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• There are 10 TV Channels: Sports, Kids, Action, Shopping (can't actually buy anything), History, Horror, Fishing, Gardening, Cooking and Romance. The amount of stations received depends on the television set bought and on the upgrades given the television.
• There is no diving board for the swimming pools yet.
• When a Sim opens a fridge, cold air coming out can be seen.
• The fire alarm is lower, and changed to allow the player to hang a wall lamp above it.
• On the easel, there are three sizes of paintings, the Sim can also choose to paint landscapes, portraits and scenes from memory or taken on their cell phone depending on the Sim's skill level.
• If a Sim tinkers on some objects they can get upgrades like, fireproof, self cleaning and unbreakable.
• Players can buy a Rubber Ducky and Bubbles for the bathtub which give positive moodlets.
• On a computer Sims can browse the web, play chess (on higher quality computers), play computer games, tinker, and get a job. Frugal Sims can find coupons, Computer Whiz Sims can hack and overclock, Evil, Grumpy and Mean-Spirited Sims can troll online for the Fiendishly Delighted moodlet, Inappropriate Sims can make inappropriate forum posts and Genius Sims can solve the unsolvable for cash.
• There are 10 different purchasable cars in the base game.
• There is now a new "Accents" Section, which includes miscellaneous decor and trinkets (basically props).
• When a Sim dies, all of his/her belongings are added to the family inventory, so the player won't lose them