Swimming pool

Swimming pools can be made on residentials and community lots from Build Mode. Sims can drown in a swimming pool if they use up their energy, so make sure you have a pool ladder in the pool.

Swimming builds Body/Athletic skill and keeps Sims fit. With The Sims 2: FreeTime, swimming increases Enthusiasm in Fitness.

Sims think swimming is fun.

A Sim with the Childish trait in The Sims 3 can fish in pools.

Prior to Nightlife, building a pool in The Sims 2 was extremely cumbersome. Extensions to the pool needed to be a minimum of 2 squares and all pools needed to be square or rectangular. Nightlife fixed the problem regarding pool construction.

Advanced building features

 * Diving board
 * Slide, curved slide
 * Diagonal pool construction
 * Curved pool construction
 * Paint pool walls