One part of your sim’s life that you control is the skills they’ll hone.
As your sim uses various pieces of equipment or furniture, they may be improving in a particular skill.
One such skill that a sim can learn and improve is the Mechanical skill.
Sims with high Mechanical skill can speedily deal withbroken plumbingand canavoid getting electrocutedwhen repairing electronics.
The Mechanical skill is also important forgetting promoted in various careers.
InThe Sims 2: University, certain majors will also require the Mechanical skill.
Some majors will needat least one skill point,while others will require a higher level of proficiency.
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