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701. The Neighborhood Handler 4.10 coming soon!

Written on Tuesday 13 May 2003 at 22:00 by ChEeTaH - 0 comments.

Now Superstar has been released, I know you're all waiting for a new version of The Neighborhood Handler. I've been working on that quite a lot, and version 4.10 is nearly ready. However, I won't receive Superstar for another 10 days, which means I can't complete the Superstar compatibility yet at this point. I expect to have it all done in approximately 2-3 weeks. There are two major new functions to look out for. One is for those who have Unleashed and don't want to demolish a building to rezone it. The new "Rezone" function will keep the houses where they are, but it will change the zoning details of any of the 40 areas in the neighborhood. If you have a family in a home that you want to rezone to a community area, then the family will be evicted automatically (otherwise it will cause problems in The Sims). But, there are more great things... Read More!

702. EA reveals E3 Lineup

Written on Friday 9 May 2003 at 00:12 by ChEeTaH - 0 comments.

Electronic Arts has announced their lineup for the E3 next week. We'll be following the Sims games and tell you whatever other gaming sites visiting the E3 have to offer. There are 3 Maxis games in the list: The Sims 2 (Release: early 2004), The Sims Bustin' Out (Release: early 2004) and SimCity 4: Rush Hour (SimCity 4 expansion pack, release fall 2003). We'll be focussing on the first two games. The Sims 2 will be shown Tuesday 13 May, but it's unknown when we'll hear more of the Bustin' Out expansion pack for the console version. With the exposition being later than 13 May, there might be more The Sims 2 news after 13 May from the E3. We're looking forward to it, but are you too? You can see EA's complete E3 line up right here. EA has also launched an E3 site at www.ea.com/e3. If you want to see a complete linup of all publishers (which hasn't been updated for the past few days, so it's not up-to-date at this point), follow this link to GameSpot.

703. New The Sims Expansion for the Consoles [Update]

Written on Friday 9 May 2003 at 00:02 by ChEeTaH - 0 comments.

Yes, there's indeed going to be another expansion pack for The Sims. However, unlike the ones we know so far, this one's for the Console edition of the game. It's called "The Sims Bustin' Out". There will be new locations to visit, 40 new characters, 80 new social moves, and 10 new careers. This expansion pack will also be shown at the E3 next week. This is what's said about it in EA's list of E3 games:

"The Sims are returning to the console and this time they're getting out of the house and exploring all-new outrageous locations around town. Players can choose a variety of new paths as they lead their Sims through life's big moments. Along the way, players can unlock and collect hundreds of new objects and social moves exclusive to the console. Play, work, and socialize with a cast of more than 40 new wacky characters and climb through 10 new careers including Mobster, Athlete, Mad Scientist, and Fashion Victim. The Sims Bustin' Out will feature two-player and memory card support, so bring your Sims over to a friend's house. The game is scheduled for release on the PlayStation 2 console, Xbox, and the Nintendo GameCube™ in early 2004."

You can read the whole press release right here at EAGames. It's certainly something to look out for if you have The Sims on one of the consoles. This expansion pack is in development for PlayStation 2, GameCube and X-Box simultaneously and will be released early 2004. Quite a wait, but it looks like it's worth it.

[Update 23:30] The official site (of the PC version) has also posted the press release, along with one screenshot, as late SimDay item. We're showing it below. For the press release on the official site, follow this link.

704. New poll

Written on Thursday 8 May 2003 at 02:20 by ChEeTaH - 0 comments.

Like every week we've added another poll this week. With The Sims 2 being announced yesterday, and the E3 Expo coming up very soon, we're wondering if you're interested in that combination: The Sims 2 at the E3. We won't go to LA ourselves, but we'll check out the big gaming sites every day to find any news about The Sims 2 there for you. Anyway, you can vote for the poll on the right or on this page.

Last week's poll was about the toughest skill to train. Apparantly that's the Body skill, with 44% of the 232 votes. Second was Charisma with 22%. Creativity is the easiest to train, which got just 5% of the votes. For all the results, with all the skills listed there too, check out this page. For more results, check out our poll archive.

705. SimDay

Written on Thursday 1 May 2003 at 02:50 by ChEeTaH - 0 comments.

SimDay this week consists of just 2 items (so far): the news that Superstar has gone gold (You can read the press release at the official site right here, if you prefer that look). Besides that, there's a preview of Superstar at IGN:

"Every morning along with the newspaper, you'll get a new tabloid that shows who's hot and who's not. You can use the tabloid to keep track of the top ten stars in the Sims world and track your own progress up the ladder of fame. The tabloid will also report on the various goings on of Studio Town.

"As a regular non-famous Sim you can visit Studio Town via a convenient tram that runs between the residential neighborhoods and the new studio lots. Famous Sims will instead be picked up by fancy-schmancy limousines. On the surface it works a bit like the extra areas in Hot Date. A new population of Studio people is spawned with your install so no two versions of the game will offer exactly the same characters."

That are just two paragraphs of an interesting read. You should really read the whole thing, as they explain quite well how some things work in the new expansion, and what you can expect. To go there and see the whole review, click here. To see some screenshots added last week too, visit the media page at IGN. That's it for this week's SimDay... but as it's still early some more stuff might be added later (or not of course).

706. New poll & Poll Results

Written on Thursday 1 May 2003 at 02:00 by ChEeTaH - 0 comments.

Last week's poll was added a bit silently because I was away and couldn't post about the results... To get back on that: most people expect The Sims 2.0 in the second half of 2004. For a full list of that poll's results, click here. And last week, the poll received a stunning 356 votes - a lot more than normal. The Social and Energy bars are the hardest to keep green according to you, with 111 and 110 votes each (about 31% both). For all the other results, click here. And now on to the new poll: What skill do you find the hardest to improve? Are your Sims crap at cooking, are they too weak to lift a book, too stupid to replace a light bulb, or what? Tell us which you think is the skill you just can't get your Sims to improve. Vote on the right or on this page. More polls are in our archive.

707. The Add-on Handler released! [Update 30 April 0:20]

Written on Wednesday 30 April 2003 at 01:13 by ChEeTaH - 0 comments.

Well, here it is! The first version of The Add-on Handler (TAOH). I've told you about the possibilites of this nearly 2 weeks ago. So far, it can only install files, but a future version is already on its way. I don't know a release date yet, but most likely it'll be out after Superstar is released. Anyway, be sure to download this version as it'll install any known file for The Sims for you (except FAR and MP3 files). This version does not support Superstar yet because that's not out yet. However, contrary to the announcement this version already makes the database of installed files.

If you already have The Neighborhood Handler installed, then you can download the upgrade version for 1 Mb. If you don't have TNHH installed yet, go to this page for the full version (2.23 Mb). Note that this is still a beta version and so you might find some bugs that aren't supposed to be there... However, I came across no problems while using the program so it should work fine. If you happen to find anything after all, please e-mail me.

[Update 30 April 0:20] The initial release missed one file in the installation. If you downloaded The Add-on Handler before now, you should redownload the program (the Upgrade version will work). The program will function without the missing file, but you'll have to get a picture file for the installation window from some other place. In any way, the best option is to redownload the package. I apologise for any inconvenience.

708. New (delayed) poll

Written on Saturday 19 April 2003 at 00:09 by ChEeTaH - 0 comments.

Due to some technical difficulties you haven't been able to access this site for some time yesterday and today. We're back now though, and with a delayed poll. The poll was delayed because of these technical difficulties, but it'll run until Thursday as always. Our old poll was about whether you're subscribed to any paysites or not. Apparantly, most of you (more than 52%) hate such sites. For those who don't understand why sites decide to go pay (no, in general they don't want to earn money with it), read this old editorial, which describes the matter. For the other results of last week's (and a bit) poll, click here. To vote in our new poll, check out the right, or visit this page.

709. More about the seventh expansion pack

Written on Thursday 17 April 2003 at 00:39 by ChEeTaH - 0 comments.

If you've been following the news, you might've read our bit about a seventh expansion and The Sims 2. There's a small follow-up on that now, thanks to SimsZone.de. The latest edition of the German magazine PC-Action has a review of Superstar in it. Nothing interesting there, but it includes an interview with Jonathan Knight from Maxis. Jonathan had some interesting things to say... Read More!

710. Announcement: The Add-on Handler

Written on Wednesday 16 April 2003 at 14:00 by ChEeTaH - 1 comment.

Recently I've began working on a new utility for The Sims: The (Sims) Add-on Handler (Abbreviated: TAOH). Like several other tools out there, this will be able to install your downloaded files to The Sims by simply dragging the downloaded files to the window of TAOH - which shows any image you like. But unlike others, this tool will be a lot better! If you want to select the files using a conventional "Open" dialog box, that's possible too. For instance, you won't have to hassle to install roofs manually anymore - this will detect if a file is a skin or roof, and install it as you wish. The same goes for objects and houses. As if that isn't enough, it will also check if Skins are in just 256-colours. Skins that are bitmaps with more than 256 colours (or a palette bigger than that) tend to crash The Sims. The program will simply give you a warning if a file seems to be invalid. But wait! There's more... Read More!