The Sims 2....Share your screens and stories here!

[wvjules]

I'm a little late to the party but....I have a "nanny" that won't go away! She was tipped and dismissed but now I don't even get that option. When I click her, my choices are to talk, joke, etc. How do I make her go away?

 

[Desiree]

I think sometimes it gives you an option to fire the person, WVJules... Maybe try calling the nanny service and see if it gives you the option to fire.

 

[Desiree]

Ok so I've been playing The Sims for roughly 3 years now and I've JUST discovered all these websites that have challenges!

So, what are your favorite ones? Do you have any recommendations?

 

[Desiree]

Is anyone picking up Bon Voyage this week? If so I need to live vicariously through you! I won't be able to pick up our copy for about 2 weeks!!!

 

[kaseyC]

I pre-ordered a copy from Gamestop so I should be getting it within the next few days. I have been busy prepping my computer for the game by organizing my downloads folder and making sure all my hacks are in a seperate folder I can easily remove before installing the game. I also defragged and ran disk cleanup. Oh yeah, I backed up my current game in case something goes wrong with the install. New releases always seem to have a few bugs.

 

[WDW Poly Princess]

Just bumping this to see if anyone has Bon Voyage pics/stories yet!

I may go buy it tonight, even though I SO can not afford it right now!

 

[WDW Poly Princess]

I got Bon Voyage last night!

So far, I've only gone to the tropical destination- there's a LOT to explore! Here are a few pics:

Soaking in the hot springs

Making an offering at the ruins

Learning to fire dance

Searching for shells

Catching some sun

A surprise!

 

[burberryplaid]

Looks AWESOME!! I may go out and get it tomorrow!

 

[DisneyWorldWisher]

Bon Voyage is a great game!

It's my third favorite expansion...it also makes me want to go to Disney

Here's a picture I took of one of the ruins:

 

[WDW Poly Princess]

Bon Voyage is a great game!

It's my third favorite expansion...it also makes me want to go to Disney

Here's a picture I took of one of the ruins:

Have you seen what happens when someone puts soap bubbles in?

 

[Chattyaholic]

I bought it the same day it came out and installed it right away but I have issues with it.

Installing it thoroughly messed up "Seasons" as the little icons for spring, summer, fall and winter, and the SIM temperature meter are gone, they are now just gray and black boxes.

It doesn't snow or rain, leaves don't fall in autumn, etc.

People who are supposed to have coats on, in the winter, show up as just heads, no other body parts and you can't see their clothes.

I uninstalled it but still have "bodyless" people walking around.

And I think I have too many expansion packs, when I installed Bon Voyage it really bogged down so I took off Night Life which I never play, and Pets and it did improve the playing but it irks me about Seasons...I guess I just need to quit buying expansion packs...but now they're coming out with one where your SIMS can have hobbies....I know I'll want that, darn it!

 

[MouseJunkie]

I really must stay away from this game. I'll never see daylight--it's highly addictive. I played Sims 2 once all day and all night. I tried the pets one. It was kind of fun making my pets virtual.

 

[kaseyC]

I bought it the same day it came out and installed it right away but I have issues with it.

Installing it thoroughly messed up "Seasons" as the little icons for spring, summer, fall and winter, and the SIM temperature meter are gone, they are now just gray and black boxes.

It doesn't snow or rain, leaves don't fall in autumn, etc.

People who are supposed to have coats on, in the winter, show up as just heads, no other body parts and you can't see their clothes.

I uninstalled it but still have "bodyless" people walking around.

And I think I have too many expansion packs, when I installed Bon Voyage it really bogged down so I took off Night Life which I never play, and Pets and it did improve the playing but it irks me about Seasons...I guess I just need to quit buying expansion packs...but now they're coming out with one where your SIMS can have hobbies....I know I'll want that, darn it!

Just from reading the official Sims 2 Message Board, you are not alone. The BV expansion pack is full bugs. I had the NPC spawning issue and am using a 3rd party hack until EA comes out with a patch.

Overall, I am loving the game.

 

[WDW Poly Princess]

Has anyone else met "Phil" yet?

I think my favorite thing so far is the greetings they can learn in each location. Watching them try to do a new greeting the first few times is hilarious!

 

[Desiree]

So far I'm really liking the game! But I'm wondering after I finish finding all the Vacation items if I may get bored with the expansion pack? I'm up to 40 out of 45.

Oh and I am loving the teleportation feature! I love popping up in front of people who aren't expecting it! I've got a good picture of my Sim doing it in front of the paper boy! When I get home I'll be sure to post it!

 

[olena]

Some of my favorite sites:

www.simsquirts.com
www.strawberry-patch.net
www.all-about-style.com
www.simsecrets.biz
www.ikkerinas-pages.tk
www.edenstyle.it
www.lianasims2.com
www.raonsims.com
www.sims2fog.own.cz
www.simcredibledesigns.com


and since it's not the Sims 2 community, I'll be controversial and post this.. basically it's a site that will give you a lot of the pay stuff out there for free. (Example I love Sim Chic but a lot of their stuff is pay, so yeah, I pirated some of it from here..shhhhhh)

http://paysites.mustbedestroyed.org/booty/

Ooooh.....I'll never tell!

 

[olena]

Ok so I've been playing The Sims for roughly 3 years now and I've JUST discovered all these websites that have challenges!

So, what are your favorite ones? Do you have any recommendations?

I found this one that I really liked. My play starting and BV issues have stopped my progress, but I really liked it. SimMasterJen is ever so nice, too...

 

[olena]

I also got BF the day it arrived. I initially pre-ordered with Amazon and then got the message they were back-ordered, which really delayed my game. I canceled and headed to Gamestop and there it was. I got the lamp, too.

I liked that visor though. How did that work? There's no hat option as an accessory. Did it come with a hair style? If someone would like to know all about the lamp, drop me a PM...

From what little I've been able to play, I've had crashing issues and it really gets on my nerves. Even with an empty downloads folder, so I don't know what it is. It was crashing during installation, but now it's a little better. It's not RAM, because I have 2GB. My video card is a year-old, high-end model from ATI. I thought maybe it was a driver issue and downloaded new ATI driver issued this month. After that, my game wouldn't even start, so that's not the problem. I had to reinstall the previous drivers.

Now I play for brief periods and save a lot. I've sent sims to Twikkii and Three Lakes. Luckily, I learned about the spawning bug before I had spawned many. I opened a test lot and used the NPC maker to show all NPCs and I only had 5 unsavories and 7 tour guides. I fenced them in with some cow plants and that did the trick, except for the pickpockets, since they're like Crumplebottom.

After that, I went on a housekeeping mission. In every neighborhood, I weeded out superfluous townies, college students, NPCs, etc. If I killed them, they'd still be around, so after I killed them, I had a sim resurrect them and had them move out to the Sim bin. Deleting them there really knocked down character totals in my 'hoods.

I also have gone through every lot in all three vacation places and removed music speakers, because I can't control them. Boy, do I hate that. I also did some redecorating, rearranging and additions, so when my sims go there in the future, it will be more fun for me.

It's all time-consuming but it's less frustrating than all the crashing. I can't believe Maxis isn't officially acknowledging the problems with BV. Are they shut up in a room at Maxis trying to figure out a game plan? Were people royally chewed there by superiors? Maybe both?

I'd really like to get into this game, but now I'm thinking a patch could be months away.....

I was looking at Celebrations, which I had skipped due to a lack of interest. I saw that's it's half-price on Amazon now. I'm tempted.....even knowing the wedding arch won't work on community lots. There's another bug to fix.


In my adventures, I have visited and explored the tropics and mountains. With my camera mods I have installed, I can pan across the hood views to see the locations of all the secret lots. The Mysterious Hut is way out there....

The witch doctor was interesting. I haven't tested the voodoo doll or soap in the fountain. I have the doll though. I also met Bigfoot but I didn't bring him home. After what I read on the forums, I'm tempted to do it. He doesn't age into an elder, does he? He just dies at the end of the adult stage? He doesn't live forever like Servos, zombies and vampires, does he?

I must admit that my favorite thing about the game is all the new Turn Ons and Turn Offs. It's just so nice to have more choices. Now my knowledge sims can pine for logical sims and my wealth sims can scout out high achievers!

 

[olena]

And just think....in about a year, we'll be looking forward to the Sims 3!!!!! I can't wait to see what they've done with it.

 

[WDW Poly Princess]

I love the new turn on's/off's, too!

Does anyone know what all you can find by digging for treasure/looking for shells/searching the captain's quarters/etc? I think I've found most of the stuff, but I'm not sure.

Also- does the Asian vacation place have a dance? I've learned to hula at the tropical one, and the stomp dance (I think?) in the mountains, but I never saw a dance for the third! And can you learn a skill in the mountains(like Teleporting in the Asian one, fire dance in the tropical)?

I'm not sure yet how much replay value this pack has- once I've really explored all of the vacation destinations, I'm not sure I'll be spending much time there. But so far, it's fun!