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Smarter AI, How Many Would Really Like Independent Sims?
Cinebar
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We all say we want smarter AI, right? How many of you would like this type of independent Sim?
Poll Question, would you be happy to see your Sims think for themselves and act upon their desires with an Independent Trait?
Attributes: 1. Able to buy unusal and pricey objects and decor online without player input. Like when Sims contribute to chairty on their own. This could be decor and objects not available in buymode.
2. File for Divorce, just because, no apparent reasons to player but just because they no longer like partner
3. Send kids to boarding school (not culled).
4. Hire repairman, nanny, butlers autonomously if they have the trait.
5. Change the colors of rooms to suit themselves, change wallpapers, floors etc. Use pc to do this orders new wallpaper and floors.
6. Cooks food for later and puts it away for breakfast, lunch and dinner.
7. Changes which rooms in home are particular rooms by moving furniture and decor to other areas. Redesigns their own homes.
8. Orders a pet, or gets rid of a pet.
9. Enters a school or higher education center, changes direction to fill their own Aspiration
10. Would Decide to move in or out with others.
Poll Question, would you be happy to see your Sims think for themselves and act upon their desires with an Independent Trait?
Attributes: 1. Able to buy unusal and pricey objects and decor online without player input. Like when Sims contribute to chairty on their own. This could be decor and objects not available in buymode.
2. File for Divorce, just because, no apparent reasons to player but just because they no longer like partner
3. Send kids to boarding school (not culled).
4. Hire repairman, nanny, butlers autonomously if they have the trait.
5. Change the colors of rooms to suit themselves, change wallpapers, floors etc. Use pc to do this orders new wallpaper and floors.
6. Cooks food for later and puts it away for breakfast, lunch and dinner.
7. Changes which rooms in home are particular rooms by moving furniture and decor to other areas. Redesigns their own homes.
8. Orders a pet, or gets rid of a pet.
9. Enters a school or higher education center, changes direction to fill their own Aspiration
10. Would Decide to move in or out with others.
"Games Are Not The Place To Tell Stories, Games Are Meant To Let People Tell Their Own Stories"...Will Wright.
Smarter AI, How Many Would Really Like Independent Sims? 83 votes
Yes! I would love my Sims to be able to do all this on their own.
14%
12 votes
No, I'm in charge.
42%
35 votes
Maybe, but I would want notices to approve their choices.
22%
19 votes
I like some of the ideas but not all.
20%
17 votes
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I like to control everything myself, too. However, what if it's tied to an independent trait to test the waters of how much autonomy we really want them to have?
Maybe some minor stuff like putting away the foods or decorating their houses, but nothing drastic like getting rid of or adding members of a household.
But I could see some of the minor things either become repetitive or become really annoying and intruding.
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Most of what I want would involve smarter sim interpersonal interactions. Objects in the world are overwhelmingly my thing as the player.
Ideally the sims' whims should contain all of the things mentioned in the first post. I'm okay with the sims telling me what direction they want our story to go and then we can (maybe) reach a compromise. But no acting on their own.
I'd be sitting there eating popcorn as I watch my sims in first person doing all these things. It's kinda like a story progression for player controlled households! I'd be much more hooked if this happened.
It should be a optional feature since some people like to FULL control their household/ townies.
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The DO bug where two married sims (married to other sims) would go on a date to a restaurant caused enough of an uproar. I can only imagine what a game wide random trait might do. I don't want them marrying and divorcing or sending kids away to school unless I decide it. What's the point of making plans for your sims, game wise, if they can just ignore your story line and do what they want? Can you imagine how that would screw up so many challenges players are involved in?
These are sims, bits of programing, made to act and react like us. They can't walk into a room and "decide" that it's time to repaint the walls or apply for a job in another career. The autonomy we have now can be annoying enough when they drop your command to get a drink of water. No thank you. Keep this out of my game.
I didn't think about the townie clothing explosion. You make a good point. When I was creating this thread, I was thinking about EA'🐸🐸🐸🐸.E.E.D. AI, it's going to be amazing according to them. (why is word that represents a kernel that grows stuff, now suddenly censored?) How silly.
I do think that when people say they want smarter sims though, they mean sims that do minor things that are related to their traits and life experiences and react to different things according to their personalities, not just their emotions. The massive independence suggested in these ideas, would break the game for many people if they have certain stories or ideas in mind.
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Options 2 and 3: Yes, weather we agree with it or not, these things happen in the real world. Thus, I believe it should exist in The Sims.
Option 4: The first thing I do for any Sim family is hire recurring maid services, but I prefer to build my Sims skills and that does include Handiness
Options 5 and 7: Yes, decorate as you see fit. I am in the minority here, but designing rooms and houses always drives me nuts.
Option 6: Yes, provided it still builds the respective Cooking skill.
Option 8: No, because where is the limit? A pet is one thing, but I do not want a zoo for a house.
Option 9: Yes, provided that they are studying towards my predetermined Career Aspiration. Though I suppose the option to "Change Majors" could also be added in order to reset this Aspiration.
Option 10: What would happen when a Sim moves out? Would I still have any control over that character? Typically we have lost that ability when Sims move out in past games. I would need more information before I pass my final judgment on this option.