Useful knowledge (mechanics and glitches)

## Aspirations

- **[Party makes you recover twice the sanity you'd usually get when using objects](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_6gyeNO5sok)**
*-Fortune needs investigation*
- Popularity and Romance seem useless for Any%

## Skillpoints

- Creativity increases the cost *(and maybe the rate)* of your paintings. *It may also impact the tips you get while mixing*
- Charisma doesn't seem to change the amount of actions required to calm down other sims *(maybe after reloading the game)*
- *Business needs investigation*
- Mechanical's only use is to hack the elevator
- Body seems useless for Any%

## Glitches/Exploits

- **[Running diagonally is 40% faster than running forwards](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OdHIxjrcHh4)**
- [The dizziness effect preventing you from running (after dying in desert) can be bypassed by opening the Super Drencher or Ratticator menus](https://youtu.be/rlqUG4Qr2SM?t=1230)
- **[A skillpoint can be duped by drenching it before picking it up. It will be back when the area is reloaded](https://youtu.be/rlqUG4Qr2SM?t=529)**
- *Sometimes, paintings from a previous game stay in the art gallery after a new game*
- *Clicking menu buttons right when they are displayed can do weird things*, [like bypassing the painting confirmation pop-up](https://youtu.be/FZFFQkVuJGI?t=7) *(and maybe more?)*
- [You can hit enemies with the Ratticator abilities when they are at a different height than you](https://youtu.be/8Wh_bWCUTuE?t=2895)
- [There is a glitch to get a lot of money at the start of the game but I cannot reproduce it and it seems to lock the story](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ITEgWFtjZrQ) ([other source](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EzSAYZCgB4A)) ([edit I got it once](https://youtu.be/5tV1-WxZmGk?t=398))

## Misc

- You can select the interaction you want by holding A and using the D-pad instead of using the touchscreen
- **Reloading the room is enough for the antagonist to be in the state to give you the next goal, no need to wait for the call** *([except for the first call](https://youtu.be/9u2pg6YgRiA?t=732))*
- You don't need to go through the dialogs before calming/cheering up Honest, Frankie or Tristan
- Changing the clock settings is faster on DS than on 3DS *(idk about the DSi)*
- *The [original DS](https://youtu.be/8Wh_bWCUTuE?t=2683) seems to lag more than the [DS Lite](https://youtu.be/sJy4OhHyL0M?t=2637) (especially during fights)*
- *Weather is always the same at a specific moment*
- You always get a phone call from the Concierge if you load a save that is from just over 24 hours ago, the call is even longer after a week
*-According to the Concierge, some guests tend to give more money for their stay (needs investigation)*
*-Collectibles placement is set every game launch and is the same on all save slots and new games, so if you take a nuclear rod and reset the run, it will be gone until you restart the game completely*
- There's no known way to completely reset a cartridge or delete a save file without homebrew or modding, making potential categories such as All Secrets%, All Concept Arts% or 100% less accessible

plac

The Sims 2 (DS)

Nintendo DS

Flumpdinkronk

AtoM01451

EUR / PAL

Console

The Sims

All secrets stuff

On normalized times (IGT field)

Emulator

EgoPanik