The Sims Bustin Out Career Guide Walkthrough by Elvor Version 0.6 Date: 2 September 2004 -------- Contents -------- 1.0- Legal Stuff 2.0- Introduction 3.0- Walkthrough 3.1- Bustin Out Career Guide 3.11- Counter Culture 3.12- Fashion Victim 3.13- Gangster *Incomplete* 3.14- Jock *Incomplete* 3.15- Mad Scientist *Incomplete* 3.16- Movie Star *Incomplete* 3.17- Paramilitary *Incomplete* 3.2- Free Play Career Guide 3.21- Artist *Incomplete* 3.22- Computer Geek 3.23- Rock Star 3.24- Slacker 3.25- Swindler 4.0- Credits 5.0- Version History ---------------- 1.0- Legal Stuff ---------------- Sorry, has to be done! This Walkthrough is copyright Jack Kenyon 2004. You may print as many copies of this as you want for personal use. No money may be made from its distribution. If you wish to post this guide on your site or use information from it, you must e-mail me and be granted permission, and you must give credit to me. The only sites that may currently post this are: www.gamefaqs.com www.neoseeker.com ----------------- 2.0- Introduction ----------------- This is a guide to the different career paths in The Sims Bustin Out on PS2. This guide could also be used for the GameCube and X-box versions of the game, as they are basically the same. In the guide, I will put the in-game descriptions of the different career levels in order, including money and requirements, and then show a combined table of all requirements for the careers. To start with, there will only be descriptions of the free play careers, and basic information about the Bustin Out careers. I will try not to make mistakes, but if I do, or if you want to make a contribution, feel free to e-mail me at elvorfilmathrang@hotmail.com. ---------------- 3.0- Walkthrough ---------------- I will put the Bustin Out career guides first, then the Free Play mode ones. ----------------------------------------- 3.1- Bustin Out Career Guide *Incomplete* ----------------------------------------- There are seven different career paths in Bustin Out mode, each with 10 levels, through 13 different houses. Here is the format I'll be using: Name: The name of the specific career level. Pay: The daily pay you receive. Bonus: The bonus you receive when you reach that level. Hours: The hours you have to work. Skills: The skills you need to reach that level. Friends: The friends you need to reach that level. Description: The in-game description of the career. I'll be using for the final table, so here's your guide: CO -- Cooking skill ME -- Mechanical skill CR -- Creativity skill BO -- Body skill LO -- Logic Skill CH -- Charisma skill FR -- Number of friends MH -- Mom's House DT -- Dudley's Trailer MP -- Mimi's Place GM -- Goth Manor TG -- Toane's Gym S8 -- Studio 8 CC -- Casa Caliente CR -- Club Rubb SL -- Shiny Things Labs TO -- The Octagon PA -- Pixel Acres TB -- Tinsel Bluffs MM -- Malcolm's Mansion Hours will be listed in military time. Numbers from 0 to 11 are AM, while everything from 12 to 23 is PM. The skill/friend ratings will shows what is required to get promoted to that level. --------------------- 3.11- Counter Culture --------------------- Name: Panhandler House: Moms House Pay: $110 Bonus: None Hours: 10:00 AM to 2:00 PM Skills: None Friends: None Description: Why work for money when you can just ask for it? 9 to 5 jobs are for suckers caught up in the machine. They're just a bunch of puppets! The more you mock them, the more money they give you! Name: Leaflet Distributor House: Mimi's Place Pay: $120 Bonus: $240 Hours: 10:00 AM to 2:00 PM Skills: None Friends: None Description: You've got to wake people up to reality! Press flyers for psychic fairs, meditation camps and COOKING classes into their greedy hands. Make friends and learn some skills to further the revolution! Name: Basket Weaver House: Mimi's Place Pay: $180 Bonus: $360 Hours: 10:00 AM to 3:00 PM Skills: 1 Cooking, 1 Creative Friends: None Description: Art is the answer! By filling the world with beauty, maybe people will finally see the beauty in themselves...and each other. You're not in this for the money, you're in it for developing your SKILLS. Name: Flower Child House: Studio 8 Pay: $200 Bonus: $400 Hours: 12:00 PM to 5:00 PM Skills: 3 Cooking, 1 Creative, 1 Body Friends: 2 Description: Art isn't enough anymore...you've got to LIVE a whole new way to make them see the truth! Spend time cooking and chatting. Love and laughter will heal all! Name: Massage Therapist House: Studio 8 Pay: $220 Bonus: $440 Hours: 11:00 AM to 4:00 PM Skills: 5 Cooking, 1 Creative, 1 Body, 1 Charisma Friends: 3 Description: Your interest in nutrition has put you...in touch...with people that need healing. Not only can you make some decent money, but you can change your clients lives in person. Just don't rub people the wrong way. Name: Yoga Instructor House: Casa Caliente Pay: $300 Bonus: $600 Hours: 10:00 AM to 5:00 PM Skills: 6 Cooking, 1 Mechanical, 2 Creative, 1 Body, 2 Charisma Friends: 4 Description: Massage work was a great way to help people, but it was only one at a time. As a yoga instructor...it's a "one to many" relationship. Many people learn, many people pay. Everyone feels better afterwards. Name: Transcendentalist House: Casa Caliente Pay: $350 Bonus: $700 Hours: 12:00 PM to 5:00 PM Skills: 7 Cooking, 2 Mechanical, 2 Creative, 2 Body, 2 Charisma Friends: 6 Description: Your gift for difficult poses, deep breathing and cutting through the BS has made you something of a local celebrity. Start practicing and giving speeches to spread the word, and spread the love. Name: Love Guru House: Pixel Acres Pay: $450 Bonus: $900 Hours: 12:00 PM to 5:00 PM Skills: 8 Cooking, 2 Mechanical, 2 Creative, 3 Body, 4 Charisma Friends: 6 Description: Your speeches have been translated into 98 languages and disciples have come from around the world to listen to your every word. Love really IS the answer, at least to your financial problems! Name: Psychic Activist House: Pixel Acres Pay: $550 Bonus: $1100 Hours: 2:00 PM to 7:00 PM Skills: 9 Cooking, 3 Mechanical, 3 Creative, 4 Body, 6 Charisma Friends: 7 Description: Not everyone is buying your "love trip," but one thing they CAN understand is being "free!" Your public love-ins and annual "Burning Clothes" festival are mandatory events for anyone who IS anyone. Name: Full Time Freak House: Malcolm's Mansion Pay: $1000 Bonus: $2000 Hours: 10:00 AM to 2:00 PM Skills: 10 Cooking, 3 Mechanical, 4 Creative, 5 Body, 8 Charisma Friends: 8 Description: The power, the lust, the mental gymnastics, the non-stop parade of freaks, utopians, pagans, lovers, the mad money...it's all a bunch of LIES! Well, money doesn't lie at least. Meditate on that...while you keep up the facade. LV JOB TITLE HOUSE HOURS PAY BONUS FR CO ME CR BO LO CH ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Panhandler MH 10-14 $ 110 $0000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2. Leaflet Distributor MP 10-14 $ 120 $ 240 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3. Basket Weaver MP 10-15 $ 180 $ 360 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 4. Flower Child S8 12-17 $ 200 $ 400 2 3 0 1 1 0 0 5. Massage Therapist S8 11-16 $ 220 $ 440 3 5 0 1 1 0 1 6. Yoga Instructor CC 10-17 $ 300 $ 600 4 6 1 2 1 0 2 7. Transcendentalist CC 12-17 $ 350 $ 700 6 7 2 2 2 0 2 8. Love Guru PA 12-17 $ 450 $ 900 6 8 2 2 3 0 4 9. Psychic Activist PA 14-19 $ 550 $1100 7 9 3 3 4 0 6 10. Full Time Freak MM 10-14 $1000 $2000 8 10 3 4 5 0 8 -------------------- 3.12- Fashion Victim -------------------- Name: Hand Model House: Mom's House Pay: $200 Bonus: None Hours: 10:00 AM to 2:00 PM Skills: None Friends: None Description: You're just a prop for all sorts of junk: cheap watches, credit cards, frying pans, rubber gloves, baby wipes, acne pads, and video game controllers. But nobody sees your face! Hide your tears and maybe they will someday. Name: Lingerie Model House: Mimi's Place Pay: $225 Bonus: $450 Hours: 10:00 AM to 2:00 PM Skills: None Friends: None Description: Your scantily clad lower half appears in newspapers and catalogs across the country, yet ironically, nobody knows who you are. Figure out how to get more CREATIVE. Name: Body Waxer House: Mimi's Place Pay: $275 Bonus: $550 Hours: 10:00 AM to 3:00 PM Skills: 2 Creative Friends: None Description: Your expertise in modelling lingerie has made you a bikini waxing evangelist, and your new "Ultra-Brazilian" technique has everyone talking...when they're not screaming! It's a living, but you'll need to make FRIENDS if you want to find real work. Name: Fingernail Painter House: Studio 8 Pay: $315 Bonus: $630 Hours: 10:00 AM to 3:00 PM Skills: 4 Creative, 1 Body Friends: 1 Description: Did you know there are over 15,000 colors of nail polish available? Plus it's really a new ART form - there are French nails, henna nails, pierced nails, even floral prints! Get CREATIVE...go wild! Name: Wig Designer House: Studio 8 Pay: $400 Bonus: $800 Hours: 11:00 AM to 5:00 PM Skills: 5 Creative, 1 Body, 1 Charisma Friends: 2 Description: Doing nails was alright, but if you really want to turn heads, you need to work with hair! Your only clients are cancer patients and drag queens, but hey...you get to make people look and feel their best. Isn't that what fashion is all about? Name: Hair Stylist House: Club Rubb Pay: $550 Bonus: $1100 Hours: 11:00 AM to 6:00 PM Skills: 6 Creative, 1 Body, 2 Charisma Friends: 3 Description: Your fancy wig designs caught the eye of a local celebrity. She wants you to be her full-time stylist! The best part is, you get access to all the hottest gossip and hottest models in town! Better work on your BODY, if you want to "fit in." Name: Make Up Artist House: Club Rubb Pay: $650 Bonus: $1300 Hours: 12:00 PM to 6:00 PM Skills: 1 Cooking, 7 Creative, 3 Body, 3 Charisma Friends: 4 Description: All the models LOVED what you did with their hair, now they want you to do their makeup too! You even get to be backstage with them at the shows! Aren't models just the NICEST people? Name: Runway Model House: Tinsel Bluffs Pay: $900 Bonus: $1800 Hours: 6:00 PM to 1:00 AM Skills: 2 Cooking, 8 Creative, 4 Body, 4 Charisma Friends: 5 Description: All the other models are in a SNIT! The big fashion designer thought YOU looked better in his clothes than they did! You're finally in, so keep doing your little turn on the catwalk and your signature pout...who knows how long you'll be the hot new thing? Name: Centerfold House: Tinsel Bluffs Pay: $1100 Bonus: $2200 Hours: 2:00 PM to 9:00 PM Skills: 3 Cooking, 9 Creative, 5 Body, 4 Charisma Friends: 7 Description: The full color, 15 page, glorious full body pictorial in 5 magazines simultaneously. Scandal? No- nothing but talk shows, awards ceremonies, and endless trips to the bank! You're the sexiest Sim in the world! Name: Super Model House: Malcolm's Mansion Pay: $1200 Bonus: $2400 Hours: 10:00 AM to 4:00 PM Skills: 4 Cooking, 10 Creative, 8 Body, 5 Charisma Friends: 9 Description: Your face is on the cover of every magazine, in every movie, and taped to every teen-ager's mirror in the land! And your new magazine and clothing line? Better than printing MONEY. LV JOB TITLE HOUSE HOURS PAY BONUS FR CO ME CR BO LO CH ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Hand Model MH 10-14 $ 200 $0000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2. Lingerie Model MP 10-14 $ 225 $ 450 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3. Body Waxer MP 10-15 $ 275 $ 550 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 4. Fingernail Painter S8 10-15 $ 315 $ 630 1 0 0 4 1 0 0 5. Wig Designer S8 11-17 $ 400 $ 800 2 0 0 5 1 0 1 6. Hair Stylist CR 11-18 $ 550 $1100 3 0 0 6 1 0 2 7. Make Up Artist CR 12-18 $ 650 $1300 4 1 0 7 3 0 3 8. Runway Model TB 18-01 $ 900 $1800 5 2 0 8 4 0 4 9. Centerfold TB 14-21 $1100 $2200 7 3 0 9 5 0 4 10. Super Model MM 10-16 $1200 $2400 9 4 0 10 8 0 5 -------------- 3.13- Gangster -------------- Name: Vandal House: Mom's House Pay: $140 Bonus: None Hours: 10:00 AM to 2:00 PM Skills: None Friends: None Description: Name: Shoplifter House: Dudley's Trailer Pay: $200 Bonus: $400 Hours: 9:00 AM to 1:00 PM Skills: None Friends: None Description: Name: Burglar House: Dudley's Trailer Pay: $275 Bonus: $550 Hours: 11:00 PM to 5:00 AM Skills: 2 Creative Friends: None Description: Name: Car Thief House: Toane's Gym Pay: $350 Bonus: $700 Hours: 9:00 AM to 3:00 PM Skills: 1 Mechanical, 4 Creative Friends: 2 Description: Name: Mugger House: Toane's Gym Pay: $425 Bonus: $850 Hours: 5:00 PM to 1:00 AM Skills: 2 Mechanical, 5 Creative Friends: 3 Description: Name: Body Guard House: Casa Caliente Pay: $530 Bonus: $1060 Hours: 3:00 PM to 11:00 PM Skills: 3 Mechanical, 6 Creative, 1 Body, 1 Charisma Friends: 4 Description: Name: Arsonist House: Casa Caliente Pay: $640 Bonus: $1280 Hours: 9:00 AM to 3:00 PM Skills: 3 Mechanical, 7 Creative, 3 Body, 1 Charisma Friends: 6 Description: Name: Extortionist House: Pixel Acres Pay: $760 Bonus: $1520 Hours: 9:00 AM to 3:00 PM Skills: 5 Mechanical, 8 Creative, 3 Body, 2 Charisma Friends: 8 Description: Name: Hit Man House: Pixel Acres Pay: $900 Bonus: $1800 Hours: 9:00 AM to 3:00 PM Skills: 5 Mechanical, 9 Creative, 5 Body, 3 Charisma Friends: 8 Description: Name: Mob Boss House: Malcolm's Mansion Pay: $1100 Bonus: $2200 Hours: 6:00 PM to 12:00 AM Skills: 5 Mechanical, 10 Creative, 7 Body, 4 Charisma Friends: 8 Description: LV JOB TITLE HOUSE HOURS PAY BONUS FR CO ME CR BO LO CH ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Vandal MH 10-14 $ 140 $0000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2. Shoplifter DT 09-13 $ 200 $ 400 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3. Burglar DT 23-05 $ 275 $ 550 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 4. Car Thief TG 09-15 $ 350 $ 700 2 0 1 4 0 0 0 5. Mugger TG 17-01 $ 425 $ 850 3 0 2 5 0 0 0 6. Body Guard CC 15-23 $ 530 $1060 4 0 3 6 1 0 1 7. Arsonist CC 09-15 $ 640 $1280 6 0 3 7 3 0 1 8. Extortionist PA 09-15 $ 760 $1520 8 0 5 8 3 0 2 9. Hit Man PA 09-15 $ 900 $1800 8 0 5 9 5 0 3 10. Mob Boss MM 18-00 $1100 $2200 8 0 5 10 7 0 4 ---------- 3.14- Jock ---------- Name: Mascot House: Mom's House Pay: $130 Bonus: None Hours: 10:00 AM to 2:00 PM Skills: None Friends: None Description: Name: Ball Collector House: Dudley's Trailer Pay: $170 Bonus: $340 Hours: 9:00 AM to 2:00 PM Skills: None Friends: None Description: Name: Rookie House: Dudley's Trailer Pay: $230 Bonus: $460 Hours: 10:00 AM to 3:00 PM Skills: 2 Body Friends: None Description: Name: Starter House: Toane's Gym Pay: $300 Bonus: $600 Hours: 10:00 AM to 3:00 PM Skills: 4 Body Friends: None Description: Name: All Star House: Toane's Gym Pay: $385 Bonus: $770 Hours: 9:00 AM to 3:00 PM Skills: 6 Body, 1 Charisma Friends: None Description: Name: MVP House: Club Rubb Pay: $510 Bonus: $1020 Hours: 9:00 AM to 3:00 PM Skills: 2 Mechanical, 7 Body, 1 Charisma Friends: 1 Description: Name: Superstar House: Club Rubb Pay: $680 Bonus: $1360 Hours: 9:00 AM to 4:00 PM Skills: 1 Cooking, 2 Mechanical, 8 Body, 2 Charisma Friends: 2 Description: Name: Head Coach House: Tinsel Bluffs Pay: $850 Bonus: $1700 Hours: 8:00 AM to 2:00 PM Skills: 2 Cooking, 2 Mechanical, 9 Body, 3 Charisma Friends: 3 Description: Name: Hall of Famer House: Tinsel Bluffs Pay: $1000 Bonus: $2000 Hours: 9:00 AM to 3:00 PM Skills: 3 Cooking, 2 Mechanical, 10 Body, 5 Charisma Friends: 4 Description: Name: Living Legend House: Malcolm's Mansion Pay: $1200 Bonus: $2400 Hours: 9:00 AM to 3:00 PM Skills: 4 Cooking, 2 Mechanical, 10 Body, 5 Charisma Friends: 6 Description: LV JOB TITLE HOUSE HOURS PAY BONUS FR CO ME CR BO LO CH ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Mascot MH 10-14 $ 130 $0000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2. Ball Collector DT 09-14 $ 170 $ 340 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3. Rookie DT 10-15 $ 230 $ 460 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 4. Starter TG 10-15 $ 300 $ 600 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 5. All-Star TG 09-15 $ 385 $ 770 0 0 0 0 6 0 1 6. MVP CR 09-15 $ 510 $1020 1 0 2 0 7 0 1 7. Superstar CR 09-16 $ 680 $1360 2 1 2 0 8 0 2 8. Head Coach TB 08-14 $ 850 $1700 3 2 2 0 9 0 3 9. Hall of Famer TB 09-15 $1000 $2000 4 3 2 0 10 0 5 10. Living Legend MM 09-15 $1200 $2400 6 4 2 0 10 0 5 ------------------- 3.15- Mad Scientist ------------------- Name: Lab Cleaner House: Mom's House Pay: $155 Bonus: None Hours: :00 M to :00 M Skills: None Friends: None Description: Name: Potion Tester House: Dudley's Trailer Pay: $230 Bonus: $460 Hours: :00 M to :00 M Skills: None Friends: None Description: Name: Pyro House: Dudley's Trailer Pay: $320 Bonus: $640 Hours: :00 M to :00 M Skills: 2 Mechanical Friends: None Description: Name: Virus Breeder House: Goth Manor Pay: $375 Bonus: $750 Hours: :00 M to :00 M Skills: 1 Cooking, 2 Mechanical, 1 Logic Friends: 1 Description: Name: Chemist House: Goth Manor Pay: $450 Bonus: $900 Hours: :00 M to :00 M Skills: 1 Cooking, 2 Mechanical, 1 Creative, 2 Logic, 1 Charisma Friends: 2 Description: Name: Vivisectionist House: Shiny Things Labs Pay: $540 Bonus: $1080 Hours: :00 M to :00 M Skills: 1 Cooking, 2 Mechanical, 2 Creative, 4 Logic, 1 Charisma Friends: 2 Description: Name: Gene Splicer House: Shiny Things Labs Pay: $640 Bonus: $1280 Hours: :00 M to :00 M Skills: 1 Cooking, 4 Mechanical, 2 Creative, 4 Logic, 2 Charisma Friends: 3 Description: Name: Robotitian House: The Octagon Pay: $740 Bonus: $1480 Hours: :00 M to :00 M Skills: 1 Cooking, 6 Mechanical, 2 Creative, 5 Logic, 3 Charisma Friends: 4 Description: Name: Space-Time Tinkerer House: The Octagon Pay: $870 Bonus: $1740 Hours: :00 M to :00 M Skills: 1 Cooking, 8 Mechanical, 4 Creative, 7 Logic, 4 Charisma Friends: 5 Description: Name: Death Ray Inventor House: Malcolm's Mansion Pay: $1000 Bonus: $2000 Hours: :00 M to :00 M Skills: 2 Cooking, 10 Mechanical, 5 Creative, 8 Logic, 5 Charisma Friends: 6 Description: LV JOB TITLE HOUSE HOURS PAY BONUS FR CO ME CR BO LO CH ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Lab Cleaner MH 10-14 $ 155 $0000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2. Potion Tester DT 11-15 $ 230 $ 460 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3. Pyro DT 14-22 $ 320 $ 640 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 4. Virus Breeder GM 11-16 $ 375 $ 750 1 1 2 0 0 1 0 5. Chemist GM 10-17 $ 450 $ 900 2 1 2 1 0 2 1 6. Vivisectionist SL 10-19 $ 540 $1080 2 1 2 2 0 4 1 7. Gene Splicer SL 11-15 $ 640 $1280 3 1 4 2 0 4 2 8. Robotician TO 12-20 $ 740 $1480 4 1 6 2 0 5 3 9. Space-Time Tinkerer TO 10-16 $ 870 $1740 5 1 8 4 0 7 4 10. Death Ray Inventor MM 10-14 $1000 $2000 6 2 10 5 0 8 5 ---------------- 3.16- Movie Star ---------------- Name: Mall Clown House: Mom's House Pay: $100 Bonus: None Hours: 10:00 AM to 2:00 PM Skills: None Friends: None Description: Name: Kiddie Show Sidekick House: Mimi's Place Pay: $150 Bonus: $300 Hours: 9:00 AM to 1:00 PM Skills: None Friends: None Description: Name: Stunt Double House: Mimi's Place Pay: $200 Bonus: $400 Hours: 9:00 AM to 3:00 PM Skills: 2 Charisma Friends: None Description: Name: Horror Movie Extra House: Goth Manor Pay: $275 Bonus: $550 Hours: 7:00 AM to 3:00 PM Skills: 1 Body, 2 Charisma Friends: 2 Description: Name: Soap Opera Star House: Goth Manor Pay: $375 Bonus: $750 Hours: 7:00 AM to 4:00 PM Skills: 1 Creative, 2 Body, 3 Charisma Friends: 3 Description: Name: Game Show Host House: Club Rubb Pay: $500 Bonus: $1000 Hours: 10:00 AM to 6:00 PM Skills: 2 Creative, 2 Body, 4 Charisma Friends: 4 Description: Name: Sit Com Star House: Club Rubb Pay: $650 Bonus: $1300 Hours: 10:00 AM to 6:00 PM Skills: 2 Creative, 3 Body, 6 Charisma Friends: 6 Description: Name: Sex Symbol House: Tinsel Bluffs Pay: $900 Bonus: $1800 Hours: 5:00 PM to 1:00 AM Skills: 2 Creative, 3 Body, 7 Charisma Friends: 6 Description: Name: Director House: Tinsel Bluffs Pay: $1100 Bonus: $2200 Hours: 10:00 AM to 5:00 PM Skills: 5 Creative, 4 Body, 8 Charisma Friends: 8 Description: Name: Movie Mogul House: Malcolm's Mansion Pay: $1400 Bonus: $2800 Hours: 10:00 AM to 3:00 PM Skills: 8 Creative, 4 Body, 10 Charisma Friends: 10 Description: LV JOB TITLE HOUSE HOURS PAY BONUS FR CO ME CR BO LO CH ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Mall Clown MH 10-14 $ 100 $0000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2. Kiddie Show Sidekick MP 09-13 $ 150 $ 300 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3. Stunt Double MP 09-15 $ 200 $ 400 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 4. Horror Movie Extra GM 07-15 $ 275 $ 550 2 0 0 0 1 0 2 5. Soap Opera Star GM 07-16 $ 375 $ 750 3 0 0 1 2 0 3 6. Game Show Host CR 10-18 $ 500 $1000 4 0 0 2 2 0 4 7. Sit Com Star CR 10-18 $ 650 $1300 6 0 0 2 3 0 6 8. Sex Symbol TB 17-01 $ 900 $1800 6 0 0 2 3 0 7 9. Director TB 10-17 $1100 $2200 8 0 0 5 4 0 8 10. Movie Mogul MM 10-15 $1400 $2800 10 0 0 8 4 0 10 ------------------ 3.17- Paramilitary ------------------ Name: Latrine Cleaner House: Mom's House Pay: $250 Bonus: None Hours: :00 M to :00 M Skills: None Friends: None Description: Name: Boot Polisher House: Dudley's Trailer Pay: $325 Bonus: $650 Hours: :00 M to :00 M Skills: None Friends: None Description: Name: Drill Instructor House: Dudley's Trailer Pay: $400 Bonus: $800 Hours: :00 M to :00 M Skills: 2 Logic Friends: None Description: Name: Paratrooper House: Toane's Gym Pay: $450 Bonus: $900 Hours: :00 M to :00 M Skills: 2 Body, 4 Logic Friends: None Description: Name: Chopper Pilot House: Toane's Gym Pay: $500 Bonus: $1000 Hours: :00 M to :00 M Skills: 4 Body, 5 Logic Friends: None Description: Name: Covert Ops House: Shiny Things Labs Pay: $550 Bonus: $1100 Hours: :00 M to :00 M Skills: 1 Mechanical, 4 Body, 6 Logic, 2 Charisma Friends: 1 Description: Name: Secret Agent House: Shiny Things Labs Pay: $580 Bonus: $1160 Hours: :00 M to :00 M Skills: 1 Mechanical, 5 Body, 7 Logic, 2 Charisma Friends: 2 Description: Name: Code Breaker House: The Octagon Pay: $600 Bonus: $1200 Hours: :00 M to :00 M Skills: 4 Mechanical, 5 Body, 8 Logic, 2 Charisma Friends: 5 Description: Name: Intelligence Director House: The Octagon Pay: $700 Bonus: $1400 Hours: :00 M to :00 M Skills: 7 Mechanical, 8 Body, 9 Logic, 2 Charisma Friends: 6 Description: Name: War Minister House: Malcolm's Mansion Pay: $1000 Bonus: $2000 Hours: :00 M to :00 M Skills: 8 Mechanical, 10 Body, 10 Logic, 4 Charisma Friends: 6 Description: LV JOB TITLE HOUSE HOURS PAY BONUS FR CO ME CR BO LO CH ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Latrine Cleaner MH 10-14 $ 250 $0000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2. Boot Polisher DT 08-12 $ 325 $ 650 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3. Drill Instructor DT 09-14 $ 400 $ 800 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 4. Paratrooper TG 06-12 $ 450 $ 900 0 0 0 0 2 4 0 5. Chopper Pilot TG 06-12 $ 500 $1000 0 0 0 0 4 5 0 6. Covert Ops SL 09-15 $ 550 $1100 1 0 1 0 4 6 2 7. Secret Agent SL 09-15 $ 580 $1160 2 0 1 0 5 7 2 8. Code Breaker TO 09-15 $ 600 $1200 5 0 4 0 5 8 2 9. Intelligence Director TO 09-15 $ 700 $1400 6 0 7 0 8 9 2 10. War Minister MM 09-15 $1000 $2000 6 0 8 0 10 10 4 --------------------------- 3.2- Free Play Career Guide --------------------------- There are five different career paths in Free Play mode, each with 10 levels. Here is the format I'll be using: Name: The name of the specific career level. Pay: The daily pay you receive. Bonus: The bonus you receive when you reach that level. Hours: The hours you have to work. Skills: The skills you need to reach that level. Friends: The friends you need to reach that level. Description: The in-game description of the career. I'll be using for the final table, so here's your guide: CO -- Cooking skill ME -- Mechanical skill CR -- Creativity skill BO -- Body skill LO -- Logic Skill CH -- Charisma skill FR -- Number of friends MH -- Mom's House DT -- Dudley's Trailer MP -- Mimi's Place GM -- Goth Manor TG -- Toane's Gym S8 -- Studio 8 CC -- Casa Caliente CR -- Club Rubb SL -- Shiny Things Labs TO -- The Octagon PA -- Pixel Acres TB -- Tinsel Bluffs MM -- Malcolm's Mansion Hours will be listed in military time. Numbers from 0 to 11 are AM, while everything from 12 to 23 is PM. The skill/friend ratings will shows what is required to get promoted to that level. ------------ 3.21- Artist ------------ Name: Artist's Model Pay: $100 Bonus: None Hours: 3:00 PM to 8:00 PM Skills: None Friends: None Description: It's awkward at first, but you'll get used to it. In fact, there is something true and inspiring about the human figure...especially yours. Chat up the art students and maybe you can score a better paying gig. Name: House Painter Pay: $130 Bonus: $260 Hours: 9:00 AM to 4:00 PM Skills: None Friends: None Description: Well the pay isn't much better, and the work is harder, but at least you're getting to paint! Get CREATIVE with those brushes and rollers and imagine your own masterpieces as you slap on another coat of weather-all latex. Name: Studio Assistant Pay: $190 Bonus: $380 Hours: 9:00 AM to 3:00 PM Skills: 2 Creative Friends: None Description: Now you get to work with a REAL artist! Well, at least you get to clean up after them...and mix their paints...and paint their paintings...Hey! You're doing all the work and they're getting all the money! Better make some new friends and find a way out of this rip off! Name: Museum Guard Pay: $250 Bonus: $500 Hours: 8:00 AM to 4:00 PM Skills: 5 Creative Friends: 1 Description: Your art world connection scored you a great job at the art museum! Now you can stare at your favourite painting for hours and hours and hours and hours and hey...that painting isn't so great... Name: Studio Artist Pay: $325 Bonus: $650 Hours: 7:00 AM to 2:00 PM Skills: 2 Mechanical, 6 Creative Friends: 2 Description: You're finally selling enough work to support yourself, but just barely. Work on your style, your technique and most importantly...this is KEY...making more friends. One day you'll be famous! Name: Resident Artist Pay: $400 Bonus: $800 Hours: 11:00 AM to 8:00 PM Skills: 5 Mechanical, 7 Creative Friends: 3 Description: Your longwinded art manifesto made quite an impression! A local corporation has hired you as their "resident artist" to soften up their harsh image. Work on your BODY to perfect your controversial anti-corporate performance pieces. Name: Art Critic Pay: $550 Bonus: $1100 Hours: 12:00 PM to 9:00 PM Skills: 5 Mechanical, 8 Creative, 4 Body Friends: 4 Description: Your friend enjoyed your insulting critiques of the current art scene so much, she hired you as art critic for her magazine! Charm the art world with your pen, as well as your palette, and you'll be the next big thing! Name: L' Enfant Terrible Pay: $700 Bonus: $1400 Hours: 11:00 AM to 6:00 PM Skills: 5 Mechanical, 10 Creative, 5 Body, 2 Charisma Friends: 5 Description: Your work is so "art-smart," it puts everyone else to shame! The politics, the humor, the IRONY! And you're the life of every party you attend! Keep sharpening your tongue and your image, if you want to stay on top. Name: Gallery Owner Pay: $1100 Bonus: $2200 Hours: 5:00 PM to 2:00 AM Skills: 5 Mechanical, 10 Creative, 7 Body, 7 Charisma Friends: 6 Description: You were hot as an artist? Now they'll find out what hot REALLY means! By controlling who and what gets shown, you control what and who gets known. Pure unadulterated POWER! Name: Museum Director Pay: $1400 Bonus: $2800 Hours: 10:00 AM to 3:00 PM Skills: 5 Mechanical, 10 Creative, 7 Body, 4 Logic, 10 Charisma Friends: 8 Description: Your appointment to museum director has solidified your stranglehold on the culture, on society and on creativity. And that's exactly how you intend to keep it. If they don't agree with your tastes...they can always emigrate! LV JOB TITLE HOURS PAY BONUS FR CO ME CR BO LO CH ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Artist's Model 15-20 $ 100 $0000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2. House Painter 09-16 $ 130 $ 260 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3. Studio Assistant 09-15 $ 190 $ 380 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 4. Museum Guard 08-16 $ 250 $ 500 1 0 0 5 0 0 0 5. Studio Artist 07-14 $ 325 $ 650 2 0 2 6 0 0 0 6. Resident Artist 11-20 $ 400 $ 800 3 0 5 7 0 0 0 7. Art Critic 12-21 $ 550 $1100 4 0 5 8 4 0 0 8. L' Enfant Terrible 11-18 $ 700 $1400 5 0 5 10 5 0 2 9. Gallery Owner 17-02 $1100 $2200 6 0 5 10 7 0 7 10. Museum Director 10-15 $1400 $2800 8 0 5 10 7 4 10 ------------------- 3.22- Computer Geek ------------------- Name: Cable Grunt Pay: $120 Bonus: None Hours: 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM Skills: None Friends: None Description: Any idiot could do this job...that's why it's perfect for you! The early hours are bad enough, but the annoying, whiny, non-tipping customers are the worst. Get back at them by showing up late and installing the wrong channels for the fun of it. Name: Video Game Tester Pay: $150 Bonus: $300 Hours: 6:00 PM to 2:00 AM Skills: None Friends: None Description: Put the next version of the software through its paces, and break it as often as possible. The Company is depending on you to make sure this code arrives on the store shelves in the cleanest possible condition, just stay awake! Name: Tech Support Pay: $200 Bonus: $400 Hours: 8:00 AM to 4:00 PM Skills: 2 Mechanical, 1 Creative, and 1 Logic Friends: None Description: Time in the testing trenches has earned you a break working on the phones. The hours are more regular, but the work isn't very entertaining. Keep up on the latest technology trends, and watch out for those nifty bugs that slipped through the cracks. Name: Virus Writer Pay: $240 Bonus: $480 Hours: 12:00 PM to 8:00 PM Skills: 3 Mechanical, 1 Creative, 2 Logic Friends: 1 Description: Creating all those Auto-response emails in tech support got pretty boring, so you invented a new email virus! And the anti-virus people hired you to keep them in business! Make friends with other script kiddies to get better. Name: Web Designer Pay: $400 Bonus: $800 Hours: 10:00 AM to 7:00 PM Skills: 4 Mechanical, 2 Creative, 2 Logic Friends: 2 Description: All that destructive behaviour has made you feel guilty. It's time to get CREATIVE with web design! It's all about the user experience, about being fresh, about communicating and community! Basically...it's all about pop-ups! Name: Hacker Pay: $610 Bonus: $1220 Hours: 4:00 PM to 11:00 PM Skills: 4 Mechanical, 4 Creative, 4 Logic Friends: 2 Description: You've decide the web INS'T about pop-ups...it's about stupid people. Stupid people that leave their systems unprotected. Stupid people that don't change passwords on their bank accounts. It's your job to teach them a lesson...the HARD way! Name: Programmer Pay: $800 Bonus: $1600 Hours: 10:00 AM to 8:00 PM Skills: 4 Mechanical, 6 Creative, 5 Logic, 2 Charisma Friends: 3 Description: Why risk prison time, when you can make more money going legit? Sure the hours are long, but so are the numbers on your pay check. Hit your keyboard, hit you deadlines, and hit the mattress...you won't have much time for much else. Name: Gizmo Inventor Pay: $1100 Bonus: $2200 Hours: 10:00 AM to 7:00 PM Skills: 4 Mechanical, 7 Creative, 7 Logic, 4 Charisma Friends: 4 Description: You've bridged the gap between software and...weird toys. Hours are ridiculously long, work is physically and mentally exhausting, and your ideas are crazy...but they just might work! Name: Al Theorist Pay: $1300 Bonus: $2600 Hours: 11:00 AM to 8:00 PM Skills: 5 Mechanical, 9 Creative, 8 Logic, 6 Charisma Friends: 5 Description: You breakthrough diaper-wetting dolls have catapulted you to the top of the Al lecture circuit. If only you could bridge the gap between humans and machine...a new era in human evolution could start... Name: Cyborg Pay: $1550 Bonus: $3100 Hours: FIND OUT Skills: 7 Mechanical, 10 Creative, 10 Logic, 8 Charisma Friends: 6 Description: Finally...humanity has taken control of its destiny...well at least YOU have. Being part machine and immortal has its benefits, but it's still a full-time job evangelising the future in person. Don't forget to recharge your batteries! LV JOB TITLE HOURS PAY BONUS FR CO ME CR BO LO CH ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Cable Grunt 09-17 $ 120 $0000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2. Video Game Tester 18-02 $ 150 $ 300 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3. Tech Support 08-16 $ 200 $ 400 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 4. Virus Writer 12-20 $ 240 $ 480 1 0 3 1 0 2 0 5. Web Designer 10-19 $ 400 $ 800 2 0 4 2 0 2 0 6. Hacker 16-23 $ 610 $1220 2 0 4 4 0 4 0 7. Programmer 10-20 $ 800 $1600 3 0 4 6 0 5 2 8. Gizmo Inventor 10-19 $1100 $2200 4 0 4 7 0 7 4 9. Al Theorist 11-20 $1300 $2600 5 0 5 9 0 8 6 10. Cyborg 11-20 $1550 $3100 6 0 7 10 0 10 8 --------------- 3.23- Rock Star --------------- Name: Groupie Pay: $100 Bonus: None Hours: 10:00 AM to 4:00 PM Skills: None Friends: None Description: You get to cook and clean for the band, as well as drive the bus, score the "refreshments" and satisfy their "needs." Well? What did you expect by answering a want ad for a groupie? Name: Roadie Pay: $120 Bonus: $240 Hours: 9:00 AM to 4:00 PM Skills: None Friends: None Description: You made it through the rigorous groupie hazing process, so the band gave you a break and hired you to schlep their stuff around. It's low pay, but at least you get to absorb all the CREATIVE music you'll see on the road. Name: Record Store Clerk Pay: $190 Bonus: $380 Hours: 9:00 AM to 3:00 PM Skills: 2 Creative Friends: None Description: Being a roadie sucked, but all those bands you heard were amazing! As a record store clerk you can hear even more of it too! Take advantage of the "creative" atmosphere to make friends and learn some better skills while avoiding real work. Name: Elevator Music Composer Pay: $250 Bonus: $500 Hours: 8:00 PM to 4:00 AM Skills: 5 Creative Friends: 2 Description: Turning your back on the underground was easier than you thought, and the added money doesn't hurt either. Plus, you get to entertain millions of people as they ride elevators...a captive audience! Name: Jingle Writer Pay: $325 Bonus: $650 Hours: 7:00 AM to 2:00 PM Skills: 2 Mechanical, 6 Creative Friends: 2 Description: The studio loves your elevator music! Now your cute, inoffensive, yet painfully memorable tunes make laundry detergents, laxatives and even denture creams sound exciting all over again! Name: Wedding Singer Pay: $400 Bonus: $800 Hours: 11:00 AM to 8:00 PM Skills: 5 Mechanical, 7 Creative, 4 Charisma Friends: 3 Description: It's good to be back on stage. But dealing with irritable families night after night and a diet of cake and punch is taking its toll on your sanity, and your waistline. Keep working out, or you'll never get into a REAL band. Name: Bar Band Singer Pay: $550 Bonus: $1100 Hours: 12:00 PM to 9:00 PM Skills: 5 Mechanical, 8 Creative, 4 Body, 4 Charisma Friends: 4 Description: You're on tour! A tour of the local bar band scene that is. Your fans are totally loyal...but totally local. If you want to rise to the top of the heap, you'd better have the top sound. Practice makes perfect. Name: Rock Star Pay: $700 Bonus: $1400 Hours: 11:00 AM to 6:00 PM Skills: 5 Mechanical, 10 Creative, 5 Body, 4 Charisma Friends: 4 Description: The roof is on fire, but you don't even care, cause you're freaking people out with your crazy hair! It doesn't bother you, if people think you're funny. You're a big rock star, and making lots of money, money, MONEY, MONEY! Name: Solo Artist Pay: $1100 Bonus: $2200 Hours: 5:00 PM to 2:00 AM Skills: 5 Mechanical, 10 Creative, 7 Body, 7 Charisma Friends: 6 Description: The band fell apart finally. It wasn't the music, or the freaky parties, or the gender bending, or the deliciously decadent mountains of pure ...ah forget it. It's time for a solo album...everyone makes one eventually. Name: Record Producer Pay: $1400 Bonus: $2800 Hours: 10:00 AM to 3:00 PM Skills: 5 Mechanical, 10 Creative, 7 Body, 4 Logic, 10 Charisma Friends: 8 Description: Your career speaks for itself: constant innovation, leadership, experimentation and risk. Your sound has defined an ERA and influenced an entire generation...of other producers. Keep 'em guessing by insisting on the cowbell from time to time, just because you can. LV JOB TITLE HOURS PAY BONUS FR CO ME CR BO LO CH ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Groupie 10-16 $ 100 $0000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2. Roadie 09-16 $ 120 $ 240 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3. Record Store Clerk 09-15 $ 190 $ 380 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 4. Elevator Music Composer 20-04 $ 250 $ 500 2 0 0 5 0 0 0 5. Jingle Writer 07-14 $ 325 $ 650 2 0 2 6 0 0 0 6. Wedding Singer 11-20 $ 400 $ 800 3 0 5 7 0 0 4 7. Bar Band Singer 12-21 $ 550 $1100 4 0 5 8 4 0 4 8. Rock Star 11-18 $ 700 $1400 4 0 5 10 5 0 4 9. Solo Artist 17-02 $1100 $2200 6 0 5 10 7 0 7 10. Record Producer 10-15 $1400 $2800 8 0 5 10 7 4 10 ------------- 3.24- Slacker ------------- Name: Janitor Pay: $100 Bonus: None Hours: 5:00 PM to 10:00 PM Skills: None Friends: None Description: Hey, being a janitor ain't so bad. You can work alone, at night, and nobody bothers you. No thinking is required or needed, and you get to practice sweeping, mopping, vacuuming, and unclogging toilets...what could be better? Name: Convenience Store Clerk Pay: $120 Bonus: $240 Hours: 9:00 PM to 4:00 AM Skills: None Friends: None Description: You couldn't take the isolation of janitorial work, so you took a clerk job to meet lots of people...lots of 3 AM kind of people. Better learn some new SKILLS, that is... if you have ANY ambition at all. Name: Gas Station Attendant Pay: $190 Bonus: $380 Hours: 9:00 AM to 3:00 PM Skills: 2 Mechanical Friends: None Description: Well you wanted to work on cars, but all they'll let you do is pump gas, and even that's automated. Your just stuck behind a counter...AGAIN. Try making some new FRIENDS, and maybe you'll line up a new line of work. Name: Taxi Driver Pay: $250 Bonus: $500 Hours: 8:00 PM to 4:00 AM Skills: 2 Mechanical, 3 Body Friends: 2 Description: What's better than the smell of gasoline? The smell of a CAB... Now you get to deal with REAL people: creeps, low-life's, degenerates, the scum, the filth, the dogs...you know...RICH people! Name: Tow Truck Driver Pay: $325 Bonus: $650 Hours: 7:00 AM to 2:00 PM Skills: 3 Mechanical, 2 Creative, 3 Body Friends: 2 Description: Now this is the life. You get a CB radio, a huge truck and your own name tag...now that's stylin'! Plus, you can get back at all those rich Sims by hauling their illegally parked cars to the impound lot. Sweet! Name: Car Mechanic Pay: $400 Bonus: $800 Hours: 11:00 AM to 8:00 PM Skills: 3 Mechanical, 3 Creative, 3 Body, 3 Charisma Friends: 4 Description: You got so good at helping fix cars on the road, they made you a full-time mechanic! It's still anti-social work, and you're dirtier than EVER, but at least the pay is good. Plus, you get to drag-race all the newest cars when the owners aren't around! Name: Repo Sim Pay: $550 Bonus: $1100 Hours: 12:00 PM to 9:00PM Skills: 5 Mechanical, 4 Creative, 4 Body, 4 Charisma Friends: 5 Description: Your sunny personality, love of cars, and love of people uniquely qualifies you for the intense life of the repo sim. Work closely with insurance companies, the court system, and lawyers...to make the world a happier place. Name: Private Investigator Pay: $700 Bonus: $1400 Hours: 11:00 AM to 6:00 PM Skills: 5 Mechanical, 5 Creative, 5 Body, 2 Logic, 4 Charisma Friends: 8 Description: It's kind of like being a repo sim, but without the stress and with a lot more money. Problem is, sometimes you gotta deal with some pretty rough characters. Beef up your BODY... just in case. Name: Cargo Pilot Pay: $1100 Bonus: $2200 Hours: 5:00 PM to 2:00 AM Skills: 5 Mechanical, 7 Creative, 8 Body, 3 Logic, 6 Charisma Friends: 8 Description: You scored a pontoon airplane along with a glass eye on your last case. You've decided to live the easy life of an island hopping cargo pilot. Tourists, mailbags, bananas...it's all good! Name: Smuggler Pay: $1400 Bonus: $2800 Hours: 10:00 AM to 3:00 PM Skills: 5 Mechanical, 10 Creative, 9 Body, 4 Logic, 8 Charisma Friends: 8 Description: The less you know, the better it is for them. The less THEY know, the better it is for YOU. Everyone's happy. Everyone gets rich. Just don't EVER be late... LV JOB TITLE HOURS PAY BONUS FR CO ME CR BO LO CH ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1. Janitor 17-22 $ 100 $0000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2. Convenience Store Clerk 21-04 $ 120 $ 240 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3. Gas Station Attendant 09-15 $ 190 $ 380 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 4. Taxi Driver 20-04 $ 250 $ 500 2 0 2 0 3 0 0 5. Tow Truck Driver 07-14 $ 325 $ 650 2 0 3 2 3 0 0 6. Car Mechanic 11-20 $ 400 $ 800 4 0 3 3 3 0 3 7. Repo Sim 12-21 $ 550 $1100 5 0 5 4 4 0 4 8. Private Investigator 11-18 $ 700 $1400 8 0 5 5 5 2 4 9. Cargo Pilot 17-04 $1100 $2200 8 0 5 7 8 3 6 10. Smuggler 10-15 $1400 $2800 8 0 5 10 9 4 8 -------------- 3.25- Swindler -------------- Name: Travelling Salesman Pay: $120 Bonus: None Hours: 9:00 AM to 3:00 PM Skills: None Friends: None Description: It's a wonder this job even exists anymore, but here you are...selling vacuum cleaners door to door. Funny thing is, you are GOOD at selling them! Maybe this was the right career move after all... Name: Used Car Dealer Pay: $180 Bonus: $360 Hours: 9:00AM to 4:00 PM Skills: None Friends: None Description: You managed to talk a used car dealer into buying a vacuum for his cars...then he offered you HIS job! It's obvious you're a natural at this...just turn up your CHARISMA, this road is wide open! Name: Telemarketer Pay: $250 Bonus: $500 Hours: 9:00 AM to 4:00 PM Skills: 1 Mechanical, 2 Charisma Friends: None Description: Used cars are child's play. Telemarketing is where you're at now. Praying on the elderly, the dumb, the naive...you can make WAY more money. Make some friends so you can perfect lying techniques in your off hours. Name: Con Artist Pay: $320 Bonus: $640 Hours: 9:00 AM to 4:00 PM Skills: 2 Mechanical, 2 Charisma Friends: 2 Description: Telemarketing was just a stepping stone to the scams you run now: Import/ export schemes, forged prescriptions, stupidity insurance...learn to sound more LOGICAL, and you could probably sell pet pebbles to people! Name: Fad Starter Pay: $400 Bonus: $800 Hours: 9:00 AM to 4:00 PM Skills: 2 Mechanical, 2 Logic, 2 Charisma Friends: 3 Description: Your pet pebble idea rocks! The big toy companies blew you off, but whose laughing NOW? Your high-energy infomercials can't be resisted! Everyone's gotta have a pet pebble! Get more CREATIVE, and maybe you'll get lucky again. Name: Inventor Pay: $520 Bonus: $1040 Hours: 9:00 AM to 4:00 PM Skills: 2 Mechanical, 2 Creative, 3 Logic, 3 Charisma Friends: 4 Description: You fast-talked some gullible investors into bankrolling your cockamamie robot-puppet-kiddie show line of self-aware action figures! Make as much money as you can, before the company goes bankrupt! Name: Loan Shark Pay: $660 Bonus: $1320 Hours: 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM Skills: 2 Mechanical, 2 Creative, 2 Body, 4 Logic, 4 Charisma Friends: 6 Description: With money you embezzled from the toy company, you started your own "bank"...of sorts. You loan broke suckers your money and charge the fools exorbitant rates of interest! And it's all legal! Name: Real Estate Developer Pay: $800 Bonus: $1600 Hours: 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM Skills: 2 Mechanical, 3 Creative, 2 Body, 6 Logic, 5 Charisma Friends: 8 Description: Running a savings and loan got boring, the sexy money is all in real estate! It's pretty fun! Kick out poor people from the slums, buy it all up cheap, then get federal subsidies to pay for renovations! Isn't this country great? Name: Inside Trader Pay: $950 Bonus: $1900 Hours: 9:00 AM to 4:00 PM Skills: 2 Mechanical, 5 Creative, 2 Body, 7 Logic, 6 Charisma Friends: 8 Description: Now that you know how the system REALLY works, why not take advantage of it? Everyone you know is part of one big happy MONEY CLUB. You help them...they help you...everybody wins! Name: Monopolist Pay: $1200 Bonus: $2400 Hours: 9:00 AM to 3:00 PM Skills: 2 Mechanical, 6 Creative, 2 Body, 9 Logic, 8 Charisma. Friends: 8 Description: It's amazing what people believe these days...and they believe you! They believe your lawyers, you lobbyists, your senators, you TV commercials. If competition emerges, just buy it up...or destroy it! LV JOB TITLE HOURS PAY BONUS FR CO ME CR BO LO CH ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1. Travelling Salesman 09-15 $ 120 $0000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2. Used Car Dealer 09-16 $ 180 $ 360 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3. Telemarketer 09-16 $ 250 $ 500 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 4. Con Artist 09-16 $ 320 $ 640 2 0 2 0 0 0 2 5. Fad Starter 09-16 $ 400 $ 800 3 0 2 0 0 2 2 6. Inventor 09-16 $ 520 $1040 4 0 2 2 0 3 3 7. Loan Shark 09-17 $ 660 $1320 6 0 2 2 2 4 4 8. Real Estate Developer 09-17 $ 800 $1600 8 0 2 3 2 6 5 9. Inside Trader 09-16 $ 950 $1900 8 0 2 5 2 7 6 10. Monopolist 09-15 $1200 $2400 8 0 2 16 2 9 8 ------------- 4.0- Credits ------------- Maxis - For making a game like the Sims and keeping it going. CjayC - For creating gamefaqs.com BustGuy9 - For writing a career guide for the Sims on computer and giving mw the inspiration for this. --------------------- 5.0- Version History --------------------- 0.1 - 18/8/04 - Started guide 0.2 - 27/8/04 - Added Computer Geek, Rock Star, Slacker and Con Artist careers. 0.3 - 28/8/04 - Started Fashion Victim career. 0.4 - 29/8/04 - Added basic information for Bustin Out careers. 0.5 - 30/8/04 - Finished Fashion Victim, added Counter Culture and started Artist. 0.6 - 02/9/04 - Finished Artist career.