How Does Game Determine Painting Price?
dsk:
Just out of curiosity, how does the game determine how much a painting is sold for (ones that your Sims paint). Obviously, it depends on the amount of creativity points the sim has, but beyond that, it seems somewhat random. I have a sim who is a stay-at-home Dad and during his free time, he paints. His creativity has long been maxed and most of his points are around 7 or 8 for the other skills. About 1 in 4 paintings seem to sell above 500, earning him the "masterpiece" memory. Otherwise, they are anywhere between 460 and 495. Anyone know what the game uses to determine these sorta things?
J. M. Pescado:
It appears to be based on a fixed seed value, plus a fluctuation factor which is specially handled at max skill. There's also a ton of other factors which are essentially random and arbitrary, and it's a giant jumbled mess.
KellyQ:
Quote from: J. M. Pescado on 2005 July 26, 15:29:03
and it's a giant jumbled mess.
Sounds like Maxis has found it's new slogan!
Hook:
I had a Sim start painting after he maxed creativity and graphed the resulting painting values. I determined that the paintings were worth about 475 plus 5 per painting on average. This value could fluctuate by around +/- 70. The Sim's sixth painting would be worth 500, plus or minus about 70.
I also found things that seemed to affect the sale value. For example, a Sim who was in high green in all his needs produced a painting worth more than one who had allowed even one need to decay past the top 1/4 of the bar. If the painting is started when the Sim is in platinum mood, it seems to be worth more than if the Sim were in gold... BUT... I haven't verified that one.
I had one Sim who was in high green in all needs (thanks to the Enigmatic Energizer) when he started his first painting and was in platinum mood. If any need decayed much, he'd stop and go back to paint later when his needs were greened back to near max. His very first painting sold for §553. Slightly more than the averages mentioned above, but in the ball park.
If your Sims' paintings don't sell for much, try having them paint when their moods are near max. And take breaks when their moods decay. If that doesn't help, go play an instrument on a community lot for tips instead. :)
Hook
themaltesebippy:
Hm, that's interesting. I had a sim on a lot and he painted the default crap painting and it was a masterpiece yet on another a sim that has done like 5 still lifes still hasn't sold one and they are both 10 creativity and lifetime platinum.
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