Magic gnomes and electronics

Magic gnomes like to appear in front of expensive objects in your sim houses.  They love to look at them, and they love to listen to music and watch TV.  Your sim can turn off the radio or TV, but the next time a gnome moves around, it’s likely to be turned on again.

This is why I never put a radio or TV in my sims’ bedrooms.  When the gnome turns them on, the noise from them will wake the sims in that room.  As long as the bed is not in the same room, it won’t wake your sims, unlike the gem cutting machine…

Misc tip: turn on the radio

When you direct your sims to work on skill building, have them do it in a room that has a radio.  Then turn the radio on.

In the martial arts academy in Shang Simla, there’s a stereo in the upstairs workout room, so I’ll usually send my sims there to get started building this skill.



Sims that are in a room with music playing get a positive Enjoying Music moodlet to go along with whatever they are doing at the time.



Setting the radio to my sim’s favorite channel will usually increase the moodlet’s effect, and the sim’s preference will often dictate what channel the radio is set to when she turns on the radio autonomously.