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Is there any cure-all-sims hack for illness? My Pleasantview has been suffering for several generations now from an epidemic. I've found it completely impossible to get everyone well (I have 60 or so families in play...) without cured sims becoming infected again. If someone knows where a hack like this is available, please let me know! :)

Inge made a "no disease" hack. It won't cure sims that are already sick I think but it will stop any more from being infected untill you can cure them all.

I really wish that Sims had adaptive immune responses  >:(

I am sick of everyone passing the same strain of flu back and forth and back and forth. Though--I actually had been toying with the idea of deliberately letting it go epidemic to kill off a chunk of them, because my neighborhood is getting unmanageable (and I am attached to everyone and need the game to decide who dies, for me.) But no one ever dies--just gets healthy in six hours only to get re-infected by one of the eighty bazillion sims that I forgot had it.

Are there any hacks to increase mortality? (At least if they all died they'd have to stop spreading it!) And can children die from disease?

If you have the InSimenator, you can spawn (click on floor) the medical mode, which has an option "immunize illness".
You can download it at MTS2 (DEST version).

Thankyou too gali, but I don't use InSim (it's incompatible with so many other hacks I have...). But it's good to know someone's made a hack that does stop illness.

You could do this:

a) Get all your sims to quit work and earn money from painting and writing novels.

b) Ban all uninvited guests, NPCs etc. from your lot.

c) Get Inge's homework tables and keep the kids home from school.

d) Socialize only via the phone or the PC - no visitors!

e) Never go downtown, and either use the refillable fridge, or when the delivery person calls, take the food from him/her with Move_objects on.

f) Get rid of the maid, the gardener, never hire the repair man, etc.

Won't make your sims immune, but they won't get sick!

Or you could just accept that, like in RL, disease keeps on spreading!

Your Sims need to wash their hands a.s.a.p. after contact with any other Sim.  I keep mine in bed when  ill (difficult, yes, but doable), allowing them only to go to the bathrooom and maybe, if their hunger bar dips too low, some juice or soup.  Seems a nice bath helps, too.

What we really need, though, is a way for sick Sims to buy the medicine made w/the bio machine.  Maybe that's the cure.

I used the Multi Painting and kept everyones energy drained and all other needs up.  I think it's 12 Sim hours and they are cured.

Also isn't there a tool you can spawn with the boolprop debugger that makes a Sim immune as well?  I would think using that or any other immunity hack and then going lot to lot would be your only way of doing it. 

thats what I do as well use the multi painting to keep them in bed.I had a sim get a cold and I used the painting to keep her exhausted and in bed but all other needs I kept maxed early the next morning I got the pop up that Rachael was healthy again. no one else caught the cold from her in the household. and she had 4 other people in the house she lived in  1 shared a room with her

This is really helpful as I'm having a lot of trouble with the 'flu. I'd give benes but we don't here.  ;D

I've had an epidemic before and now I'm a Health Nazi.  If a sim gets sick, he immediately gets quarantined:  locked in a room with entertainment, couch for sleeping, bath, toilet and no doors.  When the other sims eat, I place a plate of food in his room. If he has to go to work, he gets a phone to call in sick.  No getting out until he's healthy again.

here's another little tip the  number 1 cause of the flu in Sims is Roaches  :-[ make sure the garbage is completely cleaned up and the trash can picked up and the mess cleaned up in a timely manner after its kicked over. and dont let your sim stomp on them either! have the sim spray them or call an exterminator. I also hire a maid first off for all my sims no matter how poverty stricken they maybe because if a sim believes they "caught " the sim theythink have dibs on cheating  you can guarantee that the supposedly" Cheating" sim will have his/her trash can kicked over dozens of times in a day. and if The sim is at work  and cant pick up the trash can  Roaches will almost certainly make an appearance. instead of spraying the first thing a sim wants to do is stomp on them and thats a guaranteed way to start a flu epidemic. the maid no matter how bad they are will at least pick up the trashcan and clean up the mess while they are there.

That's similar to what I do to my Sims when they have the flu. Put them in a room and take off the door/s, keep their needs up (although I cheat and use Merola's painting) and basically quarantine them until they're healthy again. Though I probably will download Inge's hack... mainly because I can't find the 'joy' in having a sick sim.  ???

But how do you KILL them?

I have never managed to make a sim die from disease naturally, they always get better in 10 hours. I have tried, too. I want my epidemic to cull the herd a bit!

There's plenty of hacked objects out there to kill a sim , but to kill them just by disease only? I haven't tried, but one way I would try is by letting them the ride the electro orb sphere thingy....I reckon that *might* do it  ;D

I happen to have a medicine cabinet which I think I got from MTS2.  You could cure diseases, make sims immune and even find out if they are pregnant.

I keep wondering if I've picked up a hack or accidentally clicked on something to remove all sickness altogether as NONE of my sims ever get sick anymore unless they are pregnant.

I've had quite a few die from the 'flu, all from getting better on another lot.  In Allegra Gorey's case, she got 'flu while she was pregnant and died straight after giving birth.  I even had a Sim catch the 'flu at her wedding several times over (about 8 of the 14 guests had it, I had an epidemic then) and she actually died under the wedding arch straight after taking her vows.

I think maybe they've done something about Sims dying when they recover on another lot with the patch, because it doesn't seem to be happening anymore.  Pity, because I also need to drastically cull my neighbourhood and I find it very hard to deliberately kill Sims off.  I will have to get rid of some of the elders though, they're old for far too long now and I get so bored playing them.

Yeah, that is my problem. I need to cut the population, but I can't pick who to kill. (I know how to kill them--I just don't want it to be on purpose.) I wish I knew how to make hacks, as I don't think this will be a very popular request. (Then again, it could be right up JM's alley...)

I think they have to remain ill for a certain number of sim days..not sure how many exactly...but its quite a few.

Aged them gracefully then.   Also wouldn't making a hack to "cut" your population be the same as killing anyhow?  I know sometimes it's hard to let go, the guilt can be overwhelming but once you start it's hard to stop.  Killing Sims desensitizes you over time and you just learn to accept it or deal with an overpopulated neighborhood that begins to implode.

Implode, now that's more of what I think is up JM's alley.  ;)

Inge's No Disease hack gets rid of morning sickness as well.  I've been using it in my game for months now.  I had been going around immunizing all my sims with InSim, but this is much easier.

I'm pretty sure I remember the guide says it's 10 days and then they'll die if still sick. I'm strict with the quarantine & Multi painting too, so all of my sick sims have quickly gotten well and didn't infect anybody else.

I heart the Multi Painting and the Mind Control Mirror.  The only lots I do not allow myself the luxury is the Legacy ones.  (Except for the mirror, the mirror is everywhere)

I use the Medicine Cabinet to innoculate my sims right after the first cough. It seems like it was a German site that I d/l it from, but I can't remember the name. It's also handy for taking pregnancy tests and letting you know if your sim is having one baby, or two.

shacklin made the medicine cabinet he had it on mod the sims2 for quite awhile as hacked object. Ive heard it doesnt work for Nightlife though

It still works, I use it regularly. I love it. :)

edit: Here it is: http://shaklin.sh.funpic.org/modules/PDdownloads/viewcat.php?list=M

awesome thanks for the link and the info :)

Kukes, I sent you a PM - did you read it?

I got your PM gali, and sent you an email.  :)


As for sims dying from the flu, I've had several die mainly because they're continually being reinfected and getting better on other lots. Others just from being infected for the ten days required from constant contact with other sick sims. I have tried quarantining my sims, but when there's so many it gets pretty difficult (I'd say that 100 sims in my neighbourhood are currently sick). And those roaches... I haven't installed Nightlife yet, but I hope there's a "no kick over trashcans" hack around because I never notice when they do it now, I'm too focussed on the house! This epidemic began at the Pleasant's house, back when Lilith and Dirk were just married - their grandson is now married, living in the same house. It's been a long epidemic.

Kukes, I didn't receive any e-mail from you.

Could you be kind to e-mail again?  lilyas@inter.net.il

Yup, it's at Inge's site, www.simlogical.com

Kukes, just answerred your e-mail. Did you receive it?

Well thanks for posting that. I was looking for that damned thing on MTS2 last night because I was going to post about it. I couldn't find any trace of it there though. I had it a long time ago and it worked well, but I haven't gotten it again since I started my new neighborhood. I also heard it didn't work with NL but hey it if does I'll give it a try again. I don't like to cheat too much so I'm not going to use the multi painting but I don't mind using the medicine cabinet. The way I see it, that damned science career reward was supposed to work as a cure anyway but obviously doesn't and it doesn't look like Maxis will ever fix it so the medicine cabinet makes up for it. :p

The guide states: "Every disease can be cured with about 12 collective--not necessarily consecutive--hours of sleep, lounging, sitting, or relaxing....satisfying comfort and/or energy and keeping them high when the Sims must move about are the cure-all."

Chance of catching the flu increases 5% if near roaches.  Every Sim has a 1% chance of catching a cold if they go to work or to school (but they don't get sick in Uni).

your welcome .

Ah, I had this problem for a month (human time). The only thing I could do is cure them one at a time.

I'm not sure if it's related but I had my mad scientist make a virus and she never disposed of it.

Possibly.  Those are extremely contagious.

 I just have to add that I have tried making my sick sim drink her own "medicine" from that stupid biostation for many (sim)days continually until she was blue in the face and it never made her better.  In fact, she managed to make herself sick frequently on top of being sick already.  Yes, she had a high logic and her needs were always nice and green.

It's not that I can't bear to kill them. (My neighborhood isn't really overpopulated either, not to the point of introducing giant balls of fire visible from space into gameplay--there's just so many it's hard to manage them in the time I have to play.) I just don't want to pick WHOM to kill. I want to start off an epidemic of something far more lethal than the diseases they have and let it run its course and keep whoever's left at the end. Just a nice, natural apocalyptic plague.

Nobody thinks I can get JM interested in apocalyptic plagues? Well--he might rip my lips off for not being willing to just burninate them, I guess.

Here is shaklin's site - she is not in MTS2 anymore...:). I just downloaded it again to have a spare. I play it with NL, and it's OK.

For Kukes: it has an immunize option too - doesn't clash with other hacks...:).

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Cool, thanks for that. I'm currently collecting hacks for when I get around to installing, and I'm sure it'll be extremely useful. :)


Yes, thanks for that! The hack works wonders; half my sims are cured already! :)

Yes, thanks for that! The hack works wonders; half my sims are cured already! :)
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...And if you use the Merola's Mind Control Mirror - you can immunize all your neighbourhood. I always do it to any townie that passes my house. The simulator likes it very much, because I always get a fear of being ill...:).

I found the cure for Kicked over trashcans with my skirtchaser Justin.I have him do all of his home dates indoors and I make sure if I send him out to a community lot its not the same one he took the last date to. it has worked wonders keeping  his neighborhood conquests in the dark about what he is up to and with whom ;D

Also, service npcs are automatically immune to disease. I don't know where this was intended by Maxis or they just forgot, but they also keep their immunity flag even when moved in.

In one game a while back Brandi was in the science career and made a virus, one of the kids in the house (not her kids) got very sick indeed, and all the family kept getting the fear that he would die.  Brandi managed to make an antidote and he got well again very fast.  I think the career reward does in fact cure illness, but the sim has to have a high level of skill to do it.

Very few of my sims get sick since I quarantine the lot if one is ill - ban all visitors etc.  Seems to work - also, of course, none of the household visits a community lot until a couple of days after the sim gets well - just in case.

You know, I've never had a sick sim!  I have mixed feelings about it after this thread however; I'm sad that there is an aspect of the game I have yet to experience yet it seems like just a plain annoyance to deal with.

All well, I'll just have to wait and see... ;)

I would say that, if you bought the expensive beds from the word go, that could be why your sims have never got sick.  Also, if you have a lot of stay-at-home family sims, you probably get any kicked over trash dealt with straight away.

unfortunately at my skirt chaser Justin's house  all except the kids are Romance sims and as I left the house Just now Justin's Dad was busy talking to and tipping the maid so he can  make her one of his conquests LOL his half brother is also a romance sim and lives there as well so not much hope of the stay at home gang there ;D the kids are Justins two daughters and of course they have the grow up aspiration.

That makes sense then Zephyr; one of my first priorities is trading up to the more expensive beds so that my sims don't have to spend as much time asleep.

Also, due to my slow comp my sims do tend to spend more time at home than out and about.

I also don't have my sims stomp roaches (not that I have them that often either).  Even in my single sim households who have their garbage cans kicked over while at work, I have found that roaches don't gather in the time it takes them to return from work and clean up the mess.  Anyone know how long it does take roaches to gather, just out of curiosity?

I've honestly never had that damned station cure anything and I've tried with sims with all skills maxed even. Does it just cure diseases you get from the station itself? Because it never works for me for colds or flu no matter what the sims skill or how many doses I give seem to give them. I don't know, maybe I just am not doing something right but I just thought it was broken. *shrug*

I don't know - you may be right, as I said, the teenager got the "mystery virus" from Brandi's experiment, but she then managed to cure him!

Have to say, I like high energy beds, but I also believe, really, that my sims should pay a high price for them (even though I do cheat with some that you can buy cheap and sell dear in the morning!  If the cheat is available, I'll use it! :()

I prefer getting  the most amount of energy and comfort possible out of a bed for my sims and before the grand trianon set was made I used to buy the most expensive beds. I noticed the only thing the expensive bed does is add environement score. I can have my sim do that by purchasing paintings and other decorative Items with the money they save by buying the high energy and comfort grand trianon bed for less money. aside from that the grand trianon beds are very nice to look at in my simmies bedrooms

I tend to buy them 4ESF's Bedroom 6 bed, which costs 300 simoleons and sells in the morning for 1200!  It's high energy and comfort and gets them through Uni with the minimum of effort.  And the whhole set looks really good too!

I havent seen those beds

It's a nice modern set and works beautifully.  It's Bedroom 6, and it's one of the free downloads.  Only thing is, the bed doesn't take custom bedding but that's a small price to pay for 900 simoleons every day!

which download site?

Sorry, 4Ever Simfantasy.  http://simfantasy.free.fr/Sims2/sims2.htm (http://simfantasy.free.fr/Sims2/sims2.htm)

To get the diagonal effect on the rug etc. you need the boolprop cheat:

boolprop allow45degreeangleofrotation true/false

and you get the object to turn using the fullstop key.

Bangelnuts, I'm sure you knew that already, but someone else reading the post might not have.

actually since Im horrible at using boolprop the Info was helpful to me . as well as someone else who might read the post

It's one of the few that I use as it's so useful!  Means you can make use of those darned diagonal walls!

I hate the Diagonal walls they look good in the architectural sense but are not practical for in game use

At least now sims don't seem to get stuck in bay windows like they did in the original game!  And they will use objects that you put on diagonal walls like TVs - as long as you put the sofa on a matching diagonal!

Did you find the bedroom set yet?

yes I did and I downloaded it. it will come in handy for some of my more poverty stricken sims.such as my version of Brandi Broke which is my avatar. and Bella Goth yes the original one I cloned her from Pleasantview and stuck her in my custom neighbor hood. both of them are new to the hood and are poverty stricken at he moment.

They get a good environment score from it too!  Especially if you use the profit to complete the set!  (Or stick three extras in the basement just for the cash!)

after less pressing matters like cleaning my house is done  I will put the Set in Brandi and Bella's respective homes. they dont have basements. they are to poverty stricken to afford such a luxury LOL

Nevr mind, they do have a roof-space, I imagine?  (Since roofs are free, LOL!)

ROFL ;D of course they have roofs

If you get fed up with the roofs, Marina's Sims has some nice recolours!

thanks Zephyr :)I swear I need to join downloaders anonymous.I am an absolute downloadaholic when it comes to theings for my Simmies. I have things  I downloaded and have yet to use .piles upon piles of clothes for every sim from toddler to elder .cribs  andd cradles of every type LOL my sims if they could pick and choose would likely have some interesting themes going on in their homes. with all the stuff I have in my game ;D

I just wish when I started downloading I'd had some idea of how much there would eventually BE!  Then I think I'd have themed my downloads folders somehow!