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capricornsims

Since everyone is 21 years older I wanted to add these to my last post

Jenny is 64 and Paul is 84 ( he’s been old for so long and also immortal/j )

Johnny and Ophelia have twins Jonathan Jr. and Willow

Grandma and Grandpa love them so much.

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voltsm

goths i cant bother finishing

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threadandsandpaper

The Problem with Traits

I love the theory behind traits. It does seem to be a much more natural way to describe a personality. Unfortunately, just because it seems right, it does not make it so. Traits suffer from a deep and fatal flaw: they are binary. In the sims you either have a trait or you don’t.

So whats the problem with that? In theory personality should affect every choice that you make. With a list of binary traits, however, the program is reduced to asking, “do they have this trait? No. Do they have this trait? No…”

A trait may end up affecting only a handful of actions, not much mileage for something that is supposed to be fifth of your personality. This is why traits feel flimsy and characters defined only by traits feel less fleshed out. Until a sim blunders into a situation in which their traits matter, they are functionally identical to a sim with no defining characteristics whatsoever.

In theory this could be overcome by brute force coding… every single action could check for traits and every single base game trait could be given equal weight… but it would never be elegant. When things are not elegant, their execution bogs down the game. Then there are the expansions, which will inevitably bring new traits. It is beyond unlikely that they can be integrated with the necessary finesse. And cross expansion integration? Don’t make me laugh.

There is a crucial element missing in traits: consistency. The beauty of the TS1/TS2 system is that all sims have a framework on which the engine can draw to define behavior. How neat is this sim? a value between 0 and 10. Okay, how social? a value between 0 and 10. Because the game can rely on each sim to have unique values, it can create meaningful variation in the simulation.

Next week: An underlying structure for personality.

swishbishbosch

still so relevant, which also make a case for why 3t2 traits is worth pursuing. the sims 2 can just snatch traits to further diversify between already varied personalities… oh the possibilities

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brandinotbroke

my brother just sent me this meme and idek how to respond

#meme

microscotch

❅ happy holidays, friends from planet earth! ❅

-from @microscotch and @strange-townie 🎄

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voltsm

well, whatever, nevermind

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sims2tutorials

by Godleof in Tutorials

#tutorial #how come ive never seen anyone talking about this

doctor-disc0

Sometimes you have to hyperfixate on a 20 year old video game and that's just life

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themediocresulk

I AM ALMOST DONE SPAMMING YOU WITH SIMPE NOTES but also the basegame wedding cake? Canonically made by Antonio Monty. Good for him.

#untaggable

curiousbothers

Hi sims 2 fandom, I’m new here… I drew some nervouses (nervi?)

(is it obvious i've been crying over this skrunkly scrimblo man for years...)

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strange-townie

Pascal’s paradise 👽👽👽👽👽

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simmer-until-tender

I get a kick out of seeing some super crunchy photoskinned outfit circa 2006 on pinterest just to see multiple comments below it like "I wish this was for the sims 4 :("

the children yearn for the blurry photoskinned sims 2 clothes of our yesteryears

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freezerbunny-sims2

I got bored and made some fanart from my TS2 screenshots. I'm going to refrain from pointing out everything I don't like about it, it's a bad habit of mine. References below.