***************************************************************************** * * * The Sims 2 - Open For Business FAQ * * * * * ***************************************************************************** The Sims 2 - Open For Business is the third expansion for The Sims 2, following The Sims 2 University and The Sims 2 Nightlife. Open for business has loads of extra features which I think makes it the best expansion pack for this game. There are so many things you can do, set up businesses at home or on a community lot, create toys to sell at the workbench or open a hairdressing saloon. The possibilities are endless. ****************** * 1.0. Contents * ****************** 1.0. Contents 1.1. Copyright Notice 1.2. Version History 1.3. Credits 2.0. System Requirements 3.0. Business Basics 3.1. Bluewater Village 3.2. Starting a Home Business 3.3. Starting a Business on a Community Lot 4.0. Business beyond the basics 4.1. Business Perks 4.2. Talent Badges 5.0. Robots 5.1. Servo 5.2. MunchieBot 5.3. SentryBot 5.4. HydroBot 5.5. CleanBot 5.6. Toy Robot 6.0. Toy Making 7.0. Flower Arrangements H.T. Hints and Tips x.x. Contact Information *************************** * 1.1. Copyright Notice * *************************** This FAQ/Walkthrough may be not be reproduced under any circumstances except for personal, private use. It may not be placed on any web site or otherwise distributed publicly without advance written permission. Use of this guide on any other web site or as a part of any public display is strictly prohibited, and a violation of copyright. Copyright 2006 Mark Eastaugh The following websites may host this guide : www.gamefaqs.com and websites that it permits. www.absolutcheats.com www.neoseeker.com www.1up.com www.cheatcc.com www.supercheats.com If you see any other websites hosting the whole or part of this guide please let me know. If you would like to host this FAQ please email me and give me the address of the site. I will only let you host this guide if your site is not full of advertisements ect and that this faq is hosted without any ads and banners on the same page. ************************* * 1.2. Version History * ************************* 9/2/06 - Had exams all week so haven't done much. Added some hints and tips which have been submitted. 5/2/06 - Spent many hours today getting the first version ready for review. I keep flicking back to the game to check something out and then forget about it and just keep on playing. Submitting Tonight!!! 4/3/06 - Layed out abit more ready to have stuff put in. Ive been playing all morning and am really starting to get the hang of it. Gonna submit this as a partial FAQ sometime this week and continue adding to it over the next couple of weeks. 3/3/06 - Started work on Robots and also talent badges. Go together quite well because as you get new badges you also can craft new robots. Finished business perks. I took the descriptions of each perk from the game menu. 2/2/06 - I have the game! The shop got it in early. Gonna start some serious work on this. Will be hard work though because I am typing wit just the one hand after fracturing my elbow afew days ago. Thank god you don't really need to use the keyboard much to play The Sims 2. Gonna do basic stuff like talent badges and robots ect first, then go more in depth. 1/2/06 - Started to prepare the FAQ. OFB is released in two days and i thought it would be a great oppertunity to write a new FAQ. Added Version History, Contents outline, Copyright notice and Contact information. ************************* * 1.3. Credits * ************************* This will include your online name if you submit anything that is displayed in this guide. System Requirements from the official Sims 2 website. Business perk descriptions directly from game. Thanks to Orion for submitting some hints and tips. ****************************** * 2.0. System Requirements * [From EA Support] ****************************** Here are the minimum requirements needed to play Open For Business: - Windows 98/ME/2000/XP operating system. - 1000 MHz (1 GHz) or faster processor. - 256 MB or more RAM. - At least 1.5 GB of additional hard drive space. - Supported T&L-capable video card with at least 32 MB of video RAM. Supported Video Cards: - ATI Radeon 8500, All-In-Wonder 8500, 9000, 9200, 9500, 9600, 9700, 9800, X300, X600, X700, X800, and X850. - NVIDIA GeForce 2, 2 GTS, 3, 3 Ti, 4, 4 Ti, 4200, 4600, and 4800. - NVIDIA GeForce MX 420, 440, and 460. - NVIDIA GeForce FX 5200, 55500, 5600, 5700, 5800, 5900, and 5950. - NVIDIA GeForce PCX 5300, and 5900. - NVIDIA GeForce 6200, 6600, and 6800. - NVIDIA Quadro, Quadro2, and Quadro4. If you have a 2.4 GHz or faster processor, the game may run with the following video cards: Intel Extreme Graphics 82865, 82915, and higher. **************************** * 3.0. Business Basics * **************************** Coming Soon **************************** * 3.1. Bluewater Village * **************************** Bluewater Village is the maxis made shopping village in Open For Business. Here is it's in-game description - Come and enjoy an exciting new shopping and entertainment destination! If you're looking to update your closet, your image or your family room, Bluewater Village will have something for you. When you first load Bluewater village there are already five familys living there. They are - Landgrab IV - Malcolm Owns two commuinity businesses - Club Dante and Electronics Superstore. Ramirez - Checo, Lisa and Tessa Owns one community business - Ramirez's Fine Furniture Jacquet - Denise and Gilbert Owns one community business - J'Adore Bakery Delarosa - Florence Has a home business - A Flower Shop Tinker - Stephen, Wanda and Melody Busy Setting up a home Toy Shop Business. *********************************** * 3.2. Starting a Home Business * *********************************** I would reccomend starting a home business if you plan on selling any of the following - Toys, Robots, Flowers, Makeovers. This is mainly because these businesses do not require alot of space. There is no need for a massive community lot to have afew shelves filled with toys. What I reccomend doing is making you house on the back of it or upstairs and making sure all of the doors are locked. Then, once your business closes you can make more stock at your workbenches. To start a home business click the phone, then business, then "Start Home Business". The business tool will appear and there you have it. If you plan on selling toys, robots or flowers I would reccomend selling them at either Average or Expensive. This makes it easy to impress your customers and at the same time have a steady income. ************************************************* * 3.4. Starting a Business on a Community Lot * ************************************************* There are two big advantages of owning a community business as opposed to a home business. The first is that you have more space and therefore you can sell things such as beds, pianos ect. This also means you can build massive nightclubs and charge sims more to get in as opposed to a small nightclub on a home lot. The second advantage is that you can have businesses options avaliable to you which you wouldn't have at home. For example, resteraunts and also a Car Showroom if you have the nightlife expansion pack. ************************************* * 4.0. Business beyond the basics * ************************************* As you business grows you will encounter things such as talent badges and Business perks. This section is for information about all those things. They will help your business grow much larger. ************************** * 4.1. Business Perks * ************************** Business perks help your business in many ways. Below is a list of all the business perks that you can get. Business perks do not pass down to your heir when you sim dies, and they will have to start again. You gain business perk points every time your businesses move up through the ranks. ********************* * Connections Grants ********************* Power Network - Your networking skills have become stupendous! You can now use ''Talk...Power Network'' to instantaneously meet all the acquaintances of another Sim...and you'll get a powerful starting bonus to those relationships too! Head for Numbers - Spending so much time pleasing customers has given you an incredible memory. You now can call anyone in town on the phone now, whether you know them or not! Network - You've learned the importance of knowing the people that other people know! You can now use ''Talk...Network'' to instantaneously meet all the aquaintances of another Sim...and you get a starting bonus to those relationships too! Sterling Reputation - The work is spreading about your growing business abilities! You'll now get a bigger jumpstart to all new relationships! Notable Reputation - People are getting to know who you are...and they like what they hear! You'll now enjoy a starting boost to all of your new relationships. ******************** * Perception Grants ******************** Manipulation - Huzzah! You have attained a nigh-magical level of sales prowess! You can now use ''Sales...Manipulate'' to get customers to buy like they've never bought before. Convincing Personality - You've seen a lot of sales by now, and you know the secrets of getting people to cough up their cash. You will now enjoy a boost to the effectiveness of all your Sales interactions with customers! Look For Mark - You've learned that it can be hard to sell something to a grump who hates your store. Now, activating ''Look for Mark'' on yourself will let you detect the perfect sales target! Assess Desire - You've learned that some Sims yearn secretly to possess something new - A leather armchair? A Remote Controlled Car? Your Sim has learned how to tap into the hidden signals of their customers give off and can use ''Assess...Desire'' to find out just what they want. Assess Mood - You've gotten a pretty good idea of what a happy customer looks like. Now you can use ''Assess...Mood'' to evaluate how perky or peeved another sim is, and that makes you a happy Sim, yourself! ************** * Cash Grants ************** Will Wright Grant - Outstanding! Your business is becoming a household name, and has won you this grant from the Will Wright Foundation for Economic Advancement. Owners Association Award - Congratulations! Your reputation as a mogul is spreading, and has earned you this cash prize from the Sim Business Owners Association! Chamber of Comerce Prize - Superb! Your business acumen has earned this cash award from the local Chamber of Commerce! Valued Client Rebate - Well Done! The rising fame of your establishment has earned you this rebate from your suppliers! LeTourneau Prize - Nice Job! On the recommendation of some of your customers, you've won the LeTourneau Prize for new business owners! ******************* * Wholesale Grants ******************* Shark of Sharks - You've become the Shark of Sharks. Your ability to get the best wholesale deals is legendary! Serious Negotiator - Profit is great! Your business skill has given you the ability to negotiate even lower wholesale costs! Bargain Hunter - Your business' rising popularity has really given you an edge with your wholesalers! You can buy at much lower prices now. Supplier Partnership - Your suppliers love to brag about having you as a customer! Enjoy this additional discount on your wholesale costs. Wholesale Discount - Ka-ching! Your growing fame as a business owner has motivated your suppliers to offer you a discount on future purchases! ******************** * Motivation Grants ******************** Rally Forth! - You are the master of getting people psyched up! Now, activating ''Rally Forth!'' on yourself will cause you to give all onlookers a call to arms, sacrificing your own needs to boost theirs! Be careful with this powerful ability. Boundless Influence - Your ability to amass influence is uncanny! You're a born leader, and now when you gain influence by fulfilling wants, you'll get more than ever. Start giving orders, chief! Motivational Speech - You've learned to bring out the best in people with nothing more than a rousing speech! Using ''Talk...Motivational Speech'' will give other Sims the power to have increased talent for a period of time. ''Let's do this, people! Perk Up - You've learned that goods and services won't sell without a smile. Bad Mood? No problem! You've learned to put a smile on anybody's face by using ''Talk...Perk Up.'' Simply Influential - While most people need a boatload of friends to be really influential, you just need to be yourself! With this perk, yourself! With this perk, your capacity for influence will take a nice swing upward. ************************* * 4.2. Talent Badges * ************************* Talent badges are one of the largest features to be added in this expansion pack ans are very important to running a business. There are 7 different types of talent badges. Below is a list of them and what they allow you to do. All talent badges come in three colours - Bronze, Silver and finally Gold. To get talent badges, you must put a skill into practice. For example to gain a toy making badge you must be making toys to gain points towards the next talent badge. Toy Making - This badge allows you to make toys more efficiently. It also allows you to craft toys that previously were not avaliable. You can earn Toy Making talent badges faster if you have mechanical skill points. Robotery - This badge allows you to make Robots more efficiently. It also alows you to craft Robots that previously were not avaliable. You can earn the Robotery talent badges faster if you have mechanical skill points. Flower Arranging - This badge allows you to arrange flowers more efficiently. It also alows you to arrange flowers that previously were not avaliable. You can earn the Flower Arranging talent badges faster if you have Creativity skill points and your sim is playful. Restocking - If you restock an item in your shop you will be working towards getting a restocking badge. To get this badge faster your sim will need Body skill points. Sales - Using sales socials will help you on your way to earning these badges. To get this badge faster your sim will need Charisma skill points. Cash Register - When your sim is at the cash register and another sim buys something, you will be closer to getting a Cash Register talent badge. Sims with Logic skill points will get this badge faster. Cosmetology - Sims will be able to give better makeovers to customers with badges in Cosmetology. Use the Ug-No-More Makeover Station to work towards this talent badge. To get these badges faster you will need Cleaning skill points. ******************* * 5.0. Robots * ******************* Robots have to be one of the coolest things in this expansion pack. Just like Nightlife added vampires and University added Zombies, this expansion pack also has its special... Thing. To make robots, you need talent badges, different colors depending on the robot. You craft them at the Non-deadly robot crafting station. Robots each need a special station where they can recharge. when they are at the base station and you want to use them you need to turn them on. When you are finished using your robots click turn off and they will return to their charging station. Servo is the only robot that doesn't need a charging station. Instead he charged up in the sunlight. Sometimes robots will break, causing them to break things. There isn't much you can do about this, just wait until it shuts down and then repair it. Once I created a robot which was already broken, most likely because I only had 2 mechanical skill points. Below is a list of the 5 different robots in Open For Business, what you need to make them, what they do, and also how much they cost to make. *************** * 5.1. Servo * *************** Talent badge needed - Gold Price to make - $3000 By far the most unique item in the game. Either mark Servo for sale or activate it to make it a member of the family. You will be promted to whether you want your Servo to be male of female. Make sure that you have a free slot avaliable for Servo. This is why Servo is so cool. He is played like any other sim, and can get a job, woohoo ect. The only thing that Servo can not do is try for a baby. Once activated he will have 10 cooking skill points, 10 mech skill points and 10 cleaning skill points. Servo's other skills will be given depending on the skills on the sim who activates it. Servo will also have the same personality and same aspiration of the Sim who activates it. Servo will also have some talent badges, but these are chosen randomly, and are not affected by the sim who activates him. Servo has 4 needs - Fun, Power, Social and Environment. To get fun, social and environment works like a normal sim. Power is like energy, Servo recharges when he goes into the sunlight. You can freeze Servos needs by turning him off. This is good when you have alot of sims on one lot and are mainly using Servo to do chores. Servo will never grow up and therefore will never die of old age. This means that Servo can stay in your familt for generations. He can still die of fire, sickness, satalite ect. Servos can create other Servos if they have a gold talent badge in robotics. This is great for when servo lives alone and means he can create himself a boyfriend/girlfriend. ******************** * 5.2. MunchieBot * ******************** Talent badge needed - Silver Price to make - 1200 Munchie bot makes sure you are never hungry. If there is a hungry sim at your house then he will leave the lot and return with food. This could be food from takeaways or food that you can cook at home. Bad thing is you have to pay for the food. When broken this robot will bring back burnt food. ******************* * 5.3. SentryBot * ******************* Talent badge needed - Silver Price to make - $720 Just a little more expensive than a burglar alarm and you have Sentrybot. He will get rid of burglars, stop people stealing your newspaper or kicking over your rubbish bin. When broken SentryBot will electrocute sims which may lead to them being killed. ****************** * 5.4. HydroBot * ****************** Talent badge needed - Bronze Price to make - $320 Great for stopping fire. Will spray water on fires when they occur, no more need for those terrible alarms. When broken HydroBot will spray ater everywhere which will cause loads of puddles, great for sims who want cleaning skills, bad for environment score. ***************** * 5.5. CleanBot * ***************** Talent badge needed - Bronze Price to make - $560 Cleabot is just like the maid. Will clean up old food, wash away puddles and generally keep the house looking tidy. When broken Cleanbot will throw rubbish everywhere, not very good for your environment score. May also lead to being killed by flies! ****************** * 5.6. Toy Robot * ****************** Talent badge needed - None Price to make - $108 A Small toy robot for your sims to enjoy. ********************* * 6.0. Toy Making * ********************* ****************************** * 7.0. Flower Arranging * ****************************** ************************* * H.T. Hints and Tips * ************************* [Following hints and tips submitted by Orion] - Maxis implemented a subroutine into the cheesecakes that gives any pregnant sims that eat them twins. Those that register get the hint about that. However, as they are prone to do, they forgot to activate this routine, so it doesn't work. You'd need the new forcetwins cheat to do it. I don't know if it would work on men's pregnancies as well, although I assume so. - There's a lot of doubts on shoplifting. If you want to confirm it, build a sentrybot and place it in your store, and it'll start zapping particular people. However, there's also a hidden badge called 'security'. So far, I don't have a clue how to gain this badge, since I have no idea on how to catch shoplifters myself. - Even though the Prima guide says that defective robots will shut down on their own, they won't. You have to go out and use the turn off command. Don't forget to repair them once they've returned, or they will go out on their own again a few minutes later. And keep Servo away from water. This includes cleaning the bathroom. Kind of defeats the purpose... [Following tip submitted by someone who I am awaiting online name from] - Employees getting you down? Their motives drop fast, and as such your limited to a certain number of work hours. But, when using the "maxmotives" cheat, the effect spreads to your employees as well. Maxed out motives, so you can keep going and going and going. ****************************** * x.x. Contact Information * ****************************** Email me if you have any questions or would like to contribute anything to the guide! My email address for emails about the FAQ is [email protected] GUIDE TO BE CONTINUED. I just got the game I am looking for people to submit detailed articals about things that are not currently mentioned.
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