Hints
Two player mode
Go into freeplay mode (if there are two or more people
in the house) or into the levels. Have the second player press
[Start] and a bus appear if you are in the levels; or the
second player will become one of the family members in freeplay
mode. Note: In freeplay mode you need at least two Sims in the
house to make this work.
Boosting a low budget
At Mom's house, Mimi's place, or Dudley's trailer,
buy things until your budget drops below $100. Wait about an hour.
When the phone rings, answer it. You will get free money. Repeat
this as necessary.
Raise motives
To help raise motives in later levels, move back to
Mom's house. The Artificial Love will make raising motives easier.
Go to work one day then skip work the next day to fill your motives.
Note: Be careful; if you skip work two times in a row you can
get fired.
Buy the Aromaster Windpuffer Gold aroma machine. Peppermint and
Juniper increases Comfort. Lavender and Marjoram increases Fun.
Juniper and Rosemary increases Energy. Rosemary and Peppermint
increases Room.
Raising skills
While living with Mom, do not run out and get a job
after you have completed the first few goals. Instead, stay around
awhile and use that time to build skills. Mom will nag you, but
just select "Okay" and keep doing everything else. Make
sure to keep yourself happy and entertain/talk/joke with Mom to
keep your relationship up to par. When you have your skills where
you want them, move out. This will make things much easier. You
will then be able to concentrate on your job and relationships,
rather than skill building.
Notice that when you are at your Mom's house at the beginning,
your Sim's energy and social do not go down, and will remain at
the halfway point. Using this, you can raise your skills faster.
First, have breakfast, lunch, or dinner. Then, use the toilet,
take a bath, watch television for fun and comfort, then finally
work on whatever skill you want. After repeating this routine
before having breakfast, lunch, or dinner, clean up the plates.
Do not call a maid or anything else, as it is a waste of money.
For extra money, do creative skills on your paint set and sell
your paintings when done. This will give you a lot of money when
you are done with your skills. Do all goals except getting a job.
Do not sleep or talk to your mom while doing this. When done with
Cooking, Mechanical, Creative, and Charisma, buy a chess table
for Logic. When you are done with those skills, sell the chess
set (whole refund). Then, buy the weight lifting machine for the
Body. When done with all skills, get a job and move out.
While waiting for your baby to become a child, you are not allowed
to leave your house. This is a great time for building your skills
up, improving your relationships for your career, and doing whatever
needs done around the house.
To raise your Body skills much faster, work out on the Rock Climbing
Wall. Your Sim will get Body points going up the wall and also
when going down the wall.
To successfully gain skills, put fun in between your tasks, such
as Study, Read, Study, Dance, Paint. Note: Do not them do dancing
and watching television very long before going on to the next
task.
If you have a lot of stats to improve (for example, 5 Body and
4 Mech), move to your Mom's house and stay there for a while.
The bus will not come for work, and you will not get fired. You
now have time to raise your stats. Also invite your friends over
and keep your relations up if needed. If you get your stats up,
keep friends, and stay connected, you can move out in a week (Sim
time) or later and continue with your life.
In free play mode, create the Sim(s) you are going to use, but
only as kids. Move them into any lot. Enter the house, then press
[Start] to save and quit. Next, go back to Free street where
you have the family you are going to use and evict them. Then,
go to "Edit Family" and edit the kids you created. You
can now raise all of their personality points. Make them adults
and dress them however desired. Then, move them into a lot where
you want them to live. If you look at their skills, they will
already have some.
Completing all goals
If you want to complete all the goals (the goals besides
getting promoted to) do not fill up all your stats(Body, Cooking,
etc.) at the start. This is because you will go through the levels
very quickly and will not have time to do the other goals. Instead,
at the start just fill Body, because your energy only goes halfway
down; and Creative, so you can throw a great party.
Fun rating
To always have a good Fun rating, buy the Aromaster
and place it in your Sims bedroom. Each time your Sim goes to
bed, turn it onto the second selection, "Lavendar & Marjoram".
This will boost your Fun meter while your Sim sleeps. You need
to have at least 150 Simoleans in order to run the Aromaster.
Also, if you get robbed, the Aromaster will be one of the first
things stolen; have a burglar alarm in place.
Unlock social options
To unlock most social options, become friends with
the Sims. For example, when you be friends with Randy you will
unlock "French Kiss" and with Paisly you could unlock
"Spank Booty". Each Sim has there own social option
to unlock when you become their family friend.
Making friends
Invite a friend over, then get into a hot tub, preferably
the Love Tub. Then, ask a friend to join you. When he or she gets
in, place items around the Love Tub. The Sims will not be able
to leave, and will keep talking to each other.
Keeping friends
Get married when possible, then instead of getting
the friends you need to get a promotion with your Sim, get the
friends with the Sim you are married to. The relationship that
the Sim you are married to has with other Sims never decreases.
You can get friends and not have to worry about keeping them.
Having a baby
Your Sims must be married and the Love Bed must be
unlocked. Pick your female Sim and tell her to "Sleep".
Then, bring the male Sim and tell him to "Play In Bed".
After you finish, kiss her and you will be asked if you would
like to have a baby. Note: Your relationship must be 100%.
If you need to have a baby as part of a goal, in free play mode
make a family with just a male (if playing a female) or a female
(if playing a male). Then, make them have a child. Save them,
then move them in on 3 Free Street. Build a small nice house then
go back under your Sim that need to do this goal. Have him or
her get in love and then marry. Make sure this is the last goal
that you need.. This way, you can just move out and move on with
the game. When you move in with the next family and view your
goals, "Get married" and "Raise a baby to child"
will be already be checked.
Use the following trick to have a baby on a low budget. If you
have not unlocked the Vibrating Bed, use this instead. Tell your
Sim to call your mate over. Then give them a gift, kiss them,
hug them, then kiss them again. You have to do this immediately.
That means they must be lined up at the top. You can do this without
being married. Your Friendship meter must be high.
Jock career
To successfully complete the Jock career, you need
to have all Body points, 4 Cooking points, and 5 Charisma points.
You will also need six friends. A quick way to complete this is
go to Mom's house and buy something to work your body (for example,
a treadmill, pool, etc.);a bookshelf or something similar to the
gourmet cooking stove; and something for your charisma (for example,
a microphone or a mirror). Do that, then build your skills and
move to the different houses so you can complete a goal and unlock
something. You will eventually get to Malcolm's mansion.
Career for completing the game faster
To complete the game much faster and easier, start
it with the Mad Scientist career. Work on your Mechanical and
some Body skills, then after completing that career, get a new
job in the Counter Culture career. Work on your Cooking and Charisma
skills. While doing these careers, you can stock up on the "important"
skills. For example, you must work on your Mechanical and some
body Skills in the Mad Scientist career so you can get full bars
for those, full bars of Cooking for the Counter Culture career,
and Charisma for both.
Skipping work
In Bustin' Out mode, you can skip work by moving back
into Mom's house. While you live with Mom, the bus will not arrive,
and you do not have to work. This is useful if things are not
going so well and you need some time to "restore" your
Sim.
In Bustin' Out mode, you can skip work by changing jobs before
the bus arrives. Later, you can just change back to your old job.
This is useful if you are about to get fired. Note: You will only
get fired if you skip work two or three times in a row.
It is easy to lose your job when you do not go to work for two
or three days. When this happens you will get a phone call saying
that you have been fired. Even if you do not answer the phone,
a message will appear stating that you lost your job. Your Sim
will be unemployed, but it will not be the end of the game. Getting
fired gives you a chance to raise your Sim's motives, build some
missing skills, or make more friends to help you advance in your
career when you start your job again. However, when you get your
job back you must start at the same slot that you were before.
This means you are going to have to work hard again to get promoted
and be able to move out.
Never work
In Bustin' Out mode, the people who you live with (who
you can control) cannot get fired. If you want them to stay home,
just let them. This can be very useful if you need them to clean
up, or need them to do some other things.
If you do not want to keep a job, use this strategy. Stay with
your mom to raise your skills then get a job. Make sure that you
raise Creativity, Mechanical, and Cooking (slightly), because
those are most important skills. Get a job, and if desired, get
promotions to unlock places. When you get to a place that you
think would suit you do not go to work. You will lose your job
and perhaps a skill point, but you will keep playing. Since you
already unlocked the places, you may now work on the necessary
things. If your creativity and mechanical are at 10 (Logic also)
you can make gnomes, sculptures, and mutant plants that will help
you gain money. Once you have full skills in everything, work
on making friends. Then, get a job and complete the other goals.
This will enable you to unlock everything.
Never sleep
Enable the "Cheat Gnome" and "Raise
motives" codes. Select the Cheat Gnome and choose the "Fill
all motives" cheat. Repeat as needed. You will then never
actually "have" to sleep.
Live alone
Use the following trick if you want to take the day
off and control another Sim, and do not want to mess with it.
When your roommates go to work, leave and return after the time
they come back from work. You will be able to live alone. Alternately,
you can build a small room in the back yard, with a door. Go into
it, call the other person over, and leave once they get there.
Then, go to build mode and delete the door.
Catch a robber
Enable the "All objects unlocked" code. Buy
a motion sensor alarm and place at your front door on the wall.
If you have a backdoor, do same thing there. This security costs
only 300 Simoleons, instead of buying walls at the corner of your
street and putting burglar alarms there.
Build a wall at each corner of the map that a burglar can approach
from and place a burglar alarm at every wall. The burglar will
be caught before entering the house.
When you first move in to someone's house, buy the Sims home alarm
systems and put them on both sides of the doors, outside. This
will stop the robbers from getting anywhere near your possessions.
Easy promotions
Enable the "Cheat gnome" and "Raise
motives" codes. Depending on where you live, make family
friends with who you live with and many visitors. Then, go to
work and if others are there, make them stay home. They cannot
get fired.
Get rid of annoying Mom
At the beginning of Busting' Out mode, you will start
out living with Mom. She will keep talking and say things like
"What did I do to deserve this?" or "When are you
going to find a job?" She will keep saying things and will
not allow you to play without interruptions. To avoid this, Enable
the "All socials unlocked" code, then take your Mom
to the back of her house. Hypnotize her, walk away, then put a
wall around her. That will take care of her. However, when you
move out she will wake up. You must take her somewhere quiet so
that if you make noise with a radio or television she will not
wake up.
Get a bigger room
When at Dudley's trailer, go to the master bedroom.
Then, sell the door that leads to the smaller room so that there
is just a wall. Next, make a door at the top right corner so that
there is a place you could walk into the smaller room. Then, decorate
both rooms' wallpaper and carpet to be the same and you will have
a bigger room.
Getting married
Make a meal, then call your potential mate over. Sit
down and eat with them. When you are done, let him or her use
the bathroom. While they are doing that, watch TV then have him
or her join you. When they get up, propose.
Eat dinner with someone. They will use the bathroom. While they
are in there, watch television. When they leave, highlight them
and the "Propose" option should appear. You can also
have a baby with this person by getting the Love Tub. Mimi or
Dudley are the best choices, because they will pay all the bills.
When you get the "Propose" social, serve a meal. Invite
your lover over and have them get a plate of food. They will go
to the restroom then go swimming. When they get out, propose.
Note: You must have a pool before they get to your house.
Raising a baby
When you have a baby, do not play with it ever, as
it does nothing. If you feed it then sing, it will stop crying
for a couple of hours.
Alien abduction
Buy the telescope and use it until you get two skill
points. Your Sim will be abducted and disappear. It will reappear
some hours later, with different stats.
Aromaster
Use the following trick to never have to fix a broken
Aromaster. Save the game before you turn it on. If it breaks,
quit the game without saving and resume from your saved game.
Instead of turning it on again, sell it then buy it again.
Anti-War Protesters
While living at the Pentagon, you must stop the protesters.
Go to Club Rubb and wait until Mona or Bing call and invite everyone
to the party. After Mona or Bing says, "Let's get this party
started. We need to raise funds for the antiwar fund", attack
either Mona or Bing. This should unlock the Toy Parrot.
Contaminating sports at Shiny Things
Labs
To find out where contaminating spores are coming from
when living at Shiny Things Labs, visit the Goth Manor and steal
a fern. This will unlock the Giant Fern.
Daydream Sequence
At the beginning of the game, you will be standing
in a place where people are dancing and music is playing. All
of a sudden, a puff of smoke will appear. A Sim of the opposite
sex will appear from the smoke. A message will appear, stating
something about kissing the Sim that just appeared on the cheek.
The Sim you are supposed to kiss will whistle at you, trying to
get you to kiss him or her. Your Sim does not kiss the other Sim
automatically. If you do not want to kiss the Sim, press [R1]
to speed up time. More messages will appear about kissing the
sim or stating that the daydream will be over soon. After a few
quick minutes in the game, another puff of smoke appears. This
time, your mom appears from the smoke. She will ask you to stop
daydreaming and say that Malcolm is taking your scooter. After
that happens, the daydream ends and you begin the game. Also,
during the "Daydream Sequence" if you do not want to
be near the Sim you have to kiss, move away by using the "Go
Here" queue. However, when you move, the other Sim will just
follow you. Note: When you are in the "Daydream Sequence",
you cannot interact with anything. The only thing you can interact
with is the Sim you must kiss.
Eliminating Senator Landgrabb
To eliminate Malcolm, you invite him over while you
are raising a child. Keep him around until your baby cries.
Buy a wall or fence and trap him until he gives up.
Finding the Goth's fern
In order to get the Goth's fern back, you must be living
in the Goth's house. Then, visit Dudley's house. When you go to
the very back of his house you will see and old broken down car,
and a fern that is close to it. Select the fern and choose the
"Steal Fern" option. A window will appear, and Dudley
will tell you that he was just borrowing the fern. Go back to
the Goth's house and a window will appear, with Bella saying something
about how it figures that it was Dudley who took the fern.
Finding the Sci-Fi script
Go to the Shiny Things lab and talk to the brain in
the jar.
Finding a neighbor with candelabras
To find the candelabras, enable all the social options.
Do Romantic Kiss on Mortimer if your Sim is female or your wife
if your Sim is male.
Framing Malcolm at Pixel Acres
You first need to unlock the Synthesizer and the Pixel
Booty Song. Then, move into Pixel Acres. Buy a Synthesizer, make
food, throw a party, and invite Malcolm over. Then, play the Pixel
Booty Song on the Synthesizer. A cop should appear from the bushes
and arrest Malcolm.
Getting the Pixel Booty Song
Go to Goth Manor and play the synthesizer. You accomplish
two goals, which are "Find out the Ghost problem" and
"Getting the Pixel Booty Song".
Score a red pool table
When you are living at Tinsel Bluffs, visit Club Rubb
and play pool with Bing. This will unlock the pool table.
Find and shut down the hackers
At The Octagon, visit the Shiny Things Lab and select
the first computer at the front of the lab. Select "Steal
Computer" and it will confirm that the mission is complete.
Find and destroy bio-weapons
While living at the Octagon, visit Goth Manor and select
the incubator. Then, choose "Destroy Bio-Weapons".
Find someone interested in Chase's
secret formula
While living at Pixel Acres, visit Shiny Things Lab
and use the "Tell Secrets" interaction on Makino or
Vaughn.
Making sure Mimi's OK
Go to Mimi's house. She will tell you that she has
made a mess around the house and for you to clean up. Then she
will tell you a secret. Once you have picked up all the mess you
should be rewarded with a car.
When you live with Mimi, make sure to hire the maid to come everyday
before you move out. When you are living at Studio 8, skip work
one day and visit Mimi to clean up her mess. Normally, this would
seem nearly impossible to do in one visit. However if the maid
is there, she will clean most of it for you, and you will still
get the car as a reward.
Get through Dudley's party
When you are staying at the gym your roommates will
want you to go over Dudley's Trailer to party. Move out of the
gym and move in with Dudley. While you are there, serve breakfast/lunch/dinner
and have Dudley order pizza. Then, move out of his house and back
into the gym. When you visit Dudley's Trailer, food will be already
laid out on the table. Before you move out of Dudley's Trailer,
buy a bigger table and lots of chairs to seat the guests. Then
when you visit Dudley's Trailer for the party, eat and talk to
at least five party guests to make your relationship with them
above five points. If this does not work, talk to more guest or
see if your relationship went down by some points.
Get through the Rocket Gnome party
At Shiny Things Lab, you will need all Mechanical skills.
Then, make five Rocket Gnomes. Put them all outside then launch
all five.
Throw the ultimate DJ dance party
All you need is the dance floor. Have one person spin
on the DJ Booth and another person dance on the floor. Then, have
that person ask everyone, but the person who is spinning, to join
in the dancing. It will take about fifteen minutes in Sim time.
You will unlock the Q3 Recliner.
To throw the ultimate DJ dance Party at Club Rubb, select the
phone and go all the way to the bottom to "Throw Party".
When your guests arrive, in about thirty seconds, one of the Sims
will say something. After that, choose the DJ Booth and "Spin".
Then the Sim who said something before will say, "Club Rubb
is Da Booommmmbbbbbb!". It will confirm that the goal is
complete.
To throw the ultimate DJ dance party while living at Club Rubb,
you must have somebody with 8 or more Creativity. "Spin"
on the DJ stand and get five people dancing at the same time.
To do this, raise your Creativity skill, "spin" at the
DJ stand, then switch to Mona or Bing and have them dance at the
dance floor. Then, select all the guests and choose "Join".
After about ten minutes Sim time, somebody will say, "Club
Rubb Is Da Booooooooooommmmmmbbbbbb!!", which indicates that
the mission is complete.
Find out what is going on at Toane's
Gym
When you are at Tinsel Bluffs you must complete this
goal. Go to Toane's Gym and do three triple back flips on the
diving board. You will unlock the Wicked Breeze Outdoor Shower.
Muscle the Muscle at the Gym
While you are living at Tinsel Bluffs, go to Toane's
gym and attack someone.
Seduce someone at Casa Caliente
When living at Pixel Acres, visit Casa Caliente and
select the love rug "Relax". Then make a Sim of the
opposite sex join. Talk for awhile on the rug, and you will soon
kiss. Note: You need to like the person 100% or else it will not
work.
Show off some Club Rubb moves at
Studio 8
Enable the "Raise motives" code, then go
to the car and select "Visit". Then, select "Studio
8". When you are at Studio 8 go to someone and select "Breakdance".
If this is not unlocked, then use the "All socials unlocked"
code. You will then get awarded the light. This will work regardless
of whether they turn their back and do not like you.
Change minds at Studio 8
When you have to go to Studio 8 to change their minds
about scientist, go to Artie and hypnotize him. The mission will
now be complete.
Solve the ghost problem at Goth Manor
You must be living at Pixel Acres. Then, go to Goth
Manor and play the TumulTech "Sim-Phony" Synthesizer.
Once you do this, your goal is now complete. Also when you do
this, you will get the Pixel Booty Song.
Stop protesters at The Octagon
Go to Club Rubb and attack Mona or Bing. This will
unlock the Parrot.
Throw an art opening
When you move to Studio 8, one of the goals is to throw
an art opening. In order for the art opening to be successful,
you have to purchase a Sculpting Block and sculpt it first. Then,
have the party and it will be successful. However, before you
can purchase the Sculpting Block, you must complete the goal that
will give you access to it.
Bring all the art and sculptures from out back into the studio.
Arrange them however desired, then buy a cooler in buy mode (miscellaneous).
Go to phone and throw a party.
A very easy way to make the art opening successful at "Studio
8" is to delete one section (square) of the wall that separates
the art room from the kitchen. You will even made a few Simoleons
in the process.
In order to throw an art opening in Studio 8 you need to let Charity
sculpt either before or during the party.
Enable the "All objects" code. Buy a dance floor and
put a stereo by it. Then, buy a sculpting block and put it in
the art room. Next, have your Sims throw a party. This should
be an easy and successful way to throw an art opening.
Help with outsider art
This is a Casa Caliente mission. Just go to Studio
8 and use the easel to paint a picture.
Mission Classified: Eliminate Senator
Landgrabb
First, you need to be at The Octagon. Make sure you
have the Miss Gyrotic (obtained after you unlock it at the skill
building menu at the buy/build menu). Go to the phone and call
Malcolm over. Once he is there, go to the Miss Gyrotic and program
it for defense. The robot will appear and go after Malcolm.
Dead plants
When a plant is dead, do not throw it away. You can
sell the dead plant for as much as a new plant costs.
Plants in house
If you want plants in your house, keep the wall open
in build mode and put the plants in. Then, close up the wall.
Hot tub in house
Delete one wall in your room then put in a hot tub.
Then, close up the wall.
Kinetic Gnome and Flamingo limit
When your Creativity bar has reached its peak, use
the workbench with the tank on it to build Kinetic Gnome and Flamingos.
However, after you have built a certain amount, you will not be
able to select it again. Either sell or launch them to build more.
Easy money
When you go to a house and do not have much money,
trade in all the wallpaper and buy the cheap version. You can
get a good amount of money. You can do the same thing with the
tile.
When you move into a house, sell all the wallpaper and tiles.
Then, change the tiles to grass and the wallpaper to nothing.
Instead of working, you can get a workbench from the "Building
Skills" section in buy mode. When your Mechanical skill is
at its best, you will get 100 Simoleons for each gnome you make.
It only takes about five seconds to make each gnome, and you can
make about thirteen gnomes at once. Note: Your Sim will only make
gnomes when in a good mood.
To get lots of money, enter buy mode and sell the paintings. Some
of them are worth a couple thousand Simoleons.
When you get the Tesla Coil, go on it and wait until it gives
off an electric bolt. Then, go to the Build/Buy menu. Select and
sell the electric bolt for 50 Simoleons.
When you move out of a house (for example, Dudley's Trailer) sell
all of his stuff except the toilet, shower, bed, and refrigerator.
The Sim will survive, and you will make a lot of money.
When at Mom's House, Mimi's Place, or Dudley's Trailer, buy things
until your profit goes below 100 Simoleons. Wait about an hour.
You will get a phone call and receive free money. Repeat this
as necessary. Then, before you move out, sell everything that
you bought. You will then end up leaving with more money than
you started with.
Buy the mechanical object that costs the most money. When you
produce a ball of Blue Lightning, pause game play and go to buy
mode. Then, sell it for 50 Simoleons.
When you move into a new house, Malcolm always comes in and steals
his items back and you can do the same thing. Once moved into
the house, press [Start] and go to the "Buy" section.
Flick the "Right Analog-stick "and the game will allow you
to move items that are already within the house. Once you select
an item, an icon that reads "Sell" will appear. Select
"Sell" and the selling price will be added to your account.
You can sell everything in the house and the tenants will not
get mad. Make sure you leave essential things such as bed, bathroom,
kitchen items ,etc. or the tenants will get mad. When you leave,
the people will not ask for money back. Continue to sell all your
friend's items for free money. Note: When you get to Malcolm's
Mansion, he runs off, and you own the mansion, sell all his items
and you will have a little over 70,000 Simoleons in your account.
If you want to buy things without actually losing money, go to
buy mode, buy whatever desired, place what you bought wherever
you want it to be, then select your vehicle and choose "Move
out".T he residents of the place you are at will pay you
back for whatever you bought. Move to any random place, then move
back to where you originally were. You can keep doing this many
times as desired. Note: You still need enough money to buy the
item -- this trick just lets you get your money back while keeping
the item. This of course does not work on other expenditures,
such as food, money, and bills.
Build up your logic skills and then buy a Gene Genie Incubator
and create a mutant. Feed the mutant until it gets bigger, then
sell the mutant for 500 Simoleons.
In free play mode, evict the Tutti or Frutti family, then and
go to "Edit Family". Select one of the families and
customize it. You will have 36,000 Simoleons.
When using the Tesla Coil, pause game play, You can sell the lighting
balls for 50 Simoleons each.
This trick requires two saved game files. Start one save and quit
it. Start playing the file that you want to earn money on start
and start the other player on the same game. There will be a trunk.
Collect as much money as desired. Repeat this to get as many Simoleons
as needed.
Easy house improvements
When you are trying to improve a house, upgrade everything
to the highest possible level. If you run out of money, move out
(they will repay you), then move back in. This will upgrade the
house so that your Sim can live comfortably and you will not lose
any money.
Mirror reaction
When creating your Sim in a new game (Bustin' Out mode)
or creating a family (Free Play mode), rotate your Sim until he
or she is facing directly at the mirror behind them. Once done,
your Sim (if a male) will bend down to the mirror, take his hand,
and rub his chin smiling. If it is a female, she will turn her
body sideways and look at herself in the mirror.
Triple time
To make time go by faster than "double time"
(from pressing [R1]) when sleeping, control another Sim in
the house and make them go to sleep. If both Sims are sleeping,
time will go by much quicker.
Changing personality when creating
your Sim
When your changing your Sims personality, they will
give you a little demonstration of how they would react to other
Sims. For example, if you change their personality of a girl Sim
and you select "Active", she will jump and dance as
Mimi does on a "Bounce My Booty Dance Floor" at a party.
Quickly kill Sims
Purchase a high diving board in free play mode. You
do not have to place it over the pool. Position it over the patio.
The Sims will jump onto the tile and smack their face into the
ground. If you purchase a glass coffee table, you can place it
under the diving board. When the Sim jumps from the diving board,
they will do a face plant into the glass table and immediately
die. The Grim Reaper will not even appear; they will just turn
into a tombstone.
Kill Sims with mutant plant
Buy an Incubator from the skill point raising items
in buy mode. Then, have your Sim incubate a mutant plant. Next,
feed and water the mutant plant until it grows then stop watering
it. If you watch it, the plant will eventually get hungry and
thirsty (a thought bubble will appear above it). Wait about a
day longer then have your Sim stand in front of the plant. If
the plant is hungry enough, it will either attack your Sim or
eat your Sim whole.
Kill Sims with fire
In free play mode, when you have a grill, place wooden
chairs and a wooden table near it. Then, have one of the Sims
cook on the grill (or more if it does not work). A fire will start.
Have your Sim move toward the flames. If you want to see a show,
do not call the fire department or extinguish the fire. Your Sim
will then start to burn with the other Sims around watching screaming
and crying in terror. The body will collapse to the ground. The
grim reaper will appear and walk to the body. The body will turn
into a tomb stone and remains there until you sell it.
Hint Moving objects other than furniture
Use the following trick when newspapers, or sometimes
empty plates are in your way. Press [Start], then choose
"Buy" or "Build". Select the newspaper or
plate and move it instead of waiting for your Sim to put it inside,
or throw it away. This does not always work on every plate, and
only rarely works with pizza boxes.
Avoiding death
When in free play mode, study cooking before you try
to cook.
Cheap fire alarm
If you do not have the time to study Cooking and do
not want to buy a Fire Alarm, do the following. When your Sim
is hungry and needs to cook, save the game before doing so. If
a fire starts, press [Start] and quit without saving. The
fire will not be saved and it will be as if it had never happened.
You can also do this with other things such as burglars, getting
fired, etc.
Change scooter color
If you do not like the color of the scooter that is
given to you, select the scooter and choose "Repaint".
Your scooter color will change.
Bark like a dog
Start spinning on the Abdominator and your Sim will
begin barking like a dog.
Splinter Cell reference
When your making your Sim, if you remain idle about
five minutes, a character that resembles Sam from the Splinter
Cell will try to enter your house, but ultimately smashes
his head in the window.
Glitch: Kill and revive your roommate
Play Bustin' Out mode and choose the roommate that
you want to kill and revive. Make sure that they have very little
Cooking points. Press [R2] to change into the person that
you want to kill. Note: This cannot be Mimi, Dudley, or Mom because
you cannot change into them. When you are that person, make them
cook food. When they are cooking, a fire may start. The Sim will
catch on fire if they are too close to the flames. If they do
not, change into them again and have them move very close to the
flames. When the Sim catches on fire, they will begin to burn
then will fall to the floor curled up in a ball. The Grim Reaper
will appear and revive the dying Sim without you pleading to him.
Glitch: Ghost maid
First, get the Gene Genie Incubator. When you make
a Mutant Plant, water and feed it. After it grows to be as big
as possible, put it anywhere in the house. Do not feed or water
it for a few days. Eventually the maid will get eaten if she stands
in front of it. Note: You must have a maid for this to work. A
message will appear stating that the maid will rest in peace.
After that, call up the maid agency. You will be asked if you
would like to hire a maid for 10 Simoleons a day. Answer "Yes".
The ghost maid is dark blue and her clothes are black. Before
she appears, about 7:00, strange music will play. Note: Check
to make sure it is not a stereo or television. In the early morning
in Simoleon time, the ghost maid comes back (about every three
days) and starts making wailing noises. You see smoke around her
feet when she walks around; and she disappears and reappears at
some points. You will also see her walking through walls. She
also cleans when she goes to the house she was killed in.
Glitch: Swim or exercise with clothes on
or off
Unlock the Pixel Booty song and place a Synthesizer
in the same room as the pool or exercise machine. Begin playing
Pixel Booty and all the Sims in the room will undress. Then, command
the Sim you want to swim or exercise with the clothes on to begin
swimming or exercising. Once the Sim is performing the given action,
command the Sim playing Pixel Booty to stop ([Select], [X]).
All Sims will change their clothes to normal, including the ones
in the pool or exercise machine. To make the Sims swim or exercise
naked, command them to perform the action before playing Pixel
Booty. Note: This glitch works with any command that involves
clothes changing, including bathing, sleeping, vibrating, and
getting in the hot tub.