I reinstalled The Sims 3 today. It's awesome, considering it was made in 2009. Man, two more years and it'll be a decade old! I feel so ancient. My girl, Loretta Candler, is already a pretty good gar-dener, has more than 100 apples in her fridge (I have a thing for apple trees). She's a writer, a guitarist, and a fisher, too. She was actually fishing when Christopher Steel joined her, casting his bait in the same area. I admired his name and decided to marry them off - they were so cute, stealing glances at one another.
I think I'm going to install Supernatural, too. I don't much care for the supernatural forms, which don't have enough abilities to interest me, but I love, love, love resurrecting the dead. I always delete the door at night, so burglars can't come in, and it's nice to have Sims who can walk through walls. They're always the ones paying the bills if I forget during the day.
I wonder if a ghost Sim can become a zombie. I know they can talk to and spook other Sims, but it should be impossible to grab onto an insubstantial body unless they're both dead. Although technically a zombie is dead, but it's not ghost-dead.
Anyway, I want to get the Alchemy thing, the gem-cutter thing, and the transmute thing. Loretta's already found a luminous gem and a diamond rock, and I want to increase their value. And maybe I'll even move her to a big, nice house by the lake. Or even the waterfall. My house-building skills are less than decent, but some-times I surprise myself.
I think I'm going to install Supernatural, too. I don't much care for the supernatural forms, which don't have enough abilities to interest me, but I love, love, love resurrecting the dead. I always delete the door at night, so burglars can't come in, and it's nice to have Sims who can walk through walls. They're always the ones paying the bills if I forget during the day.
I wonder if a ghost Sim can become a zombie. I know they can talk to and spook other Sims, but it should be impossible to grab onto an insubstantial body unless they're both dead. Although technically a zombie is dead, but it's not ghost-dead.
Anyway, I want to get the Alchemy thing, the gem-cutter thing, and the transmute thing. Loretta's already found a luminous gem and a diamond rock, and I want to increase their value. And maybe I'll even move her to a big, nice house by the lake. Or even the waterfall. My house-building skills are less than decent, but some-times I surprise myself.
I LOVE the Sims 3! I used to be really into collecting jewels and gold, but now I just garden, fish, cook, and live in a house that's way too big for me :D
ReplyDeleteI don't know anything about ghosts or zombies or the Supernatural beings, except that every time I built a nice community lot for my Sims, a werewolf would tear everything apart. I had to disable their ability to be in my town ... I think I got rid of the fairies and witches, too - what useless people just set fire to everything?!
(I got the cloud-shooter reward object and started making enemies of people . . . they walked around with clouds over them that rained or snowed on them wherever they went :D
I'm not familiar with the cloud-shooter, but then again I've only had Seasons installed once. I liked the igloo option, but that was really the only new feature. I despised having a dead garden - even in the middle of freaking summer, my plants and trees would suddenly become barren.
DeleteI collect jewels, too, but the only gold that ever piles up in my house are the statues of dead Sims. If you want to up your rent by 50,000 Simoleons, they're great to have around. But, you can also sell 'em if you're in a financial stick. I wish we could build homes with gold bricks, or make jewelry with the jewels we collect. It could be featured in the lapidary skill...But, EA didn't think that far ahead.
My Sims are often living in big, fancy houses, too. I just want them to have what I didn't. I've got the demo of Sims 4, and my favorite Sims all have the same dream I have: Mansion Baron! (But, I can keep dreaming. I can make it fancy, if I really save, but big? Not unless apartments count.)
Wow, that's never happened to me, my gardens do really well (just be sure to fence them, or zombies eat them if you have the full moon enabled with the Supernatural expansion).
DeleteThe cloud-shooter is kinda funny, but it costs a lot of points and as far as I know, you only get enemies when you use it. I only got one to try and get a Sim stuck in my friends' list out, but it didn't work; ended up building a pool and letting nature do what it does! :o
I always disable the full moon by setting the environment to any other single lunar phase - because it doesn't matter if I fence my gardens or not. They come through the ground. I'm sure if I tiled my yard and left a single square of grass, they'd still get into my gardens.
DeleteThe cloud-shooter (whoops, I typed the Sim-shooter before realizing my mistake) doesn't sound very useful, unless you want a lot of enemies. My Sim only made one "nemesis", but after she went home he vanished from her contacts, so...whatever. (Sam Sekemoto was a toddler last night. Somebody carried him into the library and set him down, and he just vanished. I couldn't find him anywhere, not even with his family. I later saw him as a kid, riding home on a bike.)
Weird! It always works for me! Do you lock your gates?
DeleteMy game glitches if I use the 'Long-Distance Friend' reward on any Sim; if I have, any Sim I play in that town will end up with everyone he/she meets stuck in their Friends lists and even if I never speak to them, they don't go away. I ended up killing a lot of Sims just because I like to avoid scrollbars whenever I can - same reason each Sim only learns four skills. :p
Yes, but it doesn't help. They come up through the ground; they spawn within closed areas. Basically, I could build four walls and they'd spawn inside the house, as long as the grass was showing.
DeleteReally? Now that's weird. I don't mind scrollbars, but I despise Build and Buy mode because the camera moves very slowly, until I leave either mode.
Mine used to as well, until I cut down on the detail on my lot - who knew the flowers were the issue? (I had probably a thousand flower patches on my lot, and as soon as I got rid of them, I can get in and out of Buy/Build mode in about half a second, which is fantastic). If you have too much of one thing on the lot, maybe try getting rid of some?
DeleteProbably best to keep the zombie option off, then; I would ... I hate them! They just stand there making stupid faces until sunrise :p
I know. EA really didn't do zombies justice. I was hoping they would be zombies forever, and act less alive - they would eat brains and they couldn't go into the fridge for cookies, or whatever.
DeleteI do have flowers; I moved them into a pre-made house. Next time I play (tonight, without a doubt) I'll get rid of them. Thanks for the tip.
I really hope it helps - my issue was that I had hundreds or maybe thousands of flowers patterned around my lot, but I still have some flowers - a lot less, though. (Also, some of the trees glitch; when you go down a level until you'd be looking at the basement (even if you don't have one) you can sometimes see discoloured trees. Not all the types of trees do that, and I replaced the ones that did with others.)
DeleteWell, unfortunately that wasn't my problem. I deleted the flowers and it didn't help. I even deleted my garden - they weren't producing anything anyway. (I was only able to collect the fruit once, and they were there for 32 Sim days!)
DeleteMy gardens used to glitch too, if I had ever harvested from another Sim's garden ... did you do that? Cheats also cause major problems, and unfortunately so does the World Adventures pack, which is unfortunate because I love the extra plantables in that one :(
DeleteYes, I had harvested from another Sim's garden - one time. Build Mode, however, was tough to control before that. I did find a way around it - instead of using the mouse to control the camera, if I only use the mouse to click, it works much more efficiently. I use < and > to turn the camera around, and the WASD keys to move. Seems I rediscover how to play every time I reinstall.
DeleteI suppose, however, I'm going to have to try and wean myself off cheats completely. That'll be hard.
Aww :(
DeleteThat sucks, but cheats can more or less destroy your game - I used to use them when I was playing with G., and sometimes the game would freeze up for thirty seconds, let us play for eight seconds, then freeze up again. And we had a giant house we made together (mostly empty because it was that big!) and it was just fun ... of course, I feel it's more efficient when I play it myself and only have one Sim, but sometimes playing with others just makes it so much better.
I need three plus adults; that way if two of them have children, one can stay home, one can work, and the other Sim can collect stuff and let me enjoy the game while everyone else is busy, or stuck at home doing housework or watching TV.
DeleteMy game did that, too, but I had all three of my expansions on it. I find that with one or no expansion pack installed, the game runs a lot smoother. Before I installed Supernatural, the game took a few seconds to load. I installed it and now it takes a minute or two...but it's not going anywhere; I adore the Philosopher's Stone and it always takes too long to get it. Thankfully, as I said, my Sims 3 hasn't frozen that bad for quite awhile.
My current game has been going for almost three years (not the same Sim, though I've had this one for about a year; I just mean the game hasn't eaten itself in that time and forced me to start from scratch), and as long as I avoid some of the bigger expansions (like World Adventures) the game is fine - it takes about five minutes to load, but that may be my fault; my house is way too big for one Sim. I could probably have ten living in there.
DeleteDo you set your Sims up with easy lifetime goals (like Swimming in Cash)? I always do, no matter what traits and skills my Sim will have; I always fulfil the wish within five minutes of gameplay (no cheats, hehe) and then I can get all my favourites right away. :)
No, I don't think I can customize their lifetime goals until I have enough points (10,000) to buy the Midlife Crisis. I guess I don't have the right expansion installed.
DeleteWhoa...That sounds huge. I remember I once had two Sims in a huge house. One of them was always eating jellybeans and changing colors. :D
Hmm ... now that I think about it, I don't remember much about the Lifetime Wish system - that's what I get for always choosing the same one, I guess :p
DeleteWhat's your lifetime wish?
DeleteMy real-life wish, or my main Sim's? The italicized 'your' confused me :)
DeleteMary (my Sim - I wish I'd chosen a less ancient name) wanted to be "Swimming in Cash", which means having $50,000. Because I've had this game going for years, all I have to do is move a Sim I've played and saved to the Sim Bin in with my new Sim, and instantly I have $978,000 or something like that. The few times I deleted pre-saved Sims with tons of money, I moved my new Sim in with a pre-made rich family like the Landgraabs, kicked them out, demolished their house (that's part of the reason my Sims have never had to work; you can get very rich making the pre-made Sims homeless). Mary has probably had around ten million Simoleons, mostly from selling excess harvestables. :)
In real life, my whole existence feels like it'll only matter if I write a book. Right now, I'd settle for "something worth reading". I have some very base ideas, but I don't know yet if I can get it any further. :p
What about your lifetime goals, in-game and out? :)
I checked, and I can customize their lifetime wish! So from now on buying things will be easier. Thanks for reminding me to look - I always picked one from whatever resulted from the selected traits.
DeleteSo you're like an illustrious author! I'm a mansion baron, but keep dreaming, right?
What EA should have added is a Lifetime Wish of turning a certain number of Sims or objects into gold. That Sim would, of course, need the Alchemy Artisan lifetime wish, but it's not included in The Sims 3. In-game? I don't know, but I should have made Loretta an illustrious author. She's already written 18 books! And only one of them was a flop, so far.
I've made homeless Sims, too! I moved my Sims into the Goth house! :D
My last writer wrote 10 books, five hits and five best-sellers. Then she died - and the game glitched up so I don't even have a single copy of her books. (My mailbox is completely unusable.) I wasn't even sure flop books were a real thing; did your Sim have a negative moodlet when it flopped?
DeleteIt's such a fast way to get your Sim a lot of money without working for it! Way nicer than starting with a tiny house, working all the time, and trying to learn everything you'll want your Sim to know so you can play as you want to.
I don't care much about the jobs or money, though ghost-hunting is fun; I just like my Sim to garden most of the day, fish a lot, and be able to do alchemy and cooking. I actually went to the park and made tofu dogs and hot dogs fifty (or so) times just so I'd be able to make every recipe perfectly and not have one type of food always turning out 'very nice' or anything less than perfect. :p
No, her mood didn't suffer at all. The only negative moodlet she's ever had is, "The sun? Where is it? Will it return?" because she's a fairy. (Stupidly enough, she gets that one at night, and the Energized By Moonlight in the day.)
DeleteI always attack the gardening skill first. Then fishing, because you need the deathfish for some alchemy potions. Sometimes I opt out of the other skills until my oldest Sims are long since dead. I don't know why; it just seems to be a pattern. Unless it's Sims 2 - then all of my Sims know everything about everything.
Sorry to hear about the mailbox. If your Sims moved, would it solve the problem?
I garden first, too, so I can start getting Perfect harvestables stocked up - then I can start learning Cooking and Fishing, and all three skills work together - I can cook/barbecue fish or use them as fertilizer, I can cook or do alchemy with gardening, and between the high moodlets my Sim gets from cooking and not having to sleep (from alchemy), I can have a huge garden and not die while I'm tending to it :)
DeleteI've never had a fairy - the wings bother me. :p
Moving might solve the problem, but I built my lot myself exactly where I want it, and anyway, now that the writer has died, I don't think I can order her books anymore. I'm also convinced that moving causes gardening glitches, and I don't want to risk three years of progress just so I can pay my bills the old-fashioned way. (I'm do glad there's a pop-up on the screen so I don't even have to go near the mailbox, which I put into my attic.) :D
I've never really had a chef. I just kept all their motives on Static - they never needed anything; that way I could fulfill their wishes and my own, and actually enjoy the game. I think if I want to stop using cheats cold turkey (yum), I'll have to get the Hardly Hungry, Dirt Defiant, and similar rewards just so they don't die within the week.
DeleteWell, if your mailbox doesn't work, how do you pay your bills? Is there another way?
Yes, a pink-red pop-up appears at the top right of the screen about a day before your bills are due (exactly a day, I think, before the repo guy comes to steal your stuff) telling you how much you owe. One click and your bills are paid :)
DeleteThat's good. EA knows their business. Do you play Sims 2, 3, 4 or a different version?
DeleteI play Sims 3 exclusively - the earlier versions seem incredibly boring and limited in comparison :(
DeleteTell me about it. I've got a werewolf now, and even though it's impossible to hunt as a pack, she can do amazing things all by herself. She has found 16 pink diamonds, maybe 19 rainbow beetles which I didn't even know were a thing, and more than fifty moonstones.
DeleteDo you have any expansion packs installed?
Cool! What town do you play in? I'm in Moonlight Falls, and the only pink diamond I've ever found was in one of those claw arcade games; I think they're more common in Sunset Valley. Rainbow Beetles? Never heard of them! I did collect all eight kinds of fireflies, though ... I like them 'cause they glow :)
DeleteAmbitions, Seasons, Supernatural, Showtime, all chosen for weather, windows and doors I like, and/or things I can plant and cook with :)
Cool! I didn't even know there were fireflies. I'm guessing that comes with Ambitions. I've played in Moonlight Falls before, but not since maybe 2015. I miss it; I might start a new game there, but I wish my current house could visit there and return to Sunset Valley...
DeleteMy girl has actually, finally unlocked the Crystal Ball cut. But my favorite is the Oval cut, because it can bump up the value of a pink diamond to seven grand! Naturally my gem display is organized from most to least expensive.
This whole thing has reminded me how much I love Sims 3. I think I might buy some new expansion packs for that instead. I remember playing Sims 2 a day after I'd played Sims 3 (many years ago), and the boredom of it was truly shocking. I do have it installed now, but do you have any idea how horrible University is? >_<
I think fireflies come with the Showtime expansion, but I'm bot sure about that ...
DeleteI have no idea at all; never played University ... I just love the Sims 3 for the interlocking skills and the fun I have using said skills :)
In The Sims 2 University, when your Sim leaves for college, they automatically transition into a young adult. It's nothing special at all; the only change is that their elder-like walk makes the game lag horribly. I know this because when the students are all asleep, time passes no problem, and when they visit a home lot the game lags until they leave. In addition, you have to make them do assignments about twenty times before their grade meter is full enough to pass the sem-ester. Sometimes I make them not go to college, but then they're unhappy forever.
DeleteI think I'm just going to delete Sims 2. I like its graphics more - mainly because it doesn't look like their makeup is smeared - but Sims 3 is better. Like I said, though, I'd like to find more expansion packs. Unfortunately I haven't seen a Sims 3 expansion pack in years. Or Sims 2. Bas-ically all they're selling now is Sims 4, Battlefield, and PS3 and Xbox games.
Yeah, it's getting harder to find games for computers; stores seem to think everyone's "advanced" to using an Xbox or PlayStation or whatever - and I prefer a computer. I can see all the controls without having to try and learn how to use a joystick or any other kind of controller; familiarity's a big plus for me :)
DeleteWe're alike in that sense. I've been using a computer for many, many years; I can't imagine trying to figure out a new gaming system. I can actually type with my eyes closed. Freaks people out for some reason.
DeleteI'm usually watching the screen when I type; I only look down occasionally - I can type while watching TV, looking at someone who's talking to me...but we both know we've practiced a lot :)
DeleteWe're alike in that way, too. That's exactly me. :)
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