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How's everyone enjoying their Sims 2?
Is everyone enjoying their game?I finally got my college students Jeffery and Roxanne engaged. I am just now letting them study until the term is done (still in freshman year).
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I like the interactions of TS2 - the deeper gameplay, but I would like it all in open-world.
I couldn't find a way to lengthen their life-stages, like in TS3 - so I just freeze time every so often to play the game fully, enjoy all the interactions - then unfreeze time.
You can't without a mod.
And the mod only takes affect after an age transition or creation.
I often do this in the morning before the Sims work/school, to play for as long as I like, then unfreeze time. Also at night, just to do all the things I want my Sims to do, then unfreeze time again and they can wind down for bedtime.
70 days seems to be the baseline life expectancy in Sims.
Anything too different from the point that adults become elders already will affect any mod that determines fertility by the number of days old a Sim is. ACR is one of them.
This goes for anyone. The mod itself is found here: http://www.simlogical.com/sl/Sims2Pages/Sims2_Aging.htm
Also on that page is a little shrub whose purpose it is to let you know how long your elder has left.
So, I can freeze time at 18:00 Sims 2 time - then sit at my computer and play for 8 real-life hours - do everything in game, skill them up with tons of stuff - go to lots of different places in town - all with time frozen.
I save an 8 hour game-play session, then play the game the next day and re-freeze time - so could play another 8 hours real-time and my Sims would be still living and breathing in a world where time is frozen, but they can still do everything.
Unfortunately, I don't think I've seen a mod for that one in Sims 2.
unless you cheat with the testing cheats enabled thing..i don't see how its possible. :XD:
The real trouble with reality is that there's no background music.
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Which reminds me to try my idea of simply freezing time. I'm sure it will work exactly the same way as with TS2 - it doesn't affect animations, etc - because I am not slowing time, I simply stop it.
Set the college's seasons to all fall.
Term paper done in 1.5 hours vs 3 hours. Fills up 2/3 of their progress bar when it's fully open.
Going to class once gives the other 1/2.
thank you! i had to not save my progress because that's just nuts. all the girls were gone. how do i adjust college season? though? i feel like a noobie with Ts2 all over agian!
The real trouble with reality is that there's no background music.
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You don't have to do all that. Before your kid goes to college, try to get four levels of each skill unless you know exactly what you want them to major in. In that case, you can search around and see which skills they need for your degree and do that before they go. term papers are not required. Do a couple of assignments and go to class. That's all I do. I'm currently playing Dustin Broke in uni now. He started with very minimal skills, so I do work on those. Still, he has time to romance a girl in his dorm, go out to the gym, work as a barista and still comes in with top honors.
I wouldn't worry about sororities or fraternities. That's an extreme challenge. Unless you plan to play them all after graduation. I did at one time take the Pleasant sisters, Dirk, and Dustin Broke and move them in together and had them all become friends and graduate with honors. They still had time for play. Not a lot, but they did.
I didn't use any cheats, didn't change seasons, though I like the seasons idea.
To do this, you can't take your eyes off them for a minute. But it is doable.