Nightlife Chemistry
Ancient Sim:
One thing I've noticed is that the game appears to be taking sexual preference into account with the chemistry thing, which it didn't before. I have a new Sim who so far has only fancied men (he's still neutral in preference as he hasn't had any romantic encounters yet), but in each case although he's found them "Hot", there has been no lightning bolt, which suggests they don't reciprocate his feelings. I know for a fact that two of them are very straight, but the third is AC/DC, so presumably there are other factors involved as well. It's a little confusing and it would help greatly to have another sign for "I fancy you but you don't fancy me", so if necessary we could work on improving things.
I'd also LOVE to see a separate bar within Relationships to list all the Sims my Sim is furious with. To find them, I have to scroll right to the end of the friendship list and this can take ages with some Sims. Not only that, if I scroll along too far, the whole thing sort of jumps back to the end when it reaches the beginning (the backward arrow doesn't disappear) and I can't get back to the beginning without great difficulty, if at all. A Furious list would be an extremely welcome addition to the game, even more so if it showed which Sims were furious with my Sim as well. There doesn't seem to be anything indicating that.
Regina:
Okay--you all went and done it! I finally had to register here because this is such a fun topic!
I've been having rather a blast with the whole chemistry thing, and a lot of the reason is because now I have sim-spouses swooning over their mates like crazy--the way it should've been from the get-go! I mean, after all, how many of us walk down the street, look at a slut and swoon?
I just figured out the whole lightning bolt with the interactions thing yesterday, and indeed it does cause for some sped-up romances. I've also figured out a few things that will help seriously with the attractions.
For one thing, whenever I make a couple of sims I want to have go together, I've always tried to make their astrological signs compatible. Although this doesn't always encourage spontaneous relationships about 9 times out of 10 it works a treat. One thing I found in the past (pre-NL) was that making two sims the same sign was a boon to getting them to want to spend time together.
Yesterday I made a new couple, two single sims, moved them into their own houses. I set them both as family sims, both Cancers. Aziza's attracted to glasses and facial hair (Eben has both). Eben likes brown hair and make-up and Aziza has both. I had him check her out and *poof* four lightning bolts!
This pair ended up spending part of a day together, mainly talking, playing Red Hands and stuff like that. Then they had a date which quickly turned into a Dream Date. While playing with some other sims I remember looking at those lightning bolts and thinking, "No way! There's no way they can 'make out' with a relationship that low!" Or "there's no way they can 'slow dance' when they just met!" That's when I started experimenting and sure enough, those sims with equal attractions would definitely accept those interactions from the other sim.
The thing is, it's always been romantic interactions which are the true 'best friend' makers. I've always thought it'd be nice if all sims could make best friends that quickly. However, with TS2 alone, about the fastest I could have a couple ready to marry would be within three sim days of having met each other, and that was usually playing both of them three days, having them spend all reasonable time together (they do have to sleep and study occasionally). After playing Eben and Aziza for a total of 2 sim days combined, Eben woke up the next morning and suddenly realized he wanted to marry Aziza. Now that's fast!
Velax:
Can happen even quicker than that. I've had first dates where the Want "get married to Mai" (Mai being my character) has appeared in the NPC's Wants list.
vecki:
Quote from: Velax on 2005 September 23, 07:07:18
Can happen even quicker than that. I've had first dates where the Want "get married to Mai" (Mai being my character) has appeared in the NPC's Wants list.
Yes I had that when Prof. Weldon Go was kindly (ha!) provided by the matchmaker from hell! They said hello and he wanted to marry my sim!
RainbowTigress:
I loved it when Skip walked into the bathroom where Brandi was taking a bath, and he had all these lightening bolts swirling around his head! It's great to see a husband still turned on by seeing his wife naked after having three kids. :)
Edit: I just looked at the chart mentioned above, and I am confused because it doesn't list the same things going across as it does going down. For instance, reading the cheese aspiration across the bottom says that cheese is neutral with anything else but cheese, but reading down from the right it says cheese is also good with Fortune (wealth) and Pleasure. How can that be?
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