Chattering Monkeys

Dark · Joined: 19 Apr 2007 Posts: 261

Well, this isn't a picture entry...but I've had a little, er...issue.

See, Raihn and Vincent were in college, thus, under normal circumstances couldn't have kids. However, with the handy Inteenimator, hey, the sky's the limit..and uh, yea, they graduated (whoo...).

Thing is, when they moved out, they kind of neglected to take Marcus...

At first, I sent Raihn home...Vincent can bring him...but then Vincent...left...without him, leaving me to watch in horror as the ever oblivious toddler sat, playing with his toys. Oh Marcus, what horrid parents you have.

Well, I binned him, thinking I can move him in with his parent's separately except...he's in University which apparently cant clash with the outside world where his parents were. D'oh...

So, next, I moved him back to his house (technically, he owns the house) and binned him inside the house, thinking I could put it in Uchuu and move Vincent in with him so I could get him out...once again, outside world and university don't mix.

I summoned him to where Raihn was but could find nothing allowing her to keep him there...

So needless to say, things aren't looking too good for little Marcus.

Tomorrow (or today, you'll notice it's 2 am), I'm going to download Sim PE again and see if I can extract him somehow...if that doesn't work, I'll have to go to the extreme of making him an adult, moving him in, then making him a toddler again. Damn it all, Vincent and Raihn...

Mechanical Bunny · Site Admin Joined: 19 Apr 2007 Posts: 223

Can you invite kids to move in with you? Lol. And he isn't old enough to "move out" with the computer... I think mainly this is an issue because you normally aren't allowed to have children on campus. But I think with the Insimenator you can "grow him up" and then move him back with his parents and then "grown him down" to a kid again?? I have no idea. (@_@)

Mechanical Bunny · Site Admin Joined: 19 Apr 2007 Posts: 223

(Double post because I didn't respond to the entry before) For the vacation in the mountains or whatever it is, did you read the tree stump (its actually a goal for the vacation)? And try to balance on the log? It was funny. I found a secret map and that was cool, and since its secret I won't tell you what was there! Razz

I also have the secret map for the beach, and that was pretty cool too.

And then for the beach, you learn to hula dance from other people dancing. You have to wait for the sims that know how to do it, and then join them. Same with Tai Chi and whatever dance is in the mountains. Oh! Have you learned the actions like bowing and chest pump (or whatever it was) and hang loose? XD

I wish there were monkeys at the monkey places, though! For a vacation, its pretty boring. This expansion pack has some very good gameplay that's been needed, but at the same time doesn't add much with the vacations...

Dark · Joined: 19 Apr 2007 Posts: 261

Yea, I used some internal cheats to get him back with his parents...problem is, they don't acknowledge his existence as their child and he doesn't have any memories ^^; Oh well...I guess he could be dead.

Lol, yea, I read all that in a FAQ. I think it would have been cooler if it had been like a ninja but yea. Laura did find the map, I just haven't explored it yet.

I think its definitely a needed thing. It added actual recognized jewelry, FINALLY. More cultural stuff too which was sort of added with seasons but at the same time, it wasn't really useful. And when you really think about it, they do pretty much everything that is available to do in those places...though if that's the case, I'm staying very far away from the mountains x.x And I love that you can walk to lots now too. Cars loading took centuries for me! But yea, I like it ^^ Now to dig through my garage to give the base game to jynxy...

Mechanical Bunny · Site Admin Joined: 19 Apr 2007 Posts: 223

Yeah! I've been waiting for walking to lots forEVER!! Ever since the first game came out!! (Sims 1 Surprised

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I do like it. I wish it added a new species this game that we can turn into. (I think my favorite so far is actually the PlantSims! Go figure) All the other games have, but this one, nope. I guess they make up for it with the cultures, like you said. Though I find it funny that there are a lot of white and black people in the Asian area, and stuff like that. Like, they can't narrow the NPCs looks down so its more realistic? Oh well.

Dark · Joined: 19 Apr 2007 Posts: 261

Lol, Jynxy and I were talking about the first one today. I might be mistaken, but wasn't it that you had to use premade heads and stuff? There was like no personalizing at all? And I still remember they only had one available meal... and the dancing, my God, the dancing. We should break those moves out in a club ^_^; But Hot Date still pwns over a lot of even these new expansions...I miss the table interactions ^^;

Well, you have 'Andrew Bigfoot'. Lol, what the hell was that? I was like, this is so dumb. I would have at least had the sims freak out or something seeing him but no. I actually have not liked any of the species ^_^; I dunno...The only trip I enjoyed was the Asian one (how surprising). But the mountain trip was really funny. I had Ryan and Laura woohoo in a tent and of course, with public woohoos, they have to run over and the caption was like 'What's going on in here?' for their kids. Lol. And the charlatan guy...I dont know what the deal with that was. I know he was a pickpocket but he sucked. His face made me laugh.

Personally, I don't think EA knows how to make a sim. I mean, look at half their townies or NPCS. Are they not like, uber ugly? But I won't blame them on the Asian thing, making an Asian Sim is as close to impossible as you can get. At least, a really good one anyway.

But update tomorrow ^_^ (ish...)

Mechanical Bunny · Site Admin Joined: 19 Apr 2007 Posts: 223

Oh yeah, weird. The first ones were so horrible in comparison. That was awhile ago so I can hardly remember it. Laughing

I was very disappointed with the Bigfoot, too. He wasn't scary or anything... But if you make friends with him you can have him move in to your house. ... The Charlatan sucked, too. And he always has the same hat and face even if he's wearing like, a hula skirt. Lol.

EA sucks at making sims. They designed the game, but the fans are the ones that make the realistic skins and awesome hair and pretty eyes. EA's stuff is just so plain and boring. They should hire people like Enalya or something!

Dark · Joined: 19 Apr 2007 Posts: 261

Lol, I have to find a gif for the dancing eventually. That's the only thing anyone has to remember.

And he scared me...just not in a scared way, he was just so ugly. I mean, I know Bigfoots not supposed to be attractive, but they made him really, really humanesque and he just has fur. x.x But yea, I know what you mean. I didn't mess with the charlatan much. I had Laura's child tell him a joke. Lol.

I guess they're considering how big the game is, as is, and considering video cards...or I can guess. But they DON'T need to hire Enayla. Then her stuff wouldn't be free O_O EA does hire people off free sites, put them on TSR which needs a subscription, and makes those people close their sites because they own rights to their objects. It really sucks...

Mechanical Bunny · Site Admin Joined: 19 Apr 2007 Posts: 223

Yeah, it's not even a "big"foot. He's not any bigger than normal Sims...

Dark · Joined: 19 Apr 2007 Posts: 261

Well...hmm, where to start first?

...Raihn putting out the fire herself. Installing Bon Voyage messed up the actions that I saved them doing so the firefighter just kind of stood around, watching...I called again but alas, already there...so I just had Raihn put it out, as it engulfed the whole back wall. x.x Well, not by the point I took this picture, but...

Marcus waiting outside as mommy fights fire ^^;

And Vinny finally is flippin home. 'What happened while I was taking my exam?' 'Oh, the house just caught on fire and the fireman sucked.' '...Cool.'

Hugging his beloved son...the last few moments while they actually remember his existence. Jeez!

Well, going through all the mess to get him back, here he is...in his yellow shirt and pink pants x.x My internal game has no coordination. But yea, this is him running around...why are the kids so flippin hyper after they grow up? They're like, jetting around.

Vinny driving him to school ^^ I like Vinny's car...

And I forgot about them for a while (they were just in the family box...) but for some reason I made your Calaki gods, MB x.x I guess I was going to make Ezranaiya and Gretanavai and Malik...but here were my attempts ^^;

Torro

Shanantra

Lashta

Judor

Makima

Athdein

Ekcor (Eckor?)

And to get more misc out of the way...Avri has grown up...I guess only Jynxy and I know the story well, but Avri is evil...and he wants Vincent back...Avri is really the guy that Jynxy used to live with, Jesse...he ends up raping Marcus, etc, etc.

Yea, his hair is weird but I'm going to work on that.

Now, his evilness is out on his own...

"I will destroy the world..."

"Just you watch..."

Yea, you suck. I could beat you up. Loozah.

And this is Ehren at the moment...I made him blond but apparently forgot to take his picture. Ehren is actually Anita's brother's son and Jynx's Asian character that appeared in the last few chapters of our old version of the manga's son...so he's German and Asian o.O Sweet...

K! Let's finish that vacation!

So of course, a lot of the trip was...fishing o.x

Yes, fishing...boring, but that fish is scary right there O_O

This is Karin's boyfriend, Matthias...he's really pale ^^;

Lol, the log roll was interesting...this is Artemis, the EMO one, in a bright blue bathing suit x.x

Man, that log must be good reading right thurr.

Just because it was convenient, I had Ryan and Laura try out the woohoo tent thing...that seems to make Ryan more confident as he instigated this little make out session himself...but whoo, how about that fire?

Might be too dark to see but I really like Ryan a lot more without glasses...

As MB and I have been discussing, we get a new creature...the legendary Bigfoot.

...Like, eww.

So, as we were discussing, the Sims weren't freaked out or anything by this freak. I know I'd be...or at least tell him he seriously needs to be waxed. But he was like ANY other Sim. He walked funny...

And apparently anti-peace.

Laura and Bigfoot did not get along, so the mighty beast took a swing at her. Ryan, enraged, rushed in to showdown with the monster...not really, they're having a water balloon fight ^^; Which, bigfoot is rather beast at.

Suddenly, out of nowhere, like the great ninja, came...

...........The Charlatan? o.O;;;; WTFudge

And dammit, if he's not up to no good, that charlatan...lol. These are the weirdest vacations I've ever seen. I'm glad I'm not a Sim.

Mechanical Bunny · Site Admin Joined: 19 Apr 2007 Posts: 223

So far my vacations have sucked so far. Lol. So I know what you mean.

That is sooo cool you made my Calaki gods! I haven't even thought to do that! And I love Shanantra's hair... That's totally them as Sims. Because normally they're like 10 feet tall. Lol.

Dark · Joined: 19 Apr 2007 Posts: 261

Its not so much that they suck...it's just not something that could occupy three days in the game ^_^; I dunno. I did discover that they can play 'marco polo' in the pool now. Lol. Unless that was a Seasons thing tho.

Yeah, I guess I could use the stretch skeleton cheat but then they'd just look like freaks. XD

Just a misc-y update...now, Mae was still a teenager by the time Dante was married which is just not canon with the story! So I finally got around to sending to her to college...I'm really not going to waste a lot of time with that though, I'll just fly through so she can have the memory and have easier promotions. But here we gooo...she has this hair in my imagination when she gets older and out in the music industry on her own and even if its freaky, she is a 5'3 asian peppy metal screamo singer so it works.

Her playing the guitar...

I thought her laughing or smiling was very Mae-like...btw, Mae is Van's daughter.

And at her college, she has the ever lovely cow mascot...

Okay...let's just say, if this cow was around our college, I would SERIOUSLY, and I do mean SERIOUSLY, beat him up. He's creeping now because he's up to no good...what does he do?

Why, he sets off the sprinklers of course. I love how the cafeteria worker is just glaring at him...(when he sets of the sprinklers, it causes huge puddles, everyone runs around ducking, and the puddles decrease environment. Menace)

So on...well, Vicious in the story doesn't actually go to college but Rougii to take this journey the past sages could take for...enlightenment, maybe? Since most of them probably ended up getting eaten in the process, its a kind of lost thing (I wouldn't do it) but ol' Viccy decides to do it. (In House of Daisies, everyone told him he was crazy...) Well, on this journey, he found that his only reason to live was for one of Lysa's daughters (just to be unnaturally cute...I mean, really, cute with that guy? Unique) So yea...

Skipping through all that in the Sims, not that its possible in the first place, we grow Vicious up.

...I think my eyes are bleeding. My game must be colorblind or just...blind. Stupid randomizer.

K...fixed him up a bit (He has nice abs ^^)

Well, Caitlin and Lakyle bid their son adieu (Valence is actually in college)...why is Lakyle wearing that ugly business suit? Apparently he's a battle of the bands director x.x

*Another funny thing happened...I had him use the in-game aspiration changer and I didn't realize he didnt have enough points to use it! So his aspiration at life was JUST grilled cheese since it messes up if you dont have enough points. I thought I would die laughing ^^

So now, on to Steven...I moved him from the Forbidden Portal to Adajia again where he has a house, which I moved Tifa in to later and made her a family Sim.

Here he is with Tiffany (Btw, I installed different default skins from the Maxis ones so that's why everyone might look a little different). I hate her hair ^^;

Learning to walk...I used the magic milk to make it go faster so that's why she's glowing.

TOO adorable! She was just sitting but then she walked over and sat, waving her hands around trying to catch butterflies. So cute ^^

Then I grew her up...she's a very pretty sim already ^_^

She told Steven a joke ^_^ I thought it was cute

Aww

Now...if you actually read through this (which you better *shakes fist*), there are more images on pixcastle... and just for a taste...

O_O I think he's hot, I want him.

Mechanical Bunny · Site Admin Joined: 19 Apr 2007 Posts: 223

Whoo! I love realistic skins... He is hott. I make a lot of hott guy sims. It's so bad I want to *ahem* pixels on a screen. (T_T)

Dark · Joined: 19 Apr 2007 Posts: 261

Yea, these default skins by Enayla are great (I've started downloading on my laptop with wireless and transferring it so that's why I have more stuff). I like a lot of the guys I make too ^_^; But not in that sense, but I kind of wish, gah, I want to make a guy...or my favorite thought, I want to download clothes for myself for free. Lol, weirdness.

Mechanical Bunny · Site Admin Joined: 19 Apr 2007 Posts: 223

Lol, I know! It'd be awesome to download clothes! Man, the Sims have it good...