Use the sims?

[icosahedron]

Dunno about Sims, I never played it, but I did get Sim City. I wasn't into playing the game, but having got a list of cheats that stopped it running away with me, I enjoyed using it to map cities. But I was never completely free of the underlying game engine, I couldn't print out very well and it only did isometric view, not top-down.

What can you map with Sims? can you get free of the engine and print good stuff with it?

[amoliski]

There is a LOT of great medieval player made items, and Bon voiage has some great stuff. In fact, people have made entire egyptian, roman and medieval cities! You can do top down or 45 degree views. The only way to print is to take a screen shot and bring it into an image editing software. The game has a pretty good in game screen shot system, so you don't have to alt-tab.
It is a really cool engine that you really don't need to break away from, as it makes some realistic scenery.