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1381. Maxis' Move followed by Rumours

Written on Monday 16 February 2004 at 13:15 by ChEeTaH - 5 comments.

The relocation of the studios of Maxis has made some people worried. It's rumoured that the move could cause (or has caused) delays of The Sims 2. Besides the extra commute time for employees of about 2 hours, some of those 300 employees have been laid off. The reason is that there were already people at the new location (where EA was already based) filling their positions. There are also rumours that one of those who was laid off, was the lead designer of The Sims 2. EA has not commented about the suspicions yet. This information has been published by PC Zone UK. Click here for the entire article.

Please note that some of the things mentioned are only rumours and can in no way be considered definitely true.

1382. 5 new Sims 2 shots

Written on Sunday 15 February 2004 at 23:52 by ChEeTaH - 1 comment.

Gamers Hell has posted 5 screenshots of The Sims 2. They show some outdoor kissing, indoor golfing (twice), frustrations and something that looks a bit like a party - for the female sim anyway. As usual they are of the same high quality we're used to from screenshots of the upcoming sequel. Check out the love and hate at this page.

1383. TSZ Improved!

Written on Sunday 15 February 2004 at 01:00 by ChEeTaH - 2 comments.

It's been only two weeks since we launched the Knowledge Database, and we've already added some major improvements. The biggest is the new rating of answers. Members can now say how helpful an answer is by giving it a score from 1 to 5. This will help others to see what the most accurate answer to a specific question is. Also, the questions in a section are now listed in tables, and you can see immediately when it's been posted, how many answers there are, and how many times a question has been viewed already. Another new feature is that you can now sort the lists any way you want: on the text of the question, when it was posted, the amount of answers, the date of the latest answer or the amount of views (default). And all that can be done both ascending and descending. Your setting will be stored using a "cookie" so it will stick the the item you chose last for sorting the lists. The same functionality has been added to the Files section. But: that section has undergone some other improvements as well! There now is the "DLs/Day" information in the table, or Downloads per Day. It shows the average amount of downloads every day. The "Most Popular" list is now using that data to determine which files are the most popular. It is now also possible for members to post their comments about specific files, just like you'd post comments to the news or community news. Finally, we've added an RSS Feed for the files section as well, so you can quickly see what's new at TSZ without visiting it!

As if those improvements to both the Knowledge and Files sections aren't enough, some general bugs have been fixed at TSZ as well. "New" items on the front page won't be marked as new for (6 hours) too long anymore. We've also improved the Sidebar, where you can now also check out the latest questions from the knowledge database. Some bugs there have been fixed as well. Finally there are some other minor bug fixes throughout the site.

We hope you'll enjoy the new and improved features here at TSZ. Of course none of the old functionality has gone lost. Instead we've only made a ton of improvements, which should make your experience here a lot better. Of course if you ever have any suggestions for improvements, let us know!

1384. Valentine Message from Maxis

Written on Friday 13 February 2004 at 20:31 by ChEeTaH - 2 comments.

Maxis has sent us a graphic with some Sims from TS2 on it, wishing everybody a happy Valentine's day tomorrow. We from TSZ wish you the same. Make sure you check out the graphic by clicking the thumbnail below:

1385. Chat Transcript

Written on Friday 13 February 2004 at 13:15 by ChEeTaH - 5 comments.

Maxis has posted the chat transcript, of which we already gave you some information. Some information that I didn't give you yesterday (because I missed some parts of the chat myself) is that Maxis has delayed The Sims 2 because they were adding more features, mainly in the neighborhood. The cooking skills of teens usually won't be great. Maxis will also release a tool similar to HomeCrafter. They already use that for designing now, and might release it once the bugs have been taken out. There's a lot more to read though, with many previously answered questions. You can find the complete transcript right here.

1386. News from Chat

Written on Friday 13 February 2004 at 01:00 by ChEeTaH - 3 comments.

Luc's just had his chat, and there's quite some interesting news again. The major thing is probably that there will most likely not be any weather in the game, unlike stated at the E3. According to Luc it's not as important as "making the Sims smarter". It was first mentioned as a big feature when the game was presented at the E3 in 2003, but Maxis never really mentioned it anymore since then. Now it looks like it probably won't be possible to get Sims struck by lightning after all. The reason Luc gave that the feature was removed was because it was raining inside as well, which was "stupid". When somebody asked if they've completely given up on the rain already, Luc said "never surrender!" There are already discussions being held about it right here and over here on the BBS, where you can participate as well. TSZ members can also post their comments to this news item to share their opinions. But there's also some good news... Read More!

1387. Some more info about Maxis' move

Written on Thursday 12 February 2004 at 15:34 by ChEeTaH - 0 comments.

A little bit of more information about the move of Maxis from Walnut Creek to the EA Redwood Shores headquarters has been published by GameSpot. The main new info is that most of the 300 staff members, including the management team, will move to the EA Headquarters, in recently completed studio facilities. The newest building at the campus, now about 2 years old, will be used by Maxis. The move is one that's part of an overall shifting of locations, so studios can make better use of the facilities at those locations. Will Wright himself will stay in Walnut Creek with a dedicated team to work on his next project, of which all but a possible - but unconfirmed - name has been rumoured (SimUniverse). He will also still be involved with the Sim-games. It's not yet known if Will will move to Redwood City as well or not. You can read the entire GameSpot article at this page.

1388. SimDay

Written on Thursday 12 February 2004 at 15:15 by ChEeTaH - 0 comments.

It's thursday again, which means it's SimDay. Maxis has provided several links again, of which one is to the Thread of the Day from the BBS of 4 February. What would you put as main headline in the daily Sims 2 newspaper? Read all about it, and contribute, here. They've also uploaded last weekend's filmstrip to the official site, and there's some news about the Great Dates and Dates to Hate contest. Maxis has already received many entries but some of them didn't inlcude an URL to the story. For more details about the contest, and a little tutorial on how to copy and past the URL, click here. Finally there are 4 new tracks from Bustin' Out, added to the previous 18. You can download all 22 tracks from this page. Remember there's a chat with Luc tonight, so make sure to be there in time.

1389. Sims 2 Interview

Written on Thursday 12 February 2004 at 01:18 by ChEeTaH - 0 comments.

Producer Tim LeTourneau sat down with HomeLan Fed to give an interview about The Sims 2. The questions are pretty standard and although the interview doesn't provide any new info, it is probably worth reading it if you're a big fan of The Sims 2. For instance, if you want to know how much Will Wright, the brain behind the game, still does for The Sims 2, then you'll get to know this: "Will Wright is present in everything that we work on at Maxis. Each of our games are built on concepts and mechanisms that Will has created and imagined. We are fortunate to have him share his ideas in each development process and we enjoy working with him." For the complete interview, click here.

1390. New Poll

Written on Thursday 12 February 2004 at 01:12 by ChEeTaH - 1 comment.

In our last poll we found out that most of our visitors have been playing The Sims from the beginning in February 2000. Out of the 589 people who voted, there were 173 who picked that option. 125 people started between March 2000 and the start of 2001, and 100 started playing the game some time in 2001. There are less votes for the others: 73 for 2002, and 63 people said they started playing in 2003. Finally, 55 people, nearly 10%, said they only just started or will soon. For the precise results, with all percentages, click here. Now we know how long our visitors have been playing the Sims, it's time to get to know how old your oldest Sim is. Do you still play with your Sims that you created when you started playing, or did you only just reset the neighborhood and started all over again? Let us know and vote on the right, or at this page!