The Ultimate Magic Gnome Thread

[samoht04]

So far I have made an Invention Gnome and a Sculptor Gnome.

[Saltypaws]

Now that is an ugly gnome, my sis was just telling me about that too.  I have only gotten one gnome so far, I feel so cheated, lol.

[pallyndrome]

Oh yay! I got 2 Chinese gnomes in my 15-day-long trip to China! Thanks for the tip about getting them by smelting/cutting.

[Laurencius]

My investigator obtained two of the regular mysterious magic gnomes. I placed them in the garden and they disappeared the next day. They remained hidden for a few sim days and then appeared in my investigator's inventory/backpack. They appeared after I placed a third gnome in the garden and kicked it. The third gnome vanished the next day and remains AWOL. I'm afraid to place the original two gnomes until the third one returns.

[Asleep]

What does "AWOL" mean?

[Sarah]

AWOL is originally a military term which stands for 'Absent Without Leave'. It's when a member of the armed forces leaves service without permission from their superiors. In the Case of Laurencius' Missing Gnome, it means his gnome has disappeared.

I've decided that the Inventing Gnome is a little bit scary.

[Asleep]

Scary based on looks or actions?

[Sarah]

Scary based on looks or actions?

Looks. He just looks so spiky and sharp! His eyes also look like the 'beast' from the cave in SV, which also unsettles me.

[Joria]

You all know that all gnomes are in the buyDebug menu do you?
If you lose your gnomes, just replace them!

Swede dear, what's a buyDebug menu and how do you access?  Please and thank you.

[Swede1992]

Swede dear, what's a buyDebug menu and how do you access?  Please and thank you.

Oh, sorry for not explaining properly. It's a special cheat buy menu where you can buy stuff you can't normally do.

You can access it by first clicking ctrl-shift-c and type "testingcheatsenabled true" (minus the quotations) in the window that appears. Click on enter to accept the cheat. Now, bring up that window again and type "buyDebug on". If you now look in the buy menu and sort by function, a new category marked with a ? should have appeared. In that, and in the proper submenu, you can find the gnomes and a whole bunch of other cool things!

[Asleep]

I think you also need WA or AMB.

[Pam]

I think you also need WA or AMB.

Buydebug first came out when World Adventures was released, but I think it might have been included in a patch for the Sims 3 base game, too.

[Swede1992]

Buydebug first came out when World Adventures was released, but I think it might have been included in a patch for the Sims 3 base game, too.

It should at least be since it contains seeds/metals/gems spawners that have nothing to do with WA.

[Joria]

Thank you so much!  When I'm no longer driving myself more insane with legacy games I will definitely check it out.  Hmmm, considering playing an extra straight game just so I can!

[Asleep]

My sim sculpted a Mysterious Mr. Gnome out of wood. Will it move around?