Sims 3 and a bit more on aliens

[profbutters]

I was reading that Sims 3 had been delayed and that they were intending to release it for PC and Mac simultaneously. There's a good deal of unhappiness on Boolprop from PC Simmers who had pre-ordered and were expecting it to come in a couple of weeks.

I can understand that. I probably wouldn't get it right away even if it were available for Mac; Seasons sat around uninstalled for months because I was too paranoid that it would break something. Parsimonious has an interesting report from the CC Creator's camp for Sims 3. It sounds as though they are promising that there will be some way to add new neighborhoods that will be released *after* the game itself is released, and they say it will be a month later. They also say there is some way to turn aging off, but they didn't say whether that would make it possible to manually age playable Sims a la Sims 2, or just that nobody would ever get old.

I'm not saying I'll *never* get it. I'll almost certainly let people who are more gung-ho try it out and find out what they like and don't, wait to see what kind of mods and CC are available.

To me, the *most* important thing is the creative community that's been built up, and frankly, the group of people in specific I've enjoyed collaborating with (aka "the evil Clique.") As long as I can keep reading and working with and enjoying the creative output and online friendship of those people, that's really all I care about. I really don't care whether Sims 3 incorporates Pes' Babby Roaster or not.

The search for multi PT hacks and alien skins goes on. I was really drawn to simgaroop 's Multiple Multi PT hack on MTS2, here.  There certainly is a lot to choose from!   The colorful ones are very tempting, but I have the feeling I'll probably wind up with the simple-looking ones that use plain defaults. Less chance of accidentally deleted an essential skintone, and besides, they're almost all from the Broke family.  And the Goodytwoshoes are a very conservative family, in a lot of ways.  They probably would buy local. 

I'm thinking about fooling with my vamp and alien defaults.  I love my Vampire Paste, though Laverwinkle Sims has been down for days and I don't know why.  I was thinking about putting in RenSims Confutatis eyes for aliens, and I was thinking about either the Confutatis eyes for vamps or the Dumas defaults, but what I can't figure out is whether the Dumas can be used with the Confutatis vamp eyes or not.  I like having pale, not terribly blue-looking aliens now, but having the regular eyes show through and needing to use contacts is sort of a pain.  Or I could keep what I have. 

But overall, I think it makes sense to put in a multi PT hack if I want different-looking aliens with different-colored skin, rather than suddenly having a Pleasantview full of blue aliens.

PB

Comments

[orikes13.livejournal.com]

I've debated on the multi-PT hack for a while. I'm probably going to stick to the one I have, though it would be kind of interesting to have some different faces mixed in there. Of course, Comet and Venus are VERY different looking, so it's not like I'm getting the same results over and over again from the one I'm using.

[profbutters.livejournal.com]

It does seem like overkill, considering that I've only got one or two sims who are at all likely to have alien babies, and none of them have recessive genetics. Still, one of them might like to marry a redhead or a blond down the road, right?

[ahrubyblue.livejournal.com]

I might give Sims 3 a try when it finally comes out. I haven't ruled it out yet. But I must say that I'm actually pretty happy it's been delayed. They can take as long as they want as far as I'm concerned.

Forget what I said about the multi-PT's and the pretty pretty. Thanks for posting the link to simgaroop's hack! I'm thinking the Pixel & Bean set will work pretty well for me.

[profbutters.livejournal.com]

I was wondering what you'd think of those when I saw your earlier comment! They do seem to have the "alien"-ish features.

I admit I thought about the fact that there's a chance I'll finish the legacy by the time it comes out. But there's still so much I haven't done. I'm tempted to go back to Veronaville, reset it, and see what happens, and besides, why wouldn't I want to see how that last little girl grows up?

Victoria met a very nice boy last night. Even Lytton might approve.

[ahrubyblue.livejournal.com]

I guess that's what I get for reading and commenting in a chronological order. I knew it made too much sense to be useful. :p

Might?
lol, I'm all curious now and without any hints. Playable, non-playable?

[profbutters.livejournal.com]

NPC, but not one you're familiar with. The only reason I say "might" is because Lytton is going to have trouble thinking anybody is good enough for his baby girl. I'm sure he'll get over it quickly enough.

[swhedonberry.livejournal.com]

I'm relieved that Sims 3 is delayed. Quite frankly, maybe this means EA's going to get it right before it comes out, which is pretty important. Console games don't come out until the makers are pretty darn sure that everything's right. PC games should be the same.

[docnerd.livejournal.com]

My understanding from Kate's review is that aging is all-or-nothing. Either all the families age, whether you're playing them or not, or no one ages except for babies, who grow up into toddlers. And then stay there until you turn aging back on. Ideally, it'd be on a house-by-house basis, so you could turn it off for families you want to play yourself, and leave it on for, say, premades, but the impression I got was that it was either everyone ages, or Sims 1-style No Aging Ever. Which really only deepens my desire to not buy it.

[profbutters.livejournal.com]

Yeah, that's pretty much how I feel about it. I even feel that way about townies. What's the point of having custom townies if they all die on you before you get a chance to use them.

GAME TIP! ALL YOUR SIMSELVES HAVE NOW DIED!