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{{Infobox game
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|developer = [[Maxis]]
|publisher = [[Electronic Arts]]
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|release = March 25, 2002
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{{For|redirect=Vacation|the activity|Vacationing}}
'''The Sims Vacation''', titled '''The Sims On Holiday''' in the UK, is the fourth [[expansion pack]] for [[The Sims]]. The game associates a Holiday Island with neighbourhoods and families (or even single Sims) can book vacations there over the phone.
[[File:The Sims Vacation Logo.png|80px|left]]'''''The Sims: Vacation''''' (released as '''''The Sims: On Holiday''''' in the UK, Ireland, China & Scandinavia) is the fourth [[expansion pack]] for ''[[The Sims]]''. The game associates the [[Vacation Island]] [[sub-neighborhood]] with the pre-existing base [[neighborhood]]s. It was released on March 25, 2002 worldwide.


===Features===
==Features==
===New neighborhoods===
* '''New places''': Adds 3 new environments for your [[Sims]] to go on vacation. Stay in hotel, or rent a tent or igloo!
* '''[[Vacation Island]]'''
* '''New objects''': All new holiday-related items including snowmen kits, sandcastle kits, carnival games, tents and igloos. Sims are also allowed to buy souvenirs and place these in curio shelves when they return home!
* '''New [[interactions]]''': Play fishing, archery, snowboarding and beach volleyball while on vacation!
* '''New [[NPC|NPcs]]''': A shark at the beach, a Robin Hood-like man at the forest, and a yeti at the island summit, they are all mascots of the vacation paradise to keep you happy! Vacation Director will also make sure your children are well-behaved, or you will have to leave.


===Details===
===New objects===
* '''Developer(s)'''
* '''[[Snowman kit]]s'''
* '''[[Sandcastle kit]]s'''
**[[Maxis]]
* '''[[Souvenirs#Carnival Games|Carnival games]]'''
* '''Publisher(s)'''
* '''[[Tent]]s'''
**[[Electronic Arts]]
* '''Designer(s)'''
* '''[[Igloo]]s'''
**[[Will Wright]]
* '''[[Souvenirs]]'''
* '''Release Date(s)'''
* '''[[Archery ranges]]'''
* '''[[Volleyball court]]s'''
**March 25, 2002
* '''Genre(s)'''
* '''[[Fishing pier]]'''
* '''Half-Pipe'''
**[[God Game]]
* '''Snow slide'''
**[[Life Simulation game]]
* '''Mode(s)'''
**Single Player
* '''Rating(s)'''
**[[ESRB]]: Teen
**PEGI: 12+
**OFLC: M
*'''Platform(s)'''
**Microsoft Windows
**Mac OS X
*'''Media'''
**1 CD
*'''System Requirements'''
**Microsoft Windows
***Windows 95 and up, 233MHz Pentium II or faster, 64 MB RAM, 4x or faster CD-ROM drive, DirectX 6.0-compatible sound card and graphics card (card must have 2 MB onboard memory and able to display at 800x600 with 16-bit color)
**Linux
***Linux Kernel 2.2 or higher, Glibc 2.1.3 or higher, XFree86 4.0 or higher or equivalent, 350Mhz Celeron/Pentium II/Duron/Athlon or faster or equivalent, 64Mb of ram, 128 recommended, sound card supporting OSS or ALSA, video card capable of 16 bit color and 800x600 resolution, nvidia GeForce GPU recommended with 16mb of video ram. (NOTE: This is the ported Linux version from TransGaming)
**Apple Macintosh
***Mac OS X 10.0.3 or later -or- Mac OS 8.6 or 9.x with CarbonLib 1.2.5 or later, 233 MHz or faster PowerPC G3 or G4, 64 MB RAM (Mac OS 8/9) or 128 MB RAM (Mac OS X), G3/333 MHz recommended; 128 MB of RAM
*'''Input(s)'''
**Mouse
**Keyboard


===New NPCs===
[[category:games]]
* '''[[Mascots]]''':
** [[Marky Sharky]], who is the mascot for beach lots
** [[Archie Archer]], who is the mascot for forest lots
** [[Betty Yeti]], who is the mascot for snowy lots
* [[Vacation Director Kana]]
* New type of [[townie]]: Families of "vacationers" or "tourists" can be encountered on Vacation Island. Uniquely amongst the townies in ''The Sims'', they have random last names (as opposed to generic ones that puns on their function within the game), some nominal familial relationships, and being both [[children]] as well as [[Adults|adult]] Sims. Tourist families usually consist of 3 to 4 Sims, with at least one adult and one child in every party. Sometimes a tourist family will consist of just two Sims - a single parent and an only child - although this is rare.

===Other new features===
* '''New [[interactions]]''': Play fishing, archery, snowboarding and beach volleyball while on vacation/holiday!
* [[Winterwear]]

===Features and Allusions to other Expansion Packs===
If ''[[The Sims: Unleashed]]'' is installed, pet beds and food bowls will be added to vacation lots, however sometimes the game won't add them so the player will need to add them to the vacation lot if they wish to send a family with a pet to the island.

== Trivia ==
* ''The Sims: Vacation'' is the first expansion pack to not have the intro video, along with ''Superstar'', ''Makin' Magic'' and ''The Sims: Complete Collection''.
* ''The Sims: Vacation'' is the only vacation themed expansion that allows Sims to stay on vacation for an indefinite amount of time. Alongside that, it is also the only vacation themed expansion that allows characters to sleep and bathe wherever they want, meaning they can access any room in the hotel with no allocated room set to them, treating the hotel more like a home lot.
* ''The Sims: Vacation'' was the first expansion pack in the franchise that allows Sims to stay at a lot other than home.
* ''The Sims: Vacation'' is the first non seasonal based pack in the franchise to include weather, the second being ''[[The Sims 4: Snowy Escape]]''.
* ''The Sims: Vacation'' is the first pack in the franchise to introduce a second pre-made male child, which is one of the many random vacationers on Vacation Island. The first male pre-made child is [[Daniel Pleasant]].

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The-Sims-Expansion-On-Holiday.jpg|European box art, where the expansion is called ''The Sims: On Holiday''
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The Sims: Vacation
The Sims: Vacation
Box art for The Sims: Vacation
Development
Developer(s) Maxis
Publisher(s) Electronic Arts
Ratings Teen
Release date(s) March 25, 2002
Technical information
Platform(s) Microsoft Windows, Mac OS X
Game features
Themes Vacation
Related pages
Cheats
"Vacation" redirects here. For the activity, see Vacationing.

The Sims: Vacation (released as The Sims: On Holiday in the UK, Ireland, China & Scandinavia) is the fourth expansion pack for The Sims. The game associates the Vacation Island sub-neighborhood with the pre-existing base neighborhoods. It was released on March 25, 2002 worldwide.

Features[edit | edit source]

New neighborhoods[edit | edit source]

New objects[edit | edit source]

New NPCs[edit | edit source]

  • Mascots:
  • Vacation Director Kana
  • New type of townie: Families of "vacationers" or "tourists" can be encountered on Vacation Island. Uniquely amongst the townies in The Sims, they have random last names (as opposed to generic ones that puns on their function within the game), some nominal familial relationships, and being both children as well as adult Sims. Tourist families usually consist of 3 to 4 Sims, with at least one adult and one child in every party. Sometimes a tourist family will consist of just two Sims - a single parent and an only child - although this is rare.

Other new features[edit | edit source]

  • New interactions: Play fishing, archery, snowboarding and beach volleyball while on vacation/holiday!
  • Winterwear

Features and Allusions to other Expansion Packs[edit | edit source]

If The Sims: Unleashed is installed, pet beds and food bowls will be added to vacation lots, however sometimes the game won't add them so the player will need to add them to the vacation lot if they wish to send a family with a pet to the island.

Trivia[edit | edit source]

  • The Sims: Vacation is the first expansion pack to not have the intro video, along with Superstar, Makin' Magic and The Sims: Complete Collection.
  • The Sims: Vacation is the only vacation themed expansion that allows Sims to stay on vacation for an indefinite amount of time. Alongside that, it is also the only vacation themed expansion that allows characters to sleep and bathe wherever they want, meaning they can access any room in the hotel with no allocated room set to them, treating the hotel more like a home lot.
  • The Sims: Vacation was the first expansion pack in the franchise that allows Sims to stay at a lot other than home.
  • The Sims: Vacation is the first non seasonal based pack in the franchise to include weather, the second being The Sims 4: Snowy Escape.
  • The Sims: Vacation is the first pack in the franchise to introduce a second pre-made male child, which is one of the many random vacationers on Vacation Island. The first male pre-made child is Daniel Pleasant.

Gallery[edit | edit source]

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  • European box art, where the expansion is called The Sims: On Holiday

    European box art, where the expansion is called The Sims: On Holiday

  • Japanese box art, where the expansion is called SimPeople: Vacation

    Japanese box art, where the expansion is called SimPeople: Vacation

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The Sims: Vacation Load Music


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November 14, 2001 		The Sims series expansion packs Followed by
The Sims: Unleashed
September 23, 2002
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