The Sims 3: Hands-On Event Report | Part 1
Posted 19-03-2009 at 08:57 PM by Ayeffen
The Sims 3: Hands On Event Report
Design & Customisation
Design & Customisation
I took on any questions related to the Design & Customisation aspects of The Sims 3. I’ve organised the questions into 4 categories. Buy Mode, Build Mode, Create-A-Style and Other. Hopefully that will help in making it easier for you guys to find what you’re looking for.
If you have any questions about the answers given, don't hesitate to post them or PM me if you'd prefer. Also, if you spot that your question has been left out, it's likely that I ran out of time while trying to answer them. If this is the case then I will pass them onto someone who will be attending the event in Manchester next week and hopefully they will be able to find out for you.
A huge thank you to the people that made the day possible!
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Buy Mode
- Are there Desktop Computers as well as Laptop Computers?
Posted by CornishFairy2
Both Desktop Computers and a Laptop Computer are available for purchase.
_________ - Are there any specific furnishing styles already in the game, in the way that The Sims 2 had various themes?
Posted by Becky
I checked this out and I didn't identify any "themes", in the sense that a set of furniture would be different to the rest of the more generic furniture.
_________ - Is there more content specific to toddlers and children?
Posted by Tom
From what I saw, it looked like there was a bit more for children and toddlers. I found a lot of kids and toddler toys while browing the buy catalogue and also found that there was more child-specific decor available too.
_________ - Is there more content specific to elders?
Posted by Tom
I'm afraid I didn't actually get to play or interact with any elder Sims. There wasn't anything I saw in particular that might be special to just elder Sims.
_________ - Are there bunkbeds present in the game?
Posted by Vigdis72
I took a look for it and just the standard single and double beds were present. It may well be something that is introduced in future expansion packs though.
_________ - Do cribs/cots have blankets?
Posted by Pamela01
No they don't. They work in the same way as they do in The Sims 2.
_________ - How many cars are there in the base game?
Posted by Sibi4
There at 10 cars available in the base game.
Build Mode
- Will we be able to build greenhouses?
Posted by Jan_831
From what I was able to discover, I found no cultivation or greenhouse options in Build or Buy mode. I did manage to help my Sim collect some seeds from Central Park but didn't have enough time to get his gardening skill to such a stage where he'd be able to plant them.
_________ - Is there a limit to the amount of floors our buildings can have? If so, what is it?
Posted by Talia05
Yes there is. 6 overall, 5 if the building is using a foundation level or basement.
_________ - Is it true that there are 5 floors to a house you can build?
Posted by Lt_Kirby
There are 6 overall. 5 if you use a foundation.
_________ - Is there more flexibility in the types of roofs? Can we adjust the angle of them?
Posted by Mandythesim
There is definately a lot more that we can do with roofs now. Both usual and diagonal roofs are available to you, aswell as round and hexagonal roofs for turrets and towers.
Also there is a slider for roof angle which should be great since there won't be any cheats involved now. One thing I also noticed is that roofs are automatically added to storeys that don't have many floor-tiles above them. Atleast that way those of us who are prone to forgetting to place roofs on after building won't end up with a house full of rain or snow if we get weather later on.
_________ - Are we able to build curved walls?
Posted by Mandythesim
Not that I saw.
_________ - Are there more options for stairs?
Posted by Mandythesim
Nothing that I noticed. You have around 8-10 types of stairs you can use. All stairs come with wall-space underneath then which you can re-wallpaper or delete if you just want the under-side of the staircase exposed.
_________ - Will windows be able to open and close?
Posted by Mandythesim
Not that I saw.
_________ - Will we have different styles and shapes of swimming pools instead of just square/rectangular ones?
Posted by Mandythesim
Just the standard square or rectangular type I'm afraid.
_________ - Can you change the shape of the swimming pools?
Posted by Lorza
You can but not in a free-form sense. Only using the grid and the swimming-pool tool.
_________ - Will it be possible to build splitlevel/multilevel homes without cheats?
Posted by Anglefrouk
From this question, I assume you mean stages or raised levels within an existing floor?
I didn't spot anything that would aid you in doing that I'm afraid.
_________ - Can we have vertical-half walls?
Posted by Haecandrome
I didn't spot any half-walls available, only fences.
_________ - Can you put your own patterns on The Sims 3?
Posted by Lorza
Yes.
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