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41. Summer Downloads

Written on Saturday 15 July 2006 at 00:48 by ChEeTaH - 1 comment.

MaxoidMoonBelly has created some summerwear for your Sims, featuring the Aloha Bunny and the Surfer Bunny. The Aloha Bunny Swimsuits and Surfer Bunny Swim Trunks are created for children and older Sims. In total that makes 8 downloads, all of which contain a Sim wearing a piece of summer clothing. Along with the downloads, in her blog MaxoidMoonBelly explains a little bit about how the clothes were made. Check out the Summer Downloads to get all the files to make your Sims ready for this summer as well.

42. New Themes decorate MySim Pages

Written on Friday 30 June 2006 at 00:12 by ChEeTaH - 0 comments.

On the official site Maxis has created two new themes for MySim pages. If you want to redecorate your MySim page, login and go to modify the theme. The first theme is based around Family Fun, with a lot of yellow and orange as the main colours. The Pleasantville theme has green and blue as the main colours, featuring some of the famous Pleasantview sims on the headers of the various pods.

43. Exchange updates Coming Soon

Written on Tuesday 13 June 2006 at 01:46 by ChEeTaH - 0 comments.

One of the important parts of the official site is the exchange, where fans of the Sims 2 can share their creations - whether they are Sims, Lots, Walls, Floors, or other items. It's been quite a while since the last updates, but in his blog MaxoidDano has announced some updates will take place soon. Mainly the ratings will be adjusted - things are on schedule, but will still take a little time. In the future, you'll only be able to vote - positive only - once for every item. Downloads will count towards the score of an item as well. Once an item reaches a certain score, it'll get a bronze, silver and finally a gold cup award. Items featured on the official website will automatically get a "Gold Maxis Pick Trophy". Items with golden awards can be found through a new search category, and the award will also be displayed on a new pod on the creator's MySim page. More details about the new exchange can be found in Dano's blog posting.

44. Blogging Maxoids

Written on Monday 12 June 2006 at 20:13 by ChEeTaH - 0 comments.

Blogging is a popular thing on the Internet, and now Maxoids have started doing it as well. On the official site there are six recently posted blogs from Maxoids - some longer than others. A few Sims 2 team members tell about their work, others just put up an anecdote or random story. First there's MaxisLittleL, who tells about the Design Pit, where the designers for the Sims 2 do their work. She also tells about how the design and production teams are able to socialise and discuss the game during work. Next is MaxoidDrea of the web team. She says what the web team does, and also recaps on an old easter egg on the site, made around the time when the Sims 2 was released. MaxoidKitty explains how she picks items to be featured, and gives a few hints and tips for your Sims and Lots on the exchange.

MaxoidWarlern has a story about a Llama herder, and MaxoidGromit isn't feeling too well. Finally MaxoidGrant tells about his job - making up catalog texts for objects in the game. He includes two texts as a sample, but also has a couple of names for objects in one of the upcoming products. For more blog updates in the future, check the MySim Pages index.

45. Community Manager, EP Update and Patches

Written on Wednesday 7 June 2006 at 23:36 by ChEeTaH - 0 comments.

On the BBS of the official site Hunter Howe (MaxoidHunter) has posted a message regarding the near future of the Sims 2 community. First of all, he mentions there's a new community manager. Since MaxoidKane left - rumours go she went to Spore - several members of the web team took over the job. Now MaxoidMel will be working for Maxis communicating to the fans. Other than that, Hunter says the next expansion (rumoured to be the Sims 2: Pets) is looking great, although he can't give more info for another few weeks. The official announcement will be made in a couple of weeks, when the pack is in "an awesome state" for Maxis to show it off to the fans. Finally, Hunter says two patches, for Open for Business and Family Fun Stuff, are nearing completion and are now at quality insurance. The patches should arrive soon. For all the precise details, read Hunter's message.

46. New Avatar Items on Official site

Written on Saturday 6 May 2006 at 00:17 by ChEeTaH - 0 comments.

The official site has a MySim feature, with which registered users can make a Sim-avatar using several outfits. Since January this year Maxis has twice improved the create-an-avatar tool adding content for Nightlife and Open for Business respectively. Now it's time for Family Fun to get some of its content being used in avatars. Maxis has indeed added some new content in Family Fun style to use when you edit your avatar.

47. Commercial Contest Winners

Written on Sunday 16 April 2006 at 22:28 by ChEeTaH - 0 comments.

Several weeks ago Maxis launched a contest in which members of the official site were asked to create a commercial for a business from Open for Business. Winners could receive a brand new nVidia PC, or a video card by the same company. The winners have now been revealed, with pancaketitz8's commercial for WWBTC being the grand prize winner. Second prize winners, the video cards, go to booey4864 (Nutty Ned), m1tchm (Macabre Mart) and Ninhead1011 (Big Jon's). There are also 6 honorable mentions, picked from over 100 entries in total. All videos can be downloaded from the winners page.

48. Family Fun Stuff Bug

Written on Saturday 15 April 2006 at 02:55 by ChEeTaH - 6 comments.

More Family Fun Stuff news, this time specifically for owners of the pack. Not only will they see the icon on the left on their MySims page on the official site, they will also experience a bug with the new clothes. When you use one of the new outfits in Create-A-Sim mode, to dress your Sim, the selected outfit will disappear from the game after restarting it. The Sim (or Sims) will still be wearing the clothes. The outfit will not only disappear from CAS, but also from community lot purchases. The only work-around so far is to give Sims the Family Fun Stuff clothes through purchase on a community lot rather than through CAS. This way, the bug won't occur. If you backed up your user data (neighborhoods, downloads, etc) before installing the Stuff Pack, you can uninstall and reinstall the pack to get the outfits back, but this will mean you lose your progress made since the pack was installed. Maxis is working on a patch, which should solve the problem soon. When exactly the patch will be released is unclear. For more information see MaxoidKane's post on the official BBS. Thanks to SnootySims and Hiki for the tips.

49. Open for Business Commercial Contest

Written on Sunday 12 March 2006 at 22:28 by ChEeTaH - 0 comments.

Maxis is giving away prizes again, and this time it's a PC from nVidia as well as three graphics cards. If you want to win one of them, you have to make a video commercial for a business ran with the Sims 2 Open for Business. Whether it's for a store, company, club, or any other type of business you can come up with, is up to you. You can enter by posting the video on your MySim page on the official site and filling in the entry form before 24 March. The video has to be 60 seconds or shorter, including the "Made with the Sims 2" cinematic, and must be published in QuickTime, Avi or Windows Media format. Only citizens of the United States and Canada, except the states Colorado, Arizona, Maryland, New Jersey, Tennessee, Vermont and Quebec. Winners will be selected by EA around 5 April. For more information about the contest, read the rules page.

50. Open for Business Shipped; Screenshots, Videos and More

Written on Wednesday 1 March 2006 at 15:40 by ChEeTaH - 4 comments.

Open for Business officially shipped yesterday. Some stores worldwide have already started selling the game, despite the official release date being 2 March. EA announced this in a press release. Senior Producer Don Laabs is quoted saying Open for Business ""opens a limitless world of new gameplay for Sims fans. The game includes all the tools players will need to create businesses that reflect their unique personalities, be they buttoned-down professionals, or wacky worker bees who explore the limits of the workplace. This is one of the most open-ended expansion packs we have created and we encourage fans to discover their irreverent, quirky business personalities." Precise details can be found in the full press release.

Besides the press release there's a lot more news from Maxis about Open for Business, more or less celebrating the release. Read on for details. Read More!