Never really got into the SIMS.

Tried playing a demo of one of the more recent games.  Kinda turned out to be one of those "You must take care of a virtual baby in order for the game to progress" things.

I'm sure the earlier versions aren't as bad, but that's just not my thing.

If we're thinking of the same workaround then I can tell you that a) that workaround was the best, and 2) it still works with Sims 3.

Never really got into the SIMS.

 

Tried playing a demo of one of the more recent games.  Kinda turned out to be one of those "You must take care of a virtual baby in order for the game to progress" things.

 

I'm sure the earlier versions aren't as bad, but that's just not my thing.

... well the first two are pretty much sandbox thingies IMO. I mainly use them as a vehicle for storytelling and stuff... ^^

If we're thinking of the same workaround then I can tell you that a) that workaround was the best, and 2) it still works with Sims 3.

not sure whether we're thinking of the same thing; a simple "-skip_intro" did the trick for me. But if so, that's good to know, even though I don't have Sims 3 xD