November was a good month for requests comparing to the months October and September. I haven't had the time to update the requestform. It does take longer than you'd think as there are so many different ways people do requests.
Only requests made by the correct form here on my blog are official and valid. No problem for me to accept requests by other social media (mail, Facebook, Twitter, TSR, MTS, comments,...) but then you don't have the right to complain that your requests takes very long or is even never made! Thanks for understanding!
The first step is to determine whether the download folder exists. It should be in a folder called My Documents. Depending on which version of Windows you are running, it is either on your desktop or on your Start Menu.
In your My Documents folder should be a folder called "EA Games". If you click on it, there should be a folder inside called "Sims 2". Clicking on that brings up several more folders, but the one you are looking for is called "Downloads". This is where all of your custom content should go.
If you do not see the Downloads folder, it is easy to create: Simply click "File" and then "New". A submenu will come up. Click on "Folder". This will generate a new folder. Rename that folder "Downloads". Now you are ready to install your custom content.
File you'll need to use:Files ending in ".zip" need to be opened with an unzipper. Some versions of Windows already have one installed, but the older versions don't (older than XP). To open these folders, you will need a program called "Winzip". You can use google and find it on the internet.
Files ending in ".rar" need to be opened with a program like "WinAce" or "WinRAR". Again. google will help you find this program.
Files ending in ".package" should go to your downloads folder directly. These files are found in zips and rars. Sometimes these files are prepackaged in another type of file that ends in ".Sims2Pack". These files will have a different picture and if you click them, they will start a program to install your custom content for you. All you have to do is open the file, click the "Install" button, and then the "Done" button and you're all set. It puts it into the correct folder for you.
All the lifespans I made work, even though a lot of people say it doesn't work in their game.
Lifespan When you put the lifespan in you downloadfolder and you start the game, you won't see any change. The sim has to grow up first, and then you'll see the different (from default) amount of days left. New made sims (after the mod is intalled) will be effected from the start. They don't need to grow up first.
Petslifespan and Universityspan This is the same (as the lifespan) with Pets and University.
Pregnancyspan Sims who are pregnant at the moment you put the pregnancyspan in your downloadfolder, won't be effected. New pregnant sims will be effected.
Skillspan This should work immediatly.
Seasonspan Normally this should work immediatly like the skillspan. If not, wait a few days until the season changes.
The file needs to be put in the downloadfolder like all other creations you download.
SPECIALTY: To find the career in game you need to search the newspaper and/or computer daily. The more careers you have the lesser chance there is you'll find it quickly in the newspaper and/or computer.
To quickly find the career you want, you can download the Job Seeking Noticeboard made by MogHughson (MTS) which you can find here: http://bit.ly/tLUmNg
Sorry to say that I'm not able to create anything for Sims 3. Not only is my computer to old and to slow to create and test Sims 3 creations, but I also don't have the modding talent to create for it.
So I asked some Sims 3 career creators to convert The Sims 2 careers I made to Sims 3. And I'm very happy some of them are busy doing it.
The result of this (so the Sims 3 careers) will only be found here on my blog. They won't be published anywhere else.
Do you really want a boy, but do you always get a girl. Here is the sollution:
You can try following things (it's not sure that it works, but it can't hurt to try):
Try-Out 1:
When the man asks "Try for Baby", it might be a boy. If the woman asks "Try for Baby", it might be a girl. Try-Out 2:
When the woman is going to give birth (she starts screaming), pause the game and save. When the baby doesn't have the gender you want, you can go back to the hood WITHOUT saving. Then you go back to the family to let the woman give birth again until the baby has the gender you want.
Go to Miscellaneous -> Miscellaneous . Choose the box with the sign of Batman on it. Pick the sim you want to give a diploma. Choose Upgrade Sim -> Pre-uni Choose a major of which you want your sim to have a diploma (this only works with Maxis' Majors. This doesn't work with custom majors) Now your sim has a diploma!
Situation 1: When a sim is pregnant and has a baby before she is married, the baby will have the last name of the mother. When the mother and father get married after the baby was born, the baby still has the last name of the mother. So you want to change the last name of the baby.
Situatie 2:If you want a Family Tree with the last name like this e.g.: Landgraab I, Landgraab II, Landgraab III,... This is only possible if you change the last name of the next heir.
Press the button to know how to change the last name of your sim.
Download The Sims Blender here http://www.simbology.com/smf/index.php/topic,20.0.html How to:
Go to Buy Mode -> Miscelaneous -> Miscelaneous Buy the tree named The Sims Blender. Press the tree and choose More... -> Names... Choose Change Someones First name. Choose the sim whose name you'd like to change (remember the first name). Type the last name you want. Press the tree again and choose More... -> Names. Choose Copy a First Name to Last Name. Choose the sim again whose name you'd like to change. Change the first name again. Your sim's last name has been changed!
When you have University you're obliged to go to that neighbourhood when you want to be a student. But this is not neccessary. Your sim can live in Pleasantview as a Young Adult AND going to college.
