Official "The Sims 2" Thread

[Czar]

anyone know how community lots work?

 

[ohtwell]

I want to get this game, but I'm not sure how much better than the original Sims it is.


: ) Amanda

 

[Chaotic42]

Originally posted by: ohtwell
I want to get this game, but I'm not sure how much better than the original Sims it is.


: ) Amanda

I think that it's a definite improvment. You get days off, it's easier to make friends, and your people have ambitions. One time my guy's ambition for the day was to eat a toaster pastry.

 

[Czar]

Originally posted by: ohtwell
I want to get this game, but I'm not sure how much better than the original Sims it is.


: ) Amanda

you cant do wohoo in the first came

 

[ohtwell]

Originally posted by: Chaotic42

Originally posted by: ohtwell
I want to get this game, but I'm not sure how much better than the original Sims it is.


: ) Amanda

I think that it's a definite improvment. You get days off, it's easier to make friends, and your people have ambitions. One time my guy's ambition for the day was to eat a toaster pastry.

Hahahahaha!! Your guy has big ambitions!

I like that you have days off. That was something I didn't like about the set up of the old version. It seemed pointless to have the ability to make friends, if you couldn't take time off to make them.

Are there more job options? If I remember correctly, there weren't that many in the original version. I'm not talking about the game with all the add-on packs. I'm talking about the original version. I always wanted there to be more cool jobs to choose from.


: ) Amanda

 

[ohtwell]

Originally posted by: Czar

Originally posted by: ohtwell
I want to get this game, but I'm not sure how much better than the original Sims it is.


: ) Amanda

you cant do wohoo in the first came

Well, that settles it. I have to get the game now!


: ) Amanda

 

[Chaotic42]

Originally posted by: ohtwell
Hahahahaha!! Your guy has big ambitions!

I like that you have days off. That was something I didn't like about the set up of the old version. It seemed pointless to have the ability to make friends, if you couldn't take time off to make them.

Are there more job options? If I remember correctly, there weren't that many in the original version. I'm not talking about the game with all the add-on packs. I'm talking about the original version. I always wanted there to be more cool jobs to choose from.


: ) Amanda

I think that there are 8.

The problem is that my dude is in love. Now he wants to talk to his girlfriends. He needs to focus on toaster pastries.

 

[ohtwell]

Originally posted by: Chaotic42

Originally posted by: ohtwell
Hahahahaha!! Your guy has big ambitions!

I like that you have days off. That was something I didn't like about the set up of the old version. It seemed pointless to have the ability to make friends, if you couldn't take time off to make them.

Are there more job options? If I remember correctly, there weren't that many in the original version. I'm not talking about the game with all the add-on packs. I'm talking about the original version. I always wanted there to be more cool jobs to choose from.


: ) Amanda

I think that there are 8.

The problem is that my dude is in love. Now he wants to talk to his girlfriends. He needs to focus on toaster pastries.

Yeah! Girls will only get him in trouble. He should have at leats 5 girls at any moment that he is "in love" with. Toaster Pastries are obviously more important!


: ) Amanda

 

[Bateluer]

Originally posted by: ohtwell
I want to get this game, but I'm not sure how much better than the original Sims it is.


: ) Amanda

Get it, its a definite improvement.

Also, anyone notice that on the back of the CD Jewel case is an ad for the first Sims2 Expansion, do out in November?

 

[nan0bug]

Anyone know what the cheats are?

Ive read about this Ctrl-shift-C console cheat but when i press those buttons nothing happens. :/ I just wanna make a sim bachelor with a lot of money and a mansion and see what happens

 

[Chaotic42]

Originally posted by: ohtwell
Yeah! Girls will only get him in trouble. He should have at leats 5 girls at any moment that he is "in love" with. Toaster Pastries are obviously more important!


: ) Amanda

I'm glad that someone understands.

One thing that's annoying is sometimes when you're at work, it will ask you to pick between two options that usually don't make sense. If you pick the wrong one, you end up losing lots of skill points or getting demoted.

The questions are like:

asdf0978120- or udaskjd^#@)haSF?

Pick the wrong one and you've wasted lots of skill building time.

 

[ohtwell]

Originally posted by: Chaotic42

One thing that's annoying is sometimes when you're at work, it will ask you to pick between two options that usually don't make sense. If you pick the wrong one, you end up losing lots of skill points or getting demoted.

The questions are like:

asdf0978120- or udaskjd^#@)haSF?

Pick the wrong one and you've wasted lots of skill building time.

What is the point in that? You really have no way of knowing which one to pick. If it's going to ask you questions it should ask you one that at least makes sense, so that there is a way to know the right answer, especailly if there is going to be such a high consequence of choosing the "wrong" one.


: ) Amanda

 

[Czar]

Originally posted by: ohtwell

Originally posted by: Chaotic42

One thing that's annoying is sometimes when you're at work, it will ask you to pick between two options that usually don't make sense. If you pick the wrong one, you end up losing lots of skill points or getting demoted.

The questions are like:

asdf0978120- or udaskjd^#@)haSF?

Pick the wrong one and you've wasted lots of skill building time.

What is the point in that? You really have no way of knowing which one to pick. If it's going to ask you questions it should ask you one that at least makes sense, so that there is a way to know the right answer, especailly if there is going to be such a high consequence of choosing the "wrong" one.


: ) Amanda

I had this problem, a sim got her first job as a lab rat and one of these questions were something realy stupid but in the end I had to pick red, blue or do nothing, I picked red and lost the job. My sim didnt want to look for work for days after that.

 

[spidey]

Originally posted by: nan0bug
Anyone know what the cheats are?

Ive read about this Ctrl-shift-C console cheat but when i press those buttons nothing happens. :/ I just wanna make a sim bachelor with a lot of money and a mansion and see what happens

Ctrl-Shift-C works for me - if you can bring it up, I think it's

kaching - 1000 simoleans
motherlode - 50000 simoleons
aging on
aging off

Motherlode definitely works, however I turned aging off and my sims days are still ticking down. :Q

 

[Bateluer]

Please edit the cheats from this thread.

 

[nageov3t]

Originally posted by: spidey

Originally posted by: nan0bug
Anyone know what the cheats are?

Ive read about this Ctrl-shift-C console cheat but when i press those buttons nothing happens. :/ I just wanna make a sim bachelor with a lot of money and a mansion and see what happens

Ctrl-Shift-C works for me - if you can bring it up, I think it's

kaching - 1000 simoleans
motherlode - 50000 simoleons
aging on
aging off

Motherlode definitely works, however I turned aging off and my sims days are still ticking down. :Q

same here.

I appreciate that Maxis kept the cheat prompt in (you can also type in help for a brief list of commands).

most of the enjoyment I get from playing The Sims is building pimp houses and designing new items. I rarely go into live mode -- if anything, I'll hit play, go to work, and see what happened while I was away.

 

[GTaudiophile]

So when will the nude/x-rated patch come out?

 

[nageov3t]

Originally posted by: GTaudiophile
So when will the nude/x-rated patch come out?

it was out, like, last Tuesday

 

[spidey]

Originally posted by: Bateluer
Please edit the cheats from this thread.

Why? No one will force you to use them.

 

[warcrow]

I probably should have posted this originally in this thread, but it so good I wanted everyone (including non Sim 2 players) to see it.

 

[GTaudiophile]

Originally posted by: loki8481

Originally posted by: GTaudiophile
So when will the nude/x-rated patch come out?

it was out, like, last Tuesday

Really? News to me!

 

[spidey]

Originally posted by: loki8481
same here.

I appreciate that Maxis kept the cheat prompt in (you can also type in help for a brief list of commands).

most of the enjoyment I get from playing The Sims is building pimp houses and designing new items. I rarely go into live mode -- if anything, I'll hit play, go to work, and see what happened while I was away.

Yeah, I have more fun watching them interact and trying out the items than having them work.

 

[GTaudiophile]

Okay, here's some serious food for thought. So with version "2" you can have gay/lesbian relationships. How far will it go? By version "3" will people be able to have a relationship with their dog? By version "4", will adults be able to have relationships with children?

Just for far will it go? Just how much will it mimic society? Will lines be drawn?

 

[ohtwell]

Originally posted by: GTaudiophile
Okay, here's some serious food for thought. So with version "2" you can have gay/lesbian relationships. How far will it go? By version "3" will people be able to have a relationship with their dog? By version "4", will adults be able to have relationships with children?

Just for far will it go? Just how much will it mimic society? Will lines be drawn?

I doubt it will go past the gay and lesbian relationships. Beastiality and pedophilia aren't acceptable in society and they probably never will be. Homosexuality is acceptable in the game, and I like that it is included.


: ) Amanda

 

[GTaudiophile]

Originally posted by: ohtwell

Originally posted by: GTaudiophile
Okay, here's some serious food for thought. So with version "2" you can have gay/lesbian relationships. How far will it go? By version "3" will people be able to have a relationship with their dog? By version "4", will adults be able to have relationships with children?

Just for far will it go? Just how much will it mimic society? Will lines be drawn?

I doubt it will go past the gay and lesbian relationships. Beastiality and pedophilia aren't acceptable in society and they probably never will be. Homosexuality is acceptable in the game, and I like that it is included.


: ) Amanda

Homosexuality wasn't "acceptable" 50 years ago! Who knows that "Sims X" will look like in the year 2075! Right or wrong, the "lines" in society are constantly in flux!