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The Sims Pet Stories

Development Oversights#

The image at the end of Chapter 2 of Alice's Story shows the Delivery person giving Alice a boxed present, but in the final she gets a package instead.

Unused Graphics#

Wall/Floor Textures#

To do:
Upload the wall and floor textures to this article.

There are wall and floor textures that are in the Textures.package file that go unused in both this game and its desktop counterpart (The Sims 2).

Unused Actions#

To do:
A lot of cover.

There are several removed interactions that exist within the file of the game. Some would be re-introduced in later expansions or games.

Ambulance#

To do:
Research more.

Like in The Sims 2, a game left a mention of the ability to call an ambulance, which was scrapped in The Sims 2. In the objects.package file, in the Behaviour function resource (BHAV), there is a BHAV CT - Call Ambulance.

Found In

Name

Type

Group

objects.package

CT - Call Ambulance

BHAV

0x7F1D0F49

(Source: История разработки Симс 2, post №754 - The Sims Creative Club)

Scrapped Scenarios#

Power Outage#

To do:
Research more.

Like in The Sims 2, a game left a mentions of Power Outage scenario, which was scrapped in The Sims 2. In objects.package file exist 2 Behaviour functions (BHAV):

Power Outage - Get Time

Found In

Name

Type

Group

objects.package

Power Outage - Get Time

BHAV

0x7FF37E31

Power Outage - Main Loop

Found In

Name

Type

Group

objects.package

Power Outage - Main Loop

BHAV

0x7FF37E31

(Source: История разработки Симс 2, post №754 - The Sims Creative Club)

Engagement#

To do:
Research more.

Like in The Sims 2, a game left a mention of Engagement scenario, which was scrapped in The Sims 2. In objects.package file exist Behaviour function (BHAV):

Engagement - Get Time

Found In

Name

Type

Group

objects.package

Engagement - Get Time

BHAV

0x7FF37E31

(Source: История разработки Симс 2, post №754 - The Sims Creative Club)

Grandchild#

To do:
Research more.

Like in The Sims 2, a game left a mention of Grandchild scenario, which was scrapped in The Sims 2. In objects.package file exist 3 Behaviour functions (BHAV): Grandchild - Main Loop

Found In

Name

Type

Group

objects.package

Grandchild - Main Loop

BHAV

0x7FF37E31

Grandchild - Get Time

Found In

Name

Type

Group

objects.package

Grandchild - Get Time

BHAV

0x7FF37E31

Grandchild - Has No Children?

Found In

Name

Type

Group

objects.package

Grandchild - Has No Children?

BHAV

0x7FF37E31

(Source: История разработки Симс 2, post №754 - The Sims Creative Club)

Unused Music#

The sfx1.package, which is located at the path "TSData\Res\Sound" contain five full unused music tracks. This tracks can be found by extracting the contents of this package using SimPE into a folder. The extracted package will consist of 4 folders and one file. The unused music tracks are located in "2026960B - mp3 or xa Sound File" folder. The files in the "2026960B - mp3 or xa Sound File" folder need to be sorted by file size from largest to smallest. The five larger files are these tracks. You can listen to these music tracks below:

"Eeyooma Mana Muki Vop" from The Sims Bustin' Out
This music track is from The Sims Bustin' Out. Its original name is "Eeyooma Mana Muki Vop". The name of the extracted file is "94E6DF8B-0B8AB3CD-FF5B9FA4.mp3".

"Nahtreel Jazz" from The Sims Bustin' Out
This music track is from The Sims Bustin' Out. Its original name is "Nahtreel Jazz". The name of the extracted file is "CE84B784-0B8AB3CD-FFA134CC.mp3".

"sbo_bb4" from The Sims Bustin' Out
This music track is from The Sims Bustin' Out. Its original name is "sbo_bb4". The name of the extracted file is "011AB223-0B8AB3CD-FFDC58F1.mp3".

"Sim the Blues" from The Sims: Unleashed
This music track is from The Sims: Unleashed. Its original name is "Sim the Blues". The name of the extracted file is "09731966-0B8AB3CD-FF4E0CB4.mp3".

"SUL_Band2_M" from The Sims: Unleashed
This music track is from The Sims: Unleashed. Its original name is "SUL_Band2_M". The name of the extracted file is "647ABE94-0B8AB3CD-FF1C5809.mp3".

(Source: Found five full songs in base game's sfx1.package. Where do they play on? - Mod The Sims & That One Guy YouTube channel)

Unused Cinematic#

There is an unused cinematic of the game's logo in the same vein as the previous Stories game called Sims_Pet_Stories_logo_whtie.movie, that goes unused for some unknown reason. There's no other language equivalents of the logo.

Regional Differences#

Locale-Exclusive Radio Songs#

Just like the mainline counterpart, some radio songs are exclusive to certain locales of the game. All of them are from the Pop station.

Song

Artist

Locales

Baby Let's Dance

The Smokebreakers

Russian

Can't You Be Mine

Krezip

Dutch, German

Dulce Locura

La Oreja de Van Gogh

Spanish

Never Coming Back

Roni

Finnish

Run Away

Finley

Italian, UK English

Sowiseo

Kisha

French, German

Suburbia

West End Girls

Danish, Japanese, Korean, Swedish, UK English

What If

Lene Marlin

Norwegian, Swedish

References#


  1. https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/pc/937310-the-sims-pet-stories↩︎
  2. https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/pc/937310-the-sims-pet-stories↩︎
  3. https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/pc/937310-the-sims-pet-stories↩︎
  4. https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/pc/937310-the-sims-pet-stories↩︎