# Sims 3 less than a month away! **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [May 5, 2009, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sims-3-less-than-a-month-away/495414 "2009-05-05T13:59:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![lee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lee/32/7455_2.png) [@lee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lee)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2009, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sims-3-less-than-a-month-away/495414/1 "2009-05-05T13:59:50Z")
I am excited. I have pre-ordered the collector’s edition and prima guide. Anyone else excited? ---
**Author:** ![Kinthalis](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kinthalis/32/16084_2.png) [@Kinthalis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kinthalis)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2009, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sims-3-less-than-a-month-away/495414/2 "2009-05-05T14:34:38Z")
::raises hand:: ME! SO and myself took the week after release off. After some great fun roughing it on the Lehigh River we’re coming back to spend the rest of the week Simming. ---
**Author:** ![Jack\_Batty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jack_batty/32/3201_2.png) [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2009, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sims-3-less-than-a-month-away/495414/3 "2009-05-05T14:56:34Z")
Any word on the hardware limitations? My machine is pretty solid, but I haven’t upgraded anything in about a year or so. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2009, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sims-3-less-than-a-month-away/495414/4 "2009-05-05T17:21:56Z")
I’ve had my collector’s edition pre-order since February. ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2009, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sims-3-less-than-a-month-away/495414/5 "2009-05-05T21:06:48Z")
Sure it’s less than a month away. The original release date was February, then shifted to June. Kind of like the Digitial TV switch. I predict at least one of the two will be shifted to September. I own all the Sims and Sims 2 games, but I’m not getting Sims 3 right away. Besides the fact that nothing about the new game sounds like a big improvement there won’t be any custom content, no hacks, far less content than currently exists for the older games, and given Maxis’ pattern with the first two games late adopters will be rewarded in a few months with a new edition of the game with added content _and_ a price cut. ---
**Author:** ![Kinthalis](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kinthalis/32/16084_2.png) [@Kinthalis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kinthalis)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2009, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sims-3-less-than-a-month-away/495414/6 "2009-05-05T21:23:14Z")
A fully realized, real time town doesn’t sound like a big improvement to you? Common! 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Annie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/858c86/32.png) [@Annie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2009, 4:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sims-3-less-than-a-month-away/495414/7 "2009-05-06T04:50:30Z")
I just send my sims to town to buy clothes and screw in photo booths anyhow 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2009, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sims-3-less-than-a-month-away/495414/8 "2009-05-06T17:25:54Z")
In Sims 3, there won’t be any “sending Sims to town” because all a Sim has to do is walk out the front door. No more loading screens between neighborhoods! 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2009, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sims-3-less-than-a-month-away/495414/9 "2009-05-07T02:09:01Z")
> [@Kinthalis](#): > > A fully realized, real time town doesn’t sound like a big improvement to you? No. My sims rarely spend any time on community lots now because the activities bore me. I expect to be bored by that aspect of the sims 3 as well. ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2009, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sims-3-less-than-a-month-away/495414/10 "2009-05-07T02:18:37Z")
Am I the only one still playing the originals? (I still love 'em!) I recently made a haunted house, and now I’m working on a strip joint downtown. ---
**Author:** ![Omega\_Glory](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/7c8e57/32.png) [@Omega\_Glory](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omega_Glory)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2009, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sims-3-less-than-a-month-away/495414/11 "2009-05-08T22:47:12Z")
Is there any news on whether you’ll be able to stop the whole town from aging in real time? It’s a good feature, but I’d like to be able to pause it. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2009, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sims-3-less-than-a-month-away/495414/12 "2009-05-08T23:56:57Z")
There will most likely be a cheat code to that effect, at least. ---
**Author:** ![GameHat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ed655f/32.png) [@GameHat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GameHat)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2009, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sims-3-less-than-a-month-away/495414/13 "2009-05-09T02:57:39Z")
Oh God, the news that it went gold wrecked my day. I still have so much to do in The Sims 2! ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2009, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sims-3-less-than-a-month-away/495414/14 "2009-05-09T03:01:58Z")
Anyone NOT use the money cheats? I like to make my Sims rich, so I can build them nice big fancy houses (that’s the most fun part, I think!), and because really, you can’t go to work with them. (Or at least, not in the originals). The game isn’t really any fun that way. So I make them millionaires, and design these really neat estates, with big intricate gardens. ---
**Author:** ![MacTech](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c0e974/32.png) [@MacTech](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MacTech)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2009, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sims-3-less-than-a-month-away/495414/15 "2009-05-09T03:16:34Z")
I use it more as a virtual petri dish (lets see what genetic traits are carried over from generation to generation… are Twi’Lek Lekkus (Head-Tails) a dominant or recessive trait?, how many generations does it take for an ugly sim to breed out their ugliness? how quickly can I drive my Sims insane? do Zombies make good employees?\*, what happens if a half-alien-half-human Sim is abducted by aliens and comes back pregnant, can the human genome be bred out completely? stuff like that - no, they don’t, they slouch around dreaming of brains, if the Zombie Apocalypse mod is active, they actually eat their customers brains, not the best thing for customer satisfaction, vampires, OTOH are great employees, true workaholics, but they only work the night shift I also use the money cheat (Motherlode) and the debug cheat (boolprop testingcheatsenabled true), and I age-accelerate babies and toddlers to the child stage, I can’t _stand_ babies or toddlers, too whiny and needy, can’t stand their crying, so I age-accelerate them to the child stage, almost no crying there ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2009, 3:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sims-3-less-than-a-month-away/495414/16 "2009-05-09T03:58:30Z")
> [@MacTech](#): > > and I age-accelerate babies and toddlers to the child stage, I can’t _stand_ babies or toddlers, too whiny and needy, can’t stand their crying, so I age-accelerate them to the child stage, almost no crying there If you age-accelerate toddlers, you’re wasting valuable skill building time. You can make toddlers a lot less annoying with these two hacks: 1. Squinge’s [employee refresh](http://www.insimenator.org/showthread.php?t=7009) - Click on “owner refresh” and you never have to see to _any_one’s needs again. 2. Tunaisafish’s [smartdoor](http://www.modthesims2.com/d/129124) - face the arrows **into** the room where you plan to imprison your toddlers. Chose “halt ages” as the mode, and under settings pick “halt toddlers” and then they won’t be able to leave the room and trail after adults asking for stuff. Give them skill-building toys, and forget about them until they’re children. ---
**Author:** ![lee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lee/32/7455_2.png) [@lee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lee)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2009, 4:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sims-3-less-than-a-month-away/495414/17 "2009-05-09T04:17:33Z")
I have never used money cheats in Sims or Sims 2 and I have plenty of fun, and plenty of rich sims. It isn’t that hard. ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2009, 5:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sims-3-less-than-a-month-away/495414/18 "2009-05-09T05:02:39Z")
Maybe, but I like to start right-away. I like the pool rugs for the first ones. I have one family with a beautiful lake and a rock diving board, and another family of vampires with a blood pool. I use so many cheats and hacked objects. And who else has the neighborhood slacker, with all the trash over his yard, and never cleans the toilet, or waters the plants? ---
**Author:** ![Annie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/858c86/32.png) [@Annie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2009, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sims-3-less-than-a-month-away/495414/19 "2009-05-09T20:12:48Z")
There’s always playing a character at the bare minimum of life sustaining stuff- one toilet in the bare-walled room, sink, fridge, bookcase taken away once they learn enough to make a pop tart. Recliner for sitting and sleeping. How quick can they go nuts? ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Kobayashi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/4af34b/32.png) [@Mr.Kobayashi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Kobayashi)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2009, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sims-3-less-than-a-month-away/495414/20 "2009-05-10T22:40:22Z")
> [@Jack\_Batty](#): > > Any word on the hardware limitations? My machine is pretty solid, but I haven’t upgraded anything in about a year or so. FOR WINDOWS XP - 2.0 GHz P4 processor or equivalent - 1 GB RAM - A 128 MB Video Card with support for Pixel Shader 2.0 - The latest version of DirectX 9.0c - Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 2 - At least 6.1 GB of hard drive space with at least 1 GB of additional space for custom content and saved games [http://thesims3.ea.com/view/pages/feature6.jsp](http://thesims3.ea.com/view/pages/feature6.jsp) June 5th is quite a long time off, although The Sims 3 has generated a blip on my radar because I loved the Sims 2 so much, although quite a small blip because it looks very similar indeed to The Sims 2. I might get it, though, what I’ve been reading of it sounds interesting. The elephant in the room; what about DRM? It’s published by EA, who also gave us the horrendous DRM issues with Mass Effect and Spore. If they go down that route there’s no way I’ll be interested. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sims-3-less-than-a-month-away/495414.md?page=2)