Game Help:TS3 Gameplay Guides - Revision history

EllaCharm3d: /* updated for ITF */

2013-10-22T05:45:34Z

‎updated for ITF

Porkypine at 06:17, 16 June 2013

2013-06-16T06:17:00Z

Kiwi tea: A little polish, added some categories. Alphabetised some recent lists. Minor stuff.

2013-06-16T05:31:36Z

A little polish, added some categories. Alphabetised some recent lists. Minor stuff.

Porkypine at 21:57, 13 June 2013

2013-06-13T21:57:22Z

Porkypine at 21:49, 13 June 2013

2013-06-13T21:49:00Z

Porkypine at 21:48, 13 June 2013

2013-06-13T21:48:03Z

Porkypine at 21:27, 13 June 2013

2013-06-13T21:27:55Z

Porkypine at 21:26, 13 June 2013

2013-06-13T21:26:12Z

Porkypine at 21:10, 13 June 2013

2013-06-13T21:10:18Z

Porkypine at 20:59, 13 June 2013

2013-06-13T20:59:56Z

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 |style="border:0px" | {{GameHelpIndexSection || Title=Island Paradise}}
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 |style="border:0px" | {{GameHelpIndexItem || Link=Sims_3_Professions/Resort || LinkText=Running Resorts || Description=Take a whole resort hotel under your stewardship, and make sure the guests have a great time.}}
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 |style="border:0px" | {{GameHelpIndexItem || Link=Resort_Ownership || LinkText=Resort Ownership || Description=Run your own vacation resort - make mega bucks or go broke!}}
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 |style="border:0px" | {{GameHelpIndexItem || Link=Sims_3_Skills/Scuba_Diving || LinkText=Scuba Diving Skill || Description=Explore the ocean floor and discover hidden treasures!}}
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+|style="border:0px" | {{GameHelpIndexItem || Link=Uncharted_Islands || LinkText=Uncharted Islands || Description=Search through fog shrouded waters and claim ownership of uncharted islands.}}
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 |style="border:0px" | {{GameHelpIndexItem || Link=Tiny_Prodigies_Early_Learning_Center|| LinkText=Tiny Prodigies Early Learning Center || Description= a place to dump.. uh..leave your precious darlings while you are off traipsing around town. You’ve always known that your child is a little genius and now it’s time for the whole world to know! Bring your brainy tot to the Tiny Prodigies Early Learning Center where you can get verifiable proof that your child is better than the rest. They can teach themselves to walk and talk, as well as learn other important life skills earlier than ever before. You’ll be so pleased that you’ll want a bumper sticker that says “Your kid may be an honor student but mine is a Tiny Prodigy”.  '''Premium Content - Head Start Playpen and Local Motion Toddler Walker''' }}
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-|style="border:0px" | {{GameHelpIndexItem || Link=Le_Cinema_Plumbbob|| LinkText=Le Cinema Plumbbob || Description= njoy your favorite TV movies in a classier setting at the Le Cinema Plumbob! This theater is the height of style with its art deco themed furniture, intimate screening rooms, and balcony bar overlooking it all! Whether you're enjoying a favorite old time movie or just having a drink with some friends, Le Cinema Plumbob is definitely the place to be!  '''Premium Content - Barrier to Entry System and Large as Life Movie Screen''' }}
+|style="border:0px" | {{GameHelpIndexItem || Link=Le_Cinema_Plumbbob|| LinkText=Le Cinema Plumbbob || Description= Enjoy your favorite TV movies in a classier setting at the Le Cinema Plumbob! This theater is the height of style with its art deco themed furniture, intimate screening rooms, and balcony bar overlooking it all! Whether you're enjoying a favorite old time movie or just having a drink with some friends, Le Cinema Plumbob is definitely the place to be!  '''Premium Content - Barrier to Entry System and Large as Life Movie Screen''' }}
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 |style="border:0px" | {{GameHelpIndexItem || Link=The_Dukes_of_Bows_Rennaissance_Faire|| LinkText=The Dukes of Bows Rennaissance Faire || Description=Good Morrow! Why spend your days toiling away at a profession when you can while the day away at the Faire! Eat, play, and relax in the sunshine at this epic outdoor venue. Make the world's sweetest music on the Fit as a Fiddle Violin or compete in the ultimate test of focus and strength at the Archer's Gauntlet. Only one true hero can be named the Duke of Bows!* *Duke of Bows is a fictional title, for only the most delusional Sims. '''Premium content - Fit as a Fiddle Violin and Archer's Gauntlet'''}}

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 |style="border:0px" | {{GameHelpIndexItem || Link=Sims 3 Rocks Gems and Metals || LinkText=Rocks, Gems, and Metals || Description=Finding these valuable collectibles and making the best profit.}}
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 |style="border:0px" | {{GameHelpIndexItem || Link=OnlineDating|| LinkText=Online Dating|| Description=Is your sim too busy to find a local date? Now there is online dating. Create a personalized profile, put in a picture of you that is 1000 times better looking than your real life self and meet up with other sims in the virtual world.  Go shopping for just the right hottie.  Just be careful if you lie....  Have that beauty potion available.  There is one, isn't there? }}
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 |style="border:0px" | {{GameHelpIndexItem || Link=Temperature|| LinkText=Temperature|| Description=Watch and sims switch to outerwear as the cold sets in, or swimsuits for the beach! Just be careful not to let them freeze or overheat!}}
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 |style="border:0px" | {{GameHelpIndexSection || Title=University}}
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 |style="border:0px" | {{GameHelpIndexItem || Link=Classes || LinkText=Classes || Description=Get to classes on time, and sleep through your lectures.}}
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 |style="border:0px" | {{GameHelpIndexItem || Link=Majors || LinkText=Majors || Description= Decide what you want to be when you grow up, then finish the required coursework.}}
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-|style="border:0px" | {{GameHelpIndexItem || Link=StreetArtist || LinkText=StreetArtist || Description= Paint up the town and get away with it, IF you are good.}}
+|style="border:0px" | {{GameHelpIndexItem || Link=Party Statue || LinkText=Party Statue || Description=Available only as a preorder bonus, this statue allows a range of different themed parties.}}
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-|style="border:0px" | {{GameHelpIndexItem || Link=Demonstrations || LinkText=Demonstrations || Description= Let your agitatin' sims practice freedom of speech by holding rallys and demonstrations}}
+|style="border:0px" | {{GameHelpIndexItem || Link=Sims_3_Occults/Plantsims|| LinkText=Plantsims|| Description=Returning from '''The Sims 2''', Plantsims are especially good with the herbs introduced in University, as well as with gardening in general.}}
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-|style="border:0px" | {{GameHelpIndexItem || Link=Party Statue || LinkText=Party Statue || Description=Click this statue so anyone at your dorm knows how to dress for the occasion.}}
+|style="border:0px" | {{GameHelpIndexItem || Link=Sims_3_Skills/Science || LinkText=Science Skill || Description= Manipulate the natural world, improve your produce, and perhaps unlocked the secret of Plantsims.}}

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+|style="border:0px" | {{GameHelpIndexItem || Link=Sims_3_Worlds/Lucky_Palms || LinkText=Lucky Palms|| Description=Dry red desert world suitable for a gambling mecca - Comes with wishing well - '''Premium Content - Wishing Well'''}}
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-|style="border:0px" | {{GameHelpIndexItem || Link=Sims_3_Worlds/Lunar_Lakes || LinkText=Lunar Lakes|| Description=Alien world with cool weird trees. Comes with the Tree of Prosperity - available from EA}}
+|style="border:0px" | {{GameHelpIndexItem || Link=Sims_3_Worlds/Lunar_Lakes || LinkText=Lunar Lakes|| Description=Alien world with cool weird trees. Comes with the Tree of Prosperity - '''Premium Content - Tree of Prosperity'''}}
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-|style="border:0px" | {{GameHelpIndexItem || Link=Sims_3_Worlds/Monte_Vista|| LinkText=Monte Vista|| Description= Italian landscape, with old architecture in an old  walled town on the hilltop overlooking rolling hill.  Comes with the Wood Fire oven and new foods - fresh-baked pizzas, calzones, lasagnas and bread  - available from EA}}
+|style="border:0px" | {{GameHelpIndexItem || Link=Sims_3_Worlds/Monte_Vista|| LinkText=Monte Vista|| Description= Italian landscape, with old architecture in an old  walled town on the hilltop overlooking rolling hill.  Comes with the Wood Fire oven and new foods - fresh-baked pizzas, calzones, lasagnas and bread  - '''Premium Content - Wood Fire Oven'''}}
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 |style="border:0px" | {{GameHelpIndexItem || Link=Sims_3_Worlds/Riverview || LinkText=Riverview|| Description=A rural landscape with quaint architecture and green fields. Available from The Sims 3 Store}}
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-|style="border:0px" | {{GameHelpIndexItem || Link=Sims_3_Worlds/Sunlit_Tides || LinkText=Sunlit Tides || Description= A Polynesian paradise scattered around a volcanic reef lagoon.}}
+|style="border:0px" | {{GameHelpIndexItem || Link=Sims_3_Worlds/Sunlit_Tides || LinkText=Sunlit Tides || Description= A Polynesian paradise scattered around a volcanic reef lagoon. '''Premium Content - Steam it up Sauna and Gold gets the Infinite Zen Massage Table along with the Serenity Treat Venue'''}}
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-|style="border:0px" | {{GameHelpIndexItem || Link=Sims_3_Worlds/Aurora_Skies || LinkText=Aurora Skies || Description= Breathtaking scenery and vast, unspoiled nature awaits at Aurora Skies! This quaint coastal town features the very best in harmonious living: spacious land in an eco-friendly community, majestic waterfalls that come to rest on the banks of a geo-thermal lake, and hot air balloons that allow you to enjoy the multi-colored night sky. What harmony will you find at Aurora Skies?}}
+|style="border:0px" | {{GameHelpIndexItem || Link=Sims_3_Worlds/Aurora_Skies || LinkText=Aurora Skies || Description= Breathtaking scenery and vast, unspoiled nature awaits at Aurora Skies! This quaint coastal town features the very best in harmonious living: spacious land in an eco-friendly community, majestic waterfalls that come to rest on the banks of a geo-thermal lake, and hot air balloons that allow you to enjoy the multi-colored night sky. What harmony will you find at Aurora Skies?   '''Premium Content - Hot Air Balloon'''}}
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-|style="border:0px" | {{GameHelpIndexItem || Link=Sims_3_Worlds/Dragon_Valley || LinkText=Dragon Valley || Description= A whole world full of diminuitive dragons which can cast fire, hoarde treasure, fulfill happiness or create curses and haunts.  Dragon Valley, a land of myth and fantasy. It’s been years since any adult dragons have terrorized this peaceful town but it’s not yet time to rest. The elven Sims of Dragon Valley are working to ensure that their military is up to par, their citizens are prepared for disaster, and that the scientific techniques they’ve used to keep the dragonlings small stay intact. The skies may be clear for now, but beneath the surface a conflict is brewing between the Mithrilen and O’Connell families for control of town. It’s tradition vs. progress; on which side will you stand?}}
+|style="border:0px" | {{GameHelpIndexItem || Link=Sims_3_Worlds/Dragon_Valley || LinkText=Dragon Valley || Description= A whole world full of diminuitive dragons which can cast fire, hoarde treasure, fulfill happiness or create curses and haunts.  Dragon Valley, a land of myth and fantasy. It’s been years since any adult dragons have terrorized this peaceful town but it’s not yet time to rest. The elven Sims of Dragon Valley are working to ensure that their military is up to par, their citizens are prepared for disaster, and that the scientific techniques they’ve used to keep the dragonlings small stay intact. The skies may be clear for now, but beneath the surface a conflict is brewing between the Mithrilen and O’Connell families for control of town. It’s tradition vs. progress. On which side will you stand? '''Premium Content - Red, Green, Purple Dragons.  If you bundled with Duke of Bows venue, you get the Black Dragon'''}}
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 |style="border:0px" | {{GameHelpIndexItem || Link=Olympian_Physique|| LinkText=Olympian Physique|| Description=A place to excercise your lazy and or weightlifting sims.}}
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-|style="border:0px" | {{GameHelpIndexItem || Link=Gothique_Library|| LinkText=Gothique Library || Description=}}
+|style="border:0px" | {{GameHelpIndexItem || Link=Gothique_Library|| LinkText=Gothique Library || Description= Built by the very first Goth's that ever settled in Sunset Valley this hauntingly majestic library has twists, turns and surprises around every corner. '''Premium Content - Lady Ravendancer Goth's Book o' Spells'''}}
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-|style="border:0px" | {{GameHelpIndexItem || Link=Regency_Arcade|| LinkText=Regency Arcade || Description=}}
+|style="border:0px" | {{GameHelpIndexItem || Link=Regency_Arcade|| LinkText=Regency Arcade || Description=Add some dash of class and a ton of fun to your Sims neighborhood with the Regency Arcade! This hangout offers a whole new level of fun for your Sims wrapped in a stylish Regency architecture theme. '''Premium Content-Classic Gumball Machine''' }}
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-|style="border:0px" | {{GameHelpIndexItem || Link=The_Lucky_Simoleon_Casino|| LinkText=The Lucky Simoleon Casino || Description= Come on down and give us all your money! You'll leave lighter and happier for having given to a good cause!}}
+|style="border:0px" | {{GameHelpIndexItem || Link=The_Lucky_Simoleon_Casino|| LinkText=The Lucky Simoleon Casino || Description= Come on down and give us all your money! You'll leave lighter and happier for having given to a good cause!  Big dreams, but lacking the sufficient funds to see them through? Then come on down to The Lucky Simoleon Casino! Featuring slot machines and table games this stylish Casino is the means to turn your dreams into reality! So why not take a chance and cash in on the good times? It will only cost a few simoleons…such a small price to pay for the possibility of prestige, luxury, and wealth! '''Premium Content - Triple Riches Slots O'Jackpots Slot Machine and Hit 'em Harder BlackJack Table''' }}
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-|style="border:0px" | {{GameHelpIndexItem || Link=Serenity_Retreat|| LinkText= Serenity Retreat|| Description=}}
+|style="border:0px" | {{GameHelpIndexItem || Link=Serenity_Retreat|| LinkText= Serenity Retreat|| Description= Rejuvenate your body and soul with a relaxing sojourn to Serenity Retreat! Submerge in the tranquil waters, be enchanted by the lush gardens, or lay back, relax and enjoy a full array of massage options. Paradise never felt so good! '''Premium Content - Infinite Zen Massage Table and the Keep Me Clean Outdoor Shower'''}}
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-|style="border:0px" | {{GameHelpIndexItem || Link=Stones Throw Greenhouse|| LinkText=Stones Throw Greenhouse || Description=}}
+|style="border:0px" | {{GameHelpIndexItem || Link=Stones Throw Greenhouse|| LinkText=Stones Throw Greenhouse || Description=With the Stones Throw Greenhouse, you're sure to have the best harvest in years! The included furniture and clothing will get you in the right mindset for the cooler weather, and with the new greenhouse, you'll be able to grow excellent crops in a fraction of the time! Use your newfound leisure time to enjoy the fruits (and vegetables!) of your labors. '''Premium Content -SwiftGro Gardening Station and the Plants vs. Zombies Sunflower'''}}
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-|style="border:0px" | {{GameHelpIndexItem || Link=Al_Fresco_Market|| LinkText=Al Fresco Market || Description=}}
+|style="border:0px" | {{GameHelpIndexItem || Link=Al_Fresco_Market|| LinkText=Al Fresco Market || Description=Take a sunset stroll, enjoy a meal in the open air, and buy the best produce around at the Al Fresco Street Market. Professional gardeners can come to the market and sell their fresh produce while children try their hand with the lemonade stand. Best of all? This venue comes with new harvestable plants: Eggplant and Lemon Tree! '''Premium Content - Humble Harvest Stands'''}}
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-|style="border:0px" | {{GameHelpIndexItem || Link=Tiny_Prodigies_Early_Learning_Center|| LinkText=Tiny Prodigies Early Learning Center || Description= a place to dump.. uh..leave your precious darlings while you are off traipsing around town. }}
+|style="border:0px" | {{GameHelpIndexItem || Link=Tiny_Prodigies_Early_Learning_Center|| LinkText=Tiny Prodigies Early Learning Center || Description= a place to dump.. uh..leave your precious darlings while you are off traipsing around town. You’ve always known that your child is a little genius and now it’s time for the whole world to know! Bring your brainy tot to the Tiny Prodigies Early Learning Center where you can get verifiable proof that your child is better than the rest. They can teach themselves to walk and talk, as well as learn other important life skills earlier than ever before. You’ll be so pleased that you’ll want a bumper sticker that says “Your kid may be an honor student but mine is a Tiny Prodigy”.  '''Premium Content - Head Start Playpen and Local Motion Toddler Walker''' }}
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-|style="border:0px" | {{GameHelpIndexItem || Link=Le_Cinema_Plumbbob|| LinkText=Le Cinema Plumbbob || Description= Nostalgic cinema }}
+|style="border:0px" | {{GameHelpIndexItem || Link=Le_Cinema_Plumbbob|| LinkText=Le Cinema Plumbbob || Description= njoy your favorite TV movies in a classier setting at the Le Cinema Plumbob! This theater is the height of style with its art deco themed furniture, intimate screening rooms, and balcony bar overlooking it all! Whether you're enjoying a favorite old time movie or just having a drink with some friends, Le Cinema Plumbob is definitely the place to be!  '''Premium Content - Barrier to Entry System and Large as Life Movie Screen''' }}
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-|style="border:0px" | {{GameHelpIndexItem || Link=The_Dukes_of_Bows_Rennaissance_Faire|| LinkText=The Dukes of Bows Rennaissance Faire || Description=}}
+|style="border:0px" | {{GameHelpIndexItem || Link=The_Dukes_of_Bows_Rennaissance_Faire|| LinkText=The Dukes of Bows Rennaissance Faire || Description=Good Morrow! Why spend your days toiling away at a profession when you can while the day away at the Faire! Eat, play, and relax in the sunshine at this epic outdoor venue. Make the world's sweetest music on the Fit as a Fiddle Violin or compete in the ultimate test of focus and strength at the Archer's Gauntlet. Only one true hero can be named the Duke of Bows!* *Duke of Bows is a fictional title, for only the most delusional Sims. '''Premium content - Fit as a Fiddle Violin and Archer's Gauntlet'''}}

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 |style="border:0px" | {{GameHelpIndexItem || Link=Sims_3_Worlds/Barnacle_Bay|| LinkText=Barnacle Bay || Description=Pirates Ahoy - An island nestled in the Simuyan Sea, Barnacle Bay is a vibrant vacation getaway with stunning beaches, campgrounds, parks, and a curiously modern downtown. First settled by pirates, fisherman, and artists - the world's inhabitants now enjoy relaxing at Smuggler's Beach and letting loose at The Wanderer's Watering Hole. Will Your trip be a vacation or a staycation? Available from EA store}}
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 |style="border:0px" | {{GameHelpIndexItem || Link=Sims_3_Worlds/Hidden_Springs|| LinkText=Hidden Springs|| Description=Nice town with plenty of space. Comes with Leon's Fountain of Youth - Available from EA store}}
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-|style="border:0px" | {{GameHelpIndexItem || Link=Sims_3_Premium_Content/Infinite Zen Massage Table|| LinkText=Infinite Zen Massage Table || Description=}}
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 |style="border:0px" | {{GameHelpIndexItem || Link=Sims_3_Worlds/Lucky_Palms || LinkText=Lucky Palms|| Description=Dry red desert world suitable for a gambling mecca - Comes with wishing well - Available from EA store}}
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-|style="border:0px" | {{GameHelpIndexItem || Link=Sims_3_Premium_Content|| LinkText=Premium Content || Description=Additional gameplay content that is sold at an enormous premium!}}
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 |style="border:0px" | {{GameHelpIndexItem || Link=Sims_3_Worlds/Riverview || LinkText=Riverview|| Description=A rural landscape with quaint architecture and green fields. Available from The Sims 3 Store}}