Sims 1 Booty

[Dr House]

*nostalgia* Wow i had so many CC in Sims 1, i'm a download whore I even had rabbit CC invasion in a lot of lots lol I must have 2 printed totally full CDs with tested and organized stuff and i still have untested leftovers on my HDs

[jmrcrp]

Water balloons, now there's an idea!  We already have a hot tub in which one of our members is forever chasing down a chicken to throw on the barbie, so maybe she should just throw a few water balloons at it...

I think I'll stock up a few to throw at nasty paysite owners or weasels from forums that hate "sharing"!

[Saraswati]

I got up to a gig of Sims 1 files, which was phenomonal considering how small they were..

Miss Sims 1, can't run it properly on this pc..

[lemmiwinks]

What does it take to get Sims 1 to run on Vista?
How about on Ubuntu?
Sims 1 was uglier than Sims 2, but was still great fun to play and much more customizable.

[jmrcrp]

We have some members who are running Sims 1 on Vista with no trouble.  But apparently some of the other related programs don't work so well...

I wouldn't touch Vista with a 10-foot pole, so I can't speak from personal experience.

[Paden]

I've also got the original file maid, the helper and the file cop. All of them are handy as hell to use. Wish we had a version of file cop for Sims 2... It would blow up on the TSR shit, though... 

[BoogerNabbingCrust]

I so agree, i like the file maid. Wasn't there a face studio and file cop as well? I liked their eclusive content for the game as well......*misses playing, may install them, i so miss the newby family LOL*

[jmrcrp]

Yes, there are a LOT of programs still out there for Sims 1.  File Cop, the Maid, the SimEnhancer programs (which I couldn't live without), the many programs from Blueprint, etc.  The old standbys are still the best.  The ones from Maxis - they suck as much as they ever did.  Like the Sims creator (which lets you create new heads - when it doesn't crash).

Speaking of TSR, we have a "special situation" there.  In general, we don't have any files that are free and easily available on the web.  But TSR is the exception.  They have gobbled up so many old Sims 1 sites, and we know they are doing "something" to their files - it appears there are trackers, just as with their Sims 2 files.  When you download a file from TSR and look at the .iff files inside the .zips, lo and behold the .iffs are dated with the exact time and date you downloaded.  When you are getting a file that you know was created in 2002 but the file date is 7-27-08, you know there is something fishy going on.  Fortunately many of our members are contributing original files, so we don't have to mess with TSR-mutants.  Why the hell they bother doing it with files that they are giving away for free, I have no idea.  Just another example of their fantasy omnipotence, I guess.

Most of us seem to spend more time organizing and collecting files than we do actually playing.  Is that also true with Sims 2, or do you folks find more time to play the game?

Maybe the difference is that you don't feel the panicked need to grab whatever you can while it is still available...

[liegenschonheit]

I think that quite a few people in the sims 2 community do spend the majority of their time downloading, organizing, and editing their downloads, as well as going to forums to talk about the game rather than actually spend a whole lot of time playing it.

Weird, isn't it?

[Pooki]

I will sometimes go a couple of weeks or more without playing and then I will get that urge and start to play for days and not be online much at all.  One of those urges are starting to nag at me this week too.     Of course it could have something to do with a downloading spree I went on today...

[Dr House]

Me too, i'll spend weeks without playing, only downloading, SimPEditing, classifying, choosing what i'll add to my game. Talk about it, ask for mods or whatnot. Then i'll play for several successive days. Rince and repeat. Exactly like pooki. But it's parlty because 1) i'm a download whore 2) the game has now become sometimes a bit boring, so when i play i tend to only build or set up things and shops 3) I'm waiting for the Apartments EP, i awaited that for years! wantwantwantwant

"Maybe the difference is that you don't feel the panicked need to grab whatever you can while it is still available..." Yup: as a download whore i download everything i like during downloading spree but when it passes... I don't have the urge to grab stuff, i'll just bookmark it for the next download spree There where only 2 particular things i hunted down like craze and finally got them, so all is fine

[calalily]

I download, go to forums and make stuff - mainly because I can have it in lots of windows, all while doing something else.  I can also get up and walk away for a while without pausing and saving.  So I don't play nearly as much as I involve myself with the sims in other ways.

I do still download something I want when I first see it - too many drama llamas who pull it, people who can't pay for hosting, or just plain old forget.  If I like it, I download it before it's gone.

[SoggyFox]

I haven't really gotten bored with playing, but that's because I rarely play either.  For me, its always been about building and decorating, then going 'Dang, I need a -this-, go look for it, don't find it, mesh it, finished decorating, make sure everything is workable for the poor limited sims [ Did you know there is no way sims could use the bathrooms in my house, or really in most house plans ], then rinse repeat.

I do play for a bit with new expansions to see what they have new.  However, I expect Apartments, like Freetime, will hold my interest for a bit.  Hobbies and witches are what had me reinstall sims1

[Paden]

I've rediscovered my game... The new computer shows everything I've been missing all these years of playing it. Also, we got a new graphics card for my game computer and it's the same as the other; I can actually see the FISH in the ponds! Whoa! And all of those gorgeous textures and patterns and and and! Go ahead and laugh at me, everyone else is! Including me... I just never knew what I was missing until I got that new card and the new computer... Look out, intarwebz, gonna burn you up downloading good stuffz fer mah game!

[silver]

Nope. No laughter here.

When my video card gave up the ghost, we decided to use a GE Force 9000-series card instead of the 6000 one we had in there. Now, the 6000-series one was good. But with the 9000-series, I noticed more detailed texturing on clothing, a marked difference in lighting, etc. It was ... fascinating! Good luck with the new card!