There really was no one in the chair. I checked.

Ew.

Also, wouldn't that fry the laptop?

So *has* anyone actually found any difference between the RLD and RZR versions? I suppose I'll have to upgrade eventually anyway for patching reasons, but the RLD version is running fine on here.

Far as I can tell, there's fewer. No clothing store means no changing booths, so that one's gone. Basically the only things left that Sims were able to woohoo in in TS2 are beds and cars, and I haven't tried the cars yet.

Yep, that's what I meant. Fail Maids are fail.

One of the tips on the loading screens mentions being careful about hired help, because some of them don't do their jobs properly. Maids as the new nannies is apparently a feature.

On that note, I like that grumpy Sims have the option to troll forums, and the robofish is pretty cool. Note to self: Have Jocasta fish for a bit after she harvests the Omniplant.

Edit after looking at the rest of Zazazu's screens: I didn't even think of using the sprinkler on plants! I thought it was for kids to play in. Oops.

How do we get ghosts playable again? I tried putting the tombstone in Agnes's inventory and clicking on the science center. No option to "resurrect" came up.

The mine's not a community lot, and neither is the Stonehenge thing. They're basically just neighborhood deco. They do show up on the map though.

I found a diamond and a couple chunks of metal in the graveyard, and there's a chance of finding a diamond when exploring the catacombs, so check that out too.

The Death Flower bush is in the graveyard- it'll die after you harvest it though.

Hadn't even heard of the Life Tree. I'll have to go look for that.

Clicking on most objects in the inventory shows their sell value. I haven't really paid attention to whether that works with items in stacks.

Should I feel bad for kind of enjoying TS3 despite myself? 

Heh, English is a tricky language even for native speakers sometimes.

Mr. Snooley, please Quit randomly capitalizing Words. It's becoming Quite Irritating.

Why do books cost so damn much? A normal book, one that doesn't even teach your Sim anything, should NOT cost more than, say, a birthday cake, let alone a bike.

If it's by traits, Bella shouldn't have been firedancing- she's Brave. Then again, she's also a 6, maybe that has something to do with it?

My computer's a two-year-old ASUS G1 and it's running the game well.

Oh, you meant fertilize plants with cheese and eggs, not grow cheese and egg plants. Okay.

One of my neurotic Sims rolled "wash hands 3 times." OCD ahoy!

Cowardly Sims don't really seem to have a huge problem with being sent into the graveyard to collect rocks at night. Well, okay, Jocasta did faint when she saw a ghost, but then went right on to happily chat with him about her fishing exploits. 

Putting cheese out in the garden doesn't give my Sim the option to plant it. Were you joking, confused, or does she need higher Gardening skill?

Check the graveyard if you're hunting down new plants- there should be a Death Flower bush somewhere around there.

Yeah, you can find seeds or plant fruits and vegetables. Also, when Jocasta Bachelor gained her first point of gardening skill it automatically gave her a few apple, tomato and grape seeds, but I don't know if that occurs for all families.

Well, okay, they're just at Friend status but I still expected a plain kiss to be available by now.

How'd you get them to be able to kiss? I have a pair of sims up to "Y thinks X is very alluring" and they can woohoo all they like, but unless they're cuddling in bed (or presumably on the couch) the option to kiss is nowhere to be found.

rufio: I think they can? I'll have to test further.

Zazazu: More EAxis borkedness?


Heh. I'm actually kind of having fun- I guess because it's different, but Sims 2 is really better in a lot of ways.

A couple of random "why"s:

Why do children have their own cell phones?

Do all females get a positive moodlet for being pregnant? That just doesn't sit right with me. For one thing, the third trimester just seems like it'd be too damn uncomfortable to make someone auto-happy. (then again, I say that as someone who doesn't have and doesn't want kids- what do I know, right?)

Why so many damn rabbit holes? The jobs, I can understand, no one really wants to watch their Sim sit at a cubicle. But restaurants and stores were fully playable community lots in the previous games. Is it just laziness that made them do it this way? (Probably.)


TashaYarr- yeah, instead of Will Wright they've got Rod Humble. actually, this may have been the case for a while, I'm not entirely sure.