Sex
Gus Smedstad:
Quote from: Zazazu on 2009 June 08, 15:58:06
I've had meet-to-marry in less than 24 hours
I had my older Sim roll a Have a Child Wish while the house was full of his 6 kids and his wife was too old for more babies anyway. So I gave him a mid-life crisis and had him chase down some 20-something, woo her, and impregnate her. From "meet" to "bear my child" was about 6-7 hours. He ended up with 2 kids with her.
Romance is too easy in this game, compared to the delays forced by the long-term relationship meter in TS2. However, I do appreciate that a single flirt doesn't turn a friendship into instant love.
Two things bug me about the game. The Sims rarely roll romance-related Wishes, even if they have the Hopeless Romantic trait. "Have a Child," yes, but no "flirt with that attractive Sim" and only rarely "kiss so-and-so" or "woohoo so-and-so." I've never, ever seen "marry" or "get engaged."
The other is the way non-playables spontaneously generate children without anyone else. Having the kids with the townie allowed me to look at their family tree, and their half-brother did not have a father. Similarly, I got sick of looking for a romantic interest for one of my Sims, so I created a neighbor guy for her. They did OK, but then she discovers on the second date that he's got a newborn.
Awesomemod fixes this, but I get the impression it's still very much in early beta. I'm not willing to trade annoyances for crashes at this point.
- Gus
Marq:
Something that I found helpful when I had a sim that would be best friends with a guy but couldn't get any real romance going was to drag down their relationship to acquaintance or friend and start the romantic interactions over.
The key thing to look for is "Confess Attraction" under the romance menu. My method is to have them flirt/hit on their desired mate and when the "confess Attraction" option comes up I add it to the queue. I usually have about 5/6 interactions in a queue at a time so when the CA option comes up I just add it in. After CA is chosen I go to the "First Kiss" and "Make out" options.
sewinglady:
Apparently, I don't have the sex thing down either.
I have decided that tomorrow I go and buy a Prima guide. I have not ever had to do that... But the poor guy got slapped... they were making out and everything, I waited days! They did the woo hoo once... so I figured since they weren't exactly virgins, she would woohoo with him again. WRONG! She slapped him and stomped off. The game said she was in a bad mood - all her bars were green...okay, maybe she was a little tired, it was close to bed time...that is when normal people... oh wait. I just figured it out. I said it. er typed it. Normal people...
Is there a sims3 appropriate time of day for woohoo and/or trying for a baby?
Oy vey. I have given up for tonight...this game is no fun. Aren't games supposed to be fun?
moondance:
Quote from: Gus Smedstad on 2009 June 09, 03:57:52
Romance is too easy in this game, compared to the delays forced by the long-term relationship meter in TS2.
Another romance difficulty that may be gone is that in TS2 (and TS1, for that matter,) Sim #1 might be wild about Sim #2, while Sim #2 just wasn't that into Sim #1. Unrequited love and all that. I haven't checked it by switching households just to be sure, but, I have awesomemod in, so testingcheats is on. I've found that I can have two sims meet for the first time, slide the relationship bar all the way to the right, and the two sims are immediately best friends. A few flirts, a confess attraction, a kiss, and some proposals, and they're married. This wouldn't work if feelings weren't automatically mutual. It's made it easy to marry off a few random sims who I thought could make decent looking kids together, and I guess I like that--I keep doing it--but it's one more thing that takes away from any depth that might have existed in this game. :-\
LFox:
Quote from: sewinglady on 2009 June 09, 06:35:35
Apparently, I don't have the sex thing down either.
I have decided that tomorrow I go and buy a Prima guide. I have not ever had to do that... But the poor guy got slapped... they were making out and everything, I waited days! They did the woo hoo once... so I figured since they weren't exactly virgins, she would woohoo with him again. WRONG! She slapped him and stomped off. The game said she was in a bad mood - all her bars were green...okay, maybe she was a little tired, it was close to bed time...that is when normal people... oh wait. I just figured it out. I said it. er typed it. Normal people...
Is there a sims3 appropriate time of day for woohoo and/or trying for a baby?
Oy vey. I have given up for tonight...this game is no fun. Aren't games supposed to be fun?
I've found some sims are ALWAYS in a pissy mood for some reason. One of the sims that had this problem i put in the active household with debug mode and all bars were green and they didn't have any negative moodlets. I ended up giving up on one of sims i selected to be my sims spouse. It was near impossible to do anything romantic and any try of woohoo (i swear that word woohoo sounds so weird when you say it) always ended up in the sim getting annoyed.
It helps a bit to overmax the romantic option i've found before attempting woohoo. From what i've been able to tell its more like a hidden bar than a simple three step option thing. Just because you get the highest romantic options does not mean you've maxed out the hidden bar. Once the woohoo option becomes available have your sim do 3 or 4 extra romantic actions to build it up higher to prevent it from failing. The same can be said when attempting a first kiss or making out as well. Always try to build up the romantic bar a bit further before trying the new options that just got unlocked.
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