Sims storytelling help
baratron:
Quote from: witch on 2005 August 16, 05:17:08
baratron I love it! Bit of tension & drama, we all know the path of true love never runs smooth. How on earth did you get the shot where Max is picking up Mitch? I wondered how you'd get him in the house when he was passed out on the lawn...
boolprop TestingCheatsEnabled true from Neighbourhood screen lets you fiddle with sims' motives, as well as personality and skill levels. I got Mitch to pass out by knocking his Energy all the way down into red (with three red arrows), then once he was unconscious/asleep dragged it up a bit so that he could wake up.
The really ingenious bit was getting Max to bend down as if shaking him awake - I couldn't figure out how to do that at all, but my partner pointed out that picking up the left-over drinks cups would make the sims bend down. It took about 12 attempts to get the 3 sims in the picture doing what they were supposed to be doing at the same time!
Fiddling with photos like this really does add something to the game, but it's a bit exhausting - I have ideas for stories involving 3 of my families now, and I can't play the game normally until I've taken all the photos from the right backup versions of the Neighbourhood. Keeping all the backups straight is a bit... effortful. I'm even thinking of going all the way back to my first Strangetown to write what happened to the Curious brothers, but I probably can't be bothered.
veilchen:
Now don't tease like that, that's not fair. Now I'm going to be wondering what the brothers were up to. Shame Baratron.
bluecatvon:
haha! i love the story! mitch and max are both hot to me, too bad they're both gay...haha! can't wait to see the next chapter!
baratron:
Well, one of the joys of using the Maxis premade characters is that if you don't like what someone's done in their story, you can do it a different way :D. Speaking personally, the way the Friends family was set up, I was sure they had to get together - but that's in my game.
Chapter 2: Strangetown nightmares.
It actually came out a lot darker than I was intending - I haven't written a horror story in some years, but this is getting close. Haven't decided whether this is the final draft or not - I could tweak it to be much more horrific. As it is, I was trying for PG-13, although I'm not really sure what falls into that category (I'm not even certain about the British equivalent 12A), and I'm not sure this story makes it even after I rewrote the bits that were shamelessly adult (like what exactly Max is covered in after the alien abduction). Parts of the story might be triggery for the recently bereaved, or women who've had a bad experience giving birth, or people who are childless-not-by-choice. (To avoid the triggery bits, you could try viewing the story from gallery mode.)
Hopefully I've made it clear which parts of the story are "real" and which are "nightmare" - let me know if you think it needs a bit more work. Is it scary? Did you enjoy it?
More comments in my livejournal.
reggikko:
Quote from: baratron on 2005 August 18, 19:13:15
Hopefully I've made it clear which parts of the story are "real" and which are "nightmare" - let me know if you think it needs a bit more work. Is it scary? Did you enjoy it?
I'm loving this story. One of the hallmarks of a good story is wanting to see what comes next and you've definitely got me hooked. I loved how you set up the nightmare scenes. Be sure to keep updating us.
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