Is Showtime worth it at all?

The careers are definitely fun to do once, a second time they may become repititive (particularly the singer on, probably) but they're nice. It also offers a lot of nice clothing items, including for male sims! Yey! and of course genies.

@Anthonydyer

https://www.carls-sims-3-guide.com/showtime/

I bought Showtime on a Steam sale ($5) mainly for CC world compatibility. The genie is fun and my households usually get a domino table and the PlasmaPunch Gyroscopic Conductor if I can fit them on the lot. I haven't done the careers yet or played in Starlight Shores, but that's on my to do list. On the negative side you get Showtime career NPCs popping up around town, and in my game they frequently don't have bodies, I have to use NRaas MasterController to put them in an outfit so they show up.

@Anthonydyer:

1. I think so. It has a pretty authentic SoCal/LA/Hollywood feel to it and I think it's a very versatile setting. I never noticed performance issues playing there.

2. New performing careers and a nice collection of fun new objects. Karaoke, dominos, etc. Though it's not really one that blows all EPs out of the park with new content either.

3. Until you CASt them, it's a lot of pleasantly-bright modern and 70's-esque furniture. I recommend also coloring your kitchen appliances avocado green for a real Cali feel.

The Showtime professions are similar to World Adventures tomb raiding in the fact that it's not something I do every generation. They are fun but too repetitive to play often. When I eventually go back and play those features, it's refreshing and fun all over again. Simport is not something I ever got into even when the old site was still active. Instead I downloaded the unlocked Simport content from MTS. Showtime offers other cool stuff, (things I enjoy and use more over the professions). Dominoes, skee ball, place snack bowls on counters, Genie Lamp (new occult), DJ turntable, pool table, jukebox, mechanical bull, photo booth, karaoke, electro dance sphere, chin-up/pull-up bar, golf driving range. I like the new foods/recipes, plants, and CAS content too.

You can view the pack guide here which details everything w/ pictures:
https://simsvip.com/sims-3-showtime-guide/
Lazy Gamer video review:
https://youtu.be/MjD6MIbmGc8

Sounds like I'm really trying to sell this pack. :p As someone who owns all packs and has for years, each pack has plenty to offer even if you don't like certain features. All though some features tend in invade no matter what and if you don't use mods, it may be hard to avoid. Like Proprietors showing up along with performers because non-active sims around town will pick up these professions and perform in public. I use one of the NRaas mods to turn these professions off for the whole town if I don't plan on playing it. (Sorry, I'm on my tablet and can't remember the exact mod+setting ATM.) If you play The Sim 3 through Origin, either find a digital copy sale or you can grab a cheap physical copy through eBay or Amazon. I can't check now but I think a grabbed a sealed copy of Limited Edition: Showtime through eBay for something like $18 USD last year. You've missed recent sales but Steam host big holiday sales and with those sales, Sims 3 + packs are 75% off.

I say it's worth it for the town, the clothes, the objects, the traits, interactions and the mp3 player ahaha

But if you can get it discounted it would be best.

what i dislike about that EP mostly is the constant spawning of the singer, magician & acrobat role sims

i hate every sort of role sims forced on me, didn't manage to get them stop spawning even with NRaas

There aren't any other EA designed urban worlds presumably because the LN expansion is required for them to function differently from "suburban" worlds. There's certainly a ton of custom ones out there, though.

I really like showtime! I like the city it came with, the active careers and the objects like the dominos. But then I love big cities in the game.

"SimplyJen;c-16248003" wrote:

"Rukola_Schaaf;c-16247878" wrote:
what i dislike about that EP mostly is the constant spawning of the singer, magician & acrobat role sims

i hate every sort of role sims forced on me, didn't manage to get them stop spawning even with NRaas

Hard to tell from my tablet but I believe Story Progression and the Career Module is required. This isn't the exact path but you're looking for Career: Disallow. Disallow the Showtime professions here. Any sims currently assigned should be reassigned. Sims may be assigned to disallowed careers/professions but the game should catch on within a sim day or two and reassign. Is this something you've already tried?

I bet @igazor could clear this up in better detail if he has time.

On City Hall or an in-game computer,

NRaas > SP > Town Options > Career:Disallow > (select the three Showtime careers)
NRaas > SP > Town Options > Skill:Disallow > (select the three Showtime career skills)
(SP Skill add-on module required)

The SP Career module is not necessary. This won't stop the game itself from spawning homeless street performers entirely, the Register mod can't prevent that either, but for most of us the SP disallows do slow down the spawnage considerably.