The Sims, as a series, has been around for a long time; nearly twenty years with four main series and a lot of different spin-offs. It was created in early 2000, inspired by an in Will Wright's life, the original game designer of The Sims. Loss of his house and him having to build his home "from the ground up" was the creative spark that brought us the series so many of us ha♏ve enjoyed since our childhood.
The series has come a long way, not just in graphics but in what players can create and do in the sandbox worlds created in The Sims. Players are given the ability to not just create houses and building from the ground up, but also people. They are free to make their characters, or sims, in any shape or form they want. They can even be non-human creatures like aliens and vampires! Even still today, there aren't a lot of games that give players the amount of freedom and control over the lives of their characters as The Sims does.
Whether a person started from the beginning with The Sims or joined in later with The Sims 4, there is no denying that the series allows players to play the games as they want to, and develop their own playing style. No matter if a person is a 🧔casual player or a serious one, these 25 tricks from the series will certainly help with 🐬getting the full experience of the game.
25 ♊ Motherlode! Motherlode!
The Sims series, at its core, is a life simulation game. Players 🐓get to create their own Sims and guide them through them through every day... or they can ball out and have their sim live the high life. Money is usually earned in the game by having sims get a job, but there are a number 🀅of money cheats that can be typed in that will make any Sim rich instantly. The "motherlode" cheat puts 50,000 simoleons into a Sim's family funds, and there's also a "rosebud" and "kaching" cheat. Man, if only "motherlode" worked in real life!
24 🐻An Eye For Ar𒅌t And A Green Thumb
Most players, who don't use cheats, will admit that starting a new save can be a little challenging. By the time a player finds a house they like and decorates it to their tastes, they're pretty much broke... and the pay rate for starting a careཧer is pretty low.
One of the best ways to earn money is to invest in either gardening or painting.
Both of these skills as relatively cheap to start and sims can sell anything they make. The higher the skill, the better༺ quality the end result is, and the more money a Sim can earn!
23 ൩ 🏅 Lend A Helping Hand
Most players will realize that Sims are sometimes neglectful of common household chores. Unless a Sim has a specific trait that makes them like cleaning, half the time a Sim is perfectly content to ju🦩st leave dirty dishes and trash lying around. And maybe that wouldn't be a problem if they didn't get upset when the dirty item starts to stink. The player can lend a helping hand and actually drag items♉ from counters and floors into the trash! It works for putting items in a Sim's inventory too.
22 ✤ ꦕ Going Green Is Good
The Sims 2: Mansion & Garden Stuff came with an interesting☂ new addition to the game in the form of decorative obj𝓡ects called green energy sources. It included two "You got Sol" by Stellar Products solar panels and a windmill called The Aerodynamo. For each green energy source object owned, a household receives a financial credit that will be applied toward bill expenses. If the player buys enough of them, it's possible to not only eliminate bills altogether but to also have the leftover credits added into a household's funds.
21 Drawi👍ng The Property Line 𒉰
One of the only downsides of the addition of Pets to the world of The Sims 2 were stray animals. It’s kind of a bummer to see homeless pets roaming around outside—and if that’s not bad enough, the strays in The Sims 2 didn’t have any problems with destroying a Sim’s property. Luckily, it was easy to fix! Just throw up a fence around the perimeter of your lot and voila! No more stray animals ruining everything. Players just had to🍌 remember to allow their own pets to pass through the fence freely.
20 Debugging The Game 𝕴
One of the main draws to The Sims series is the ability to build... just about anything! Players can build their sims the house of their dreams using the in-game tools and decorate it with furniture and other things. There is plenty of stuff available for players to buy, some stuff gets unlocked after completing different tasks and there are even more hidden items in Debug mode that can add a pers♐onal touch to a Sim's pad. Once a player brings up the command console they just have to enable cheats then type in bb.showhiddenobjects to enable the debug items.
19 ꧙ Feel The Burn
Building skills are one of the ways for sims to not only gain hobbies but they are often required for certain careers. It takes a while for a Sim to master or "max out" a skill, especially if they𒐪 have a lot of distractions at home. Going to lots geared towards a specific skill can really help move a sim up in levels. For example, athletic Sims gain the Athletic skill faster when they work out at the gym. It even works for completing certain tasks, as reading in a library makes reading a lot quicker.
18 How To Win Friends And Inf𓃲luen💙ce People
When taking the time to make the same joke eight times in a row just calls for too much effort and that new promotion isn’t gonna get itself without at least 3 friends, Sims 2 players never had a reason to fear. At least not after the addition of Nightlife, which added a whole new type of interaction: Outings. A Sim could call a group of other Sims and ꦯthey’d all meet up to hang out. There were two options, 🅘a casual one that didn’t keep score and a more prestigious one with a clock and a scoreboard.
17 Rock On!
One of the features the series is about 💟making friends and there are a few tricks and tips to make that as easy as possible. Learning to play guitar is one of the skills that a Sim can get and it's a great way to build friendships!
When a Sim reaches level 5 they have the ability to "Play For Tips."
They can do so by playing in the ♕park. Those who stop and watch wi🎃ll gain relationship points with the sim. The higher the Sim's guitar skill the faster the gain friends! Ahh, the sweet sound of friendship.
16 Give A Hoo🦂t, Do🍌n't Pollute!
Recycling in the real world is a good way to help keep the planet clean. And it is also pretty beneficial to a Sim's household funds in The Sims 4. A player can purchase the Nanotouch Touchless Trash Can for their sims in Buy Mode. Not only will it instantly get rid of a Sim's trash, eliminating the need to empty put the garbage can, it will also earn the Sim a few si🐟moleons too as it seems to "recycle" whatever i🌸s put into it.