Tips for 'The Sims'

                  Sent in by Carolyn Brown

Making a Pond

Have you ever wanted to place a pond in your garden (as opposed to
a swimming pool, that is). Well, here's how to do it, courtesy of
www.geocities.com/tdsim_plicity/
1. Hold down the shift+ctrl+alt keys and hit the C key.
2. A small text box will appear in the upper left corner of your
screen.
3. Type the following into that text box:  water_tool
4. Hit your Enter key.
5. Now you can click on the spot you want to start building your
pond.
6. To Delete:  Hold down the ctrl key and click on any spot you
want to delete.
7. Once you go into another mode the water_tool code will turn
off.

The above website also has several examples of water plants and
birds which you can add to your pond, as well as many other types
of garden plants and other good stuff. It's well worth a look.

Roman Sims

If anyone has enjoyed 'Gladiator' and fancies their own mini-
Maximus to play with, the following website www.romansims.com/ has
a very clever selection of Roman stuff, including houses,
furniture and skins. There are quite a few skins to download,
including gentlemen in togas, ladies wearing elegant stolas,
slaves, a Roman Army officer, even a barbarian couple. It is all
very cleverly done and well worth a look if you are keen on
Ancient Rome.




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