The SimsI've been playing The Sims for a few years now and I have all the expansion packs. Now that I have all the drawing tools I want, I can finally start making skins fit to be shared. They'll be on this page, along with my tips and stuff to help you get things done more quickly. I take the time to find out this stuff so you don't have to!Here's the . They have all kinds of good things you can download free. I have The Sims for PCs. I don't know how much of this will work for the Mac version. ContentsSkins/Sims for Sims 1 and 2Tips and Tricks for Sims 1: Cheats The Genie in the Lamp Magazines Potions Magic Town Magic dueling Recipes and Ingredients Dragons Stuff that grows printable version of all the tips |
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My SkinsWARNING: Download anything from this site at your own risk. The skins all work in my game but I can't guarantee they'll work in yours and I am not responsible for any damage done to your game or system.I don't have the software to make my own meshes (.skn files), so I use the meshes that come with the game. I make the skins myself (or, in the case of the werewolf, make special and NPC skins available in the Create Family section), usually by modifying Maxis skins. Do not redistribute my skins, even if you modify them. (to unzip the files) To use the skins in Sims 1, put all the files from the .zip file into your Maxis\The Sims\GameData\Skins folder. If you have expansion packs, then it may ask if you want to overwrite some of the .skn files. You do not need to overwrite these files. To install files in Sims 2: Download the .Sims2Pack file and open it from Windows Explorer (or using Clean Installer if you have it). A blue box will pop up asking if you want to install, click Yes. After you install the .Sims2Pack file, the Sim and custom content that comes with it will appear in Body Shop and in the game on the Create A Sim screen. Sims 2 SimsClick here for the post on my LJ with all my new Sims 2 downloads, for Star Trek, Heroes and BBC Sherlock. That's easier than re-posting it all here.
No expansion packs required. Sims 1 skinsHere are some pictures of my Snape and Lucius in their cottage. Part 1 and Part 2. Rated PG-13 for slashy goodness. ~*~$ALL NEW SPARKLYPOO SKINS!#@%$! ^_~or something..."So what's with the dress?" you may ask. I actually just wanted a peasant dress that was fancier than the one that comes with Makin' Magic and I decided to include it here. And here's my favorite couple... of characters.With bonus werewolf!Lupin I didn't make this one myself; it's from Makin' Magic but this makes it possible to use it as a regular head, instead of just when you use the Beauty or Beast charm. Back to top |
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Tips and Tricksofficial message board.To bring up the text box where you enter cheat codes, press Ctrl + Shift + c. It will appear at the top left corner of your screen. For a lot of these codes, you can toggle the cheat on and off. I've just typed "on/off," meaning you type either on or off in the text box. rosebud gives you 1000 simoleons klapaucius same as rosebud but it works for the original game, without expansion packs rosebud;!;!;! etc. you get an additional 1000 for each ;! you type interests displays the interests of the selected Sim grow_grass # (0 to 150) and water_tool where there's the #, type a number 0 to 150, which tells the grass how much to grow. water_tool allows you to make ponds. These are unnecessary if you have Hot Date or the later expansion packs. map_edit on/off lets you select which squares on the lot are yours; for example, you can use this to modify the road if you want autonomy # (0 to 100) the number determines how independently your Sims can act; 50 is the default move_objects on/off in Buy or Build mode, you can move and delete objects you wouldn't normally be able to, including people, the mailbox and the trash can. Do not delete the mailbox or trash can because it will screw up your game. house # automatically loads the house with the number you type sim_speed # (-1000 to 1000) sets game speed draw_routes on/off is supposed to draw a dotted line showing the selected Sim's path but I didn't see anything happen draw_floorable on/off shows or hides grid of tiles where you can put floor grid on/off shows or hides the floor grid in Live mode prepare_lot checks and fixes problems with selected lot rotation # (0 to 3) rotates the view (same as using the arrow buttons) history creates a text file with info about the selected family bubble_tweak # (-65 to 0) moves thought bubble - this is useful when the thought bubble intersects an object route_balloons on/off determines whether a thought balloon will appear when the Sim's route is blocked tile_info on/off is supposed to display info about a floor tile as you move your cursor over it but it didn't in mine genable ____ on/off objects - makes objects visible/invisible people - makes people invisible/visible floors - makes floors invisible/visible walls - makes walls invisible/visible static rows - on makes all objects invisible except those that Sims are using and those you're pointing at with the cursor; off makes everything visible genable status displays info on your options for the above genable default makes everything visible set_hour # (1 to 24) sets what time it is in the game nessie only for Unleashed; makes the Loch Ness monster appear in the river on the neighborhood screen show_zones on/off also only for Unleashed; shows or hides the Residential/Business zone markers Back to top |
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Genie in the lampWhen you rub the lamp, the genie lets you choose from two options. Every option has either a good outcome or a bad outcome, so you have to weigh the potential gain against the potential cost when you make your choice.
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MagazinesYou can change your Sims' interests by making them read magazines. So you don't have to stand there browsing through all of them, here are the topics each one contains:MaxSimum - Travel, Exercise, Outdoors Victor's Digest - Food, Sports, Weather WhooNoo! - Romance, Style, Hollywood Livin' Large - Music, Parties, The 60s The Avarix - Money, Politics, Technology Back to top |
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PotionsYou can't choose ahead of time which potion your Sim will make, and you can't throw it away once it's made. If you really don't want them to drink it, the only way I know how to deal with it is to sell the chemistry set and get a new one.Fortunately, the potions are color-coded, as follows: red - someone falls in love with you orange - temporarily turn invisible yellow - permanently reverse your personality points - you can use this to make Sims with more than the usual allotment of personality points, by not using up all the points when you create the Sim and then using the potion. green - create an evil clone of yourself that leaves after a while blue - increase hygine and comfort purple - temporarily turn into a thing like Frankenstein's monster Back to top |
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Magic Town TipsMakin' Magic is my favorite expansion pack. There's a whole lot of new stuff that can happen; here's what I've encountered so far. Skip this part if you'd rather be surprised.Talk to the vendors. You can get otherwise unavailable items by doing what they ask. The Mushrooms Game: the vendor will offer to give you a rare item if you touch more mushrooms than they do. These are special mushrooms that only appear when the game begins (I made the mistake of thinking I had to touch the mushroom-shaped chairs). Once the game begins (when you hit "OK" and the vendor's dialog box disappears), pause the game and look for the mushrooms. There are often clusters of two or more - head for those. The vendors seem to go after the mushrooms at random, so you have the advantage of coming up with a more organized plan. I can beat the Vampire at it, if I'm careful, but I the Tinker runs and I can't always get my Sims to run - sometimes "go here" makes them run but sometimes they walk - for some reason. If you touch more mushrooms then you'll be rewarded with a rare item (one you can't buy). Don't forget to go back and talk to the vendor to collect your prize. The Sleepy Clouds: another thing that can happen when you talk to the vendors is that they ask you to get rid of some clouds. It starts out as one innocuous little cloud hanging there cloud multiplies quickly. Use the 'Disperse' action on the clouds. They put other people to sleep but not you. I've found it's easiest if you set the speed to '1' and don't line up too many Disperse actions at a time, because the clouds disappear and new ones appear and you don't want to be waving your wand at empty air. The Tombstone Puzzle: it's a square surrounded by a low fence and if you click on it, you'll find that it's one of those games where every change you make (raising or lowering the tombstones) reverses the condition of the adjacent stones. You can practice with it any time and if you talk to the vendors, sometimes they'll give you an item for making all the stones be up (you have to talk to them first and they tell you to fix the graveyard). Deliveries: You can also get free stuff when a vendor asks you to deliver something. You can deliver it and get a rare item, or just steal whatever you were supposed to deliver. Get an item: A vendors might ask you to get them an item from someone in the area. Curiously, it's always something red: a brick, an apple or a red banana. I tried keeping the items but I couldn't find anything to do with them. Cheer someone up: A vendor might ask you to cheer up their friend. You have to find the person they name and talk to that person for a while. If you fail, (if the vendor says they haven't cheered up) you can continue trying. Other things to do in Makin' Magic: Makin' money: you earn MagiCoins by doing magic shows. These have nothing to do with the spells you've made, it only depends on your skills: logic for the goth show and mechanical for the circus show. So quickly max out the logic and/or mechanical points for one family member then have that one go and earn the money. You'll have that spooky mansion across the river in no time! You can make hundreds of magicoins in a single show if the Sim keeps doing tricks. To make them do more than one trick per show, click on the stage just before they start each trick, when they're standing in the middle of the stage, and you'll be able to get the action menu ("Perform") and select the next trick. Try doing the show before you've got a lot of skills too; you'll still get a little money and it's pretty funny to watch your Sim get beat up by the mummy. You can also get money for your creativity by charming the snake but you don't get as much. Savin' money: Never buy golden thread if you can help it. Not only can you make it yourself without spending any MagiCoins, but you also increase your mechanical skills at the same time. The same goes for honey/beeswax and cooking skills. You can get free toadstools if you own the toadstool chair. Sometimes when you sit on the chair, toadstools will grow in your yard and you can harvest them. While I'm talking about the honey, I should mention... The bees: sometimes, inexplicably, my stupid Sims would try to make honey/beeswax without putting on the beekeeper outfit, resulting in their getting stung and their fun score plummeting. I just cancelled the "Harvest" action and they walked away; there didn't seem to be any permanent damage. I'm pretty sure having a low mood is what triggers the bees to attack. Sometimes, the bear that knocks over the trash can comes by and, if you have a beehive, instead of knocking over the trash, it'll try to eat the honey and get chased away by the bees. The Snake Charmer: you can get MagiCoins by charming the cobra but you don't get many unless you have high Creativity. I've never been bitten by the snake, but that's just the sort of thing they'd throw in there so be careful. Mysterious Plants: if you do enough magic in your house, stuff starts to grow. This happens faster if you live in Magic Town. In the regular neighborhood so far, I've just gotten a gnarly root which doesn't seem to do anything. In Magic town, I got a red crystal, from which a Sim can learn the "Hot Foot" ability. See below for more info. Back to top |
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DuelingWhether you win or lose has nothing to do with your skills or inventory; it just depends on the spells you cast. The duel lasts four rounds and you have four (of five possible) spells to choose from; you can only use each spell once. The trick is knowing which spell will beat your opponent's spell. You can tell what spells are cast by the symbols below your feet on the dueling stage - definitely zoom in all the way for this. If you win at least three rounds then you get MagiCoins. If you talk to a vendor and they suggest that you challenge them, they'll give you an item if you win. Here's my sort of crude representation of the symbols, but you get the idea: The symbol in the box is the spell that wins. So, for example, if it's lightning vs blizzard, then blizzard wins. It doesn't matter who casts it. Also, make sure you're quick about choosing a spell, or you'll lose that round no matter what. (I really hope that what-beats-what doesn't change, or else I just wasted a whole lot of time. So far, in my experience, it doesn't). You can tell which spells you and your opponent have available by looking at the colored globes on sticks that appear on the stairs on each end of the dueling stage. The globes' colors match the colors in the names of the spells. Back to top |
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RecipesGrape nectar grapes, grapes, sugarElderberry nectar sugar, elderberries, elderberries Honey nectar honey, grapes, sugar Freshly baked bread baking mix, baking mix, baking mix Homemade cake butter, sugar, baking mix Carrot cake butter, baking mix, carrots Elderberry pie sugar, elderberries, baking mix Magic tart butter, baking mix, pixie dust - may turn your head into that of a donkey Magic nectar grapes, grapes, toad sweat - same effect as the Shed Your Skin charm SpellsThe spells and charms can all backfire. This usually happens when you cast the magic at a time when it's not necessary or when you try to cast the magic when your mood isn't right.Toadification butter, toadstools, toad sweat temporarily turn someone into a toad. If you cast it on someone who has a wand, they'll turn you into a toad instead. Relationship Boost honey, honey, pixie dust improve your relationship with the person on whom you cast the spell Enchant butter, toadstools, pixie dust Make inanimate objects come to life. So far, I've been able to enchant the following: frige - goes crazy and you won't be able to get food for a while chessboard - plays by itself and you won't be able to use it for a while lawn gnome - comes to life for a while and takes care of your garden, unless you have a nectar press, in which case he'll jump into it and get drunk flamingo - comes to life as a go-go dancer; this is good for entertaining party guests If your mood is low when you cast Enchant then the thing you try to enchant will catch on fire Get Happy honey, grapes, pixie dust Make someone else's mood improve Smiley Face honey, garlic, toad sweat Instantly make someone your friend Banish butter, snake venom, garlic Temporarily make someone disappear down a hole Love Struck honey, dragon tears, pixie dust Instantly make someone fall in love with you; you also fall in love with them Hypnotize butter, toad sweat, clown confetti Hypnotize someone, then you get to pick one action to make them do. If you try to hypnotize someone who has a wand, then you'll get hynotized The Big Question honey, clown confetti, wizard eyelashes Instantly marry someone. I tried to cast this on someone I didn't know (didn't appear in my relationships window) and it failed. A Friend Indeed butter, pet treats, clown confetti Permanently turn your pet into a human CharmsBeauty or Beast beeswax, beeswax, beeswaxTemporarily look like something out of a bad sci-fi movie; you can choose from a selection including werewolf, minotaur, sorcerer and orc. Horn of Plenty golden thread, magic beans, magic beans Get lots of food If you cast this when you're not hungry, you'll get a housefull of toads. If you kiss the toads, one might turn into a prince but this is extremely rare. I haven't seen it happen myself. Dish Wish golden thread, golden thread, llama spit All dirty dishes in the house disappear. If you cast this charm when there are no dirty dishes then a whole lot of dirty dishes will appear Rain of Riches beeswax, rubber chicken, diamond dust Get lots of treasure, that you can sell for money or keep around to look at in your hoard. Being a pirate monkey, I prefer the latter. Shed Your Skin beeswax, beeswax, sands of time Temporarily become like a ghost Polar Attraction beeswax, dragon scales, llama spit People will like what you say even if they don't have the same interests Clone Drone beeswax, sands of time, pegasus feather Make a clone of yourself that's supposed to go to work for you while you goof off but mine just hung around reading the paper and then spontaneously combusted, setting fire to the shrubs. Oh well. Perfect Garden golden thread, magic beans, four-leaf clover Instantly waters and restores all the plants in your garden UNLESS you have lawn gnomes in the yard. If you do, then the charm makes them come to life, go crazy and stomp your plants. Unfortunately, I discovered this when I had about 20 gnomes. I had to make my Sims go around "solidifying" them all. Magic Mood beeswax, magic beans, glacial glass Improve your own mood, or the mood of everyone in the house, including guests. This is how I got Drew Carey to come to my party. If your mood is too high, then it'll makes everyone's mood bad. Of House and Home golden thread, glacial glass, pegasus feather Wally O'Wisp comes and fixes broken stuff and cleans your house. If your mood is low then Molly O'Wisp comes and messes stuff up. The Price of Fame beeswax, diamond dust, black roses Get famous but with obsessed fans Kids' MagicBeauty or Beast Jr. Charm toadstools, toadstools, toadstoolsTemporarily turn into a fantasy creature Get Happy Jr. Spell toadstools, dragon scales, faerie dust Same as Get Happy for adults Enchant faerie dust, faerie dust, dragon tears Same as Enchant for adults No More Puddles Charm toadstools, toadstools, dragon tears Increase child's hygine to max Make It's supposed to make cakes but mine always makes a bunch of toads; I've heard this is a bug. I've also heard you can turn a toad into a prince if you kiss it but it's really unlikely. Only adults can kiss the toads. Smiley Face Jr. Spell dragon tears, dragon tears, faerie dust Same as Smiley Face for adults Invisible Friend Charm toadstools, toadstools, faerie dust A child appears that only the child who cast the spell can see Clone Drone Jr. Charm toadstools, dragon tears, dragon scales Same as Clone Drone for adults Age of Instant Charm toadstools, dragon scales, drgon scales Permanently turn into an adult; if your mood is low and this backfires, you'll turn into a baby Back to top IngredientsHere's the color code for my table of where to get stuff (buy it from the display or barter with the vendor associated with that display):Lotta's Foodstuffs/Hidimant Food Display Meriklime Berry Display/Golden Meriklime Display Vegano Market Cart All Things Draconic Faerie Mara's Odds and Ends Wagon O' Wares Snake Charmer Praisem High Treat Display The number in parentheses is the price, S for simoleons, M for MagiCoins. You get a box of free magic stuff when you first move in. Don't forget to open it! If it says "vendor" it means you have to talk to a vendor and do their task to get the item.
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How to get the black roses:You have to have the Superstar expansion pack and you have to have someone famous in your house. Having someone famous in your house becomes easy with magic; just read the tabloid to see who's a celebrity then go down to Studio Town with your Smiley Face or Love Struck spell. Cast it on the celebrity then go home and invite them over. If you used Love Struck then you can get them to marry you pretty easily without further magical manipulation but if they're just your friend then use The Big Question. When the celebrity lives in your house, an Obsessed Fan will start coming by and will occasionally leave black roses. Also, if you make gargoyles and leave them out, sometimes the fan will steal a gargoyle and leave roses (if there's someone famous in your house).I've heard that if you have a celebrity grave (the kind with a star on it) in front of the house then people will come and leave roses but this hasn't worked for me yet. Back to top DragonsYou can buy a dragon nest from the "All Things Draconic" cart and it'll hatch into a dragon! The dragon can be purple, red or gold, depending on what you do with the egg before it hatches.
Once the dragon has hatched, you can tickle it to get dragon tears and groom it to get dragon scales, though you may have to do these things a few times before the ingredients appear. They don't appear in your inventory; they'll be on the floor and you'll have to pick them up. The dragons don't appear as family members, like cats or dogs, nor do they appear in your relationships window. Back to top Crystals and other things that growCrystals, as well as roots, flowers and beanstalks (some of which can be climbed! More on this later) will spontaneously grow in your yard when you do enough magic on your property. So far I've only gotten the red crystal to appear, from which you can learn "Hot Foot."Free toadstools: You can make toadstools grow by sitting on the toadstool chair (it doesn't happen every time so keep getting up and sitting again). You'll hear a bubbly noise when the toadstools appear in your yard somewhere and you can go and harvest them. Ability Crystals:
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