Sims 2 apartment life producer walkthrough

The Sims Wiki Explore. Recent posts Game news Community news. Deletion discussions Development discussions Admin discussions Admin's noticeboard. Explore Wikis Community Central. Register Don't have an account? Edit source History Talk 3. Do you like this video? Play Sound. Personalities are not only based on the astrological sign of the Sim but also on the aspiration of the Sim.

Aspirations along with the astrological sign of the Sim creates a variety of wants and fears. When creating a Sim , the player has 25 personality points to give out. The neighborhood screen is actually a save slot in which you can access your saved families. There are different kinds of lots for your Sims to visit:.

The Sims 2 shipped with 3 pre-made neighborhoods. Seasons , Freetime , and Apartment Life are expansion packs that provide new neighborhoods. Each neighborhood and sub-neighborhood comes with new pre-made Sims, though the ones in Downtown are all ghosts.

The main aim of the game is to lead a Sim from the start of life to death. A Sim will be born when a female Sim and a male Sim try for a baby. The mother will spend 3 days pregnant before giving birth to a baby though cheats can be used to speed up pregnancy. Players can name the new Sim. The baby will change into a toddler in 3 days, and 4 more days for the toddler to change into a child. After 8 days, the child morphs into a teenager , and will live 15 days before changing into an adult. After 29 days, the Sim will become an elder and will die, the length of the final stage depending on the aspiration bar when they age.

Babies, toddlers, children, teens, and adults can be advanced to their next life stage at any time during the 24 Sim hours before they will grow up automatically. For babies, this requires using the birthday cake.

Toddlers, children, teens, and adults can use the "Grow Up" self-interaction. If the University expansion pack is installed, teens have the option to go to college , where they will be young adults for approximately 24 days. A player will also need to make sure a Sim is happy and well by fulfilling wants including lifetime wants , avoiding fears , and fulfilling motives.

Several new types of Sims are introduced in order to enhance gameplay for the user. The new Sims that are introduced give the player more gameplay options and assists with the creation of player storylines.

There are several activities for Sims to engage in that will help them fulfill their wants and needs. There are also objects and interactions in the game to assist Sims with performing these activities. There are several new social interactions introduced in The Sims 2.

These new social interactions can create memories and can be related to certain age groups. Social interactions can come up in the Wants and Fears panel and can be dependent on the Sim's personality and aspiration. Sims with certain personalities may not want to complete certain social interactions. Influencing social interactions are introduced in the University expansion pack.

A Sim is able to influence another Sim to complete a social interaction or a chore. Sims gain influence points by completing Wants and can lose influence points by completing Fears.

The size of the influence bar depends on the number of friends that the Sim has. It also can grow in size with business perks from the Open for Business expansion pack. Teenagers and older are able to choose their turn-ons and turn-offs. These determine the chemistry that one Sims has with another in the form of lightning bolts. Sims can have up to 3 lightning bolts with another Sim. The higher the chemistry is that a Sim has with another Sim, the greater the chance for social interactions to be accepted.

New turn-ons and turn-offs are introduced with the Bon Voyage expansion pack. Fury is introduced in the Nightlife expansion pack and occurs when one Sim gets angry at another. During this time relationships with the Sim who is furious are harder to build. Also, the Sim who is furious may pick a fight or vandalize the home lot of the Sim they are furious with.

Reputation is introduced in the Apartment Life expansion pack. A Sim gains reputation by interacting with other Sims on community lots. Sims with higher reputations are more likely to gain perks such as free objects and job promotions.

There are several careers that come with the game that require skills and a certain number of friends in order for promotion. Success in these careers unlocks career rewards and higher salaries plus bonuses. Sims also will receive chance cards. Correct answers to these chance cards will create rewards for Sims while incorrect answers could cause a Sim to lose its job. The way to a man's heart is through his stomach.

Try carrot, lime and passionfruit for ingredients! Run over to Nelson and socialize with him once again. Bring relationship points up to 75 or higher using romantic interactions to become lovers, then use the 'Make Out' interaction.

Socialize with anyone Hector can find. Once purchased, select 'Play'. Head over to one of the Vibromatic Heart Beds in the back bedrooms and have Hector relax in it.

Use 'Call Over Then, select 'WooHoo'. Socialize with anyone Hector hasn't been romantic with yet. Repeat this a third time. Head to one of the Love Tubs on the front deck. Relax in it then use 'Ask To Join Head over to one of the Vibromatic Heart Beds in the back bedrooms once again and have Hector relax in it. Repeat this with a third Sim. Go up to the Metal Detector that was just purchased and select 'Grab Detector'. Walk around with it and pay attention to the colored ring.

Blue means nothing is there, but white means something is found. Select 'More To blend in with the locals in some locations a Sim needs to dress up a little. Buy a costume trunk and get in character! This place doesn't own a fridge, or a source of food, or anything much at all Purchase any fridge in the Buy Catalog under the Appliances tab. Then, grab some ingredients. This can be given to Red S. He wants to ressurect his long lost silver screen idol.

Helping him could lead you to Tranquility Falls. Switch over to Red S and complete all of his Gold wants. Unlocks Tranquility Falls. This place doesn't own a phone. Purchase a phone in the Buy Catalog under the Electronics tab. Then, choose 'Therapist' under services. This place doesn't own a guitar. Purchase the "Does it Rock! Then, select 'Play'.

This place doesn't own an easel. Purchase the Independent Expressions, Inc. Easel in the Buy Catalog under the Skill tab. Then, select 'Paint'. Run over to Helga and socialize with her. Bring the relationship up to at least 75 points by doing romantic interactions to become lovers. Socialize with Helga and select 'Make Out' with her.

If the relationship status was lowered to crush, then choose 'Smooch'. This place doesn't own a bed.

Then, select 'Relax' in it and choose 'Call Over Head over to the graveyard and choose 'Dance' on Sheila's grave. Her grave is in the front, but be careful about choosing the wrong grave A bit of relaxing here at Tranquility Falls is a great way to start. Buy a massage table if you haven't already! This place doesn't own an object that increases the Mechanical skill. Then, select 'Study Mechanical' or 'Make Rocket'.

She has grand designs for Tranquility Falls and she also knows the secret crash site location in Strangeville Switch over to Chantal and complete all of her Gold wants. Unlocks Alien Crash Site. Chantal wants to go for it and master her Creativity skill. She's not too far off at level 7. This place doesn't own a computer. Purchase any computer in the Buy Catalog under the Electronics tab. Then, select 'Design Computer Game'.

Run over to Chantal Leer and socialize with her. This place doesn't own a fridge, or much of a kitchen at all. Purchase any fridge and a counter in the Buy Catalog under the Appliances and Surfaces tab. Then, grab the eel and squid that was harvested back at Cliffside Retreat and prepare some carpaccio on the counter.

The war with paranoid neighbour needs to stop and maybe then XY-XY will divulge the location of the Biodome. Unlocks Bio Dome. Run over to Jonas W. Bragg and socialize with them. A 'Frood' Tree or a Garden Hutch would be great!

Run over to the fridge and grab some food. This can be given to Jonas either cooked or raw, but he may reject it. Then, select 'Throw Party'.