as a zip not custom content im confused any help would be appreciated :(how do you change the type from a zip folder to the sims 3 custom content or is it impossible :?:
Hey MM
I can help you with this one! Ok, basically a zip file is a form of compression that lets you make a file smaller so it is more easy to share. So what you need to do is extract the core file so you can use the file.
If you right-click on the file you want to extract, you should have the option to "extract file" somewhere there. You extract it, then you need to work out whether it's a custom file done in package file format, or something done with Sims3Pack format and install it accordingly.
Speak up if you need any help with the different ways you install the actual file, I'll check this thread again in the morning.
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I agree with you on the gameplay aspect. New gameplay, new building options, things like that... Those have always been the kind of things that keep the game fresh and interesting. Take Bon Voyage for instance, I took my Sims on 3 or 4 trips and then no longer cared about that part of it. But swimming in the ocean, beachfront lots, new building tools, walking to lots, etc. Awesome. Those are the kind of things that make me want EP's.
Well, I'm hoping it adds more to the gameplay.
Nectar making is quite different from regular cooking, seeing as how it is a form of non-alcoholic wine-making, if I'm not mistaken. There are various parts to it, and it will further the gardening skill.
Pyramid Raiding (from what I've seen) isn't just about grabbing treasure and leaving. From what I've seen, there seems to also be a bit of a storyline to it, but I may be mistaken. Even if it were like Lara Croft, I haven't seen the movies, so it'll still be an experience for me.
I'm hoping that with the photography skill poses are brought back. The photography skill will make our sims more like geographic explorers, since it will recognize the things we take pictures of.
Now, the part about France, Egypt, and China... FRANCE is your average neighborhood with a few berets thrown in, but we've seen nothing of China's town, so you cannot make any assumptions. Egypt has a unique architectural style, and although I have only seen what they've shown in pictures and the trailer, it seems they have followed that style quite well. I'm hoping they also keep the architectural styles of China, including the courtyard homes and sloped roofs.
I completely agree with you about dates or weather or go to a restaurant or night club, those are things I (and many others, it seems) are looking forward to. If anything we could consider WA a bit ob a blessing-- while WA is holding off the anxious sim fans, they can (hopefully) be getting a head start on Seasons and Open for Business and such, so that those will be the best they can be.
I mean if my sim makes waffles or lobster it really doesn't make that much difference to me. I'm not going to be the one eating it. If my sim makes wine and drinks how is that much different from making and drinking coffee.
Sure, I know there's huge differences between these things in real life, but it these differences don't translate well into the game.
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good point.
Down load link http://zindasgoldensims.com/uic/
Instructions:
Send your item to the launcher as usual.
Close the launcher.
Unzip the program.
Run the program and browse to mydocuments/elecronicarts/thesims3/exports
(Your location may be slightly different) This is where you will find your items
ready to be uploaded to the exchange. Click on the item you want to change.
Use the arrows to find the picture you want to change.
Click replace and browse to the picture that you custom made.
Make sure your picture is 512 by 512, 72dpi, png
Save
Open the launcher and upload the item to the exchange.
Check your studio and you should find that your item has your custom made picture. Note that the thumbnail in your launcher will not be changed.
The Sims2 Land Rich: Cash Poor Challenge
The Gods of Monte Vista
Athena & Crog: Life in Sims 4
Hit the Like Button - and let me know you liked my story.
thank you.
that All sounds too complicated for me :shock:
It's not as hard as it sounds I promise. 8)
The Sims2 Land Rich: Cash Poor Challenge
The Gods of Monte Vista
Athena & Crog: Life in Sims 4
Hit the Like Button - and let me know you liked my story.
I haven't read through this entire post yet so I apologize if this has already been said. Anyway, I saw an interview with someone (and I hate when people say this) but I can't remember his name. I believe it was on one of the game review websites. In the interview it sounded to me as if the new hair , clothes and items that are added to the expansion is going to be very few but there will be a lot more added in the store. The reasoning behind this was because the expansion is supposed to be so large that it couldn't all be fit in or something to that effect.
So it sounds like there won't be many new clothes, hairstyles or items included with the expansion. I so hope I am wrong because if they do this it will do nothing but make even more people mad and the sims franchise is going to suffer so bad.
The Sims2 Land Rich: Cash Poor Challenge
The Gods of Monte Vista
Athena & Crog: Life in Sims 4
Hit the Like Button - and let me know you liked my story.
I totally agree with you. I've ran across a few of your other posts earlier tonight and I agree with you one most of them too. It seems like we may have the same ideas about this game.
I agree with photography though, but we will see in the game.
None the less, I look forward to this EP. It will liven up the game!
im not a genious i don't even know how to download fron other siter its too complicated ive tried ive read their instructions carefully but i keep going around in circles i put them in the downloads folder but it appears as a zip not custom content im confused any help would be appreciated :(how do you change the type from a zip folder to the sims 3 custom content or is it impossible :?:
It is most commonly recognized from the Saturday Night Live skits which were fairly amusing, basically a person who always comes up with some reason everyone should not be enjoying their party, life, job, food, etc... (I remember one in particular with Ben A. where they cast couldn't stop laughing and had hard times keeping straight faces - I believe it can be found on Hulu.com)
For example:
Person says, "I'm taking an exotic tropical vacation. It's gonna be great!"
Debbie Downer says, "You know 881 thousand people die from Malaria every year."
So anyway, it gives more details on how to build tombs. I can tell you right now that if I even get this expansion, I will never waste my time with all of this mess.
Don't feel bad, computers can be overwhelming to a lot of people. I'm not the best teacher in the world. Probably the best thing you could do is find someone who knows a little be about them and let them walk you through it in person.
Sometimes City Librarians will show someone how to do this, or take a class at your community college.
The Sims2 Land Rich: Cash Poor Challenge
The Gods of Monte Vista
Athena & Crog: Life in Sims 4
Hit the Like Button - and let me know you liked my story.
Actually, this statement has been mentioned over and over again in the forums that it is getting pretty old too.
I mean the EP is an adventure pack, based around adventure with a tent for your sim’s comfort. They haven’t said there will be a luxury hotel waiting for your sim to enjoy have they? So I’d like to know what is there to do for those players who don’t want the adventure side. Nothing perhaps?
And frankly, if there were more selling points on the EP they’d surely have said so by now with the number of people who’ve lost interest in the EP by what’s been released so far.
Hey MM
I can help you with this one! Ok, basically a zip file is a form of compression that lets you make a file smaller so it is more easy to share. So what you need to do is extract the core file so you can use the file.
If you right-click on the file you want to extract, you should have the option to "extract file" somewhere there. You extract it, then you need to work out whether it's a custom file done in package file format, or something done with Sims3Pack format and install it accordingly.
Speak up if you need any help with the different ways you install the actual file, I'll check this thread again in the morning.
Saraswati