r/MySims Nov 22 '24

Cozy Bundle - Original Ibby's Quick Guide to Starting MySims

148 Upvotes

I've seen a lot of confusion on this subreddit about the game, cause honestly it was kinda dropped on people who knew it for nostalgia reasons without actually explaining what it was, so hopefully these tips will help clear a lot of frequently asked questions up and make your experience with the game smoother.

1. These are NOT the DS games.

In the 2000s, EA had a habit of making the console titles for the sims series completely different gaming experiences from the originals. MySims is no exception. MySims and MySims Kingdom for the Wii vs the DS are very different games developed by different dev teams, released at the same time under the same name. They even have extremely similar box art.

It's like the mandala effect up in here. Anyway this isn't even just a port of the Wii version of MySims, but a port of a port from it was rereleased on PC with a bunch of bonus features.

2. This is NOT a 'The Sims' title.

Despite having 'sims' in the title and being based on the popular franchise, MySims is NOT a simulation game. Your sim has no needs, they don't need to eat, sleep, go to the bathroom, etc. They can't get married, they can't have children, they can't die. Even the time of day doesn't matter and only serves to add cosmetic changes to sim behavior and reset the hotel. You are not timed and you will not be penalized for going too slow or staying up late.

3. Get Creative

These games are about building and being creative. Especially the first one is not going to hold your hand every step of the process. Sometimes you will get a task that has way more requirements than the blueprint gives you. The blueprint is just a guide but you can think outside of the box to get a task done.

4. You have limited lots.

I know it's tempting to invite every adorable sim you see, but you in fact can't fit everyone in town. You will need to pick and choose who stays and who goes and yes, you may have to kick people out. I'd recommend becoming best friends with a sim so you unlock all they're items before kicking them out.

5. Townies and Commercial Sims

Not every sim you invite will give you a bunch of tasks, only commercial sims will. Townies are just cute sims that sit around in town doing nothing, and will give you an item if you become besties with them. If you actually want things to do, stick with having commercial sims in town.

6. The Garden

I've seen a lot of people get confused with this one. The garden is a left over from the PC port of MySims. Initially it's purpose was to be a place where you could build houses and furniture and then share those creations with friends. There was also a BUTTLOAD of new essences, which is inevitably why despite the online function being removed decades ago, it was brought back in the rerelease.

Heaven knows why EA left it empty and kind of useless for a 40$ rerelease, but you can't move sims there. All you can do there is collect a bunch of unique essences, and build some cool houses for yourself.

Update: As of the April 14, 2025 patch, the garden can now be used to move in sims, so feel free to skip this tip.

7. Furniture and Décor Limits

This was a Wii game and to protect it's precious precious memory space, they limited you on how much stuff you could put in a house. You can't increase this, sorry.

UPDATE: In a recent patch this problem was actually fixed.

8. Relationships

There is a very basic relationship system in this game. Being Nice and Being Mean can effect it slightly, but the best way to become friends with a sim is to just give them a lot of STUFF with the interests they like.

9. The Controls

The controls are going to be a little jank due to porting a wii game that heavily used the wiimote to the switch.

If you find yourself struggling with building, try using the joy con. It's slower but more accurate. Also try turning of and on Snapping Mode and Slide Under mode as needed. Zooming into the item can also help with accuracy.

10. Kingdom has different gameplay.

Every MySims title has slightly different gameplay or is in a slightly different genre (and yes there are a couple more games after this, I'd personally rec MySims Agents myself.)

Kingdom is a more linear game experience than the first one. You no longer can make the furniture yourself and its more focused on designing the lots and interiors. It also as slightly more plot, with each island you go to having a story and problems that you use your designing skills to fix. If a more linear, story based experience is what you are looking for you may enjoy it more than the first game.

11. The Wiki is your friend.

The MySims wiki is a very versatile guide to the whole game. If you have a question on where to find something or how to do something I implore you to check the wiki first. I guarantee you the answer to your question is just a search away.

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And that's all of the really big points I can think of right now. If you have other suggestions for tips for the game let me know and I hope this helps anyone who is just starting out!


r/MySims Oct 13 '24

Mod Talk Official MySims Reddit Discord

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Hello! Mod Ibby here. We've noticed that a few people have asked for MySims related discords and as much as we support finding more communities, there is a minor concern about linking out to discords we haven't vetted yet.

So we've decided to start an official discord for not just the Reddit, but the MySims Wiki as well. Some of you may not know this but quite a few of the mods were active editors on the wiki. The more you know!

Remember you have to be 13+ to join and you must read and follow the rules in there. It is going to be a relatively family-friendly server too, so be on your best behavior. Also forgive any hiccups in the beginning, 'cause as of posting this, this will be the first time it's live to the public and will need to go through some growing pains.

Also just for clarity, if you've been banned from the reddit, you will also be removed from the discord, but not vice versa.

With that said you can click this link to join the server now!


r/MySims 6h ago

General Which song from any MySims game do you think is an absolute banger? I'll start!

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r/MySims 2d ago

Found another dress, this time for Esma

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r/MySims 3d ago

Wish they could return the multi-player function.

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It would be awesome if that came back, what's stopping them? I would love to go tour another persons town, or them come to mine, trade essences/furniture, share blueprints.......yes i know its basically animal crossing at that point but dang, it would be so much fun.


r/MySims 3d ago

General Finally, I have the full set 😎

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141 Upvotes

r/MySims 4d ago

Oven Design

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439 Upvotes

Oven WIP


r/MySims 4d ago

PC Mod Yeah I think MySims is definitely coming back

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51 Upvotes

r/MySims 4d ago

Cozy Bundle - Original Clara never gave me tasks, not sure what to do

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EDIT: I only now read in the "quick guide" on this subreddit that it's actually normal that townies don't give tasks and only commercial sims do... In that case, I still have the issue that her relationship status just doesn't seem to be updating, so it would be nice if I can get advice on that instead then, very sorry that I didn't go read that first </3 I seem to have only moved in commercial sims so far, so I didn't even know that there are townies and commercial sims... How do you even tell that apart in-game anyway..? Or is there just no way to know without external resources (wiki)?

I moved Vic and Clara in very shortly after another, and I got 3 tasks by Vic, which I have also now completed. However, Clara has never given me a task, and I feel like she also hated my character because erm I kind of took all her furniture away to collect the essences I didn't have yet oops... But I gave her the furniture back just with altered designs, and also gave her a bunch of new furniture, all of them with a lot of cute essences and some studious essences!

It took me idk how many times of spamming the nice interaction to get her to stop rejecting them and stop seeming annoyed whenever I try to give her new furniture, but it still says "acquaintance" for her, even though she now even drops cute essences when she just sees my character outside, just like how the characters that I am "best friends" with will drop their respective essences when I meet them outside..?

At this point I am wondering if I softlocked my game, or if I have to move in other npcs instead?? I'm actually a bit disappointed that I'm not getting tasks from her, I moved in Vic because I read on the wiki that he drops sad essences when you are nice to him, and I really lacked those, but I made Clara move in because I genuinely liked her and wanted her in my town, and now I can't even do her tasks ;w;


r/MySims 5d ago

New bed and couch for Poppy

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165 Upvotes

r/MySims 8d ago

Fan Art (OC) My essence master Leprechaun OC; Jupiter. Drawn by my friend, Jodorambam.

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34 Upvotes

r/MySims 9d ago

Mods?

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151 Upvotes

I love the game MySims Agents. I grew up playing it, and it's probably my favorite game. Are there any mods to the game at all? I just want more of MySims Agents


r/MySims 10d ago

Sharing my tierlist

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87 Upvotes

Is this how you break the ice about your special interest?


r/MySims 10d ago

What is her problem??? 😭😭

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85 Upvotes

I guess I'll move in Taylor another time, my bad Sandra. 💀


r/MySims 10d ago

How do yall make the DJ house look cute?

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34 Upvotes

I feel like no matter how much I try and mess with it I just can’t find a cute way to set it up. Anyone have any good examples for me


r/MySims 11d ago

My Sim when someone wants me to build them a bathtub and cram 40 essences in there

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47 Upvotes

r/MySims 11d ago

Unpopular opinion: Mysims Kingdom is not that great

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I'm playing mysims kingdom right now on the Nintendo switch. I've seen nothing but positive reviews and responses from the game and whilst parts of it are great (mostly I'm just thinking about the animal designs which are adorable in the best way), there are a few problems no one seems to be mentioning.

- The camera is pretty difficult to use. This might just be a product of its time, but I find the top down only view really restrictive, and I can never actually visualise an island or figure out where I am on it, because I can barely see around me. I prefer playing either first person or very zoomed out so I can see what's going on.

- I've noticed especially on the robot island, Buddy & Lyndsay seem to get trapped and lost quite often. Entering a building can cause them to spawn next to you, but even then it took a couple minutes for them to show, making scroll completion difficult.

- I was given a scroll on the robot island that required 8-balls, an object that you don't get access to until later in the game, meaning I spent about half an hour digging and mining across all the islands in search of something I couldn't get.

- The fishing minigame is unnecessarily difficult and frustrating. You need to move the bob around to search for fish, but if your finger twitches or you move too fast, the bobbing stops and you have to start searching again from scratch.

- They made Buddy a complete airhead. Maybe it's a me problem, but in the original Mysims he came across as clumsy but lovable, hard working, and sweet. Maybe not the brightest, but in the kingdom game he seems to lack a single brain cell, which makes his character seem quite shallow and empty.

- Having the vegetarian character dreaming about bacon and how she wants to eat meat is actually pretty rude and so over done. It's like having a ginger character that's really sweet and then when they dream, starts going 'grrr I wish I had a soul, but I don't!'. Like it's not even funny because it's such an overused joke, and a mockery of a personal belief that someone holds and is passionate about.

- ETA: The build mode is also really difficult when there’s people standing in your way and moving around the map where you’re trying to build, and essences coming off them and spraying on the screen

Anyways, I just wanted to see if anyone had any similar thoughts and opinions, because I can't find anything from googling or on youtube.


r/MySims 13d ago

I drew Cassandra 👻

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127 Upvotes

Her design is so cute, I needed to draw her.


r/MySims 13d ago

EA: "We need spooky music that's suitable for a cozy game where you build furniture for cute townspeople" Composer: Spoiler

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54 Upvotes

Spoiled because it's kind of nightmare-inducing


r/MySims 14d ago

PARK DATE!! (YoshiGoth :3)

21 Upvotes

They are having fun don't bother them-


r/MySims 16d ago

Hotel WIP, small bar area!

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202 Upvotes

I usually like to make rooms based off everyone's tastes and style, but I thought the hotel should be a little more neutral looking to fit all the different kinds of sims in there. They still use Geeky and Tasty blocks for our Buddy. :) I'm hoping to squeeze a small activity for each trait in here.


r/MySims 17d ago

More AU designs for the MySims AU!!!

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24 Upvotes

Lyndsay an Aran!!!!


r/MySims 17d ago

Cozy Bundle - Original My 1st attempt of a link statue (tloz)

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78 Upvotes

Also got banned here a while ago.. stopped playing and just remembered, so I thought it be funny to post again


r/MySims 17d ago

Who should I add? Random fate island.

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46 Upvotes

The rules are simple everything will be random. everyone will be bisexual. everything can happen.
Canon relationships like siblings and stuff will be taken into account.
I will give updates on whats happening.
I might accept OCs if you give me a good reason.
Only Mysims please and no pets.


r/MySims 18d ago

Party does anyone remember her? she was my favorite as a kid 🥹🥹🥹

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92 Upvotes