cartman

I got the Sims today, and the first day of my first game, my Sim sets fire to the stove. I managed to extinguish it. The second day of my first game, he does it again, and dies a horrible death in the fire. I start over.

This time, I buy a phone. On the third day, my Sim sets fire to the stove. I call the FD. Four new fires are ablaze before the lone firman arrives and manages to put it all out only after my washing machine and stove are burned. About a week later, I get enough money to buy a new stove. He once again starts a fire, and gets burned alive. I restart.

This cycle continues for two more games. How do I train my Sim in cooking so that he stops burning himself alive?

Kellehair

Buy a bookshelf and teach your sim how to cook. I think just one level of cooking skill will prevent fires. You could also buy a smoke alarm but that's not really the best solution.

Lethal Nemesis

Ain't this game great? I love it.

mljones99

i can't wait for The Sims Unleashed. Sims with pets is just asking for fun!

RoQuEr

with no cooking, sims are VERY likely to start a fire (50% maybe)
with 1 bar of cooing, it's like 5-10 %. I don't think they ever do if it's over 1 bar. I ALWAYS give my sims cooking training before I even get a job. Even if you have 1 person do all the cooking, still train the others a little, just so the house doesn't burn.

Also, beware the grill. Very dangerous.

darkside

One day I have to try this game and see what I have been missing. It sounds so darn fun to play.

ZakVTA

Get a bookcase and from there your sim can learn how to cook. That should make the fires much less frequent.

Captain Harlock

I did try it. I found it incredibly frustrating.

Keyser Soze

This is still one of the few older PC titles I go bacak to and play from time to time.

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JaxComet

It great fun for the first 3 or 4 days but then it grows old....I haven't tried any of the add-ons.....

karnblack

Get a microwave.

cartman

Well, After one day of playing, I am the CEO of a big software corporation making $1100 a day. I've been turned down four times when proposing, but continue to suck tongues with every female in the neighborhood. I was considering buying one of the add-ons today, but will they really enhance the game very much? They look like:

Vacation - lets you go on... vacation.

Hot Date - lets you go on... hot dates.

House Party - lets you hold... house parties.

Am I missing something there? Do they all add new jobs and items and people and such? Do any of them add OpenGL support (Livin Large added higher resolutions)?

I learned to cook then burned my house partially down by leaving a fire roaring wile at "work"...

TeeSeeJay

They haven't added any new career tracks since "house party," which was the first expansion. Hopefully the next add-on will add a little more career depth to the game again.

Kellehair

The expansions add more to the game than you think. For example, Hot Date not only let's you go on Hot Dates but you also get:

-new downtown area
-new interactions
-each sim now has interests
-you can buy magazines downtown to change your interests
-you buy gifts downtown to give to other sims
-you can buy new outfits downtown
-new outfits
-new furniture and other items

ZakVTA

I think Hot Date is the most worthwhile expansion. It's so funny watching your Sim try to go on a date. Watch as he trys to make his "moves" and get totally rejected. The best thing is when you ask them back to your place and they yell at you and leave.

Aghama

It was fun at first, but the extreme micromanagement and the obscene luxury taxes you have to pay started to irk me too much.