THE HORROR: The REAL TS3 Scoop As It Unfolds
rufio:
Quote from: Crazetex on 2009 May 24, 17:13:22
rufio, part-time jobs don't really count for much of anything. Try the perk with a full-on career.
Does it work there? That is, can the sim basically never go to work and still get paid? Basically, I want my sim to be able to write novels all day but still get a smallish inflow of cash on days other than Sunday without having to actually do anything for it. If she has to go into a full-time job even occasionally, she won't have time to do what she really wants.
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Also, sim-made paintings actually tell you exactly how much their cost has appreciated!
Oh, that's cool, I guess. I'm actually more disappointed because I can't use a strategy I've used with poor sims in TS2 - invest the family funds in some expensive paintings, and then sell the paintings when they are needed. It improves environment, makes money, and keeps it from burning a hole in my pocket.
lostsoul:
So I think reading about other people's borks on here last night and feeling quite pleased with myself that I was relatively bug-free was just tempting fate. It was bork mania today. Basically, it was my child sim's birthday, so I made them throw her a party. That's when everything just seemed to go wrong. First off her dad exited the taxi just... completely invisible. You could see his plumbob moving around, and these random party blowers just popping up in midair, but apart from that he entirely invisible. Then I told the girl to blow out the candles on her birthday cake.
Four hours and two cakes later, she's still trying to blow out the fucking candles, all the guests have left, and her mother has a negative moodlet because the party was a flop due to no one aging up. Then every sim in the household (apart from the birthday girl, who was still busy with her candles and whose face had gone all deformed for some reason) just stood around not doing anything, no matter what I told them to do. The dad was STILL invisible. Eventually I just gave up and quit.
In other news, I like how careers work now, with it not being based entirely on skill points and number of friends anymore. I like the opportunity system too. It bugs me though how there's not really a lot of time outside of work for them to do anything else. The game being 'less focused on needs' now is a load of bullshit; it seems I spend most of my time now feeding them because the hunger need just goes down so fast. I'm not a fan of the story progression feature, I always preferred playing prosperity style rather than legacy style, and I just don't trust my sims not to mess everything up when I'm not playing them. I kinda feel a bit disconnected going back to them after playing another family because I just don't know what the hell they've been up to the last couple of sim days.
Rockermonkey:
^Try deleting the cache file in the documents in your computer for TS3. That should help next time you start up your game. Dang, this game is really buggy. Let's hope alot of the bugs are fixed by the final release. Oh, by the way. The reviewers copy is the same version as this one :) I heard it from a dude doing a live broadcast at justintv. :)
Seolaeria:
Quote from: vikitty on 2009 May 24, 17:11:06
Question for those playing the game: Is there any sort of tutorial family similar to the one that came with TS2?
No dedicated tutorial family. There is a menu option called "Lessons" where you can read about all the features - but there's no interactive tutorial. Also, during gameplay, messages will pop up in the upper right hand corner pointing you to a lesson related to something your Sim just did. You can turn the feature off if you don't want it bugging you.
FuzzySham:
I've got a bug, methinks. Someone already mentioned this problem before, but I couldn't find the respective post. (Yes, I did search.)
So perhaps someone already knows a workaround for this one: My children won't get the traits I selected for them on age-up (toddler to children). I'll probably have to point out that I've turned aging and story processing off and am keeping track of time via spread-sheet. As soon as someone in my household is due for birthday, I age him/her up using the birthday cake or by forced age transtition (with testing cheats enabled). So, I get to pick a third trait for my children (because my sims are mostly wuvly parents), but it is never displayed nor are the children showing any appropriate behaviour.
I haven't tested this with teens so far, but it worked as intended on birth. Only toddler to child birthdays seem borked.
Any tips, pretty please?
Fake Edit: There is a tutorial. I remember getting angry about fitting some random couch into a already stuffed house because the tutorial told me to, despite the fact that the family already owned a fuckin' couch!
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