THE HORROR: The REAL TS3 Scoop As It Unfolds
Lorelei:
Quote from: BlueSoup on 2009 May 25, 08:45:13
Quote from: Lorelei on 2009 May 25, 08:31:42
You can buy books your Sim isn't leveled up enough to use, notably, recipes. AFAIK, they vanish. You waste your money.
Nah, they just won't show up in the reading list until they're at the proper level to learn the recipe. Then they're back in the menu for reading material.
Quote from: Lorelei on 2009 May 25, 08:31:42
If your Sim gets a craving, I haven't figured out how you can buy that food item at a rabbithole restaurant. I suspect you have to read / take classes / figure out ingredient lists for these items and make them at home.
You can click for them to go shopping at the grocery store, and then shop by recipe for whatever they want to eat.
Quote from: Lorelei on 2009 May 25, 08:31:42
There are few "macro"-like commands, as expected. For example, there is no "recycle all" option for old newspapers, so your Sim will trek back and forth and you must direct it to cleam each paper separately. On the other hand, "harvest" and "tend garden" seem to push Sims to harvest or tend all plants nearby.
For recycling and garbage I tend to just grab them and drag them to the trash can in live mode. I don't bother directing my Sims to throw them out anymore. Harvest, tend garden, weed and water garden are all macro-type commands and they'll keep going until every plant on the lot is done. If they need to go to the bathroom or eat badly while this is happening, that action will insert itself into the queue, then they'll go back to it.
Thanks for the corrections. It's less frustrating to know that I didn't waste my cash buying them originally, though I did "motherlode" and buy them again to see if they'd go away again. I will probably end up with two copies. Can Sims use the same books, or does each Sim need his/her own books?
I did see recipes in the grocery store, but, of course, my Sim was not cooking-skilled enough to see the recipes for or make the food she craved yet. That does make a weird kind of sense, now.
I suppose I need "moveobjects on" to drag and drop in live mode.
BlueSoup:
You'll end up with two copies, but each Sim needs their own copy since immediately after learning the recipe the book vanishes.
I don't think you need moveobjects on, but I'm not positive on that since I usually have it on. I think it's a default state though.
ETA: I actually forgot that in the skills journal under cooking, each recipe they've learned will show the ingredients necessary as well.
Inge:
Quote from: BlueSoup on 2009 May 25, 09:09:45
You'll end up with two copies, but each Sim needs their own copy since immediately after learning the recipe the book vanishes.
That seems silly and unrealistic. They should be able to put it on the shelves or give to another sim. Only if they borrowed it from the lending library should it vanish after use.
BlueSoup:
Quote from: Inge on 2009 May 25, 09:14:27
That seems silly and unrealistic. They should be able to put it on the shelves or give to another sim. Only if they borrowed it from the lending library should it vanish after use.
Then I guess we can hope for a hack from you to correct this? ;D Library books indeed never make it into their inventory.
GayJohnScarritt:
Quote from: JonaBullets on 2009 May 25, 05:22:09
Save yourself up 40,000 Life Points and buy the Collection Finder thing, or what ever it is.. you can then see all the seeds on the map... so yeah its hit-and-miss.
Yep, my starting sim grabbed that after her LTW was fullfilled, and thank goodness it's transferable to other sims.
Quote from: Lorelei on 2009 May 25, 09:07:16
I suppose I need "moveobjects on" to drag and drop in live mode.
Nope, you can just grab/drop papers/plates over to the road-side trash can, no cheats needed. The can will light up when the object is in the right place (like the fridge lights up when putting food/harvestables in).
Navigation
[0] Message Index
[#] Next page
[*] Previous page