A study of Buy Bars
Gus Smedstad:
I just had a "May I help you?" interaction fail when my sim was a Friend of the target (DR at least 50 on his part) and Assess Mood said he was in a "Very Good Mood." I haven't used a cheat to see his Townie personality, but clearly supposedly his Outgoing level shouldn't matter with those two being that high.
- Gus
Gus Smedstad:
I now believe that Sims sometimes come into your shop looking for something specific. I noticed that during the "May I Help You?" interactions which failed, both Sims showed speech balloons showing the cheap TV. Successful interactions show no speech balloons. A new Sim came into the shop just now and had a puzzled look and a "cheap TV" thought balloon. I don't normally stock those, but for the purposes of testing I bought one and put it on sale. I then did "Can I Help You?" and sure enough, he went to the cheap TV.
J. M. Pescado:
Quote from: Gus Smedstad on 2006 March 11, 15:45:40
I just had a "May I help you?" interaction fail when my sim was a Friend of the target (DR at least 50 on his part) and Assess Mood said he was in a "Very Good Mood." I haven't used a cheat to see his Townie personality, but clearly supposedly his Outgoing level shouldn't matter with those two being that high.
That's a mystery, then, since it openly contradicts information as written in code, with no blackboxes involved. However, "Assess Mood" is very, very unreliable, especially due to the "broken mood boost" bug.
angelyne:
Maybe you can explain this one to me Gus.
I just set up a home-based Art Gallery. All my paintings are on the expensive side, but I am selling them at average prices. I've had 2 customers in my shop so far, but no one is buying. They just stand there with their buy bubble slowly climbing...then it drops to zero and they get a negative hit. Over and over till they leave because of needs. I tried doing a basic sale (I just started, so that's all I can do, but didn't seem to do much)
What am I doing wrong here?
Gus Smedstad:
Quote from: angelyne on 2006 March 11, 23:48:55
All my paintings are on the expensive side, but I am selling them at average prices. I've had 2 customers in my shop so far, but no one is buying. They just stand there with their buy bubble slowly climbing...then it drops to zero and they get a negative hit. Over and over till they leave because of needs. I tried doing a basic sale (I just started, so that's all I can do, but didn't seem to do much)
I'm pretty sure they won't even start to browse something they can't afford. What's happening is that the basic fill rate at "average" isn't enough to fill the price of your target painting. So if all you have is Basic Sell, you have to hit the customer with that repeatedly. Every time you complete it, you'll get a little gain on the buy bar and a little loyalty gain.
If you can't sell any of your stuff with repeated Basic Sells, you need to sell some cheaper items. Things under $200 or so sell pretty easily without any sales help.
- Gus
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