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1221. Skins

Written on Thursday 16 December 2004 at 23:12 by Starrats - 0 comments.

Today I added two skintones, they're a blue skintone and a pale skintone, I hope you like them.

Also see the Santa Claus, because now the beard and hat are also included.

1222. Santa Outfit [Update]

Written on Wednesday 15 December 2004 at 22:23 by Starrats - 0 comments.

I tried to make the outfit that Santa Claus is wearing in the pictures with the sims and this is the result.

At the left is the original and on the right is my version.

Clothes, hat and beard are now all included.

1223. Sims 2 University Preview

Written on Tuesday 14 December 2004 at 21:21 by ChEeTaH - 0 comments.

A new preview of the Sims 2 University has been added to IGN recently. The preview describes the life of student Sims when they first enter the campus and later. A few new facts are mentioned. For example, the living in dorms is described a bit more in-depth. When your Sim is at dorms, redecorating completely or knocking down walls isn't possible. Your Sim can redecorate with some items and wall hangings, but that's all. Also, your Sim will live together with NPC sims. So while you play one, you're not able to control others though you can visit them in their dorms. If you're not in their room, the room will be faded out and you won't see what's going on in there. Something else new is that these NPC students can be sent into the regular neighborhood where you'll be able to control them. That way you can develop relationships further and allow Sims to age.

Your Sim will need to earn enough money and friends, fraternities and sororities will be unlocked. The Greek society might also invite you, or any other Sim they like, to join them, and if you become important enough you'll be able to have influence on what younger Sims have to do. That includes cleaning, doing homework or pulling pranks. There are also secret societies which allow you to do some more criminal things. However, if the police finds out, that won't be good. Read More!

1224. HomeCrafter 2 possibly next Week [Update]

Written on Tuesday 14 December 2004 at 20:20 by ChEeTaH - 2 comments.

Dutch Sims fansite SP Zone has heard that a Sims 2 tool similar to HomeCrafter will be released on the official site next week. They don't know much except that the tool allows you to create floors and wallpapers. The site also says that this tool is one of a few that Maxis will release in the upcoming weeks. The news is from an anonymous source, and it's unclear whether it's from within EA or not. It also is not officially confirmed yet. Of course we'll keep you updated about this.

[Update 15 December 22:25] As you can read in the comments of this post, our affiliate Sim's Stash, has had a chance to interview Tim LeTourneau. There are questions about custom content tool, and Tim says some will follow "soon, very soon". To the question if a tool to create floors and walls will be released, a positive "definitely" is answered. There's still no official confirmation that a tool will be released next week though. See the full interview for more.

1225. Christmas Wishes from EA

Written on Monday 13 December 2004 at 14:11 by ChEeTaH - 0 comments.

EA Spain has posted several artworks wishing Sims 2 fans a merry christmas. Sims Express reports this. The three artworks show some Sims with a christmas tree and, of course, Santa. EA in Spain has also posted some exclusive skins of Santa on their official site. They can be found in a special Christmas page on the official site. Visit the Christmas portal and look under the "Skins" bit for those. Click the thumbnails below to see larger versions of the three mentioned artworks.

1226. University Update: Chat Transcript, T-Mail 2, Screens

Written on Saturday 11 December 2004 at 02:32 by ChEeTaH - 5 comments.

There's quite a bit of new info about the first expansion pack for the Sims 2. The first thing is the transcript of last night's chat. The main new things that Maxis told us there are:

• Young adults can Woohoo and get engaged, but they cannot get pregnant or married
• Many University objects, but also wallpapers etc, can be used in the regular neighbourhood too
• Even campus objects like Espresso bars, music lounges, and more, can be used in the regular community areas
• The exact duration of the Young Adult stage is still unsure
• Teens might have the aspiration to go to college
• There will be cell phones, with which you can call but also send text messages (SMS)
• The streaker is an NPC. Your Sims can become friends with them, and eventually even marry them if you want
• Sims will have a schedule of classes to attend to
• Teens can choose to become a young adult and go to college, or to skip that life stage and become adults straight away (like it's done currently)
• There will be new types of food

There's a lot more than that though. Check the full transcript for the rest.

Furthermore, Sims Express reports that the expansion pack will be released (Wednesday) 16 March in Spain. That would probably mean 17 or 18 March for most of Europe, and 15 March for the USA. However, the dates for other regions in the world (other than Spain) are not yet officially announced or confirmed.

Finally, there's a second e-mail from Tim LeTourneau, Senior Producer of the Sims 2 University. He tells that Young Adulthood will occupy 20 Simdays (contrary to the "unknown" mentioned in the chat). This is different from what was reported at first, twice the life time of a teen. Tim talks a bit more about the young adulthood that your Sims might experience. Along with the mail came two screenshots, which you can see below. Use the Read More link (or scroll down a bit) to read the entire e-mail.

Read More!

1227. SimDay

Written on Thursday 9 December 2004 at 21:21 by ChEeTaH - 2 comments.

Besides the chat tonight, which we told you about earlier this week, this week's SimDay has one interview. Pinstar1161 made up a challenge in the official BBS, called "The Legacy Challenge." This challenge asks of you to play the Sims 2 without cheats or cheat objects. Raise 10 generations of Sims, starting with a single Sim on an empty 5x5 lot, and make them as great as possible. The better you do, the more points you score. All for a bit of honour, there's nothing to win. Pinstar1161 has been interviewed about this famous challenge, which can now be read on the official site. If you want to check it out, check the interview page.

1228. UrbzDay

Written on Thursday 9 December 2004 at 21:15 by ChEeTaH - 0 comments.

This week's UrbzDay is quite small, again. It's just a Comic, and that's all. Jayde enters Cental Station. Whereas previous "comix" are all 2 pages long, this one fills 4 pages. You can read the comic by Evan Dorkin now on the official site.

1229. New Poll

Written on Thursday 9 December 2004 at 21:10 by ChEeTaH - 0 comments.

You've probably already seen it, if not you can still do so now: we have a new weekly poll up. Christmas is coming our way soon, so we're wondering if you think Santa will bring you anything Sims this year. Let us know by voting on the right or on the latest poll page.

Last week we asked you about the patch. It doesn't seem to fix everyone's problems. In fact, the results are all very close. Those who didn't try the patch yet are up on top though, with 17% of the votes, which are 30 of 176 votes. Second are the 28 who said they don't need it, followed very closely by the 27 who don't have the Sims 2 to patch. Then there's a little gap closed by the 21 (12%) who say all the problems are solved. Tied are 18 who said most problems are gone, and another 18 who are having some different problems, not really Sims-related. The final three are "not all but some" with 16 votes (9%), "It doesn't solve anything" with 12 votes (7%) and finally there are 6 (3.4%) who claim only a few problems have been solved, but far from all of them. Lost the overview? Then check out the results page.

1230. University Chat

Written on Wednesday 8 December 2004 at 00:41 by ChEeTaH - 1 comment.

Maxis will be organising a chat next Thursday. As you might expect, it's about the first expansion pack for the Sims 2: University. Several developers of the team will join the chatroom at 3pm PST (11pm GMT, midnight in Western Europe) next Thursday. Have your questions for them ready and ask them there at the chat. The room will open approximately 10 minutes before the start of the chat, and if it gets too busy you won't be able to join anymore. The developers who will be there are from the design team: Charles London, Hunter Howe, Kevin Hogan, and Thomas Vu. You can enter the chat when it's open from the chat page, where older chat transcripts can also be found.