theonlyriftwalker

[theonlyriftwalker]

3t2 Traits and Enhancing Your Game

First of all,I want to say that I take zero credit for this amazing project,that honor belongs to hexagonal-bipyramid.

https://www.tumblr.com/hexagonal-bipyramid/182501880356/traits-project-part-1-ts3-traits-for-ts2

Second of all,I want to thank hexagonal-bipyramid and everyone else wokring on this amazing project,it really helps with bringing more personality,Not to mention that it helps a lot! For example:

-Sims with the "Family Oriented" and "Nurturing" trait do the "Encourage" interaction with 50% more effectivness.

-Sims with the "Animal Lovers" trait train pets 15% faster.

-Sims with the "Cat People" and "Dog People" train pets 25% faster

-Sims with the "Charismatic" trait will train pets as if they have 2 more charisma points then they actually do.

-Sims with the "Genius" trait will learn skills 50% faster.

-Sims with the "Heavy Sleeper" and "Light Sleeper" trait can sleep no matter how full their energy.

This is all perfect for me right now because I have a big family that runs an animal shelter,and those toddlers need to learn their skills and pets need to learn their tricks as fast as possible before I lose my mind. I gave everyone the "Heavy Sleeper" trait and make them sleep when necessary so they can have enough energy for their work AND social lives,along with giving everyone the "Genius" and "Animal Lover" trait so that skills go fast.

With that said, I made this post simply for those who are feeling overwhelmed by this amazing project and don't know what to do,but want to use it and are just too scared.

Before I talk more,you need these for this mod.

-Smarter EP Check by cyjon(http://cyjon.net/node/323)

-Easy Inventory Check by hexagonal-bipyramid(https://hexagonal-bipyramid.tumblr.com/post/182541679666/mod-easy-inventory-check)

I am sharing a folder that contains the traits along with some mods to make them to their thing. But not all of the avaliable mods,just some.

I don't want to put too much,so that whoever wants can do easy adjustments.

This folder contains:

1)The traits themselves.

2)Everything that's under "Traits mods" here.(https://hexagonal-bipyramid.tumblr.com/traitsProject.)

3)"Want disablers-for traits!" by DeeDee( https://deedee-sims.tumblr.com/post/184435818417/want-disablers-for-traits)

4)"Random assortment of trait mods" by DeeDee(https://deedee-sims.tumblr.com/post/187077987757/random-assortment-of-trait-mods)

5)Begging enabled for sims with the "Mooch" trait by maybesomethingdunno(https://modthesims.info/download.php?&t=624441&posted=1)

6)These mods by Midge the Tree(https://midgethetree.tumblr.com/post/185439107669/hello-midge-thanks-for-your-supernatural-mods)

7)"Meditating Always Enabled for Disciplined Sims" by Epi(https://episims.tumblr.com/post/616912022287843328/meditating-always-enabled-for-disciplined-sims)

8)Autonomous Ocean Swimming for Loves to Swim and Hydrophobic by Lamare(https://www.tumblr.com/peachm/779028981516206080/hi-lamare-i-hope-youre-well-would-you-be-willing)

It's an edit of this mod by Lamare to include traits.(https://modthesims.info/d/583812/autonomous-ocean-swimming-depending-on-season-temperature-personality-etc.html)

9)"Skill Mods for Traits and Uni Support" by fwaysims(https://www.tumblr.com/fwaysims/711069404666937344/skill-mods-for-traits-and-uni-supporttrait)

Sims learn skills faster or slower depending on their traits. Sim with the "Genius" trait learn all skills 50% faster,sims with the "Natural Cook" trait will learn cooking 33% faster, sims sims with the "Handy" trait will learn mechanical skill 33% faster,sims with the "Athletic" trait will learn body skill 33% faster,ect.

10)"Study all skills from books" by MidgeTheTree,it was needed for the " Skill Mods for Traits and Uni Support" mod.It makes sims be able to learn all skills from all bookcases instead of just the bookcase that's the reward for the Education career.

Now,I didn't include some of the traits. I'll write which ones I didn't include and why.

1)I didn't include "Couch Potato","Neat","Shy" and "Slob" because they are already in the personality system that's in the game.

And since I'm using this amazing mod as an extension of the personality of the sims instead of a replacament,I simply removed them.

2) I didn't include "Proper" "Never Nude" and "Equestrian" because I honestly never liked "Never Nude" and "Proper". "Equestrian" is sadly basically useless because there is no horses.

3) I didn't include "BotFan"because there is not much to it right now.

4)I didn't include "Sailor" and "Equestrian" because "Sailor" is useless since we can't do much with the ocean.

This project is amazing and I use it to expand on my sims personalities. Along with it,I use 3 more mods.

1) The 3t2 Traits- Not only do I use it to expand on the perosnality of sims,I use it to helps me pick their clothes and decorate their rooms. For example,I'd give someone with an "Animal Lover" trait pictures of animals in their room,probably some sheets with animals and things like that. I might give them some clothes with paws. I might give a sim with "Social Butterfly" trait some preppy clothes and a sim with "Athletic" trait a shirt and sweatpants. This amazing project really helps in multiple ways with keeping things interesting and fresh.

2) "Color Traits" by Epi.(https://www.tumblr.com/episims/693405410225520640/a-little-something-ive-been-planning-to-do-for-a)

I use it to give my sims a favourite and a disliked colour. It keeps things more fun and gives me a variety instead of me constantly picking one colour,it also really helps with dressing my sims and putting wallpaper and decor in their bedroom.

And there's mods that use the favourite color of the sims,made by Epi.

-The tootbrush of the sims will be their favourite colour with this mod.(https://episims.tumblr.com/post/693853025077428224/toothbrushes-by-color-traits)

-The towel of the sims will be their favourite colour with this mod. (https://www.tumblr.com/episims/703371311643344897/towel-mod-by-color-traits)

-The sauna towel will be the sims favourite colour with this mod(This mod is also needed for the towel one to work)(https://episims.tumblr.com/post/703368479628312576/sauna-towels-by-color-traits)

-The watering can,kicky bag and jumping rope will be their favourite color with this mods.(https://www.tumblr.com/episims/761604186805764096/various-accessories-by-color-traits)

3)"Music Preferences Mod: Favorite Radio Stations, Stereo Ownership" by Lamare.(https://modthesims.info/showthread.php?t=661278)

Sims can have a favourite station,own a radio so that nobody elses uses it,have a disliked station that they'll never turn on,they can switch to their favourite station if something else is playing,ect.

4)"Personality Please! An interaction tuning mod for TS2" by veronavillequiltingbee.(https://dreadpirate.tumblr.com/post/172958757007/personality-please-an-interaction-tuning-mod-for)

It does a lot of expanding on the existing personality system. Shy sims will mumble when talking to other sims,mean sims will sneer at sims they are talking to,ect. Read up,it's great and works perfectly with The Traits Project!

Anyways,enough of my rambling,here's the link to the folder!

https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fo/urwhonarj64srydewnejq/AHVsAzs4YOfw6hQAHI31aIA?rlkey=nbwvgkpwow5w7pgm6ehvwj01w&st=oat7hdz0&dl=0

[theonlyriftwalker]

Why I don't use ACR and what I use instead of it.

-Now, as soon as you hear risky woohoo, most of you will think of ACR. But that’s not what I use, for 3 very specific reasons.

1) For some reason, it disables reaction of family members/friends when someone is cheating. I saw this online, tested it myself and it’s absolutely true. Angela and Lilith saw Daniel making out with Kaylynn and didn’t care at all. With ACR removed, they got pissed, they hate them and are furious with them both. AND because they saw it, they COULD gossip about it to Mary Sue and she could find out about the cheating that way.

2) Out of curiosity, I tested ACR some more and I didn’t like what I saw. Mary Sue caught Daniel cheating, is now furious at him and hates him. But when I went to have them woohoo with ACR, she accepted. And when I had them to woohoo the normal way, she rejected him. Same with all the other interactions. ACR accepted, normal EA interactions rejected.

I’m pretty sure that ACR doesn’t take into account how the recipient of the action is feeling towards the person that’s initiating the action. Or maybe it’s something else, but either way, it’s weird.

3) If they took out reactions to cheating, what else was taken out is my question. I’m wary of it now, because I don’t know what else was changed without it being stated.

Now,what I use instead is RCC by Midge The Tree for these functions:

Now, onto the list of what I use it for.

1) Risky woohoo. I put it at 15℅ while Try for Baby is 50℅. That’s just my personal preference.

2) It enables teen woohoo, young adult woohoo and woohoo with Bigfoot. Yeap, that’s right, you can get it down with Bigfoot.

3) A playable sim that’s visiting can get pregnant if there’s a risky woohoo or a try for baby being done.

4) There’s also fertility options as well, along with being able to toggle and make a sim infertile.

5) I use it for same sex pregnancy.

All in all, an amazing mod with all these great options.

And, yes, I use same sex pregnancy. But I don’t care about realism, this game is extremely unrealistic in some aspects anyways. And besides, in The Sims 3 ,in Into the Future, there’s an option to engineer a baby for same sex couples. The Sims 3 is canonically DECADES before everything in The Sims 2 happens. Who says that some medical procedures weren’t done with the help of aliens or something and now everyone can become pregnant? Considering men can already get pregnant because of alien abduction, same sex pregnancy also because of that aspect + the medical procedures, isn’t even unrealistic and I don’t know why people say it is.

But, if you want same sex pregnancies and you want realism, simply do this.

1) Have your sim in a same sex relationship go for a walk or a jog or something.

2) Take away 2000 simoleons from the household.

3) When the sim comes back, use Sim Blender to make them pregnant.

There you go. You can pretend it’s like in The Sims 3. They went to a hospital and engineered a baby together which cost 2000 simoleons to do. I prefer this because I want to see the genetics of my couples mixed together.

As for sexualities,I use Sim Blender to randomize them. This is how that's done:

1) Click on Sim Blender.

2) Click on "Traits"

3) Click on "Hood"

4) Click on "Gender Pref"

And there it is! You can adjust the percenteges, run the randomizer and show hood census!

And that's basically it,ACR replaced as easy as that. For me,sims already flirt by themselves enough,so I'm good on that front. Maybe Romantic Standards by Midge also helped with that,I don't know.

I have a link to the adjusted percentages of risky woohoo on RCC. Try For Baby is 50% and for risky woohoo there's multiple options,the percentages on the folders are the risky woohoo percentages.

http://simfileshare.net/folder/240347/

[theonlyriftwalker]

Want.Trees edits.

I made some edits to Wants.Trees, there's currently only 2 of them.

GoSteady&BreakUp&TeenWooHoo&Uni&NewFamMember

1)Adults,Young Adults and Elders of all aspirations will now get the want and fear to "Break Up".

2)Adults,Young Adults and Elders of all aspirations will now get the want and fear to "Go Steady".

3)Teens will get wants to woohoo. I couldn't get this part to work,all credit for this part goes to syberpunk,I took their Wants.Tree and addded my fixes onto it. Here is a link for their tree that I used as a base.

https://modthesims.info/d/169485/testers-wanted-teen-enabled-adult-wants-and-woohoo-wants-and-woohoo-wants-updated-7-1-2007.html

4) In one instance,I enabled some uni wants for all aspirations,but it probably won't have much impact.

5) Kids and teens of all aspirations will get a want for a new family member. I think it was disabled for some aspirations,I enabled that.

6) I enabled "Get engaged" and "Get married" wants and fears for all aspirations. I want for my sims to have more control over their relationships.

GoSteady&BreakUp&TeenWooHoo&Uni&NewFamMember&LessHobbyWants

It has everything mentioned in the previous wants.tree,but I also added less hobby wants based on personality,with the help of the Wants.Tree by SnorkackSearcher on Mod the Sims,l'll share the link.

https://modthesims.info/d/591990/fewer-hobby-wants.html

That's all for now. I'll be working on making wants.trees like these but without the teen woohoo wants,because I know some people don't want that. If something isn't working,I apologise,let me know and I'll fix it.

The link to edited wants is here.

http://simfileshare.net/folder/240295/