Sims 3 Overview and Quick Guide

SIMS 3 Quick Guide

 

SIMS is a virtual game where you create and control your own virtual life. There are unlimited ways to live the life of your SIM. You decide how they adapt and achieve once  lifitime goal. You choose the career they will enter and it is in your own hands, how they create or destroy their future.

A way to maximize your SIMS experience is to install or download all the service packs EA is releasing, each service pack are themed and will add excitement and umf! to your SIMS world.

There are 10 expansion and 7 stuff  packs released as of today :

1. World Adventures Expansion Release Date: November 17, 2009
2.  High End Loft Stuff Pack Release Date: February 2, 2010
3.  Ambitions Expansion Release Date: June 1, 2010
4.  Fast Lane Stuff Pack Release Date: September 7, 2010
5.  Late Night Expansion Release Date: October 26, 2010
6.  Outdoor Living Stuff Release Date: February 1, 2011
7.  Generations Expansion Release Date: May 31, 2011
8. Town Life Stuff Release Date: July 26, 2011
9.  Pets Expansion Release Date: Oct 18, 2011
10.  Master Suite Stuff Release Date: January 24, 2012
11.  Showtime Expansion Release Date: March 6, 2012
12.  Katy Perry's Sweet Treats Stuff Release Date: June 5, 2012
13.  Diesel Stuff Release Date: July 10, 2012
14.  Supernatural Expansion Release Date: September 4, 2012
15. Seasons Expansion Release Date: November 13, 2012
16.  70's, 80's, and 90's Stuff Release Date: January 22, 2013
17. University Life Expansion Release Date March 5, 2013
18.  Island Paradise Expansion - Release Date Jun 25, 2013

Every expansion pack comes with additional careers.
The Sims 3 University Life Career Additions
University Life adds a total of three new careers, each of which is unlocked by reaching the tenth level in their respective Social Groups. The new careers are:

Art Appraiser - Rebel social group
Sports Agent - Jock social group
Video Game Developer - Nerd social group
Supernatural Career: Fortune Teller
Supernatural adds the Fortune Teller career to the list. You can also register as self-employed in Alchemy.

The Sims 3 Showtime Career Additions: Performers
The Sims 3 Showtime Expansion Pack gives players the chance to play three types of performer. Here are guides for each of the three performer types:
Acrobat - Mime, Juggle, and perform great feats of agility on stage.
Magician - Perform magic tricks like pulling a coin from a Sim's ear and escaping a watery grave.
Singer - Complete sing-a-grams to train your Sim's voice for solo gigs.

The Sims 3 Pets: New Self-Employment Career
The only new career option in The Sims 3 Pets is the Horseman Self-Employment Career. They can make money from breeding horses, racing and other things, but they need to train them first. Cats and dogs can also be a source of income, they can scavenge things that xan be valuable.
The Sims 3 Generations Career/Profession Additions
The Sims 3 Generations expansion pack adds another profession, Day Care. Though it may seem very appealing job, they are like our real life teachers that help shape every Sims future.
Ambitions

The Sims 3 Ambitions expansion added a lot of career oppurtunities, a total of 8. It also added an option to be self employed, you can do this by going to the City Hall for once you gained level 1 skill for each career.
Another feature added to this EP is having access to file an unpaid time off work. This is a great way to get some time off without affecting your job performance meter, allowing your Sim to take care of growing children, or spend some time developing skills without feeling rushed. Requesting for a leave off work is not always granted, it may be affected by your Sim's relationship with the boss, how they've done at work in the past, or both.
Here's the list of added jobs in the Ambitions EP;
Architect
Doctor
Educator:
Firefighter:
Ghost Hunter
Inventor
Private Investigator
Sculptor
Stylist

Creating a Sim is the very first step and the key to which role you'll play in your virtual society. Here are some tips and combo that can help you formulate the perfect Sim for you ;
Workers all around:
Ambitious
Friendly
Schmoozer
Workaholic
Outdoor Oriented:
Angler
Green Thumb
Vegetarian
Loves the Outdoors

All Skill Building:
Artistic
Athletic
Bookworm
Genius
Virtuoso

Political Career:
Charismatic
Friendly
Schmoozer
Workaholic

Science Career:
Genius
Green Thumb
Handy
Love the Outdoors
Workaholic

Like humans, Sims will get old and there will be a time that they need to go to the other side of the Sim world, as ghosts. There different colors for ghosts which will depend on the cause of their death.

Old age: A Sim who died of old age appears grey with cloudy skin and sparkles. These ghosts occasionally nap in empty beds or complain that they're tired and bored.

Drowning: A Sim who dies by drowning appears blue with rippling skin and dripping water. They will avoid water and often complain of exhaustion.

Electrocution: A Sim who dies by electrocution appears yellow with electrical sparking skin and sometimes emit blue electric sparks.

Fire: A Sim who dies by fire appears orange with fiery skin and smoke. Sims can die like this in many various ways, like spontaneous combustion, inventing failure, or meteor impact. The ghost occasionally takes showers and baths. When the ghost is in a pool, it turns invisible.

Starvation: A Sim who dies by starvation appears pink with cloudy skin and doesn't make ghostly noises (only if they move). The ghost will eat any food left lying around, or prepare food for themselves. They will always be thin, no matter how fat they were when they were alive.

Mummy's curse[TS3:World Adventures EP]: A Sim who dies by mummy's curse appears gold with cloudy skin and emits black haze. These ghosts only make ghostly noises if they move. Prior to Late Night and its subsequent patch, the ghost was dark grey or black.

Meteor[TS3:Ambitions ]: A Sim who dies by getting crushed by a giant meteor appears dark orange with fiery skin.

Thirst[TS3:Late Night]: A Vampire Sim that dies of thirst appears dark crimson with rippling skin, occasionally emitting a pulsing red light from their heart. The pulsating light is also accompanied by a heartbeat. They are also skinny, like the ghosts of Sims who died from starvation.

Watery grave[TS3:ShowTime]: Unskilled Magicians who fail to execute the Watery Grave trick with the Box of Danger have a chance of dying. The ghost is dark blue, but prior to patch 1.50, the Watery grave ghost was same color as that of a Sim who drowned.

Buried alive[TS3:ShowTime]: Unskilled Magicians who fail to execute the Buried Alive trick with the Box of Danger have a chance of dying. The ghost appears invisible with hints of black.

Jelly bean: The ghost is in dark purple with hair and outlines of a body in the color of electric blue.

Haunting curse: The ghost is dark green with hair and outlines of a body in the colour of dark neon green. Sprites of skulls, tombstones and crescent moons may surround the ghost.

Transmutation: The ghost is in bright gold and emits gold stars and sparkles when moving.

Freezing: Sims who freeze to death will appear light blue and will often complain that they are too cold

Blunt force trauma: Sims who are killed from a vending machine or murphy bed will appear magenta with feathers floating around them.

Ranting: Sims who die from protesting will appear green with some symbols that usually appear when shouting.

Shark attack: Sims who die from shark attack will appear purple with water flowing in their body.

Dehydration: Mermaids who die from dehydration will appear golden yellow.

Running out of Air: Sims who die from running out of air will appear dark turquoise.

Having your Sim interact and explore the world of the new SIMS 3 and it's expansion packs will increase your love and passion to this game. Plus, as early as now we can learn how to manage your time, and run your own life without the help of others.
You can also find more information about your SIM here --> http://www.ign.com/wikis/the-sims-3