Sims 3 Things you didn't know!

"Jemkatk;c-15750382" wrote:
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Also at Uni, you can apply for funds every 2-3 days and so can your other playable roomies.

Actually sims can apply for funds every 24 hours after the last time they got them. Through the week the time they can get the funds starts getting later and later in the day because the 24 hours is counted from when they come out of the admin building with the funds not when they go in. Then there is also the class schedule to work around.

Also the higher their GPA the more funds they get.

I have played this game since 2011 and am still finding things I have never seen before. Last night I had my first meteor attack. That was scary!

Another one: Evil Sims can set a burglar free while that burglar is standing in front of the police car. For some reason though, the police officer will go complaining to a random Sim within your household, not necessarily the one that did the freeing.

For anyone who's played "Sims Medieval" as you know there are dangerous "Dire Chinchillas" in the woods around the kingdom. In the Sims 3 there's a Dire Chinchillas painting! It's in one of the two "Sorcerers Friends" sets of pictures (under decor>wall decorations). :)

Base game:
While a Sim is pregnant, that Sim as well as the spouse (if there is one) will have wishes to buy baby/toddler objects.


Even if you turn off story progression, premade pregnant Sims will still give birth. But the baby won't age unless aging is on.


If two Sims with a romantic relationship are cuddling on a bed (choose this option first!!) then there will be another option to kiss the other Sim. First kisses can be done in bed this way.


Into the Future:
Plumbots have a special lifetime reward that's supposed to remove the maintenance need. If it works? I don't know, haven't tried it out yet.


If a Plumbot adopts a child, then the Plumbot's creator will count as the grandparent of that child.


Plumbots (even if built in the present and you've never been to the future before) are treated as if they had level 10 in the future technology skill, even though it doesn't show under certain circumstances. If they have the repairman trait chip they can also instantly upgrade the sonic shower even if your own Sim has a low technology level.
The same goes for children that were adopted in the future, but the skill always shows.


A Plumbot with the learning trait chip installed can actually learn the bot-building skill. Which means that this one Plumbot could build an army and take over the world. Or something like that.


Plumbots can make silly faces. Don't ask me how.


The current emotion of a Plumbot (happiness, sadness, anger, flirtiness) is shown by a symbol on its display. The graphic varies from head to head, where the less advanced looking heads have more pixelated symbols.


In the dystopian future, meteors fall down pretty much every day. But did you know you could actually collect those? They're sometimes pretty large things that literally won't fit on anything but the floor.


For the creation of a dystopian future you will receive a meteor magnet. And you can keep it! I often had my Sim get wishes and autonomous actions related to attracting meteors too.


If you look closely at the "screwdriver" they use to tune Plumbots, you'll notice how it somewhat resembles the Sonic Screwdriver from Doctor Who.

This is a double post, but I think it should be mentioned that each pack registration at the Sims 3 store site will unlock a different, free set of things. (it's not technically related to the gameplay, but still somewhat. It does give you more content for the game after all)
For example I've just registered Into the Future and so I could download the "Cosmic Cosmetics Bundle" (for free), which I couldn't even download at all if I didn't have ItF.

There are little things for Seasons, Pets, Generations, Showtime, and probably a few more too. You can access that list by Home->Sets->Holidays&Gifts->Registration Rewards :)

I just love the Dr. Who references in the game - sonic screwdriver and Tardis.
Another feature that I've only recently begun to use: if you have pets, they can be trained to fetch collectibles and bring in money for the household. Some collectibles are really worth alot and it's not too hard to train the pet to do this either.

I do somewhat agree. There is a lot of stuff to do in Sims 3. And it can be rather overwhelming. A single sim can't take advantage of everything available to do. Well, they an if aging is disabled. But even just enabling aging when children are growing up, your sims will die of old age before they can truly master everything they can do.

"Sunnyyesjams;c-15747041" wrote:

"GITTE2001;c-15740471" wrote:
If your sims doesn't have to got to work on normal work days (pregnancy leave and those things) they can ask how it is at work, and if there's any stuff going on they can work on those problems at work via their pc! Just discovered this 5 minutes ago.

Whattt! And all this time I was getting frustrated because my pregnant sims couldn't advance in their careers! *Face palm*

Does their job performance go up when they do this?!

Did you know... that if you name a star (when found by telescope) after a Sim's name, you will get a memory according to that?

Did you know... that you can harvest plants in another household without anybody caring? I just robbed some farmers within a few hours because I was bored :D

Did you know... (in Into the Future) you can apparently win at least up to 100,000 simoleons in the lottery? Yes, 100,000. Your Sims will literally be richer than any other premade family ever, over night. My current household's second lottery ticket caused this :blush:

Did you know... that you can easily copy a CASt pattern onto another kind of object without even leaving CASt? Just set the pattern you have on one object as favourite, then go to the other object and choose the Favourites category. This also works very well to make each part of a dress have the exact same colours.