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651. Official Site improves Avatars

Written on Thursday 19 January 2006 at 22:13 by ChEeTaH - 0 comments.

Those who visit the official site a lot, probably know that you can set your own avatar if you're logged in. This little Create-A-Sim tool has been slightly improved: Maxis has added several items inspired by Nightlife to it. You'll find a new top hat, pearl necklace, cat eye glasses, raver goggles, and a tuxedo when creating or changing your Sim. If you want to see what the new items look like, go and edit your avatar.

652. OfB "Classified Ads"

Written on Thursday 19 January 2006 at 21:08 by ChEeTaH - 0 comments.

Before Nightlife was released, Maxis put horoscopes on the official site every month. This time, for Open for Business, they're posting "classified ads." They reveal a bit of information about the game, like this one says there might be evil clowns in box toys... For more details check out the classified ads page.

653. New OfB Screenshots

Written on Thursday 19 January 2006 at 13:43 by ChEeTaH - 0 comments.

SnootySims has found 6 new screenshots of Open for Business from the official Italian site. Although some of the scenes displayed in these shots may look familiar, they're probably cut-outs of earlier screenshots. You can check out all pictures by clicking the thumbnails below.

654. H-Mail instead of T-Mail

Written on Wednesday 18 January 2006 at 00:21 by ChEeTaH - 0 comments.

Usually Tim Letourneau sends out e-mails regarding the upcoming expansion packs for the Sims 2. However, as he's in Europe, Hunter Howe has sent the community an e-mail this time. He is one of the designers of the expansion packs, and leads all the tuning and tweaking. He spoke about some constants in the last T-mail, and this time it's mostly about the business perks. He says how happy customers give you customer loyalty stars, which results in a higher business ranking, which in turn gives you points to spend on perks. He mentions a few; "Rally Forth" allows your Sim to boost the motives of the employees and other Sims nearby, but can also have disastrous consequences. The "Power Network" perk allows your Sim to "meet" everybody that another Sim knows. The relationship score will instantly be at 15/15, as a bonus. The third perk, "Convincing Personality" will boost the effectiveness of your Sims' sales techniques. Buy bars of recipients of sales socials will be filled 30% more than normal. Finally, the "Head for Numbers" perk allows your Sim to call anyone on the phone, whether your Sim knows them or not.

Besides all that, he also tells how you can makeover townies, giving them a new appearance and clothes. Along with the e-mail came the four screenshots that were already discovered this weekend. If you wish to see those again, just click the thumbnails in the e-mail, which is to be found in the Read More part of this newspost. Read More!

655. OfB Chat Thursday

Written on Wednesday 18 January 2006 at 00:00 by ChEeTaH - 0 comments.

Open for Business is coming soon, and the team of people working on it is ready to answer your questions about the expansion pack. Next Thursday, 19 Jauary, there will be a developer chat in which you can ask anything you have to ask the Maxoids. Who exactly will be answering the questions is not yet mentioned, but you'll find out if you join at 3pm PST (11pm GMT, midnight in most of Europe). The chatroom will open shortly before the chat starts.

656. System Requirements OfB

Written on Tuesday 17 January 2006 at 22:44 by ChEeTaH - 0 comments.

Maxis has revealed the system requirements for Open for Business. Similar to Nightlife, this expansion pack will require a processor with a clock speed of 1000 Mhz (1 GHz) or higher (2.4 Ghz if you don't have a T&L capable graphics card). This is more than the original game, which requires 800 Mhz. Besides that, you'll also need an extra 1.5 Gb of disk space. During installation the program will probably need a little more to be free, for temporary files as well. Another change compared to the original (but not since Nightlife), is that the ATi Radeon 7000 series are no longer supported - an ATi Radeon 8500 is the bare minimum for ATi's range of graphics cards. For more detials see the official System Requirements page and our knowledge base article.

657. Unofficial Expansion: Sims 2 Spooked!

Written on Tuesday 17 January 2006 at 22:34 by ChEeTaH - 0 comments.

Together with Maxis, several students of the University of Southern California have developed a mini-expansion pack for the Sims 2. This is reported by SimsOvernight. Carrying the title "Sims 2 Spooked" the pack contains 20 objects, designed and developed by students, from a Possessed Coffee Pot to a "Frank – the Do It Yourself Monster Kit". The students were given Edith, the tool Maxis uses to create objects and more for the Sims 2, as well as some other tools, to create the expansion pack. The group of 22 was also advised by several Maxoids during the development. It seems that the pack was already finished early last year, but it's only been discovered by Sims fans recently. SnootySims also reports that, coincidentally or not, the idea of the expansion pack was mentioned in an early survey that showed up on the official site last year.

For more information about this mini expansion, see the news page, and their project page where you can find movies, a guide to Edith (with complete wiki about the tool), and a original gameplay concepts and ideas, as well as a full handbook explaining the different items in the game. Whether the expansion pack is available to the public is not clear at this moment.

658. OfB Screenshot and German Previews

Written on Tuesday 17 January 2006 at 22:23 by ChEeTaH - 0 comments.

We already mentioned 30 screenshots of Open for Business a few days ago, from our affiliate SimsZone. They have now posted a preview as well, with some new information. They tell that when any Sim, townie or playable, enters a business that you're running at that moment (as NPC), will not be affected in any way when they make a purchase or so. That means that even if you see a Sim that you created buying an item, that item will not appear in their inventory, nor will you see any change in their budget, when you go back and play with that Sim. Instead, visiting Sims more or less have an unlimited supply of cash to spend.

Other than that, German website SimTimes has also been to Cologne to visit the presentation of Tim LeTourneau. They too have posted a (German) preview, along with 25 screenshots of the upcoming expansion pack.

659. T-Mail Screenshots

Written on Monday 16 January 2006 at 00:56 by ChEeTaH - 0 comments.

We regularly receive e-mails from Tim LeTourneau, talking about the upcoming expansion pack. Usually they also come with screenshots, and the next one won't be any different to that. Although the e-mail itself is yet to be sent, the screenshots have already been uploaded. Shown are a bakery, the perks interface (with a wholesale perk selected, showing that you can buy items with discount if you run a business), an unhappy customer and a robot with strange teeth and an odd walk... If you want to see them, click the thumbnails below. Thanks to our affiliate SimsZone for spotting these graphics.

660. 30 Open for Business Screenshots

Written on Monday 16 January 2006 at 00:45 by ChEeTaH - 0 comments.

After being in Brussels, Tim LeTourneau has also gone to Cologne, Germany, to show Open for Business there. Our affiliate SimsZone was there as well, and managed to take home 30 screenshots of the expansion pack. The screenshots show many parts of the game and its interface, and some of the possibilities of the objects. Check their screenshots index for all the screens.