Why couldn't they just call it "facial recognition"? Instead of vapid pop culture, it could be sold as high-tech. Oh wait, we're so jaded with technology these days.
I keep telling myself I'm going to give rotational play a try soon in TS4 (I've always been a one family legacy gal) -- funny how there never seems to be enough time in a day now to get to it though.
I DO like TS4 better than I did -- enjoy it, even. But it doesn't hold my attention the way TS3 and TS1 did (missed out on TS2 until recently).
But.. I almost wonder how far in generations can I get a whole town in to..
With, of course, a freakin' mod to stop culling because TS4 was not thought out well in that area.
TS2 did add, I think in one of the last few XPs, the ability to age up friends when a played sim had a birthday. So by the end of the game you could bring a child's friends along to teenage or adulthood if you wanted, even if they were townies. But by then I was so hooked on rotational play and having different families to play in different ways. But the birthday op and University were the only ways to age townies - and of course if you took them to Uni they were thereafter player sims.
I've actually never been the hugest fan of rotational play OR single family play, hate to admit it.
I would like a mix of TS3 and TS2, honestly. Having to play in every household to make sure that everyone's ages stay aligned was one of the most annoying things I can remember from TS2 because if you have a BIG town and LOTS of stories going on, that's a lot of household switching that you may not want to do. In TS3, you did have the ability to have Sims keep aging while you were away from them...but they may also pull a TS4 and end up dating people and sleeping around and making babies and all of that nonsense -- sometimes while married!! -- and then you have to drop everything to fix it. I'd like it if Sims aged up and made FRIENDS and grew in their jobs and etcetc., but didn't do a single romantic thing while you weren't controlling them if they were in a previously established relationship. I don't always want my Sims to cheat, even if they are flirty, gosh!!
That's what's so great about the NRASS mods. I can choose options for each household I play. For single adults, I might allow romance but not steady or marriage because my sims need my approval of their partner first.
For my married couples, I can forbid break-ups and flirting with other sims. All these settings are for households not being played, btw. It doesn't affect the silly reputation and jealousy systems and probably some other lame systems they put in the game. I once had a long-time married couple get divorced at his adult BD party that was held in a club - and I didn't even know it until the party was over. I think he must have flirted with another sim or something and the game just divorced them on the spot. I had to quit without saving because I was not OK with that nonsense. They should at least have gone to marriage counseling first.
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Where are we going, and why am I in this hand basket?!
That's what's so great about the NRASS mods. I can choose options for each household I play. For single adults, I might allow romance but not steady or marriage because my sims need my approval of their partner first.
For my married couples, I can forbid break-ups and flirting with other sims. All these settings are for households not being played, btw. It doesn't affect the silly reputation and jealousy systems and probably some other lame systems they put in the game. I once had a long-time married couple get divorced at his adult BD party that was held in a club - and I didn't even know it until the party was over. I think he must have flirted with another sim or something and the game just divorced them on the spot. I had to quit without saving because I was not OK with that nonsense. They should at least have gone to marriage counseling first.
Yes! nraas SP is great, I use it to set different behaviours even for each sim within a household, you know, this one I don´t want it to get a job, those others I do want to marry ramdonly and those I don´t want to be married without my supervisión, and the same with moving or skilling or having babies, you can set each household and each sim to your taste (even the number of days between marriage and babies and between siblins) and you can micromage some of the households limiting the SP to a minimun and let the others to evolve without you...
I can play at last TS2 TS3 and TS4 So great that toddlers are here!!!
That's what's so great about the NRASS mods. I can choose options for each household I play. For single adults, I might allow romance but not steady or marriage because my sims need my approval of their partner first.
For my married couples, I can forbid break-ups and flirting with other sims. All these settings are for households not being played, btw. It doesn't affect the silly reputation and jealousy systems and probably some other lame systems they put in the game. I once had a long-time married couple get divorced at his adult BD party that was held in a club - and I didn't even know it until the party was over. I think he must have flirted with another sim or something and the game just divorced them on the spot. I had to quit without saving because I was not OK with that nonsense. They should at least have gone to marriage counseling first.
That sounds really cool @HappySimmer3 I really need to check out a mod site at some point and see what you can get for the Sims 3. Judging by what you've said it sounds like you can get some really awesome ones So I'll have to see if I can get the mod site freed up for myself
Today's going to be quite busy for me. I have a lot to think about (good thinking, not worries) and that's a good thing because I listen to my records and play Sims as I do it I will also be working on my game as well as checking the forum every few minutes
So I have today all worked out and planned.
I hope guys and girls have great days as well sending you all love for the day ahead
@S100Headache I feel like I just lost some hope in humanity seeing that...lol.
Thank you for your sweet wishes @Sennie I hope you are having a good day too
I'm still new to the mods so I'm trying to set things and if it goes wrong because I'm rotating families that arent mine it feels a bit safer if that makes sense? I won't worry about it too much if I get unwanted outcomes and it'll help me learn to use in my normal saves
I'm just getting too old I guess. I think people are just getting too into themselves with this selfie craze. Used to be we took pics of scenes for our memories. Now 'we' take pics of ourselves. Just a wee bit narcissistic to me.
I started playing with the Newbie and Broke families in an attempt to recreate TS2 family story. I used the two pre-made families from Riverview to get Brandi Newbie. And aged her up to a child when she met Skip Broke.
Brandi and Betty.
Brandi's childhood was quite idyllic.
Here is Brandi as a teenager.
Brandi and Skip started dating in high school and are currently still teenagers.
In the meantime, the Newbie's and Simovitch's all live under the same roof while Brandi grows up.
I started playing with the Newbie and Broke families in an attempt to recreate TS2 family story. I used the two pre-made families from Riverview to get Brandi Newbie. And aged her up to a child when she met Skip Broke.
Brandi and Betty.
Brandi's childhood was quite idyllic.
Here is Brandi as a teenager.
Brandi and Skip started dating in high school and are currently still teenagers.
In the meantime, the Newbie's and Simovitch's all live under the same roof while Brandi grows up.
Nice pictures I've been under the impression that treehouses were rabbitholes is this true?
@Invaderchickycat. You can't follow them inside, grown ups can whoohoo in the treehouse so maybe thats why. It's kind of a secret place and I don't mind that.
"Princess, let your hair down"
I have a kid that always sleep in the treehouse
Yeah I don't think so @S100Headache you can obviously tell who is who. Sensationalist mail articles strike again! lol. I dont mean it in a 'bad' way-it's just you can tell there is a difference in ages and there should be!
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I DO like TS4 better than I did -- enjoy it, even. But it doesn't hold my attention the way TS3 and TS1 did (missed out on TS2 until recently).
But.. I almost wonder how far in generations can I get a whole town in to..
With, of course, a freakin' mod to stop culling because TS4 was not thought out well in that area.
I would like a mix of TS3 and TS2, honestly. Having to play in every household to make sure that everyone's ages stay aligned was one of the most annoying things I can remember from TS2 because if you have a BIG town and LOTS of stories going on, that's a lot of household switching that you may not want to do. In TS3, you did have the ability to have Sims keep aging while you were away from them...but they may also pull a TS4 and end up dating people and sleeping around and making babies and all of that nonsense -- sometimes while married!! -- and then you have to drop everything to fix it. I'd like it if Sims aged up and made FRIENDS and grew in their jobs and etcetc., but didn't do a single romantic thing while you weren't controlling them if they were in a previously established relationship. I don't always want my Sims to cheat, even if they are flirty, gosh!!
For my married couples, I can forbid break-ups and flirting with other sims. All these settings are for households not being played, btw. It doesn't affect the silly reputation and jealousy systems and probably some other lame systems they put in the game. I once had a long-time married couple get divorced at his adult BD party that was held in a club - and I didn't even know it until the party was over. I think he must have flirted with another sim or something and the game just divorced them on the spot. I had to quit without saving because I was not OK with that nonsense. They should at least have gone to marriage counseling first.
Where are we going, and why am I in this hand basket?!
Yes! nraas SP is great, I use it to set different behaviours even for each sim within a household, you know, this one I don´t want it to get a job, those others I do want to marry ramdonly and those I don´t want to be married without my supervisión, and the same with moving or skilling or having babies, you can set each household and each sim to your taste (even the number of days between marriage and babies and between siblins) and you can micromage some of the households limiting the SP to a minimun and let the others to evolve without you...
I can play at last TS2 TS3 and TS4 So great that toddlers are here!!!
That sounds really cool @HappySimmer3
Today's going to be quite busy for me. I have a lot to think about (good thinking, not worries) and that's a good thing because I listen to my records and play Sims as I do it
So I have today all worked out and planned.
I hope guys and girls have great days as well
Matthew.
Thank you for your sweet wishes @Sennie
I'm still new to the mods so I'm trying to set things and if it goes wrong because I'm rotating families that arent mine it feels a bit safer if that makes sense? I won't worry about it too much if I get unwanted outcomes and it'll help me learn to use in my normal saves
https://twitter.com/sparkfairy1
I'm just getting too old I guess. I think people are just getting too into themselves with this selfie craze. Used to be we took pics of scenes for our memories. Now 'we' take pics of ourselves. Just a wee bit narcissistic to me.
@TheSingingSimmer great pics!
@HappySimmer3 ::waves:: and sighs over your Christopher Steele. He was my first sim's boyfriend when I started playing.
The Cowboy and the Mermaid
Brandi and Betty.
Brandi's childhood was quite idyllic.
Here is Brandi as a teenager.
Brandi and Skip started dating in high school and are currently still teenagers.
In the meantime, the Newbie's and Simovitch's all live under the same roof while Brandi grows up.
I can play at last TS2 TS3 and TS4 So great that toddlers are here!!!
https://twitter.com/sparkfairy1
https://twitter.com/sparkfairy1
Nice pictures
"Princess, let your hair down"
I have a kid that always sleep in the treehouse
Awwww, how sweet!
Ah that's just the cutest
Matthew.
https://twitter.com/sparkfairy1