The Sims: Busting Out for GameCube
FAQ/Walkthru version 0.6
Copyright 2004 Joe Mucchiello
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1 Create A Sim
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2 Bustin' Out Walkthrough
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In most of the following sections, the following format is used:
2.x.y Name of Location (Abbrev), where x is the stage, and y is the number of
the location under that stage. The abbreviation applies to this document
only.
Residents: Who lives there besides you.
Career Tracks: What careers can advance here.
Initial Value: This contains two values: How much the place is worth before and
after Malcolm takes back some of the stuff he gave to the place. When you
leave a location, its value must exceed the after value of the property or
you will owe the owners the difference.
Approximate Bills: Bills are always about 2% of the property value. This value
is here to give you an idea of what you need it take in to keep afloat.
Malcolm Steals: This lists what items are taken by Malcolm at the moment you
first arrive. You should return these items to the location, if possible, if
you intend to play more than one career path eventually.
Move In: Any events (aside from Malcolm stealing stuff) that occur upon your
first move in occur here.
Location Action: Some locations have a special action that is only available
when you live on that lot. It is described here.
Promotions: This list has two columns: the Career/Title of the career you can
attain here and what is unlocked when you attain that level. Notes about
getting promoted are listed here and in the Career Path section below.
Technically, these are also rewards since you do not get promotions just for
having the requisite skills and friends. You also have to have a good mood to
get rewarded the promotion. Since they are similar to rewards, they follow
the reward format.
Tasks: Any other tasks that you can perform here are listed along with the
rewards for accomplishing the task and a walkthrough of one or more ways to
complete the task. Some strategy hints are found in this section as well.
Tasks that are common to the stage are listed in the stage's introduction. In
each stage, any common tasks to the stage are listed before the location
listings. Each task has a 4 character designation: Txyz where x and y
indicate the location and z numbers the tasks at that location.
Rewards: Rewards generally unlock game features. Some are cash rewards. Many of
the features are found in Buy mode, some are Social interactions, some are
Phone interactions. Below is a list of Reward types. All unlock rewards are
listed in the form type/reward, where type is one of the types listed below
and reward is the specific item unlocked. Monetary rewards are noted with the
dollar sign to indicate Simoleans.
Buy/Item The most common Reward, this unlocks an item for
purchase in Buy mode.
Build/Item Unlocks an item for purchase in Build mode.
Social/Action Unlocks a social interaction you may perform with other
Sims.
Phone/Service Unlocks the ability to call the listed Service. Maid
and Repairman service are locked until you unlock them
at Mom's, T123, and Mimi's, T226, respectively.
Ride/Vehicle Unlocks a new form of transportation.
Visit/Location Allows you to select the location when you want to go
out on the town.
Move/Location Allows you to move into the location when you need to
get that next promotion. Also allow you to visit the
location.
Create-A-Sim/Item This reward is granted when two Sims meet for the first
time while one of them is under your control. The item
unlocked is not described but can be found under Create-
A-Sim. When flipping through the various outfits, some
of them have a little lock symbol on them.
Career/Title As described under Promotions above, these rewards also
unlock other rewards.
Friend/Sim Technically, this is not a reward but a trigger for an
award. When you become friends with the named Sim for
the first time, you unlock a Social action. These are
listed in Section 4: Social Actions below. (It is
included here because it looks like the other rewards.)
Method: Under each task, a method to accomplish is listed. This section will
also contain alternative methods as well as ways to plan ahead for the task.
Notes: Any additional hints and tips to play at the location will be listed in
bullet points under this section.
Strategy: Some sections have this section to indicate why you should visit (or
even move to) this location from other locations.
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2.1 Stage 1
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Promotions
In stage 1, you only apply for your first job. You won't actually go to work
until Stage 2.
Common Tasks
Stage 1 is basically the tutorial. You get use to the controls and what it is
like to handle your Sim in Stage 1.
2.1.1 Introduction
After you create your sim, another Sim asks for a smooch at Club Rubb. While
making out with the Sim your mother interrupts your sleep. She appears in
your dream telling you Malcolm is stealing your Scooter.
2.1.2 Mom's Place (Mom)
Residents: Mom
Career Tracks: None
Initial Value: $45,551
Approximate Bills: None
Malcolm Steals: Your Scooter
Promotions
You cannot go to work at Mom's. You cannot get promoted at Mom's. You also
cannot get demoted at Mom's. This makes Mom's a great place to visit between
major moves.
Tasks
** Press the R button to speed up time (T121)
Reward: $50
Method: Press the R button. You will find this button and the pause button (L)
very useful in the game.
** Eat enough to fill your stomach (T122)
Reward: $50
Method: Wait for Mom to food. Eat it. You should be studying Cooking so you
don't make fires when you cook.
** Use the toilet (T123)
Reward: Phone/Maid
Method: After you eat, your Bladder need will be more red than green, go use
the toilet. Do NOT skip this task unless you want to make the game very
difficult. Keeping your residences clean without the daily maid service will
increase the level of tedium playing the game to unbearable levels.
** Have some Fun (T124)
Reward: $50
Method: Read a book from the bookcase, or dance to the music on the stereo, or
watch the television.
** Use the newspaper to get a job (T125)
Reward: Ride/Scooter, Visit/Mimi's Place or Visit/Dudley's Trailer
Method: The newspaper is sitting on the lawn, choose the "Find a Job" choice to
select one of the seven career paths.
Notes
* Mom nags you to get a job every two hours during your first stay here. If you
move back in, she doesn't nag.
* You get tired very slowly while at Mom's House so buy a weightlifting machine
and get some body while its easy.
* Depending on which job you choose, determines whether Mimi's or Dudley's
Places is Unlocked.
* Become friends with mom, she visits you at every place you go to and having
friends is necessary in most of the career tracks early on.
* Try to leave Mom's around 7am. Your first job starts at 10am. Arriving at
Dudley's or Mimi's around 7am gives you time to call the maid and get close
to (or succeed at) making friends with him or her. Before you leave, get a
point of Cooking skill for a quick reward when you arrive. Raising most of
your skills to 2 will make your first two promotions come fast.
Strategy
Need some killer amount of friends or skills. Move in with Mom for a while. You
don't have to go to work (no chance of demotion or skill lose) and you don't
have to pay bills while under her roof. Spiff the place up a bit and it can
save you a lot of running around in some missions.
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2.2 Stage 2
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Promotions
In stage 2, you can only gain level 2 and 3 in any career path.
Common Tasks
** Interact with another Sim
Reward: $50
Method: Talking to your roommate fulfills both this and the next task.
** Get to know your roommate (Dudley or Mimi) better
Reward: See individual house entry
Method: You have to raise your roommate up to about 25 or 30 relationship for
this event to trigger. You should also become friends with your roommate
since you will need friends. Doing so also unlocks the roommate's social
action as described in section 2.9 Making Friends.
** Have one point of cooking skill
Reward: $50
Method: Use the bookshelf to Study Cooking. You get this reward at both
Dudley's Trailer and at Mimi's Place no matter when you gained that 1st point
of Cooking. Best strategy for this is to study cooking at Mom's House. You
should gain 3 or more points of Cooking skill to avoid starting fires during
the game.
** Invite Mom over
Reward: See individual house entry
Method: Use the phone to invite Mom over. You don't actually have to talk to
her -- just calling her up is enough to get this reward. It is triggered when
she arrives on the property. This is also a good time to reinforce your
relationship with Mom.
Notes
* The first time you arrive in Stage 2, all of your needs are greened up. So
take advantage of this by either arriving before 10am (really 9am) so you can
just go to work and get promoted fast, or arrive a little later and get the
other goals down before going to work the next day.
2.2.1 Dudley's Trailer (Dud)
Residents: Dudley Landgrab
Career Tracks: Gangster, Jock, Mad Scientist, Paramilitary
Initial Value: $38,136
Approximate Bills: $600
Malcolm Steals: Air Hockey Table, Game Station
Move In: Unlocks Mimi's Place as a place to visit or move to. Also, the first
time you move in, all of your needs are mostly green no matter what level
they were when you left Mom's Place.
Promotions Rewards
Gangster/Shoplifter Build/Secret Door, Visit/Club Rubb
Gangster/Burgler Social/Serenade, Move/Toane's Gym
Jock/Ball Collector Buy/Air Hockey Table, Visit/Toane's Gym
Jock/Rookie Buy/Flamingo Lamp, Move/Toane's Gym
Mad Scientist/Potion Tester Buy/Torchemuda Wall Torch, Visit/Shiny
Things Lab
Mad Scientist/Pyro Buy/Experimental Lamp, Move/Goth Manor
Paramilitary/Boot Polisher Buy/Game System, Visit/The Octogon
Paramilitary/Drill Instructor Buy/The Up-Light, Move/Toane's Gym
When you get your first promotion, you will receive a new Ride: Dude Buggy.
Upgrade the Scooter to the Dude Buggy ASAP since the Scooter is so lame.
Skill Building Objects: Bookcase (Cooking, Mechanical), Chessboard (Logic),
Workout Bench (Body), Bathroom Mirror (Charisma)
Tasks
** Interact with another Sim (See common tasks above) (T211)
** Get to know Dudley better (See common tasks above) (T212)
Reward: Social/Pull My Finger
** Have one point of cooking skill (See common tasks above) (T213)
** Invite Mom over (See common tasks above) (T214)
Reward: Social/Nag About House
** Visit Mimi's Place and get her to Pull My Finger (T215)
Reward: Buy/Mouth Chair
Method: First, you have to get to know Dudley better so you can use the Pull My
Finger action. Next, you have to hop on your scooter and go to Mimi's Place.
Once there, you have to chat her up until Pull My Finger becomes an option.
She'll love it, so don't worry about her relationship score going down when
you do it.
** Clean up mess (T216)
Reward: Buy/Disposal Drum
Method: The hard way to do this is to click on all of the garbage and fly-
circled plates and wash/throw them out. The easy way to do this is to use the
phone to Hire the Maid under the Services menu. She'll do all the hard work,
you'll get the reward. This will also give you more time to get to know
Dudley better. Make the phone call your first priority when you arrive here.
Notes
* If you arrive before 9am, when the bus arrives, you can go to work the day
you arrive. Be sure to Hire the Maid before you go to work and you can
accomplish the Clean up Mess task, T216, without even being there.
2.2.2 Mimi's Place (Mimi)
Residents: Mimi Landgrab
Career Tracks: Counter Culture, Fashion Victim, Movie Star
Initial Value:
Approximate Bills: $600
Malcolm Steals: Drinks Bar, Gourmet Stove
Move In: Unlocks Dudley's Place as a place to visit.
Promotions Rewards
Counter Culture/Leaflet Distibutor Buy/Gourmet Stove, Visit/Pixel Acres
Counter Culture/Basket Weaver Buy/Confucius Wall Lamp, Move/Studio 8
Fashion Victim/Lingerie Model Buy/Drink Bar
Fashion Victim/Body Waxer Buy/VenuSpice Dresser, Move/Studio 8
Movie Star/Kiddie Show Sidekick Social/Gossip, Visit/Tinsel Bluffs
Movie Star/Stunt Double Buy/Exoticalistism Lamp, Move/Goth Manor
Tasks
** Interact with another Sim (See common tasks above) (T221)
** Get to know Mimi better (See common tasks above) (T222)
Reward: Social/Sign Language
** Have one point of cooking skill (See common tasks above) (T223)
** Invite Mom over (See common tasks above) (T224)
Reward: Social/Give Money
** Visit Dudley's Trailer and use Sign Language on him (T225)
Reward: Buy/Skull Shrub
Method: You have to Get to Know Mimi Better, T222, first. Once you have the
Sign Language social ability, go to Dudley's Trailer and talk with Dudley.
Use Sign Language on him. If you get him up to friend level, you may not get
the option use Sign Language on him. (Sign Language is giving him the middle
finger.)
** Fix all of the broken things (T226)
Reward: Phone/Repairman
Method: Get a few points in Mechanical skill if you can first.
Notes
* If you plan to have more than one career, start at Mimi's Place and get
access to the Repairman.
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2.3 Stage 3
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Promotions
In stage 3, you can only attain levels 4 and 5 of your chosen careers.
Common Tasks
** Make Friends with one of your roommates
Reward: A Social skill
Method: See the Making Friends section for hints and tips on befriending
individual Sims.
Strategy: The roommates are not in love (or even friends) with one another.
Make friends with the roommate you wouldn't mind sharing a bed with. Get
heart between your Sim and this roommate and you'll be able to share the good
bed with him or her. Buy a cheaper bed for the odd Sim out. This is
especially useful at the Goth Manor where the master bedroom comes with a
good bed.
** Control another Sim by using the Z button
Reward: A Social skill
Method: When you hit the Z button, you will switch from your Sim, to the
roommate who has the same gender as your Sim. Thus, if you are playing a male
Sim at the Goth Manor, you can control your Sim and Mortimer Goth.
Strategy: Use the other Sim to help make your main Sim's life easier. This Sim
should
** Buy $1,000 worth of improvements for the location
Reward: See individual location entry
Method: Go into Buy mode and spend some money. Most locations at this stage
lack an extra Bed for you. You should also replace the cheap toilets with the
Force Flush Toilet (unlocked at Toane's Gym) to save time in the bathroom.
Finally, put in burglar alarms. Most locations have them inside the building.
Move them outside so they detect the burglar before he's inside. And don't
leave any doors uncovered unless you know another detector will spot the
burglar first. See the notes sections of each location below for specific
buying tips at that location.
2.3.1 Goth Manor (Goth)
Residents: Mortimer and Bella Goth
Career Tracks: Mad Scientist, Movie Star
Initial Value:
Approximate Bills: $1,000
Malcolm Steals: Seance Table, Skeleton Display
Promotions Rewards
Mad Scientist/Virus Breeder Buy/The Incubator
Mad Scientist/Chemist Buy/The Commode, Move/Shiny Things Labs
Movie Star/Horror Movie Extra Buy/The Synthesizer
Movie Star/Soap Opera Extra Social/Do Magic Trick, Move/Club Rubb
Tasks
** Make Friends with Mortimer or Bella (See common tasks above) (T311)
Reward: Social/Nag About Friends
** Control another Sim by using the Z Button (See common tasks above) (T312)
Reward: Social/Tell Story
** Find the fern that was stolen from the Goths (T313)
Reward: Ride/RGB Flashback
Method: Go to Dudley's Trailer. Dudley will deny any knowledge of the fern.
Walk around back of the trailer, click on the fern and select Steal Fern.
** Buy $1,000 worth of improvements for the manor (See common tasks
above)(T314)
Reward: Buy/Seance Table
Method: Put a refrigerator and stove in the Kitchen. A dishwasher is also
handy.
** Exorcise the ghosts by having a s‚ance (T315)
Reward: Buy/Skeleton Display
Method: You should have unlocked the s‚ance table doing the Buy task (T314).
Between Midnight and 4am, use the s‚ance table to Exorcise Ghosts. You have
to do it twice.
2.3.2 Studio 8 (S8)
Residents: Artie Fischl and Charity Grant
Career Tracks: Counter Culture, Fashion Victim
Initial Value:
Approximate Bills: $1,000
Malcolm Steals: Artist's Block, Pottery Wheel
Promotions Rewards
Counter Culture/Flower Child Buy/Artist's Block
Counter Culture/Massage Therapist Buy/The Love Lamp, Move/Casa Caliente
Fashion Victim/Fingernail Painter Buy/Laser Lightshow
Fashion Victim/Wig Designer Social/Air Kiss, Move/Club Rubb
Tasks
** Make Friends with Artie or Charity (See common tasks above) (T321)
Reward: Social/Tell Lies
** Control another Sim by using the Z Button (See common tasks above) (T322)
Reward: Social/Sissy Fight
** Buy $1,000 worth of improvements for Studio 8 (See common tasks above)(T323)
Reward: Buy/Electric Guitar
** Have a great art opening by rearranging the art (T324)
Reward: Buy/Pottery Wheel
Method: Basically, you need to get 5 Sims into a room with 90% (or better) Room
value. You should not have to move the artwork, the existing room has the
right Room value. The trick is getting the party goers into the room. One way
to do this is to make food and put it in the display room. This will bring
the party into the room. With a bit of clicking, getting 5 of them to be in
the room at once (if you put the food at the far end of the room) should be
no difficulty. Another method involves removing the doorways out of the foyer
except for the one into the display room. Food in the kitchen can only be
reached by travelling through the display room. The fastest method is to
start the party and then in build mode remove a section of wall between the
display room and the main corridor. This makes the display room, corridor and
kitchen area one big room, and as long as there aren't any flies buzzing, it
will have enough Room value.
** Visit Mimi's Place and make sure she is okay (T325)
Reward: Ride/Cruisette Leviathan
Method: Do not visit Mimi's unless you have near full Energy and Comfort. You
have to clean up a big mess here and if you leave without finishing and come
back, the mess gets even bigger. Otherwise, this is just an endurance test.
Click on and clean up all the messy piles.
2.3.3 Toane's Gym (Gym)
Residents: Max and Goldie Toane
Career Tracks: Gangster, Jock, Paramilitary
Initial Value: $51,457
Approximate Bills: $1,000
Malcolm Steals: Rock Climbing Wall, Tread Mill
Promotions Rewards
Gangster/Car Thief Buy/High Dive
Gangster/Mugger Buy/Sonic Shower, Move/Casa Caliente
Jock/Starter Buy/Climbing Wall
Jock/All-Star Buy/Aroma Machine
Paramilitary/Paratrooper Social/Show Off Muscles
Paramilitary/Chopper Pilot Buy/Miss Memo Sleeper
Tasks
** Make Friends with Max or Goldie (See common tasks above) (T331)
Reward: Social/Give Noogie
** Control another Sim by using the Z Button (See common tasks above) (T332)
Reward: Social/Towel Snap
** Go to Dudley's Trailer and PARTY! (T333)
Reward: Ride/Tsunami X-TEQ
Method: PARTY apparently means chatting up 5 different fellow partiers enough
that your relationship with each of them improves by 5 points. Take great
advantage of Dudley's hot tub. You can get 1-2 points in 3 people at once
there.
** Buy $1,000 worth of improvements for the gym (See common tasks above) (T334)
Reward: Buy/Force Flush Toilet
Method: Buy a good double bed and a single bed. Sell the toaster oven and
replace it with a good stove.
** Get 4 Sims to join Toane's Gym as members (T335)
Reward: Buy/DJ Booth
Method: Only your friends will join the Gym. So first you have to smooze them
up. They will only join the Gym if a party is going on. And, they will not
join the gym if there are obvious problems with the Gym: dead plants, broken
lightbulbs. Call the repairman (if you can) before starting the party to
ensure that the Gym is in top condition before asking people to join. Like
any party, you should make sure there is food available or the other Sims
will not stay very long. (Max and Goldie are already members, so even though
you can ask, don't waste your time.)
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2.4 Stage 4
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Promotions
In stage 4, you can only attain levels 6 and 7 of your chosen careers.
Common Tasks
** Invite your lover over (T411) (T421) (T431)
Reward: See individual location entry
Method: A Sim with a heart for you has to appear on the property to get this
reward. If you do the "fall in love with a roommate" trick, that will
complete this goal too. Otherwise, use the phone and call an existing lover
over.
** Get Married (T400)
Reward: Ride/Spritzen Funken
Method: Don't do it yet! Getting married this early in the game makes game play
difficult because you have take your wife with you everywhere. When you do
wish to get married, see the strategy in Stage 6 on how to accomplish it the
best way. One thing you can do to prepare for this task is to get hearts with
a resident of Free Street. You cannot marry any of the characters that are
part of Bustin' Out mode. You can only marry a character from Free mode, and
they live on Free Street. So you can pick a mate, by moving someone into 3
Free Street, or you can choose one of the Tutti's or Frutti's.
If you do get married, your spouse will travel around with you as you move from
lot to lot. This means you have 4 Sims to control. If your spouse has no job,
this is a simple way to save money on maid and gardener, but it does mean you
will rarely have those times when the game moves at triple speed while all
the Sims are at work.
** Buy $1,500 worth of improvements for the location
Reward: See individual location entry
Method: Go into Buy mode and spend some money. At this stage, extra beds are
not the problem. Here you should upgrade existing appliances if you can. You
should also replace the cheap toilets with the Force Flush Toilet (unlocked
at Toane's Gym) to save time in the bathroom. Finally, put in burglar alarms.
Most locations have them inside the building. Move them outside so they
detect the burglar before he's inside. And don't leave any doors uncovered
unless you know another detector will spot the burglar first. See the notes
sections of each location below for specific buying tips at that location.
Notes: You control all of the locations Sims at this stage.
2.4.1 Casa Caliente (CC)
Residents: Randy Hart and Paisley Rainbow
Career Tracks: Counter Culture, Gangster
Initial Value: $50,422 ($37,932)
Approximate Bills: $700
Malcolm Steals: Heart Bed, Heart Tub
Move In: Unlocks the ability to Visit 1 Free Street, 2 Free Street and 3 Free
Street
Location Action: Try and Make Out -- Use this only during parties with Sims who
really like you.
Promotions Rewards
Counter Culture/Yoga Instructor Buy/The Vibrating Bed
Counter Culture/Transcendentalist Buy/Sili-Camp Tent
Gangster/Body Guard Social/Force to Slap Self
Gangster/Arsonist Buy/Love Tub, Move/Pixel Acres
** Invite your lover over (See common tasks above) (T411)
Reward: Buy/Tiki Torch
** Get Married (See common tasks above) T400
** Go to Studio 8 and help with the "art" (T412)
Rewards: Buy/That 70's Window, Visit/Goth Manor
Method: At Studio 8, Charity will wonder why Heart has left the painting world.
Since hearts are everywhere at Casa Caliente, all you have to do is start
painting on the easel in the kitchen. You don't have to finish the painting.
Just starting it and stopping completes this goal.
** Find a neighbor that knows about candelabra (T413)
Reward: Buy/Candelabra
Method: Not as simple as it sounds. You have to Score with Two Sims at the Same
Party, T415, first (and you may not be able to get to Goth Manor without
finishing T412 first). Mortimer and Bella will not talk about candelabra
until you use the Kiss Romantically social action on one of them. Once you
do, this task completes.
** Buy $1,500 worth of improvement to the house (See common tasks above) (T414)
Reward: Buy/Polar Bear Rug
Method: Obviously you need new beds. Since parties will take place here, it is
helpful to split the bathroom into two bathrooms with their own toilets so
there doesn't end up being a bunch of people trying to use the one toilet at
the same time.
** Score with two Sims at the same Party (T415)
Reward: Social/Kiss Romantically
Method: Since you should already have at least two lovers, this should be easy.
Invite one of them over and take them into the bedroom. Have one of the other
Sims start the party, while the other Sim makes food for the party. Chat up
your lover to get its relationship up. Once the party starts Make Out and
immediately tell the Sim to leave. Now all you have to do is lure another
lover into the bedroom, social up and attempt to make out. You will probably
fail the first time you attempt this. It is difficult to do, even if you
start out fully green in all your motives. You'll really only want to do this
before you get married.
2.4.2 Club Rubb (Rubb)
Residents: Mona Lott and Bing Bling
Career Tracks: Fashion Victim, Jock, Movie Star
Initial Value:
Approximate Bills: $700
Malcolm Steals: Dance Floor, Slushie Bar
Promotions Rewards
Fashion Victim/Hair Stylist Social/Admire Body
Fashion Victim/Make-Up Artist Social/Slow Dance, Move/Tinsel Bluffs
Jock/MVP Social/Tell Dirty Joke
Jock/Superstar Social/Wolf Whistle
Movie Star/Game Show Host Social/Booty Tease
Movie Star/Sitcom Star Social/Moon Walk
Tasks
** Invite your lover over (See common tasks above) (T421)
Reward: Buy/"More-Saic" Tub
** Get Married (See common tasks above) (T400)
** Show off some of your Club Rubb moves at Studio 8 (T422)
Reward: Buy/The Neon Sign
Method: You must make friends with Bing Bling to do this task. Go to Studio 8
and use the Break Dance action with Charity or Artie depending on which one
asks you about having a performance art piece at the studio. You may have to
complete the Toane's Gym task (below) to get access to Studio 8 depending on
what career track(s) you are working on.
** Find out what's going on at Toane's Gym (T423)
Reward: Buy/Outdoor Shower, Visit Studio 8
Method: Max will comment that no one can do 3 Triple Back Flips in a row. Prove
him wrong. This works best if there aren't too many people around so since
they are about to start a party, do the flips as soon as you arrive. Your
Body skill determines how likely you are to succeed with these flips.
** Buy $1,500 worth of improvement to the club (See common tasks above) (T424)
Reward:
Method: Club Rubb needs a lot of work. You need to add a Kitchen and bedroom.
Sell everything in the back room and put a few beds in there. Buy kitchen
appliances and put them behind the bar. Use the spool table to put a couple
of small seating locations in the main room with the kitchen.
** Throw the ultimate DJ Dance Party (T425)
Reward: Buy/Q3 Recliner
Method: You have to get 5 people dancing on the dance floor at once while
someone is spinning on the DJ Booth. With the kitchen and tables behind the
bar (see improvement hints above), throw a party and serve food. Have a Sim
dancing on the floor. As the partiers head for the bathroom, click on them
and choose Join Dancing. Once you get 5 folks to fall for this, the task will
complete. Now, stop dancing so they can finish their rush to the bathrooms.
2.4.3 Shiny Things Lab (STL)
Residents: Makino Nada, Vaughn Braun
Career Tracks: Mad Scientist, Paramilitary
Initial Value:
Approximate Bills:
Malcolm Steals: Telescope, Tesla Coil
Promotions Rewards
Mad Scientist/Vivisectionist Buy/Tesla Coil
Mad Scientist/Gene Splicer Buy/Supluminoltetra Lamp
Paramilitary/Covert Ops Buy/Telescope
Paramilitary/Secret Agent Buy/Radar Dish, Move/The Octogon
Tasks
** Invite your lover over (See common tasks above) (T431)
Reward: Buy/KlassiKlean "More-Saic" Tub
** Get Married (See common tasks above) (T400)
** Go to Studio 8 and Change their Minds about Scientists (T432)
Reward: Build/Pathmatic Door
Method: You have to show off the Rocket Gnomes, T435, before doing this task.
(If you can't visit Studio 8 you'll also have to do the spores task, T433.)
At Studio 8, converse with Charity (who will say some bad things about
scientists). Use the Social/Hypnotize action on her and this task will
complete.
** Find out where the contaminating spores are coming from (T433)
Rewards: Build/Giant Fern, Visit/Studio 8
Method: You have to steal one of the Goth's ferns. All of the large ferns at
Goth Manor has a "Steal Fern" option on them.
** Buy $1,500 worth of improvement to the house (See common tasks above) (T434)
Reward: Buy/Invention Workshop
Method: Replace the so-called Kitchen with real appliances.
** Show off "Rocket Gnomes" at a launch party (T435)
Reward: Social/Hypnotize
Method: You must have a Mechanical skill of 8 to finish this task. Use the
Invention Workshop to build 5 rocket gnomes. (If you have fewer than 8
Mechanical, the Invention Workshop will build normal gnomes or pink
flamingoes instead of rocket gnomes.) Once you have 5 of them, set the up on
the sandy area behind the building and start a party (do not serve food!).
Have all three Sims standing near the gnomes. When the party starts, have the
Sims choose Launch on the gnomes. Zoom way out so you can enjoy the light
show yourself.
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2.5 Stage 5
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Promotions
In stage 5, you can only attain levels 8 and 9 of your chosen careers.
Common Tasks
** Get Married (T400)
Method: See Stage 4 for why you should not attempt this now and Stage 6 for how
to accomplish this task if you ignore my prior advice.
** Raise a Baby up to a Child (T500)
Reward: Ride/
Method: Like getting married, travelling from house to house with a spouse and
a child is hard work. Wait until Stage 6 to do this task.
** Spend $2000 in improvement to location
Reward: See individual location entry
Method: Advice from the prior stages still applies.
** Cause Malcolm Landgrab to give you money
Reward: $5,000
Method: This varies greatly from place to place but they all have the same
reward.
2.5.1 Pixel Acres (Pix)
Residents: Ying Yangst, Chase
Career Tracks: Counter Culture, Gangster
Initial Value: $28,120 ($21,970)
Approximate Bills: $250
Malcolm Steals: Tether Ball, Ping Pong Table, Hot Spring
Location Action: Ask to Go "Free" -- Causes an open Sim to take off their
clothes and show off their Pixels.
Promotions Rewards
Counter Culture/Love Guru Buy/Tetherball
Counter Culture/Psychic Activist Social/Barnyard Taunt, Move/Malcolm's
Mansion
Gangster/Extortionist Buy/Ping Pong Table
Gangster/Hit Man Buy/BroilBastard Grill, Move/Malcolm's
Mansion
Tasks
** Get Married (See common tasks above) (T400)
** Raise a Baby up to a Child (See common tasks above) (T500)
** Seduce someone at Casa Caliente (T511)
Reward: Buy/Euro Fireplace
Method: Since you probably have a lover there, this is not too difficult. Just
relax on the bearskin rug, have your lover join you, and get him or her to
make out with you.
** Find someone interested in Chase's secret formula (T512)
Reward: Buy/Redwood Table
Method: Use the Tell Secrets social action at Shiny Things Labs.
** Find out what ghost problems the Goths are having (T513)
Rewards: Buy/Stump Chair, Synthesizer/Play Pixel Booty
Method: You must have Creativity 10 to complete this goal. Play the Goth's
synthesizer. This will drive out the ghosts and teach you the Pixel Booty
song. (Pixel Booty is a condition in which a Sim's body is replaced with
pixelization effects, i.e. nekkid.)
** Spend $2000 in improvement to Pixel Acres (T514)
Rewards: Buy/Hot Spring
Method: Buy the normal hot tub if you can immediately. Put a comfortable chair
in the reading room. Create a bedroom with real beds somewhere so the phone
doesn't wake everyone up every night. Create a kitchen and dining room so
that dirty dishes don't degrade the room value of the outdoors.
** FRAME Malcolm and get him busted for indecent exposure (T515)
Reward: $5,000
Method: You have to get Malcolm to take his cloths off. If you know the Pixel
Booty song, you can buy a synthesizer, invite him over, and play the song to
get him naked. This is a sure method to do it.
Notes
* If you put the Hot Spring back in place. Be careful using it. It erupts every
now and then. (It is a real hot spring.) While it's funny to see the Sims
thrown into the air, it does degrade their comfort and energy being thrown
around like that.
2.5.2 The Octogon (Oct)
Residents: General Payne, Maxine Powers
Career Tracks: Mad Scientist, Paramilitary
Initial Value: $48,634 ($38,289)
Approximate Bills: $1,200
Malcolm Steals: Miss Gyrotic, Motion Detector
Promotions Rewards
Mad Scientist/Robotician Buy/Miss Gyrotic
Mad Scientist/Space Time Tinker Social/Flip, Move/Malcolm's Mansion
Paramilitary/Code Breaker Buy/Rite Lite
Paramilitary/Intelligence Director Buy/Motion Detector, Move/Malcolm's Mansion
Tasks
** Get Married (See common tasks above) (T400)
** Raise a Baby up to a Child (See common tasks above) (T500)
** Mission: Info Gathering - Find and shut down the hackers (T521)
Rewards: Buy/Spartan Special Lamp, Visit/Club Rubb
Method: Go to Shiny Things Labs and steal one of their computers.
** Mission: Find and Supress anti-war protesters (T522)
Reward: Buy/Toy Parrot
Method: Go to Club Rubb and Attack Bing Bling. If you do not have access to
Club Rubb you will have to Shut Down the Hackers (above) first.
** Buy $2000 in improvements to The Octogon (See common tasks above) (T523)
Reward: Build/Atlantean Column
Method: Upgrade the beds, the kitchen, and the TV. Add a door between the
central room and the bedroom to ease movement through the complex.
** Mission: Classified - Eliminate Senator Landgrab (T524)
Reward: $5,000
Method: You must have sufficient Logic skill to program the robot (Miss
Gyrotic) "for Defense". Call and invite Malcolm over. Use the Program for
Defense option on the robot. The robot will go to the front door and zap
Malcolm until he gives up his money if you'll only call off the robot.
2.5.3 Tinsel Bluffs (Tin)
Residents: Fanny Ador‚, Humphrey Hawks
Career Tracks: Fashion Victim, Jock, Movie Star
Initial Value: $105,074 ($94,475)
Approximate Bills: $2,400
Malcolm Steals: Microphone, Information Overload TV
Promotions Rewards
Fashion Victim/Runway Model Buy/Garden Flood Lamp
Fashion Victim/Centerfold Buy/Fontis Publicus Sink, Move/Malcolm's Mansion
Jock/Head Coach Buy/Information Overload TV
Jock/Hall of Famer Buy/Wicker Sofa, Move/Malcolm's Mansion
Movie Star/Sex Symbol Buy/Microphone
Movie Star/Director Buy/Maxilla 1000 Aquarium, Move/Malcolm's Mansion
Tasks
** Get Married (See common tasks above) (T400)
** Raise a Baby up to a Child (See common tasks above) (T500)
** Muscle the Muscle at the Gym (T531)
Reward: Buy/Colossicus Pool
Method: Go to Toane's Gym. Max is making fun of Movie-types. Attack him to
complete the goal.
** Find a good scifi movie script (T532)
Reward: Build/Cypress Tree
Method: Go to Shiny Things Lab. The Sims there will wonder "what does the brain
think about?" They are referring to the think tank in the central laboratory.
Click on it and steal its movie script. If you do not have access to Shiny
Things Labs you will have to do the Red Pool Table task first.
** Buy $2,000 in improvements to Tinsel Bluffs (T533)
Reward:
Method: Tinsel Bluffs doesn't need much. Until you replace the Information
Overlord TV, put a Game Station or other high fun object in its place.
** Find out where to get a red pool table (T534)
Reward: Buy/Overlord Pool Table, Visit/Shiny Things Labs
Method: Go to Club Rubb and play pool with Bing Bling. When the game ends, he
gives you the pool table.
** Get Malcolm to put you in his big movie (T535)
Reward: $5,000
Method: This is a straightforward party and smooze task. Have a party, invite
Malcolm specifically. Get him happy, fed, and un-bladdered, then choose "Ask
About Movie". If he likes you a lot, he'll say "yes".
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2.6 Stage 6
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Promotions
In stage 6, you can only attain level 10 of your chosen careers.
Common Tasks
** Get Married (T400)
Reward: Ride/Spritzen Funken
Method: Again, you should wait until you are finished with your career goals to
do this. In order to successfully propose, your intended must have all of his
or her needs more green than red. This means you have to invite him or her
over. Make a meal, allow your guest to use the bathroom, do something fun and
comfortable (TV, Game Station) and then (and only then) pop the question.
Meanwhile, you must have at least 20% energy or Propose may not be an
available choice for you to use. On the day you are going to attempt this,
skip work, make sure you are fresh from the toilet and shower before you call
to invite him or her over. Prepare a meal while waiting for his or her to
arrive but make sure you greet him or her before your Sim sits down to eat.
After the meal, clean up the plates and the food platter while your fiance'
goes to the bathroom. Go to the playroom or TV room, sit down and invite him
or her to join you. When your Sim stands up with full fun, talk to your
intended. Do a little kissing and then propose. If it doesn't work, send your
intended home and depending on why he or she said know, work on making sure
that error won't happen the next time you propose.
** Raise a Baby up to a Child (T500)
Reward: Ride/Schnell Meister
Method: There are three steps here. First, prepare an area for baby-rearing.
Second, make out with your spouse to have a baby. Third, rear the baby. You
have to choose who is going to rear the child. Your spouse makes the most
sense since he or she does not have a job.
1) The area you are going to rear the child should have a sofa with a high
Energy rating, a chair with a high Comfort rating, and an object with a high
Fun rating, preferably one that you can gain comfort from as well. TVs work
best here. And it should not be far from a bathroom.
2) Whoever is going to rear the baby should have his or her needs in high
greens when your Sims kiss each other a few times in a row. Do this in the
room with the baby-rearing equipment setup. Eventually you will get a "Do you
want to have a baby?" dialog to come up. Say yes and a bassinet appears. You
get to name the baby at this point. Have a name ready or the game will
eventually default the name to Baby. The baby arrives asleep and should sleep
for 4-6 hours before waking. Finish greening up the baby-rearing Sim and have
him or her NAP on the couch. Do not put this Sim in a bed until the baby is a
child. The couch and the bassinet must be in the same room.
3) Every 6 hours (or so) the baby will wake up crying. The baby-rearer, who is
probably napping on the couch nearby will be woken up. He or she should go to
the bassinet and choose "Feed", "Play", "Sing" in that order. If the baby
continues to cry after you sing, do all three actions again in that order.
Once the baby stops crying. That Sim can use the bathroom and eat before
napping again. Your other Sim should be preparing any meal the baby-rearing
Sim eats to save that Sim time. At no time should both Sims be asleep outside
of the room the bassinet is in.
After three days, the bassinet turns into a child (with fully green needs).
2.6.1 Malcolm's Mansion (Mal)
Residents: None
Career Tracks: All
Initial Value: $114,505
Approximate Bills: $6,000
Malcolm Steals: Nothing (Mom boots him out of the house)
Promotions Rewards
Counter Culture/Full Time Freak Temple/Counter Culture Temple Gnome
Gangster/Mob Boss Temple/Gangster Temple Gnome
Fashion Victim/Super Model Temple/Fashion Victim Temple Gnome
Jock/Living Legend Temple/Jock Temple Gnome
Movie Star/Movie Mogul Temple/Movie Star Temple Gnome
Mad Scientist/Death Ray Inventor Temple/Mad Scientist Temple Gnome
Paramilitary/War Minister Temple/Paramilitary Temple Gnome
Tasks
** Show off your Fortune: Upgrade your Mansion (T611)
Reward: Ride/Limo Ultimo
Method: The mansion layout is very poor. It makes sense in the Real World but
since you have no staff you should make a few changes. Swap the sitting area
next to the kitchen and dining room. Add a fun item to the sitting area (pool
table, game station, something). Move the phone into the foyer. Add a doorway
between the new dining area and the bathroom. Buy a bookshelf from which your
child can study.
** Finish all 7 Careers to see you dreams come true (T612)
Reward: Buy/Simolean Temple
Method: If you want to finish this, you can either work toward keeping all
careers level from stage to stage, or run through one career and then go
back. Personally, going from the Mansion back to Dudley's Trailer is a bit
daft so work on all careers. It gets you access to all the cool items faster
and you get a lot of money from all of those promotions.
** Send you child to prep school with Straight A's (T613)
Reward: Ride/Sataniti GT 1000 (This displays as "Diavolo GT 1000" in the
"Congratulations! You unlocked..." screen, but when you attempt to change
your ride, it has the Sataniti name.)
Method: Be strict with your child and have him Study with a bookshelf everyday
after going to school. Eventually, he will get into the prep school. One the
morning he wakes up with an A+ grade level, he is whisked off to The Mount
Weevil School for Gifted Children, leaving your household for good.
Notes
* As you only make about $1,000 a day, and the bills are $6,000 every 3 days,
you cannot live here forever. On the other hand, if you have play your spouse
Sim in Free Mode before marrying, get that Sim to level 10 of a career and
his or her income together with your own will be able to support the house.
Just don't let your spouse lose his or her job as he or she will not be able
to get it back in Busting Out mode.
* Rewards for promotion to level 10 in a career provides access to a dancing
gnome on the Simolean Temple, the big fountain in front of Malcolm's Mansion.
It is indicated above as Temple/Career Path Temple Gnome. You also get a
movie showing Malcolm getting humiliated in a manner appropriate to the
career path. When you unlock the 7th career, you get to view all 7 movies.
Also, you can then activate the Simolean Temple to watch all the gnomes dance
on their columns.
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2.7 Other Locations
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2.7.1 1 Free Street
Residents: Candy, Debbie, Ginger, Pamela Frutti
Notes
* If you intend to play the Fruttis and give them careers and such, you must
move a family of four into 3 Free Street or else these Sims will never be
able to get enough friends (up to 8) to advance fully in their careers.
* Giving the Fruttis careers will mean there are times when you want to call
them up and they will be at work. By default, they have no careers and will
answer the phone any time between 7am and 1am.
* You can get them one friend by having your Bustin' Out Sim get one of them as
a friend. But they cannot call your Bustin' Out Sim on the phone. A mild
inconvenience.
2.7.2 2 Free Street
Residents: Ziggy, Woody, Rod and Pete Tutti
Notes
* Same as 1 Free Street above.
2.7.3 3 Free Street
Residents: None
Notes
* If you are planning to create an intended spouse and move him or her in here
but don't intend to play this Sim except after the marriage, what follows is
the minimum you must do to move him or her in:
1) In build mode, put a single wall on the lawn.
2) In buy mode, put a phone on this wall.
3) Have your Sim visit this Sim and greet him or her. (You could do more
about your friendship now, but greeting him or her is the minimum
requirement.)
4) Leave. Don't load 3 Free Street again. Having met him or her, you can
now call and invite him or her over anytime.
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2.8 Career Tracks
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Each chart below has the following columns:
Level: The first column indicates what level you have achieved in the career.
Accepting a job from the newspaper for the first time grants you level 1.
Pay: How much you get paid each day that you go to work. When you are promoted
you take home your new level's pay plus twice your new level's pay as a
bonus. In other words, you get three times your new base pay on the day you
get the promotion.
Hours: What times you have to be at work. A bus arrives every day to take you
to work an hour before the listed start time. If you fail to step on the bus
before the listed start time, the bus pulls away without you.
Title: The job title for this level of achievement in the career track.
Loc: The location at which you must be living in order to get promoted to that
level. Even if you have all the friends and skills needed to get a promotion,
if you are not living at the right location, you will not get promoted.
Friends: This and the next 6 columns indicate the number of friends (and skill
points) needed to advance beyond the listed career level. Thus, level 10 of
each career path has no values in these columns because you cannot advance
past level 10. Level 1 also has no values because no career path has any
friend or skill requirements for the first promotion.
BD: Body, CH: Charisma, CK: Cooking, CR: Creative, LO: Logic, ME: Mechanical.
2.8.1 Counter Culture
Pay Hours Title Loc Friends BD CH CK CR LO ME
1 $110 10am- 2pm Pan Handler Any - - - - - - -
2 $120 10am- 2pm Leaflet Distributor Mimi 2 ? ? 1 ? ? ?
3 $150 10am- 3pm Basket Weaver Mimi 3 ? ? 3 ? ? ?
4 $200 Noon- 5pm Flower Child S8 4 ? ? 5 ? ? ?
5 $220 11am- 4pm Massage Therapist S8 6 ? ? 6 ? ? ?
6 $300 10am- 5pm Yoga Instructor Casa 6 ? ? 7 ? ? ?
7 $350 12pm- 5pm Transcendentalist Casa 7 ? ? 8 ? ? ?
8 $450 12pm- 5pm Love Guru Pix 8 ? ? 9 ? ? ?
9 $550 2pm- 7pm Psychic Activist Pix 8 ? 8 10 ? ? ?
10 $1000 10pm- 2am Full Time Freak Mal - - - - - - -
2.8.2 Fashion Victim
Pay Hours Title Loc Friends BD CH CK CR LO ME
1 $200 10am- 2pm Hand Model Any - - - - - - -
2 $225 10am- 2pm Lingerie Model Mimi - ? ? ? 2 ? ?
3 $275 10am- 3pm Body Waxer Mimi 1 ? ? ? 4 ? ?
4 $315 10am- 3pm Fingernail Painter S8 2 ? ? ? 5 ? ?
5 $400 11am- 5pm Wig Designer S8 3 ? ? ? 6 ? ?
6 $550 10am- 6pm Hair Stylist Rubb 4 ? ? ? 7 ? ?
7 $650 Noon- 6pm Make-Up Artist Rubb 5 ? 4 ? 8 ? ?
8 $900 6pm- 1am Runway Model Tin 7 ? ? ? 9 ? ?
9 $1100 2pm- 9pm Centerfold Tin 9 ? ? ? 10 ? ?
10 $1400 10am- 4pm Super Model Mal - - - - - - -
2.8.3 Gangster
Pay Hours Title Loc Friends BD CH CK CR LO ME
1 $125 10am- 2pm Vandal Any - - - - - - -
2 $200 9am- 1pm Shoplifter Dud - - - - 2 - -
3 $275 11pm- 5am Burglar Dud 2 - - - 4 - 1
4 $350 9am- 3pm Car Thief Gym 3 - - - 5 - 2
5 $425 5pm- 1am Mugger Gym 4 1 1 - 6 - 3
6 $530 3pm-11pm Body Guard Casa 6 3 1 - 7 - 4
7 $640 9pm- 3am Arsonist Casa 8 3 2 - 8 - 5
8 $760 9am- 3pm Extortionist Pix 8 5 3 - 9 - 5
9 $900 9am- 3pm Hit Man Pix 8 ? ? ? 10 ? ?
10 $1100 6pm-MidN Mob Boss Mal - - - - - - -
2.8.4 Jock
Pay Hours Title Loc Friends BD CH CK CR LO ME
1 $130 10am- 2pm Mascot Any - - - - - - -
2 $170 9am- 1pm Ball Collector Dud - 2 ? ? ? ? ?
3 $230 10am- 3pm Rookie Dud - 4 ? ? ? ? ?
4 $300 10am- 3pm Starter Gym - 6 ? ? ? ? ?
5 $385 9am- 3pm All-Star Gym 1 7 ? ? ? ? ?
6 $510 9am- 3pm MVP Rubb 2 8 ? ? ? ? ?
7 $680 9am- 4pm Superstar Rubb 3 9 ? ? ? ? ?
8 $850 8am- 2pm Head Coach Tin 4 ? ? ? ? ? ?
9 $1000 9am- 3pm Hall of Famer Tin 6 ? ? ? ? ? ?
10 $1200 9am- 3pm Living Legend Mal - - - - - - -
2.8.5 Mad Scientist
Pay Hours Title Loc Friends BD CH CK CR LO ME
1 $155 10am- 2pm Lab Cleaner Any - - - - - - -
2 $230 11pm- 3am Potion Tester Dud 1 ? ? ? ? 2 ?
3 $325 2pm-10pm Pyro Dud 2 ? ? ? 2 ? ?
4 $375 11am- 4pm Virus Breeder Goth ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
5 $450 10am- 5pm Chemist Goth ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
6 $540 10am- 7pm Vivisectionist STL ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
7 $640 11am- 3pm Gene Splicer STL 4 ? ? ? ? ? 6
8 $740 Noon- 8pm Robotifician Oct 5 ? ? ? ? ? 8
9 $870 10am- 4pm Space Time Tinker Oct ? ? ? ? ? ? 10
10 $1000 10am- 2pm Death Ray Inventor Mal - - - - - - -
2.8.6 Movie Star
Pay Hours Title Loc Friends BD CH CK CR LO ME
1 $100 10am- 2pm Mall Clown Any - - - - - - -
2 $150 9am- 1pm Kiddie Show Sidekick Mimi - ? ? ? ? ? ?
3 $200 9am- 3pm Stunt Double Mimi 2 ? 2 ? ? ? ?
4 $275 7am- 3pm Horror Movie Extra Goth 3 ? 3 ? ? ? ?
5 $375 7am- 4pm Soap Opera Extra Goth 4 ? 4 ? ? ? ?
6 $500 10am- 6pm Game Show Host Rubb 6 ? 6 ? ? ? ?
7 $650 10am- 6pm Sitcom Star Rubb 6 ? 7 ? ? ? ?
8 $900 5pm- 1am Sex Symbol Tin 8 ? 8 ? ? ? ?
9 $1100 10am- 5pm Director Tin 10 ? 10 ? ? ? ?
10 $1400 10am- 3pm Movie Mogul Mal - - - - - - -
2.8.7 Paramilitary
Pay Hours Title Loc Friends BD CH CK CR LO ME
1 $250 10am- 2pm Latrine Cleaner Any - - - - - - -
2 $325 8am-Noon Boat Polisher Dud - ? ? ? ? 2 ?
3 $400 9am- 2pm Drill Instructor Dud - ? ? ? ? 4 ?
4 $450 6am-Noon Paratrooper Gym - ? ? ? ? 5 ?
5 $500 6am-Noon Chopper Pilot Gym 1 ? ? ? ? 6 ?
6 $550 9am- 4pm Covert Ops STL 2 ? ? ? ? 7 ?
7 $580 7am- 3pm Secret Agent STL 4 ? ? ? ? 8 ?
8 $600 9am- 3pm Code Breaker Oct 6 ? ? ? ? 9 ?
9 $700 9am- 3pm Intelligence Director Oct 6 10 ? ? ? 10 ?
10 $1000 9am- 3pm War Minister Mal - - - - - - -
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2.9 Making Friends
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Outgoing Playful Social action when
Name Neat Active Nice Sign Relationship >= 50
---------------- -- -- -- -- -- --------- --------------------
Mortimer Goth Kiss Hand
Bella Goth Nag About Friends
Max Toane 4 8 8 5 0 Gemini
Goldie Toane
Artie Fischl
Charity Grant
Paisley Rainbow 0 5 0 10 10 Libra Booty Spank
Randy Hart 0 5 0 10 10 Libra French Kiss
Mona Lot Dirty Dance
Bing Bling Break Dance
Makino Nada Whine and Complain
Vaughn Braun Coo Coo
Chase Skurtz 0 10 0 10 5 Libra Tell Secret
Ying Yangst 1 8 0 8 8 Libra
General Payne 10 10 0 0 0 Aquarius Snap Out of It!
Maxine Powers 10 10 5 0 0 Cancer Karate Chop
Fanny Adore' 10 0 0 0 0 Ares
Humphrey Hawks 0 5 3 10 0 Cancer Intimidate
Mom - None
Dudley Landgrab - Burp In Face
Mimi Landgrab - Brag About Money
Malcolm Landgrab - None
Ziggy Tutti ( ), Woody Tutti ( ), Rod Tutti ( ),
Peter Tutti ( )
Pamela Frutti ( ), Ginger Frutti ( ), Candy Frutti (
), Debbie Frutti ( )
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3 Free Play
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Differences between Bustin' Out Mode and Free Play Mode
* When you switch careers and switch back, you start over at level 1 in the
career.
* You cannot call the Sims from Bustin' Out Mode. (In Bustin' Out Mode you can
call the residents of Free Street.
* When you arrive home from work, there is no pop-up telling you how much money
you made.
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3.1 Career Tracks
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3.1.1 Artist
Pay Hours Title Friends BD CH CK CR LO ME
1 $100 3pm- 8pm Artist's Model - - - - - - -
2 $120 9am- 4pm House Painter - - - - 2 - -
3 $190 9am- 3pm Studio Assistant 1 - - - 5 - -
4 $250 8am- 4pm Museum Guard 2 - - - 6 - 2
5 $325 7am- 2pm Studio Artist 3 - - - 7 - 5
6
7
8
9
10 $1400 10am- 3pm Museum Director - - - - - - -
3.1.2 Computer Geek
Pay Hours Title Friends BD CH CK CR LO ME
1 $120 9am- 5pm Cable Grunt - - - - - - -
2 $150 6pm- 2am Video Game Tester - - - - 1 1 2
3 $200 8am- 4pm Tech Support 1 - - - 1 2 3
4 $240 Noon- 8pm Virus Writer 2 - - - 2 2 4
5
6
7
8
9
10 - - - - - - -
3.1.3 Rock Star
Pay Hours Title Friends BD CH CK CR LO ME
1 $100 10am- 4pm Groupie - - - - - - -
2 $120 9am- 4pm Roadie - - - - 2 - -
3 $190 9am- 3pm Record Store Clerk 2 - - - 5 - -
4 $250 8pm- 4am Elevator Music Composer 2 - - - 6 - 2
5 $325 7am- 2pm Jingle Writer 3 - 4 - 7 - 5
6 $400 11am- 8pm Wedding Singer 4 4 4 - 8 - 5
7 $550 Noon- 9pm Bar Band Singer 4 5 4 - 9 - 5
8 $700 11am- 6pm Rock Star 6 7 7 - 10 - 5
9 $1100 5pm- 2am Solo Artist 8 7 10 - 10 4 5
10 $1400 10am- 3pm Record Producer - - - - - - -
3.1.4 Slacker
Pay Hours Title Friends BD CH CK CR LO ME
1 $100 5pm-10pm Janitor - - - - - - -
2 $120 9pm- 4am Convenience Store Clerk - - - - - - 2
3 $190 9am- 3am Gas Station Attendent 2 3 - - - - 2
4 $250 8pm- 4am Taxi Driver 2 3 - - 2 - 3
5 $325 7am- 2pm Tow Truck Driver 4 3 3 - 3 - 3
6
7
8
9
10 - - - - - - -
3.1.5 Swindler
Pay Hours Title Friends BD CH CK CR LO ME
1 $120 10am- 3pm Traveling Salesman - - - - - - -
2 $180 9am- 4pm Used Car Salesman - - 2 - - - 1
3 ? 9am- 4pm Telemarketer 2 - 2 - - - 2
4 $320 9am- 4pm Con Artist 3 - 2 - - 2 2
5 $400 9am- 4pm Fad Starter 4 - 3 - 2 3 2
6
7
8
9
10 - - - - - - -
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4 Social Actions
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Talk
Insult
Tease
Brag
Joke
Entertain
Compliment
Give Back Rub
Dance
Tickle
Hug
Kiss
Propose
- Friend/Max Toane
- Friend/Goldie Toane
- Friend/Artie Fischl
- Friend/Charity Grant
- Friend/Ying Yangst
- Friend/Fanny Ador‚
Admire Body - Fashion Victim/Hair Stylist (Club Rubb)
Air Kiss - Fashion Victim/Fingernail Painter (Studio 8)
Barnyard Taunt - Counter Culture/Psychic Activist (Pixel Acres)
Booty Spank - Friend/Paisley Rainbow
Booty Tease - Movie Star/Game Show Host (Club Rubb)
Break Dance - Friend/Bing Bling
Burp In Face - Friend/Dudley Landgrab
Coo Coo - Friend/Vaughn Braun
Dirty Dance - Friend/Mona Lot
Do Magic Trick - Movie Star/Get Soap Opera (Goth Manor)
Flip - Mad Scientist/Space Time Tinker
Force to Slap Self - Gangster/Body Guard (Casa Caliente)
French Kiss - Friend/Randy Hart
Give Money - T224: Mimi's Place/Invite Mom Over
Give Noogie - T331: Toane's Gym/Make Friends with Max or Goldie
Gossip - Movie Star/Get to Kiddie Show Sidekick (Mimi's Place)
Hypnotize - T435: Shiny Things Lab/Show off "Rocket Gnomes" at a launch party
Intimidate - Friend/Humphrey Hawks
Karate Chop - Friend/Maxine Powers
Kiss Hand - Friend/Mortimer Goth
Kiss Romantically - T415: Casa Caliente/Score with two Sims at the same party
Moon Walk - Movie Star/Sitcom Star (Club Rubb)
Nag About Friends - T311: Goth Manor/Make Friends with Mortimer or Bella
Nag About House - T214: Dudley's Trailer/Invite Mom Over
Pull My Finger - T212: Dudley's Trailer/Get to know Dudley better
Serenade - Gangster/Burgler (Dudley's Trailer)
Show Off Muscles - Paramilitary/Paratrooper (Toane's Gym)
Sign Language - T222: Mimi's Place/Get to know Mimi better
Sissy Fight - T322: Studio 8/Control another Sim by using the Z Button
Slow Dance - Fashion Victim/Make-Up Artist (Club Rubb)
Snap Out of It! - Friend/General Payne
Tell Dirty Joke - Jock/MVP (Club Rubb)
Tell Lies - T321: Studio 8/Make Friends with Artie or Charity
Tell Secret - Friend/Chase Skurtz
Tell Story - T312: Goth Manor/Control another Sim by using the Z Button
Towel Snap - T332: Toane's Gym/Control another Sim by using the Z Button
Whine and Complain - Friend/Makino Nada
Wolf Whistle - Jock/Superstar (Club Rubb)
Call Over
Join
Attack
Ask to Go "Free"
Try and Make Out
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5 Stuff
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Abbreviations
Needs: The number after the letter indicates how strongly the need is fulfilled
by the object. Higher number indicate the need will green up faster than
lower numbers.
B#: Bladder, C#: Comfort, E#: Energy, F#: Fun,
R#: Room, U#: Hunger, Y#: Hygiene
Skills
BD: Body, CH: Charisma, CK: Cooking, CR: Creativity, LO: Logic, ME: Mechanical
S/G: A group item that when used with more than one Sim allows each Sim's
Social need to green up (usually because the Sims are talking while using the
device).
Kid: Only kids can use this item.
Locations: Mimi = Mimi's Place, Dud = Dudley's Trailer
Goth = Goth Manor, S8 = Studio 8, Gym = Toane's Gym
Casa = Casa Caliente, Rubb = Club Rubb, STL = Shiny Things Labs
Pix = Pixel Acres, Oct = The Octogon, Tin = Tinsel Bluffs
MM = Malcolm's Mansion
Careers: CC = Counter Culture, FV = Fashion Victim, Gang = Gangster,
Jock = Jock, Mad = Mad Scientist, Star = Movie Star, Para = Paramilitary
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5.1 Buy Mode
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5.1.1 Seating/Beds
79 Recalled Folding Chair C2
80 Wekbunnst All Purpose Chair C2
100 "Posture Plus" Office Chair C3
110 Rusty Redneck Stump Chair C2 T513 Pix/Goth Ghost
140 Jock Bench C2
149 Recycled Couch C3 E4
150 Desk Chair by Survivall C3
150 Contempo Loveseat C3 E4
155 Satinistics Reproduction Armchair C3
165 Stool Sample C3
180 MC2 Examination Stool C3
199 Worn Leather Chair C4
225 Love Your Behind Dining Chair C3 R1
245 CamoComfort Easy Killin' Chair C4
250 Country Class Armchair C4
250 "Back Slack" Recliner C6 E3
300 Spartan Special (Bed) C6 E7
340 Country Class Loveseat C5 E4
385 Peacock Wicker Chair C4
390 Big Mouth Chair C6 R1 T215 Dud/Visit Mimi
399 Futon Bed C7 E7
410 Wicked Breeze Rattan Chair C5 R1
415 Sili-Camp Tent C6 E7 CC/Transcendentalist
445 C-SX247 "Couch Potato" Stealth Sofa C4 E4
449 "Moldy Oldy" (Recliner) C7 E3
450 Country Class Sofa C5 E5
450 Club Chair by Saarbach C5 R1
450 Tyke Nyte Bed C7 E7
450 Cheap Eazzzzze Double Sleeper C7 E8
475 The Love Seat C5 E4
500 "The Saarbach" by Werkbunnst (Chair) C6
Wicker Sofa Jock/Hall of Famer
600 Empress Dining Room Chair C4 R2
700 "Sofesque" by Wutami Godat C4 E3 R5
825 Q3 Recliner C9 E3 T425 Rubb/DJ Party
850 "Von Braun" Recliner C9 E3
875 Luxuriare Loveseat C8 E4 R2
900 Baby Doll Canopy Bed by Poly Vinyl C7 E8 R1
1000 Napolean Sleigh Bed C8 E9
1100 "The Deitier" by Werkbunnst (sofa) C8 E5 R3
1290 Miss Memo Sleeper C7 E11 FV/Superstar
3000 Modern Mission Bed C9 E10 R3
3200 Princess Luxury Bed C10 E9 R2
4500 The Vibromatic Heart Bed C10 E8 R2 CC
5.1.2 Surfaces (Tables/Desks)
35 Empty Supply Crate
40 Pinegulcher End Table
55 Found Art Spool Table
55 Wicked Breeze End Table
75 KinderStuff Nightstand
80 Mesquite Desk
85 Covert Table
95 NuMica Folding Card Table
99 Le Maussade Glass Dining Table
119 SlushRush Bar Counter
120 "Anywhere" End Table
145 GeneriCounter
150 Count Blanc Bathroom Counter
150 SirPlus! Metal Desk
199 Gallery Display Stand R1
200 Backwoods Table by Survivall
200 The Smart Counter
220 London "Cupertino" Collection Desk
250 Boomtowne Redwood Table
250 Tiled Counter
250 Modern Mission End Table R1
300 NuMica Kitchen Counter
320 Used Autopsy Table
450 London "Mesa" Dining Design R2
500 Isinglass Tableau R2
500 Butch Butch Butch Kitchen Counter R1
600 Constructed Table R2
800 The "Redmond" Table R2
5.1.3 Decorative
12 Pink Flamingo R2
30 African Violet R1
35 Spider Plant R1
35 Stepping Stone
45 "Roxana" Geranium R1
65 Metull Skull Poster R1
75 Watercolor by J.M.E. R1
80 Tragic Clown Painting R1
85 Ventillation Duct R1
85 Chou-Kawaii "Cute Cute" Poster R1
85 The Magic Unicorn by Rane Bowie R1
89 (W-22) Warning Sign R1
89 Biohazard Sign R1
99 Queen Vivanco Roses R1
119 Lairtsudni Reciprocal Column R1
120 Atlantean Column R1
120 Rubber Plant R2
150 Echinopsis Maximus Cactus R2
160 Jade Plant R2
165 Rosie's Palm R2
165 "Big Brother Is Shopping" Poster R1
199 Situation Station by Warkraft R2
200 Poseidon's Adventure Aquarium R2 F1
210 Puff Power Rug R2
210 Old Movie Prop R2
240 "Bi-Polar" by Connor I.N. R2
249 "Love In Baghdad" Movie Poster R2
300 Toy Parrot by FauxFriend R2
325 "Despondent Correspondent" R2
360 "Delusion de Grandeur" R2
450 Beaver Pelt Moosehead R2
460 Floor Rug by Leopard Life R2
550 Anatomical Skeleton Display R3 T315 Goth/Exorcise
700 "Fountain of Tranquility" R2 F1
777 SimBad's Stuffed Marlin R3
900 WarKraft Radar Dish R3
950 "Hazard The Guess" by Connor Tiist R3
999 "Edith On My Mind" by Omar Kittup R3
1020 "Blind Date" by I. Roney R3
1200 Gold Record R3
1299 Neo-Prime "Sun God" Calendar R4
1450 "Scylla and Charybdis" R4
1475 Think Tank R4
1500 "Proof Positive" by Hugh Kid R4
1525 Debauchium Mosaic R4
1800 Highbrau Coat of Arms R4
2140 Snails With Icicles in Nose R5
3200 Portrait Grid by Payne A. Pitcher R8
3500 Grand Father Clock R7
3650 Sham-Shag Polar Bear Rug R6 S/G
3800 Untitled 1973. By Costa D. Moenet R6
3900 Radiant Doomed Child by Don T. Ripitof R6
4260 Blue China Vase R7
4300 Faux Bearskin Rug R7
4800 White Rhino Re-enactment R7
5000 I Love Queens by Painter X R8
7800 "Still Life, Drapery and Crumbs" R9
8100 "Eruption of Decadence" Trapestry R9
8200 Antique Persian Rug R9
5.1.4 Electronics
50 FireBrand Smoke Detector
5.1.5 Appliances
5.1.6 Plumbing
5.1.7 Lighting
5.1.8 Miscellaneous
5.1.9 Skill Building
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5.2 Build Mode
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5.2.1 Walls
5.2.2 Floors
5.2.3 Wallpaper
5.2.4 Doors
Secret Door Gang/Shoplifter (Dud)
5.2.5 Windows
5.2.6 Fireplaces
5.2.7 Plants
5.2.8 Water
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6 Linking To a GameBoy Advanced
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(The game booklet is very complete about this. Discussion of the Game Cabinet
will go here when I get around to writing it.)
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7 FAQs
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Q: Why do the lights keep breaking?
A: To make the game very annoying. Always visit Mimi's Place and get the Call
Repairman phone ability, T226, when playing. Having to go around and replace
the lightbulbs in the house everyday can be tedious.
Q: Why are the plants dead?
A: Hire a gardener.
Q: I hired a gardener and the plants still died.
A: One likely possibility is that you were not home when the gardener was
supposed to arrive and she skipped a visit. This means that instead of 3 days
between visits, 6 days passed between visits. Plants die after about 4 days
without water. The best thing you can do is direct one of the other
characters to water the plants when you cannot figure out what to do with
that character.
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8 Credits
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This FAQ was created by Joe Mucchiello and last edited on 2004-01-04.
Infinite credit goes to my wife for putting up with me scribbling stuff down as
she played, watching me restart over and over, and general wifey stuff.
Contributors:
9 Revision History
2004-01-10 0.6 First public release. Walkthrough complete.
