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2391. Interview with me

Written on Saturday 6 July 2002 at 00:19 by ChEeTaH - 0 comments.

A couple of days I've given an interview at a small sims Fansite called Sims Unique. The interview is about The Neighborhood Handler, and answers 4 questions, including one about the special features of the program:

"Basically just that the program is completely focused on managing your neighborhoods. That has resulted in options like copying separate houses or areas, etc. Also, the 'repairing' of a neighborhood is probably in no other program. The feature-list is a big one, too big to mention here I think. Some features can be found in other programs, but not all in one program like The Neighborhood Handler."

To read the complete interview, go to The Sims Unique.

2392. Osbourne Sims

Written on Friday 5 July 2002 at 23:57 by ChEeTaH - 0 comments.

I just came across something interesting for those who have heard of the MTV Reality Show 'The Osbournes' (which bytheway is very famous), and if you like The Sims, then there's now a nice combination: Osbourne Sims. In this little game on the MTV UK Website, you can control the Osbourne family and play their fights and quarrels, or make Ozzy the perfect father and houseman. This might not be completely suitable for children though, because of explicit language (Parental Advisory). The game requires Shockwave Player 8 (if you don't have it you'll be asked to install it) and can be played here. Have fun!

2393. Coming Soon: Community Section

Written on Friday 5 July 2002 at 14:00 by ChEeTaH - 0 comments.

Lately we've been working hard on several new things here at The Sims Zone. The result is a community section. This section will contain community news, other site's updates and links to the sites of our members. The news will be brought by us, and with the site updates members with their own site will be able to tell everybody at The Sims Zone when they've updated. It'll even get a little space on the frontpage in the headlines section too then. This new section will launch after the weekend. Upgrades that had to be done for this have been processed in the registration area last wednesday. There are a few new options there for if you have a site. Because of that, the provided links to all sites in the profiles of members were deleted. These members can put it back simply by going to the My Details page. We are sorry for that inconvenience, but it's necessary for everything to work launch correctly and smoothly. We'll be upgrading Sunday night which might result in a short downtime.

2394. You don't cheat, do you?

Written on Thursday 4 July 2002 at 02:37 by ChEeTaH - 0 comments.

Yup, it's thursday again, which means it's time for another poll. This time, we wonder if you ever use cheats in The Sims. Are you one of those who can't live without them, or do you rather play normally and don't you use cheats? Have your say on the right, or right here. As for the previous poll - "What is the best in The Sims?" - the results were quite divided. The winning result was "Expanding the game with downloads" though, which got 40 votes (29.2%). Second came "Building houses and areas" (26 votes, 18.98%) closely followed by "Furnishing houses and areas" (24 votes, 17.52%). 20 people told us they like to run the Sims' lifes, while only 7 like to ruin them. Only 7 other people voted that they like the designing of extras the best. "Killing Sims" did a bit better, with 13 of 137 votes, which is 9.49%. All results - including those of the old polls - can be found in the poll archive.

2395. Registration Upgrade

Written on Wednesday 3 July 2002 at 21:22 by ChEeTaH - 0 comments.

We have just slightly upgraded the registration area. Instead of just giving a site address - if you own one - you can now enter the name, abbreviation and url in your profile. This in preparation of something else that will be announced and coming very soon. Because of these upgrades, we were forced to delete all current addresses in the member profiles. No worries though: if you have your own site, then just put it back now on the My Details page (you have to be logged in to go there). This can be done now right away. Come back here soon to see why we had to do this. We apologize for any inconvenience caused by this.

2396. Stratics Chat Transcript

Written on Thursday 27 June 2002 at 23:29 by ChEeTaH - 0 comments.

Of the chat held last night at Stratics about The Sims Online, a transcript has been posted. The first official "House of Commons" chat pulled about 100 visitors, and the log can be found at this page. It answers quite a couple of interesting questions, like this one:

"Are players still able to make custom skins, etc. and have other players be able to see them?"
"We won't have the custom skin capability at launch, but as Chris mentioned earlier, adding custom content to the game is a top post-launch priority. We believe it is an integral part of The Sims experience."

When and where the next official chat will be held is unknown, but we'll tell you about it once we know it. More information about The Sims Online can be found at the official TSO site.

2397. 'New' SV loading speed fix

Written on Thursday 27 June 2002 at 04:01 by ChEeTaH - 3 comments.

It seems another fix to speed up the loading of Vacation has been discovered. It has to do with making files marked as Read-Only. This fix has been going around in the community for a while now, but I only heard about it just now for the first time. Here is how to do it:

With Explorer, go to C:\Program Files\Maxis (or the folder 'above' the Sims' folder where you installed it)

Select the folder of The Sims

Now click File at the top (the menu) and click Properties

Now if the read-only box is checked, uncheck it and re-check it. If it's not checked, simply put a check for it.

Click the OK button, and apply the changes to all files and subdirectories.

Reports go that this speeds up the loading a huge lot, and it's worth a try. If you get trouble saving houses, then you can use The Neighborhood Handler to 'repair' the neighborhood. However, it should cause no problems as far as I know.

 

2398. Two Firsts for me: Vacation Lot and Themed Pack

Written on Thursday 27 June 2002 at 02:32 by Jendea - 0 comments.

I'm breaking into new territory today with my first attempt at a co-ordinated roof, wall and floor pack: the Rose Pack. To celebrate, I've added the Rose Cottage Bed & Breakfast Inn that uses the themed pack, also my first vacation lot offering for TSZ! The Rose Cottage is oriented towards a romantic getaway or honeymoon - enjoy!

2399. TSO Chat in 90 minutes

Written on Thursday 27 June 2002 at 02:30 by ChEeTaH - 0 comments.

The news might be a bit late, but not too late: there will be a chat session at Stratics Chat in about 90 minutes (6:00 PM PST, 2:00 AM GMT). This chat session will be about The Sims Online. Part of the TSO team will be chatting there (Will Wright won't be there). This first ever "Sims Online House of Commons Chat" seems to be one of a series of chat sessions held at different places. More information is here (including the IRC Servers and Channels it's held at). You can enter the Java Chat client here if you're not familiar with IRC.

2400. Vacation for Mac

Written on Thursday 27 June 2002 at 02:25 by ChEeTaH - 1 comment.

After The Sims, Livin' Large, House Party and (recently) Hot Date have been ported to the mac, the next logical step is Vacation. Again, Aspyr Media will be making this Mac version of this fourth expansion pack. Currently it's in Beta stage, and yet far from finished. No release date is known yet, and it might still take a couple of months. In fact, The Sims Unleashed - most likely the fifth expansion - might be released on the PC before Vacation hits the Macintosh. If you're interested in getting The Sims on the Mac, then visit Aspyr Media.