New Expansion Pack "Late Night"

[Saltypaws]

I am kind of hoping it will be like sims2.  Music is music and as you progress, you can play any of the instruments and of course, the more skill points you get, the better you get.  In fact, I thought that I had read somewhere, when you keep improving your skill, it includes all instruments.  Will have to find the article and if I do will post it again.

[mtglady]

Regarding Music, the website Edenstyle.IT states that 'The related game area has been improved thanks to 3 new skills and instruments: piano, drums and bass.  You can also create a band with your friends and play together…'
This website has alot of useful information regarding this new EP.   

[mtglady]

More information from SimsPrograms-Tidbits of Late Night info from SimFans:
• You will get 4 exclusive objects if you register Late Night on The Sims3.com
• New Metals: carbon steel, smithsonite, tungsten carbine, vampires eye.
• New Bugs: Spider, Termite / New Fish: Kissing Gourami, Sea Sludge, Sewer Trilobite.
• New community lot types: dive bar, fusion lounge, vampire lounge, exclusive lounge, dance club, poolside club, disco club, sports bar, hangout, local watering hole.
• Sims 3 late night screen options: enable reflections (yes/no) turned into a slider named: mirrors & water – you can set “reflection quality”.
• Fountain: like pools, many “rounded” options – 12 different fountain-types to place, available on rooftops, in gardens, in closed rooms
• The new water reflections are just amazing! First, the producers just added the whirlpools, and than they expand water effects of whirlpools and add it to pools and normal lakes and the sea (> Karen Tong, EA marketing manager, The Sims 3 Late Night).
• Why the wall fish tank is digital? Celebrities have no time to care about real fishes. You can add all sorts of real fishes digitally
• Your Sims can rent location (costs simoleons) for their private party. You can choose “exclusive access” if just friends should get in.
• CAS: you can now choose every lifetime wish (added feature “customize lifetime wish”), does not depend on chosen traits
• New lifetime wishes: Master Mixologist, One Sim Band, Super Popular
• The new gnome is called “Blingaboo” – Its a Hip Hop Gnome!
• Levels of the Film-Career: Background Extra, Best Boy, Key Grip, Personal Assistant, Production Manager, Commercial Actor, TV Actor, Teen Star – There is also a part time working possibility for the Film Career
• Example of a new lifetime reward: Always on the List-17,500 Points Sims will never be refused entry into bars, clubs, and lounges.

[samoht04]

• CAS: you can now choose every lifetime wish (added feature “customize lifetime wish”), does not depend on chosen traits

God I hope that comes true! If only it happened for the LTHR.

[TollingBells]

Oooh, I'm getting so excited. This is going to be fun...How are the new careers going to be? Ambitions style, or rabbit holes?

[Esther1981]

Oooh, I'm getting so excited. This is going to be fun...How are the new careers going to be? Ambitions style, or rabbit holes?

I'm mixed on that. Ambitions careers are awesome for a single sim, but if I have say 4-8 sims, I love the rabbit hole or self-employment!

[NeoFelis]

Using the URL mtglady posted and following links, I found a page with more screenshots, some of which can be enlarged via the upper right icon/button that appears after you click on the thumbnail on the image. You can get a good look at the new sliders and the new detail settings, for instance:  

http://www.simfans.de/sims3/erweiterungspack/late-night/screenshots/

An article, in English, with more information, including two new Traits: Star Quality and Shy. You would think these wouldn't be compatible, but in one of the screenshots you can see on the site above, they have a Sim who has both Traits. There's also a list of new LTRs and still more info I haven't read yet. That article is here:  

http://www.simfans.de/specials/sims3_late_night_event/english.php

Edit: (Approximately 14 hours later) Changed 'left' to 'right'. That's why I decided not to do the replies I wanted to; was definitely off or something Monday. Better go to bed now lest I make this a trend.

[Glic2000]

An article, in English, with more information, including two new Traits: Star Quality and Shy. You would think these wouldn't be compatible, but in one of the screenshots you can see on the site above, they have a Sim who has both Traits.

I don't see why they added "Shy" - isn't that the same thing as "loner?"  Well, perhaps not, but similar.

I'm guessing the two new traits are incompatible, but they just enabled them both at the same time on that Sim for testing purposes.

The more I see of this EP, the more I like it!   My only disappointment so far is that you can't visit other Sims' apartments.  But I guess ya can't have everything. 

[tycoon333]

Thanks NeoFelis for the two links. The two most important pieces of information that I pulled out of that were as follows:
Butlers as NPC's at a price of 1200 simoleons a week

Each new instrument has its own skill. From the pictures I looked at I saw that there is a drum and bass skill.
 Thanks for the links, they gave me a ton of new insight. Now I can't wait for the new EP.

[mtglady]

It looks like pictures 31-34 of your first link, NeoFelis, shows the 'movie set' that my link spoke about.  Thanks for those links *going to read them now*.  I am really excited and I hope the next month flies by!   

[Twinmum]

I see in the building components 6 x half walls which is good, but no mention of a stage. Hope that was just an oversight in the article.

Norma

[wildredchild]

I am positive that it is an oversight as they did not list the Plasma Fruit either.

[Leto85]

I'm mixed on that. Ambitions careers are awesome for a single sim, but if I have say 4-8 sims, I love the rabbit hole or self-employment!

Oh yes, that reminds me of my not so perfect idea in getting one sim of my family in the ghostbuster career, the other at the fire department and the other in politics. The rest was self employed or at school. How much did I love the Pause button to get everyone where they need to be on time, but still, this way a simday will full a whole hour in real life to get everything work.

I really have to say it: worse idea in the sad history of bad ideas.

[Leto85]

More information from SimsPrograms-Tidbits of Late Night info from SimFans:
• You will get 4 exclusive objects if you register Late Night on The Sims3.com
• New Metals: carbon steel, smithsonite, tungsten carbine, vampires eye.
• New Bugs: Spider, Termite / New Fish: Kissing Gourami, Sea Sludge, Sewer Trilobite.
• New community lot types: dive bar, fusion lounge, vampire lounge, exclusive lounge, dance club, poolside club, disco club, sports bar, hangout, local watering hole.
• Sims 3 late night screen options: enable reflections (yes/no) turned into a slider named: mirrors & water – you can set “reflection quality”.
• Fountain: like pools, many “rounded” options – 12 different fountain-types to place, available on rooftops, in gardens, in closed rooms
• The new water reflections are just amazing! First, the producers just added the whirlpools, and than they expand water effects of whirlpools and add it to pools and normal lakes and the sea (> Karen Tong, EA marketing manager, The Sims 3 Late Night).
• Why the wall fish tank is digital? Celebrities have no time to care about real fishes. You can add all sorts of real fishes digitally
• Your Sims can rent location (costs simoleons) for their private party. You can choose “exclusive access” if just friends should get in.
• CAS: you can now choose every lifetime wish (added feature “customize lifetime wish”), does not depend on chosen traits
• New lifetime wishes: Master Mixologist, One Sim Band, Super Popular
• The new gnome is called “Blingaboo” – Its a Hip Hop Gnome!
• Levels of the Film-Career: Background Extra, Best Boy, Key Grip, Personal Assistant, Production Manager, Commercial Actor, TV Actor, Teen Star – There is also a part time working possibility for the Film Career
• Example of a new lifetime reward: Always on the List-17,500 Points Sims will never be refused entry into bars, clubs, and lounges.

Thank you very much for this list! It's really amazing what it will add to the game!

So a new bug will be a spider? Well, okey. I can live with that. If frogs and snales are counted as fishes ingame than sure; a spider or even a trilobite should be counted as a bug.
What is a fusion lounge?
As the lifetime wish: Super Populair did already excist I thought. Or has this one been updated?
Now I really want to get grammy in the film career, giving her the change on becoming a 'Teen Star.'

[Leto85]

Pidgeys! We are going to have pidgeys ingame! I'm very curious to if we can catch them or if they are part of the environment, but anyway, see for yourself: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X4PG1vEi2-w&feature=player_embedded