[HPFGU-OTChatter] Re: The Best Xmas Gift!

[Iggy McSnurd]

> Anna:
>
> OH!OH!OH!
> 
> I got the Sims 'Double Deluxe' for christmas!  THIS has got to be the
> best present I've got as we have all (DH, 13 and 10 yr old)have all
> created families and are having a blast with it!!  DH literally had a
> blast, in that his 'BETTY' caught herself on fire cooking and
> incinerated herself.  DH was rather surprised when the Grim reaper
> came-a-calling.

Iggy here:

I had that happen to me... My suggestion is to study cooking a few times
before you try to make a regular meal... (Get to at least a three level
rating in it... which is pretty easy.)  Until then, keep them with the
"have a quick <meal>", since they use the microwave.  (I have yet to see
anyone blow up from that.)

Oh, and unless you want a ghost haunting the house, sell the urn where
Betty's ashes are in the "buy" mode.

My specialty is less in running the families (I tend to only put one
person in a household, since more than that and I tend to have problems
running multiple characters...) and more in building the houses.  I've
managed to build castles, bungalows, apartments, studios, and even a few
houses where everything exists on the second floor.  (In these cases,
there's only one small room on the bottom with the stairs to the second
floor, and the house itself is perched on top of that... much like a
mushroom on a stem.  Write to me directly if you want to know the
secret.  *grin*)

> 
> As for me, I've created my own virtual Hogwarts, with the characters
> Harry,Hermione,Ron, Draco and Ginny.
> 
> The first nite, I couldn't get Hermione to go to sleep inthe 'girls
> room'; she went into the room where Harry and Ron where sleeping all
> on her own (why was I surprised?).  As far as Ginny and Draco were
> concerned, they would not go to bed!  I think they were caught ina
> corner behind a chair, and couldnt get themselves out of it. (Iggy,
> coulda used your Makin'Magic here)  They eventually fell asleep on
> topof each other (no, not THAT way!), standing up.  They looked
> rather cute actually.   I've since started all over since I forgot to
> give them jobs, and they were running out of money quick!  They got
> jobs now; forget what Harry's doing; Hermione works for the
> Government, and Draco is a subway muscian!!  Ha!
> I wonder if I should work this into a fanfic???

Iggy here again:

I never really need to worry about money... but then, I also know the
cheat code for giving your Sim a lot of cash... *grin*  My Sims
generally don't get jobs unless I really want them to... and even then,
it's after I've build up their stats pretty high.  (BTW: The top level
of the computer career path is "Information Overlord"... you bring in
30k per pay period...  Can anyone say "Bill Gates?")

(Yes... you can write to me directly if you really want to know how to
do the cash cheat...)


Iggy McSnurd