Sim Sanity
Ok- time for me to blog abit about how my Sims drove me VERY angry this week.
I currently have 3 families with babies and 3 more with babies on the way. So last week I had one of my babies grow up to be a toddler, AFTER going thru the trouble of having all three families be on the day that the baby grows up to toddler... that way the toddlers could end up being friends and hanging out with each other. After he grew up- Ch'p wanted to learn how to walk and talk( for non sim people he'd gain 'happy points' for this). I was happy that his father, Guy, wanted to teach Ch'p as he'd also gain 'happy points' for this.
So I had Ch'p drink Smart Milk and Guy wear the Thinking Cap and then started the teaching. Both Smart Milk and Thinking Cap are in game 'rewards' for happy Sims that make them learn easier( smart milk for toddlers, thinking cap for adults). I figured with both armed with learning curve stuff, Ch'p would learn in NO time to walk and would be able to learn how to talk and be potty trained in a day or two( the other two things toddlers SHOULD learn).
And then I found something had gone horribly awry. Ch'p seemed to learn a bit on how to walk and then unlearnt what he had just learnt. His 'walk ability' never filled and I was worried that if HE couldn't learn neither would the rest of the baby Sims. Now since my two kids( Lucifer Devils and Dani Muties) had already learnt how to walk, I knew it was possible- but something was different with Ch'p.
My first assumption was that I had downloaded a hack that didn't work right. I had downloaded one hack that affected kids... though it was a very important hack. You see Sims like to sleep but they're not that fun when they sleep... so I downloaded a espesso hack that allowed my adult Sims to stay UP all night. This also helped because sometimes they'd get a promotion and have to be 'back' at work in 3 hours from when they got home( because new posistion had new hours). The update to the espresso hack- made it so that toddlers and kids could also get HUGE doses of caffeine. So I saved the game, which I regretted... and moved the hack and tried to see if taking the hack out would help poor little ch'p learn...
It didn't work... and instead of quitting I saved AGAIN.
So I had several hours of ch'p NOT learning how to walk and I was angry because I feared NONE of my sim toddlers would be able to learn to do anything.
So in a fit of anger I erased the saved game and reverted to the last time I had burnt my neighborhood on cd. This meant that ALL families reverted to the last time I had burnt the cd... I lost a few days of valuable Sims time. This really annoyed me as I had done some good stuff with my Sims- and there is sometimes domino effects... Like to make one Sim happy they have to talk to another Sim so it falls on figuring out which family to use so person a talks to person b. And then there are random walk bys- which can NOT be re-created. Random walk bys are how families meet other families. So if I move a family in, the only way for them to meet people is random walk bys or go downtown... for random encounters.
So I also went to modthesims where I had downloaded most/all of my hacks... This was also the place that I got in trouble for 'speaking out' against the troops. However I felt that if anyone could help me, these mugs could. It turned out to be a very simple 'don't use the thinking cap to teach toddlers how to walk.' That's it. I got angry lost days of Sims work, just because I was using the thinking cap. I guess with Lucifer and Dani I forgot to use the helmut or something... It's very weird but I'm glad I'm back on track.
Of course backsliding this week- of redoing the families and NOT playing while waiting to figure out what was going on... Dani and Lucifer are still kids and haven't turned into teenagers yet. I mention this because the expansion coming out about Wednesday or Thursday- Sims University is for teens to become young adults and go to college. So I won't be ready to send them YET... However I'm pre-ordering it today because I have a coupon good for 15 bucks off on EA's website which is like 40% off. Plus it has some GREAT objects for my Sims, including a rock band( guitars, drums.. etc?) a pool table, a 'juice' keg, and a hookah.
Lastly- just want to review the families I currently have- one key knocked up means they are preggers but haven't popped the baby.
Muties: Wolfsbane and Doug- one of my first four families. They have two kids Dani and Sam. Dani is a kid, Sam's a baby( will prolly be a toddler by Tuesday)
Devils: same gender couple Harley and Lilith. Son- Lucifer( kid best friend with dani), and daughter Lioumeri( also baby about to be toddler). I really have fun with the devils- but haven't played them in a bit to get others caught up. Lilith is a criminal and I want her to get to the top of her career so she'll be a super villain.
Warriors: I started with 3 sisters- Bleu, Red and Goth. Bleu however got knocked up, moved out to be with Guy and then married him. Red and Goth are pretty happy and just added to their house because Goth got knocked up by Laci Lanterns
Lanterns: The last of my 4 original families. They consisted of Guy, Katmi and Katmi's sisters Laci. Guy however knocked up Bleu, moved out, proposed to her and then married her. Katmi is currently knocked up by Adam Marvels, and as said Laci knocked up Goth.
Lanterns: The second Lanterns Family is Guy, his wife Bleu and their son Ch'p. They are the first( and currently only) couple to be married in game. Ch'p is a toddler who's just learnt to walk
Marvels: Captain, his sister Mary, his son Jr. and their 'friend' Adam. Cap had to be Jr.'s dad because Jr. is a teen and in the game kids have to be related to an adult. Both Cap and Jr. are outgoing Sims in the political career... though Jr, is thinking of becoming an actor after college( a new career in Sims U.). Adam, being 'evil' has knocked up two girls so far( Mary and Katmi) and shows NO signs of marrying either. Heck Cap isn't even forcing him to marry Mary.
Smarts: Just created before the problems. They consist of Babs and Kitty Smarts... based on Babara 'Batgirl' Gordon and Kitty "Shadowcat" Pryde. I'm trying to get them to love each other and get a civil union but realize in retrospect- would've been easier to have them married in advance. Kitty has a kid- Storm... because I feel in love with a guy's kid Storm outfit and skin. She's SOOO cute.
X-men: They consist of Beast and his wife Phoenix, Phoenix's sister Jean( in a AOA outfit) and V. Storm aka Vampire Storm. I married Beast and Phoenix because I thought her red hair and eyes would look good with his blue skin. I was also very happy to be able to put together a vampy look for Storm. Oh and Beast just knocked up Phoenix.
Flash: I've created but haven't played yet the Flash family... They're sorta on the back burner... and in fact sometimes I forget about them. It's Barry and his two kids Bart and Jenni. Bart and Jenni are teenagers. So I'll try to play them soon... but not sure if it'll end up being after Dani and Lucifer turn to teenagers... So they can all hang out.
I currently have 3 families with babies and 3 more with babies on the way. So last week I had one of my babies grow up to be a toddler, AFTER going thru the trouble of having all three families be on the day that the baby grows up to toddler... that way the toddlers could end up being friends and hanging out with each other. After he grew up- Ch'p wanted to learn how to walk and talk( for non sim people he'd gain 'happy points' for this). I was happy that his father, Guy, wanted to teach Ch'p as he'd also gain 'happy points' for this.
So I had Ch'p drink Smart Milk and Guy wear the Thinking Cap and then started the teaching. Both Smart Milk and Thinking Cap are in game 'rewards' for happy Sims that make them learn easier( smart milk for toddlers, thinking cap for adults). I figured with both armed with learning curve stuff, Ch'p would learn in NO time to walk and would be able to learn how to talk and be potty trained in a day or two( the other two things toddlers SHOULD learn).
And then I found something had gone horribly awry. Ch'p seemed to learn a bit on how to walk and then unlearnt what he had just learnt. His 'walk ability' never filled and I was worried that if HE couldn't learn neither would the rest of the baby Sims. Now since my two kids( Lucifer Devils and Dani Muties) had already learnt how to walk, I knew it was possible- but something was different with Ch'p.
My first assumption was that I had downloaded a hack that didn't work right. I had downloaded one hack that affected kids... though it was a very important hack. You see Sims like to sleep but they're not that fun when they sleep... so I downloaded a espesso hack that allowed my adult Sims to stay UP all night. This also helped because sometimes they'd get a promotion and have to be 'back' at work in 3 hours from when they got home( because new posistion had new hours). The update to the espresso hack- made it so that toddlers and kids could also get HUGE doses of caffeine. So I saved the game, which I regretted... and moved the hack and tried to see if taking the hack out would help poor little ch'p learn...
It didn't work... and instead of quitting I saved AGAIN.
So I had several hours of ch'p NOT learning how to walk and I was angry because I feared NONE of my sim toddlers would be able to learn to do anything.
So in a fit of anger I erased the saved game and reverted to the last time I had burnt my neighborhood on cd. This meant that ALL families reverted to the last time I had burnt the cd... I lost a few days of valuable Sims time. This really annoyed me as I had done some good stuff with my Sims- and there is sometimes domino effects... Like to make one Sim happy they have to talk to another Sim so it falls on figuring out which family to use so person a talks to person b. And then there are random walk bys- which can NOT be re-created. Random walk bys are how families meet other families. So if I move a family in, the only way for them to meet people is random walk bys or go downtown... for random encounters.
So I also went to modthesims where I had downloaded most/all of my hacks... This was also the place that I got in trouble for 'speaking out' against the troops. However I felt that if anyone could help me, these mugs could. It turned out to be a very simple 'don't use the thinking cap to teach toddlers how to walk.' That's it. I got angry lost days of Sims work, just because I was using the thinking cap. I guess with Lucifer and Dani I forgot to use the helmut or something... It's very weird but I'm glad I'm back on track.
Of course backsliding this week- of redoing the families and NOT playing while waiting to figure out what was going on... Dani and Lucifer are still kids and haven't turned into teenagers yet. I mention this because the expansion coming out about Wednesday or Thursday- Sims University is for teens to become young adults and go to college. So I won't be ready to send them YET... However I'm pre-ordering it today because I have a coupon good for 15 bucks off on EA's website which is like 40% off. Plus it has some GREAT objects for my Sims, including a rock band( guitars, drums.. etc?) a pool table, a 'juice' keg, and a hookah.
Lastly- just want to review the families I currently have- one key knocked up means they are preggers but haven't popped the baby.
Muties: Wolfsbane and Doug- one of my first four families. They have two kids Dani and Sam. Dani is a kid, Sam's a baby( will prolly be a toddler by Tuesday)
Devils: same gender couple Harley and Lilith. Son- Lucifer( kid best friend with dani), and daughter Lioumeri( also baby about to be toddler). I really have fun with the devils- but haven't played them in a bit to get others caught up. Lilith is a criminal and I want her to get to the top of her career so she'll be a super villain.
Warriors: I started with 3 sisters- Bleu, Red and Goth. Bleu however got knocked up, moved out to be with Guy and then married him. Red and Goth are pretty happy and just added to their house because Goth got knocked up by Laci Lanterns
Lanterns: The last of my 4 original families. They consisted of Guy, Katmi and Katmi's sisters Laci. Guy however knocked up Bleu, moved out, proposed to her and then married her. Katmi is currently knocked up by Adam Marvels, and as said Laci knocked up Goth.
Lanterns: The second Lanterns Family is Guy, his wife Bleu and their son Ch'p. They are the first( and currently only) couple to be married in game. Ch'p is a toddler who's just learnt to walk
Marvels: Captain, his sister Mary, his son Jr. and their 'friend' Adam. Cap had to be Jr.'s dad because Jr. is a teen and in the game kids have to be related to an adult. Both Cap and Jr. are outgoing Sims in the political career... though Jr, is thinking of becoming an actor after college( a new career in Sims U.). Adam, being 'evil' has knocked up two girls so far( Mary and Katmi) and shows NO signs of marrying either. Heck Cap isn't even forcing him to marry Mary.
Smarts: Just created before the problems. They consist of Babs and Kitty Smarts... based on Babara 'Batgirl' Gordon and Kitty "Shadowcat" Pryde. I'm trying to get them to love each other and get a civil union but realize in retrospect- would've been easier to have them married in advance. Kitty has a kid- Storm... because I feel in love with a guy's kid Storm outfit and skin. She's SOOO cute.
X-men: They consist of Beast and his wife Phoenix, Phoenix's sister Jean( in a AOA outfit) and V. Storm aka Vampire Storm. I married Beast and Phoenix because I thought her red hair and eyes would look good with his blue skin. I was also very happy to be able to put together a vampy look for Storm. Oh and Beast just knocked up Phoenix.
Flash: I've created but haven't played yet the Flash family... They're sorta on the back burner... and in fact sometimes I forget about them. It's Barry and his two kids Bart and Jenni. Bart and Jenni are teenagers. So I'll try to play them soon... but not sure if it'll end up being after Dani and Lucifer turn to teenagers... So they can all hang out.
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