General/Random Question Thread

One thing to keep in mind with collectible, your sim will get a higher bill due when having the collection even in their personal or family inventory. One thing I like to do is to have a community lot where I have my sims store their larger or more expensive collections to avoid the bill, and periodically I'll save it to my library in case something bad happens.

You can keep them but don't leave them in the inventories. That's what can cause lag.

Would anyone know if it's possible to make an outdoor area where a dog could do there "business" in an apartment? It's a real pain as a Vampire to let your puppy out in the middle of the day ... The sun kinda kills me. :|

@KharisV i guess your kinda gonna need to get an apartment with a balcony otherwise i can think of no other options unless the dog learns to got to the potty on it's own.

Hm, *why* do you keep collectibles? I don't know what you collected, so I can only refer to the food my sims store in their fridges. I never add to the fridge if there is already 30-40 items of that specie. Gems, minerals and frogs etc I always sell immediately, might just keep a handful for decor or to add a personal touch to the house if collecting is a defined interest or occupation.

"WildIrishBanshee;d-952830" wrote:
For all those questions you want an answer to, but don't want to make a new post for. I'm surprised there isn't one of these already - and I did dig pretty far back too. It's nice to have as much as possible in one spot, don't you think?

My question:

Should I be selling collectibles? I've been keeping a copy, but it seems to be making the simulation lag worse and worse. Though that could be my imagination.

For crystals and metals you can send them off to have the elements extracted which can them be put in the display rack as a decoration, if you have GTW you can do this yourself if you are in the Science profession. Another good alternative for crystals if you have the JA game pack, you can refine them to use to activate Relics, however personally I only use the rare crsytals in Relics to get better outcomes so I tend to sell the more common ones. You can refine crystals into gems for decoration by sending them off to the Geo-council, alternatively if you have GTW you can refine them yourself in the Science career or use the Archaeology table if you have JA.

As for other collectables such as dolls, frogs, fish, prints from telescope or microscope etc,; I just sell them for the extra cash, they can be quite a nice little earner. :smile:

"TheStarHermit;c-16872952" wrote:

"WildIrishBanshee;d-952830" wrote:
For all those questions you want an answer to, but don't want to make a new post for. I'm surprised there isn't one of these already - and I did dig pretty far back too. It's nice to have as much as possible in one spot, don't you think?

My question:

Should I be selling collectibles? I've been keeping a copy, but it seems to be making the simulation lag worse and worse. Though that could be my imagination.

For crystals and metals you can send them off to have the elements extracted which can them be put in the display rack as a decoration, if you have GTW you can do this yourself if you are in the Science profession. Another good alternative for crystals if you have the JA game pack, you can refine them to use to activate Relics, however personally I only use the rare crsytals in Relics to get better outcomes so I tend to sell the more common ones. You can refine crystals into gems for decoration by sending them off to the Geo-council, alternatively if you have GTW you can refine them yourself in the Science career or use the Archaeology table if you have JA.

As for other collectables such as dolls, frogs, fish, prints from telescope or microscope etc,; I just sell them for the extra cash, they can be quite a nice little earner. :smile:

The problem is that the game doesn't keep track of the collectibles previous generations have amassed, so if you're trying to complete a collection, you have to start over if you've sold them. I keep one of each (two samples of 'perfect' harvestables, since I might want to plant one later on). I store them in the treasure chest, but if you want your Sim to get credit for completing a collection (say, for the collector aspiration), you need to drag them all into the Sim's inventory to make them count. You also need to drag them into a current Sim's inventory if you want to see what you've collected and what you're missing in the 'collection' tab.

"EdieAppleby;c-16873022" wrote:
How do you get sims to stop moving around while you're trying to edit their faces in CAS? Anyone know?

I think you would need a mod to make them standing still. I never tried that, though, but I know there used to exist a mod...

"invisiblgirl;c-16872965" wrote:

"TheStarHermit;c-16872952" wrote:

"WildIrishBanshee;d-952830" wrote:
For all those questions you want an answer to, but don't want to make a new post for. I'm surprised there isn't one of these already - and I did dig pretty far back too. It's nice to have as much as possible in one spot, don't you think?

My question:

Should I be selling collectibles? I've been keeping a copy, but it seems to be making the simulation lag worse and worse. Though that could be my imagination.

For crystals and metals you can send them off to have the elements extracted which can them be put in the display rack as a decoration, if you have GTW you can do this yourself if you are in the Science profession. Another good alternative for crystals if you have the JA game pack, you can refine them to use to activate Relics, however personally I only use the rare crsytals in Relics to get better outcomes so I tend to sell the more common ones. You can refine crystals into gems for decoration by sending them off to the Geo-council, alternatively if you have GTW you can refine them yourself in the Science career or use the Archaeology table if you have JA.

As for other collectables such as dolls, frogs, fish, prints from telescope or microscope etc,; I just sell them for the extra cash, they can be quite a nice little earner. :smile:

The problem is that the game doesn't keep track of the collectibles previous generations have amassed, so if you're trying to complete a collection, you have to start over if you've sold them. I keep one of each (two samples of 'perfect' harvestables, since I might want to plant one later on). I store them in the treasure chest, but if you want your Sim to get credit for completing a collection (say, for the collector aspiration), you need to drag them all into the Sim's inventory to make them count. You also need to drag them into a current Sim's inventory if you want to see what you've collected and what you're missing in the 'collection' tab.

True. To be honest I don't actively bother with the collections, the only one I've ever completed is the Artifacts collection and that wasn't intentional, just a consequence of unearthing and authenticating hoards of items in Selvadorada; even then I don't recall getting any reward for completing it.

Are you meant to get rewards for completing collections? :smile:

@TheStarHermit, yes, most collections (though not all) have completion awards. For the majority of them you get a plaque for completion which arrives in the mail a day or so after the collection is completed, at least for base game collections.