| Tiny's Quick Guide To The Sims |
| Body skills can be imporved at least three ways; 1) The most obvious is by buying the home gym and working out, 2) Playing basketball and 3) Swimming Usually when I'm increasing my sim's body skills I have him or her work out as playing basketball and swimming you can't see the bar increasing that lets you know how close you are to aquiring the skill. Creativity is the one I think is easiest to get. No matter what you do to get the skill your sim will have fun. The only real problem is that their comfort levels drop. Again this skill can be aquired in three ways; 1) Painting, 2) Playing the piano and 3) Playing the electric guitar The piano boosts the fun levels up fastest and furthest but if my sim is a bit low on cash I get him or her to paint as you can sell the finished product and the value increases (similar to the gnomes and homemade preserves) as your skill level goes up. Logic is also quite easy to get as again your sim will enjoy getting the points. And once again it can be acheived in more ways than one; 1) The chess set, 2) The concoction station and 3) The telescope All these have advantages. The chess set can increase your social bar if you play it with another sim, the concoction station will allow you to create potions and not all of them are bad (the potions are explained more in depth later on) and the telescope your sim really enjoys using and the fun bar will go up very quickly. Charisma can be a pain to get as your sim doesn't have fun and the comfort bar will drop fairly quickly. There are two ways that I can personally see that will increase this skill, 1) Practicing your speech in a mirror and 2) Practicing the 'parlor game' if you have 'House Party' Your sim will not enjoy either so it's really up to you which one you choose. Personally I buy the little white mirror that lets you brush your teeth instead of the parlor game because it has the obvious benefit of slightly increasing your hygeine. As we all know we need to achieve specific attribute points to advance in our careers in the game. Here's my quick guide to all the careers featured in the games including the five new ones found on 'Unleashed'; Law Enforcement: 1) Security Guard, $240 12am - 6am 2) Cadet, $320 9am - 3pm 3) Patrolman, $380 5pm - 1am 4) Desk Sergeant, $440 9am - 3pm 5) Vice Squad, $490 10pm - 4am 6) Detective, $540 9am - 3pm 7) Lieutenant, $590 9am - 3pm 8) SWAT Team Leader, $625 9am - 3pm 9) Police Chief, $650 9am - 5pm 10) Captain Hero, $700 10am - 4pm Paranormal: 1) Psychic Phone Friend, $100 6pm - 12am 2) Conspiracy Theorist, $130 11pm - 5am 3) Tarot Card Reader, $200 5pm - 11pm 4) Hypnotist, $ 300 10am - 4pm 5) Medium, $375 8pm - 2am 6) Douser, $480 6am - 3pm 7) Police Psychic, $600 6pm - 2am 8) UFO Investigator, $810 11pm - 6am 9) Exorcist, $1000 10am - 3pm 10) Cult Leader, $1200 10am - 4pm Entertainment: 1) Waiter, $100 9am - 3pm 2) Extra, $150 9am - 3pm 3) Bit Player, $200 9am - 3pm 4) Stunt Double, $275 9am - 4pm 5) B-Movie Star, $375 10am - 5pm 6) Supporting Player, $500 10am - 6pm 7) TV Star, $650 10am - 6pm 8) Feature Star, $900 5pm - 1am 9) Broadway Star, $1100 10am - 5pm 10) Superstar, $1400 10am - 3pm Hacker: 1) Beta Tester, $120 9am - 5pm 2) Support Tech, $150 8am - 4pm 3) Web Master, $200 6pm - 2am 4) Hacker, $240 12am - 9am 5) Security Consultant, $400 10am - 7pm 6) Games Designer, $610 2pm - 11pm 7) Internet Entrepeneur, $800 10am - 8pm 8) Software CEO, $1100 10am - 7pm 9) Venture Capitalist, $1300 11am - 8pm 10) Information Overlord, $1550 11am - 8pm <Continue to page 3> |