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Contents Installing the Game............................................................................ 1 Starting the Game............................................................................... 1 Key Commands...................................................................................... 2 Get Inspired!.......................................................................................... 4 Getting Started....................................................................................
Key Commands Undo/Redo Cancel Toggle cheat entry window Hide/show UI General Controls CTRL-Z/CTRL-Y ESC CTRL-SHIFT-C F10 Rotate Sim Zoom in/out Create A Sim , (comma)/. (period) mouse wheel Build/Buy Mode Object Placement Tools , (comma)/.
Get Inspired! The Sims™ 3 will inspire you with its endless creative possibilities and amuse you with unexpected moments of surprise and mischief! Create amazingly unique Sims by customizing their appearances and choosing specific personality traits. Then build their houses—design everything from an exquisitely furnished dream home to a rundown seaside shack. Send your Sims out to explore their new neighborhood and meet other Sims.
Create A Sim Looks Choose your Sim’s head shape, adjust their ears, determine their eye color and shape, choose a mouth, nose, and any moles, freckles, or makeup. Creating custom Sims has never been easier! You can adjust their appearance by choosing everything from the size of their nose to their body shape. Select the color of their eyes, add highlights to their hair, and even choose a lipstick shade.
Create A Style Matching Shoes and More You can use the new Create A Style to change patterns and colors on your Sims’ clothing, or you can create a coordinated room by adjusting the design of wallpapers, paint, furniture upholstery, and more. Click one of the main swatches to see the different The pattern and colors colors in it of the selected item Choose a pattern type (i.e., Fabrics, Carpeting & Rugs, Paint, etc.
Favorites Unique Sims Customize your Sims more than ever to create a wide variety of Sims, each with their own distinct personality. Choose up to five traits from dozens of personality traits, choose favorite foods, colors, and music, and even adjust your Sim’s voice tone and pitch.
Wishes The Career Panel Every adult Sim has a Lifetime Wish, something that they will strive for throughout their lifetime. These are bigger accomplishments that require more time and effort to achieve but are hugely fulfilling. When you create a young adult or older Sim, you choose their Lifetime Wish after you set their Traits. For younger Sims, you choose their Lifetime Wish during the game based on their activities and personality. Your Sim also has smaller everyday wishes.
Venues A Living World Your Sims live in a varied and dynamic town. Heading down to the local diner for a quick bite, studying at the library, or fishing at the local pond is just a click away. In addition to this new freedom to move around the town, The Sims 3 also features an option called Story Progression. This feature helps keep your town alive and thriving. With Story Progression, your Sims’ neighbors lives progress normally.
Homes and Neighbors Getting a Hand on Things in Live Mode Community Locations Inventory/Family Inventory You can also click other Sims’ houses to go and visit them, even if your Sim doesn’t know them yet. Head across the street to meet the neighbors or visit a friend across town. Once your Sim is at the neighbors’, they can ask to come inside and make themselves at home (up to a point!).
Socialization Most social interactions between Sims fall into one of these categories: Friendly, Romantic, Mean, Funny, or Special. Choose the type of interaction you want your active Sim to have with the other Sim, and then select a specific interaction from the sub-menu. Watch how the other Sim responds to your Sim’s social interaction—does he find it amusing or creepy? Be careful: if you choose the same social over and over again, the other Sim may get bored.
Life Stages and Aging Unless you opt to turn off aging (in the Options menu), all of your Sims will pass through several life stages (depending, of course, on how old they are when they start off). You now also have the power to decide when your Sims are ready for the next age category. Ready for your child to become a teen? Purchase a birthday cake and throw a party! A longer childhood increases your chances of being able to choose the traits for your Sim, but if you’re ready to move on, go right ahead.
Build Mode From seaside retreats to modest downtown starter homes, whatever you want to build happens here. Sorts Objects are sorted similarly to room sort in Buy mode—different categories of objects are laid out as you might find them on a lot. Important Tools Many of the tools in Build Mode are intuitive, but some may seem a bit tricky at first. These are explained below. Walls With this tool you can put up walls, even add a whole room at once, or paint and paper walls that are already standing.
Screen Capture Take snapshots of all of the memorable events in your Sims’ lives. ♦♦ To take a snapshot, press C. You can also click the camera icon on the UI puck. When you take a screen shot it is saved to your documents folder under Electronic Arts\The Sims 3\ Screenshots. Screenshots (and videos) also automatically appear in the Uploads section of the launcher. Custom Music You can add your own music to the custom music folder to your documents folder under Electronic Arts\The Sims 3\Custom Music.
Editing Your Town Customize your town to suit your Sims. Perhaps the sports stadium is the most important place to your Sims and you want to give it a more central location. Or maybe there is community lot in a prime location and you’d like to make it residential. You can do all of this and more! From the Options menu, choose EDIT TOWN. Your view of the town changes and you have new tools: Select Tool Use the select tool to choose lots in the town.
EA Technical Support on the Internet If you have Internet access, be sure to check our EA Technical Support website at: http://help.thesims.com Here you will find a wealth of information on DirectX, game controllers, modems, and networks, as well as information on regular system maintenance and performance. Our website contains up-to-date information on the most common difficulties, game-specific help, and frequently asked questions (FAQs).