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2201. Sims at Work ideas

Written on Sunday 17 November 2002 at 20:25 by ChEeTaH - 0 comments.

IGN had posted an article about The Sims at work over a week ago, but only for insider members. Now there's a new article (The Sims Wishlist), the old article has been given out to everybody so you can also read the article. It contains some thoughts of how you'd be able to follow your Sims to work. Some thoughts are logical and could work out well, but are we waiting for another expansion pack?

"How could a 'Sims at Work' work, anyway? That's sort of an interesting thing to think about. The way I see it, the most logical route would be to make an all new 'Business District' area separate from the main neighborhood, not unlike how Downtown and Vacation Island are separate. Then you would have different lots, each one representing the different career tracks, perhaps. (How may career tracks are there now? Many, many, many). I say this is the 'most logical route' -- by that I mean, I believe that this is a programming problem that could be accomplished with the existing engine, since it follows the models of previously released expansion packs. Demanding something like, say, basements and third stories on every house would be probably be much harder, because it doesn't already exist in the game."

Read the whole article.

2202. First birthday!

Written on Sunday 17 November 2002 at 14:00 by ChEeTaH - 3 comments.

Exactly 1 year ago, the first news item was posted at this site. TheSimsFusion had finally relaunched as The Sims Zone. At the moment we're 1 year, over 500 news post, 2 Sim Brother series, over 400 files, a few new sections, nearly 1500 members, close to 50 polls, a couple of affiliates, one host change and another server move (happening right now) and lots of other things further. To celebrate our first birthday, we will be bringing you lots of content to enjoy this week. Unfortunately, because of the current server problems there won't be a lot of new things today. But as most files are ready you will definately see those soon enough, so there's nothing to worry about. We hope you enjoy our birthday, and also the stuff that's coming very soon!

Want to know about the full history of this site until 6 months ago? Read this editorial written on our 6 month birthday as The Sims Zone.

2203. TNHH Small delay, again :-(

Written on Friday 15 November 2002 at 23:49 by ChEeTaH - 0 comments.

Due to some happenings in my personal life earlier this week, and recent crashes of my harddrive (3 times in 3 weeks, it should be fixed by now though), The Neighborhood Handler got delayed a bit again. I'm really sorry for that, but I can't help it either. This delay also is for the fixed .exe file with the "Install Lots" option working again - that will be finished within a week from now though. I also hope to be releasing the full version before the end of this year, which should be possible.

Contrary to earlier announcements, I will be releasing the fixed .exe in the form of a second Release Candidate (RC2) version when it's ready. Those who emailed me will get the file emailed to them, packed in a .zip file, as soon as it's ready as well. I really apologize for these delays, but will bring it all to you as soon as possible. I hope you understand that these delays are necessary to bring you a decent product.

2204. Late SimDay: PS2 Previews

Written on Friday 15 November 2002 at 22:04 by ChEeTaH - 0 comments.

This week's simday was put up late, hence this late report. All that's interesting now is that there are 3 links to short previews of The Sims on PS2. There's on at IGN, another one at Gaming Nexus and another one at GameZone. The IGN one is just a development update really. However, there are some new screenshots. The same goes for the GameZone one, which also has a bunch of new screenshots. The Gaming Nexus one is a short product overview, with a list of key features:

The Sims in 3D - Explore an entirely new 3D world that harnesses the full power of the PlayStation 2. The controller-based interface makes controlling your Sims and creating their world a snap.

Level based game play Start with just one Sim in a shack and move into bigger and better homes as you advance through lifes big moments. Meet new neighbors and unlock objects along the way.

Play The Sims with a friend - For the first time, two players can now control their own Sims in the same Sim environments. Play all new two-player games for popularity points and money. Save your house and Sims on a memory card and play them on a friends system.

PlayStation 2 exclusive content Meet and interact with new characters and play with new objects not found on any PC version of The Sims. Customize your Sims appearance to a new level of detail found only on the PlayStation 2 console.

Open Ended Gameplay: Just like in the PC version of the Sims you can create and control your Sims in the no winners or losers gameplay. Set your own goals and play at your own pace to create your perfect Sims home.

The last bit of this SimDay is about last night's MySims featured chat. A transcript of it will be put up soon enough, for everybody who missed it.

2205. Server problems [Update]

Written on Thursday 14 November 2002 at 21:29 by ChEeTaH - 2 comments.

As you might have noticed, there are a few problems with our storage server (thesimszone.com) so images don't load and files cannot be downloaded from here at the moment. Emails sent to will probably also bounce. Unfortunately this is out of our (direct) control. We are currently working on fixing it, and the site should be back completely before our birthday. We apologise for any inconvenience caused during this downtime.

Note that the news, articles etc. can still be viewed, and you can also still browse most of the site. Only loading images, downloading files and sending emails doens't work at the moment.

Update 21:42: It turns out our host is moving our site to a different server. That means it will take up to 48-72 hours before the site is back completely again.

2206. TSO November update

Written on Wednesday 13 November 2002 at 23:42 by ChEeTaH - 0 comments.

The TSO website has been updated again. There are again 4 new Gameplay articles. One of them includes a "Quick Tour" video, there's something about the player site, some beginner-tips, and help with contacting tech support for TSO. The "Cool Objects" article hasn't been updated (yet) and now has a dead link... Of course, there's also the MOMI Knows Best update. Read More!

2207. Free play test download [Update]

Written on Wednesday 13 November 2002 at 22:17 by Sumit - 0 comments.

For all people who have not yet received The Sims Online play test go onto Fileplanet. You can get it for free now even if you aren't a fileplanet server member. So let us all rejoice as everyone can have The Sims Online Play Test now :)

Words of caution, It is a VERY big file of 1.2 Gigabyte, and it might take you days if you're on a modem connection. It could even take a long time on a broadband.

Update: I did say that it was free and filplanet says the same, but it requires a credit card for your billign statement for some reason. But if you want to go through with the long download and give your credit card, makesure when you click to install that you see the fileplanet window or your email for the CD key.

2208. Sims Rejoice!

Written on Saturday 9 November 2002 at 19:00 by Sumit - 1 comment.

Sims rejoice as another weekend passes by and yet they still have no weekend but to make up here is a new lamp ever sim wants! This beautifully carved lamp will bring magic to any home! All here:



Want to have your favorite furnishing in the game? Well then request it! Got a pic? Send it! Request me over here.

2209. SimDay Part 3

Written on Saturday 9 November 2002 at 00:47 by ChEeTaH - 0 comments.

SimDay came in 3 parts this week. This last bit is just a bit more about SimCity 4: next week there will be a chat event with producer Sean Decker. The chat is at 3PM PST (or 11pm in the UK, midnight CET). You should enter the chat early so you can submit any questions you have about SimCity 4. I believe that's all for this week's SimDay, it's friday now so I doubt there will be a part 4 this week.

2210. TNHH 4.0 (RC1) Bug found

Written on Friday 8 November 2002 at 21:15 by ChEeTaH - 0 comments.

With thanks to Tom Ledford, the first major bug in The Neighborhood Handler has been found: The install a lot option doesn't work (installing families does work though). In other words, you cannot install any downloaded houses or lots using this latest version. Unfortunately I hadn't been able to find it myself earlier because my hard drive had crashed recently. I will be fixing this error. Due the the hard drive crash, a few (minor) old bugs sneaked back in too, which I will also have to fix again. Those are not in the 40 RC1 version. The next version of The Neighborhood Handler will be the 4.0 final, including a manual and full readme. I'm now working on that as well. I expect this final version to be released in about 2-4 weeks. For those who want to receive a fixed program file before this release: this will be ready next weekend (16/17 November). Those who want it can email me and I will send it as soon as it's ready. I will not be releasing this as a separate download on this site because no installation or anything will be included. I apologise for any inconvenience caused by this bug. I am working on fixing it as soon as possible. If you find any other bugs or errors in the latest version, please let me know so it can be fixed as well. Thank you.