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1931. Sims Survey

Written on Thursday 3 July 2003 at 00:31 by ChEeTaH - 0 comments.

I received an email from a group of four undergraduate students, who need your help. They're conducting a research to identify the ratio of males vs females playing specific computer games, including The Sims. They've posted an anonymous survey which, if you want to help them, you can fill out. It's anonymous and there are no risks of privacy of the respondents. You can find the survey at http://cgi.sfu.ca/~bmazus/cgi-bin/sims.php. It's a very short questionnaire (just 4 questions and a comments field), so it'll take only a minute to fill out.

1932. Bustin' Out Interview

Written on Wednesday 2 July 2003 at 02:37 by ChEeTaH - 0 comments.

GameSpot has had a talk with Virginia McArthur about Bustin' Out on the GBA and GameCube. The interview has been spread over 3 pages, and mainly discusses the GBA version. The opening question is about when development on the GBA version started, which officially was in March 2003. There's also a lot of talking about the connectivity between the GBA and GameCube, as well as the features the GBA edition will have. Here's a snippet about auctions:

"If you connect to another GBA, you will be able to participate in each other's daily auctions. Auctions are held every sim day in the GBA version of The Sims Bustin' Out, so the best way to get more cheap stuff is to link up to another GBA and join in that auction as well. Your sims will be able to show up at the other player's local general store and will have an additional auction time. This is the ultimate trading spot--a way to bargain and take away other sims' surplus."

They also shortly mention the developers of the game, which is not Maxis but Griptonite Games, an Amaze Entertainment Studio located in Kirkland, Washington. For more questions and answers, click here.

1933. Late Superstar review

Written on Wednesday 2 July 2003 at 02:24 by ChEeTaH - 0 comments.

A late Superstar review has been posted at 3DAvenue.com. It's split up in 5 parts: Introduction, GamePlay (8.5/10), Visuals (7.5/10), Controls (9.0/10) and the Conclusion. The overal score they give is a 8.0 (out of 10). It doesn't really mention any new stuff, but I'll give you a quote from the GamePlay part anyway, which discusses repetition:

"One problem, or annoyance, I came across while doing this process was the repetition. Since your sim has needs, like food and sleep, you can never stay in studio town for as long as you need, forcing you to come back day after day trying to get a mere half star. Often you can replenish such needs as hygiene and hunger at Studio Town, but your energy can only be improved by sleep, and you can only get sleep at your house. Managing your sim is still obviously a very important role in Superstar, which is good, but when it always seems to cut into your activities it can become tedious."

You can read the entire review at this page, or check out other reviews in our review index.

1934. EA Announces Bustin' Out for GBA

Written on Tuesday 1 July 2003 at 21:27 by ChEeTaH - 0 comments.

EA Games has announced The Sims for the GameBoy Advance today. There's a nice little bit of info in the press release about the gameplay in Bustin' Out, which is similar to Bustin' Out on the other consoles:

"Players begin living in a Barn and earn their way through locations in SimValley to eventually live in the coolest cribs, such as a swanky Mansion on the hill. Players will be able to unlock over 20 locations such as the Biker Juice Bar and the Ultimate Dance Club on their way to success. There are eight new career paths for players to pursue including Cliff Diving Instructor to Iron Pizza Chef. If players want to get through adventures with speed, they will be able to unlock a scooter to race around SimValley. Players will meet and play with a wild cast of over 30 new characters exclusive to the Game Boy Advance such as Salty Sam and Bucky the Bull Rider. Players also can go to the pet shelter and adopt a dog or cat to keep them company. New to the Sims is a close-up social interaction screen that will allow players to have conversations with other Sims and establish friendships that will help them advance through levels and complete goals."

Of course it also mentions the connectivity with the GameCube, as well as several other things. You can read the whole press release right here. We already knew about this game for a while, since the E3 in may, and even have 2 screenshots for your from back then. You can find them at this page in our news archive.

1935. New donation files

Written on Tuesday 1 July 2003 at 02:16 by ChEeTaH - 0 comments.

Sumit's been a busy man recently, and he's provided us with some unique donation files. Besides a plasma computer, a set of 9 columns (NeoClassic Style) and a NeoClassic table for your collection, there's also a brand new object tutorial. If you're a bit artistic and want to make brand new 3D objects, Sumit explains how. The tutorial explains how to create objects from scratch using Rhino 3D and Transmogrifier. You'll be able to download this tutorial if you donate to TSZ. Please do so, we really need the money! Thank you very much.

1936. Simday: Make-A-Celeb tool

Written on Friday 27 June 2003 at 02:11 by ChEeTaH - 0 comments.

This SimDay comes with a nice tool, similar to the Make-a-Date tool. In fact it's the same, except that it makes celebrities (like the SomeBodies), and you can also set their star level. However, I've tried it out a bit and it's far from perfect. The preview skin doesn't always look right, and it seems to catch a lot of Randy's when importing Sims using non-English versions. You can download the 3 Mb big file from this page. Along with this tool comes a Celebrity Exchange, where you can upload and download user-made celebs. You can find that right here at the official site.

1937. New poll: How often do your Sims move?

Written on Thursday 26 June 2003 at 02:00 by ChEeTaH - 0 comments.

Last week we were wondering if you'd like to see Sim Brother 3. Of the 190 people who voted, 32% can't wait. Those who don't know what Sim Brother is were with more though: 54%. That leaves just 14% for the other 3 options. 5% don't want SB3, 6% doesn't really care, and 3% does want it but can wait another while for it. This week's poll is about your Sims moving homes. We want to know how long your families usually stay in one home. You can vote at the right of each page, or at this page. Thank you for your votes.

1938. New version of The Add-On Handler [Update]

Written on Monday 23 June 2003 at 01:22 by ChEeTaH - 0 comments.

Only just done and uploaded: The Add-On Handler 0.2b. This version adds support for Superstar (and so can install High Fashion skins and Studio Town areas), as well as a new function: FAR Objects. That will put any custom objects you installed in one new FAR file (and back-up the IFF files somewhere else). That will speed up the loading time of The Sims quite a bit to a lot depending on how many installed objects you have. You can download the new version from the Utilities files section. People who already have the program (or The Neighborhood Handler) can download the upgrade version, others should get the full version. Enjoy it!

[Update 24 June, 0:00] Something went wrong when updating the database. It showed the file of the full version was temporary unavailable, that problem has been fixed and the full version is now also available for download.

1939. Lame Simday... again

Written on Thursday 19 June 2003 at 22:19 by ChEeTaH - 0 comments.

This week just 2 links to other sites from the official site. The first one is a link to this preview of Superstar at TechTV. It's not too interesting though, the mention what we've read before once again. For the other reviews, click here to go to our review index. The other link is to this article at USAToday. The article talks about transforming celebrities into animated characters in video games. Of course Superstar is also mentioned:

"Celebs in the neighborhood. Aguilera and Avril Lavigne are the newest guests knocking at the door in the new The Sims Superstar games. Jon Bon Jovi is being developed for an upcoming Sims character. Freddie Prinze Jr. and Trebek are in the discussion phase."

That, and a community update, is all for this week. Perhaps a decent simday next week... or not.

1940. New poll

Written on Thursday 19 June 2003 at 02:00 by ChEeTaH - 0 comments.

Last week we asked what your fave pet from Unleashed was, and you did let us know. A whole lot of people, 363 in total, voted in the poll. The Dogs are by far the most popular with 48% of the votes! Cats follow the dogs with 26% of the votes. Then there were 63 who didn't have Unleashed (17%). The rest of you voted for the other animals (Goldfish, Parrot, Bitd, Turtle and Iguana - 1-2% each). Click here for all the results. As for the new poll: we want to know if you're looking forward to seeing a third series of Sim Brother here at The Sims Zone. To remember what it was again, you can read the first 2 series right here. Let us know, and vote in the poll at the right or on this page.