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|          The Sims              |
|       FAQ/Walkthrough          |
|  By dwarfman1990 (Nick Comber) |
|         Version 1.01           |
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CONTENTS
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1. Introduction
a) Game Specification
2. Game Modes
a) Get a Life
b) Play The Sims
c) Options
d) Bonuses
e) Credits
3. Get A Life Walkthrough
a) Creating Your Sim
b) Level 1: Dream House
c) Level 2: Money From Mum
d) Level 3: Reality Bites
e) Level 4: Party Animals
f) Level 5: Hot To Trot
g) Level 6: Who Loves Ya Baby
h) Level 7: The Last Simolen
4. Career Paths
a) Military
b) Slacker
c) X-Treme
d) Entertainment
e) Musician
f) Life of Crime
5. Play The Sims
a) Creating a Neighbourhood
b) Creating a Family
c) Building a House - Basics
d) Living Your Life
6. Multiplayer
a) Co-operative Games
b) Unlockable Mini Games
7. Items
a) Full Item List
b) Unlockable Items
c) Using Items Effectively
8. Cheating
a) Cheat Codes
b) Action Replay/Gameshark Codes
9. Miscellanous
a) Recommendations For Building a House
b) Funny Things To Do
10. Outro and Thanks
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INTRODUCTION
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Welcome to my third FAQ, and my biggest yet, for The Sims. Please note that
this guide is for the PS2 version of the game, and not the PC version. If you
are just looking for one specific part of this FAQ all you have to do is press
Ctrl+F and then type in the title of the part you want to see from the
contents. Enjoy reading this FAQ and I hope it helps you!
Game Specification
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Game Name: The Sims
Creators: EA Games and Maxis
System: Playstation 2
Players: 1-2
Analog Control: Compatible
Vibration Function: Compatible
Memory Card Capacity: 1593KB minimum
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GAME MODES
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This section tells you about what all the different game modes are and what
they allow you to do.
Get A Life
----------
This starts the story game of The Sims, where you create yourself as a Sim and
play in a story with 7 levels to complete. See the 'Get a Life Walkthrough'
section for a full guide on this mode.
Play The Sims
-------------
This allows you to start an open-ended game like what you do on the PC version
of this game. You can start you own neighbourhood, create your own family and
create your own house.
Options
-------
This allows you to configure The Sims to your every desire. Below is a list of
what options does what:
Free Will - Choose whether your sims will do things on their own or whether
you have to tell them everything they do. Turn ON or OFF.
Controller Vibration - Choose if you want your controller to vibrate when
certain things happen in the game. Turn ON or OFF.
Auto Center - Choose whether you want the game to automatically centre the
screen for you. Turn ON or OFF.
Sound Effects Volume - Choose how loud you want the sound effects to be in the
game. Choose from 1-10.
Music Volume - Choose how loud you want the music to be in the game. Choose
from 1-10.
Screen Adjust - Adjust the placement of the screen manually.
Bonuses
-------
This will bring you to the menu for where you can play the mini-multiplayer
games. Note that the bonus games are unlockable, please see my 'Multiplayer'
section for an explanation of all the multiplayer games and how to unlock
them.
Credits
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Displays the names of all the wonderful people who helped make The Sims.
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GET A LIFE WALKTHROUGH
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This is, for the most part, the most important part of this FAQ. This is a
complete, in-depth walkthrough to the Get A Life mode, which is the story mode
in The Sims.
Creating Your Sim
-----------------
The first screen you will come to after clicking on the 'Get a Life' button is
the screen in which you will create your sim. You can edit everything about
your sim, below is a list of exactly what you can edit:
Family Name - Before you do anything, you must put in the surname of your sim.
Personal - You can edit your sim's first name, gender, and his/her personality
points. Please look im the next section about Personality Points.
Body - Edit your sim's skin tone, body type (thin, normal or fat), what shirt
they where and what colour it is, what they were on their legs and what
colour that is and what shoes (if any) they where and what colour they
are.
Head - Edit your sim's face style, hairstyle and hat type and the colour of
that, facial hair (if any) and the colour of that, eye colour and
accessories (glasses or earrings and necklaces).
Then click on done when you are finished creating your sim. Now your life can
begin!
Note - To find out the choices when creating a child sim, look at the 'Play
The Sims' section of this guide.
Level 1: Dream House
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DIFFICULTY - Very Easy
GOALS - None
After creating your sim you are taken to a massive house with lots of
expensive accessories. This is your chance to get to know the controls a bit
better. You can 'Use' an item by hovering over it and clicking on the X
button. After about 5 seconds you get a message that comes up which is your
sim wondering where the hell he is. Click X after you have read this message.
Straight afterwards, in a flurry of smoke, a hot woman appears right in front
of you. Then, for no apparent reason, you kiss. Your sim must know the woman
because he says 'Roxy, what are you doing here?' straight after the kiss. Roxy
then walks over to the hot tub and gets in. After about 10 seconds, Roxy
invites you to join her in the hot tub. When you get in, the level is
completed. But remember, you don't have to get in the tub straight away,
explore a bit, as you might not see any of the items in this house for a long
time.
Level 2: Money From Mom
-----------------------
DIFFICULTY - Easy
GOALS - Borrow $800 from Mom
Cook dinner without starting a fire
Fix the TV
Get A Job
After being in this massive house, you are woken up to what is more like a
slum rather than a house by your mum, it was all a dream! This is your first
proper level on The Sims. You main goal is to borrow $800 from your mum so you
can move out on your own. The first thing your mum does is break the TV, so
that is another goal for you to accomplish. You also may have noticed that you
have another goal other than getting the money from Mom, that is to cook a
dinner without starting a fire. OK, we'll start with fixing the TV. First, you
will need to study mechanical (just click on the bookcase, and select the
appropriate option) until you have 1 bar filled (hold the left directional
button to see how many bars you have in each skill). Now you are skilled
enough to fix the TV. It does take a while to fix the TV because you are so
unskilled but you can do it with only 1 bar. Next, let's cook dinner without
starting a fire. First, go to the bookcase a select 'Study Cooking'. Again,
study until you have 1 bar. Now you will definitely be able to cook once
without starting a fire. Go to the fridge and select 'Serve Lunch'. You sim
will now automatically take the food out of the fridge and cook it on the
oven. Now you have completed 2 out of 3 goals. Your next goal is the main one,
borrowing the money from your mum. The way to do this is to keep talking to
Mom until your relationship is over 50 (hold the right directional button to
view relationship statistics. Then compliment her a couple of times, then
select 'Borrow Money'. She will give you $100 everytime you ask her, so you
will have to ask 8 times to have enough money. Beware though, Mom will not
give you any money if she is in a bad mood, so make sure all of her mood bars
have at least a quarter green (hold the up directional button to view the mood
bars). After the eighth time, you will get a message saying that you have
enough money to move out, and then you will get another goal, 'Get A Job'.
To do this, you must simply go to the paper that is waiting for you outside,
and select 'Find A Job'. You will be shown a list of possible jobs you can
take, simply press X when you see the one that most appeals to you, and there
you have it, you have finished level 2!
Level 3: Reality Bites
----------------------
DIFFICULTY - Quite Easy
GOALS - Clean the place up
Fix the broken stuff
Get promoted to level 2
Get promoted to level 3
Increase house value from $34,561 to $35,711
This is the first level in the game that is going to take you some time.
After completing level 2, Mom recommends that you go and see a guy called Mr
Landgrabb to pay what she has lent you in rent to him for a house. You then
find yourself talking to a strange ginger haired person called Dudley outside
your new pad. He tells you that he will let you live in the house for free if
you can clean it up. He said that it was in such a state because he had too
many parties in there. So the first thing you should do is start clearing
things up. There is a lot of rubbish around, so this will take you about a day.
The next goal to work on should be fixing all of the broken stuff. I think that
the only stuff that is broken is the computer and the coffee machine, but I am
not sure. To fix the broken stuff you should have at least 1 mechanical point,
preferably 2. After fixing the broken stuff you need to get promoted. To do
this, all you have to do is press D-Pad left and looking at that menu, you have
to work on the points that are coloured in yellow. You can work on points by
buying something that will increase that certain skill (for example the
benchpress machine if you need to work on your 'body' skill). Once you are
promoted to level 2, you must then do the same method again because you need
to get promoted to level 3. The next goal is the one that is going to cost you
a bit, you must increase the house value by $1,150. All you have to do is buy
an item that costs equal or more than that amount. This will nearly wipe out
your finances. Anyway, after doing that you will have completed the level and
you will move out into Dudley's house! Well done!
Level 4: Party Animals
----------------------
DIFFICULTY - Very Hard
GOALS - Get promoted to level 4
Get promoted to level 5
Increase house value from $53,180 to $54,680
Throw a raging party
Move a with one of Dudley's friends at a party
For some reason this is one of the hardest levels in the game, and it is right
in the middle of the game! You are now in a house with Dudley and you can
control Dudley aswell. Don't bother doing anything with Dudley, just make sure
you send him to work on time every day. Dudley never does any housework so you
will either need to do it all yourself or hire a maid. OK, the first thing you
should work on is getting promoted to level 4 and level 5, again you just need
to work on the skill level coloured in yellow. Now you have to buy an item that
is worth $1,500 or above to increase the house value. Now tha hard bit comes
in, you have to throw a party that is 'raging'. This can be very hard to do.
To make a party raging you must first of all get loads of people over. Then you
should get Dudley to cook loads of burgers on the barbecue (about 3 plates),
then you should buy 2 hot tubs when you have the money. And last of all, you
should have a stereo in the garden playing out music. You will know if your
party is raging because one of the guests will tell you so. The hard thing
about it though is that nearly all of the time, before you party is raging the
police will come and close it down and all the guests will leave, you just have
to be lucky. The last goal is a pretty easy one if you do manage to throw a
raging party. You have to move out with one of the party guests. To do this,
simply pick someone that you quite like, and keep on talking to them and
complimenting them until they are in love with you (relationship is over +80).
Then all you have to do is select 'Ask to be room mate' and, if you party is
raging, they will move out with you and you will have completed the level! Well
done!
Level 5: Hot To Trot
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DIFFICULTY - Very Hard
GOALS - Get promoted to level 6
Get promoted to level 7
Increase house value from $46,050 to $48,050
Throw a raging party
Try to 'score' with a party guest
This level is pretty much the same as the last one, the only differences are
that you are getting promoted to levels 6 and 7, you have to buy an item worth
$2,000 or more and after throwing another raging party you are trying to
'score' with a party guest. To do this find someone you like of the opposite
sex and make them fall in love with you (relationship over +80), then press
'Score With', and if it is a raging party this will work and you will get
married right there and you will have completed the level and you and your new
wife will move in together.
Level 6: Who Loves Ya Baby
--------------------------
DIFFICULTY - Hard
GOALS - Get promoted to level 8
Get promoted to level 9
Increase house value from $69,404 to $73,404
Have 2 babies
Keep children in school
This level does not involve throwing raging parties so I actually think it is
slightly easier than the last 2 levels. You are now in a house with your new
wife. Don't get your wife a job because she is needed later on in this level.
OK, the first thing you should do is get promoted to level 8 and 9 by again
fufilling the yellow skill points. Then buy an item worth $4,000 or above to
increase the house value. Next the hard part comes in. 2 babies will appear and
you have to look after them and raise them into children. This is where your
wife comes in handy. The babies will need a lot of attention, they will
probably cry every 3 hours. So, build another room in your house with a bed,
a fridge, a toilet and a computer. Put your wife and the babies in that room so
that your sim isn't being woke up all the time so he isn't late for work and so
that when your baby does need attention the wife can do it immediately because
she will have everything that she needs to live in that room. After a while
your babies will grow into children. All you now have to do is keep them in
school. To do this, simply keep their grade at B or above by studying a little
bit every night. Then you have completed the penultimate level of The Sims!
Well done!
Level 7: The Last Simoleon
-------------------------
DIFFICULTY - Extreme
GOALS - Get promoted to level 10
Send children to prep school
Buy a yacht
Throw a raging party
Well done, you have made it all the way to the last level of The Sims! OK, the
first thing you should do in this level is get your final promotion, to level
10, by again fufilling the skill points in yellow. Then you have to send your
kids to prep school, this is easy. All you have to do is get them a computer
each and get them to study for a few hours each night. They will be sent to
prep school when they have an A+ grade. It will cost $3,000 to send both of
them but you should have enough money to cover that by now. Then you have to
buy a yacht, this will cost $20,000, but again you should have enough to cover
the cost for that. Now you have to throw one last raging party. You need to
have a lot of friends round to make this one succeed. Once the party is raging,
you have completed the level, and you get a really cool ending sequence which
I won't spoil the surprise of.
You have now completed 'Get A Life' mode on The Sims, well done!!!
I hope this guide helped you!
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CAREER PATHS
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This section will give you a description of every career path you can possibly
follow in The Sims, it will also tell you all the stages of promotion and the
pay in this stages. Remember that is career path has 10 jobs which you can get
promoted to, for each promotion you will have to work on a certain skill. Hold
the left d-pad button to see what skills you currently have. The bars that are
coloured yellow are the ones that you need to fufill. Also, for some promotions
you need to make a certain amount of friends to be able to get the promotion.
You can view how many friends you need for the next promotion against the
number of friends you already have on the same screen as your skills.
Military
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Level 1: Recruit
Pay Per Day: $250
Work Time: 6:00am - midday
Level 2: Elite Forces
Pay Per Day: $325
Work Time: 7:00am - 1:00pm
To Be Promoted: Points - 2 body
Level 3: Drill Instructor
Pay Per Day: $400
Work Time: 8:00am - 2:00pm
To Be Promoted: 1 mechanical, 2 charisma
Level 4: Junior Officer
Pay Per Day: $450
Work Time: 9:00am - 3:00pm
To Be Promoted: 2 body, 1 cooking
Level 5: Counter Intelligence
Pay Per Day: $500
Work Time: 9:00am - 3:00pm
To Be Promoted: 1 mechanical, 1 logic, 2 charisma
Level 6: Flight Officer
Pay Per Day: $550
Work Time: 9:00am - 3:00pm
To Be Promoted: 1 mechanical, 1 body, 2 logic, 1 friend
Level 7: Senior Officer
Pay Per Day: $580
Work Time: 9:00am - 3:00pm
To Be Promoted: 3 mechanical, 2 logic, 1 charisma, 1 friend
Level 8: Commander
Pay Per Day: $600
Work Time: 9:00am - 3:00pm
To Be Promoted: 3 mechanical, 3 body, 1 logic, 1 friend
Level 9: Astronaut
Pay Per Day: $625
Work Time: 9:00am - 3:00pm
To Be Promoted: 1 mechanical, 2 body, 3 logic, 2 charisma
Level 10: General
Pay Per Day: $650
Work Time: 9:00am - 3:00pm
Slacker
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Level 1: Golf Caddy
Pay Per Day: $90
Work Time: 5:00am - 10:00am
Level 2: Convenience Store Clerk
Pay Per Day: $110
Work Time: 10:00pm - 3:00am
To Be Promoted: 2 body
Level 3: Lifeguard
Pay Per Day: $150
Work Time: 9:00am - 3:00pm
To Be Promoted: 2 charisma, 1 friend
Level 4: Record Store Clerk
Pay Per Day: $180
Work Time: Midday - 5:00pm
To Be Promoted: 2 charisma, 1 friend
Level 5: Party DJ
Pay Per Day: $220
Work Time: 11:00pm - 4:00am
To Be Promoted: 3 mechanical, 1 friend
Level 6: Projectionist
Pay Per Day: $280
Work Time: 6:00pm - 1:00am
To Be Promoted: 2 mechanical, 1 friend
Level 7: Video Editor
Pay Per Day: $350
Work Time: Midday - 6:00pm
To Be Promoted: 1 body, 3 charisma, 1 friend
Level 8: Freelance Photographer
Pay Per Day: $400
Work Time:
To Be Promoted: 3 body, 1 charisma
Level 9: Personal Tour Guide
Pay Per Day: $450
Work Time: 2:00pm - 7:00pm
To Be Promoted: 3 body, 1 charisma
Level 10: Professional Party Guest
Pay Per Day: $600
Work Time: 10:00pm - 2:00am
X-Treme
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Level 1: Daredevil
Pay Per Day: $175
Work Time: 9:00am - 3:00pm
Level 2: Bungee Jump Instructor
Pay Per Day: $250
Work Time: 9:00am - 3:00pm
To be Promoted: 2 body
Level 3: Whitewater Guide
Pay Per Day: $325
Work Time: 9:00am - 3:00pm
To Be Promoted: 1 mechanical, 2 body, 1 friend
Level 4: Xtreme Circuit Pro
Pay Per Day: $400
Work Time: 9:00am - 3:00pm
To Be Promoted: 1 logic, 1 mechanical, 1 friend
Level 5: Bush Pilot
Pay Per Day: $475
Work Time: 9:00am - 3:00pm
To Be Promoted: 2 body, 2 mechanical, 1 friend
Level 6: Mountain Climber
Pay Per Day: $550
Work Time: 9:00am - 3:00pm
To Be Promoted: 1 mechanical, 3 creative, 2 charisma, 1 friend
Level 7: Photojournalist
Pay Per Day: $650
Work Time: 9:00am - 3:00pm
To Be Promoted: 1 mechanical, 1 creative, 1 body, 2 logic, 1 charisma, 1 friend
Level 8: Treasure Hunter
Pay Per Day: $725
Work Time: 10:00am - 5:00pm
To Be Promoted: 3 creative, 2 logic, 2 charisma, 1 friend
Level 9: Grand Prix Driver
Pay Per Day: $825
Work Time: 10:00am - 4:00pm
To be promoted: 2 creative, 1 body, 1 logic, 3 charisma, 1 friend
Level 10: International Spy
Pay Per Day: $925
Work Time: 11:00am - 5:00pm
Entertainment
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Level 1: Waitress
Pay Per Day: $100
Work Time: 9:00am - 3:00pm
Level 2: Extra
Pay Per Day: $150
Work Time: 9:00am - 3:00pm
To Be Promoted: 2 charisma
Level 3: Bit Player
Pay Per Day: $200
Work Time: 9:00am - 3:00pm
To Be Promoted: 2 body, 1 friend
Level 4: Stunt Double
Pay Per Day: $275
Work Time: 9:00am - 4:00pm
To Be Promoted: 1 creative, 1 body, 1 charisma, 1 friend
Level 5: B-Movie Star
Pay Per Day: $375
Work Time: 10:00am - 5:00pm
To Be Promoted: 1 mechanical, 1 creative, 1 body, 1 charisma, 1 friend
Level 6: Supporting Player
Pay Per Day: $500
Work Time: 10:00am - 6:00pm
To Be Promoted: 1 creative, 1 body, 2 charisma, 1 friend
Level 7: TV Star
Pay Per Day: $650
Work Time: 10:00am - 6:00pm
To Be Promoted: 1 mechanical, 1 creative, 1 body, 3 charisma, 1 friend
Level 8: Feature Star
Pay Per Day: $900
Work Time: 5:00pm - 1:00am
To Be Promoted: 3 creative, 1 body, 1 charisma, 1 friend
Level 9: Broadway Star
Pay Per Day: $1,100
Work Time: 10:00am - 5:00pm
To Be Promoted: 3 creative, 1 body, 2 charisma, 1 friend
Level 10: Superstar
Pay Per Day: $1,400
Work Time: 10:00am - 3:00pm
Musician
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Level 1: Subway Musician
Pay Per Day: $90
Work Time: 3:00pm - 8:00pm
Level 2: Piano Tuner
Pay Per Day: $120
Work Time: 9:00am - 4:00pm
To Be Promoted: 2 creative
Level 3: Wedding Singer
Pay Per Day: $190
Work Time: 9:00am - 3:00pm
To Be Promoted: 1 creative, 1 friend
Level 4: Lounge Singer
Pay Per Day: $250
Work Time: 8:00pm - 4:00am
To Be Promoted: 1 creative, 2 mechanical
Level 5: High School Band Teacher
Pay Per Day: $325
Work Time: 7:00am - 2:00pm
To Be Promoted: 3 mechanical, 1 creative, 1 friend
Level 6: Roadie
Pay Per Day: $400
Work Time: 11:00am - 8:00pm
To Be Promoted: 4 body, 1 creative, 2 friends
Level 7: Backup Musician
Pay Per Day: $550
Work Time: Midday - 9:00pm
To Be Promoted: 2 charisma, 1 body, 1 creative, 1 friend
Level 8: Studio Musician
Pay Per Day: $700
Work Time: 11:00am - 6:00pm
To Be Promoted: 1 creative, 2 body, 5 charisma, 1 friend
Level 9: Rockstar
Pay Per Day: $1,100
Work Time:
To Be Promoted: 2 creative, 4 logic, 3 charisma, 1 friend
Level 10: Celebrity Activist
Pay Per Day: $1,400
Work Time: 10:00am - 3:00pm
Life of Crime
-------------
Please note that this career path is unlockable. To unlock it, you must capture
a criminal in 'Get a Life' mode.
Level 1: Pickpocket
Pay Per Day: $140
Work Time: 9:00am - 3:00pm
Level 2: Bagman
Pay Per Day: $200
Work Time: 10:00pm - 7:00am
To Be Promoted: 2 body
Level 3: Bookie
Pay Per Day: $275
Work Time: Midday - 7:00pm
To Be Promoted: 1 creative, 1 charisma, 1 friend
Level 4: Con Artist
Pay Per Day: $350
Work Time: 9:00am - 3:00pm
To Be Promoted: 2 mechanical, 1 creative
Level 5: Gateway Driver
Pay Per Day: $425
Work Time: 5:00pm - 1:00am
To Be Promoted: 1 mechanical, 1 body, 1 logic, 1 charisma, 1 friend
Level 6: Bank Robber
Pay Per Day: $530
Work Time: 3:00pm - 11:00pm
To Be Promoted: 1 creative, 2 body, 1 logic, 1 friend
Level 7: Cat Burglar
Pay Per Day: $640
Work Time: 9:00pm - 3:00am
To Be Promoted: 2 mechanical, 2 creative, 1 logic, 1 friend
Level 8: Counterfeiter
Pay Per Day: $760
Work Time: 9:00pm - 3:00am
To Be Promoted: 1 creative, 1 body, 3 charisma, 1 friend
Level 9: Smuggler
Pay Per Day: $900
Work Time: 9:00pm - 3:00am
To Be Promoted: 2 creative, 2 charisma, 1 friend
Level 10: Criminal Mastermind
Pay Per Day: $1,100
Work Time: 6:00pm - Midnight
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PLAY THE SIMS
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This section covers everything to do with the other main mode, 'Play The Sims'.
This mode is the open-ended gameplay mode, like what you do on the PC version
of The Sims.
Creating A Neighbourhood
------------------------
As soon as you click on the Play The Sims button for the first time, you will
have to create a new neighbourhood. You are then taken to a screen where you
have to enter the name you want to give to your neighbourhood. After doing this
you are taken to your neighbourhood. This consists of 8 houses, but 3 of these
houses are automatically inhabited by computer made families and houses. But
you can delete this families and houses and create you own.
Creating a Family
-----------------
The first thing you will want to do after creating your neighbourhood is
creating your first family. To do this press circle (O) from your neighbourhood
and you will be taken to the list of families who don't currently live anywhere
in you neighbourhood, there are 2 computer created families on this menu, but
you can delete them, just highlight them and press circle to delete them. To
begin creating your family all you have to do is highlight 'Create New Family'
on this screen and press circle. You are then taken to the screen where you
must enter the surname of your family. Once you have entered the surname you
are taken to the main family screen, this is the screen where you can create
new family members or edit or delete existing family members. Just highlight
'New' and press X to go to the screen to create a new sim. To find out how to
create a sim please refer to my 'Creating Your Sim' section earlier in this
guide. You can create up to 4 family members and when you are finished
highlight 'Done' and press X. The family that you have just created will now be
added to the family list.
Building a House - Basics
-------------------------
After creating a family you will want to move them into a house. To do this, on
the neighbourhood screen press left or right on the d-pad until you have found
an empty lot. Next press 'Move in Family', you will then be taken to the family
list where you can select which family you want to put in the house. Once
doing this, press 'Enter House'. You will now be taken to your house and you
will be asked if you want the help system to be on or not. If you are not
familiar with the game, make sure you press X to select 'Yes' to this question.
After doing this, immediately press start to go to the pause menu. Now select
'Build' to begin building your house! You are now shown a vertical menu with
lots of symbols representing different types of items, these symbols are pretty
easy to figure out so I won't go into detail about them. The first thing you
should do is put the walls up in the house, so select the 'Wall Tool'. Now to
build a wall hold down X and drag the wall in the direction that you want to.
Once you have made you walls you should now choose the wall decoration and the
type of flooring you want. Next put the doors in. Then put the windows in, but
note that you must put plenty of windows in because for some reason your sims
get really depressed if there are note many windows, so put at least 1 window
for every 4 pieces of wall. Next you should put your plants in where you want
them, then if you want to (and if you can afford to), put a fireplace and a
swimming pool in. Now you have finished building the basic parts of your house
and it is now time to move on to putting the items in. To do this select 'Buy'
from the pause menu and then select what items you want. For a full description
of every item in the game look at the 'Items' section of this guide.
Living Your Life
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Now you have finished building your house you are now ready to begin living
your life! The more family members you have created, the harder it will be
because you have got to control so many people. Remember that after creating
your house you will probably be skint (that's if you didn't cheat), so you will
definitely need to send the adult(s) in your family out to work to pay the
bills. Another thing you absolutely must do is have one person have at least 3
cooking points, so you won't be starting any fires. And also, if you have more
than 1 family member, make sure you select 'Serve Breakfast/Lunch/Dinner',
because that will mean you will make 4 meals on 1 plate. If you have people in
your family who are quite messy, make sure you hire a maid because they are
very cheap and definitely worth it. And the last but most important thing to
remember, never get your sims to try to fix something with no mechanical
points, as there is a pretty good chance that they will die. And that's all you
need to know for your sims to live a happy life!
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MULTIPLAYER
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One of the very few differences to the PC version of The Sims is that you can
play with 2 players. There are 2 ways in which you can play with 2 players on
The Sims. One way is playing a 'Co-operative Game' and another way is playing
specially made 'Multiplayer Games'. Both of these modes are described in this
section.
Co-operative Games
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This type of multiplayer game is used in the 'Play The Sims' mode. To be able
to do this, you must first have a family of at least 2 people living in a
house in 'Play The Sims' mode. You should enter this house, and then the person
with the player 2 controller should press start. This will then put him in the
game as the other person or one of the other people, so now 2 players can play
the open ended game co-operatively.
Unlockable Mini Games
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These are small 2 player games that pit you and the other player head to head
to accomplish a certain goal, with the first player to reach this goal being
declared the winner. Please note that these games are unlockable and for a list
of all the unlockable things and how to unlock them see the 'Unlockables'
section of this guide. Below is a list of all the mini games in The Sims:
Museum: In this game you have 10 minutes to get as much money as possible from
the 'inspectors' that will be in the museum with you. The way to do this is to
get the inspectors to fall in love with you and then ask them for some money.
The person with the most money at the end of the 10 minutes is declared the
winner.
The Frat House: This game is simple enough, there is you, your opponent and
lots of other people in the house, and the first one to make 3 friends is the
winner. The only catch is that you and your opponent can spread rumours about
each other, and if the person believes the rumours, they will stay away from
the person of whom the rumours are being spread about.
Taylor's Place: Plain and simple, again you are with lots of other people but
this time you have to fall in love with as many as possible, and you can't
spread rumours. Another thing about this one is that a computer controlled
person can only be in love with one person, either you or your opponent.
Club Abih: Exactly the same as Taylor's Place.
The Maid's House: You and your opponent each have one half of a room, which is
very messy, so you have to clean it. The person who's half is cleaner by the
time the maid comes back is the winner. The catch is that neighbours come in
and mess up the house while you are cleaning. Another thing is that the maid's
child is in the house aswell and if you keep the child happy the maid will
give you some more 'winning hearts'.
The Handyman's House: Exactly the same as The Maid's House but with a handyman
instead of a maid.
The Park: The first person to fill themselves up with food is the winner. You
can get food by grilling your own, begging other people for food or stealing
food from other people. The only catch is that people come and steal your food
from time to time so it is quite hard to fill yourself up.
Party Motel: Exactly the same as The Frat House except that you have to fall
in love with 3 people rather than just becoming friends with 3 people.
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ITEMS
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This is the biggest section in this guide. In this section is a list of every
item in the game, its price and a description. And later on in this section is
my guide on how to use items effectively.
Full Item List
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Because this section is so big I have divided all the items into the categories
that they are put into in the game. There are 16 sections in total. Below are a
list of all the sections. To find a specific section of items just press Ctrl+F
and type in the section of items that you are looking for from the list below:
Section 1: Building Equipment
Section 2: Wallpapers
Section 3: Flooring
Section 4: Doors
Section 5: Windows
Section 6: Fireplaces
Section 7: Plants, Bushes and Trees
Section 8: Swimming Pools
Section 9: Beds, Chairs and Sofas
Section 10: Tables and Counters
Section 11: Artistic Items
Section 12: Electronic Items
Section 13: Kitchen Appliances
Section 14: Bathroom Items / Hot Tubs
Section 15: Lighting
Section 16: Other Items
Section 1: Building Equipment
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#1
Item - Wall Tool
Cost - $70
Description - A requirement for all houses, this creates a block of wall. Hold
X and drag to make a longer wall.
#2
Item - Picket Fence
Cost - $10
Description - A pretty white fence used for gardens.
#3
Item - Connecting Iron Fence
Cost - $45
Description - Looks like the picket fence, but it is black.
#4
Item - Wrought Iron Balustrade
Cost - $100
Description - A rather overpriced and ugly looking garden fence.
Section 2: Wallpapers
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#5
Item - Dry Wall
Cost - $0
Description - The original texture of the wall when you first buy it.
#6
Item - "Cerebralic" Wallpaper
Cost - $4
Description - Plain light grey wallpaper, how boring.
#7
Item - "Placentonic" Wallpaper
Cost - $4
Description - Green wallpaper with a dark green border at the bottom.
#8
Item - "Harvestic" Wallpaper
Cost - $4
Description - Ugly yellow and brown wallpaper.
#9
Item - "Oceanic" Wallpaper
Cost - $4
Description - Blue and purple mosaic style wallpaper. Use this if you are on a
tight budget and need a decoration for your bathroom.
#10
Item - "Peaches 'n' Cream" Sponge Paint
Cost - $4
Description - Light brown wallpaper, could be used in a bedroom.
#11
Item - "Westchester Ecru" Wallpaper
Cost - $4
Description - Horrid brown wallpaper with diamond patterns.
#12
Item - Robin's Egg Blue Paint with Border
Cost - $4
Description - Contrary to the title, this is actually a violet wallpaper with
a white and turquoise border at the bottom. Ideal for a woman's
bedroom or a lounge.
#13
Item - "Rest in Peace" Wall Treatment
Cost - $5
Description - A blue wallpaper with a strange not nice looking pattern. This is
the sort of wallpaper you see at your gran's house.
#14
Item - "Claire de Lune" Swirled Plaster
Cost - $5
Description - Turquoise swirly wallpaper, looks good in a bedroom.
#15
Item - "Shooting Stars" Wallpaper
Cost - $5
Description - Yellow wallpaper with various patterns on. Looks nice in a child
or baby's room.
#16
Item - "Paradise Found" Wallpaper
Cost - $6
Description - Light blue wallpaper with a dark blue wallpaper and with palm
tree patterns on it. Looks nice in a lounge or bedroom.
#17
Item - "Mountain Fog" Wall Treatment
Cost - $6
Description - Beige on the top half and white tiles on the bottom half. Ideal
for a kitchen or bathroom.
#18
Item - "Supperclub" Walnut Paneling
Cost - $6
Description - Cool looking wooden paneling, looks good just about anywhere but
a bathroom.
#19
Item - "Too Turquoise" Wall Treatment
Cost - $6
Description - Plain turquoise on the top half, mosaic style turquoise tiles on
the bottom half. This is the best wall decor you can get for
bathrooms.
#20
Item - "Settler's Fashion" Wall Treatment
Cost - $7
Description - Blue and white chequered wall covering with wooden panels at the
bottom. This is the best wall decor you can get for kitchens.
#21
Item - "Rustic Memories" Wall Decor
Cost - $7
Description - Blue and dark blue striped wallpaper. Looks disgusting and is a
rip-off, it should be down with the ones at $4.
#22
Item - Ramshackle Wood Shingles
Cost - $7
Description - 1 of the 4 outdoor wall coverings. This is a mouldy wood
covering. If you want your house to look like an old shed from
the outside, then buy this.
#23
Item - "Passaic" Aluminium Sliding
Cost - $7
Description - 1 of the 4 outdoor wall coverings. This is a modern looking
shiny aluminium covering. Choose this if you don't want to have
bricks on the outside of your house but you still want it to look
nice.
#24
Item - Bovine Wall Treatment
Cost - $8
Description - Red wallpaper with a cow textured border at the bottom. Ideal for
children's rooms.
#25
Item - Shoji Screen Wall Covering
Cost - $8
Description - One of the coolest wall decor in the game. It is designed to look
like one of them Japanese paper coverings. Looks good in any
room at all.
#26
Item - "Tickled Fancy" Wallpaper
Cost - $9
Description - White wallpaper with yellow stripes at the top and bottom, this
is ideal in children's bedrooms because it has multicoloured
patterns on it aswell.
#27
Item - "Erectonica" Wallpaper
Cost - $9
Description - Brightish green wallpaper. Looks nice but there are no floor
styles that are green.
#28
Item - "Dusty Fields" Wallpaper
Cost - $9
Description - Similar design to the "Erectonica" Wallpaper but this is a much
more murky green so it doesn't look as good.
#29
Item - "Aerometric" Wall Covering
Cost - $9
Description - Plain blue wall decor. You can get blue wallpapers with nice
patterns for a cheaper price than this so there is no point in
buying this one.
#30
Item - African Equine Wallpaper
Cost - $10
Description - Zebra style wallpaper, this looks really great in a bedroom or a
lounge.
#31
Item - "Othello" Wall Treatment
Cost - $11
Description - Disgusting grey tiled covering with wood panels at the bottom and
a brown border in the middle. Doesn't look good in any room.
#32
Item - Adirondack Wall Treatment
Cost - $11
Description - Yellow wallpaper with a grey border at the bottom, this looks
quite nice in bedrooms and lounges but it is too expensive.
#33
Item - "Midlantic" Tan Brick
Cost - $12
Description - 1 of the 4 outside wall coverings. This is traditional bricks,
to make your house look truly British.
#34
Item - "Hazy Fantazy" Wallpaper
Cost - $13
Description - Blue, grey and white wallpaper. This is great for lounges and
bedrooms because it matches well with a lot of the carpets on
offer.
#35
Item - "Exit-15" Wall Treatment
Cost - $13
Description - This is a vibrant purple wall decor with a metallic border, this
looks great but it makes your rooms seem really dark.
#36
Item - "Nix Brothers" Wall Treatment
Cost - $14
Description - Black wall decor with a beige coloured tiled border. I think this
is supposed to be used with kitchens but because it is black
there is no point in buying it because it makes your room look
dark.
#37
Item - "Charvat Manor" Granite Ashlar
Cost - $14
Description - Mosaic style grey tiles, this looks really cool in bedrooms if
you want an artistic sort of house
#38
Item - Wartburg Wall
Cost - $15
Description - 1 of the 4 outdoor wall coverings. Makes your house look like a
castle from the outside.
#39
Item - "Lancastrian" Wall Treatment
Cost - $16
Description - Bland grey wallpaper, a complete rip-off, you can get much better
wallpapers at just $4.
#40
Item - "New Light" Wall Treatment
Cost - $17
Description - Light and airy wallpaper, with a flower border at the top, looks
very nice in a lounge, but it costs a bit too much.
Section 3: Flooring
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#41
Item - Grass
Cost - $0
Description - It's green, it's free and it's perfect for gardens!
#42
Item - "Milk and Honey" Linoleum
Cost - $5
Description - Very light green linoleum, looks nice just about anywhere and it
is cheap too!
#43
Item - "Tintoretto" Linoleum
Cost - $5
Description - Blue linoleum, looks more like a carpet though really, goes well
with any blue wall covering and cheap too!
#44
Item - "Blue Heaven" Linoleum
Cost - $5
Description - A lightish blue floor with a simple pattern, looks great in
bedrooms or living rooms
#45
Item - Royal Blue Carpet
Cost - $5
Description - Goes well with any sort of royal or dark blue wallpaper
#46
Item - Moss Green Carpet
Cost - $5
Description - The only green flooring in the game, and it isn't really green,
it is more turquoise, but it does have a nice pattern.
#47
Item - Berber Carpet
Cost - $5
Description - Brown carpet that, without being funny, looks like poo. Only get
this if you have a brown wallpaper of have no taste.
#48
Item - "Mintastic Elastic" Carpet
Cost - $6
Description - Violet carpet with a diamond pattern, looks nice in lounges
and alongside wallpapers that look good with it.
#49
Item - "Blue Moon" Wonder Carpet
Cost - $7
Description - If you have any kind of blue wallpaper then get this, it is light
blue so aswell as looking nice it also brightens up your room.
#50
Item - Hyper-Safety Mat
Cost - $8
Description - Bright yellow tiles that should only be used in a child's
bedroom.
#51
Item - "ExposiTime" Floor
Cost - $8
Description - The same design as the Hyper-Safety Mat but this time it is
in a reflective dark blue colour, looks pretty cool.
#52
Item - Cement
Cost - $8
Description - The same colour as the paths, if I were you, only use this
outside.
#53
Item - Poured Concrete
Cost - $10
Description - Looks good in gardens as an alternative to grass.
#54
Item - Cabernet Carpet
Cost - $10
Description - A purple carpet that is ideal for use in bedrooms, lounges or
with any matching or light coloured wallpaper.
#55
Item - "Pine Soul" Wood Floor
Cost - $11
Description - Polished floorboards. The reflective effect with this looks great
and this can be used in any room.
#56
Item - "Californica" Carpet
Cost - $12
Description - Bright red carpet with black star patterns. Should ONLY be used
with the Bovine Wallpaper.
#57
Item - "Solar Flare" Carpet
Cost - $14
Description - Yellow carpet with black polkadots. Despite the fact that this
doesn't go with any wallpaper, this looks really cool and is one
of my favourites.
#58
Item - "Il Rustico" Earthenware Tile
Cost - $15
Description - Red ceramic tiles with diamond patterns, looks nice when used as
a patio.
#59
Item - "El Capitan" Grey Shale
Cost - $15
Description - Reflective light blue linoleum, perfect for bathrooms.
#60
Item - Dark Granite Tile
Cost - $15
Description - Grey tiles for use outdoors as patios, pathways, etc.
#61
Item - Foursquare Parquet
Cost - $15
Description - Another wooden floor but this one looks better because it is
patterns of wood rather than just polished floorboards. Looks
good in any room.
#62
Item - La Fortuna II Tile
Cost - $18
Description - Dim green tiles that have a diamond pattern (yet again). These
don't look good indoors and because of the dim green colour they
don't look right outdoors either, so a definite no.
#63
Item - La Fortuna Tile
Cost - $18
Description - Exactly the same pattern as #62 but this time the tiles are a
light brown colour, so it looks good as an outdoor patio area.
#64
Item - Striped Macadam 2
Cost - $20
Description - Black floor with a horizontal yellow strip, when put in a room it
makes that room look like a motorway (don't ask, just try it).
#65
Item - Striped Macadam 1
Cost - $20
Description - Black floor with a vertical yellow strip, when put in a room it
makes that room look like a motorway (don't ask, just try it).
#66
Item - Macadam
Cost - $20
Description - Black floor. Very black. Blacker than black itself. Unless you
want your room to look very dark then don't buy this.
#67
Item - "Too Turquoise" Ceramic Tile
Cost - $20
Description - Made to match item #19, this is perfect for bathrooms.
#68
Item - "Los Alamos" Tile
Cost - $22
Description - Tiles that give the impression of a stony patio, perfect for
garden patios.
#69
Item - "El Diablo" Tile
Cost - $22
Description - Dim green tiles with diamond patterns, but these ones are
brilliant. They give the impression of some sort of Spanish
villa patio, looks great for garden patios.
#70
Item - "Stone Cold" Tile
Cost - $22
Description - More tiles but these are boring because they have a very basic
and boring pattern, and at $22 it is a rip-off, don't bother.
#71
Item - Cobblestone Tile
Cost - $22
Description - Great tiles that make your patio look like a cobblestone road,
worryingly like Coronation Street, these are worth the money.
Section 4: Doors
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#72
Item - Walnut Door
Cost - $100
Description - Basic wooden door but it will never let you down, and cheap too.
#73
Item - Maple Door Frame
Cost - $150
Description - Not a door, just a frame, creates a flowing effect between 2
rooms, great for kitchen diners.
#74
Item - Federal Lattice Window Door
Cost - $200
Description - White outdoor door with small windows in it. Looks very nice for