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13 years agoSeasoned Scout
Simbot Ambitions
Ambitions was coming and I was full of hopeful ideas for the new robots. I bugged EA with Ideas on the TS2 fourms and was hoping for an improvement over Servo. Like the following:
One of my hopes is that Servo will be more customizable and upgradeable, and considering that your sim is an inventor perhaps there is a chance of that.
There were some complaints about the TS2 servo. Some simmers just wanted a simple machine to do housework. They didn't want a robot with social needs and aspirations. Nor did they want them falling in love with human sims. I agree with that too.
What I proposed on the TS2 feedback site were three upgradeable levels of Servo.
Not gonna happen, I think, but it's fun to think about. Maybe we will get it in The Sims 4.
Base Servo 1. A simple Servo that just takes care of work around the house. No socializing, no love, no watching TV, no wandering around town. Judging from this picture, I don't think that's the case. This servo seems to like to see things go boom.
Upgraded Servo 2. A sleeker, cooler servo that is a little more humanoid and interacts socially with your sims. It can even have nanny duties, unlike the utilitarian base Servo. You can program it for specific tasks. You may just want someone to clean up and garden, but never touch the kids.
Upgraded Servo 3.
The most sophisticated servo that is extremely human-like and someone would have to observe carefully to determine if it is actually a robot. It has no traits, but it you play it a certain way it can become self-aware, form a unique identity and receive traits. It will then want to live its own life and even fall in love and show more sim emotions.
I think it would be fun to have one fall in love with a sim and try to hide the fact that it is actually a robot. Be sure that their love isn't around when they do maintenance or recharge. :lol:
I made custom humanoid Servos for The Sims 2. I like them much better because the mechanical Servo looked odd taking care of babies, hanging out at dance clubs, and falling in love with human sims.
They had all the behaviors, animations, graphic and sound effects of the true Servo, but a more human body. I also had a mod by Paladin that let me program them for specific tasks. They were great. :mrgreen:
The first thing I did when I loaded Ambitions was cheat to get a Simbot.
I was a bit disappointed with what we got. It was cool that it could hover, but that was about it. You couldn't even recolor it.
Can they start a fire in the house?
But then I got to playing around with modding and got very excited:
Forget what I wrote before.
Playing around in CAS has given me a full android conversion of the Simbot into something a lot more human-like, but still has all of Simbot animations and behaviors.
I'm editing this post and deleting shots just to show the transition from Simbot to android.
Black seemed like an obvious choice. I had a chance to play with hats so I tried the motorcycle helmet.
The kids were not thrilled with the new Simbot.
It does look a bit sinister, like a Ninja Assassin-bot.
That's better.
Now for a game of tag instead of run-in-terror.
A light bulb lit in my braincase: "Silly, you can put a human face on the Simbot."
"OMG! What have you done to me?"
"Don't worry. He's making you more human, not turning you from a human to a robot. Think of it as an upgrade."
"Well, then I guess it's ok."
"Oooh..nice!"
"And I can still hover!"
"I'm near-human, baby! YEAH!"
Well alright! I got my upgradeable humanoid Servos....uh, Simbots....sorta. My mission is complete. :mrgreen:
Now to keep playing to see if there are any unfortunate repercussions from this. :?
Ambitions was coming and I was full of hopeful ideas for the new robots. I bugged EA with Ideas on the TS2 fourms and was hoping for an improvement over Servo. Like the following:
One of my hopes is that Servo will be more customizable and upgradeable, and considering that your sim is an inventor perhaps there is a chance of that.
There were some complaints about the TS2 servo. Some simmers just wanted a simple machine to do housework. They didn't want a robot with social needs and aspirations. Nor did they want them falling in love with human sims. I agree with that too.
What I proposed on the TS2 feedback site were three upgradeable levels of Servo.
Not gonna happen, I think, but it's fun to think about. Maybe we will get it in The Sims 4.
Base Servo 1. A simple Servo that just takes care of work around the house. No socializing, no love, no watching TV, no wandering around town. Judging from this picture, I don't think that's the case. This servo seems to like to see things go boom.
Upgraded Servo 2. A sleeker, cooler servo that is a little more humanoid and interacts socially with your sims. It can even have nanny duties, unlike the utilitarian base Servo. You can program it for specific tasks. You may just want someone to clean up and garden, but never touch the kids.
Upgraded Servo 3.
The most sophisticated servo that is extremely human-like and someone would have to observe carefully to determine if it is actually a robot. It has no traits, but it you play it a certain way it can become self-aware, form a unique identity and receive traits. It will then want to live its own life and even fall in love and show more sim emotions.
I think it would be fun to have one fall in love with a sim and try to hide the fact that it is actually a robot. Be sure that their love isn't around when they do maintenance or recharge. :lol:
I made custom humanoid Servos for The Sims 2. I like them much better because the mechanical Servo looked odd taking care of babies, hanging out at dance clubs, and falling in love with human sims.
They had all the behaviors, animations, graphic and sound effects of the true Servo, but a more human body. I also had a mod by Paladin that let me program them for specific tasks. They were great. :mrgreen:
The first thing I did when I loaded Ambitions was cheat to get a Simbot.
I was a bit disappointed with what we got. It was cool that it could hover, but that was about it. You couldn't even recolor it.
Can they start a fire in the house?
But then I got to playing around with modding and got very excited:
Forget what I wrote before.
Playing around in CAS has given me a full android conversion of the Simbot into something a lot more human-like, but still has all of Simbot animations and behaviors.
I'm editing this post and deleting shots just to show the transition from Simbot to android.
Black seemed like an obvious choice. I had a chance to play with hats so I tried the motorcycle helmet.
The kids were not thrilled with the new Simbot.
It does look a bit sinister, like a Ninja Assassin-bot.
That's better.
Now for a game of tag instead of run-in-terror.
A light bulb lit in my braincase: "Silly, you can put a human face on the Simbot."
"OMG! What have you done to me?"
"Don't worry. He's making you more human, not turning you from a human to a robot. Think of it as an upgrade."
"Well, then I guess it's ok."
"Oooh..nice!"
"And I can still hover!"
"I'm near-human, baby! YEAH!"
Well alright! I got my upgradeable humanoid Servos....uh, Simbots....sorta. My mission is complete. :mrgreen:
Now to keep playing to see if there are any unfortunate repercussions from this. :?
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