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761. Layout Changes

Written on Saturday 10 January 2004 at 23:28 by ChEeTaH - 0 comments.

We've fixed and changed a couple of things in the design of this site. It now works better with low screen resolutions - mainly the headlines are less wide when you use a low screen resolution. We've also changed the menu captions a small bit. If you posted a comment, the edit/remove text is not hidden away anymore when using Internet Explorer. The Community Updates section has also gone through some small changes, which fixes issues in at least Mozilla and Internet Explorer. Besides that there's one more change in the same section. You used to be able to edit a post until 6 hours after the initial post. This has been extended to 12 hours, but now you can't remove it after that period anymore as well, unless you ask us to do so. The limit of 3 items per week still stands, to prevent spamming and to allow other sites to show themselves just as much. We encourage everybody with a Sims fansite (given in their profile) to post their site updates, by going here. Of course big or special news about your fansite can always be submitted. We hope the design fixes will make it easier and nicer for you to browse The Sims Zone.

762. Making Magic - Our Review

Written on Saturday 10 January 2004 at 01:00 by Andy - 0 comments.

Are you still undecided as to whether to spend your money on buying this expansion or not? Perhaps our detailed review will help you make up your mind about this last expansion. Check it out right right here!

763. Sims 2 Artwork, WW Interview

Written on Thursday 8 January 2004 at 16:32 by ChEeTaH - 0 comments.

Our affiliate Sims Extremos has posted a new artwork at the last day of last year. It shows some generations with a green background, and you can see it here. They've also posted a small interview with Will Wright, with some interesting information about cancelled games (SimsVille and SimMars). It was posted prior to the GameSpot Designer diary, and says that The Sims being followed to their jobs is "probably" the secret feature that would be announced. We know differently now, as it's the camera features that were announced. You can read the entire interview right here.

764. SimDay [Update]

Written on Thursday 8 January 2004 at 16:12 by ChEeTaH - 0 comments.

This SimDay isn't a very big one, but it's something. It comes with some 'new' screenshots, which have been seen at other sites before. If you still want to see them at the official Sims 2 site, click here. Besides that there's some new info about GameSpot's Designer Diary. If you'd like to know more about that, click here. Finally, there's been a community update again, and for the second time in history The Sims Zone is mentioned in it. It's about the updated Neighborhood Handler and Add-on Handler. Those have been updated last month, adding Makin' Magic compatibility and new features.

[Update 21:40] The official Sims 2 website has also posted an updated Sims 2 fansite kit with a lot of new material again. You can download that from this page. The Console section at the Sims 1 website has also been updated with new walkthroughs for Bustin' Out on the Consoles and the GBA. You can use these if you're stuck in the Bustin' Out mode of the game. That really is all this SimDay.

765. TS2 Designer Diary 6

Written on Wednesday 7 January 2004 at 13:16 by ChEeTaH - 0 comments.

Like other things get delayed, so was the sixth designer diary of The Sims 2 at GameSpot. Since Maxis announced that it would announce a new feature that we hadn't heard of before, people have been waiting for it. It's now been posted, so here's a quote:

"Once we initially experienced it for ourselves, we felt we needed to take one more step for those players who really make storytelling the center of their play experience. It was for those players that we decided to completely blow away the old limits and introduced a new way of viewing the game: camera mode. In the camera mode, you can now travel all over the game environment as if you were a sim: run up and down stairs, get behind or under objects, and even get right up into the faces and see the expressions and emotions of the sims who are the stars of your stories."

Besides that, you can also look through the eyes of your Sim, and experience what their lives are really like. You won't be able to select any objects whatsoever, but instead you can just follow your Sim. This part of the designer diary, written by Lucy Bradshaw, is mostly about the story-telling in The Sims 2, and mostly how it's been improved since The Sims 1. It's a must-read, click here to do so. There are also some newly posted screenshots.

766. New Sims 2 Screens

Written on Friday 26 December 2003 at 01:15 by ChEeTaH - 1 comment.

It's a busy Christmas indeed, but a nice one! We received 3 more pictures of The Sims 2 from Maxis (as well as all subscribers of the Sims 2 mailing list). They show how the photo album function works, and how you can even get your pictures on the wall... of your Sims' homes! Click the images below to see even big versions of them.

767. Santa's Here!

Written on Wednesday 24 December 2003 at 23:27 by Sumit - 0 comments.

Hope y'all have a white christmas cause I sure don't with this 60 degree weather, but atleast I got some gifts for everyone. I usually don't make expansions exclusive objects, but these come from Livin' Large, Deluxe, or Double Deluxe. So if you have any one of those, you've got yourselves a mighty fine present. I also have made my very first stairway retexture so check that out too. Check it all out here!

768. Sims 2 News

Written on Tuesday 23 December 2003 at 22:59 by ChEeTaH - 0 comments.

A lot of new screenshots of The Sims 2 have been posted today and yesterday. The first set of 5 comes from IGN. A couple of them show some hot action (nothing really explicit though), so be warned. They're all quite nice to see, and once again show the detail of the Sims. 4 others have been posted at TheSimsResource. You can also find the IGN ones there, but the 4 different ones all show some military action. Two show a guy being picked up for work by helicopter and truck, another shows a full bathroom, and the final one is some training going on. Click the site's links to see the shots for yourself. Finally, some articles. The first of the two is a preview at New Wave Gaming. It's probably not that interesting to most people, as it doesn't provide any new info. It also mentions mid-february as release date, but as none has ever been officially given, that shouldn't be considered official or even accurate. You can read the whole article yourself on this very page. More interesting is an interview with Lucy Bradshaw at Total Video Games. Here's a little quote from the article:

"Yes, this is a real leap from the original Sims in so many ways. Creating believable human characters in our Sims is a pretty huge undertaking. The better they look, the more fidelity players expect of their behaviour. By electing to give our Sims better looks, facial animations, and allowing the player to get closer to them, we needed to advance the AI significantly. And, yes, getting closer and having new animations has forced us to consider the boundaries that we want to maintain as well."

You can find that interview by clicking here. Enjoy all this new stuff!

769. Bustin' Out Last Diary

Written on Tuesday 16 December 2003 at 11:47 by ChEeTaH - 0 comments.

The last designer's diary of Bustin' Out has been posted at GameSpot. We can read what Mike Perry (who also did the previous diaries) has to say about the console-specific features, i.e. the online mode on the PS2, the GameCube/GBA connectivity, and the HDTV support for the X-Box. Here's a little snippet about the last mentioned feature:

"HDTV is the way television was meant to be seen. All versions of The Sims Bustin' Out have really excellent all-new graphics and special effects, but only the Xbox has native 720p widescreen HDTV support. In HDTV mode, you can play The Sims Bustin' Out with smokin' graphics so detailed they are even better than DVD movies. The colorfully psychedelic dance floor of Clubb Rubb looks awesome in HDTV."

This part also comes with several new screenshots, as usual. Those can be found, which you can view here. You can read the article at this page. As the game will be released today (in the US anyway), this is the last designer's diary for Bustin' Out. For the previous issues, click the following links to our news posts about them: Part 3, Part 2, and Part 1.

770. Sims 2 Fly-through video

Written on Saturday 13 December 2003 at 22:19 by ChEeTaH - 0 comments.

If you read the last Designer's Diary at GameSpot, or checked this site some time ago, you probably have seen a new video of The Sims 2 already as well. It's a silent fly through a neighborhood. That video, showing stuff like boats, a rainbow and the neighborhood in general, is now also available at the official Sims 2 site. If you missed it last time, be sure to check it out right here.