Sims newbie questions

[Saltypaws]

I do have a town, where just about everyone is related, in one way or another and all of the original townies are gone.  I switch households all of the time in this one.  One thing I might add, if you do switch households, save it before you do, every once in a while, my game will freeze and I will have to shut it down.  It does not happen often, but sometimes it just hangs up.   I love going from house to house and there is always something new or someone got married, got pregnant or got a new job.  I find it quite entertaining.  Good luck in whatever you do and enjoy the game.

[doxxielover]

Gingerkid:University life allow for certain sims to certain doors. It used to be that either one sim per door or everyone. Now you can have a certain set to a certain door.

Ex: sim a, sim c, sim d can go in door 1

Sim b and sim e can go in door 2


I think that's what you were talking about right ?

[Gingerkid]

Doxxielover I haven't got that one (yet) lol planning g on getting it though. I think it's Generations that's allowed the doors to be used by certain sims.

Have you got university? Any good?

[doxxielover]

Oh ok.

Yes: I think that its great but I havnt spent alot of time at uni. It adds new interactions and I love that you can pick another trait! I new favorite of mine is Heat of the Moment Kiss- when you have married sim couples and they respond well to it its too cute     

Anyway overall its great, I love how you can go into build/buy mode at the dorms and faternities/sororities

Good luck - hope you get it soon !

[Saltypaws]

Lock door option that allows certain sims, came with Universities.  Before that, you could lock the door, but option to pick which sims could use it, wasn't available.  I love that option myself.

[empow14]

These are all very good ideas, thank you very much!

In case you're interested: My couple adopted a second baby now, and I let them  all live with Grandma Emma ( ), cause she has the family-oriented trait and I figured it would be good to have her around. And now that both kids grow older (they're children now), I built a new house on the lot and let Emma move in there with the cats. They see each other every day though, cause I let them often eat in the patio together, and the cats really come and go as they please.

[Wai]

This is the method I use to get the sim I want as a partner for my main sim without using the merge option.

Make sure it is early morning and thet your sim does not have to work that day.

Go to edit town and create your parner sim.

Place the new sim into an empty (furnished) house.  Next door is good if possible.

Return to game.

Immediately have your sim go to the new sim's home and introduce themselves.  (If you don't do this immediately, the new sim will get on with his/her life which could include finding a partner or getting a job where they are difficult to pin down).

Switch on the charm and the rest is up to you.  If they are compatible (which, as you designed them both they should be) the courtship should procede well.  Get them to romantic interest at least during this first encounter. 

[MoMoll]

When You make a sim that sime is the one you can control. You can not make a new sime latre on. As you did, you can marry in another sim. You may change their hair through a mirror by and clothes through a dresser by click on the mirror/ dressor. You cant however completely change the facial features and what not. From the very beging you can create a man and wife and have them already married or become married at the start of yourgame. That is the only time you can though. Also you cannot control two households at the same time. You could hower ever move in the young couples spouse and have all four in the same house. 8 is the maximum number of people you can control at one time and I belive you can have 2 additional pets = 10. But if you have less than 8 people you can have more pets EX : 7,3  6,4  5,5 ext. But total people count never goes over 8. Do you know what I mean? I believe although I have never done it that you can move out a family. Play one family for awhile andd them through edit town go back to playing the other. I am not quite sure on that. Emma and Jared will be ok in another house. Story pregression wil progress there lives and such. Kissing different genders does not rely on trait and you can kiss any gender no matter what gender your sim is.

Not completely true. When you make a new sim in CAS, you have the option to play them immediately,or leave them in the library. I make many potential spouses for my sims, and leave them in the library until I'm ready for them. The I go to edit town, and add them to the household.

[doxxielover]

True i didnt think of that.

[empow14]

Hey guys.. I have a new problem Or should I say, problems?

I tried to move out the children of my couple when the girl was a young adult and her brother a teen. I let the cat move with them and tried to do this with the phone option. But it kept saying "This house must have at least one fridge and one bed for every sim", although the house I chose for the three had a fridge in it and also 2 beds. I even bought a new fridge/new beds, and tried different houses, but the message still appeared and I couldn't move them out.

Then, I gave up and let them move out with the Edit Town -> split household option. There, I couldn't place them on an empty lot, only empty houses showed up. I chose a house and let them move in and now..they're no longer brother and sister! They have the same high relationship bar as always, but in the family tree, there's just a single picture and no relations... any idea why this happens and what I can do? As far as my research shows, there's no cheat to do this...

Oh and after I thought about the move out  problem afterwards, I came up with an idea: I let the cat move out, too, but in the house there were no cat bed... maybe this could be the problem? It would be silly though, cause first the message said "for every sim", not pet, and second those cats sleep where they want anyway. I had bought a cat bed in my original household and the cat always sleeps on the sofa or floor.

[Pam]

Hey guys.. I have a new problem Or should I say, problems?

I tried to move out the children of my couple when the girl was a young adult and her brother a teen. I let the cat move with them and tried to do this with the phone option. But it kept saying "This house must have at least one fridge and one bed for every sim", although the house I chose for the three had a fridge in it and also 2 beds. I even bought a new fridge/new beds, and tried different houses, but the message still appeared and I couldn't move them out.

Then, I gave up and let them move out with the Edit Town -> split household option. There, I couldn't place them on an empty lot, only empty houses showed up. I chose a house and let them move in and now..they're no longer brother and sister! They have the same high relationship bar as always, but in the family tree, there's just a single picture and no relations... any idea why this happens and what I can do? As far as my research shows, there's no cheat to do this...

Oh and after I thought about the move out  problem afterwards, I came up with an idea: I let the cat move out, too, but in the house there were no cat bed... maybe this could be the problem? It would be silly though, cause first the message said "for every sim", not pet, and second those cats sleep where they want anyway. I had bought a cat bed in my original household and the cat always sleeps on the sofa or floor.

Were you making the brother and sister the active household?  What about the original house?  I've seen the original house get a message like that because there weren't enough beds in it for the remaining Sims.  It's kind of a weird thing.  When you're playing the household, you can have as few beds as you want, but if you move someone out and keep that Sim as the active household, you may be required to abide by that rule.  This might explain why you kept getting the message with several houses.

[empow14]

Were you making the brother and sister the active household?  What about the original house?  I've seen the original house get a message like that because there weren't enough beds in it for the remaining Sims.  It's kind of a weird thing.  When you're playing the household, you can have as few beds as you want, but if you move someone out and keep that Sim as the active household, you may be required to abide by that rule.  This might explain why you kept getting the message with several houses.

Ooooh, yes, actually, the message was on the original house's side (I wanted the brother and sister as active household).. I thought it is for the new house, though, cause I didn't change the original one. There's a double bed for the parents and a crib for the new nooboo.
Maybe a double bed isn't enough? The parents love each other, though, and have no problem sleeping in the same bed.

[Pam]

Ooooh, yes, actually, the message was on the original house's side (I wanted the brother and sister as active household).. I thought it is for the new house, though, cause I didn't change the original one. There's a double bed for the parents and a crib for the new nooboo.
Maybe a double bed isn't enough? The parents love each other, though, and have no problem sleeping in the same bed.

You could try replacing the beds or adding an extra one.  Also replace the refrigerator and see if that helps.

[empow14]

You could try replacing the beds or adding an extra one.  Also replace the refrigerator and see if that helps.

But it's too late now! On no Pam Pam Pam what can I do? I can't go back, I saved the town before I got into edit town to "split household".

[doxxielover]

I beleive allthough I have never tried it that on your coputer under files>library>ElectronicArts>Sims 3>saves you can go back to a previous save.Nt sure though, somelse on here kows more about that.