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Re: Reacting to Memories: The Happy, the Sad and the Tragic. - Cassie - 30-04-2008 10:18 PM
I don't think they'd let them fast (doesn't that mean practically starve?), as that would just totdally promote the wrong thing, but healthy diets, definitely!
Re: Reacting to Memories: The Happy, the Sad and the Tragic. - ChalyssaMuch - 30-04-2008 10:19 PM
true..i was thinking that as i was typing..diets could go to far and promote the wrong idea for kids..and theres enough of that in the media already.. =/
Re: Reacting to Memories: The Happy, the Sad and the Tragic. - FOBluvr987 - 01-05-2008 01:22 AM
I was thinking... lemme use TS2 for an example. Sims might wanna eat the chef salad instead of the chili con carne. This way, the sims fitness might go up as opposed to using boolProp or working out...
Re: Reacting to Memories: The Happy, the Sad and the Tragic. - yummybunny - 01-05-2008 01:28 AM
(01-05-2008 01:22 AM)*~*Fueled By Ramen*~* link Wrote:I was thinking... lemme use TS2 for an example. Sims might wanna eat the chef salad instead of the chili con carne. This way, the sims fitness might go up as opposed to using boolProp or working out...
That is a good idea. Sims who want to lose weight, or wanna watch their weight should think like that and lose weight for those good choices.
I hope they also have more methods of exercise, like basketball, walking places, more exercise machines, etc.
Re: Reacting to Memories: The Happy, the Sad and the Tragic. - BabiiBri - 01-05-2008 02:40 AM
[quote author=Crepuscule Cassie! link=topic=1809.msg44992#msg44992 date=1209326404]
Hi all!
Well, a discussion was taking place in the 'Hospital' thread, and to save it from going any more off-topic than it already has, I have decided to go ahead and make a little thread for it.
So basically, Sims have memories in TS2. But what are they useful for? Absolutely nothing. Yes, they are there, but they don't do anything. They're pretty much pointless.
So what we were saying is, how would it be for Sims to actual feel emotions when remembering things? Places and people can create these emotions. For example, if your Sim meets the love of their life in the diner, and they get married etc etc, whenever they go into that certain diner (or wherever they met their significant other) they would get a happy moodlet or perhaps sigh or smile as they pass it, making them aware that this is where they met.
I also would like to quote Nicole's (dejadejavu) excellent elaboration to this:
Sims should definitely remember where things took place, not just what happened. If sims got married at a certain spot, it could especially romantic for them to go back, but maybe a romantic sim just wandering past that spot could get a happy moodlet. Especially if he/she also has the dreamer trait. This should also work for other scenarios, say teens have a favorite house to party at. Whenever they go over there, they automatically get a little bit of a boost because they've had a history of having a good time.
This should happen in a negative way as well, if a sim had a tragic moment somewhere, they might not feel the happiest in that spot. This is definitely true with real people. I had some awful experiences at this place where I worked, and whenever I'm in the area (especially if I walk by), I start to feel really angry/sad etc. Maybe a teen sim got dumped for the first time somwhere, or a tough sim lost a fight. They should avoid/be uncomfortable at that place. This shouldn't last for too long though, maybe a few days. More if they got left at the altar or something.
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Also, what if, for example, Melanie Sim had just broke up with her husband/boyfriend after a long time, with many happy memories? And she strolls passed the hospital - she had broken her leg, and Michael Sim had been the doctor to fix her up, and they'd fallen in love. What if, after the spilt, she gets upset when she passes the hospital? Wouldn't that really work with over-emotional Sims? She could start crying, and recieve an unhappy moodlet thereafter.
Reactions to memories should take place for all kinds of things - good and bad. Maybe they could get upset when they pass by where they used to work but got fired? Or upset when they pass the spot where a good friend or member of the family passed away? Even if it's a certain room. If Grandma Sim died warm in her bed in her bedroom, what if the Grandma's daughter, who had a strong bond with her mother, immediately felt unhappy and uncomfortable being in that room? There are tons of possibilities for this...
But not just places - what about Sims too? It would be amazing if Sims could recognise when a Sim and another Sim look like each other (with no family ties). What if they had a bad relationship with the Sim the other Sim resembles? What if they looked like their Ex?
That could be asking a lot, but still, Stubborn Sims who don't forget and forgive things easily should always react to a Sim who did something mean to them in the past, such as spreading a rumour, when they see them in the park or at the shops etc.
Please, elaborate if you can! And I'd like to know what you all think of this.
A lot of credit goes to Nicole for helping me expand this idea.
- Cassie x
Yea that would be cool like the mother going in to labor sometimes it would pop up her thinking about it
Re: Reacting to Memories: The Happy, the Sad and the Tragic. - Cassie - 01-05-2008 10:50 AM
(01-05-2008 01:28 AM)yummybunny link Wrote:[quote author=*~*Fueled By Ramen*~* link=topic=1809.msg46504#msg46504 date=1209601345]
I was thinking... lemme use TS2 for an example. Sims might wanna eat the chef salad instead of the chili con carne. This way, the sims fitness might go up as opposed to using boolProp or working out...
That is a good idea. Sims who want to lose weight, or wanna watch their weight should think like that and lose weight for those good choices.
I hope they also have more methods of exercise, like basketball, walking places, more exercise machines, etc.
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The diet thing will be funny. I can just imagine this rather on-the-large-side family tucking into some fast food or whatever fat-wrapped meal and one of the daughters (older, of course, I don't really want to see kids on diets... unless their doctor prescribed it) just sat there at the table munching on an apple with a sad, longing look on her face as the rest of the Sims gobble down their dinner.
Re: Reacting to Memories: The Happy, the Sad and the Tragic. - ChalyssaMuch - 02-05-2008 05:03 AM
yeah and i think walking around town alot should effect their weight and fitness too..cause hello in real life walking is terrific excercise.
Re: Reacting to Memories: The Happy, the Sad and the Tragic. - Cassie - 02-05-2008 10:06 AM
Ooops! I just realised I quoted within a quote on my last pose here! I should change that... sorry guys.
And I agree Chalyssa, walking is brilliant exercise and should count, too. And they should be able to do leg exercises or something while watching the telly. {rolleyes}
Re: Reacting to Memories: The Happy, the Sad and the Tragic. - dejadejavu - 03-05-2008 07:59 PM
Yea, I hope that how they live their life in general will make them gain or lose weight. Active kids who run around all day would gain weight much slower than a kid who watches TV constantly - even if neither of them are technically exercising.
And you're right walking is great exercise, better in many ways than other more strenous things. I always get confused when a survey or something asks me how much I exercise. Well I stretch/pilates type stuff and I walk all the time - does that count?
Re: Reacting to Memories: The Happy, the Sad and the Tragic. - Cassie - 03-05-2008 09:18 PM
Totally. I want lifestyle to complete affect weight. It's sad, but you can just imagine an overly-large boy from an overly-large (in weight) family, in his home, looking out of the window, pizza in one hand, doughnut in the other, and through the window he would be sadly gazing upon the other little boys and girls, playing football or tag or something, having fun outside, and the overweight boy couldn't join in, his only friends being his food. And he could be upset or even cry. How sad is that? It makes ME want to cry.
But that is the reality of life. We have junk food fat families, overly-obsessed-with-health-and-fitness families and all the others inbetween.