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1851. TSO Sneak Preview

Written on Tuesday 26 November 2002 at 00:26 by ChEeTaH - 0 comments.

Coming thursday to GameSpot is a "Behind the Games" feature of The Sims Online. There's already a sneak-preview to be read of it:

"It was September, 2001, only a week after the terrorist attacks on America. While the nation was still recovering, the team behind The Sims Online at Maxis had its own serious issue to overcome: The follow-up to the best-selling computer game of all time was broken--and no one was sure how to fix it. 'Last September, the general sense inside the company was that this game couldn't be made within two years,' said Luc Barthalet, general manager of Maxis. 'The game code was like a big bowl of spaghetti. It was all tangled up, largely because we had kept iterating off the original Sims code that was started seven years ago.'"

Thursday Will Wright will reveal why TSO scares him more than anything he's ever done before. You will also get untold stories and some info behind the play test. The Behind the games will be up 3.30PM Pacific time at GameSpot, something probably worth to check out. For now, there's the Sneak Preview along with a shot of Will Wright and a 1 minute Teaser Video (11.0 Mb High Res, 8.0 Mb Low Res) of the Behind the Games feature.

1852. The Sims PS2: More screens

Written on Tuesday 26 November 2002 at 00:14 by ChEeTaH - 0 comments.

IGN has doubled the amount of screenshots for The Sims on PlayStation 2 in one go. This "Sims Image Party" has resulted in 29 new shots. There's some socialising, partying, relaxing, skill-training and more going on there. Basically too much to mention in one go here. Go to this page for the whole list of shots, as well as the older images and the E3 trailer. Below is one of the new screenshots:

1853. TNHH 4.0 RC2 Out

Written on Sunday 24 November 2002 at 21:42 by ChEeTaH - 0 comments.

As reported before, the first Release Candidate of version 4.0 of The Neighborhood Handler was not working properly when trying to install houses or lots. This has now been fixed, amongst a few other (small) things. The "Save Reg Error 1" has been fixed as well, and the "Convert old back-ups" option has been moved to the main screen. To download the fixed version, go to this page. Have fun with it!

1854. BIRTHDAY ITEMS and a HAPPY THANKSGIVING!!

Written on Friday 22 November 2002 at 14:08 by Bettyjoe - 0 comments.

Happy Birthday this week to TSZ!!!! Due to the server problems, I have emailed my files to Cheetah. He will be posting them a.s.a.p. I will be leaving town early on Sunday morning, November 24. I am going to spend Thanksgiving with my parents!!!! I will be returning on Sunday, December 1st. I will have more new material for your Sims VERY soon!!!! Take Care and to everyone a very Happy Thanksgiving!!!!! Bettyjoe :0)

1855. SimDay: TSO in the news

Written on Thursday 21 November 2002 at 20:12 by ChEeTaH - 0 comments.

The Sims Online has been in the news recently. There's an article in NewsWeek as well as one at Time.com. The Time article writes a bit on how the first Sim idea was born:

"The founding father of this brave new world is an affable, bespectacled, 42-year-old polymath named Will Wright. In 1981, after five years of bouncing around three colleges without graduating, Wright decided to try his hand at writing a computer game. He called it Raid on Bungeling Bay. "It was basically a pretty stupid fly-around-in-a-helicopter-and-shoot-people game," he admits. The object was to fly over various islands and bomb them back to the Stone Age. But Wright became fascinated with these tiny islands. He found himself spending hours giving each one a detailed, working infrastructure tiny people in tiny factories loading products onto tiny ships. "Pretty soon," he remembers, "I figured out I was having a lot more fun creating these little islands than I was bombing them." Eureka: the original Sim. Wright had discovered a new way to have fun."

Both reads are quite interesting, but not too short either. More this SimDay is on the SimCity front: there are some new Desktop Images (640*480, 800*600 and 1024*768) and 9 new screenshots. Also, there will be another SimCity 4 chat next week, this time about the 'Region Play' feature. You can chat with producer Sean Decker. The chat will start tonight at 11pm British Time (Midnight in Europe, 3pm PST). Get your questions ready to ask. About last week's chat: you can check out the transcript right here.

1856. New Poll

Written on Thursday 21 November 2002 at 01:00 by ChEeTaH - 0 comments.

Last week's poll was about The Sims 2 and if you'd be getting it. As expected, most people (21 of 49, 43.75%) said they'd definately get it. Some others, 10 (20.83%) to be precise, aren't sure yet and want to see some (p)reviews first. 8 others (16.67%) are even less sure but say they will still probably get it. 8.33%, or 4 people, said TSO will probably be expensive enough so they're unlikely to get The Sims 2. 3 people, 6.25%, already spent enough on The Sims and its expansions, and won't be getting The Sims 2. 1 person (2.08%) will get the PS2 version, which is likely to be a bit similar, and another one answered to "Why would I?". A nice overview of the results are on this page. As for the new poll: we'd like to know what operating system you use. Are you using Windows, Linux or even a Macintosh? Tell us here (or on the right). Happy voting!

1857. Server trouble update

Written on Thursday 21 November 2002 at 00:51 by ChEeTaH - 0 comments.

As you might've noticed, downloading was disabled again part of today. It's now been re-enabled but 404 (Not Found) errors can start appearing at any time again. This is because the thesimszone.com domain (which we use to store our files and images) still points to the old server. The account was deleted there. After some asking, we got our account back online on that old server. Unfortunately, because that server is going out of business, it can be deleted at any time again. The new server should be activated in 48-72 hours (2-3 days), but it could differ a bit per ISP or where you live. Between the time the old server goes offline again, and the new server gets activated, downloading files will cause 404 errors. Emails are being redirected to other accounts for now, so emailing us should be no problem. These problems are out of our control, and we're unable to solve them - it's basically just a matter of waiting now. We sincerely apologise for all this inconvenience last week - especially since it's our anniversary week - but there isn't much we can do. In a few days time, we'll be back like before without problems.

1858. The Sims Zone Birthday Wednesday Update

Written on Wednesday 20 November 2002 at 22:29 by Sumit - 0 comments.

Welcome to wednesday and welcome to object celebration! A major update brings out everything from Sofas to Cheetah dolls! But wait! There is more to come, so stay tuned for the next update today. I'll make a post when its up, but enjoy these for the time right now :)
All this here
Cheetah (click pic to go directly to it):

1859. Celebrities in TSO

Written on Tuesday 19 November 2002 at 21:24 by ChEeTaH - 0 comments.

German site GameStar.de has posted news about celebrities promoting TSO. Until the US-release of the game, AOL Members can download the clips starring Avril Lavigne, Beyonce Knowles, LL Cool J and Ludacris as Sim-characters of themselves. They will also take a small part in a (virtual) TSO launch party.

1860. Test a new EA game (UK Only)

Written on Tuesday 19 November 2002 at 13:20 by ChEeTaH - 0 comments.

I've been contacted recently by Wardle McLean about recruiting people to pre-test an upcoming EA title. I don't know what game it is (I couldn't be told), all I know is that it's from EA. Testing takes place in Central London. There was a test group yesterday, but unfortunately due to the (unexpected) server problems I didn't get the details for that soon enough (it was for female Sims players aged 18-25, sorry women!). There's another test group later today, so I'm not sure if you can still join that. Anyway, here are the details for the groups:

Male Age of Empires II players, aged 16-19, testing takes place today at 6.30pm

Male Age of Empires II players, aged 20-30, testing takes place on 21/11/2002 at 6.30pm

Male Sim City 3000 players, aged 25-35, testing takes place on 25/11/2002 at 6.30pm

Testers will get paid 50 and it should be great fun. Note that it's for the UK only! To join the testing, call 020 7234 9340 between 9.30am and 5.30pm. You can also email Luke Tipton at luke@wardlemclean.co.uk. I recommend calling for today's test group. Testers will have to answer short telephone questionnaire before they're told whether they can test or not. If you cannot test during one of those times, but you are interested in testing any other title later, then you should contact them as well. For those lucky enough to join: have fun.

Please do not contact me or anybody else at The Sims Zone to join testing, but contact Wardle McLean directly. Thank you.