Inventing

[samoht04]

From using the miner twice I got 2 pink diamonds, a soulpeace and some other Gems! A Gnome, a Stereo and a Singed Sim - who was un-singed before. 

[Leto85]

From using the miner twice I got 2 pink diamonds, a soulpeace and some other Gems! A Gnome, a Stereo and a Singed Sim - who was un-singed before. 

Wow, good stuff man! All the things you can dig up underground. And I thought fishing up a laptop was weird...

[LlamaMama]

You fished up a laptop? With Ambitions, or before?

[Leto85]

You fished up a laptop? With Ambitions, or before?

With, but it is possible since the release of The Sims 3. It happens to somebody else here before, I remember.
I was just thinking of diving in my neighbours trashcan myself, because my sims once found a beautifull Simlife goggle, which was a good variation on the 'usual' soulpeace gems. You can get really rich by being a vagabond.

[LlamaMama]

I saw a Simlife Goggle but had no idea what it was. ??

[Leto85]

I saw a Simlife Goggle but had no idea what it was. ??

Oh, it's the ultimate electronic fun gadget you can get ingame (and tremendously expensive, too). When your sim uses it, he or she can undergo a 3D adventure in different type of games. The funmeter will increase really fast this way, and you will get pop up menus about how his adventure goes. Sometimes even with an opportunity where you need to choose between two options. My sim sometimes levitates while using it. Another benefit of it is that your sim can hold it in his or her inventory, so he or she can use it whenever he or she likes.

[Saltypaws]

Of course you never know when they will have a bad experience and get a bad moodlet.

[LlamaMama]

While my sculptor had no problem with consignments showing up as employment gains, it's not working at all with my inventor. I guess drag and drop will be his way of selling. Sad.

[Leto85]

While my sculptor had no problem with consignments showing up as employment gains, it's not working at all with my inventor. I guess drag and drop will be his way of selling. Sad.

I don't understand what you mean. I would like to help though.

[LlamaMama]

I don't understand what you mean. I would like to help though.

My inventor is self-employed, but his experience line does not increase when he sells widgets at the consignment shop. It still says 0 sales. I assume he cannot get promotions unless he sells his stuff another way, by dragging it to the Simoleon icon in inventory. That will require at least double the work, and may not be worth the trouble. Others have also reported this problem. Maybe I should skip the self-employment feature entirely and benefit from the higher consigment sales.

[Leto85]

I don't understand what you mean. I would like to help though.

My inventor is self-employed, but his experience line does not increase when he sells widgets at the consignment shop. It still says 0 sales. I assume he cannot get promotions unless he sells his stuff another way, by dragging it to the Simoleon icon in inventory. That will require at least double the work, and may not be worth the trouble. Others have also reported this problem. Maybe I should skip the self-employment feature entirely and benefit from the higher consigment sales.

That is weird. In my game it works. It simply does. As far as I know a few people have troubles with this indeed. But after reading the new guide Metro has written for the site I saw he doesn't have that problem I believe (because he made a list of what makes the most money; painting, sculpting or inventing). It turns out to be that inventing doesn't provide the sim with much money though, compared to the other two option.
But let's get back to you: if you still have this problem, maybe you could name it in the help section of this forum. The most technical advanced people under us are 'living' there.

[LlamaMama]

I'm not worried, Leto. It'll get fixed in a patch, I hope. Thanks.

[Arkaine]

I have the same problem, I can only advance by manually selling which cuts a bit of the profit unfortunately.

Has anyone tried to mine over long periods as a way to make money? I just spent about 3 days mining to find a pink diamond and made well over 100k from it, gigantic space rocks you find from rabbit hole tunnels are worth 30k+ a piece. Maybe I just got lucky, but that sim is a sculpter and I was impressed by how a couple holes got me more money than I would get in a week of sculpting.

[LlamaMama]

Wow, the gigantic space rocks I got from the golden holes were only worth around 2.5K. Time for another trip down the hole!

Your post has me wondering: what does progressing with a career offer, that makes it worth doing despite the cash hit? I may be playing this wrong, taking consignment sales instead of the career.

[Pam]

Your post has me wondering: what does progressing with a career offer, that makes it worth doing despite the cash hit? I may be playing this wrong, taking consignment sales instead of the career.

Career progression in the new professions is similar to the original careers. There are 10 levels, each with a new title and a raise. You also get awards from City Hall along the way. Plus, new interactions with other Sims.