tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3968444616198803470.post397765749105683857..comments2024-01-23T08:34:19.906+11:00Comments on Sullivan: Assigning hobbies to simsCarlahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09140819019098738245noreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3968444616198803470.post-19698092079436631282017-09-24T16:10:01.136+10:002017-09-24T16:10:01.136+10:00Feel free to borrow anything you like! That sounds...Feel free to borrow anything you like! That sounds complicated but I'm interested to see what you come up with it! In my game, I'm really only doing this for babies, so memories and upbringing aren't really things that can come into play yet. <br /><br />Thanks for reading and commenting!Carlahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09140819019098738245noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3968444616198803470.post-87475459553859841512017-09-23T23:22:25.628+10:002017-09-23T23:22:25.628+10:00This makes a LOT more sense than the Free Time EP ...This makes a LOT more sense than the Free Time EP criteria! I am thinking to borrow some of your ideas,particularly taking interests into account, although I think I'd also take memories, personality, and upbringing into account to, which becomes a lot more subjective. But thank you again for posting this!ShannonSimsFanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04927796423854363819noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3968444616198803470.post-14510400616925851732015-09-20T08:11:41.982+10:002015-09-20T08:11:41.982+10:00Ha, well, this is relatively recent and I know you...Ha, well, this is relatively recent and I know you've been away from the game a bit recently. Not surprised you missed it!<br /><br />Yeah, I seem to have a lot of Entertainment/Culture sims too. That's part of the reason why I assigned those two interests to so many of these hobbies - so I could still have a decent amount of variety. Plus, they are both pretty broad interests and I think most people are interested in one or the other, at least on some level. Entertainment in particular could be almost anything. :)<br /><br />Thanks for reading and commenting!Carlahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09140819019098738245noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3968444616198803470.post-88381877655131096062015-09-19T22:21:22.106+10:002015-09-19T22:21:22.106+10:00You know, I just posted about interests at N99. I ...You know, I just posted about interests at N99. I should've known you had already worked out a system, I'm just so much behind in all my reading that I haven't checked this out before!<br /><br />It just really started to irritate me when I was doing the "choosing careers" for a few teens that they were all pretty much maxed out on Entertainment and Culture. I'm just going to use this sort of backwards because I have a different way to set up the hobbies for each sim (by threadandsandpaper). So I'll just steer my sims' interests into those that are related to their hobby.<br /><br />So yay, thank you for posting this! Now I can play instead of geeking around with this system the whole day LOL.Sarihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08475614188928695076noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3968444616198803470.post-55873945411211964612015-06-21T09:54:43.751+10:002015-06-21T09:54:43.751+10:00Was there a post on N99? LOL, was it mine? I defin...Was there a post on N99? LOL, was it mine? I definitely didn't post this exact system there, as I was still fine-tuning while I wrote it! The calculating makes it a lot easier for me. I like to take a lot of guess work out of things and this does it for me and lets me see clearly which hobby is the best match for each sim. <br /><br />I don't always separate Film & Literature - depends on the sim. Zelda, for instance, is really a Literature sim. I don't see her as having any particular interest in film. But with Sylvia, I think it's both - she loves acting, wants to direct films and she wants to write. Music & Dance, I always separate though. I can't think of any sim I've had who was into both sides of that hobby. I don't note it down or anything - I just know. :)<br /><br />Thanks for reading and commenting!Carlahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09140819019098738245noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3968444616198803470.post-23777355242385155412015-06-21T04:40:02.267+10:002015-06-21T04:40:02.267+10:00I loved that you shared this! I know there was a p...I loved that you shared this! I know there was a post on N99, a good while ago, and ever since that post I've been doing something similat with my sims, but I might change some things now that I've read this. I didn't calculate like you do, but I'm considering it now :)<br /><br />I was wondering though, do you seperate film and literature, into 2 different hobbies? I'm just wondering because lately I've started to do that. The criteria would be the same, but afterwards I'd asign one of the two. Same goed for music and dance. I'm just wondering if any one else seperates them or if I'm the only one...Tanjahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07054869544598274885noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3968444616198803470.post-30679759306616940312015-06-18T14:19:06.922+10:002015-06-18T14:19:06.922+10:00Ha, no, anything in Excel beyond entering data in ...Ha, no, anything in Excel beyond entering data in a spreadsheet someone else has already made for me is beyond my skillset! Even then, I only do it at work, where I get paid to do it. ;) If I did a careers formula, I'd make something I can do manually. Just need to do a lot more thinking about it!Carlahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09140819019098738245noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3968444616198803470.post-50103747635632444042015-06-18T11:50:19.305+10:002015-06-18T11:50:19.305+10:00That would be cool. It's possible to do that i...That would be cool. It's possible to do that in excel especially if you have all the info there. Otherwise you could make a macro of sorts and have where you enter all the values in and then the output gives you possible careers.<br /><br />-StarrAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3968444616198803470.post-27789540028232579802015-06-17T10:52:20.767+10:002015-06-17T10:52:20.767+10:00I'm glad you like the pictures - they were all...I'm glad you like the pictures - they were all just pics I already had in my Storytelling folder. I'd been planning on taking new ones but left it to the last minute and forgot!<br /><br />I don't have any evidence to suggest interests are assigned any way but completely randomly but I could be wrong. Story-wise, I can assume that Mason's interests are influenced by his parents but game-wise, I don't know for sure. I do like looking at these seemingly random things through the lens of the story though. Makes it more fun!<br /><br />Thanks for reading and commenting!Carlahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09140819019098738245noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3968444616198803470.post-80597810106650280292015-06-17T10:27:21.638+10:002015-06-17T10:27:21.638+10:00Ha, I love a good system! I kind of want to refine...Ha, I love a good system! I kind of want to refine the careers criteria too, so I can have a little formula of sorts. But with the amount of careers even without including custom ones, that might get insane. Still thinking about it though.<br /><br />Thanks for reading and commenting!Carlahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09140819019098738245noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3968444616198803470.post-30356241261659725952015-06-17T10:26:08.580+10:002015-06-17T10:26:08.580+10:00Thanks for the compliments - I'm always glad t...Thanks for the compliments - I'm always glad to hear others enjoy reading about my game. I didn't fiddle with the hobbies myself for a long time. But once I started tracking everything and trying to pay real attention to what was going on with everybody, I noticed the hobbies were <i>really</i> imbalanced! Tons of Sports sims, due to my high proportion of one-nice-point sims. I already have a system for varying the personalities but hobbies are applied at birth, so it doesn't fix the hobby imbalance. This doesn't necessarily do that either (depends on what interests come up - I'm pretty sure they're random) but it still does a better job than EA!<br /><br />Thanks for reading and commenting!Carlahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09140819019098738245noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3968444616198803470.post-37378539760820821642015-06-17T10:22:46.446+10:002015-06-17T10:22:46.446+10:00Well, that's EA's fault, really. They neve...Well, that's EA's fault, really. They never really made interests mean much. :\ They sort of affect conversation - sims will have easier conversations if they're talking about a topic both are interested in - but even that can be overcome if the sims just get to know each other enough. So I've been glad to be able to work interests into my gameplay a little more. <br /><br />Thanks for reading and commenting!Carlahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09140819019098738245noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3968444616198803470.post-42464567359971826072015-06-17T10:21:27.143+10:002015-06-17T10:21:27.143+10:00Good, I'm happy it's all clear to someone ...Good, I'm happy it's all clear to someone besides me!<br /><br />Health (I guess that's what you meant by Fitness?) would probably be a good one to add to Music & Dance, so I will add that now. There are so many more ways for sims to pursue the Music side of that hobby than the Dance side, so I think I sort of forgot about that part of it!<br /><br />Thanks for reading and commenting!Carlahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09140819019098738245noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3968444616198803470.post-84693805665730239562015-06-16T09:30:26.269+10:002015-06-16T09:30:26.269+10:00I used to do something similar, like Starr said, I...I used to do something similar, like Starr said, I would often change the OTH to what I thought it should be for that sim, taking into consideration interests, aspiration, career, and personality, but not in a systematic way. This makes total sense to me and if I was playing Sims 2 I think I would adopt it. By the way, your pictures for each hobby look great, like something out of a commercial publication. And I am curious if Mason (even as an infant?) has such high interest in those areas because of his parents both being in scientific fields?ShannonSimsFanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04927796423854363819noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3968444616198803470.post-37985318379108693222015-06-14T09:26:59.793+10:002015-06-14T09:26:59.793+10:00Such a great system, I usually change oth based on...Such a great system, I usually change oth based on what I think the sim should be interested in and I try to have a variety of hobbies in my hood. I do either change interests to match hobbies or look at interests when I chose hobbies but nothing as systematic as your processApple Valleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15211791410107503046noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3968444616198803470.post-44962136334330692872015-06-14T07:43:58.969+10:002015-06-14T07:43:58.969+10:00Wow, this is so clever and I think those make tota...Wow, this is so clever and I think those make total sense and this is coming from someone who has never fiddled with changing the hobbies myself, I have always just let them to whatever was game assigned. Your whole game is so involved and so wonderful.Loveyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04661694892014324210noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3968444616198803470.post-80913329848874869572015-06-14T07:37:04.851+10:002015-06-14T07:37:04.851+10:00Oooh, I really like this. I don't currently do...Oooh, I really like this. I don't currently do anything with interests sadly; I never really know how to incorporate them into my game. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3968444616198803470.post-57447032537752221382015-06-13T16:54:13.778+10:002015-06-13T16:54:13.778+10:00You made perfect sense to me, although I won't...You made perfect sense to me, although I won't use this system for my Sims anytime soon ;-) I rather let "the game" decide on hobbies and interests, and don't really "do" anything with a Sim's favourite hobby, anyway.<br />But I really like how much thought and effort you put into this!<br />For Music & Dance, I wonder if Fitness would also come into it. To pursue dancing, one should be reasonable fit (and active).Librarianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05704656564078750607noreply@blogger.com