Sims 2 Discoveries !

@TadOlson is that really a discovery though if it's a mod and not something the game does automatically? Mods add so many features to the game that may or may not have been there before.
I also don't know why you'd want to bring your toddler to the community lot unless there was things for them to do :D it'd be like bringing an infant and just leaving it on the sidewalk.


I discovered last night that your sims wave at their pets like they do other sims. Correct me if I'm wrong but I don't think they do that in ts3.

"TadOlson;14525379" wrote:
I just discovered I can have a single parent go out for groceries while their child is a toddler and not have to pay for a baby sitter.It's the result of a Mod I installed to fix the single parents with toddlers issues.It's impossible without this Mod to have a single parent raising a toddler alone.
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You can actually order groceries on the phone and have them delivered. I have played quite a few single parents. Another, much more time consuming way, to get food points for the fridge without leaving the house is gardening and fishing.

I always wanted to be able to have single parents go out to buy groceries without needing a babysitter for their toddlers and I found a Mod that allowed that and another one that allows them to use stairs like a child can.These Mods are in MTS like the one that stops NPC neighbors from taking over the apartments and getting into fights with each other.I also found some great Mods to fix the fights on community lots like a shrub to set a limit on lot visitors and one allowing your sim to ask others to leave.

The ability to make a Sim obsessed with grilled cheese. I have this Sim that I chose for him the Grilled Cheese aspiration as a secondary aspiration now all he eats is grilled cheese.

Cats throw up if you toss them in the air too much :p

"Landscapes101;14527864" wrote:
The ability to make a Sim obsessed with grilled cheese. I have this Sim that I chose for him the Grilled Cheese aspiration as a secondary aspiration now all he eats is grilled cheese.

If you use the personality changer thing reward when your sim is in the red (and sometimes yellow or green) their primary aspiration will become grilled cheese.

Ghost sims play with their ghost dogs.

Twins snuggle.

Toddlers will dance to the stereo.

If your sim makes enemies with a vampire, they will stalk your sim while they're sleeping.

If you place objects along the entire wall joined to another apartment, sims won't bother your sims with noise any more. Very useful for bedrooms.

Normal sims can peek into coffins where vampires are sleeping.

Sims can create bad toys that will scare your children. I love making the toddler play with the evil jack-in-the-box.

Plant sims will thrive with the overhead garden lamps for the greenhouses. Try turning their entire house into a greenhouse with only those lamps.

Sims can run a grocery store with their harvests and caught fish, and other playable sims who buy them will keep them in their inventory so they can use them for their own dishes.

If you have a sim that owns a graveyard, send your other sims to visit before 6pm and ghosts will appear. Caution: showers are necessary on these lots.

Satellites can crash down on your sims and kill them when they're cloud-gazing. Rare. But caution is necessary.

The sentry-bot is a must-have for university students. It will shock and chase off the cow every time.

Having affairs with the professors in university can advance your sims, but can also have repercussions. *nudge-nudge, wink-wink*

Time doesn't stand still in university when your students travel.

Stella sings in bed. You can meet her in the desert college. Woohoo is required and she needs to be platinum.

Vermin can make your sims sick.

Flushing the toilet while another is in the shower can upset a sim. Cheap plumbing is required.

Woohooing in the photo booth or clothing booths on public lots causes other sims to cheer your sims on.

Teen siblings can give each other noogies.

Moving sims from one main neighbourhood to another will make your game go asplodie. Keep them restricted to only one main hood (subhoods, downtowns, colleges, and vacation spots are safe to move around in as long as they're all part of that main hood). Deleting sims is also unsafe. You can only do this at the very beginning of a save before any sims have encountered them. Premade hoods are the only exception. Do not delete any sims in them. They are also more prone to issues.

You can build your own worlds in SimCity 4 and import them into your game for more variety. Don't think everyone knows this.

You can modify/edit the terrain of worlds with cheats.

Sims who are kept happy will live longer, and vice versa.

Sims can win the affections and woohoo a total of 5 sims a day before they become exhausted, 6 if you're lucky.

Some sims take forever to drain. Basketball, soccer, tossing the football/baseball, jogging, and using the exercise bike solve this problem.

Knowledge sims can summon aliens.

Family sims can cure apartment epidemics by making and serving chicken soup.

You can put boots (from fishing) in the juicer and have sims drink it with varied failure animations.

Many different recipes for the juicer have varying perks. Almost like the emotion boosters for S4.

Each season has a different perk. Setting your colleges to fall only will cause your students to build skills faster so they have more time to be young adults. Winter is good for family. Setting romantic vacation getaways to eternal spring is beneficial for romance. Sims can get tans in the summer.

Different foods and drinks will warm your sims up and cool them down to benefit them in the winter and the summer.

The cow in university can destroy relationships and convert your sims gender preferences.

Sims can play together in a band.

The headmaster is easily won over by showing him nothing but bathrooms and making him a turkey.

Toddlers will splash in puddles and eat snow.

If you alarm your cars and keep them near the front of the lot, the burglar won't get a chance to steal anything.

That's all for now :).

Some great ones in there @kremesch73 I have to try the "boot juice" :lol:

Oh yeah. I forgot to add if you alarm your cars near the front of the lot, the alarm won't wake your sims up in the middle of the night when the thief comes.

Just thought of another one one. Adding the romantic aspiration as a secondary aspiration will raise the sim's attractiveness to other sims if you're having a hard time finding a suitable mate for them.

If you make friends with one of the island people on twiki island your sim can call them from home and invite them as a houseguest.