Energy Decay and BV
jolrei:
Quote from: J. M. Pescado on 2007 October 10, 14:01:21
Clearly, you are someone who should not be given vacations.
I've been reading various threads for about a half hour today so far (maybe 45 minutes) and today's responses to my previous posts appear to have a high probability of informing me that things are "clearly" other than what I would think. I'm not convinced this points to a critical lack of self-awareness.
I personally think I need moar holidays.
J. M. Pescado:
Quote from: jolrei on 2007 October 10, 14:07:07
I've been reading various threads for about a half hour today so far (maybe 45 minutes) and today's responses to my previous posts appear to have a high probability of informing me that things are "clearly" other than what I would think. I'm not convinced this points to a critical lack of self-awareness.
I personally think I need moar holidays.
You'd think that, but according to your previous statement, you'd be wrong: If you felt LESS like working after a holiday than without one, then you should not be given one since it is clearly bad for morale.
As for more relevant things, here's the full debunking table:
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AGE SUM- SUM+ FWS- FWS+
Child -300 -250 -325 -275
Teen -220 -180 -245 -195
Adult -220 -180 -255 -205
Elder -255 -205 -265 -215
As is indicated by this table, there is no winter effect, but rather, a summer effect. Also, active plays a HUGE role, with 10 active (+ rates) having a much slower rate of energy loss per day!
Even more interesting were the numbers simultaneously uncovered for bladder decay:
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AGE SZNS !SZN
Child -180 -200
Teen -300 -400
Adult -250 -300
Elder -375 -500
Seasons themselves do not play a role in bladder decay: However, the presence or lack of the expansion pack DOES, and the effect is particularly pronounced in Elders and Teens. Oddly, for reasons that elude us, child sims actually have a lower rate of bladder decay than any other age category under any condition. This does not seem to mesh with the way the real world as we know it works (isn't it always the kids who need to go first?), and suggests that someone at EAxis has a very disturbed mind.
jolrei:
Perhaps all the elders have incontinence problems, but that still doesn't account for child sims having low bladder decay. Counterintuitive, I agree.
I'm missing something on the interpretation end - does this mean that presence of the Seasons EP increases bladder decay, or the other way around? (My confusion between SZNS and !SZN)
J. M. Pescado:
Quote from: jolrei on 2007 October 10, 14:51:25
Perhaps all the elders have incontinence problems, but that still doesn't account for child sims having low bladder decay. Counterintuitive, I agree.
It bespeaks of some strange EAxian fetish to see grown sims pissing their pants, yes. This accounts for why in all the various stories on the exchange and elsewhere, you basically rarely hear of any child sims pissing themselves: They have nothing to do, so are less likely to find some fascinating distraction to fixate on instead, AND their rate is MUCH MUCH LOWER.
Quote from: jolrei on 2007 October 10, 14:51:25
I'm missing something on the interpretation end - does this mean that presence of the Seasons EP increases bladder decay, or the other way around? (My confusion between SZNS and !SZN)
The presence of the Seasons EP reduces it (lower decay values) across the board. The actual season itself has no impact at all. Although you'd think it'd be higher during the summer from drinking more.
veilchen:
Quote from: J. M. Pescado on 2007 October 10, 12:57:03
There is one bonus that actually hurts your work performance when taken: It grants a temporary boost to it, but when that boost wears off, you lose the boosted work performance...and if you were at max already, you will LOSE this if it falls off while you are at work, even if you didn't benefit from it at all because you already had maximum. This can completely hose your promotion schedule.
Duh! I never suspected that, and I should have. I have, after all, extensive experience with Eaxis' sims games. I thought my game threw up on me.
As an aside, regarding kids and bathroom breaks. I remember all those trips, where 2 miles up the road, one of mine would invariably say: "Moooom, I need to go to the bathroom." in the whiniest voice possible.
Ahh, the memories. I hope their kids do it to them, then I can sit back and laugh myself silly.
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