Sims, The - Strategy Guide (Page 04)
Below are the cheat codes, hints and help for Sims, The - Strategy Guide (Page 04).
3. Federal Lattice Window Door- $200
A front or back, plastic door.
4. Windsor Door- $300
A posh inside door.
5. Monticello Door- $400
A posh, outside door.
017.5 - Windows
- - - - - - - -
1. Single-Pane Fixed Window- $50
The cheapest window but good enough.
2. Single-Hung Window- $55
A normal, good lookin' window.
3. Privacy Window- $60
Got noisy neighbours, get this.
4. Plate Glass Window- $65
A floor to ceiling window.
017.6 - Fireplaces
- - - - - - - - -
1. Modesto Tile Fireplace- $600- 3 room
Warm the house up with out spending a fortune.
2. The Bostonian Fireplace- $1,000- 4 room
Enjoy this fire places' elegant design.
017.7 - Plants
- - - - - - - -
1. Wildflowers- $5
Lovely, cheap flowers.
2. Daffodils- $10
We all know what daffodils are!
3. Nasturtium- $10
A yellow and orange flowering plant.
4. Tulips- $25
A bit expensive for tulips!
5. Rose Bush- $100
Some nice, pink roses.
6. Boxwood Hedge- $150
A hedge like a cube.
7. Surplus Liama Lawn Ornament- $200
Decorate your garden with Liamas!
8. Pine Tree- $220
No maintenance, it is an evergreen.
9. Mulberry Tree- $250
Round and round the mulberry bush.............Sorry.
10. Birch tree- $280
Green leaves white bark. Amazing.
017.8 - Pools
- - - - - - -
1. Mini Pool- $1,800- body 4 room
Great but takes up a lot on the room meter.
2. The "Wet Tangle"- $3,300- body 5 room
Great, but takes up a lot on the room meter.
018 Two Player Games
----------------------
In the Playstation 2 version of the Sims there are a number of fun two player
games.
018.1 - How to unlock them
- - - - - - - - - - - - - -
1. Museum- Borrow $800 from mum. (Money from mum)
2. Frat House- Move in with Dudley or Mimi. (Reality Bites)
3. Taylor's Place - Throw a raging party. (Party Animals)
4. Park- Greet and feed Bobo. (Party Animals, Hot to Trot and Who loves ya
Baby) Also get promoted to level 10. (The Last Simolen)
5. Club Abih- Throw a raging party (Hot to Trot)
6. Maids House- Get promoted to level eight. (Who Loves Ya Baby)
7. Handyman's House- Get promoted to level eight. (Who Loves Ya Baby)
018.2 - What you do in each one
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Museum- In this game you have to squeeze more money out of the inspectors
than the other player in 10:00 minutes. The best thing to do is to get the
inspector to fall in love with you, then ask for the money otherwise they
won't give it to you and not like you as much.
Frat house- Be the first to make three friends in a party use your
relationship building skills to do this. But it isn't that simple you can
spared rumours abut the other player to people and if they believe them they
will stay away from them. You have to be friends with them first though or
they won't believe. Get three friends and you're off to the hot tub.
Taylor's Place - How many people can you make fall in love with you in ten
minutes? However many make sure that it is more then the other player. This
one is similar to "Frat House" but you have to fall in love not just make
friends and there is no rumour spreading. Shame. Be careful though a person
won't fall in love with both players at the same time.
Club Abih- How many people can you make fall in love with you in ten minutes?
However many, make sure that it is more then the other player. This one is
similar to "Frat House" but you have to fall in love not just make friends and
there is no rumour spreading. Shame. Be careful though a person won't fall in
love with both players at the same time.
The Maid's House- Tidy up the maid's house the side that is cleanest when the
maid get there wins a heart and if you keep her kid happy she might give you
some more. However there is a catch every-so-often a "messy neighbour" will
come along and mess the place up a bit. Just keep the place as tidy as you can
and as long as it is tidier then the other players half then you get the heart.
The Handyman's House- Tidy up the handyman's house the side that is cleanest
when the handyman get there wins a heart and if you keep his kid happy he
might give you some more. However there is a catch every-so-often a "messy
neighbour" will come along and mess the place up a bit. Just keep the place as
tidy as you can and as long as it is tidier then the other players half then
you get the heart.
The Park- In this one you need to fill yorself up on food. There are three
ways to get this food they are:
Grill your own- but when you do this eveyone cones and nicks it and you don't
have much for yourself.
Beg for food- you have to get a good relasinship to do this or they will
refuse to give it to you.
Steal food- you can go up to any one and steal it but be carfull because
sometimes they turn around and steal it off you.
They get a bit boring after a while especially as Taylor's Place and Club Abih
are the same. And The Maid's House and The Handyman's House are the same!
019 - House Building
---------------------
This is the thing that your Sim will live in so it needs to be good.
019.1 Hints and Tips
- - - - - - - - - -
Sims like big houses with lots of windows, your Sims are thick so they need
everything placed so they can get at them real easy.
~ It is best not to make your house too big because it is surprising how much
time is taken moving around a big house. (However good it looks)
~ When Building make sure every room is easily accessible other wise your Sim
will be in a very bad mood if they can't get to something.
~ When building a house remember how many it is for. The best no. that I find
is:
1 Sim:
1 Bedroom
1 Bathroom
1 kitchen
1 Living area
1 Study (Exerciser, bookcase etc)
2 Sims:
1 Bedroom
1 Bathroom
1 kitchen
1 Living area
1 Study (Exerciser, bookcase etc)
1 Dining room
3 Sims:
2 Bedrooms
2 Bathrooms
1 Kitchen
1 Living area
2 Study (Exerciser, bookcase etc)
1 Dining room
1 Outside area
4 Sims:
3 Bedrooms
2 Bathrooms
1 Big kitchen 1 small kitchen
1 Big living area
2 Study (Exerciser, bookcase etc)
1 Dining room
1 Outside area
019.2 - Dos and Don'ts
- - - - - - - - - - - -
Do:
Have lots of windows
Have big rooms
Have a lot of items
Don't:
Have dead plants outside
Have too much rubbish on the floor
Have too many rooms.
Have rooms inside rooms:
----------------------- Key
| | | | ---- Horizontal Wall
| | | |
|---------------------- |
| | | | |
| | x | | | Vertical Wall
| | | |
| |-------| | X the room you shouldn't have
| | | |
-----------------------
X: You shouldn't have this room because it is totally surrounded by other
rooms so no natural light can get in and your Sim won't like this. Their
room meter will be constantly down.
019.3 - My perfect houses
- - - - - - - - - - - - -
::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
TO MAKE SENSE OF THE DIEAGRAMS LOOK AT THE KEY.
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
Here I will list what I think is the minimum you should have in your house
for different budgets.
$20,000 Budget
- - - - - - -
Bedroom-
All you need in a bedroom is a bed to start off with. This meaning you can get
a good one.
Bathroom-
A toilet- the cheap one.
A bath/shower- Again a cheap one. Probably bet to start off with a shower.
A sink- only buy this if you can afford it.
Living area-
A sofa-
A TV- The $500 one not the very cheap one.
Kitchen-
3-4 worktops- The NuMica one.
A sink- to wash the pots in.
A fridge- the cheapest one for now.
A microwave- if you can afford a cooker buy one otherwise a microwave will do
fine, for now.
A bin- it saves time.
Study (or just put these in the living room)
An easel
A mirror
A bookcase
An exercise machine- if you can afford it, if not wait a few days.
|----------------------| This is a crappy diagram of what the first
| | \ | house I made looked like.
| Be | / |
| | Li \ Ki | Key
|-------| / | --- & |
| Ba | \ | | = walls
| | / |
|----------------------| \
/
\ = not a wall but where the area separates.
Be= Bedroom
Ba= Bathroom
Li= Living area
ki= Kitchen
It may be small but it does the job and you won't be able afford anything
better anyway with $20,000.
::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
Note if you have any kids or more than two adults add an extra bedroom.
|----------------------|
| | \ |
| Be | / |
| | Li \ Ki | Key
|-------| / | --- & |
| KBe | \ | | = walls
| | / |
|-------|--------------| \
| Ba | /
| | \ = not a wall but where the area separates.
|-------|
Be= Bedroom
Ba= Bathroom
Li= Living area
ki= Kitchen
KBe= Kids Bedroom
::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
30,000 Budget
- - - - - - -
Bedroom-
A bed- With this much money buy the best bed you can. (Not the vibrating one)
A lamp- Get the best one, one in each room to light up and give two room.
Bedroom 2-
A bed- With this much money buy the best bed you can. (Not the vibrating one)
A lamp- Get the best one, one in each room to light up and give two room.
Bathroom-
A toilet- still the cheap one, the other one is just a waste of money.
A sink- You will be able to afford one now.
A bath/shower- what ever you can afford.
A lamp- Get the best one, yes even in here.
Living area-
A sofa- the $1,100 one
A chair- just a cheap one for guests
A telly- probably still the $500 one you might not be able to afford the other
one
A lamp- Get the best one
Dining room-
A table- Not the most expensive but not too cheap.
Chairs- Get as many of these as will fit round the table.
A lamp- Get the best one.
Kitchen-
3-4 worktops- you won't need any more.
A sink- to wash the pots in.
A fridge- the cheapest one for now
A microwave- if you can afford a cooker buy one otherwise a microwave will do
fine, for now.
A bin- it saves time.
A lamp- Get the best one. Seeing a pattern now?
Study (or just put these in the living room)
An easel
A mirror
A bookcase
An exercise machine- if you can afford it, if not wait a few days.
A lamp- Get the best one.
|-----|
| St |
| |
|---------|-------------| Key
| | Be1 |
| Ki | |------| ----&|
| |-------------| | |= walls
|---------| Be2 | ba | |
| Li | |------|
| |-------------| ======== not a wall but where the area
|=========| separates.
| |
| Di |
|---------|
Be1= Bedroom1
Be2= Bedroom2
Ba= Bathroom
Li= Living area
ki= Kitchen
Di= Dining room
St= Study
You might have money left over you might not have enough to build it. But it
is pretty close costing $30,000.
$40,000 Budget
- - - - - - -
Bedroom-
A bed- with this much money buy the best bed you can. (Not the vibrating one)
A lamp- Get the best one, one in each room to light up and give two room.
A picture- Quite a good one about $1,000
Bedroom 2-
A bed- with this much money buy the best bed you can (not the vibrating one)
A lamp- Get the best one, one in each room to light up and give two room.
A picture- Quite a good one about $1,000
Bathroom-
A toilet- still the cheap one the other one is just a waste of money.
A sink- you will be able to afford one now
A bath/shower- what ever you can afford
A lamp- Get the best one, yes even in here
A picture- Quite a good one about $1,000
Living area-
A sofa- the $1,100 one
A chair- A good one.
A telly- probably the plasma but if you can't get the VR goggles.
A lamp- Get the best one
A picture- Quite a good one about $1,000
Kitchen-
3-4 worktops- Any type
A sink- to wash the pots in.
A fridge- The middle one
A cooker- the cheap one. (Make sure you have 3 cooking points before use.)
A Trash compactor- saves even more time then the bin
A lamp- Get the best one.
Dining room-
A table- The most expensive dining table
Chairs- Get as many of these as will go round the table
A lamp- Get the best one
A picture- Quite a good one about $1,000
Study
An easel
A mirror
A bookcase
An exercise machine
A lamp- Get the best one.
A picture- Quite a good one about $1,000
A Garden
A patio
A barbeque
Flowers round the front of the house
fffffffff
f|-----|f
f| St |f
f| |fffffffffffffffff
|---------|-------------|f Key:
| | Be1 |fffffff -----&|
| Ki | |------| |
| |-------------| | |= walls
|---------| Be2 | ba |
| Li | |------| ========== Not a wall but where the area
| |-------------| separates
|=========|pppppppp
| |pppppppp
| Di |pppppppp Be1= Bedroom1
|---------|pppppppp Be2= Bedroom2
Ba= Bathroom
Li= Living area
ki= Kitchen
Di= Dining room
St= Study
p= Patio
f= flowers
The house is still the same but better items, a patio and flowers.
$60,000
- - - -
Bedroom-
A bed- With this much money buy the best bed you can. (Not the vibrating one)
A lamp- Get the best one, one in each room to light up and give two room.
A picture- A very good one.
Bedroom 2-
A bed- With this much money buy the best bed you can (not the vibrating one)
A lamp- Get the best one, one in each room to light up and give two room.
A picture- A very good one.
Bathroom 2-
A toilet- Might as well get the most expensive one now.
A sink- You will be able to afford one now
A bath/shower- what ever you can afford
A lamp- Get the best one, yes even in here
A picture- A very good one.
Bathroom 2-
A toilet- might as well get the most expensive one now.
Get a Jacuzzi for some fun.
A lamp- Get the best one, yes even in here.
A picture- A very good one.
Living area-
A sofa- the $1,100 one
A chair- A good one.
A telly- Get the plasma TV.
A lamp- Get the best one
A picture- A very good one.
Dining room-
A table- the most expensive dining table
Chairs- Get as many of these as will go round the table
A lamp- Get the best one
A picture- A very good one.
Kitchen-
6-7 worktops- the best
A Dishwasher- any they are all as good as each other.
A fridge- The best one.
A cooker- The best one. (Make sure you have 3 cooking points before use.)
A Trash compactor- saves even more time then the bin
A lamp- Get the best one.
A Garden
A patio
A barbeque
Flowers round the front of the house
A swimming pool- (if item meter allows it)
Another Jacuzzi for parties
fffffffff
f|-----|f
f| St |f
f| |fffffffffffffffffff
|---------|-------------|f Key:
| | Be1 |fffffff -----&|
| Ki | |------| |
|------| |-------------| | |= walls
|Ba2 |---------| Be2 | Ba1 |
| | Li | |------| ====== Not a wall but where
|------| |-------------| the area separates
|=========|pppppppp jjjjj
| |pppppppp jjjjj
| Di |pppppppp jjjjj Be1= Bedroom1
|---------|pppppppp Be2= Bedroom2
pppppppppppp Ba= Bathroom
psssssssssp Li= Living area
psssssssssp ki= Kitchen
psssssssssp Di= Dining room
ppppppppppp St= Study
p= Patio
f= flowers
j= Jacuzzi
s= swimming pool
$70,000
- - - -
At this price you can have nearly everything that you want.
Bedroom-
A bed- any
A lamp- Get the best one, one in each room to light up and give two room.
A picture- A very good one.
Bedroom 2-
A bed- any
A lamp- Get the best one, one in each room to light up and give two room.
A picture- A very good one.
Bathroom 2-
A toilet- Might as well get the most expensive one now.
A sink- You will be able to afford one now
A bath/shower- what ever you can afford
A lamp- Get the best one, yes even in here
A picture- A very good one.
Kitchen-
6-7 worktops- the best
A Dishwasher- the best, just for the sake of it.
A fridge- The best one.
A cooker- The best one. (Make sure you have 3 cooking points before use.)
A Trash compactor- saves even more time then the bin
A lamp- Get the best one.
Bathroom 2-
A toilet- Might as well get the most expensive one now.
Get a Jacuzzi for some fun.
A lamp- Get the best one.
A picture- A very good one.
Living area-
A sofa- the $1,100 one
A chair- A good one.
A telly- Get the plasma TV.
A lamp- Get the best one
A picture- A very good one.
Dining room-
A table- the most expensive dining table
Chairs- the best ones get as many of these as will go round the table.
A lamp- Get the best one
A picture- A very good one.
A Garden
A patio
A barbeque
Flowers round the front of the house
A swimming pool- (if item meter allows it)
Another Jacuzzi for parties
Tree Swing
fffffffff
f|-----|f
f| St |f
f| |fffffffffffffffffff
f|---------|-------------|f Key:
f| | Be1 |ffffffff -----&|
ffffffff| Ki | |------|f |
f|------| |-------------| |f |= walls
f|Ba2 |---------| Be2 | Ba1 |f
f| | Li | |------|f ====== Not a wall but where
f|------| |-------------|ffffffff the area separates
ffffffff|=========|pppppppp jjjjj
f| |pppppppp jjjjj
f| Di |pppppppp jjjjj Be1= Bedroom1
f|---------|pppppppp Be2= Bedroom2
pppppppppppppppppppppppppppp Ba= Bathroom
pssssssssspppppppppppppppppp Li= Living area
pssssssssspppppppppppppppppp Ki= Kitchen
pssssssssspppppppppppppppppp Di= Dining room
pppppppppppppppppppppppppppp St= Study
p= Patio
ttttt f= flowers
ttttt j= Jacuzzi
s= swimming pool
t= tree swing
$80,000 or more
- - - - - - - -
Just buy whatever you want there is no point in writting anymore because I am
just starting to repeat myself.
019.4 - Other Good/fun Designs
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Here I will show other good house designs. If you have any more then E-mail
them to me and I will put them in (of course any thing that you do send in the
credit will go 100% to you.)
::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
Note: These are only the basics of the house so they still are good if you add
to them.
::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
1. Plain corridor
|-------|-|--------| Key
| Ba | | Ki | -----
| | | | Ba= Bathroom
|-------| |--------| Be1= Bedroom one
| Be1 | | St | Li= Living room
| |C| | Ki= Kitchen
|-------| |--------| St= Study
| | | | Be2= Bedroom two
| Li | | Be2 | C= Corridor
| | | |
|-------|-|--------|
This design is really basic but it is good because every room is easy to get
to. If you don't have enough room with this you can add to it like this:
|-------|-|--------|-|------|
| | | | | |
| | | | | |
|-------| |--------|-|------|
| | | | | |
| | | | | |
|-------| |--------| |------|
| | | | | |
| | | | | |
| | | | | |
|-------|-|--------|-|------|
2. Like a Donut!
This house is for the rich Sim only. It cost me nealy $90,000.
|----------|----------|
| Be | Ba |
| | | Key
|----|-----|----|-----| -----
| | Swimming | | Ba= Bathroom
| | pool | | Li= Livng room
| Li | | St | St= Study
| | | | Be= Bedroom
|----|-----|----|-----| Ki= Kitchen
| | | Di= Dining room
| Ki | Di |
|----------|----------|
I know befor i said don't put rooms in rooms but this one works because it is
a swimming pool in the middle and they don't go in there much plus it makes
the house look cool. The only thing that you have to watch out for when making
this house is the furnish meter.
To make mine I did:
Put a swimming pool in the middle
Then built a wall two squares away from the edge of the pool all the way
around the pool.
After that I put another wall around the wall I just built but this time it
was five away all the way around.
Split it into rooms
And furnished it.
3. Letters
Stupid as it may seem you can make a house in the shape of loads of letters!
I did one in a 'J' for Josh (my name)
|-----|----------|
| Ba | Li | Key
| | | -----
|-----|----|-----| Ba= Bathroom
| | Li= living room
| Ki | Ki= Kitchen
| | Di/St= Dining room and/or a study
| |
|-----|----|
| Di/St |
| |
|----------|
You can do it with nearly any letter and when you've finished it looks brill.
|----| |----|
| Ki | | | Key
| | |St | -----
|----| | | Ki= Kitchen
| | |----| Li= Living room
| Li |-----| | Be= Bedroom
| | |Ba | Ba= Bathroom
| | Be | | St= study
|---------------|
| « Previous Page | Next Page » |
