Sims talking strange

[JamesSC 3]

Hi !
Guys when i make the sims talk using microphone they talk in some language i don't understand. Is there a way to change that to uk english ?

[z1 566]

The language is SImlish, and there's no way to change it.

[Bdub01 201]

Lmao!!!! I don't know if there is a translator or not but that is how the sims talk. Haven't you ever played The Sims before? My favorite is when a female sim is leaving and says, "Awe, tu-tu." it actually almost sounds Norwigen to me, but since I don't speak Norwigen I can't say for sure. I think it's just simanese!!!

[JamesSC 3]

Then that microphone thing is a complete waste. LOL. And here i thought they would tell me something to improve the location.

[Lost Realist 762]

Man, I wouldn't have thought to read something like this in 2013. Kinda makes me wanna dust off the old Sims discs and give those games a whirl again...

Oh and no, the microphone isn't a complete waste. It shows those thought bubbles above the sim you click on, those give you some indication of what's going down, althought I'd rely on graphs more than that.

[A Nonny Moose 8,261]

Adding the Sims to SC4 just eliminated the implementation of some features we'd all like to have had.  UDI made things even worse.  The whole The Sims thing was a marketing ploy for The Sims, and it worked rather well to the detriment of the developed city simulation.

[Prophet42 1,500]

You may not be able to understand what the Sim is saying, but you can certainly tell what their tone of voice is telling you.

[Simbabe54 15]

I have been playing the Sims for so long I am pretty sure I understand everything they say:) and yes, their tone can be very telling. When I play the Sims, I can definitely tell if they are happy, sad or angry.

[z1 566]

You've learned Simlish!

[Coppertown2 30]

I've been playing this game for 10 years and I never knew it had a microphone.... darn.

[ROFLyoshi 1,760]

I've been playing this game for 10 years and I never knew it had a microphone.... darn.

It does?!

[A Nonny Moose 8,261]

You mean you've never explored all the menu options?  For shame. :kitty:

[Coppertown2 30]

You mean you've never explored all the menu options?  For shame. :kitty:

 

 

I guess I just get too much into just building and planning and ignore sims outside of pop/demand :/

[Simbabe54 15]

I like the way they talk, but this could be because I have been playing some variety of the Sims for the last 13 years. It's addictive.

[A Nonny Moose 8,261]

One of the things I do when I install a new game is examine it closely:

 

First, I examine where it is in my files hierarchy.  I also have a look at the pseudo-registry if it is a Windows game.

 

Then I read as much documentation as makes sense before I start the game so that I am not at a "what now" position when it starts.

 

Then, while playing, I explore every item in the GUI, if it has one.

 

Knowing your program is always good.

[Nesral Sredna 62]

Sims in Simcity?Blah....

 

First you set them to move into an $-area you are curious to know more about, and as soon as you unpause, your sims has "flipped his last burger", moved into a $$-area and moving out of there (before the moving company is even able to arrive) as an an educated sim, living in a top notch $$$-area without crime, trafficproblems or anything else of interesest. All in a blink of an eye, your sim is just being a a bothersome annoying noisance demanding a local school, even if that sim works as CEO at the next corner High Scool...WICH TRAFFIC PROBLEMS ARE YOU TALKIN ABOUT, MAN????

[A Nonny Moose 8,261]

If your Sims are reacting too quick for you, try turtle mode.

[Nesral Sredna 62]

If your Sims are reacting too quick for you, try turtle mode.

Uhm, actually I am running in turtle mode.  It's the MySim-mode wich is broken and completely useless...

[A Nonny Moose 8,261]

I never run the My-Sim mode except for an occasional diagnostic, which I no longer need.  First thing I do when I start a city is turn it off.    My Sim was an insertion in Rush Hour probably fomented by EAs marketing group in order to make The Sims a more palatable product.  Pfui.

[.anonyman 28]

I sense a new poll being started...

[A Nonny Moose 8,261]

Goodness, I hope not.  These things have to be carefully thought out.

[IljaS 54]

I sense a new poll being started...

 

Options:

1. I never cared that they could speak.

2. I always hoped that my sims could speak.

3. I always knew that my sims could speak.

4. What do you mean they speak gibberish? I spend my days speaking with them...

5. I have sims?! In my computer?!! I... just... what..?!!!