Just Found Something New (WA)

"MadDoctor61;d-983234" wrote:
While in Egypt, my cursor passed by a statue in front of 'The Pyramid Of The Sky' and I noticed the 'Examine" option. I've never noticed it before and I haven't heard of it either. Moving it reveals a staircase downstairs beside the left pool near the statue. I'm heading into it now. There are a bunch of rubble pile to clear and a hidden door to find. Who knows what else is down there. Has anybody else ever found this?

There are a few rooms and enough treasure to make it worthwhile to do. I always go to that statue first before starting on the main tomb in that pyramid.

"MadDoctor61;d-983234" wrote:
While in Egypt, my cursor passed by a statue in front of 'The Pyramid Of The Sky' and I noticed the 'Examine" option. I've never noticed it before and I haven't heard of it either. Moving it reveals a staircase downstairs beside the left pool near the statue. I'm heading into it now. There are a bunch of rubble pile to clear and a hidden door to find. Who knows what else is down there. Has anybody else ever found this?

Some years ago, lol. (I had the guide then and it was mentioned in it).

Yes, ever since I first found it, my sims always explore it before entering the main part of the pyramid. It doesn't take long, and has plenty of things for them to collect, for such a small tomb.

"MadDoctor61;c-17713285" wrote:
So, I've explored that tomb dozens of times and never noticed that extra bit. Now I feel bad that I'm such a loser :)

You're not a loser. Even after doing adventures repeatedly for a couple of years, I was still finding new hidden rooms.

I hated world adventure when it came out. Now it is one of my favourite. Like the light hearted RPG elements the three vacation worlds are so huge with many things to discover.

You're not alone. For example... the teddy bear. I'd post photos, but I don't see an option to do that. So... I'll just be descriptive. :)

On the second story of the Pyramid of the Sky you come to a huge room with a large fountain in the center. This is the room where you find the key to enter the other side of the building. When you walk in it triggers two fire traps - the only ones in this pyramid if I'm not mistaken. Just before walking into this gorgeous room, at the base of the stairs, if you "inspect" the wall to the left you'll find a hidden chamber with a nice treasure trove... and a teddy bear. A mummified teddy bear, to be specific. I know you can buy mummified teddy bears in the shop, so I figured this was more of the same. I always just snag the little guy and keep going.

For some reason, this last time I decided to click on it using using the NRaas Debug Enabler. Everything is perfectly normal, except one addition. Under "Options / Mummified Teddy Bear" is a sinister option to "Kill Spirit". You can also name this bear, which I think is also a bit weird.

So... what the heck?? Does anyone have any experience with the possessed toy? This was released WAY before Generations and the introduction of the Imaginary Friend. Does it act like a gnome, maybe? If anyone has any observations of the bear acting like anything more than a stuffy, I'd love to know about it before I hand it to my Sim newborn! FWIW I really have played this a million times, and I don't remember the bear doing anything besides just sitting there like a normal toy. Maybe they ran out of time before finishing the coding for this? Hum...

Edit: I found a photo of the area in question. If you look near the bottom right corner, you'll see the entrance to the large room, guarded by the two blue pushable statues. The fire traps have already been triggered. The hidden room with the possessed teddy bear inside it is just behind the two blue statues.

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That teddy is possessed. I found it but never could take it out of that room. I could pick it up but whatever action my sim would do after this would make him drop the teddy bear.

"Coriandre;c-17856849" wrote:
That teddy is possessed. I found it but never could take it out of that room. I could pick it up but whatever action my sim would do after this would make him drop the teddy bear.

Whew boy. I get it home by tossing it into the family inventory (NRaas I bless your initials!!). I'm thinking... maybe I shoulda left it there! Thanks.

I may have discovered that before in one of my older saves.

So, I've explored that tomb dozens of times and never noticed that extra bit. Now I feel bad that I'm such a loser :)