Astrological signs. They don't affect personality, but they give sims a flirty new "What's your sign?" interaction, and give a bit of a relationship boost if the signs are compatible. Each sign is compatible with 4 others, so a Pisces like me would get a boost with Scorpio, Cancer, Capricorn and Taurus.
There are 3 new traits: Shy, Star Quality and Vehicle Enthusiast.
Parties - There will now be multiple parties thrown every week by citizens. As you increase your celebrity status, you will receive more invitations. You canb aslo try to crash the parties that you weren't invited to. The map will show you any active parites.
There are mnore than 60 drinks you canlearn to mix. At least half of them are Mood Drinks, which give the drinker a certain Moodlet. The types are:
Party Drinks - improves theoverall score of the party
Romantic Drinks - more receptive to romantic socials
Skill-Gain Drinks - inreases skill-building rate
Negative Moodlet Removal Drinks - temporarily gives the Wash Away the Worry Moodlet, but only while they are actively drinking it
Energy Drinks - gives the Wide Awake moodlet, the same effect as taking a nap
Crazy Drinks - makes them act silly with the Going Wild moodlet
It says that you can use holdhold bar objects from cheap all the way up to professional. Any drink action made other than a "Quick Drink" will buils mixology skill.
the guide says that you "do not have to enter the celerbity rat race of Bridgeport if you don't want to".
I'm up to the Celebrity section, but it isn't written as straight forward as I would like.
It looks like you can gain Celebrity Points by having socials with an existing celeb. Everything from talking about your wealth, name dropping, boasting about skills that interest that particular celeb.
There are also opportunities that will arise that allow you to gain Celebrity Points, such as delivering a book you wrote or veggies you harvested to a particular celeb. Playing great band gigs or showing off mixology skills will also gain you CPs.
From what I've seen so far, it doesn't say that a top athlete automatically becomes a celeb. I'll keep reading.
Vampires:
Vamps are rare. There are only a few in Bridgeport, so they should be easy to avoid if you aren't interested in them. They don't hang out in the open, so you must look for them in the classier bars.
Once you build a relationship with a Vamp, they may turn you into one if you ask, but they won't do it in publec. They will suggest a remotoe location to you for the transformation. Once changed, the bite marks lasts several days. Your Sim feels crappy for a couple of days until the transformation is complete.
You can't turn other "special" sims into vamps, such as ghosts, robots, mummies. But a dead vamp can be ressurected to a playable ghost.
They have special skills, such as the ability to run fast, they build skills nearly twice as fast at night, they rarely lose physical fights, they c0omplete homework nearly twice as fast, and they can make sims romantically think about the vamire. Romantic socials from a vamp are successful more than 90% of the time.
Vamps age much slower than other sims.
Vamps can be active during the day, but remaining outside will drain their motives.
Eating foods with garlic will now give sims a Garlic Breath moodlet. If a vamp eats garlic or drinks from a sim with garlic breath, they will pass out.
Vamps can drink from sims they have a good relationship with or if the sims is romantically interested in the vamp. They can also drink plasma juice or eat plasma fruit. Vamps cannot drink from robots, ghosts, mummies, children, or pregnant sims.
Vampire ghosts are dark crimson.
Vamps can be cured at the Science Center.
Vamps can be found in any of your hoods, not just Bridgeport.
you can now adjust the height of wall decor. Justmove the item to the wall, hold down the mouse button, and slide it up and down the wall.
The fountain tool is like creating swimming pool. There are diffent sizes and shapes of sprayers. You can place a fountain in a swimming pool, but sims can't wim through it, they will swim around.
There are 7 different premade apartment properties, and they range in price from 4,400- 51,000 simoleons.
There aren't many new socials, and they only focus on a few topics:
Ask to join, quit, kick out of band
Offer/thank for free drink
Ask Butler for advice, for massage, to cook
Dismiss or fire butler
Vampire drink, offer to turn, ask to turn
Celeb interactions (impress, name drop, ask for autograph, etc)
This books is really slim on info regarding butlers. There is just one tiny text box. It says that butlers live with you, so you'll need a seperate bedroom fro him. He costs 1200 simoleans per week. He has level 10 cooking and handiness, and makes beverages and gives massages.
new rabbitholes:
East Tradewinds Shipping Co
Hogans Deep Fried Diner
Llama Co. Stadium
Movie Cineplex
Plumbob Pictures Backlot
Public Services Office
Sacred Spleen Memorial Hospital
Steve's Business and Restaurant Complex
Wilki's Fabulous Books and Bath
Mike's Corner Store
and the Subway System that we already heard about
The bars listed are:
Aquarius - A Dance Club with a rooftop pool
Banzai Lounge Club - A glitzy, Asian-themed Lounge with a small stage
Bridgeport Sport Zone - A Sports Bar with darts, foosball, shuffleboard and a stage
The Brightmore - A Dance Club in the basement of a high rise
Eugi's - A basement Dive Bar with shuffleboard, darts and a small stage and dance floor
Plasma 501 - A Vampire Lounge with a stage and a dance floor
The Grind - A Dance Club in an old waterfront warehouse (like the Delaware Avenue nightclubs here in Philadelphia, PA!).
The Prosper Room - An Exclusive Lounge
Waylon's Haunt - A waterfront Dive Bar
Dive Bar
Hours: 11 am to 3 am
[Prices: Low
Happy Hour: 5 pm to 6 pm
Peak Time: 2 pm lunch crowd
Peak Days: Wednesday, Thursday
Max # Guests: 8
[Clientele: Average Sims
Number Celebs Typically Onsite: none
Bounces: Only the Bridgeport Sports Zone
Unappreciated Traits: Snob, Coward, Neat, Family Oriented
Dance Club
Hours: 5 pm to 4 am
Prices: Medium
Happy Hour: none
Peak Day: Saturday
Peak Time: Midnight
Max # Guests: 14
Clientele: Mixed
Number Celebs Typically Onsite: 3-5
Bouncer: Yes
Unappreciated Traits: Frugal, Loner, Loser
Lounge
Hours: 2 pm to 2 am
Prices: High
Happy Hour: none
Peak Time: 11 pm
Peak Days: Friday, Saturday
Max # Guests: 10
Clientele: Celebrity, Rich
Number Celebs Typically Onsite: 1-3
Bouncer: Yes
Unappreciated Traits: Frugal, Loner, Loser
Bar Foods are:
Nachos
Shrimp Cocktail
Hot Wings
Onion Rings
Olive Platter