- Your summer season Appearance—Dress up your Sims in a fashionable clothes presenting the vivid shades which have been extremely popular this time of year! Afterward provide your Sim’s look and feel with matched components.

- Create your individual H&M® retail surroundings, or make use of innovative shop-themed objects to construct a romantic H&M® boutique to get more classy residents. Get dressed your Sims to make an impression!

Products:

The woman’s – Awesome and informal Capri trousers followed by a breezy tank and strappy flip flops get your Sims from poolside to lunch break meeting effortlessly and also trendy.

The man’s – cuffed dark denim as well as chocolate brown button-down clothing. Finish the design with fashionable canvas workout shoes plus an elegant tie.

Your own Sims could decide among cutting-edge men’s as well as women’s clothes such as dresses, denim jeans, along with other garments, full of unique components—all influenced by actual H&M® models. One is able to additionally create his very own H&M® retail store setting with retail price decorations products such as mannequins, clothing shelves, money registers, and a fitting area. After that your Sims can easily present their top, modern, up-to-date fashion collection with a vogue exhibition.

Get more of Sims’ wardrobes, develop exciting and fashionable H&M® shops, and allow them to enjoy their fashion lifestyle! For everyone who cares about their Sims to be outfitted in the most current styles, will certainly appreciate what Sims 2 H&M® Fashion Stuff pack has to offer. The pack consists of sixty vogue objects that contain outfits that have been used from H&M®’s real summer time assortment.

Additionally a variety of products are already integrated to let you generate your own personal H&M shop for your Sims to get pleasure from. You will find even a couple of pre-selected H&M® shops that you should build in your area. You can actually get a hold of your personal fashion exhibition should you wished to. The Sims experience is still that great as it had been previously and one can be sure to enjoy this wonderful game. Sims 2 H&M® Fashion Stuff pack was merely designed for the fanatics who always recognize the value of what this stuff pack offer to thousands of happy buyers. The clothing looks wonderful and typically is superior to other games of that type.

The Sims 2 H&M® Fashion Stuff pack is simply a must-have!

Regardless if they are playing a soccer with the loved ones, training dancing, rebuilding or fixing vehicles with buddies, or even constructing train models, your Sims are in possession of different options to develop abilities, improve relationships, and also create their lifestyles more prosperous.

Build innovative, special objects for your Sims to make use of within their every day existence such as clothes, pottery, and much more. Your Sims may even discover hidden knowledge and benefits by acquiring mastery in their interests and improving completely new careers. Discover numerous types of different spare-time activities which will transform the world of your Sims!

- Realize your Sims enthusiasm from an array of unique hobby kinds, from sports activities to scientific disciplines to arts and special creations. All the latest hobbies and interests consist of basketball, football, rebuilding and fixing automobiles, dancing, and moreover hoping to discover planets and stars!

- Spare-time activities provide lifetime benefits. As your Sims learn brand-new hobbies they will uncover dreams, gain returns, and discover a lot of hidden knowledge within themselves.

- As soon as your Sims develop their abilities, they can easily promote their arts and projects or perhaps observe how they compare next to the competitors simply by entering dancing, food stuff, plus gaming competitions!

- All five New Profession Tracks and their particular Incentive Items. Oceanographers will be able to earn a koi pond, entertainers will be able to get hold of their own legend of popularity, architects can easily make use of their personal drafting desk, dancers are able to be given a dancing bare and intelligence agents could very well utilize a hearing device.

- Many Original Items and Clothes. The Sims™ 2 FreeTime Expansion pack presents outstanding products, such as a basketball ring, pottery steering wheel, young child exercise desk, modular synthesizer and a lot more.

- Brand new Lifetime Aspiration Indicator. Your Sims can easily calculate the improvement of their goals over a life span and also uncover unique advantages and relationships!

- Most of innovative team actions tend to be an effective way for Sims to spend more time with relatives and buddies. You will find also unique routines for children as well as preschoolers, such as an exercise table for sketching and actively playing using blocks!

- Passions may be filled with unanticipated events, particularly for Sims with decreased ability degrees. Your beginner Sim may see an animal with one eye, create a lopsided jar on the pottery wheel, receive one type poison while trekking, or you never know what can happen?!

Sims™ 2 Free Time Expansion pack is definitely well worth obtaining – you’ve got a great deal of clothing along with furnishings and also you are able to pay a visit to tons additional destinations. I would suggest this game to opportunity seekers, it provides you with much more to accomplish as well as makes your Sims amused with amount of the new things

To sum up my opinion is that the Sims™ 2 Free Time Expansion pack is a quite worth of getting. The greatest point about this is that one could utilize this expansion pack every single day in your Sims life. Free Time may be cherished at your Sims residence – which means you don’t need to look forward to lengthy loading times to take advantage of that superb edition!

Released February 26, 2008.

The Sims 2: Pets is the fourth expansion pack in The Sims 2 series of games, as well as a stand-alone game for several consoles. The Sims 2: Pets was officially announced on July 26, 2006 and released on October 18, 2006 in North America and via digital download, as well as on October 20, 2006 to the rest of the world, except for Australia/New Zealand, where it was released on October 26, 2006.The Mac version was released on November 7, 2006.

It was released for the Wii on June 12, 2007.

The Sims 2: Pets has sold over 6 million copies.

In Australia, one Australian dollar per game sold, from at least 50,000 copies of the game, was donated to the RSPCA.

Unlike the other expansions, we did not gain a new neighborhood but Sims can now own cats and dogs…. Add dogs, cats, birds, or womrats (kind of guinea pigs) to your Sims family. Whether it is kids cuddling kittens, adults watching TV with a drowsy Calico, or elders spending a sunny day in the park with their faithful German Shepherd, your Sims will share a lifetime of special moments with their pets.

Pets expansion features 75 pre-made breeds of dogs and thirty pre-made breeds of cats. In Create-a-Pet, you can customize a cat or dog by choosing patterns and colors of coat, body shape, facial structure, and personality, which determines playfulness, neatness, loyalty, aggressiveness, and intelligence.

Pets have motives similar to the Sims except for the “Environment” motive which has been replaced by “Scratching” for cats and “Chewing” for dogs.

Sims may also train their pets to do various tricks.

Pets can have jobs and a choice of three career paths: Security, Showbiz and Services.

Pets have three life stages: Puppy/Kitten (which lasts four days), Adult (which lasts 25 days for cats & small dogs; 21 days for large dogs), and Elder (which lasts 5–10 days).

Pets are able to breed. The maximum number of pets in a household is six. A litter consists of 1-4 puppies or kittens. The number of puppies or kittens is dependent on the number of Sims and pets currently in the house. Players can play with up to eight Sims or six pets at one time, although one can only have a total of ten Sims and pets in a household altogether.

With vampires in Nightlife, zombies from the beginning of the series, and now we have werewolves! To become a werewolf, a Sim must build up a relationship with a wolf that has glowing eyes (the werewolf pack leader). The pack leader will eventually bite the Sim it was interacting with, causing it to become a werewolf. Once a Sim has become a werewolf they may bite another Sim to turn them into a werewolf.

Werewolves are not featured on the Nintendo DS, PlayStation 2, GameCube or Wii versions.

The womrat is a replacement for the Guinea Pig in The Sims 1 game. Its new cage prevents it from biting or escaping. The womrat cannot be sold back to any Sim pet store, and has to be set free instead. If you want to avoid grumpy Sims, do not keep the womrat in the bedroom as the womrat will be running on its wheel and squeaking and will wake Sims up…

I was never a big fan of The Sims™ 2 Pets Expansion Pack.  Although Pets are cute, they can be quite an annoyance.  They dig holes anywhere, pee anywhere, scratch the furniture…
My daughter loved Pets, all her Sims families had some and she loved to breed them. Though I did have a cat and a dog for my Lara Croft… But I like my Sims to have a bird because a Sim will actually gain Charisma points – somewhat quickly, and gain a Social meter boost and Fun…  And to avoid the neighborhood’s dogs digging holes I had to put fences around my Sim’s houses.

Bring up the cheat box by holding down the CTRL, SHIFT, and C keys on your keyboard at the same time. If you don’t get the cheat box when you do CTRL, SHIFT, C, check out Game Help:Cheat Box Won’t Appear.

apartmentBuildBuyRestrictions [on/off] (Apartments ep)
Enables the locked build and buy tools in apartment lots.

boolProp allow45DegreeAngleOfRotation [true/false] (Uni, Nightlife, Pets, OFB)
Allows users to rotate any object in 45 degree increments. Use the < and > (, and .) keys to rotate the objects; clicking and dragging to rotate will only rotate in 90 degree increments.
* Sims may have problems using some objects placed at a 45 degree angle, like televisions and appliances. Plan for objects placed at an angle to be purely decorative.

boolProp snapObjectsToGrid [true/false] (Base Game)
Toggles the ability to fine-tune the placement of items, instead of being limited to just placing them at certain spots on the grid.
* If you find you can’t place windows and doors because they won’t snap properly onto walls, disable this cheat (and/or remove it from your user startup.cheat file) and try again.

deleteAllFences (Pets)
Remove all fences from the lot. You must be in build mode to use this cheat.

deleteAllWalls (Pets)
Remove all walls from the lot. You must be in build mode to use this cheat.

deleteAllHalfWalls (Pets)
Remove all half-walls from the lot. You must be in build mode to use this cheat.

deleteAllAwnings (Pets)
Remove all awnings from the lot. You must be in build mode to use this cheat.

deleteAllObjects [Doors/Windows/Stairs] (Pets)
Removes all build mode objects of the chosen type from the lot. You must be in build mode to use this cheat.

individualRoofSlopeAngle [15-75] (Pets)
Similar to the roofSlopeAngle cheat from Nightlife, this cheat allows you to change individual pieces of roof, separate from the other roof parts. To use, first build the roof. Then enter the cheat. Acceptable values are 15-75 (degrees). While the roof tool is still selected, hold down CTRL and ALT and click on the the section of roof that you want to change. The roof will change angles.
* This cheat was broken when Pets shipped – you could change the angle but it would not save with the lot. You must download and install the Pets Patch for it to save properly.

Multi-placement on walls –> not entered into the cheat box!!! (Pets)
Press the CTRL + ALT keys while trying to place an object on a wall. Placement rules on walls will be removed, and you will be able to place any wall object on a wall already occupied by another object.

roofSlopeAngle [15-75] (NL, OFB, Pets)
Adjust angle of all roofs on the lot. Acceptable values are 15-75, which seem to equate to the angle in degrees.

changeLotZoning [residential/community/greek/dorm/secretsociety/apartmentbase/secretwitchlot] (NL, Uni, Pets, OFB, Apt)
Changes the zoning type of the lot. Before rezoning a lot using this cheat, make sure there are no Sims currently living in the lot. To use this cheat, enter the lot that you would like to rezone, and then enter the cheat, choosing one of these zoning options. Save and exit to neighborhood and re-enter the lot.
How do I change a lot to dorm, greek house, secret society, residential or community type?
This Build Mode cheat is enabled in University. You can not use this if you just have the Original Sims 2 installed.
To use the cheat, bring up the cheat box by pressing CTRL-SHIFT-C then type:
* changeLotZoning dorm
* changeLotZoning greek
* changeLotZoning secret society
* changeLotZoning community
* changeLotZoning residential
That will change the zoning of the lot. You will need to save and exit to the neighborhood for it to actually change.
* If you change an existing lot to a residential, you will need to give it a mailbox and a trash can for the lot to work properly You can find those items in a buyable collection here (click on Sims 2, then Hacks/Mods).
* If you create a new secret society lot, they will not be visible while in Neighborhood view and you will not be able to edit it again after changing the lot type. So be careful with that one!

boolProp dormSpecificToolsDisabled [true/false] (Uni, NL, OFB, Pets)
Enables build/buy mode tools that would normally be disabled when in a dorm lot.
*This will also allow you to enable build/buy mode when on a community lot, though your changes will not save with the lot. This function works even if you do not have University.

setHighestAllowedLevel [number] (Uni, NL, OFB, Pets)
Sets the amount of floors allowed (so you can build higher). You cannot go higher than 16 or the game will crash.
* The Dormer Trick: If you do not have any expansions (you only own the base game) OR if this cheat does not function for you (it appears to work only occasionally or not at all in later expansions) then you can try the following trick:
o Build up to the highest level you can.
o On that top level, place a dormer (they’re in with the roofs and such). This will let you build one more level up.
o Put a wall or something up on that next level.
o Remove the dormer (ctrl-click and drag with the wall tool, remove roofs).
o Continue building on your new level.

boolProp lotTerrainPaints [true/false] (Base Game)
Set to false to turn off viewing terrain paints (ground cover) on the lot. This cheat does not appear to remove them, just makes them invisible.

boolProp lotWater [true/false] (Base Game)
Set to false to remove water (ponds) on the lot.

boolProp lockTiles [true/false] (Base Game)
Set to false to place floor tiles at the very edge of the lot and to change the tiles of the road and sidewalks.

moveObjects [on/off] (Base Game)
Allows you to move and delete objects in build mode that you cannot normally move or delete. Mainly used in building to overlap objects to create interesting effects.
* Use with caution: deleting certain items such as the mailbox, trashcan, and community phone can cause problems with a lot.
* Deleting a sim living on your lot, saving, and exiting will result in that sim being restored and standing at the mailbox when you re-enter the lot, which can be useful if they’re stuck or otherwise bugged.

boolProp constrainFloorElevation [true/false] (Base Game)
Toggles the ability to change the elevation of floor tiles in areas that already have walls, floors, and foundations on them.

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Custom Painting
To decorate a Sim’s house with custom artwork, your Sim must first have a creativity level of 5 and be able to paint a still life.
Have your Sim paint and a frame will appear that you can center on whatever you want to paint. If you want to paint a picture of something outside the Sims 2 game, just press C anywhere at this time. This will pause the game.

Use Alt + Tab to exit the game, then open a picture program such as Paint and open the snapshot you just took, it will usually be in the folder: C:\My Documents\EA\Sims2\Storytelling\Snapshot.bmp

Then, you also have to open the picture you want to have in your game. If your picture is too large resize it so it will fit in the original snapshot from the game.

Copy your custom picture on to your snapshot from the game, then save the picture. Use Alt + Tab to get back to your game and your sim will start painting your own custom picture.

Using this trick you can put pictures of your friends or family, web pictures, or anything else in your Sims 2 game.

Listen To Mp3’s On Sim Radio
First get whatever Mp3’s you want to put on the game, then open up MyDocuments/EAGames/TheSims2/Music/(whatever RadioStation you want your song on). Then, Drag your MP3 into the folder. Now, start Sims 2 then go to options menu, then music settings, then the Radio Station, then pick witch songs you want the radio to play. You can now listen to your favorite songs in your Sims game.

Use your own videos for the TV
It’s possible to watch your own videos on the Sim-TV. You must put the video you want into My Documents\EA Games\The Sims 2\Movies\Broadcast (the TV sender you want). If you then turn on the TV in the game you can watch it! The video must be .avi-clips and the clips shouldn’t be larger then 128×128 pixel also it shouldn’t have more then 15 frames per second.

Listen to music included with game
First, open your The Sims 2/TSData/Res/Sound directory. The names of radio stations, plus a few more including Build mode and Neighborhood music should be here in *.package files. Copy and paste the file corresponding to whatever you want to listen to into another folder. Rename it from [File].package to [File].mp3. You can now listen to the sound/songs included in the file.

Money Trick for Poor Families
The trick is that no matter how many times your Sims use an object, if they sell it in the same day, your Sims can get all their Simoleons back. So if your Sim does not have much Simoleons and needs body points for instance, get the Sim to buy a body machine and keep selling it back to refund all their Simoleons.

Saving Pizza
Have a Sim call for pizza. When the pizza delivery guy comes DON’T accept the pizza! The pizza delivery guy will eventually leave the pizza on the front porch, and the pizza will never get stale. You can stack as many pizzas as you want, so when your Sims get hungry, just instruct them to get a pizza from the front porch.

Any other Sims 2 tips & tricks?

Bring up the cheat box by holding down the CTRL, SHIFT, and C keys on your keyboard at the same time.

If you don’t get the cheat box when you do CTRL, SHIFT, C, check out Game Help:Cheat Box Won’t Appear.

maxMotives (NL, OFB, Pets)
Maxes the motive bars of all sims currently on the lot (controllable and uncontrollable). Not useful for business owners, especially restaurant owners (who wants customers that aren’t hungry?).

kaching (Base Game)
Add 1000 simoleons to the current family’s funds.

motherlode (Base Game)
Add 50,000 simoleons to the current family’s funds.

familyFunds [familyname] [amount] (NI, OFB, Pets)
Sets the chosen family’s funds to the given level (does not add the amount given, but sets it). If the family name has a space in it, you can put it in quotes – i.e. to set the di Marco family’s funds to 30000 you’d do: familyFunds “di Marco” 300000

forceTwins (OFB, Pets)
When a Sim is pregnant, this Sim has to be selected and the cheat entered. The Sim will automatically deliver twins when they give birth.

unlockCareerRewards (NL, OFB, Pets)
For the currently selected sim, they immediately gain access to all career reward objects in the catalog.

aging [on/off] (Base Game)
Disables aging for all sims on the lot, including children and babies. Also pauses any current pregnancies.

agesimscheat [on/off] (NL, OFB, Pets)
Enables “Set Age” when clicking on a sim, which will let you easily change their age group (and allow you to de-age them as well) The “Set Age” interaction will also appear on all objects until you turn off the cheat.

boolProp testingCheatsEnabled [true/false]
(Base Game)
Warning! This cheat is for advanced users, and improper use of it may cause problems in the game. Use at your own risk!!!
Used by Maxis for testing certain aspects of the game. This cheat has many, MANY uses, not all of them useful for the player, and some of them potentially harmful. If you must use the testingCheatsEnabled cheat, only enable it for exactly as long as you need to use it, then turn it back off. You will likely experience errors if you leave this cheat on – the cheat itself does not cause errors, but shows you errors that were happening anyway. If you do get errors, click CANCEL or RESET on them.

You can find a download for Lady Gaga at TSR. But you have to be  paid member for this one.  Anyone know of a free version? Thanks to comment with a link if you know of one for other people that might be interested in Lady Gaga for their Sims 2 game.

Includes The Sims2 University, The Sims 2 IKEA Stuff pack and The Sims 2 Teen Style Stuff pack.

The Sims™ 2 University Life Collection will be released on August 24, 2009.

RRP $19.99 which is a good way to get stuff pack cheap.

Send your Sims to college in style with The Sims™ 2 University Life Collection and expand your Sims lives with three popular titles!

With The Sims™ 2 University your Sims are young adults leaving home to live the ultimate college fantasy. Immerse them in college life as they become the Big Sim on Campus. They’ll relish their new-found freedom as they party with friends, join fraternities and sororities, and pull outrageous pranks. Give your Sims’ dorm room a makeover with The Sims™ 2 IKEA Stuff. Whether you want to create a trendy office space, a chic living area, or a cozy and inviting bedroom, make your Sims’ dorm into a home with stylish designs by IKEA! Let your teen Sims express their unique style with The Sims™ 2 Teen Style Stuff. Show some attitude with three distinct themes – “Goth,” “Thrasher,” and “Socialite.”

Define your Sims style and help them take over the campus to reap all of the benefits of their university years.

• New Young Adult Age Group—Now your Sims have the opportunity to alter their life goals and lose their innocence.
• Become the Big Sim on Campus—Your Sims now have wants and fears tied to their social and academic life.
• College Lifestyle—Join a band, crash parties, find a part-time job, or get initiated into a secret society, print money, and cheat on your studies. How will your Sims enjoy their college years?
• Design your Sims’ Dorms—All-new sofas, beds, tables, TV units, and more. Give your Sims living space personality and a truly unique look.
• Get the latest fashions for your Sims—Your teen Sims can show their individual style in three distinct themes. Deck your Sims out in the fabulous style of the Socialite, the extreme sport look of the Thrasher, or the dark world of the Goth.

Must-Have Items to Glam Up Your Sims’ Lives!

Your Sims can now indulge in a glamorous life with this collection of luxurious furniture, fashionable clothing, and extravagant décor items. Create lavish homes furnished with the finest modern bedroom, living room, and dining room sets. Turn heads in the neighborhood as your Sims show off elegant gowns, red carpet formalwear, and cool casual styles at their next big soirée. Your Sims will live the high life with 60 new items including pop-art paintings, sectional sofas, a high-end stereo, fur coats, and more!

RRP$19.99 is a bit expensive to get  60 extra pieces to your Sims 2 game…