Cooking the old fashioned way and no skilling hack

[ladymiriam]

Hello again everyone,

This time I'm looking for a hearth, the kind that would sit in the middle of the room.  It needs to function as a cooker/stove though.  My hood is inspired by history, especially the medieval period.  If any of you know this set, http://www.modthesims.info/download.php?t=72971, you'll know that this almost perfect hearth is a BBQ, so does not give all the cooking options.  This is the kind of thing I'm looking for, ideally without the chimney bit at the top so I can place it in the centre of a room.  Alternatively, do you know if I can make the game think this hearth is a cooker-fiddling with SimPE or something? (for my own use) Not that I have a clue about that programme but I'd like to.  I was thinking maybe an invisible stove may exist, and I could use that with suitable objects and move objects on?  Any suggestions much appreciated, thanks.

Also, is there a hack that allows my sims from gaining skill points from the chess table and the likes that can be turned on and off, on an individual or family basis? Thanks again

[rwills]

While not technically an open hearth, it could be placed, with appropriate cheat, in the middle of the room (if memory serves it is a full-function stove):

T$R:
http://www.thesimsresource.com/downloads/details/category/sims2-meshes-objects/title/Egypt%20furniture%20-%20B43%20Egypt%20Stove/id/779861/

May or may not be at the booty - here is the relevant section there:

http://paysites.mustbedestroyed.org/booty/ts2/tsr/arenaria/

There are, of course, lots of medieval and historical-themed stoves, but finding one without a chimney is, admittedly, not easy.

Almost surely not what you're after, but mentioning it just because it is so unusual:

http://www.modthesims.info/download.php?s=47db3be7d70a00cb956bdc8c798a6885&p=1301967#post1301967
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[ladymiriam]

Thanks for the tips, but the first one is a Birgit43, not Arenaria, but no matter, I have stoves from both of them.  I was hoping not to use pay stuff, it's ok in my own game but I would like to offer the finished lot somewhere and I think it best not to use pay stuff, best to showcase free stuff if I can.  I had forgotten all about the Simstones one, I've downloaded it and I'll see if I can do anything fancy with it, thanks for that.