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1131. Some new Sims 2 Details

Written on Sunday 8 August 2004 at 15:15 by ChEeTaH - 2 comments.

I just stumbled upon a thread in the official BBS, in which Maxis gives a few details about the Sims 2. First of all, MaxisProducer states that some bugs with the Body Shop concerning lightning and graphics have been fixed. This will hopefully solve some problems with blurry or even black custom content on certain hardware combinations. He's still being unclear about the possibilities for your Sim families to have a second 'vacation' home. One thing that is now sure is that the thirst, mood and family motives are indeed taken out of the game. The motives are now the same as in the Sims 1. The new ones didn't add much to the game, and the wants and fears seemed more important to Maxis. Finally, MaxisProducer also tells us that the web team is working on a tutorial about how to import SimCity 4 neighborhoods to The Sims 2. The following is already being said about it though (which too, isn't extremely clear):

"1 SC4 grid tile = 1 Sims2 neighborhood grid tile = 10 Sims2 lot tiles. you should know that you can only use the smallest SC4 city size, from in the region map and you should confine your (Sims2 buildable lots area) roads to within the middle 1/2 of the SC4 city map."

The webteam is also busy building the new Sims 2 site, but the tutorial should arrive some time soon. It's just "not ready for prime time yet," according to MaxisLucky. We'll keep you posted.

1132. New URBZ (Console) Trailer

Written on Sunday 8 August 2004 at 02:08 by ChEeTaH - 0 comments.

IGN has posted a new trailer of the URBZ. It's a 2 minute video, with some old and new in-game material to look at. The beginning and end is the same as the 30-second trailer posted on URBZDay over a week ago. For non-Insiders there's an 11.6 Mb version available, in Windows Media Player format. IGN Insiders can get a 17.1 Mb QuickTime version as well. The video can be viewed and downloaded from the URBZ videos page.

1133. The Sims 2 UK Tour

Written on Saturday 7 August 2004 at 19:26 by ChEeTaH - 0 comments.

That The Sims 2 launch will be big is no surprise. There will be several oppertunities to play the game early - at least in the UK. If you can go to London somewhere between 1 and 5 September, you can visit GameStars Live for 10 pounds. If you use "eagames" as password when booking your tickets, you'll even get 2 tickets for one. But EA will also show the game on several other locations when they tour through the country. These are the dates and locations to visit:

• Victoria Centre, Nottingham: 6 - 8 August
• Festival Place, Basingstoke: 13 - 15 August
• Bullring, Birmingham: 20 - 22 August
• Bluewater, Kent: 27 - 30 August
• West Quay, Southampton: 10 - 12 September
• Arndale, Manchester: 17 - 19 September

For more information visit the official Mall Tour page. EA in other European countries might also be going on tour. Check the official site for your country to see if there will be an event which you can visit.

1134. Lucy's Mail: Party Time

Written on Saturday 7 August 2004 at 14:27 by ChEeTaH - 0 comments.

Lucy's mail has arrived again this week, and this week she's in a party mood. She says the team is going to "party like it's 2999" when the game goes final. In the game itself you'll be able to hold all different kinds of parties, from weddings to anniversaries or even birthdays. Since parties are all about social interactions, Lucy's advice is not to bring Sims who don't like each other to the party. Also, you must bring enough Sims to make a good party: "expect only modest social success if you include fewer than three guests at your party. As they say - two's company, three's a crowd, but four or more is a par-tay!" There will of course be objects which will help you throw a good party. Think of some food (buffet table probably), balloons and birthday or wedding cakes. One final piece of advice is to keep open fire to a minimum at your parties...

Included are 3 screenshots of the game, but also some snapshots of the best Sims from the Create-A-Lucy/Jonathan/Tim contest. All of them are shown below. Go to the "Read More" part for the entire e-mail.

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1135. URBZ Pack shot

Written on Saturday 7 August 2004 at 02:23 by ChEeTaH - 3 comments.

Online store GameStop has published a pack shot of the URBZ on their site. Currently only the X-Box shot is available, and it's not been confirmed as definite yet - but it's likely to be. You can see the shot below.

1136. Sims 2 Requirements updated

Written on Friday 6 August 2004 at 21:41 by ChEeTaH - 0 comments.

Maxis has updated the system requirements for the Sims 2. For people without a T&L graphics card, a 2.0 Ghz processor is now the minimum (instead of the previously stated 1.5 Ghz). There's also an exact list of supported graphics cards. The fresh specification can be found on this page or below:

If you have a T&L capable video card with at least 32 MB of video RAM then you need at least:

• 600 MHz P3 processor or better
• 256 MB RAM if Windows XP, Windows ME, Windows 98 or Windows 2000
• At least 3.5 GB of hard drive space

If you have a non-T&L capable video card (such as Intel Extreme Graphics or Radeon 7xxx Series) then you need at least:

• 2.0 GHz processor or better
• 256 MB RAM if Windows XP, Windows ME, Windows 98, or Windows 2000
• At least 3.5 GB of hard drive space

Supported video cards (and the more video memory the better):

• ATI Radeon™ series (7000 or better)
  • 7000, 7200, 7500 (requires 2.0 GHz processor)
  • 8500, All-In-Wonder 8500
  • 9000, 9200, 9500, 9600, 9700, 9800
• Nvidia® Quadro™ series
  • Quadro, Quadro2, Quadro4
• Nvidia® Geforce series (GeForce2 and better)
  • GeForce2
  • GeForce3, 3 Ti
  • GeForce4, 4Ti, MX 420, 440
  • GeForce FX 5200, 5600, 5700, 5800, 5900, 5950
  • GeForce 6800
• Intel® Extreme Graphics (requires 2.0 GHz processor)
  • 82845, 82865

1137. Giga Games Screen captures [Update 3: 22:45 - and videos]

Written on Friday 6 August 2004 at 14:44 by ChEeTaH - 1 comment.

The Sims 2 was shown at Giga Games yesterday, and quite a bit of in-game material was found. Unfortunately the live stream wasn't of too great quality and it wasn't possible to record it from that properly. However, I do have 11 in-game shots for you though, from the first bits they showed. They are from selecting a neighborhood, a view of Veronaville, a family selected in the neighborhood (the green lines indicate where friends of the family live), a loading screen, and some in-game shots showing different panels at the bottom (personality, career, relationships and aspiration rewards). Another site, TheSims.de (unofficial), has also posted 12 shots from the same show, but all taken slightly later onwards. On those you can see a few general in-game shots, including the 'menu', but also the PIP (Picture-In-Picture), the "Online Job Finder", and more. The quality of all the shots isn't very high, but it's all there is (for now anyway). You can see all shots in the "Read More" bit (either shown below or follow the link to it), click the thumbnails for larger versions. Please do not leech (hot-link) to these pictures, but copy them to your own server or link to this article instead.

[Update 13:05] Affiliate SimsZone has also ust posted a bunch of shots from the same show. They're somewhat similar to the others, but slightly bigger. New from those shots are the descriptions of some of the Aspiration Reward objects. They screenshots have been added below as well. Another thing they tell about is about two of the aspiration rewards: the first one is a "Noodle Shooter" which will get your Sim in a good mood when they put this cap on. The "Thinking Cap" is another object, though it's not said what it does exactly.

[Update 2: 19:30] Spanish site SimsExpress has been able to capture the livestream properly. In two segments (one of 7 Mb, another of 14 Mb in .asf format). You can find them in the "Reportaje de Los Sims 2 en Giga Games" news post at their front page. The talking is in German, but the in-game images might be worth a look for everybody. Besides watching the images, there's also some in-game music to listen to.

[Update 3: 22:45] Another German site, inSims.de, has posted a video of 3 minutes and a half, containing a compilation of in-game pictures from the Giga Games broadcast. It's in DivX format, and it can be downloaded from its details page (26 Mb). Thanks to TCAM for the tip. Read More!

1138. Sims 2 at GIGA.De

Written on Thursday 5 August 2004 at 22:05 by ChEeTaH - 0 comments.

German TV Programme GIGA.DE will be broadcasting a bit about The Sims 2 tonight. Giga Games will be on from 9pm to 11pm GMT, 22.00 to midnight in most of Europe, or 1pm to 3pm PST. If the game would be shown was a bit unclear earlier today but it seems to be shown after all. It will be broadcasted on NBC Europe - at least in Germany - but also live on the internet. Info about The Sims 2 will be shown throughout the show, but the exact contents is (of course) yet unknown. Most people might want to watch the Livestream in about an hour for the show. Thanks to SimsZone for the news.

1139. SimDay

Written on Thursday 5 August 2004 at 21:57 by ChEeTaH - 1 comment.

As usual it's SimDay on thursday. This week there is a link to the ninth designer diary at GameSpot, and its screenshots have been posted as well. There's also a mention of the URBZ focus group, which we mentioned at URBZDay. A n interview on the official site's BBS is also highlighted. It's with TheSidDog, whose album Wasteland is highlighted as well this week. Read both Part I and Part II for the interview. Two other small things are a new poll on the official site, as well as a community update. Last but not least, there are two new NPCs to be downloaded. If you have SuperStar, go to the Get Cool Stuff / NPC section to download Bon Jovie (235 Kb) and Richie Sambora (230 Kb). That's all this week.

1140. URBZDay

Written on Thursday 5 August 2004 at 21:46 by ChEeTaH - 0 comments.

This week's URBZDay brings a few new things again. First of all there's a link to a new preview at TeamXBox. Not much news is given in it, but it's worth a read. read the preview for the exact details. Next there is news about another focus group. You can earn $75 in 2 hours with chatting about the Sims on the consoles. The event will be held at 19 August. Visit the official site for details. Furthermore, now the GBA version of the URBZ is close to being finished already, and some more movies and screenshots can be found for it. The screenshots can be found below as well, just click the thumbnails to see the larger versions. Finally, there's the weekly blog. After two weeks of GBA talk, it's about the console version again this week. Scot Amos talks about the "Art Lock", the stage in which everything is in the game - all the locations, sims, basically all the artwork. Soon the Alpha stage will be hit as well, and the game is good on its way to be released in November. Everything can be found at the URBZ Website.