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do you think maxis and ea games are going to far with the game "the sims" and all its expansions? and if you dont what do you think they should add.
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I agree. Maxis have taken The Sims add ons just a bit to far now. The only one that I would say is worth having is Hot Date, simply because it adds a whole new area, Downtown. I know that Holiday/Vacation adds Vacation Island, but I dont really like it, to me it just doesnt seem to 'work'. Livin Large and House Party were a bit pointless because no new elements of the game were introduced, and most of the 'new' items could be downloaded anyway! Still I've brought them all! (even if they are on the expensive side)
The Sims : Unleashed, to me, just seems pointless. Pets have been available to download, almost since the original Sims was released, and that seems to be the only new feature that it wil add, but still its guaranteed to sell, so why shouldnt Maxis release it? I think this will probably be the only add-on that I dont buy.
I think that it was stupid of Maxis to cancel Simsville, it would've been a much better addition than all of these add-ons, even though it really was a whole different game.
The Sims : Online, is a good idea, but will only work if Maxis makes a really decent job of it, lets hope they do! Needless to say, I'll be buying it what ever its like!
The Sims : Unleashed, to me, just seems pointless. Pets have been available to download, almost since the original Sims was released, and that seems to be the only new feature that it wil add, but still its guaranteed to sell, so why shouldnt Maxis release it? I think this will probably be the only add-on that I dont buy.
I think that it was stupid of Maxis to cancel Simsville, it would've been a much better addition than all of these add-ons, even though it really was a whole different game.
The Sims : Online, is a good idea, but will only work if Maxis makes a really decent job of it, lets hope they do! Needless to say, I'll be buying it what ever its like!
i have got sims hotdate but it wont work because i need the sims but i have got xp but the sims is for windows95 and 98. because it is an expansion pack. i think they should just bring out a sims that is not a expansion pack just bring out a sims that is not an expasion pack!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
chewy wrote:
> Can someone please help me? We have just downloaded houses for
> sims< but cant seam to find them whene we go to game.Can you tell
> me how to find them? We put them in objects but not there.
The reason? Houses shouldn't be put in the objects folder. Some sites don't make that clear though. Anyway, rather than download the houses into the objects file, or the downloads file, you will need to open one of the UserData files.
You could have about three of these, UserData, UserData3 ect. These are just your neighbourhoods, where your houses will be. After opening one of these files, open the Houses file and there you'll see a list of the houses, or lots in you're game. This is where you should download you're houses to.
Also check the web sites where you download these buildings from, and see if they tell you which lot these houses replace. This is so you don't download a house over one of the houses you may have created.
Hope that helps.
> Can someone please help me? We have just downloaded houses for
> sims< but cant seam to find them whene we go to game.Can you tell
> me how to find them? We put them in objects but not there.
The reason? Houses shouldn't be put in the objects folder. Some sites don't make that clear though. Anyway, rather than download the houses into the objects file, or the downloads file, you will need to open one of the UserData files.
You could have about three of these, UserData, UserData3 ect. These are just your neighbourhoods, where your houses will be. After opening one of these files, open the Houses file and there you'll see a list of the houses, or lots in you're game. This is where you should download you're houses to.
Also check the web sites where you download these buildings from, and see if they tell you which lot these houses replace. This is so you don't download a house over one of the houses you may have created.
Hope that helps.
Maverick42 wrote:
> Has anyone been experiencing any problems with The Sims, in terms of
> glitches?
There was a glitch in my version of the sims a few weeks back. Basically whenever you cycled through the clothes section on the create character screen, the game would go off onto windows for no reason. I didn't no what caused it or how to fix it, and if my sister wasn't such a big fan of the game, and wanted to play every day, I would have left it.
Instead though, just because my sister was pestering me about the game, I just reinstalled it. That seemed to work, and I haven't noticed any glitches after the reinstillation, but all houses and families which where previously saved, where wiped. Still it solved the problem.
> Has anyone been experiencing any problems with The Sims, in terms of
> glitches?
There was a glitch in my version of the sims a few weeks back. Basically whenever you cycled through the clothes section on the create character screen, the game would go off onto windows for no reason. I didn't no what caused it or how to fix it, and if my sister wasn't such a big fan of the game, and wanted to play every day, I would have left it.
Instead though, just because my sister was pestering me about the game, I just reinstalled it. That seemed to work, and I haven't noticed any glitches after the reinstillation, but all houses and families which where previously saved, where wiped. Still it solved the problem.
I agree with cipro, Electronic Arts are mainly about exploiting their customers to cash in. The Sims was a fantastic game, but like most EA games it's novelty wore off quickly and the expansion packs offered little more. After a good few weeks of play it gets very boring until about a month afterwards and the expansion packs didn't present much more than a couple more hours on the game, unlike Roller Coaster Tycoon.
In RCT, it took ages for me to get bored with it, and the expansion packs kept me playing it for a few weeks afterwards. I play that regularly now, and get The Sims out occasionally. I was really looking forward to SimsVille as it looked like the next stage, but once again EA have been cowards and canned it.
Has anyone been experiencing any problems with The Sims, in terms of glitches?
In RCT, it took ages for me to get bored with it, and the expansion packs kept me playing it for a few weeks afterwards. I play that regularly now, and get The Sims out occasionally. I was really looking forward to SimsVille as it looked like the next stage, but once again EA have been cowards and canned it.
Has anyone been experiencing any problems with The Sims, in terms of glitches?
cipro wrote:
> Cub wrote:
> I doubt I'd be playing the Sims Online any time soon as we don't
> jave
> broadband here yet so it would cost too much to play online.
>
> You don't need broadband to play it online, people here say they have
> normal 56k modems and notice no lag when playing fast paced shooters
> on the net. Though I do think EA will be charging a monthly
> subscription to play the Sims online, I wouldn't put it past them
> since means more to the developers than the actual games they sell.
I wasn't really referring to the lag time, more the cost of it. A local call here cost 5 cents a minute so it would cost a fortune to play online for any length of time. A monthly subscription on broadband would work out a lot cheaper but it's not here yet.
> Cub wrote:
> I doubt I'd be playing the Sims Online any time soon as we don't
> jave
> broadband here yet so it would cost too much to play online.
>
> You don't need broadband to play it online, people here say they have
> normal 56k modems and notice no lag when playing fast paced shooters
> on the net. Though I do think EA will be charging a monthly
> subscription to play the Sims online, I wouldn't put it past them
> since means more to the developers than the actual games they sell.
I wasn't really referring to the lag time, more the cost of it. A local call here cost 5 cents a minute so it would cost a fortune to play online for any length of time. A monthly subscription on broadband would work out a lot cheaper but it's not here yet.
Cub wrote:
> I think the 3D version looks quite good in the screenshots. It's a
> matter of personal preference I suppose.
The trouble with 3D engines is they can't create the same amount of detail as 2D engines. Plus there is the fact that you could end up spending more time fiddling about with the camera options than playing the actual game.
> I doubt I'd be playing the Sims Online any time soon as we don't jave
> broadband here yet so it would cost too much to play online.
You don't need broadband to play it online, people here say they have normal 56k modems and notice no lag when playing fast paced shooters on the net. Though I do think EA will be charging a monthly subscription to play the Sims online, I wouldn't put it past them since means more to the developers than the actual games they sell.
> I think the 3D version looks quite good in the screenshots. It's a
> matter of personal preference I suppose.
The trouble with 3D engines is they can't create the same amount of detail as 2D engines. Plus there is the fact that you could end up spending more time fiddling about with the camera options than playing the actual game.
> I doubt I'd be playing the Sims Online any time soon as we don't jave
> broadband here yet so it would cost too much to play online.
You don't need broadband to play it online, people here say they have normal 56k modems and notice no lag when playing fast paced shooters on the net. Though I do think EA will be charging a monthly subscription to play the Sims online, I wouldn't put it past them since means more to the developers than the actual games they sell.
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