Strangetown extras: Off to college we go!

[strangetomato]

You'll get to see Jill and Buck in university in the next chapter, but I just got them set up there tonight, and I wanted to share a couple of pics right away. I thought I had enough willpower to keep it to myself until the update, but that sort of evaporated when the cutest thing happened autonomously, so you get a sneak preview.

That's right. The fish came too. *grin*

Buck got himself a flattering new haircut (or did he cut it himself?), and he's wearing one of my other favourite things about Kitchen and Bath: the argyle sweater! I have so much love for that outfit, and it's perfect for Buck. Just perfect.

The apartment that I picked just happened to be the perfect shade of purple to match Buck's stuff too. He loves it.




And here's Jill. I think she grew up cute. She's completed her funky new look with a striped jumper-type dress (with more green, of course) and some cool boots.




Hey, I can see Johnny, Ripp and Ophelia's apartment through the window! I can even kind of see that llama crossing road sign on the wall. That's a pretty high level of detail.




And this is what I just had to share with you: autonomous serenading! *heart melts* Buck is just too sweet. He gives me cavities.

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I'm thinking that the dominant genes are not random, but set as the same by the game every time, like their recessive colours. I haven't tinkered around with the genes yet (I plan to give the Smith kids recessive red hair, for example), but I'll take note of it when I do, and see if it is the same.

How does recessive skin tone data play into genetics? I've read that any sim baby will just get a skin tone between the two extremes of his/her parents, and that's it (with alien being a little different). Is there more to it than that?

Do they do that crazy gesture for the serenade? :D That's awesome.

Yeah, Johnny leaps into Ophelia's arms every now and then. It's just too silly. I'm sort of glad they took equality of the sexes to the extreme, but that's a bit much in most cases.

Ripp's goosing hangups are related to niceness, as far as I can tell. He's not shy at all (he has 8 outgoing points), and he's really playful and nice (7 and 8 points, respectively... I guess you know where he doesn't have many points *snicker*). Or maybe he just makes a fuss because he feels left out. :P Ripp's personality spread makes him do a lot of those extreme personality animations, so he's always interesting to watch. I especially like the sponge bathing. He's such a slob. Though, surprisingly, Ripp never farts after he gets up from the table in my game. Never. I wonder if that is also related to niceness?

I'd love to see that tutorial, since the launcher seems like a pain. I will also gladly accept any advice about bypassing SecurRom, since I'd rather be safe than sorry.