Keeping Sims happy is a tough job, but when they are pleased with your work, they will give you special buildings as gifts. I will do everything I can to help you. Since I am a Sim that lives in your city, helping you helps me, too! Meet your UTILITIES ADVISOR, Gus Oddman: The function of the Utilities Department is to supply power and water to the city. You met with him earlier when adding water in a previous lesson. All you need to worry about is building an so that all zones are hooked up “infrastructure” to the there are two utility grids, power and water, and both are important. “grid”. Actually Keeping the utilities flowing to your city can be tricky at times, but I will be around to answers questions when you need help! PETITIONERS: Petitioners can be anyone from your friendly neighborhood Sim to the Mayor of a Neighboring town. They are located at the bottom of the MEET window, which you access from the MEET button menu in the Main Toolbar. Once in the MEET window, click on any Petitioner to see what they have to say. They may be offering you a deal, or complaining about the way you are Mayoring! In this example, you are being offered a deal by the Mayor of a Neighboring city. The first thing you want to do is consult one of your Advisors. Consult your Advisor by clicking on the IMPACT ANALYSIS button. When you are done reading, click the checkmark to take you back to the previous screen. Once you know what you are dealing with, you can choose to either ACCEPT or REJECT the offer. If you REJECT the offer, the Petitioner leaves; sometimes they never come back. If you ACCEPT the offer, it goes into immediate effect, unless you need to place a building to complete the deal. If you need to place a building to complete the deal, select the REWARDS & OPPORTUNITIES button from within the PLACE CIVIC/SPECIAL BUILDINGS button on the Main Toolbar. This opens the Rewards & Opportunities window, from which you can select the appropriate building. Sometimes a Petitioner pops up just to give you some information. When there is no decision to be made, you can read the message and then click on the X to close it.
Keeping Sims happy is a tough job, but when they are pleased with your work, they will give you special buildings as gifts. I will do everything I can to help you. Since I am a Sim that lives in your city, helping you helps me, too! Meet your UTILITIES ADVISOR, Gus Oddman: The function of the Utilities Department is to supply power and water to the city. You met with him earlier when adding water in a previous lesson. All you need to worry about is building an “infrastructure” so that all zones are hooked up to the “grid”. Actually there are two utility grids, power and water, and both are important. Keeping the utilities flowing to your city can be tricky at times, but I will be around to answers questions when you need help! PETITIONERS: Petitioners can be anyone from your friendly neighborhood Sim to the Mayor of a Neighboring town. They are located at the bottom of the MEET window, which you access from the MEET button menu in the Main Toolbar. Once in the MEET window, click on any Petitioner to see what they have to say. They may be offering you a deal, or complaining about the way you are Mayoring! In this example, you are being offered a deal by the Mayor of a Neighboring city. The first thing you want to do is consult one of your Advisors. Consult your Advisor by clicking on the IMPACT ANALYSIS button. When you are done reading, click the checkmark to take you back to the previous screen. Once you know what you are dealing with, you can choose to either ACCEPT or REJECT the offer. If you REJECT the offer, the Petitioner leaves; sometimes they never come back. If you ACCEPT the offer, it goes into immediate effect, unless you need to place a building to complete the deal. If you need to place a building to complete the deal, select the REWARDS & OPPORTUNITIES button from within the PLACE CIVIC/SPECIAL BUILDINGS button on the Main Toolbar. This opens the Rewards & Opportunities window, from which you can select the appropriate building. Sometimes a Petitioner pops up just to give you some information. When there is no decision to be made, you can read the message and then click on the X to close it.