Burglar



Often, your house will be infiltrated by a burglar, who will rush round your house cramming items the size of television sets into a small black bag. Burglars only appear if every Sim in the house is fast asleep, and can easily be prevented by installing a burglar alarm at every door. If one is installed and a burglar still attempts to rob you, the police will come running, attempt to arrest the burglar and if successful offer you §1000, as well as being reimbursed for anything the burglar may have stolen. The police will ask to keep the stolen items for evidence. If you don't have an alarm, you can call the police, but the police never make it on time meaning you never stop the burglar and never get the award and they simply run off with your Sim's possessions.

In The Sims 2 some Sims, particularly fortune Sims often have "getting something stolen" as a fear. It is possible for the police to catch the burglar if you call them quickly enough. One common burglar is Russ Bear.

In The Sims 3 the Criminal career track is available, being a burglar is a possibility. There is also a hidden trait called Burglar. ''Burglars must perfect their sneaking skills to properly liberate imprisoned items from the homes of neighbors. Burglars like to keep the skill in the family, so their children are able to sneak out like a pro at birth.''

Tips
An exploit to burglar proof your house that works in both games is to make a single wall on both sides of the street and put an alarm on them, causing the alarm to be set off as soon as they appear on the lot. Its also an easy way to randomly make 500 Simoleons, especially if you make sure all of your Sims go to sleep at the same time.

Safe Proof your house by putting a burglar alarm on the front door back door and on each space on the entrance to the lot!!

To kill a burglar, you need at least one of the expansion packs. Type the boolProp cheat (boolProp testingCheatsEnabled true). Then Shift Click on the victim (hopefully the burglar), and click make selectable. You need to type your cheat while in the neighborhood for it to work. Then, just drag his hunger meter ALL the way down. Reset him by Shift clicking on him and on Force Error, then Reset. He will die shortly. To make him die any way you want, use the boolProp cheat, shift click on a sim, and spawn the tombstone of L &amp; D. Click "add (Burglar's name here) to the family", then click on the burglar's profile. Cancel the burgle option and shift click on him/her, choose "force error", then reset. Shift click the sim again, then click spawn and spawn "Rodney's Death Creator". Use the burglar to click on the tombstone, then kill the burglar any way you want to! Also, if you want to laugh while he dies, you need either Nightlife or Open for Business. Go to www.simwardrobe.com, click The Sims 2, then click objects, then Shooters! then assault rifle.

If you have Pets installed, and if your Sim is a Werewolf, you can fight the burglar like a cop. The burglar will attempt to run if he loses, but steals items quicker if he wins. This can be a good distraction if you don't think you can win, but the cops are on there way.

In The Sims, it is possible to put burglar alarms on outside walls. If the burglar comes close enough to an outside alarm, it will go off and summon the police.