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411. 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.

412. 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.

413. 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.

414. 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.

415. OfB Presentation in Brussels Reports

Written on Saturday 14 January 2006 at 17:21 by ChEeTaH - 5 comments.

As we posted earlier, Tim LeTourneau was in Brussels last thursday to promote Open for Business. Besides our own preview there are several other fansites who also had representatives over, and they have now posted pictures and/or reports from the presentation. Below you can find links to the reports posted so far. Note that some of the sites mentioned below are Dutch, and thus so are their reports - in that case, you'll almost always find the same information in our article. If more reports appear, we'll post them here.

• SP Zone
• SnootySims
• SimsNetwork (English report, with pictures)
• The Hub
• DeKDeS & Mogway's Sims 2 Creations
• SimsPlanet2 Forums

416. Brussels in Business [Update]

Written on Saturday 14 January 2006 at 05:50 by ChEeTaH - 0 comments.

Thursday Tim LeTourneau, Senior producer of the Sims 2 Open for Business, was in Brussels to show the game to fans and press. The Sims Zone was invited as well, and naturally we went to check out the upcoming expansion pack. Besides taking a lot of pictures, we also got a lot of information about the new expansion pack. Brand new information, that you won't find anywhere else yet. After much hard work, a preview has now been made. In it you can find over 70 pictures of the game, as well as all the information we received. It should answer a lot of questions you submitted, but not all. We'll still try to get an answer to those that we're still unsure about, so don't worry if your question didn't get answered in the preview. Nevertheless, find out more and read it!


[Update 15:00] Most of the pictures have been edited, so they are a bit brighter. They're still not great, but it should now be a bit easier to see some of the details. We'll soon post links to other sites with more (and better) pictures from the event.

417. New Lighting Object

Written on Friday 13 January 2006 at 08:32 by Jendea - 0 comments.

Hi everyone! I posted a new meshed object today:
A Stained Glass Shade Table Lamp (also included are three recolors: Dragonfly, Wisteria and Sunburst patterns).

Click on the picture to check it out or you can also find them under my section: jendea.

418. Open for Business Details from Chat [Update 2]

Written on Monday 9 January 2006 at 22:26 by ChEeTaH - 8 comments.

As we let you know last Friday, Tim LeTourneau would be joining a chat today to answer some questions about the upcoming expansion pack, Open for Business. The chat has now finished, and a full log will be posted tomorrow. The highlights are in the "Read more" part of this newspost. If your questions weren't answered, feel free to submit them to us. You have until Wednesday for that.

[Update 11 January, 23:30] Due to technical problems, the chat log of the chat has gone lost. We'll try to complete the information below with information gathered from affiliates and the official site. If there's an update here, it'll be marked as such. More information is likely to be given in a preview of Open for Business that will be posted on the Sims Zone later this week. For the information about the technical problems, check out the forum thread about it on the official UK site.

[Update 12 January, 0:55] The list was fairly complete, but a few things were missing. The list has now been completed with information from other sources. Thanks to those sources for the extra information. The new information is put through the list below, sorted more or less by topic. Read More!

419. More Details about Open for Business Mascot

Written on Sunday 8 January 2006 at 19:14 by ChEeTaH - 0 comments.

We already got information about the mascot giveaway if you pre-order Open for Business from various shops. The official site has now published more details about this download. The mascot will be an outfit, and besides that you'll also get a life-size sculpture download to put outside your Sims store. The description below is from the official site:

"Pre-order your copy of The Sims 2 Open For Business today and get access to an exclusive Sims mascot outfit and accompanying life-size sculpture to display outside your Sims store! Give their business its own unique theme and mess with your Sims by dressing them as a wacky new mascot. The special mascot and sculpture display items are only available to those who reserve the game from their favorite retailers listed below. Get ready for your Sims bring home the big bucks in The Sims 2 Open For Business."

Instead of being available to the US only, it'll be available in various European countries as well. It's not yet sure whether it'll be available in the UK, and if so in which shops. You'll also get the downloads if you pre-order the pack from our PC shop (for now US only). You can also pre-order the strategy guide for extra hints and tips for the expansion pack.

420. UK Chat with Tim LeTourneau

Written on Friday 6 January 2006 at 18:42 by ChEeTaH - 1 comment.

Tim LeTourneau starts touring through Europe on Monday, and naturally he'll be in the UK as well. Although there's no fan event this time, like there was with Nightlife, Tim LeTourneau will be joining a webchat this time. The chat will start next monday 9 January, at 7pm GMT (that'll be 8pm in most of Europe, 2pm CET or 11am PST). As fan of the game you'll be able to ask Tim questions about Open for Business, the third expansion pack for the Sims 2, yourself. More details can be found in the announcement. If you're unable to join the chat, feel free to submit us your questions until 11 January.