Help in Relationships

[hope_alive]

So, I need some help. I got a couple in my sims three game. At the moment, they are a love interest but, I can't get them to go steady.

Mind you the relationship bar is green. They went on dates and everything is going great. (Other than they are very poor at the moment. Working on that)

I kinda want them to have a family before they get too old.

Then another question. How long, generally, do horses live for?

Then I have another sim, who I made and was getting use to the game. She grew old before I could get her to have a family, but she adopted a child. She is about 80 days old.

What if she dies? What happens to her child? (and horses?)

Then child sims can't ride?

[Hosfac]

I got a couple in my sims three game. At the moment, they are a love interest but, I can't get them to go steady.

Mind you the relationship bar is green. They went on dates and everything is going great. (Other than they are very poor at the moment. Working on that)

I kinda want them to have a family before they get too old.

The option pops up under romantic interactions when the interaction panel states that the other Sim finds your sim "extremely irresistible."  This requires a bit of constant romantic interaction to get to this point.  There is a rare bug that I've experienced (and have heard of others experiencing) where the interaction panel goes to "flirty" and then immediately back to "Okay."  Is this what is happening?

If so, I do not know how to fix this, although someone else might.  If not, we could be of a bit more assistance if we knew exactly what was going on.

Then another question. How long, generally, do horses live for?

It depends on the lifespan setting you're using, really.  Average life span seems to be about 57 on normal lifespan, but like Sims, animals can live much longer than they're expected to.

Then I have another sim, who I made and was getting use to the game. She grew old before I could get her to have a family, but she adopted a child. She is about 80 days old.

What if she dies? What happens to her child? (and horses?)

If the child is a teenager, nothing.  Teenagers are capable of caring for themselves, caring for pets and doing pretty much anything else adults are capable of doing (outside of getting a full-time job).  But the bills still come, and they will need to be paid.

While I'm not 100% sure about this, Sims in the Child age bracket or lower may be taken by the social worker unless there is a teenage Sim or older in the same house, and any pets will go along with them.  Someone please correct me if I'm mistaken.  I've played with orphaned teens before, but never a child.

Then child sims can't ride?

I do not believe so.

[simlishlol]

While I'm not 100% sure about this, Sims in the Child age bracket or lower may be taken by the social worker unless there is a teenage Sim or older in the same house, and any pets will go along with them.  Someone please correct me if I'm mistaken.  I've played with orphaned teens before, but never a child.

I believe that when the sim is a child, you have to move in that child (and any pets, probably) to another household. It's never happened to me, but I've heard about it before.

[hope_alive]

The option pops up under romantic interactions when the interaction panel states that the other Sim finds your sim "extremely irresistible."  This requires a bit of constant romantic interaction to get to this point.  There is a rare bug that I've experienced (and have heard of others experiencing) where the interaction panel goes to "flirty" and then immediately back to "Okay."  Is this what is happening?

I seen it once, but for some reason, did not click on it but now, all I get is that Sora thinks Takuya is ok, or flirty. Things like that...

Dang if it's the bug I am going to scream. I had the bug that made my sims freeze. One was a mare and the other the sim. I hate when that happens.

I will try again.

As to the other question, I am not too sure. I am going to have to boot up the game and try again but I think that's what's going on. Not too sure though.

And thanks about the horse info. I don't want him to die it's just that, in one of my horses old age he needs a lot of attention. His mood changes so fast.

Much faster than my elder sim.

And thank you for the info about the child. I hope her mother lives for a long time..She seems to be lucky..

[Figwit]

I believe child sims can ride unicorns.  I think I remember reading that somewhere but maybe I dreamt it too.   I also read that horses (all pets) will live longer if you feed them the gourmet meals.

hope_alive, there's nothing to say you can't force feed your sim life fruit to keep her young or even turn off ageing, if you are not opposed to cheating, just until she snags herself a partner.

[hope_alive]

Ok figured out the relationship thing.

And to the age thing, For one she is already an old woman. I don't think there is a way to unage her (maybe I am wrong?) and to find herself a guy.

So, if push comes to shove I'll just make another twin of the sim and start from there. I don't know. I like the aging thing.

Though, I might do the off age for a while with my other couple and maybe the money cheat.

Side note: Girlfriend, pregancy, asked hand in marrage, and then marrage. xD

And I need to find a unicorn. I will go reread that again..

[Hosfac]

And to the age thing, For one she is already an old woman. I don't think there is a way to unage her (maybe I am wrong?) and to find herself a guy.

If you have Generations installed, you can make a "Young Again" potion and have her drink it.  I don't know exactly how it works, but that should do the trick.  If you don't have Generations, then there's nothing you can do once they age up.

[hope_alive]

No, the only two games I have is the Sims3 and Pets.

I wasn't sure if Generations was part of sims 3 or not.

[MoMoll]

No, the only two games I have is the Sims3 and Pets.

I wasn't sure if Generations was part of sims 3 or not.

Yes, Generations is part of Sims 3 and my sim drinks the "Young Again" potion all the time. She's going to outlive the vampires, and while they get old, she'll always be in her 20's.

[hope_alive]

Ok need to get generations. XD

On that note, I wondered why there was young again potion for pets but not one for human sims. I know the answer now.

[Pam]

There's also a Young Again potion that can be purchased as a Lifetime Happiness Reward for Sims.  I think it requires Generations, as well.

[hope_alive]

I don't want to make another thread but, I have a question.

I tried to do the money cheat. The one that gives you over a mil of money.

I did everything right, but after I put the cheat in, my money was still at 6k. Why?

(I am getting a big family. A one room house isn't going to work. )

[Twinmum]

I don't want to make another thread but, I have a question.

but your question has nothing to do with relationships, so you should make a new thread. That way you are more likely to get help

[Hosfac]

I tried to do the money cheat. The one that gives you over a mil of money.

There's "kaching" which gives you $5,000, and then there's "motherlode" which gives you $50,000.  I know of no other money cheats except for the "familyfunds" cheat, which sets the household funds at a level you specify.

If that's the one you're talking about, then it's likely not working because you haven't yet activated the testing cheats.  Do this by opening up the cheat code console and typing "testingcheatsenabled true."  The proper format for the cheat, after you do that is "familyfunds [family name] [amount]"

The family name is not necessarily the last name of the family.  Go to edit town, and view the household from there.  Whatever comes up as the title of that household is the only thing the code will recognize.  For example, if I had a family with the last name "Smith," and the title of the household was "The Smiths," and I wanted them to have $500,000, the code would look like this:

familyfunds the smiths 500000

This would set the family funds of this household at exactly $500,000, regardless of what they had in there before.

And Twinmum is correct:  we would actually prefer that you make a new topic instead of dragging an existing thread off topic.  Once your problem has been fixed, it makes it much easier for others having the same problem to find those answers. 

[hope_alive]

Ok, thanks I will.