Factoids and Statistics on Skill Gaining
purplehaze:
Quote from: Zazazu on 2007 April 30, 18:29:07
Quote from: purplehaze on 2007 April 30, 17:40:06
Well, that blows my exploit out of the water. :-\
There's always the "unlockCareerRewards" cheat. I figure that if a family member has earned the bookcase, there's no reason their spawn can't bring a functioning one to college.
Yeah, I know. But, I try to play without cheating. It sucks the life out of the game for me. I don't mind some tweaks and critical mods plus certain annoyance mods. I don't consider them cheating. My summa grads start at level 9 and go to 10 in one day. They can also apply for all the jobs and nab the career rewards. It takes about 3 days to collect them all; that's if they rotate into the job bin the way they should. It's too damn easy to get to the top of the career track the way it is. Harder Jobs works nicely for me. I had to get it because it was so ridiculously easy to perma-ignore a Sim with a job related LTW.
J. M. Pescado:
Job LTWs are only medium-speed LTWs. FAST LTws are "Max all skills", and even faster, "earn 100K". Those you can do within seconds of transitioning and getting an LTW.
purplehaze:
You're right...those are also ridiculously easy. The one that I've never accomplished is 20 simultaneous lovers. I get tired just watching the poor Sim. And, trying to keep track of who they've bonked and maintaining the affairs is just tiring for me. I have one Romance Sim languishing at Uni...he's up to 9. I'm actually thinking of failing him every semester just so he can knock boots with a few more Uni students. At least they don't wander into my downtown. I'm saving downtown for after the transition. Then he can cut a swath through that neighborhood. I suck at playing romance sims. They bore me.
Hook:
Romance Sims at Uni: Just meet a lot of elegible students. When you move back to the neighborhood, invite them over one at a time for a quick woohoo. They don't walk past the house, so you won't have a problem with jealousy. I did this once when I cheated Goopy into Uni (which didn't work too well, btw, but he did meet enough coeds to get his LTW later).
The Edumacation bookcase reward: Just before your teen shuffles off to Uni, put it in his inventory. It works at Uni without problems. The parents are probably already maxed in all skills so don't need it for themselves, and if there are younger siblings at home, the parents can either get another or send the siblings to the same dorm so they can use the bookcase too.
Hook
purplehaze:
I'm going to 'attempt' to perma plat him whilst in college. If I can't, I'm sure I can get damn close.
I do send my teens off to Uni with a full 'fruitbowl'. The strawberry lemondae comes in handy when I don't feel like granting their needs. I can plat 'em with one dose. The edumacation bookcase is a good idea, but I have yet to have a teen leave the house without max skills. I always save 1 skill point for Sims who are knowledge. That way if the Max skills comes up...Wham! Platinum. Since installing Seasons, I have not had one, no not one, LTW to max all skills. They all want to be criminals, gamers, musians or adventureres. The wheel of fortune hasn't been spinning well for me since the installation.
Off on a tangent: (I should just post this in the Podium), has anyone noticed that non-resident family friends no longer count towards the total for job promotions since Seasons? It's happening to me across all hoods and careers. I tested with a clean hacks folder and it's still occuring. I have no custom careers or other such nonsense. LOL For example: (shuffles papers around) I had a Sim in the Medical career track. She lived alone and had 17 'friends'. Nine of them were non-resident family members. When she returned home from work she didn't get her promotion...her friends count wasn't high enough. WTF. I had to haul ass to the phone and call up some Sims to make up for two she was missing. Then again, maybe it's just my game.
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