The Sims 3 update 1.5/1.6

November 17, 9:11 PMOklahoma City PC ExaminerPamela Blalock

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The Sims 3, EA

Today, the first expansion for The Sims 3 went on sale.  World Adventures brought many new features to The Sims 3 like traveling the world, photography, martial arts, and more.

Today also brought a ton of patch notes for the game to accompany the release of the expansion.

Check out the five page list of changes through this link.  If you want to redirect from the official site go here.

I'll highlight the gameplay changes here, but literally, there are five pages worth of notes!

• New Lessons have been added to assist new players with some of the more complex base-game concepts.
• Sims will now dream while sleeping by displaying thought balloons.
• When a baby is about to be born, the hospital now has a map tag on it with the appropriate interactions.
• Once a Sim owns a Diner or Bistro, food and drink at those restaurants will be free.
• When a Sim picks up an Unknown Uncommon Seed, there is now a tool tip to notify Player what to do with it.
• Fixed a rare case where the ‘Wugglesworth Schnuggles Bear’ would not appear in the family inventory upon moving a household if it occurs during “Talk through” interaction.
• ‘Delete’ and ‘Save as Custom’ buttons function properly when Player presses CTRL+Z after selecting a different pattern under the same preset within the ‘Accessories’ ‘Clothing’ panel.
• When throwing a Wedding Party, the Sim’s fiancé will be automatically invited.
• Sims will now not run indoors.
• When viewing inside neighbors’ windows, their furnishings will be visible.
• Having a relationship with a specific Service NPC increases the chance they will arrive to handle their particular service job.
• Sims living together will now automatically know each other from the start.
• Fruit trees originally planted in community lots may now be transplanted anywhere else.
• All relevant socials on Maid Service NPC are now available when they are cleaning an object.
• Autonomous interactions based on Sim’s jealousy have been balanced.
• Sim now cannot move mailboxes when cutting gems or mounting fish.
• When a Sim brings a new friend home from school, they are immediately Acquaintances and “Introduction” social interactions are removed.
• Game speed will automatically increase when a Sim is in jail.
• Undoing an outfit deletion from the dresser restores the proper outfit.
• Non-Kleptomaniac Sims will not take and put away portable fire pits that belong to community lots.
• Cars, bikes and scooters can now only be placed on a Sim’s home lot.
• Fixed issue where NPC Ghosts would leave a lot late at night via running off lot, taxi, or car, instead of returning to gravestone in morning.
• Fixed issue where Sims could not fish in ponds on their lots if the lot was surrounded by water.
• Fix for a rare case in which objects could disappear from a lot while a fire is burning and a Sim expires.
• Selling ingredients by recipe will have same price as individual ingredients.
• Ambrosia ingredients can no longer be copied to another Sim’s inventory while the Sim is preparing Ambrosia.
• Sims will now prepare ingredient-named recipes randomly based on the ingredients available in the refrigerator.
• Fixed some cases where it was possible for Sims to pickup objects through walls.
• Birthday Cake will now continue working even when Aging option is turned off.
• Only one Grim Reaper will appear on a lot where more than one death has occurred.
• Fix for occasional bad animation playing when placing a toddler into a crib.
• Improvements were made to car preference.
• Fix for possible missing animation when playing with ‘Wugglesworth Schnuggles Bear’ toy.
• Fix for rare animation problem during clean up.
• Sims can no longer be placed in the family inventory with the ‘MoveObjects’ cheat.
• City Hall clock will display correct time after moving building to a different lot.
• Deed will not disappear from Sim’s inventory after performing an “Ask to Move In” interaction.