Diving board

The diving board is a build mode object in The Sims and The Sims 2. It must be placed on the side of a swimming pool, and must stick out over the water. In general, how well Sims dive, and how likely they are to change their minds about diving once on the board, depends on their body skill. However, a Sim with high Body skill may still do a poor dive, and may still get nervous and decide not to dive.

Sims will use a diving board autonomously. This could cause a minor problem in The Sims, as a Sim who wanted to dive would not get out of the way of a Sim who was trying to walk off the board. The Sim who wanted to leave the board would be stuck until the Sim who wanted to dive changed his or her mind and walked away.

The Sims 3: Seasons
The diving board returns in The Sims 3: Seasons and also in Patch 42 of The Sims 3 for players who does not have Seasons. It shares the purpose of the diving board in The Sims 2 but has more interaction.

Sims can drench nearby Sims who are not swimming when diving into the pool. The larger a Sim is, the bigger the splash the Sim will make in the pool. It is unknown whether there are "stunt moves" and diving can boost any skills, especially the Athletic skill.



Trivia

 * In The Sims 2, it is possible to make tall diving towers with use of the MoveObjects on, these can be built as high as desired (even higher than 5 floors with use of the setHighestAllowedLevel cheat), however Sims may chicken-out on the diving board.