Playing TS2 for the first time
I know I'm a little late to the game here, but anything I should know before playing?
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One thing to remember that The Sims 2 has a different save system (same one The Sims 1 has). Each lot is a different save (while in The Sims 3 & 4, each world was a different save). This also means that when you switch households for a few days and come back, nothing has been changed when you left it: the time is same, the aging and pregnancy progress in same, skills stay same... Only things that can change is life state, relationships, and death if they're on the same lot your sim is (no worries, deaths really shouldn't occur randomly).
This also means that you can't save on community lots unless you own them. And when your sim goes out, the home lot will be saved in its current state. And if you save while on owned community lot or in a hotel, other sims cannot visit it when you are playing with another household.
And lastly, I'd recommend to never save and quit. You may save with a button click or save and exit to the neighborhood and then quit, but I'd won't save and exit. I lost a lot that way (the game crashed while loading it)...
Of course like someone said, there is that story progression mod that changes that all.
This also means that you can't save on community lots unless you own them. And when your sim goes out, the home lot will be saved in its current state. And if you save while on owned community lot or in a hotel, other sims cannot visit it when you are playing with another household.
And lastly, I'd recommend to never save and quit. You may save with a button click or save and exit to the neighborhood and then quit, but I'd won't save and exit. I lost a lot that way (the game crashed while loading it)...
Of course like someone said, there is that story progression mod that changes that all.
