What's your first impression of OFB?

[greeneyedsims]

I said "dream come true" also.  I really like this new aspect of the game, although I haven't figured everything out yet.

Lion asked about the Townies and having to replenish their funds....they have a limitless amount of funds so there's no need to be concerned about their spending.  

Playable Sims, from what I've read, will only spend according to what money they have and they keep only 3 items they purchase...with the oldest purchase dropping out of their inventory, if they continue spending autonomously.

--green

[Lion]

Shirley Baker was actually Brynne at one point. 

That's funny  ! I checked "Bayfield" household in the Simhatton of downtown area, there is only one person there, which is current/updated Brynne. I didn't enter the house. And I don't believe there is another Beyfield household. Anyway I will try to have a picture of her taken.

[Lion]

I took the bakery lady (Ms. Jacquet) to buy a tiny cafe community lot (with a $70,000 loan).

Does OFB actually feature loans, or is this something else (an Inge shrub or a plain cheat)?

 - Gus

sorry, no, it's motherlode in the work

[simmiecal]

Shirley Baker was actually Brynne at one point. 

That's funny  ! I checked "Bayfield" household in the Simhatton of downtown area, there is only one person there, which is current/updated Brynne. I didn't enter the house. And I don't believe there is another Beyfield household. Anyway I will try to have a picture of her taken.

Where Brynne is living - follow that row of houses along the water up towards the island, I think that's where I moved Shirley.

[Lion]

I said "dream come true" also.  I really like this new aspect of the game, although I haven't figured everything out yet.

Lion asked about the Townies and having to replenish their funds....they have a limitless amount of funds so there's no need to be concerned about their spending.  

Playable Sims, from what I've read, will only spend according to what money they have and they keep only 3 items they purchase...with the oldest purchase dropping out of their inventory, if they continue spending autonomously.

--green

Thanks for the info. Maybe JM will limit their funds like he did with the tipping.

[Lion]

[Where Brynne is living - follow that row of houses along the water up towards the island, I think that's where I moved Shirley.

Thanks for keeping her, because she is pretty, and I like pretty girls. But I have to get her hair back first, 

[ZephyrZodiac]

Maybe if she already has a job, that's why she won't come to work?

[Gus Smedstad]

Does OFB actually feature loans, or is this something else (an Inge shrub or a plain cheat)?

sorry, no, it's motherlode in the work

Darn, I was hoping to laden my Sim with a crushing burder of debt.

 - Gus

[Lion]

Maybe if she already has a job, that's why she won't come to work?

  Maybe... but seriously, in the game, when you hire them, it says she quit her job to work for you. And BlueSoup had a job and quit her job too. All she said is you don't pay me enough for me to work for you, but the game doesn't allow me tele-raise her salary, at least I didn't figure out a way from last night's play.

And now I start to wonder what will happen if I play the employee, will they be "unemployed"? If I find a job for them, will they quit the shop job, I guess so... But I also hope they can hold two jobs. 

[Lion]

Darn, I was hoping to laden my Sim with a crushing burder of debt.

 - Gus

Monique's computer let you take loans and charge you interest. I will use that once it is updated. Inge's morgage shrubs are too easy on the sims. I keep buying those $1000 shrubs, and they look like free money.

[Brynne]

I think I also put her in the show business career.

Oh, make me a superstar, baby!

[BlueSoup]

Well, Lion, I'm glad to hear I'm working out well for you.    Keep those raises coming!

And Brynne's current hairstyle is available at MTS2, search for Seomi.  It's really pretty and Brynne is gorgeous with it on. I tried it on a couple of other Sims, but I think it's a look that sorta belongs to Brynne for me now, much like the updo she first had.

[Lion]

Oh, make me a superstar, baby!

Somehow, Anna Nicole Smith came into mind... "Trimspa, baby!"

[Lion]

Well, Lion, I'm glad to hear I'm working out well for you.    Keep those raises coming!

Indeed, because this lady has no real friends, and I think you need some relationship score to hire somebody, she was rejected by a punk girl. 
And here comes BlueSoup to the rescue.

Well, I would like to, but after I raised your salary a notch, it says "overpaid", and the next notch says "very overpaid", so I just settled at the "overpaid", sorry.

[Darkstormyeve]

Well after visiting MATY and reading that some people have OFB I rang my local EB and they said yep, its in. Geez!! Why don't I have it then! So, this was at 4.30pm so I just packed up my office and left. I sped to the mall, parked in a 5minute zone and bought my game just before closing time. I then raced home, put 'Finding Nemo' on the dvd player for toddler and installed my game. I took out my downloads folder first and I am slowly introducing it back in.

I love it.

At first I couldn't see what all the fuss was about. OFB? Who cares?

But, I really really like it.

I normally take all the good looking townies and move them into one lot. That way I can control their clothes, skills etc. So I took a random one from there, made her buy the clothing depot in downtown, bought Merola's mirror and my townie has been there ever since, operating 24/7.

It so much fun! Took me while to get the hang of it but slowly my clothes shop is being converted to a furniture/home decor store. I have one room just dedicated to mirrors. Bizarre but yet excellent.

So, after 24hrs of owning the game, I am a happy customer.

[Gus Smedstad]

Monique's computer let you take loans and charge you interest.

Link?  I never know where this mod or that mod is unless it's hosted here, or someone explicitly mentions that it's at MTS2 or some other specific site.

 - Gus

[J. M. Pescado]

Loans are for wussies. Just you wait until we have the Ethiopian E-Mail Business Challenge.

[Gus Smedstad]

Loans are for wussies. Just you wait until we have the Ethiopian E-Mail Business Challenge.

There's some truth to that.  I just kind of like the idea of the debt burden.  The idea of a new Uni graduate buying a $20,000 house and then struggling to meet his interest payments on $17,000 or so of debt sounds like it might be interesting.

 - Gus

[Batelle]

Since I am a total wussie and like to be able to test stuff out, I created Elena Galaxie and motherloded her.  She was supposed to be a punk rock beautician, but after making Oberon Summerdream weep three times over botched make-overs, she went into flowers.

The Good:  So far the game is interesting, the storybook collection is ridiculously pretty (but, as per usual, is only half-hearted.  Tons of floors/walls, but hardly any furnishings) and there's a new premade home that is adorable. I really like a few of the new girl hairs.  My compluter is also handling everything beautifully.  The only downloads I have in are my skins, eyes and hair but so far it's doing better than Nightlife did when I first installed that and played CC free.

The Bad: Running a business is not so self-explanatory.  I'm all for a challenge, but this seems to be a lot of typical Maxis wierdness.  

I also can't get sims to play kicky bag anywhere.  Not so bad, but two sims were on a date and the want to play kicky-bag was hogging a slot all night.

The Ugly:  Frumpy ass women's clothing.  Seriously, besides the sundresses, all of the clothes are shapeless and/or fugly.

Verdict:  So far, more of a game than Nightlife but less tedious and more rewarding than University.  

[BlueSoup]

I finally saw a new LTW in my Fortune Sim, which was to own 5 top-level businesses.  Anyone see any others?

[Darkstormyeve]

Haven't had long enough to play it Bluesoup. Its Friday here so I might plan a VERY late night.

[sanmonroe]

From what I saw tonight.

Get a servo and use that to learn how to run your business. (or use vampires I guess, but with a servo or two you can do it without empployees).

With so few needs to meet you can keep your shop open for large amounts of time and learn how to interact etc.

With just a single sim the game so far is pretty hard.

[Marg]

 There is a new Build Mode cheat

   Wall Placement Restrictions Removed

 It says normally only one object can be hung on a segment of wall regardless of height..    In other words, even if an already placed item and another item won't overlap at all, you can't place them both on the same
segment.      The Wall Placement Cheat enables you to hang several items on a single wall segment.

  

[sanmonroe]

Yeah apparently you just have to hold down crtl-alt while you place items, no cheat code to enter.

[JadeEliott]

I love building as everyone around here knows, and I am trying to think of a useful decorating reason for that cheat...give me time, I will come up with one...*thinks*