Hey, you just got here?
Zeljka:
well, perhaps once you've figured it out you'll have a go at the Email Challenge.
I have 2 on the go right now, but save them for when I'm bored of regular play. I keep forgetting how hard it is.
windy_moon:
Quote from: Andygal on 2005 October 26, 02:27:37
I've never used the Multipainting, my brother downloaded it once but I made him delete it. I don't like "God mods" that make the game too easy.
*nods*
I certainly understand that approach. Even though I have a multipainting on every lot, I don't use it very often. I was thinking the other day that there's not much about the Sims that's a game for me..it's all about my stories. In order to make stories any good, I need some stress and conflict. While I'm obsessed with all of my Sims being happy and fulfilled, my plots come from trying to make that happen through regular "game" play, not pushing buttons.
Everybody has their own way of wanting to play. I've pretty much stopped using the energizer aspiration reward because it's too artificial for my tastes (and butt ugly), and prefer macrotastics "caffeinate". Most likely because it mirrors my own life. ;D ('scuse me, gotta go pee)
However, when I need the multi-painting, I need it. I have a wealthy family with a business tycoon husband and a philandering, party throwing, Romance Sim wife. I moved in an NPC as a live in servant (Inge's shrub), and use the multi-painting to keep his aspiration level up because I don't care to play him as I do a real Sim. These are the sorts of situations, for me, that make the painting invaluable...just helps me make my stories.
I love the modding community because they've given us so many choices. I know there are live in servants that I could download, but using a basic set of tools (the shrub, the painting, the mirror, etc.), I've found I can accomplish pretty much whatever I want without running around looking for more specific tools or hacks for isolated story lines.
The other day I caved and used the painting to fill all the needs of a large family before their newly adopted child was to show. I wanted everybody rested because I wanted to take some pretty pictures. Still feel guilty because that broke my own set of warped rules and I don't think I'll do it again. The stress of a tired, hungry, not so clean family welcoming their new member would have been a better story. (for me, everybody else's mileage will vary!)
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