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Important:

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contained in this book is accurate. However, the publisher makes no

warranty, either expressed or implied, as to the accuracy, effectiveness,

or completeness of the material in this book; nor does the publisher

assume liability for damages, either incidental or consequential, that

may result from using the information in this book. The publisher

cannot provide information regarding game play, hints and strategies,

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ISBN: 0-7615-4292-2

Library of Congress Catalog Card Number: 2003116128

Dedication

To my little Sims: Adam & Ethan. May you “Grow Up Well.”

Acknowledgement

Copious thanks to everyone at Maxis who made sure this book is what

we all wanted it to be. Thank you Matt Bendett, Lucy Bradshaw, Matt

Brown, Patrick Buechner, Destry Davison, Brian Deppiesse, Sarah Fuchs,

Darren Futa, Jack Greaves, Julie Kanarowski, Jonathan Knight, Kevin

Hogan, Hunter Howe, Steve Hutchins, Trevor Jalowitz, Lakshmi

Jayapalan, Amy Kalson, Tim LeTourneau, Charles London, Lettecia

Rayson, Lyndsay McGaw, Seth Olshfski, Kana Ryan, Mayhew Seavey,

and Thomas Vu.

Finally, thanks to Dee, Lisa Schamess, Lucy Quinto, Mel and Jackie

Kramer, and Lloyd and Carol Warner who keep the home fires burning.

Contents

Part 1: The Basics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1

Chapter 1: Getting to Know The Sims™ 2 . . . . . . . . . . . .2

Chapter 2: Getting Started . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9

Part 2: Creating Neighborhoods, Families, and Sims . . .15

Chapter 3: Welcome to the Neighborhood . . . . . . . . . .16

Chapter 4: Create-A-Sim and Genetics . . . . . . . . . . . .26

Chapter 5: Simology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .34

Part 3: It’s A Lot Like Life . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .48

Chapter 6: The Six Ages of Sims: . . . . . . . . . . . . . .49

Playing the Generation Game

Chapter 7: Needs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .60

Chapter 8: Aspirations, Wants, and Fears . . . . . . . . . .88

Chapter 9: Skills . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .115

Chapter 10: Careers and School . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .130

Chapter 11: Social Interactions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .156

Chapter 12: Family Life . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .193

Chapter 13: NPCs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .208

Chapter 14: Community Lots . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .219

Chapter 15: Objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .225

Chapter 16: Disasters, Disease, and Death . . . . . . . . .298

Part 4: All in the Family: Sims in Action . . . . . . . . . .308

Chapter 17: The Ex-Machina Family Blog . . . . . . . . . .309

Part 5: Beyond the Game . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .317

Chapter 18: Build Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .318

Chapter 19: Story Mode and Moviemaking . . . . . . . . .338

Chapter 20: Sim Autonomy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .345

Chapter 21: The Sims™ 2 Body Shop . . . . . . . . . . . . .351

Chapter 22: Custom Content . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .358

Chapter 23: Appendix A: Cheats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .366

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This part is for the newcomers or the veterans who want to learn from the ground up.

All the information in these two chapters appears in much greater detail elsewhere in

this book, so veterans won’t miss much if they skip right to Part 2.

For everyone else, however, to avoid being overwhelmed by this complicated

world, it’s best to start with the outline of basic concepts and starting strategies

contained in this primer.

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Chapter 1

The key challenge is to engineer your Sims’

world to allow them to behave both efficiently and

autonomously. The amount of intervention Sims

require is a good measure of player success. That

said, getting to that state is a big challenge and

requires a deep understanding of the forces at play.

The latter parts of this book will help you to that

understanding. For now, however, to bare basics.

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Yes, yes, all these facts and figures, what, wheres,

and howfors are grand and all, you say, but how do

you play The Sims™2 ? Good question.

First, however, a disclaimer. There are many ways

to play The Sims™2 , some by design and some only

by the ingenuity of the community of players. Some

players use it not as a game but as a palette for story-

telling and their own creativity. This book addresses

those approaches too but is, by necessity, grounded

in the way the game is “meant” to be played.

The Sims™2 is, above all else, a time-management

game. The more efficiently your Sims behave, the

more opportunities they have for success. Everything

in the game’s structure revolves around this point

(however subtly):

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This book is not intended to replace the manual

that came with your game and, in fact, makes

every effort to avoid repeating things explained in

that volume. Any repetition is only for the sake of

clarity and emphasis.

The more quickly and efficiently you can meet

your Sims’ Needs, the less time they have to

spend on them. The less spent on Needs, the more

time they have for other things.

Modes

Which modes are available to you depends on where

you are in the game. There are two views:

Neighborhood view and Lot view.

Neighborhood View

Neighborhood view overlooks the entire neighbor-

hood and all its lots from on high.

There are four modes in Neighborhood view:

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Families: Contains the Sim Bin (families created

but not moved into any lot), the Move Family

button to transfer families from the Sim Bin into

a lot, and most importantly, the Create New

Family button. This last transports you into the

Create-A-Sim and Create-A-Family tools where

new Sims and families are assembled.

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Advancing in a career track brings more money,

which brings objects that fill Needs more

efficiently. It also can bring a lighter work

schedule with fewer days and shorter hours.

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Skills allow Sims to do things more quickly and

advance in their career.

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Satisfying Wants and avoiding Fears allows Sims

to have a perpetual good Mood (a very efficient

state to be in), gives them helpful reward objects,

and keeps them from doing time-wasting behav-

iors that come with low Aspiration score.

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Lots and Houses: Contains the Empty Lots

templates (for beginning new construction) and

the Lots and Houses Bin in which you’ll find

constructed empty homes ready to be moved

into the neighborhood and any occupied homes

(Sims included) that you’ve saved or downloaded

from elsewhere.

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