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6 The Day to Day Sim:
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By now everything that needs to be know is detailed in the above sections of
this guide, however, knowing all the info is not always going to make it easier
to play the Sim 2. There are some thing that need to be looked at. And that is,
the day to day life of your Sims.
The first question here is what makes up the life of your Sims, and more
importantly what should come first. There are two theories here. One theory is
that your Sim's needs should come first, and everything else comes second. The
other theory is that your Sim's Wants should come first.
Personally I believe that your Sim's need are most important. Keep these full,
and then work on your Sim's wants. As such, each day you need to fulfil a set
number of things. You must feed your Sim, make your Sim go the toilet and also
have you Sim take a Shower. For some Sim's this needs to be done twice a day.
For more information about food see section 6.2.
Tip - Have your Sim family eat together, by doing this, they will all get a
boost to there social bar.
Once your Sim needs are filled, it is time to work on your Sim's wants, and
Skills. If you have a Knowledge Sim these will often be the same thing, if
not, pick the want that will help satisfy a need as well. For example, Romance
and Popularity will often want to do thing that will help increase Social, do
there wants first.
Tip - Just because a want has the highest score, does not mean you have to
do that want. Lock it away for later and work on the smaller ones first.
Once your family starts to grow, you may want to have a Stay at home Sim. There
are a lot of reason why you should play with a Stay at home Sim (SahS). It is
more important with a bigger family, say around 4. The SahS is there to do the
cleaning, although you can still get in the maid, and the cooking. The SahS can
also keep all the family friends under control.
Get your SahS working on the Cooking, Cleaning and Creativity Skills early, as
this are the ones that are used the most. Once the SahS has done the daily
chores, and held a party to keep the Family friends happy, have the Sim start on
a painting or writing a book, this way they can still make a bit of money.
Tip - Family and Romance Sims make the Best Stay at Home Sims.
If your house hold only has two or three Sim, then a Stay at home Sim is not
needed. Send them all of to work, but pick the one sim who will become the SahS
straight away, this Sim should get a job in the Military or Law Enforcement
careers.
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