The Sims 3 Theme

I take it everyone's heard the new Sims 3 theme tune, yes? If not, you can download it from my news page or listen to it on YouTube.

Anyway, what do you think about it? I'm glad they kept the same style as all The Sims 2 themes as I really like hearing the different versions of the original Sims 2 theme. University, Pets, Bon Voyage and Apartment Life were my favourites. I liked the new Sims 3 theme, but I wasn't too keen on it to begin with, but now I'm warming up to it.

What about all you?

Love it! I like the sims 2 thme tunes too. But my friend prefers the sims 1 theme tunes.

Thanks for the thme tune, I am going to put it on my website.

Stella wrote:I love the Sims 1 theme song! Especially the ones from Superstar!

~Jena

Well you're in luck. xD I just found the music from the Superstar files and I'm gonna upload them to Sim-Wolf Radio, possibly in an Advent Calendar. xD But you could have them now if you don't already have them.

By the way, if you haven't found them, the Sims 1 music can be found in Program Files\Maxis\The Sims\Music

Stella wrote:Oh cool! I'll go find theme and relive my *sniff sniff* days as a Noob!

~Jena

Those Superstar Expensive Wall Stereo tunes sound the same, or are the same style at least to the ones playing in Disneyland and the Studios section.

Urbania Sims - Sims 3 preview, screens and uni-brows!

1. The Roomies family will be the family that introduces you to the game, similar to that of the Newbies family from Sims 1 in which they held the tutorial for the game.
2. While a family is loading (not sure if it’s exclusive to the Roomies) there will be game tips shown in the family loading screen.
3. If you want to delete many things at once, try clicking and dragging while using the sledgehammer tool.
4. Cooking and gardening go great together. Higher quality ingredients means higher quality meals, which will put your Sims in better moods.
5. When placing floor tiles, you can use the “<” and “>” keys to rotate the one you’re holding.
6. In Build or Buy mode, you can hold the “ALT” key while moving an object to get free-form placement.
7. Aspirations are back but they called “Lifetime Wishes”, and so far we only know of Romance (now called “The Romantic Sampler”), Family (now called “Surrounded By Family”), Knowledge and Fortune. New ones are: Fishing, Art and Music.
8. Sims’ memories will no longer be just thought bubbles but will have a real impact with the interactions between Sims.
9. Now when in neighborhood view, you can find out which Sims are in what location.
10. Earning skill points will now notify you what level you’ve reached, for example: “Congratulations! Frankie has just improved his Guitar skill to level 3!” So no more useless phrases like in Sims 2 such as: “Out of the frying pan and into the book!”
11. To gain the Fishing skill much faster, your Sim can sign up for a class at the supermarket or study books on the subject. Sims with the Fishing skill will catch bigger, more rare, and more valuable fish.
12. In the UI where the Sim’s information is found, it is now categorized more specifically, such as the memories are in its own tab.
13. The mood meter is now revamped and more complex, tracking your Sim’s mood every hour by combining whatever moodlets it has for a quick result. It will actually say “happy” when they are happy.
14. Moodlets are timed just like the Bon Voyage vacation benefits are.
15. Certain moodlets may be specific to certain things such as skills or hobbies, etc.
16. New phone interactions: “Call Everybody Home,” “Take Photo,” “Move,” “Change Ringtone,” and “Silence Phone.” “Quit Work” is now a diirect option rather than a sub-option under “Work.”
17. According to the picture of the party planner: there will be no wedding/baby showers and there is no limit as to how many guests are invited. The townies appear to have the same odd names as in Sims 2 (unless those are just families EA created for the demo). And baseball caps for males have been seen to be worn sideways (as well as backwards from previous screen shots).
18. Patterns/textures from Create-A-Style: Fabrics, Leathers & Furs, Abstract, Geometric, Themed, Woods, Metals, Weave & Wicker, Paint, Tiles & Mosaic, Plastics & Rubber, Rock & Stone, Masonry, Misc., Broken Materials.
19. The color palette from Create-A-Style is definitely the standard millions-of-color palette found in photo editers, etc.
20. There are 100 pre-fabricated textures.
21. You can save each set of patterns/textures created so that you can have it for future use without having to repeat everything, as well as give the set a name and description.
22. Genetics function similar to that of Sims 2, only a bit stronger this time and more complex. So skin tones, for example, can be a lot more accurate. This is great for having a black and a white couple giving birth to a baby of a mixed skin tone.
23. There are nine eyecolor presets and of course you can exceed that by creating your own with a color palette of the standard millions of colors.
24. Eyebrow color is now independent of haircolor but can be matched.
25. Male Sims can now have graying (aging color) as an option for hair (probably as gray highlights). And facial hair color is also independent of head hair color but can be matched.
26. All types of hair has the millions of color palette.
27. Clothing categories are the same as Sims 2 except “undies” is currently non-existant (probably under construction).
28. Now under “everyday” clothing, there are more sub-categories: “tops,” “bottoms,” “outfits,” “shoes” and “jewelry.”
29. You can only choose your children’s traits if you raised them well, otherwise if you raise them badly they will automatically have negative traits against your will.
30. The aspirations are unfrtunately not choosable. They are assigned depending on the set of traits your Sim has. However, you do get 5 choices that are the result of the set of traits you chose. I think there are supposed to be about 30 of them according to an older preview.
31. Right-click on a wish to cancel it.
32. Yes, having triplets are indeed now possible according to the “Fertility Treatment” lifetime reward.
33. The amount of points for the lifetime rewards have been raised greatly in comparison to Snooty’s site, with the most expensive being “Mid-Life Crisis” costing 100,000 and that lets you completely change your set of traits as a way to start over.
You read this?

Wow! Very intresting, this makes me want to buy it again! Though I would call it something other than the recent sims games, but in a good way.

olimuckm wrote:Wow! Very intresting, this makes me want to buy it again! Though I would call it something other than the recent sims games, but in a good way.

Wow. I knew some of that, but not all. I'm suprised Undies won't be in the game? Strange... What do they do when they Woohoo? lol. Woohoo in PJs? xD

Oli, what do you mean by "Though I would call it something other than the recent sims games, but in a good way"?

I mean its something other sims, like its better graphics, more realistic, realistic looking sims, loads of custumization, thats what I mean by soemthing other than the sims in a GOOD way, by the way, my real name is Oliver, but I prefer oli, and its a LONG story how I got the username olimuckm........

olimuckm wrote:I mean its something other sims, like its better graphics, more realistic, realistic looking sims, loads of custumization, thats what I mean by soemthing other than the sims in a GOOD way, by the way, my real name is Oliver, but I prefer oli, and its a LONG story how I got the username olimuckm........

lol. I still think of you as oliandadam/oliandadem. I know your real name is Oliver. Its pretty obvious. lol.

Its embarassing when people call me Christy now. Especially round people who do not know me. In my French class, someone behind me who was in my reg. class called me that, and the guy beside her thought she was taking the mick. xD Cause Christy is most commonly a girl's name. I don't know why people called me that. Well, I think my granddad was called that. Me, my dad, and my grandad all have the exact same names. xD