Random Sim mysteries I have always wondered about
DrNerd:
1) Probably an outgoing issue more than a nice issue. Mine tend to be really outgoing and piss-mean, but I've never seen them get annoyed by anyone else's PDAs. Most of the time they just wander by and finger-gun.
2) Nine and ten nice point Sims will definitely allow someone to Talk About Grilled Cheese. Fewer than that, I don't know. I'm sending a Grilled Cheese Sim to college with her eight-nice-point brother; I'll have to see if he lets her Talk About Grilled Cheese or not.
professorbutters:
1) "Approve" and "disapprove" is an Outgoing/Shy issue. My shyest sim was my alien, Judy Jetson: I think she had zero outgoing points and she really didn't like PDAs. She had ten nice points, so that wasn't involved at all. Sims also sometimes get upset and embarrassed at displays of affection when they think a relative is being "cheated on." Usually it makes sense, but I've seen it where it didn't make sense at all.
2) Seven nice points is enough for a sim to allow a conversation about Grilled Cheese. Five is not. Six, I don't know: but eight nice point sims should definitely be willing to Talk About Grilled Cheese (and then they will spontaneously bring it up to others. Which is scary.)
PB
buddha pest:
Okay, now...wtf does the Intelligence career reward do?
"Uh oh, the neighbors don't like you spying!" summons the town slapper to come and slap.
"That sounds like someone going to the bathroom" decreases bladder.
The other ones I've seen so far, I didn't see anything come of.
What's up with the FT career rewards being shit? I guess the sidewalk star is "neat" or something, but the fish pond is pretty blah. The ballet bar allows two people to use it at once, and that's great I guess. But skilling and mood boosts or anything at least would've been nice. Does the ballet reward build body skill quicker than the regular buyable ballet bar?
SnootCB:
Quote from: buddha pest on 2008 July 10, 23:00:01
Does the ballet reward build body skill quicker than the regular buyable ballet bar?
No, but I think it does allow a new dance animation- some kind of pirouette I think.
Edit: The "ballet exercises" interaction on the dance career reward barre allows sims to do highly skilled moves. It decreases Energy at the same rate as the "warmup" interaction but decreases Hygiene at a faster rate. All standard ballet barres gain the new interaction once the career reward barre is placed. It also increases Music & Dance hobby enthusiasm. According the Prima guide, anyway.
As far as the other career rewards:
Intelligence spy thingie- sims may gain or lose money, satisfy or deplete need(s), miss a day of work, get slapped by an angry neighbor, or see a ghost (if there is an urn/tombstone on the lot)
Oceanography pond- increases Nature enthusiasm, boosts Fun & Comfort
Architecture draftin table- builds Creativity, increases Arts & Crafts enthusiasm, boosts Fun, has all kinds of drafting interactions
Entertainment star- boosts Social within limited radius
buddha pest:
I can't believe I've yet to use the arcky-tecky table. I've got arts & crafts sims comin' out my ying yang.
But, oh right, I don't have many actual architects. I should probably get on that.
I always just put my arts & crafts sims in the art career...because I'm so creative. ::)
Okay, what do the various juices from the juice bar do?
This has turned from the Buddha's Random Mysteries Thread into the "PLS EXPLAIN THE FACTS & LEARNINGS OF FREE TIME TO ME" Thread. Sorry 'bout that.
And might I add, I'm not satisfied with that thread in The War Room. The whole spiel about what triggers aspiration benefits is dead wrong by my calculations. My sims pass those milestones many times without getting the flashy-flashy Pick a Benefit option. It seems more related to aspiration points accumulated = the unlocking of benefits. But I digress.
We could just go into, yet again, the questions of why sims get a red X thought bubble when someone takes a crap, and why some in-laws get family-only interactions while others get romantic ones, but we've been through all of that oh so many times over the years, and I was probably the one constantly bringing it up, so....
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