Sims 3: Late Night

[lebeau]

Bugs - I've read about some bugs with LN. It seems the butler can be quite buggy. And I've been avoiding work outside of rabbit holes as they seem to be buggy as well. (Sometimes you can't do the work and even if you do you don't get as much credit as just going to work so why bother.) I ran into an odd bug shortly after Keith married Jun and I want to go ahead an mention it before I forget.

I noticed right away that Jun never got tired. I had no idea why this would be, but I wasn't worried about it. Jun was in the medical career and her logic skill was woefully inadequate for her job. So, I started her playing chess all night while Keith slept.

Then, one day at work something spilled on her and she came home stinky. She showered, but the stink wouldn't go away. I tried several different things, but I couldn't get rid of the stinky moodlet. I figured this must be somehow related to the bug that kept Jun from needing to sleep. For a while, I decided it was worth the trade-off to build Jun's logic skill.

But then I noticed that her logic skill wasn't increasing any more no matter how long she played chess. In fact, it seemed her motives, skills and moodlets had all frozen in place. I tried a few things to fix this including some testing cheats. But nothing worked. So, as a last ditch effort, I had them move out of Keith's 1-bedroom apartment into a relatively affordable penthouse.

The move was necessary anyway. That 1-bedroom was getting pretty cramped. And the commute was a killer! Thankfully, the move reset Jun so she was no longer stinky and could build her skills again.

Celebrity - For a long time (about 6 weeks Sims time) I only saw the positive side of celebrity. I got lots of gifts, discounts and recognition. But then Keith had his first rumor spread about him! He went out on the town and started dispelling rumors. But then he made a mistake that only made things worse.

By this point, both Keith and Jun were vampires. And I had been having them feed on humans pretty reguarily. In fact, I'd dismantled my kitchen to make room for other things. But during his campaign to dispell nasty rumors about digging through the trash, Keith got hungry and fed in public.

Once word got out about the public feeding, there was no more dispelling rumors. Keith was sunk with the public. I let him hang out at the loft and work on various screenplays while Jun built up her own celebrity status by attending parties and doing the club scene solo.

Just as Keith's time as a pariah was coming to an end, it was Jun's turn. After Keith's debacle, I had reinstalled the kicthen and my vampire coule was feeding primarily on plasma juice (though sometimes they would snack on a houseguest in the privacy of their penthouse). So she was able to go out and dispell rumors without setting off a public relations nightmare.

But the paparazi wasn't done with Keith. As soon as Jun successfully ended her public disgrace, they were slandering Keith again. This time, he wasn't going to take it lying down. He went right to City Hall and sued for slander. He was successful and received a nice-sized settlement (less legal bills) and was cleared immediately.

We haven't had any nasty rumors since the lawsuit. I'm not sure if a successful lawsuit disuades the paparazi or if it's just a coincidence. But I'll definitely be litigious in the future.

Groups - I have had a few group outings with more than 2 people. Not a lot to report. Most of the time, these work out all right. Every now and then, something weird and quirky will happen. I haven't experimented much with convincing Sims to do things to other Sims yet. But that's deinitely coming. I want to influence some of the other Sim relationships either by playing match-maker or ripping them apart.

As an experiment, Keith had his good friend Emmy Stanley insult her husband, Alan. I think I'd like to drive a wedge between them and encourage Emmy to move on to someone who is a better fit. But I'm not putting a lot of effort into this side project.

By this point, I've played through most of the big elements of the expansion except for bands and mixology. But those are definitely on the horizon.

I'll move away from reporting on the new elements of the expansion to give a little update on my Sims. Keith and Jun seem to have a really healthy marriage in spite of the fact that they both have demanding jobs and the stresses of celebrity. At one point, they wanted kids. But their penthouse loft was too small and a move wasn't in the cards.

Thankfully, they've both enjoyed a great deal of success in their careers. With that has come financial security. With the idea of starting a family in the future, Keith and Jun decided to move out of the high rises of down town and into the gated community of exclusive celebrity homes!

No elevator. No paparazi. A garage. A pool. And, yes, a hot tub! The couple wasted no time in making use of the hot tub. And now, it looks like that family will be started sooner rather than later.

Coming soon - the domestic life of celebrity vampires.