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******************************************************************************* * * * THE SIMS: LIVIN' LARGE * * FAQ * * * * By: SloDeth v1.2 February 25, 2001 * * * ******************************************************************************* Table of Contents 0. Introduction What is Livin' Large? What is this guide? Can I use this guide? Can I send you E-Mail? 1. What's New? NEW JOBS Journalist Paranormal Musician Slacker Hacker Comparison Chart NEW ITEMS Seating Decorative Electronics Appliances Miscellaneous WHAT ELSE IS NEW? 2. Version History 3. Contact Info E-mail address ICQ # Web Page Copyright Info ********************* What is Livin' Large? ********************* Livin' Large is an expansion pack for The Sims, a very successful game from Maxis. It adds many new elements to the original game, including 125 new items, five new jobs, new skins, etc. It is a wise investment for anybody who enjoyed the original and wants to extend its life a bit more. ******************* What is this guide? ******************* This guide explains the new elements of the game in extreme detail. However, I won't go into depth about the strategies you should use with these items. You can figure that out yourself...but I'll tell you all the facts you need to know about the items to make wise choices. I found just about everything in this guide completely by myself, so I'm sure I've missed quite a few things. Please email me if you have anything to add to this guide after checking the Contact Info at the bottom of this guide. *********************************** Can I use this guide on my website? *********************************** It depends. Here's how it is: YOU MUST E-MAIL ME([email protected]) AND ASK FOR PERMISSION! You may not make any changes to it. You can ask, but the answer will be "no" in almost every case. You cannot make it seem like you wrote the guide yourself IN ANY WAY. It must be clear that it is my original work. You may not re-write it yourself in your own style. It's called plagiarism. Even if you change every word, plagiarism is the theft of IDEAS. If I grant you permission by E-mail, you should give me an E-mail address which I can inform you about updates to the guide. If I grant you permission by E-mail, you should give me a hyperlink to the web site on which you post the guide. ********************** Can I send you E-mail? ********************** Yes, but PLEASE read the Contact Info section at the bottom of the guide! -------------- 1. What's New? -------------- ******** NEW JOBS ******** Livin' Large has five new job paths: Slacker, Journalist, Paranormal, Hacker, and Musician. Let's look at them in more detail... *****Journalist***** Lvl Name Hours Pay REQ 1 Typesetter 4-12pm 120 none 2 Game Reviewer 11-6pm 200 none 3 Tabloid Writer 9-3pm 230 Cre2 Friend1 4 Papparazzi 5-1am 340 Char2 Cre2 Friend2 5 Newspaper Reporter 3-10am 420 Char2 Log2 Cre4 Friend2 6 Meteorologist 5-1pm 510 Char3 Bod1 Log3 Cre5 Friend4 7 TV Reporter 12-8pm 660 Char6 Bod2 Log3 Cre5 Friend6 8 Investigative Reporter 10-5pm 850 Char8 Bod2 Log4 Cre5 Friend9 9 National News Anchor 11-8pm 975 Char9 Bod5 Log5 Cre6 Friend11 10 Talk Show Host 11-5pm 1200 Char10 Bod5 Log8 Cre8 Friend14 *****Paranormal***** Lvl Name Hours Pay REQ 1 Psychic Phone Friend 6-12am 100 none 2 Conspiracy Theorist 11-5pm 130 none 3 Tarot Card Reader 5-11pm 200 Char1 Cre2 4 Hypnotist 10-4pm 300 Char2 Log2 Cre2 Friend1 5 Medium 8-2am 375 Char2 Log3 Cre2 Friend3 6 Douser 6-3pm 480 Char3 Bod1 Log4 Cre2 Friend5 7 Police Psychic 6-2am 600 Mech1 Char5 Bod1 Log5 Cre3 Friend6 8 UFO Investigator 11-6am 810 Mech1 Char6 Bod1 Log7 Cre4 Friend10 9 Exorcist 10-3pm 1000 Mech1 Char8 Bod1 Log7 Cre5 Friend13 10 Cult Leader 10-4pm 1200 Mech2 Char10 Bod2 Log9 Cre7 Friend17 *****Musician***** Lvl Name Hours Pay REQ 1 Subway Musician 3-8pm 90 none 2 Piano Tuner 9-4pm 120 none 3 Wedding Singer 9-3pm 190 Cre2 4 Lounge Singer 8-4am 250 Cre5 Friend2 5 High School Band Teacher 7-2am 320 Mech2 Cre6 Friend2 6 Roadie 11-8pm 400 Mech5 Cre7 Friend5 7 Backup Musician 12-9pm 550 Mech5 Bod4 Cre8 Friend8 8 Studio Musician 11-6pm 700 Mech5 Char2 Bod5 Cre10 Friend9 9 Rock Star 5-2am 1100 Mech5 Char7 Bod7 Cre10 Friend12 10 Celebrity Activist 10-3pm 1400 Mech5 Char10 Bod8 Log4 Cre10 Friend15 *****Slacker***** Lvl Name Hours Pay REQ 1 Golf Caddy 5-10am 90 none 2 Convenience Store Clerk 10-3am 120 none 3 Life Guard 9-3pm 150 Bod2 Friend1 4 Record Store Clerk 12-5pm 180 Char2 Bod2 Friend2 5 Party D.J. 11-4am 220 Char4 Bod2 Friend4 6 Projectionist 6-1am 280 Mech3 Char4 Bod2 Friend6 7 Video Editor 12-6pm 350 Mech5 Char4 Bod2 Friend7 8 Free Lance Photographer 12-5p 400 Mech5 Char7 Bod3 Friend10 9 Personal Tour Guide 2-7pm 450 Mech5 Char8 Bod6 Friend12 10 Professional Party Guest 10-2am 600 Mech5 Char10 Bod9 Friend15 *****Hacker***** Lvl Name Hours Pay REQ 1 Beta Tester 9-5pm 120 none 2 Support Tech 8-4pm 150 none 3 Web Master 6-2am 200 Mech2 4 Hacker 12-9am 240 Log2 Mech3 5 Security Consultant 10-7pm 400 Mech4 Log4 Friend2 6 Game Designer 2-11pm 610 Mech4 Log4 Cre4 Friend3 7 Internet Entrepreneur 10-8pm 800 Mech4 Char2 Log5 Cre6 Friend5 8 Software CEO 10-7pm 1100 Mech4 Char4 Log7 Cre7 Friend6 9 Venture Capitalist 11-8pm 1300 Mech5 Char6 Log8 Cre9 Friend8 10 Information Overlord 11-8pm 1550 Mech7 Char8 Log10 Cre10 Friend8 **************** Comparison Chart **************** Here's a quick comparison with the old jobs...these statistics are for the tenth(highest) level of each career track, ranked by descending pay per hour: CareerTrack | Hours | Pay | Stats | Friends | Pay Per Hour Entertainment | 5 |1400 | 30 | 14 | 280 Musician | 5 |1400 | 37 | 15 | 280 Science | 4 |1000 | 35 | 10 | 250 Athletic | 6 |1300 | 28 | 13 | 217 Business | 6 |1200 | 27 | 14 | 200 Journalist | 6 |1200 | 31 | 14 | 200 Paranormal | 6 |1200 | 32 | 17 | 200 Crime | 6 |1100 | 32 | 12 | 183 Hacker | 9 |1550 | 35 | 8 | 172 Extreme | 6 | 925 | 39 | 11 | 154 Slacker | 4 | 600 | 24 | 15 | 150 Politics | 6 | 750 | 26 | 17 | 125 Medicine | 7 | 850 | 32 | 11 | 121 Law Enforcement | 6 | 700 | 33 | 12 | 117 Military | 6 | 650 | 37 | 8 | 108 So...how do you choose a career now? Well...the truth is, you can succeed with absolutely any job. The path of the least resistance is still the Entertainment field. It gives you the most money for the least work. However, you should pick a job which fits your playing style. Don't like making friends and the upkeep of the relationships? Pick a job with a low Friend requirement, like Science or Hacker. Have full stats already? Keep enough friends and you can have any job you want, or switch jobs whenever you want and receive money from bonuses. Don't mind working long hours? Hacker is for you. Don't have time to build stats? Go with Slacker, it's just right for you. --------- NEW ITEMS --------- The back of the box boasts 125 NEW ITEMS! Most of these are just more of the same, but several add quite a bit of depth to the game. I'll leave the decorative items and such out of this guide, and instead concentrate on the items that change the game... *********** NEW SEATING *********** Antique Four-Poster Bed-----------$3650, Comfort 10, Energy 9, Room 4 Nothing special about it, but it replaces the Modern Mission Bed as the best bed in terms of stats. The Vibromatic Heart Bed----------$4500, Comfort 10, Energy 8, Group Activity Your Sims now have the option to Play in Bed...send one Sim to turn the bed to Vibrate. While that Sim lays in the bed, send a loved one to Play in Bed. They play their games...the Fun and Social level increases. One unfortunate side effect of this activity is a baby...you've been warned. ************** NEW DECORATIVE ************** "Tragic Clown" Painting-----------$45, Room 2 I know the painting is new, but I don't know about this...if your Sims are sad, and you have this painting, a Tragic Clown will come from a hole in the ground to visit your house. He coughs and sniffles all over the house. If you try to do anything with him besides insult him, it will only frustrate you and make you both sadder. When you insult him, you feel better. How tragic! * UPDATE * You can download Clown Catchers at the website(www.thesims.com) to spare yourself the trouble of putting up with this guy. If you didn't buy the game, you can't download it...too bad! Go buy it. Suit of Armor---------------------$15000, Room 10 Now tied for the most expensive item in the game. It often goes up in value, so feel free to invest in a few of them. *************** NEW ELECTRONICS *************** Introducing Servo-----------------$15000 Also tied for the most expensive item in the game. This robot walks around the house cleaning, repairing, and gardening so you don't have to! Turn it on and it will walk around until there's nothing left to do. You can also tell it to Serve a meal, but the meals aren't very filling. Don't waste your money on this unless you have way too much money or very messy people. ************** NEW APPLIANCES ************** Olde Thyme Restored Oven----------$1600, Hunger 9 This replaces the gas range as the best oven. Olde Thyme Victual Preservatorium-$2750, Hunger 9 This replaces the Freeze Secret as the best refrigerator. Great name, too! ***************** NEW MISCELLANEOUS ***************** Little Voodoo Dolly---------------$65, Fun 1, adults only Lets you torture another member of the family. What fun! Sky Scorcher Fireworks Kit--------$90, Fun 2 Light a rocket, but watch out! It lands with a small explosion. Great for people who like to kill their own Sims...just light a few inside your house. For everyone else, keep it outside and away from the house. Antique Lamp----------------------$375, Room 2 You can View this lamp like a piece of artwork, but you can also Clean it once a day. A genie will pop out when you Clean it, giving you a choice between two elements. Then, the genie will randomly choose a positive or negative outcome. Here's what can happen... Choice | Positive Outcome | Negative Outcome =============================================================================== Money | pot of gold | three overdue bills Love | somebody falls in love with you | sombebody hates you Work | three skill points | every skill loses a point Leisure | pinball machine | something catches on fire Fire | everybody feels better | something catches on fire Water | fountain | flood Earth | all plants are beautified | all plants die/new dead plants Air | pink flamingoes | roaches Friends | new friend | friend likes you less Family | family member likes you more | family crisis! Beejaphone Guitar-----------------$580, Fun 2, +Creativity, Group Activity My personal favorite new item. Adds to Creativity, but with a new twist: Sims can watch you as you practice. If you aren't very good, they'll exert their disapproval and like you less. If you're better, they'll cheer you on and like you more. Heavy Clown forever! KraftKing Woodworking Table-------$720, +Mechanical, adults only This adds to Mechanical skills. Unlike reading a book, this creates garden gnomes which you can sell or put on your lawn. Madame Blahbatfry Crystal Ball----$760, adults only This object will give you a random riddle. Do as it says, and you may be rewarded. You can increase personality points or lose the ones you have. The "Concoctanation Station"------$980, +Logic, adults only This will improve your Logic by making potions. Drinking these potions will have different effects on you... Also, be careful with this one. If you use it too much, the cops will come and fine you $500, since the kids at school can smell the fumes all the way from school. "Freaking Frankenstein! [Name] has been turned into a monster!" The Sim turns into a monster, running around the house and breaking all sorts of things. It turns back in a few hours, but you'll need a repairman for quite awhile to fix the damage. (light purple) "Yuck! Whatever that was, it made you feel terrible!" All of the Sims' Needs go down completely, except Room. (light green) "That tasted great! You feel totally refreshed!" The Sims' Needs are raised. Three(random) needs are filled to the max. Good substitute for sleep! (light blue) "Somebody has fallen in love with [Name]!" The best potion, another Sim instantly falls in love with you, greeting you with a passionate kiss. (red) "It's a parthenogenesis party! [Name] has created an evil clone!" Yeah, you accidentally clone yourself. The twin isn't really evil at all. It mostly just walks around to talk with people. (light green) "Holy reverse proportionality! Your personality has been permanently reversed!" All your personality bars are reversed. Because of this, you might want to try making a Sim or two with no points in the beginning, then give them a potion and turn them into the perfect Sim! (yellow) I think there are eight potions in all, but I've only found these six after DAYS of experimenting. I hear one of them makes you invisible. Horrorwitz "Star-Track" Outdoor Telescope-$2100, +Logic, Fun 4 Another way to increase Logic. Be careful, though...if you use it too much (two or three points without taking a break at least), you'll be abducted by aliens! A blue sphere picks you up and you disappear for a few hours. Some of your family will think about you and weep by the telescope. When you return, you'll think about aliens for awhile. Liebefunkenmann Piano---------$5399, Fun 4, Room 6, +Creativity, Group Activity Works just like the electric guitar, but it's bigger, nicer, and more fun, according to the game...but everyone knows the guitar is just as fun. ***************** WHAT ELSE IS NEW? ***************** -Roaches. Yes, roaches. Keep your house clean, or you'll have a problem. You can Spray them(they die quickly), Stomp on them(automatic), or let them run around your house. NOTE: If you have trouble Spraying them, walk over near them FIRST, then Spray them. When they move around, your Spray order gets cancelled, so you need to be near them before you try to Spray. -When somebody dies, you can Plead with the Grim Reaper. He will either spare the Sim, turn the Sim into a Zombie, or let the Sim die. -More neighborhoods. Five neighborhoods means you can have a total of fifty houses. This is great when your household has more than one person who wants to play the game, so you can keep your Sims separated. Anything else I should put here that isn't covered elsewhere in the guide? Email me and tell me about it! ------------------ 2. Version History ------------------ v1.2 February 15, 2001 Added a little here or there. Check the info about the Tragic Clown. v1.1 January 12, 2001 Added some info to the Chemistry Set and a very important addition to the Contact Info section. v1.0 September 12, 2000 First version of the guide. Complete as I see it, updates when I need to add something. --------------- 3. Contact Info --------------- E-mail: [email protected] ICQ UIN: 15025844 Web Page: http://go.to/SloDethFAQs E-mail Rules: DON'T ASK ME A QUESTION THAT'S ANSWERED IN THE GUIDE! Search for it first, to save you AND me some time. Include the name of the game or guide in the subject. E-mail me just about ANYTHING: questions(not answered in the guide), comments, praise, criticism, requests... Ask me if you can use this guide. I will almost certainly let you, as long as you ask politely. Don't E-mail me crap. Don't ask me to join a website, like AllAdvantage. Don't spend any less than one minute writing your E-mail. Check it over and make sure you used correct spelling, decent grammar, and capitalization. AOL slang is not up to my standards. Don't use "r u" instead of "are you" or anything like that. ******************************************************************************* DO NOT CONTACT ME ASKING FOR WAREZ OR MY CD-KEY! ******************************************************************************* I do not support warez in any way(buy the damn game), and I will NEVER tell anyone my CD-key. Neither should you! No excuse will fool me, so don't ask. ******************************************************************************* I AM NOT MAXIS. DO NOT ASK ME FOR TECH SUPPORT! ******************************************************************************* If you're having a problem with your game, don't make it mine. Try reinstalling it if the new items don't show up or whatever. ICQ Rules: Do whatever you wish. I don't care about ICQ very much. Put my number on spam lists, tell it to your friends, and flood it with whatever you want. What you can find at my web page: -More info on me(in case you care)! -Links to all of my guides! -The most recent versions of my guides! -HTML versions of my guides! -Feedback forms, surveys, and some other crap! -News on what I've done and what I plan on doing! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Please do not distribute this guide in any way without my explicit permission. I'm sure you could use it and mutilate it to your pleasing, but I'd appreciate it if you write to me first. I'm very willing to give out this guide, given that it is not changed in any way. 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