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811. University Info and Cheats from Guide

Written on Sunday 27 February 2005 at 15:57 by ChEeTaH - 0 comments.

The Prima guide for the first expansion pack of the Sims 2 has shipped to several people already, and some of them are posting a lot of information from the guide. In one big thread on the official BBS tifferoo004 has posted a lot of information from the guide. Included is information about the new careers and rewards, the influence system, changes to the aspiration system, zombies, and a lot more. On the official German site an excerpt of the guide is available for download. They've posted chapter 3 of the guide, in Acrobat format. That part is in German though. Finally, SnootySims has published two cheats from the guide, which allow you to edit and create dorms:

boolProp dormSpecificToolsDisabled [true/false] allows you to set if building tools are disabled (true) or not (false). Set it to false to allow changing of dorms

changeLotZoning dorm changes the loaded lot into a dorm. This allows you to create a residential home from scratch and turn it into dorms.

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812. Expansion 2: Nightlife? [Update]

Written on Sunday 27 February 2005 at 15:27 by ChEeTaH - 0 comments.

Dutch site SP Zone has found a thread on N99, a limited forum, that the next expansion pack for the Sims 2 would be called Nightlife. The information comes from the jewelcase in the Sims 2 University, that has shipped and the first people have received already:

"Send your Sims out for a night on the town in the Sims 2 Nightlife Expansion Pack. Will they stay out late on a romantic dinner date or dance 'til dawn at a nightclub? Find out what else night has to offer starting Fall 2005!"

An image, as seen below, has been posted on forums by several users. On this page at the TSR forums Steve Bonham has said that it was made clear at the SIMposium, that the second expansion would be announced this week. Unclear is if the information at Add-ons.de is correct. That site claims the second expansion pack will have pets in it, but there's no confirmation about it. There is another thread as well, at ModTheSims2, that also talks about Nightlife. In these threads, features like restaurants and the fangs of the woman on the picture are discussed.

EA has also registered TheSims2Nightlife.com, and although it doesn't work yet it's another pointer that it might be true. It's unsure if the expansion pack will indeed be Nightlife or not, but of course we'll keep you updated with any new information. With thanks to Pyrobon at the MTS2 Forum for the picture below (click to see a large version).

[Update: 28 February 21:40] EA Europe has requested us to take offline the posted image of the supposed new expansion from this site. They has no further comments on the news, though by now rumours on several (mentioned) forums are growing stronger as University has been released by several shops in the US and the jewel case insert has probably been seen by many people by now. We'll keep you updated on the matter.

813. GameSpy Interviews Will Wright

Written on Sunday 27 February 2005 at 15:07 by ChEeTaH - 0 comments.

After IndyStar and many others, GameSpy has now also interviewed Will Wright. He talks a lot about the past 5 years the Sims has existed now, and the time before that. How Will started the initial development, how the team grew, and how he had to make Maxis, his own company, enthousiastic about the game (contrary to EA as earlier stories tell):

"Fargo: Now I understand it took you a long time to find a publisher at first? ...no?

"Wright: For SimCity it did. For The Sims, I'd started Maxis and I was basically trying to get people inside of Maxis enthused about the idea and that's where the battle was. Those people wanted to keep doing SimCity, and they didn't think The Sims made sense. So I was fighting just the internal structure of Maxis... which is the company I'd started!"

Besides that, the creation of the community, pushed by Luc Barthelet, General Manager of Maxis at the time, and a lot of other things about the development for the first game are being discussed. This is only part 1 of the interview, the second part will be posted on Monday. For now, read the first four pages for details.

814. University (P)reviews

Written on Sunday 27 February 2005 at 03:42 by ChEeTaH - 0 comments.

A few articles of the Sims 2 University have been written. They include three articles from series, as well as the first review. Read on for the details. Read More!

815. University Screenshots and TV Commercial

Written on Sunday 27 February 2005 at 03:08 by ChEeTaH - 0 comments.

Two official sites have posted several new screenshots this weekend. The first six come from the American site, while the other four are from the German one. New on the shots are some arcade games, which haven't been showed before. You can also see a prank in action: putting soap in the fountain. Other than that, you can see the band and gym objects again. Click the thumbnails below to see the large versions.

Besides the screenshots, the Maxis has also published the TV commercial for the first expansion pack as download. It's in a similar style as the commercial for the Sims 2 itself, and probably the last one for the Sims made by SEE (read earlier news). You can find the download, QuickTime required, on the University Videos page.

816. Indystar Interviews Wright

Written on Sunday 27 February 2005 at 02:39 by ChEeTaH - 0 comments.

News site IndyStar, an online version of the Indianapolis Star, has posted an interview with Will Wright. The interview, held by the Associated Press, discusses Will's interest in simulations and his expectations of the gaming community in the next 15 years. The interview itself isn't too long, but if you want to know more about the man behind the Sims, reading it might help.

817. SIMposium Special - Preview Part 2

Written on Saturday 26 February 2005 at 00:13 by ChEeTaH - 0 comments.

After our first part was posted a few days ago, we have now finished the preview of the Sims 2 University. The second part covers things like getting your grades, the new careers, influence, lifetime wants, and a lot more. You can find a lot of new information in the preview regarding the expansion pack that will be out next week in the US, and in Europe a week later. We will continue the special coverage again in a few days. Also remember we've had the opportunity to interview Will Wright, so come back here soon for that interview as well! For now, go to our SIMPosium Special to read the complete preview.

818. SimDay: New Neighborhood Template

Written on Thursday 24 February 2005 at 23:44 by ChEeTaH - 0 comments.

As often on Thursdays, Maxis updates the official site with several new things. First of all there's a new introduction to advertise the Sims 2 University. Hold your mouse over the Sims there, and you'll see what they're thinking. The navigation bar has also undergone a few changes: links are now underlined when you hold your mouse over them, and the icon your mouse is on no longer moves around when the menu opens op.

When it comes to the actual news items, the first (and second) is about the designer diary that reported the Sims 2 University has gone gold. Really new is the Ying-Yang Island, a SimCity 4 terrain you can use to create a neighbourhood in the Sims 2 with. Extract the zip-file to your "My Documents\EA Games\The Sims 2\SC4Terrains" folder and then create a new neighbourhood in the game to select the terrain. You can find the 235Kb download on the Get Cool Stuff page.

819. Jimmy Jr. at College, Part 2

Written on Thursday 24 February 2005 at 18:00 by ChEeTaH - 0 comments.

As promised yesterday, IGN has posted part 2 of their story of Jimmy Jr. heading off to college. This second part tells about Jimmy's sophomore year, in which his friends Chuck, Marie and Delilah entered University as well. As you might expect, Jimmy isn't too normal and ends up sleeping on the floor outside his house, after a lack of sleep and caffeine. An empty stomach and full bladder get taken care of afterwards. The article has been posted with 44 new screenshots. To get the details of Jimmy Jr's crazy life at Uni, check out the second part of the feature.

820. SIMposium - New Graphics

Written on Thursday 24 February 2005 at 17:45 by ChEeTaH - 0 comments.

On the SIMposium the visitors were given a CD with a renewed fansite kit. This kit contains a lot of screenshots and artworks, as well as old movies. While there are a lot of old materials on there, some items are new. And some even seem old, but are actually an old scene, taken from a (slightly) different angle than previous screenshots. The artworks may also look familiar if you've visited the official site recently. One was posted on a wallpaper, and another one is now set as intro on the site. The artwork however shows the actual streaker instead of a Sim wearing a toga. The last one is quite the same as one of the first artworks, but it has one Sim less on it. Besides that, Maxis has also released three buddy icons in the University theme. Of course we cannot keep these graphics from you, so click the thumbnails below to see the screenshots and artworks (note: these might be too big to fit on your screen!). To use the buddy icons, simply right-click them, and save the images to your hard disk - they are posted here in their original sizes.