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#11176
22nd Jun 2018 at 3:14 PM
That I think I can pull the screen and move around like in Sims 4 and it's not going to happen. Every time I switch versions I have to re-learn screen controls and camera moves...
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#11177
22nd Jun 2018 at 3:55 PM
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Quote: Originally posted by HCAC
That I think I can pull the screen and move around like in Sims 4 and it's not going to happen. Every time I switch versions I have to re-learn screen controls and camera moves... |
When I was still playing TS4 way back, that was exactly why I always kept it on TS3 camera controls. I had already been used to TS3's after years of playing it, and the option was there, so less headache to deal with.
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#11178
30th Jun 2018 at 12:54 AM
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I just started a new save where I did a lot of ITF stuff and for the first time ever I tried that lotto cheating thing where you check the records in the future and then buy a ticket in the present. I thought I'd get maybe something around 50k. Well, I was off by exactly one million with my estimate... I'm one who loves playing poor sims and I don't think I've ever had a tenth of this
Unfortunately I got bored of the save 10 min later and quit because I didn't know what to do anymore other than building the biggest palace ever. But maaaaan, I didn't know you get THAT much money!
Unfortunately I got bored of the save 10 min later and quit because I didn't know what to do anymore other than building the biggest palace ever. But maaaaan, I didn't know you get THAT much money!
#11179
30th Jun 2018 at 1:31 AM
Posts: 4,518
Quote: Originally posted by Nocriel
I just started a new save where I did a lot of ITF stuff and for the first time ever I tried that lotto cheating thing where you check the records in the future and then buy a ticket in the present. I thought I'd get maybe something around 50k. Well, I was off by exactly one million with my estimate... I'm one who loves playing poor sims and I don't think I've ever had a tenth of this Unfortunately I got bored of the save 10 min later and quit because I didn't know what to do anymore other than building the biggest palace ever. But maaaaan, I didn't know you get THAT much money! |
With a fleet of perhaps 8 or 10 upper end cars, or perhaps 7 and an over the top hot tub, the property tax payments would be so high that your sims would likely become comfortably poor again pretty quickly.
But where exactly was it written that your active household had to keep that money or spend it only on themselves?
Maybe not everyone does this, but with NRaas SP Money's Unified Billing and some pretty high tax rates, the majority of inactive households in most of my worlds (with some exceptions) have to struggle pretty hard to make ends meet and establish savings unless they come from Old Money. I would think that half the fun of suddenly having millions would be spending it on one's friends, neighbors, and relatives. Or, perhaps, losing it all back again at the casino tables.
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#11180
30th Jun 2018 at 2:02 AM
Posts: 185
Quote: Originally posted by igazor
With a fleet of perhaps 8 or 10 upper end cars, or perhaps 7 and an over the top hot tub, the property tax payments would be so high that your sims would likely become comfortably poor again pretty quickly. But where exactly was it written that your active household had to keep that money or spend it only on themselves? Maybe not everyone does this, but with NRaas SP Money's Unified Billing and some pretty high tax rates, the majority of inactive households in most of my worlds (with some exceptions) have to struggle pretty hard to make ends meet and establish savings unless they come from Old Money. I would think that half the fun of suddenly having millions would be spending it on one's friends, neighbors, and relatives. Or, perhaps, losing it all back again at the casino tables. |
Oooooh, I do have SP but not the money add-on, I just read up on it and that sounds super interesting! Aw heck, I swear everytime I get a reply from you I end up installing yet another nraas mod! It's like Skyrim all over again, first I only want the "essential" mods, then suddenly everything looks essential to me
#11181
30th Jun 2018 at 5:12 AM
Posts: 4,518
Quote: Originally posted by Nocriel
Aw heck, I swear everytime I get a reply from you I end up installing yet another nraas mod! |
Noted and will take under advisement, but this doesn't sound like a very serious "complaint" to me.
#11182
2nd Jul 2018 at 8:36 AM
Posts: 1,273
I never really noticed all of the funny text changes in the pie menu for traits! I'm playing an Evil sim, and she has interactions like Evil Shower, Evil Slumber, and Wash Hands with Evil Soap!
#11183
2nd Jul 2018 at 1:47 PM
Yeah, it's too bad that all it affects is the pie menu.
My first sim was a daredevil, so I thought that the part when taking a bath where the sim goes underwater was trait related... ("Extreme bath")
I was disappointed when I discovered that no, all sims wash their hair in the tub like that.
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My first sim was a daredevil, so I thought that the part when taking a bath where the sim goes underwater was trait related... ("Extreme bath")
I was disappointed when I discovered that no, all sims wash their hair in the tub like that.
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#11184
2nd Jul 2018 at 1:50 PM
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Sims wash their hair in the tub?
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#11185
2nd Jul 2018 at 1:56 PM
I assume that would be why they hold their breath and dive underwater when taking a bath. Especially now that they have the ability to do laundry. Hair gets dirty, too, and there is no other reason for a normal sim (or person) to go underwater in the bathtub.
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#11186
2nd Jul 2018 at 2:39 PM
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But you say they all do it, regardless of having the Daredevil trait or not. Washing your hair doesn't sound very extreme to me.
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#11187
2nd Jul 2018 at 3:03 PM
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Quote: Originally posted by Ghost sdoj
Yeah, it's too bad that all it affects is the pie menu. My first sim was a daredevil, so I thought that the part when taking a bath where the sim goes underwater was trait related... ("Extreme bath") I was disappointed when I discovered that no, all sims wash their hair in the tub like that. |
#11188
3rd Jul 2018 at 2:48 AM
Quote: Originally posted by GrijzePilion
But you say they all do it, regardless of having the Daredevil trait or not. Washing your hair doesn't sound very extreme to me. |
No argument here. I thought it looked extreme when he went underwater. (I did mention this was my first sim, didn't I?) Then my second sim also did it, and she was not a daredevil. So "Extreme bath" is just a normal bath with a name change in the pie menu.
And yes, I know about daredevils being happy to be running around when their butt is on fire, and other trait-related goodies. (I've never actually tried to see if a daredevil will set the chair on fire if they sit in it while their butt is on fire. I will be very disappointed in EA if they don't, but I don't trust EA not to be disappointing. They are much too good at it.) But it seems as though evil lattes and extreme baths should also have a slight variance.
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#11189
3rd Jul 2018 at 5:28 PM
Posts: 1,348
Quote: Originally posted by miriamnz
Today Midnight Hollow's postman threw my sim's bills on the ground in a feverish hissy fit. So far as I could see his access to the box wasn't blocked. Is this related to the fact he has the insane trait, or do mail carriers in general just have bad days? I've never notice this happen before, although there have been days when my sims have found the bills left on the ground. Perhaps service sims just feel taken for granted. |
I've not paid Thursday's bills until Saturday and still no repo man... but when the mailman throws the bill on the ground, I think you don't have as long time between the delivery of the bill and the Repo person showing up. Throwing the bill on the ground seems to be at random... 20% chance of the mailman being angry according to the XML tuning file.
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#11190
4th Jul 2018 at 12:28 AM
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Tuesday Seers, who I sometimes have over to fix my leaking plumbing (when I can't be assed) ALWAYS throws a hissy fit after she's finished fixing it. Why? Beats me. I think she might be in the wrong job.
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#11191
6th Jul 2018 at 1:11 AM
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Sims can key smash... with their face while on the computer chatting.
#11192
6th Jul 2018 at 1:18 AM
Posts: 4,518
Quote: Originally posted by Craft90
Sims can key smash... with their face while on the computer chatting. |
That means the computer's graphics card needs upgrading, which requires a certain level of the Handiness skill. The sim's computer I mean this time, not the player's.
#11193
6th Jul 2018 at 1:25 AM
Posts: 304
Quote: Originally posted by igazor
That means the computer's graphics card needs upgrading, which requires a certain level of the Handiness skill. The sim's computer I mean this time, not the player's. |
Yeah I don't think said Sim has enough handiness for that. Also... uhm. Which sort of chatting program do they use that needs decent graphics? O.o Some Second Life stuff or?
#11194
6th Jul 2018 at 1:47 AM
Posts: 4,518
Quote: Originally posted by Craft90
Yeah I don't think said Sim has enough handiness for that. Also... uhm. Which sort of chatting program do they use that needs decent graphics? O.o Some Second Life stuff or? |
As players, the second a sim's image appears on our screen, our graphics cards are obsolete or need some kind of update. Why would it be any different for them than it is for us?
#11195
6th Jul 2018 at 2:32 AM
Considering that the graphics shown on the computer for chatting seem to be the same as for writing a novel or playing a game, I would guess that instead of typing actual words they are manipulating symbols. Which would, indeed, need better graphics. Imagine an entire conversation of nothing but emojis, badly blurred.
(Now the question of why even a low-end computer doesn't have a graphics card that is capable of adequately handling mundane tasks... Apparently whoever markets computers in the sims world is an advertising genius??)
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(Now the question of why even a low-end computer doesn't have a graphics card that is capable of adequately handling mundane tasks... Apparently whoever markets computers in the sims world is an advertising genius??)
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#11196
6th Jul 2018 at 1:44 PM
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I miss the computers from TS2 - when Sims used them, it actually looked like they were using a computer. In TS3 it's just one or two video files played badly out of sync with the character animations. The video games aren't even real gameplay, they're just trailers.
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#11197
6th Jul 2018 at 5:51 PM
Posts: 304
Quote: Originally posted by igazor
As players, the second a sim's image appears on our screen, our graphics cards are obsolete or need some kind of update. Why would it be any different for them than it is for us? |
I don't get it.
#11198
6th Jul 2018 at 10:31 PM
Posts: 4,518
I guess GPU humor is an acquired taste and is not going to appeal to everyone.
#11199
7th Jul 2018 at 8:06 PM
Posts: 1,348
I'm a bit upset.
Following skydome's potion mod, I made a mod to give a male sim the "unexpected weight gain" moodlet from a potion. My sim hit himself with a fertile potion first. I wanted to see if I could get twin aliens...
So I fast forward (he's immortal, so I don't care about the passage of time) and while fast forwarding I see he autonomously gave himself a 'sunlight charm'.
Today I Learned: A sunlight charm ends the unexpected weight gain moodlet. I lost my babies.
I'm probably over reacting.
Sims are better than us.
Following skydome's potion mod, I made a mod to give a male sim the "unexpected weight gain" moodlet from a potion. My sim hit himself with a fertile potion first. I wanted to see if I could get twin aliens...
So I fast forward (he's immortal, so I don't care about the passage of time) and while fast forwarding I see he autonomously gave himself a 'sunlight charm'.
Today I Learned: A sunlight charm ends the unexpected weight gain moodlet. I lost my babies.
I'm probably over reacting.
Sims are better than us.
#11200
8th Jul 2018 at 8:34 AM
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I learned that if you build a fence, place a gate, and then delete the fence segments adjacent to the gate, the fence posts and gate will remain!
Edit: just realized it's because the actual fence segment the gate is on remains. I need sleep...
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Edit: just realized it's because the actual fence segment the gate is on remains. I need sleep...
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