Sims 2 Global

There are lots of fields here that can be used from the Global variables.

Global Attribute Name	Details
Hour	This is as you would expect. If it is 16:30, Hour has the value 16.
Day of Month	Self-explanatory. This value is not used a lot as functions usually only use the Hour, Minute and Day of Week. One example that does use it is the Newspaper object.
Zoom Level(S/M/L)	?
Selected Person ID	Neighbour ID (nID) of the currently selected Sim.
Time of Day	Possibly whether it's Day or Night right now?
Minute	This is as you would expect. If it is 16:30, Minute has the value 30.
Second	Since Sims 2's game logic runs at 30 ticks per second, this can never take on an odd value. This divided by 2 is the current tick the game logic is on. 30 ticks make a Minute. I don't think this is ever used in any game functions.
Month	I haven't seen this used anywhere. Fun fact - any game will start in the 6th month.
Year	I haven't seen this used anywhere. Fun fact - any game will start in the year 1997.
Current Family	This is the family number of the household on the currently loaded lot.
Current House	This is the ID of the lot that is currently loaded. If this is set to 0, the game assumes you're in CAS mode.
Unused	Supposedly unused, but it does take on values other than zero sometimes. Needs more investigation.
Last GZ Button ID	?
Budget Mod 10000	The modulo of the family's current household funds divided by 10,000. Example: If there are currently §20,632 in cash present, "Budget Mod 10000" would be 632.
Budget Div 10000	The family's current household funds divided by 10,000 and truncated. Example: If there are currently §20,632 in cash present, "Budget Div 10000" would be 2.
Current Language	The language the game is currently played in. This value is used to determine which text strings (from STR#, CTSS or TTAs) are to be displayed in-game, and it is NOT equal to the value found in the Windows Registry. (Example: English (UK) would be 0x13 when viewed in the Registry, but it is 0x02 in this Global variable.) Unsupported languages are skipped in this list for brevity, but the list does go all the way to 0x2C, which supposedly would've been Vietnamese. 01: English 02: English (UK) (Note: Language is supported, but few strings are actually translated) 03: French 04: German 05: Italian 06: Spanish 07: Dutch 08: Danish 09: Swedish 0A: Norwegian 0B: Finnish 0C: Hebrew (Note: Language is supported, but few strings are actually translated) 0D: Russian 0E: Portuguese 0F: Japanese 10: Polish 11: Simplified Chinese 12: Traditional Chinese 13: Thai 14: Korean ... 1A: Czech 1B: Greek (Note: Language is supported, but few strings are actually translated) 1C: Hungarian ... 23: Brazilian Portuguese
Speed	The current speed the simulation runs at: Normal = 2 ; Fast = 3 ; Ultra Fast = 4
Paused	Whether the game is currently paused. Set to 1 if that is the case.
Held Sim Speed	?
Mode	The currently selected game mode: 0 = Live 1 = Build 2 = Buy 3 = Options 4 = Camera
Game Edition Flags 1	Which packs you're currently playing with (excluding Apartment Life and Mansion & Garden Stuff, these are handled with a different Global variable). This is a bit field, with the exception of a special value 2000 (0x07D0) that is set when you are running the base game without any add-ons. The flags are: 01: Not Base Game (This gets automatically set if any pack other than the base game is installed!) 02: University 03: Nightlife 04: Open for Business 05: Family Fun Stuff 06: Glamour Life Stuff 07: Pets 08: Seasons 09: Celebration! Stuff 0A: H&M Fashion Stuff 0B: Bon Voyage 0C: Teen Style Stuff 0D: Store Edition 0E: FreeTime 0F: Kitchen & Bath Interior Stuff 10: IKEA Home Stuff A full installation would show the value -1 here - this is due to the fact the value is a signed integer, which makes 65535 the same as -1.
Inhibit Move In	?
Lot Has House	Seems to always be 1 on residential lots.
Lot Size	I've never seen values other than 30 here.
Current SKU	Depending on this, there might be special restrictions placed on the game. Some functions in the game check for the SKU being set to 5, which applies to Thailand only. That's all I know.
Debug flags	?
Tutorial State	Set to 1 if you're in the Tutorial
Indoor Tiles	?
Days Running	?
Maximum Day Number	I've never seen values other than 30 here. Not sure what it would do.
Free Will	Whether Free Will is turned off or on in the Settings. 0 = Off; 1 = On
House radio station	?
Interrupt On(Simless Build Mode in sims 1.x)	?
Demo Flags(Machine Level in sims 1.x)	?
Day of Week	Self-explanatory. Monday is 0, Sunday is 6.
Parental Control (non zero = on)	I'm really not sure why this is here, given Sims 2 does not have built-in parental controls.
Current Interaction GUID	?
Utility Available Flags	?
Utility Bill - Energy	The currently accumulated energy bills. Note this is unused unless you have a mod to enable this scrapped feature.
Utility Bill - Water	The currently accumulated water bills. Note this is unused unless you have a mod to enable this scrapped feature.
Current Neighborhood ID	The ID of the neighbourhood you're currently in. If this is set to 0, the game assumes you're in a demo world and will restrict or change a lot of game logic. Usually this shouldn't happen though.
Lot Zoning	The type of lot you are currently on: 0 = Residential 1 = Community 2 = Dorm 3 = Frat 4 = Secret Society 5 = Hotel 6 = Secret Vacation Lot 7 = Secret Hobby Lot 8 = Apartment Base 9 = Apartment Sub 10 = Secret Witch Lot
Allow Aging	Whether Sims can age while you're playing. Toggled with the aptly named cheat aging --on/off. 0 = No Aging; 1 = Aging
Last Neighborhood ID	The ID of the neighbourhood you visited before the current one. This can be the same one as the one you're currently in. If it's -1, then you did not change neighbourhoods in the current session.
Lot Entry Method	?
Cinematic Camera off/on	Whether you turned off cinematics/cutscenes in the settings or not. 0 = Off; 1 = On
Lot Value Div 1000	The value of the lot itself, without any furnishings, and divided by 1000 and truncated. Example: If the lot is worth §1,600, this variable would be set to 1.
Lot Value Mod 1000	The modulo of the value of the lot itself, without any furnishings, divided by 1000. Example: If the lot is worth §1,600, this variable would be set to 600.
Objects Value Div 1000	The value of all objects on the lot, and divided by 1000 and truncated. Example: If all furnishings combined amount to §12,730, this variable would be set to 12.
Object Value Mod 1000	The modulo of the value of all objects on the lot, divided by 1000. Example: If all furnishings combined amount to §12,730, this variable would be set to 730.
Max Visitors	The amount of visitors that may be present on a lot at once. This is controlled with the maxNumOfVisitingSims cheat and can also be changed in the userStartup.cheat. The default value is 8.
Object Error Flags	?
Camera Busy	?
Instant Write Once Flags	?
Neighbourhood Type	Possibly indicates whether the current neighbourhood is a main neighbourhood, a Downtown, a Business District/Suburb, a University, a Vacation neighbourhood, the secret Hobby neighbourhood or the secret Witches neighbourhood... but I am not sure.
Unused	Literally unused, but it's there, so...
Puppy/Kitten Aging Disabled?	0 = Aging is enabled; 1 = Aging is disabled. I'm not sure how this is controlled separately from other Sims aging.
Bug Jar Time Decay	Possibly shows how quickly the bugs inside the bug jars die.
Game Edition Flags 2	Which packs you're currently playing with (this one is only used for the last packs, as the other bit field ran out of space since each of these variables are 16-bit). The bit flags are:- 01: Apartment Life 02: Mansion & Garden Stuff On a full game install, this value will be 3.
Lot Class	This indicates whether the current lot is low, middle or high-class, though I don't know how this is determined.