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401. Valentines E-Card

Written on Sunday 12 February 2006 at 02:30 by ChEeTaH - 0 comments.

Valentine is coming up next weekend, and the official site is taking it serious. Besides earlier downloads, Maxis has now also expanded their collection of postcards with a Valetine one. You can now send an electronic message to your sweetie, all in Sims style of course. Check out the postcards to send it.

402. First Band Podcast: Kajagoogoo

Written on Sunday 12 February 2006 at 02:27 by ChEeTaH - 0 comments.

As revealed in the previous podcast about the new PC expansion pack Open for Business, there will be a new "New Wave" music style which features famous bands from the 80s, like Kajagoogoo, Howard Jones and Depeche Mode. Each of them will be featured in their own podcast, with Kajagoogoo being the first one. In the same podcast there's an introduction with Maxis Sound Director Robi Kauker first though. He tells that besides the three mentioned bands, some music of The Epoxies will also make an appearance in the game. There will also be a New Wave edition of the Sims 2 theme song, as well as more tunes in build and buy mode by Mark Mothersbaugh, the composer of the original tune of the game. He also says which tunes have been re-recorded in Simlish: Kajagoogoo has done "Too Shy," Howard Jones went back to record "Things only get Better," and Depeche Mode recorded a new song called "Suffer Well."

Nick Beggs (Lead Vocalist) and Steve Askew (Guitarist) are the two band members representing Kajagoogoo this podcast. They were honoured to perform for the game, and remaking Too Shy did take them back to that moment in the 80s, with the technology they used to use then. Nick also enjoyed learning the Simlish. They also tell how they played early versions of SimCity on their Atari. The Sims got attention from the singer through his daughter who plays the game. It's the first time Kajagoogoo recorded anything for games. On a slightly different note, they tell about their influence from bands like Yes, Pink Floyd and Led Zeppelin. For more information about the band, visit Kajagoogoo.com. To listen to the podcast, check out its corresponding news post at the official site.

403. New Nightlife Patch

Written on Wednesday 8 February 2006 at 22:04 by ChEeTaH - 0 comments.

Less than a month before the release of Open for Business, Maxis has addressed several issues with Nightlife in an updated patch. 29 Problems that weren't fixed with the first patch have been solved now. The patch also contains all the fixes that were in the previous patch as well. Here's a summary of the newly fixed problems:

• Fixed an issue where NPC Mrs. Crumplebottom was causing objects.package to be corrupt.
• Addressed an issue where cell phones could not be placed in a Sims inventory before making a phone call on it first.
• Dorm Cooks will no longer duplicate on previously played lots after installing Nightlife.
• Sims will no longer get a memory of making out with themselves in the hot tub under certain conditions.
• The Mad Scientist career track will no longer have a conflicting message about missing a day of work and having the day off.
• Moving lots with University Graduates into the Sim Bin and back into the neighborhood will no longer cause all of the diplomas to belong to one Sim, instead the will belong to their original owners.
• Sims will now be able to use Cell Phones and MP3 players if placed on tables.
• Young Adult Male Sims can no longer get pregnant and give birth by using the Electro Dance Sphere.
• Vampire NPC's can now be influenced to drink Vamprocillin-D properly.
• Sims can now work out if there is a rug in front of the TV.
• Computers are no longer able to be placed in a Sims inventory if the computers are turned on.
• Sims playing the hand held games will no longer get a memory about meeting themselves.
• Fixed an issue where University Sims were randomly getting taken back to their original neighborhood during their Freshman year.
• Fixed a rare occurring of an issue where Sims could not move off of a University lot after graduating.
• Teen Sims age transitioning directly to an Adult Sim that has chosen not to go to college will no longer receive a memory that they have completed their Freshman year.
• Having a Family Reunion will no longer overrun the memories panel of a Sim with a memory for every interaction during the Family Reunion party.
• Fixed an issue so that dorm rooms will be hidden again when Nightlife is installed.
• The want "Stay Home From Class" can now be fulfilled by Pleasure Aspiration Sims that Skip class.

The full list is available at the Nightlife Update Page, where all bugs as of the Mrs. Crumplebottom one are only fixed in the latest patch. You can download the patch from the same page, or if you don't have Nightlife the general update page gives you link to previous patches (which have not been updated). Note that to install the Nightlife patch, you'll need to have CD 2 in your drive.

404. First Shopping Packs in sight

Written on Wednesday 1 February 2006 at 23:27 by ChEeTaH - 0 comments.

Several names have appeared in surveys for new, small, expansion packs: it started with "Booster Packs," followed by "Shopping Packs," and recently they were called "Sims 2 Stuff." The Sims 2 Holiday Party Pack is what could be considered such a pack, but now the next two of the Shopping packs (which seems to be the final name) have made an appearance. Expected on 26 April is the pack called "Family Fun Shopping Pack," followed by the "Glamour Shopping Pack" at 24 June. If this is the start of a trend, two shopping packs can be expected between every two expansion packs, making an annual total of 2 expansion packs and 4 shopping packs - something new every 2 months. Both themes weren't specifically mentioned in the last survey.

The packs are now listed at at least two Australian shops, dStore and GameHead, for roughly $30 Australian each (about $22 US, or £12). The amount of objects in the pack is unsure. It started off with 125 objects in the first survey, down to 75 in the second and roughly 60 in the latest. The definite answer will probably be given by EA in the future. As more details arrive in the future, we'll let you know in this news section. Thanks to SnootySims for posting the links.

405. EA Decided against Product Placement in OfB

Written on Saturday 28 January 2006 at 14:21 by ChEeTaH - 0 comments.

Although it was apparantly considered, BusinessWeek reports that there will not be any product placement - i.e. advertising - in the Sims 2 Open for Business. Because the Sims is a fantasy world, ad and design staffs working on the expansion, decided to not put real-life brands in the Sims world. This despite McDonalds and Intel making an appearance in The Sims Online, and later as download for the Sims 1, as well as an Alienware Computer download from the Sims 2 Exchange. EA was already working on placing some brands in the storylines for Open for Business, but those have now been removed. The full article discusses product placement in other games as well.

406. Mountain Cabin Build Items

Written on Friday 27 January 2006 at 20:37 by Jendea - 0 comments.

New build items posted today: Two new windows and a column with a rustic or "mountain cabin" theme. The single story window has the diagonal mesh included and both have a recolor in white also. Enjoy!

407. French Sims Magazine

Written on Tuesday 24 January 2006 at 00:51 by ChEeTaH - 0 comments.

That the Sims 2 is popular in France was already proved when the game got its own stamp. Now the Sims 2 is also getting a magazine in France, which is for sale for 7.50 Euros. Besides the magazine itself, which contains articles with tips for the PC game, information about the Consoles and Handheld versions, a history of the Sims, stories, and more, you also get an extra DVD. The DVD contains 500+ objects, patches, videos and tools for the Sims 2 on PC. A new copy of the magazine will be distributed every quarter, although it will only be available in France. For more details, check out the French newspage. Below you can see the cover of the first issue.

408. OfB Details from Chat

Written on Friday 20 January 2006 at 02:43 by ChEeTaH - 0 comments.

There was a chat this thursday, and during the 40 minutes it lasted several Maxoids answered a lot of questions regarding Open for Business, the upcoming third expansion pack for the Sims 2. The chat has resulted in some new information being given. A list with the new (or more detailed than before) information from the chat is in the read more part of this post. Check the full log for all the questions and answers. Read More!

409. 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.

410. 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!