Help System

301 - Dialog prim string set

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Notes: NEW Replace text with text from Tutorial.iff:1398034979:301:009 which is already translated but is not being called in the game.

Now that you know how to control the view it's time to go into LIVE mode. Press the LIVE icon below.

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Notes: NEW Replace text with text from Tutorial.iff:1398034979:301:032 which is already translated but is not being called in the game.

If you don't give commands to your Sims they will decide what to do on their own. Their behavior is based on their current needs and their personality. Let's look at Bob's personality now. Click on the Personality button below.

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The tutorial encountered an error and could not continue. Go to Play Options and select Reset Tutorial.

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Notes: Replace with text from Tutorial.iff:1398034979:301:056 which is already translated - they are identical strings.

You can see how the selected character feels about this person by clicking on the Relationship button below.

301 - Dialog prim string set

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style="background-color:#FFFFBF;color:#4D4D4D|1Help: Live Mode: Cooking: Tip01

Notes: Appears when a Sim that does not have any cooking skill attempts to cook a meal on a stove. Recommend that the player improve the Sims cooking skill to avoid disaster. Improved cooking skill also makes the meals satisfy hunger more.

$Object's cooking is a fire hazard. An improved cooking skill would help. Sims who know how to cook well also make more filling meals.

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style="background-color:#FFFFBF;color:#4D4D4D|1Help: Live Mode: Funds: Tip01

Notes: Appears when there is not enough money to buy food for the refrigerator and no one in the house has a job. Player should either get a Sim a job or sell an item in Buy Mode to get some money.

No money. No job. No food. No kidding. Consider looking for a job in the newspaper or selling back an item in Buy Mode to help make ends meet.

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style="background-color:#FFFFBF;color:#4D4D4D|1Help: Live Mode: Funds: Tip05

Notes: Appears when funds are low and not everyone in the house has a job. Player should sell an item in Buy Mode to get some money.

Money's tight. Get someone else a job. Make sure you have enough to feed your Sims and pay their bills. If you don't, they could starve or have their belongings repossessed.

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style="background-color:#FFFFBF;color:#4D4D4D|1Help: Live Mode: Funds: Tip06

Notes: Appears when funds are low and everyone in the house has a job. Player should sell an item in Buy Mode to get some money.

Money's tight. Make sure you have enough to feed your Sims and pay their bills. If you don't, they could starve or have their belongings repossessed.

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style="background-color:#FFFFBF;color:#4D4D4D|1Help: Live Mode: Job: Tip01

Notes: Appears if a Sim in the household has not gotten a job. Recommend they look in the newspaper or on the computer for a job. The dialog includes a button that can be clicked to "Find Newspaper."

You should get a job for your Sim. You can find a job in the newspaper or on the computer.

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style="background-color:#FFFFBF;color:#4D4D4D|1Help: Dialog: Button: Label

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OK

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Notes: Bring up a mini tutorial button

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Show Me How

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style="background-color:#FFFFBF;color:#4D4D4D|1Help: Live Mode: Broken Item: Tip01

Notes: Appears first time an object breaks. Mention that improving mechanical skill helps to repair things more quickly and that a repairman is very effective at fixing broken items. The variable $Object is the object that is broken.

$Object has broken. The better a Sim's mechanical skill, the more quickly they can repair it. The repairman has the best mechanical skill of all.

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style="background-color:#FFFFBF;color:#4D4D4D|1Help: Live Mode: Social: Tip10

Notes: Appears when a Sim's social motive is low. Tip describes ways to satisfy social motive. The variable $Object is the Sim's name.

$Object is lonesome. Someone might drop by, but if you really want to help, try calling a neighbor and inviting them over. Better yet: add more people to the neighborhood so there are more people to get to know.

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style="background-color:#FFFFBF;color:#4D4D4D|1Help: Live Mode: Food: Tip01

Notes: Appears when a meal is prepared and there is no prep surface to prepare it on. Mention that meals prepared with the best appliances satisfy hunger more. The variable $Object is the Sim's Name.

It looks like poor $Object is eating a can of beans! If there were a counter or food processor available, $Object could prepare something more nourishing.

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Notes: Appears when a meal is prepared and there is not appliance to cook it on. Mention that meals prepared with the best appliances satisfy hunger more. The variable $Object is the Sim's Name.

Too bad. $Object had nowhere to cook this meal and had to make do with a salad. Meals that are prepared with the best appliances provide the most hunger satisfaction.

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style="background-color:#FFFFBF;color:#4D4D4D|1Help: Mini Tutorial: Gain Skill: Tip01

Notes: This is the mini-tutorial that shows you how to gain a skill. The tutorial sequence is Gain Skill: Tip01, Tip02.

Make sure $Object is the currently selected Sim. You can do this by right-clicking on them directly or by left-clicking their picture in the Control Panel. Next, click the Job icon to view information about $Object's job.

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style="background-color:#FFFFBF;color:#4D4D4D|1Help: Live Mode: Job: Tip05

Notes: Appears when a Sim needs more friends in order to advance in a career, but Sim family is already friends with everyone in the neighborhood. Important to mention that additional family must be moved into the neighborhood. The variable $Object is the Sim who needs friends.

Everyone in the neighborhood likes this family, but $Object needs more friends to get a promotion. You'll need to move some new families into the neighborhood and get to know them before $Object can get promoted again.

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style="background-color:#FFFFBF;color:#4D4D4D|1Help: Live Mode: School: Tip01

Notes: Appears if child is going to school in a bad mood. $Object is child

$Object needs to leave for school in a good mood in order to get good grades. Studying also helps to improve grades.

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style="background-color:#FFFFBF;color:#4D4D4D|1Help: Live Mode: Painting: Tip01

Notes: Appears when a painting has been completed at the easel. Mention that complete paintings can be sold. The variable $Object is the name of the Sim.

$Object's painting is complete. Select "Sell Painting" from the easel's pie menu to get some extra cash. The more creative the Sim, the more money their paintings will earn.

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style="background-color:#FFFFBF;color:#4D4D4D|1Help: Mini Tutorial: Phone: Tip02

Notes: This mini-tutorial shows the user how to buy a phone. The tutorial sequence is Buy Mode: Tip01, Phone: Tip02

Click the Electronics icon to view the selection of electronics. Scroll through the items to find a phone. You can get a description by clicking, releasing, and leaving the mouse in place. After you have chosen one, move the phone into the game screen and click to place it.

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style="background-color:#FFFFBF;color:#4D4D4D|1Help: Mini Tutorial: Sell Item: Tip03

Notes: This mini-tutorial shows you how to sell an item. The mini-tutorial sequence is Buy Mode: Tip01, Sell Item: Tip02, Tip03

Hit the Delete key or drag the object down to the Catalog area to sell it.

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style="background-color:#FFFFBF;color:#4D4D4D|1Help: Buy Mode: General: Tip01

Notes: Appears randomly when Buy Mode icon is selected.

Currently, the objects in buy mode are grouped by function. Click the Buy button to group them by room type instead.

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style="background-color:#FFFFBF;color:#4D4D4D|1Help: Build Mode: Wall Tool: Tip01

Notes: Appears randomly when Wall Tool is selected. Tip describes how to use the Shift key to draw a complete room.

Build a complete room by holding the Shift key down while dragging out a wall. Keep the shift key pressed until you release the mouse button.

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style="background-color:#FFFFBF;color:#4D4D4D|1Help: Build Mode: Wall Tool: Tip03

Notes: Appears randomly when Wall Tool is selected. Tip mentions that walls should be at least two tiles apart to make it easy for the Sims to navigate between them.

Make it easier for your Sims to navigate through the house by leaving at least two grid squares between walls.

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style="background-color:#FFFFBF;color:#4D4D4D|1Help: Build Mode: Wallpaper Tool: Tip02

Notes: Appears randomly when Wallpaper Tool is selected. Tip mentions that some CTRL key can be used to clear a room of paint or wallpaper. Also mention that money is reimbursed for removing old wallpaper.

To remove paint or wallpaper, hold down the CTRL key while using the Wallpaper Tool. To clear a whole room, hold down both the CTRL and Shift keys while clicking the mouse.

TIP: Remove paint and wallpaper from a room before repainting it; that way, you'll get some of your original money back. 

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style="background-color:#FFFFBF;color:#4D4D4D|ZZZ - DO NOT TRANSLATE - EASTER EGG TEXT - Only Appears in English Version

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Notes: Appears at random when Terrain Tool is selected. Tip describes how to level terrain.

Grass will grow back by itself over time.

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style="background-color:#FFFFBF;color:#4D4D4D|1Help: Build Mode: Terrain Tool: Tip03

Notes: Appears at random when Terrain Tool is selected. Mention holding down CTRL to create hills

Hold down the CTRL key when raising terrain to make some nice curvy hills.

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style="background-color:#FFFFBF;color:#4D4D4D|1Help: Build Mode: General: Tip01

Notes: Appears randomly when the Build Mode icon is selected. Mention that most architectural items can be deleted to receive money back.

Click the Undo icon to reverse the last change you made--keep clicking it to undo previous changes. You will get money back for undone actions.  Once you leave Build Mode, your changes will become permanent. After that, you can delete them, but you will lose some money.

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style="background-color:#FFFFBF;color:#4D4D4D|1Help: Build Mode: Door Tool: Tip01

Notes: Appears if door in placed in unenclosed room. A Find Door button is included in the message that allows player to locate the misplaced door.

Sims won't use doors if there's some other way to get into or out of the room.

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style="background-color:#FFFFBF;color:#4D4D4D|1Help: Live Mode: General: Tip03

Notes: Appears after game has been played for awhile and more than two Sims are living in the house. Tip describes how to cycle through Sims.

Change the active character by pressing the space bar to cycle through family members (even while a pie menu is up). Or just right-click on the character you'd like to select. Visitors cannot be selected.

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style="background-color:#FFFFBF;color:#4D4D4D|1Help: Buy Mode: General: Tip04

Notes: Appears randomly when Buy Mode is selected. Tip describes that objects depreciate in value daily and that they can be sold back for the depreciated value. Also mention that some items can appreciate in value.

To Delete an Object: Select it, release the mouse, and then either drag it back to the control panel or press delete. If no Sim time has passed, you'll get all your money back. Once you've had an object for a while, its value will go down. Certain objects may go up in value over time, but telling you which ones would be cheating, wouldn't it?

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style="background-color:#FFFFBF;color:#4D4D4D|1Help: Build Mode: General: Tip02

Notes: Appears randomly when the Build Mode icon is selected. Mention that most architectural items can be deleted to receive money back.

If it's too late for Undo, you can get money back for most architectural items by deleting or selling them. Things that can be picked up can be deleted using the hand tool. Other architectural tools have more specific instructions. Click the image of one of the selections under each tool to learn how to delete it.

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style="background-color:#FFFFBF;color:#4D4D4D|1Help: Build Mode: Stairs: Tip01

Notes: Appears when Stair Tool is selected. Tip describes basic instructions for placing stairs.

Stairs connect the first story to the second. In order for them to be placed, there has to be open area on both floors. They can also be used outside to connect to balconies, just make sure they can connect to a floor tile on the second story.

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style="background-color:#FFFFBF;color:#4D4D4D|1Help: Build Mode: Window Tool: Tip02

Notes: Appears randomly when Window Tool is selected. Tip describes how windows improve room score by providing light.

Sims like rooms with lots of light. The bigger the room, the more windows will be needed to brighten it during the day.

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style="background-color:#FFFFBF;color:#4D4D4D|1Help: Build Mode: Floor Tool: Tip02

Notes: Appears randomly when Floor Tool icon is selected.

Click to place single floor tiles, or click and drag to create a rectangle. Hold the Shift key down to cover the whole room at once. Click while holding the Shift key if you like it, or release the Shift key if you decide against it.

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style="background-color:#FFFFBF;color:#4D4D4D|1Help: Live Mode: Social: Tip09

Notes: Appears after first social interaction. Mention that the astrological signs hold clues to which Sims are most likely to get along.

Sims' personalities determine the kind of interactions they like to have. Consult the astrological signs for some clues about which Sims will get along and which will clash.

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style="background-color:#FFFFBF;color:#4D4D4D|1Help: Live Mode: Social: Tip08

Notes: Appears after a Sim has first conversation. Describes that different Sims have different areas of interest.

Different Sims have different interests. Sims with similar interests are likely to have rewarding conversations.

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style="background-color:#FFFFBF;color:#4D4D4D|1Help: Live Mode: Social: Tip05

Notes: Appears when a neighbor leaves the house because there were no comfortable items to sit on or they didn't get to sit down. The variable $Object is neighbor's name.

$Object is leaving to get comfortable at home. Don't keep your visitors on their feet the whole time; let them relax a little too.

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style="background-color:#FFFFBF;color:#4D4D4D|1Help: Live Mode: Social: Tip06

Notes: Appears when a neighbor leaves the house because they are hungry. Mention that it is a good idea to feed your guests. The variable $Object is neighbor's name.

$Object is hungry and is going home. If you want your guests to stay longer, try feeding them.

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style="background-color:#FFFFBF;color:#4D4D4D|1Help: Live Mode: Social: Tip02

Notes: Appears the first time the family makes a family friend. Mention that family friends are important to career growth.

$Object has made a friend. Notice in the Relationship Panel that a smiley face now appears by the picture of the Sim. And also note that the Family Friend Count has gone up by one. Family friends are important to advancing in your career.

TIP: If Sims don't spend enough time with their friends, the relationship will start to fade.

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style="background-color:#FFFFBF;color:#4D4D4D|1Help: Live Mode: Bills: Tip01

Notes: Appears the first time Bills turn red (meaning they are overdue for payment).

Don't forget to check the mailbox; bills come every three days. The more items you own, the more you owe. Pay your bills before they turn red or the repoman will pay you a visit. 

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style="background-color:#FFFFBF;color:#4D4D4D|1Help: Build Mode: General: Tip03

Notes: Appears randomly when the Build icon is selected from the Control Panel. Tip describes how to use the hand tool.

You can use the hand tool to delete, move, or rotate many architectural objects. This also works for Buy Mode objects.

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style="background-color:#FFFFBF;color:#4D4D4D|1Help: Build Mode: Plants: Tip02

Notes: Appears randomly when Plant Tool icon is selected. Tip describes how to move and delete plants using the hand tool.

To move and delete plants, use the hand tool.

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style="background-color:#FFFFBF;color:#4D4D4D|1Help: Build Mode: Wall Tool: Tip05

Notes: Appears randomly when Wall Tool is selected. Tip describes how Sims like big rooms with lots of corners.

Sims like rooms that are big. And the more corners the better.

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style="background-color:#FFFFBF;color:#4D4D4D|1Help: Build Mode: Door Tool: Tip03

Notes: Appears randomly when Door Tool icon is selected. This tip describes how doors provide light that improves room score.

In addition to allowing Sims to come and go, doors provide light. Along with the room's size, light is one of the best ways to improve a Sim's feeling about a room.

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style="background-color:#FFFFBF;color:#4D4D4D|1Help: Camera Mode: General: Tip01

Notes: Appears randomly when Camera button is selected. Describes how to use the upload saved families to the web.

Use the camera to take your own photos. You can upload your family's story to the web. See the manual or www.thesims.com for more information.

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style="background-color:#FFFFBF;color:#4D4D4D|1Help: Buy Mode: General: Tip06

Notes: Appears randomly when the Buy icon is selected from the Control Panel. Tip describes how to place multiple copies of the same item by holding down the Shift key.

Nobody ever has just one end table. You can place multiple copies of an item by holding down the Shift key while you click the mouse.

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style="background-color:#FFFFBF;color:#4D4D4D|1Help: Live Mode: Routing: Tip01

Notes: Appears first time a Sim cannot route around an object. Mention that the item they are having a problem with is displayed in the thought bubble

Sims let you know if something is preventing them from getting around. Usually when they stop an action and display an item in their thought bubble, it means that the item is in their way. Switch to Buy Mode and move things around to help them navigate better.

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style="background-color:#FFFFBF;color:#4D4D4D|1Help: Live Mode: Better Items: Tip01

Notes: Appears when the funds are high but the Sim's mood is low. Tip describes how buying better items can help to improve the Sim's mood.

Your funds are high. $Object's mood is low. Why not spend some of that extra cash on some better items for the home? The pop-ups for the items in Buy Mode tell which items can be used to improve motives and by how much. Naturally the items that do more cost more, but money is not an issue right now.

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Notes: Appears after newspaper has been used to search for a job.

While the newspaper has only one job offer each day, with a computer in the house you can use it daily to choose from up to three different jobs.