Gameplay: How do YOU keep track of sim lifes?
kaitco:
Quote from: Grugly on 2008 August 26, 01:23:26
MICROSOFT Access?
You must be a masochist.
I am about to start using Access because the Excel file I have is getting too cumbersome and I would like to add thumbnails of my sims eventually. As much as it pains me to say it, OOBase just does not cut it when compared to Access.
I used the neighborhood export tool from SimPe and then added and deleted the tables to suit my needs. I mostly use the file to play matchmaker with my sims and to make sure none of the sims are procreating with their second cousins. Even though the game does not keep track of that, I still find it kind of icky...
ingeli:
I would have used Access if I didnt have got Sharepoint Server, which uses lots of stuff from Access. When you are used to a tool its always easier to not getting a different one. It's easy to import the csv-file from simpe to access/sharepoint.
Sandilou:
I set my neighbourhood up so that the houses are laid out beside each other so that I can play them in rotation, always clicking the next house on the right and playing each house for just one sim day that might include one visit to a sub neighbourhood; playing one house usually lasts about 60mins real time for me and is about as much time as I can spare when I play. There are currently 20 houses, and one Uni frat house in play in my custom neighbourhood.
Effectively, 1 sim year endures for the rotation of the 21 homes in the neighbourhood, starting with the Uni frat house, then house 1, then house 2 and so on, ending with house 20. During playing a rotation, any significant events are photographed and entered in the family album, with the entry starting with the rotation (year) number. I am currently playing the 71st rotation which is of course, the 71st year.
I started this custom neighbourhood with just one house and expanded as the offspring and their friends graduated out of uni and set up home in the neighbourhood. I use the lot synctimer to guide me. I don't do any other notetaking, as I enjoy playing more than recording details. and time constraints don't permit me to do both. I thought about using a program to log the family tree, but heck I rarely ever play beyond a 3rd generation. By the time I get there, its time for a new EP and for me that usually equates to starting a new neighbourhood.
I do enjoy looking through the founding family's photo album to see how much or how little things have changed in the neighbourhood, who's still alive and who didn't make it. It's also interesting to see how the family members have grown up and moved on; I really like that aspect of TS2, which echoes much of what happens in real life. Using the rotated year system helps to place events on a timeline, and makes the passage of time seem more real, especially as I tend to use the album to record facts rather than to tell a story.
I keep the recording simple to reduce paperwork and allow more gameplay, but I recognise that some players get just as much enjoyment recording the details as others do from playing the game.
Zazazu:
Gelina, do you keep track of relationships in the Access database? I have a rough outline of how I want mine, but that's the only thing I'm stuck on the setup of. I'm only concerned with nuclear relations.
Gelina:
Quote from: Zazazu on 2008 August 27, 01:55:59
Gelina, do you keep track of relationships in the Access database? I have a rough outline of how I want mine, but that's the only thing I'm stuck on the setup of. I'm only concerned with nuclear relations.
Some of them - basically I don't let people that are 2nd cousins kiss and I keep track of the future loves/arch nemisi for most of my sims. I also keep a running list of make-outs and woohoos for romance sims usually. I don't keep track of every relationship though. I also track marriages/divorces.
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