THE HORROR: The REAL TS3 Scoop As It Unfolds
X-Phile:
I played sims 3 and I'm switching to Sims 2.
I'm a controle freak when it comes to playing sims. And when my sims have babies without my consent, I don't like it.
Story Progression is turned off by the way.
Besides sims 2 is a lot more fun. ;)
MickeyJR:
I'm sure they left out things so they could make expansions. I mean they're there to make cash and to do so they will have to follow up with expansions. I have a feeling the store will fall on it's face or not be a profitable as they hope.
As far as complete control over the Sims, yes they need to tweak it some. Setting individual so that they don't make big choices on their own would be a big positive. Maybe a way to hibernate a household and be able to switch when you want to play that house. I like the idea of how the world works, I just think they need to tweak certain things to fit all play styles.
I look at Sims 3 as a Chassis to a car, eventually we will get the body and then the engine and then the interior. All the while we get ti tune it with mods along the way.
We're just used to how Sims 2 works, we need to give this a chance and see where it goes. Sims 3 has great potential and if you can set the Sims 2 aside and look at this as a completely new game it might be a bit more fun.
You said you have story progression turned off. Did you also turn free will down? Turning free will off will allow you to be a complete control freak ;) You Sims will not make any choice with out you. You can set this to whatever level you want. Low would probably let them do basic things but not get married ect ect. I'm not sure you would have to play around with it. I would turn story progression on and free will down as then the town still moves but your sims should not make so many choices on their own.
I think each sim you have should have the choice to turn this on or off on a personal level. As in move childern in to a different house and turn their free will down, they will still roam as in Sims 2 and their house/job all freezes until you switch to their house and tell them to do something.
Just my two cents.
Heinel:
Quote from: Roflganger on 2009 May 26, 21:15:01
From what I can tell, interaction availability is entirely determined by the other Sim's current perception. You can't woohoo your girlfriend if she currently only thinks you're "okay", can't ask someone to move in with you if they think you're extremely irresistible (because apparently it's just a friendly action, not a romantic one). In other words, each interaction is sitting somewhere on a tree, and you have to move up that tree EVERY TIME in order to get to it. Spectacularly annoying.
I may very well be wrong but after deciding that this was how it worked, I've had much more success in shaping relationships the way I want them to go. There does not seem to be any inherent compatibility system, though, so if you decide a Sim is The One for your Sim, all you have to do is start climbing.
I'm pretty sure "extremely irresistible" is a romantic one. That is what I shoot for whenever I need them to woohoo. Forget that. I think I misread the sentence. "Move In" is a friendly option. The romantic equivalent is marriage.
It also seems like if the sims are in a relationship (steady and up) they can skip parts of the tree and get to that point sooner. As to how many interactions is needed to advance, it looks like there is a little bit of compatibility issues (maybe trait related too) as I do notice some sims (especially unflirty ones) are really difficult to woo.
What I do not like though is that in order to woo someone that has a spouse (even those with commitment issues, like Thornton Wolff), you have to use friendly interactions until "Ask to break up with X" comes up before the sim will take your romantic interactions, that really makes no sense.
SlickCee:
To the person who asked how did my Sim die right out of the blue: It was old age.
I have a question. There has been an increasing amount of Sims that my Sim is besties with but does not know ANY of their traits. I can't use the "get to know" option anymore so that is out. Is there any other way to find out a Sim's trait? I am tired of all these question marks that appear for a Sim that is supposedly a close friend :P.
MickeyJR:
"Chat" will reveal traits though it is a bit slower than "Get to know" You might have to chat a lot to get to know them. Also you can go into Law Enforcement Profession and at a certain point you get the ability to "Question" any sim. This reveals traits, usually all traits very quickly.
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