Wants & Fears Sanity "Death To All Nesses" Public Beta Edition

[Emma]

Ok, thanks.

What do you mean by free ASP? (I know what ASP is, I just don't understand the free part)

[Kyna]

You buy the item, put in the sim's inventory, sell it straight away from the inventory without any ASP loss.  You get the ASP and the money back, so it's free ASP.

[Emma]

Oh-thanks Kyna

[jsalemi]

Most of the sims in my older hoods have so much money by now that buying stupid shit to fill wants is the only way to get rid of some of it. I've had many an elder 'take it with them' when they died.

[jsalemi]

Got a new one -- sim just came back from a Far East vacation, and now she has a want to learn how to make Chirashi!  As far as I can tell, it's not possible for sims to learn how to make vacation foods, so this is a really weird one.

[J. M. Pescado]

Most of the sims in my older hoods have so much money by now that buying stupid shit to fill wants is the only way to get rid of some of it. I've had many an elder 'take it with them' when they died.

Gravegoods is an ancient and honorable tradition, albeit one that may be hard on your filesizes. Consider the practice of purchasing and then erecting gigantic monumental tombs as ownable lots to be kept in the family instead. If it's good enough for the Egyptian Pharoahs, it's good enough for you.

[jolrei]

Consider the practice of purchasing and then erecting gigantic monumental tombs as ownable lots to be kept in the family instead. If it's good enough for the Egyptian Pharoahs, it's good enough for you.

Excellent idea.  Bob's Mausoleum and Recreation Centre.  Remember your loved ones as you dance, use the bubble blower, play poker, or get that plate of Pineapple Surprise.  And who knows, maybe the ghost of Bob will drop by to add an extra surprise to your evening.

Implementing.

[Zazazu]

The cemetary (shared pet and traditional) in Prospect Beach is a major attraction. There are around 30 graves, and typically 4-8 ghosts about at night, scaring the piss out of the townies. It's great.

[EsotericPolarBear]

See, if the game were more realistic, you could plop down a ticket machine in that cemetary and reach level 10 business in a few hours...

I think we've found at least one way in which Sims are more intelligent than teenagers.

[J. M. Pescado]

On the other hand, sims never learn to stop peeing on themselves. I dunno about you, but I tend to become immensely jaded after seeing something once. I mean, it's a novelty the first time, but after that, it's like "Ah, that shit happens all the time.".

[EsotericPolarBear]

Even before Macrotastics, my sims didn't pee themselves.

Unless they did something stupid like peek in a coffin.

[edit] Or get struck by lightning, apparently. 

[jsalemi]

JM,

Been noticing something a little off lately -- sims with the fitness and nature hobbies are getting wants to go jogging or hiking before they're even capable of it.  It looks like they're hitting the want when they get to level 2 in the hobby.  The wants are of low value, so they're not worth locking in, but they keep rerolling, clogging up a slot.

[professorbutters]

See, if the game were more realistic, you could plop down a ticket machine in that cemetary and reach level 10 business in a few hours...

I think we've found at least one way in which Sims are more intelligent than teenagers.

Actually, I know someone who did that.  Purple Bunny created a Memorial Garden ticket business as one of five businesses her Fortune Sim heiress built up.  She put out a buffet so customers wouldn't starve, and that was about it.  That, and a karaoke machine.  It's in Chapter 23 of the Piratical Legacy.

PB

[Avalikia]

Is that stupid cooking contest want stompable on lots without one?

[Kazzandra]

Is that stupid cooking contest want stompable on lots without one?

Yeah. That and the dance contest want really clogs up a good portion of my Sim's wants. This is especially obnoxious when the Sim has danced maybe twice or had to *gasp* cook its own meal! Suddenly, it thinks it's ready for the big leagues!

[talysman]

I'm even getting useless wants like that pre-FT. Sim paints once, earns 2 Creativity, gets the "Sell a Masterpiece". Which, of course, means he also gets the fear "Sell a Crappy Painting". So, either he can't paint until that fear disappears, or he has to clog up an easel with an unsellable painting until the fear disappears, or he has to eat it and fulfill the fear.

[Jack Rudd]

I'm even getting useless wants like that pre-FT. Sim paints once, earns 2 Creativity, gets the "Sell a Masterpiece". Which, of course, means he also gets the fear "Sell a Crappy Painting". So, either he can't paint until that fear disappears, or he has to clog up an easel with an unsellable painting until the fear disappears, or he has to eat it and fulfill the fear.

Or he can paint and then hang the crappy painting on the wall somewhere.

[talysman]

I'm even getting useless wants like that pre-FT. Sim paints once, earns 2 Creativity, gets the "Sell a Masterpiece". Which, of course, means he also gets the fear "Sell a Crappy Painting". So, either he can't paint until that fear disappears, or he has to clog up an easel with an unsellable painting until the fear disappears, or he has to eat it and fulfill the fear.

Or he can paint and then hang the crappy painting on the wall somewhere.

Yeah, but who wants those crappy paintings?

But this makes me wonder if hanging the painting, then deleting in buy mode, will fulfill the fear. I may have to test that. Even though there's another option that seems obvious now: put it in inventory and give it as a gift.

[seelindarun]

If you haven't already, you don't need to test.  If you sell a hanging painting off the wall in buy mode, no wants or fears trigger.  This prevents you from putting a near-masterpiece on the wall to appreciate, to sell later to fulfill the want, but it also lets you sidestep the fear.

[Zazazu]

I'm even getting useless wants like that pre-FT. Sim paints once, earns 2 Creativity, gets the "Sell a Masterpiece". Which, of course, means he also gets the fear "Sell a Crappy Painting". So, either he can't paint until that fear disappears, or he has to clog up an easel with an unsellable painting until the fear disappears, or he has to eat it and fulfill the fear.

Or he can paint and then hang the crappy painting on the wall somewhere.

Yeah, but who wants those crappy paintings?

But this makes me wonder if hanging the painting, then deleting in buy mode, will fulfill the fear. I may have to test that. Even though there's another option that seems obvious now: put it in inventory and give it as a gift.

Someone else in the family can sell them.

[J. M. Pescado]

Although it is a mystery WHY someone would fear SELLING a crappy painting. I mean, someone wants to BUY crap? SWEET!

[jolrei]

Although it is a mystery WHY someone would fear SELLING a crappy painting. I mean, someone wants to BUY crap? SWEET!

This has sustained garage sales, and indeed most economies, since ancient times.

[BastDawn]

I think the disappointment is for spending many hours working on something that sold for a pittance.  If your artistic efforts are worth less than minimum wage, it's kind of disheartening.

[J. M. Pescado]

But wouldn't getting ANYTHING for it be better than getting NOTHING? If I could get someone to pay ANYTHING for my attempts at "art", that'd be awesome.

[Kazzandra]

If your artistic efforts are worth less than minimum wage, it's kind of disheartening.

Yet highly realistic.