What is in the new Sims 2 Pets?

Question

I mean cool things. Other than pets.

Answer 1

well other than pets....there will be items for the pets like dog bones,cat scratching post or dog and cat houses and beds Things like that. Thers also a couple of neat things like this:

Behold: Custom Paintings.
So, you know how you’re able to use the easel to paint anything on your Sim’s lot when they get high skill? Well, we’ve just made it so you can drop image files (photos, clip art, etc.) into a folder in your Sims 2 directory and then paint them within the game. We know some of you folks figured out how to do this (in a very roundabout way), but we thought this would make the process a lot easier. We also have some simple controls in-game to choose if you want to stretch the image to fit, crop it, or fill the canvas.

Check it out:





Neato!
We thought it would be a nice and easy way for you guys to create some custom objects, especially those of you who don’t have access to art tools and such.

and also:

I'm really excited to be able to show off one of our new build mode enhancements that you'll find in our next EP. One of our engineers made it so you can now rotate floor tiles. While the floor tile is on your cursor you can hit the < > keys to rotate them clockwise or counterclockwise.


I also heard theres some new build modes also.

and you know how every expansion has something weird in it like aliens or vampires...well this time they are having werewolves.

Theres also jobs for the cats/dogs if you choose that.

NEIGHBOURHOOD STUFF
- There will be no new neighbourhood.
- New packaged lots include new parks and pet shops.
- New pre-made families will also come with the game including a very familiar ‘Kat’ family.
- Also new neighbourhood decorations include carousels, monorails, ancient ruins and cooling towers.

BUILD MODE, BUY MODE AND OTHER TOOLS
- There is new atomic age furniture.
- Other objects and items besides pet equipment include new windows, doors, wallpapers, floors, fences, phones, a sink, decorations including gargoyle statues and pet themed items, a TV, chairs, lights, benches, a bed and more.
- The new sledgehammer tool enables you to demolish anything rather than having to go into wall mode to delete walls etc.
- The flatten ground tool enables you to instantly flatten the whole ground of a lot with a click of a button.
- You can now change the order of your collections folder enabling you to arrange them the way you want.
- You can rotate tiles before placement.
- There is a tool that lets you make custom paintings easier.
- There are new diagonal walls and roofs.
- There is now a games tips encyclopaedia making it easier to find the certain tips you want.

MISCELLANEOUS
- Pets can be taken along to your sim’s business if you have OFB, you can also run your own pet shop.
- You can’t control pets unless you use the cheat “BoolProp controlPets on”.
- New music includes a country radio station.
- Werewolves haven’t been confirmed yet it seems heading that way as there is already a lycanthropy section in the game tips encyclopaedia and you can buy Lycanthropic-B potions from the pet obedience trainer.
- You can unlock certain content like pink fur for poodles.


OTHER PETS
- New animals include fish, birds, womrats and skunks.
- There is a new fish tank with tropical/saltwater fish.
- There are strays but fortunately you can keep them out by having a fence around your house and locking the gate.
- Skunks can enter your sim’s home and attack them by spraying them!
- There are several types of birds to chose from and they can be taught to talk. Also if you leave the birdcage open the might escape and fly around your lot. And this may not be a feature in the full version but maxis are currently trying to get the bird to sit on your sim’s shoulder.
- Womrats are currently $45 while birds are $75 each.
- Womrats can be removed from their cages and be played with. They also need to be fed and their cage cleaned regularly.
- Womrats can’t give your sims a disease like in the original sims and can die from starvation or being scared by a dog.


CATS AND DOGS
- Currently there are 35 dog breeds and 15 cat breeds made by maxis.
- Dogs and cats life stages are puppies/kittens, adults, and elders and then they die from old age.
- Pets can have jobs as service, show business and security. There are 5 job stages for each pet career track.
- Pets can be washed in a normal bathtub.
- Pets have the environment need replaced with a scratch need for cats and a chew need for dogs and if these motives aren’t cared to you may find your pets ripping apart the furniture to fill them. Fortunately a cat’s scratch need can be filled from scratching on a scratching post while dogs can replenish their need by chewing on the “Chewinator by ChompCo”.
- The current limit for a household is 8 sims and 6 pets.
- To get pets you can create a pet already with a family, you can create a pet in CAP and merge it with a family, you can adopt a pet over the phone, you can adopt a stray, you can give a pet to another sim or you can buy one from a pet store.
- Pets can sleep on your sim’s be with your sims if it’s a double bed.
- Toddlers can cuddle pets and children can train them.
- Pets can run away or be taken away by the animal control officer if not treated well.
- Pets can breed by having a good relationship with one another, a kennel on the lot and having your sims command them to try for a baby.
- Dogs can play catch or chase the mailman. - Your sims can train pets by praising them when they do something you want them to do and scolding them when they don’t. - A behaviour that the pet has learned such as not to wreck the couch will appear in their learned behaviours panel which is near the personality, interests and memories panels.
- Pets have several interests such as pets, scary things, food, outside, sleeping, weather, playtime, toys and animals.
- Pets can travel in your cars.
- Pets have 5 personality traits: Genius & Dufus, Hyper & lazy, Independent & Friendly, Aggressive& Cowardly, Pigpen & Finicky.
- Dogs can knock over trashcans and roll in trash and also dig up the yard, fortunately they can be trained not to.
- Pets can be trained by your sim or for $20 an hour by the obedience trainer to stay, speak, roll over, play dead etc. Cats can also be trained to use the toilet.
- Pets have family trees.
- Pets can be brought to university.
- Pets can be resurrected but not as zombie.
- A litter can be 1-4 pups or kittens.
- You can lock doors to keep pets out of certain rooms.
- Pets can come back as ghosts
- Instead of the elixir of life, pets have their own 'kibble of life'.

Well i hope that helped ya out...have fun!

Answer 2

On the Official Sims 2 site, this has been discussed. The non-animal related addition to the game will be on the monster side... werewolves, so it can join the zombies and vampires. :)

The focus of this EP really is on the pets, the animations and the support to make these pets nearly lifelike - it's like a whole new race of sims within the Sim game.

People not too crazy about the idea are a little disappointed. HOWEVER... Apparently behind the scenes a new IN-GAME morphing engine to build USER meshes for created objects is behind this development!! This really is exciting news for the advancement of games. :)

Which is why they aren't just grinding out a pet product with little beasties in different colors and sizes like so many different sizes and colors of chairs. The engineering behind this is really quite amazing from a gamer POV because the User can actually morph their own mesh and colors of their creation to create something that is totally unique. So Pets is beginning a new generation of exploration in gaming.

The next game that is being developed to use this morphing engine further is SPORE. You can see a movie of it at this site:
http://www.spore.com/screenshots.php

So that may not be a satisfying answer but you will know that groundbreaking programming is going on behind this and so much development that the focus for the Pets expansion is primarily on the development and tweaking of this new generation gaming 'engine'. :) Anyway, I'm excited about it!

Answer 3

Ive got it coz my dad works at EA hah hahahah

Answer 4

Pets, obviously, lol.

Answer 5

Alligators,dogs,dinosaurs(really!),cats,and if you do really succesful, you will get a T-rex