Sims 3 Things you didn't know!

"Faerie197;c-15741534" wrote:

"Karritz;c-15740510" wrote:

"Faerie197;c-15739914" wrote:
Did you know if bladder or hunger red line while at work in a rabbit hole, those two needs will reset to full with no penelty? Presumably your sim got lunch or used a bathroom at work. But it surprised me the first time it happened.

That's why it is more important for their hygene need to be taken care of before sending them to work if they're in a rush to be on time. Bladder and hunger will be taken care of automatically at work

Of course, this trick doesn't really help if the sim gets to work, gets promoted within 15 sim-minutes of arriving, and heads home because the boss thinks "promoted=work day is over" even though your new hours are the same as your old hours.

I think sims only get promoted when they come home at the end of their working day?

"Mazakeen;c-15741709" wrote:

"Faerie197;c-15741534" wrote:

"Karritz;c-15740510" wrote:

"Faerie197;c-15739914" wrote:
Did you know if bladder or hunger red line while at work in a rabbit hole, those two needs will reset to full with no penelty? Presumably your sim got lunch or used a bathroom at work. But it surprised me the first time it happened.

That's why it is more important for their hygene need to be taken care of before sending them to work if they're in a rush to be on time. Bladder and hunger will be taken care of automatically at work

Of course, this trick doesn't really help if the sim gets to work, gets promoted within 15 sim-minutes of arriving, and heads home because the boss thinks "promoted=work day is over" even though your new hours are the same as your old hours.

Yeah, or are unaware, like the fool i was, when I sent a sim off to become firefighter. -Unaware of the firestation being a lot, where I would better care for the sim's well-being manually.

No, they will autonomously go to the toilet there as well when they have to ;) That is, with free will enabled.

@JoAnne65 with some mods not. They'll go home.

I would never have thought sending a sim to satisfy their hygene need before going to work in a rabbit hole career as a trick. It is simply a game strategy. It is a strategy that is obviously only useful when a sim is going to work in a rabbit hole career. There are numerous other strategies that assist game play in other situations. Obviously they can only be of benefit in specific situations.

Woah, I didn't expect a "things nobody knew before" thread would actually be useful for a game that got released in the LAST DECADE :D

"Pancakesandwich;c-15742001" wrote:
Woah, I didn't expect a "things nobody knew before" thread would actually be useful for a game that got released in the LAST DECADE :D

Its a challenging and complicated game. <3
-Like chess, ancient, mighty popular and hard to master. -Even after a decade or even longer. :#

"Pancakesandwich;c-15742001" wrote:
Woah, I didn't expect a "things nobody knew before" thread would actually be useful for a game that got released in the LAST DECADE :D

I used to think I knew everything about this game, till I started visiting these forums :D

Well here's a strategy - keep some dried food in your sims inventory (if you have WA) so they never starve and let their needs bottom out.
I also like to have a gnome or two or flowers to give as gifts to friends around Snowflake day.

But something you didn't know? Well, if you hit Ctrl F you can place triangular tiles. Makes interesting decorating options!

The number of pop-culture references (especially the references to other games). In Ambitions, if you use the time travelling thing, you may get a pop-up talking about "some sort of shepherd saving the galaxy" (a reference to Commander Sheppard, the main playable character in the Mass Effect series).

There's a Futurama reference in Oasis Landing from Into The Future, with a household made up of a man named Fryderyk, a woman named Lilah, and a robot named Bend0. There's also a household with a lady named Chelsea and a robot named Gladys. A pretty obvious Portal reference.

One of the movie posters on the cinema building in Sims University looks like the Iron Man poster. Isla Paradiso from Island Paradise is also full of references to Disney's "The Little Mermaid", including a red-haired Sim named Ariel, another Sim named Ursula, and a message in a bottle that asks for the instructions for a dinglehopper.

Oh, don't even get me started on book titles… :P

"TinySpaceFox;c-15746559" wrote:
The number of pop-culture references (especially the references to other games). In Ambitions, if you use the time travelling thing, you may get a pop-up talking about "some sort of shepherd saving the galaxy" (a reference to Commander Sheppard, the main playable character in the Mass Effect series).

There's a Futurama reference in Oasis Landing from Into The Future, with a household made up of a man named Fryderyk, a woman named Lilah, and a robot named Bend0. There's also a household with a lady named Chelsea and a robot named Gladys. A pretty obvious Portal reference.

One of the movie posters on the cinema building in Sims University looks like the Iron Man poster. Isla Paradiso from Island Paradise is also full of references to Disney's "The Little Mermaid", including a red-haired Sim named Ariel, another Sim named Ursula, and a message in a bottle that asks for the instructions for a dinglehopper.

Oh, don't even get me started on book titles… :P

I guess that's probably known already but Gobias Koffi is a clear referance to Tobias Funke charachter from Arrested Development, specifically when he (Tobias) and Gob are trying to open a cofee house or something so they call it Gobias Cofee as in "Go buy us some cofee" :lol: Also the Funke family from the family bin, with the "never nude" trait of the father... :lol: I still find this funny...

About the book titles - I would love to read :smile:

If you build a house on a lot near the coast and dig down (not using the pond tool) you will hit the water table and you will find water at that level, particularly noticeable if you build a cut-in basement. I noticed this a lot in Aurora Skies.

As a side note, this water table rendered my basement unusable. A little annoying, but definitely realistic. Therefore I had to build up.