I line my kitchens up as follows, using 4 tiles:Ģ. I've had many downloads that I have to copy out, then load the game, rezone and demolish the lot, exit the game, and replace the file with the original so the same house is there but zoned correctly. The House.iff files do not affect the families or the zoning. Also BE SURE to backup the original houses before replacing them. When I load up the game again my new sim family now has a fully furnished home for free!! Be sure to NEVER load the game with a house.iff file missing. I go into the Userdata6\Houses folder and move House06.iff out to the desktop and copy in a downloaded House06.iff or a House06.iff from another neighborhood. Let's say I move a new sim family into Lot 6, Neighborhood 2. Type: "rosebud" then Hit shift-ctrl-c again, and type "! " for every additional $1000. You need to turn or move something or someone that is blocking them. If your sim won't do what you want and just stands there and shrugs, they can't get to whatever it is. These allow and generate traffic on the lot. They are invisible objects at the end of the sidewalks that when clicked on look like an end table. Also be careful not to delete or move the portals. The trash can can be moved inside, but I usually put it right by the front door. You can move, but do not delete your mailbox. Sims will block each other off or corner each other for hours. I sometimes just delete dirty dishes, floods, mice, flies, raccoons, bunnies, gopher holes, and trash that way. (NPCs are the game's characters.) I tend to delete that annoying accordion player with the monkey in Old Town, or the Prude in downtown.
(They'll come back when you click on their pic, with all bars green.) Guests and NPCs will not come back. This allows you to move or delete ANYTHING, including your sims. I know there's more but I haven't had my sims die except for the ones I deliberately killed or the one accidental suicide. A sim can die if they get into a pool with no exit ladder. A sim that tries to repair something with no mechanical skills can electrocute themselves.
#THE SIMS 1 HOUSE FREE#
With free will on they also do some pretty funny stuff. After that I leave free will on so the sims will take care off themselves. When I looked back, my sim had just stayed standing in one place for days and was almost dead. I used to turn off free will until one day, someone came in to talk to me. I then went back to the neighborhood, didn't save, and went back in and everything had reversed. They rampaged around and broke all the major appliances. I turned one sim into a monster using the Chemistry set. I always save right before doing magick, etc. Save often when things are going well, and right before you do something risky. Always backup your lots before adding downloaded lots or houses. It's a good idea to backup (Copy) your gamedata, downloads, and userdata folders to a CD or another directory, just in case you ever want to return anything to default. Installing the game is a pain, and takes quite some time. My sims game takes about 5 minutes to load, with all the expansion packs and added stuff.
#THE SIMS 1 HOUSE WINDOWS#
(I think this obsession was a result of my being a tomboy growing up and never having a dollhouse.) So here goes:Īfter installing the sims run Windows defrag. And to prove to all here that I am a complete geek, here is my playing guide to the Sims 1 Complete Collection.