mw1525
7 years agoSeasoned Ace
From Base To Better - A Play Styles Thread
Hi, Fellow Simmers!
This is a play style thread. Feel free to share your stories of things which you've changed in the game to suit your play style. I love hearing how others play with this game and am always on the lookout for new ideas to incorporate in my own game. Here's one area of the game I just had to change.
CRIME & CRIMINALS
If there is one thing in this entire game I cannot tolerate it is the NPC criminal. I don't really have anything against the criminal career, just the EA/Maxis created crooks. I didn't like the way they were handled or the special treatment they received when they attempted to rob a house which has a burglar alarm on it. At no time should a Sim not be allowed to protect their home or detain a crook until the police arrives. But, according to EA/Maxis that sort of thing is exactly what happens! I have had police and burglar on the same lot at the same time and would get the 'he got away' notice.
This had to stop.
So, I decided to create criminals of my very own. When it comes to creating (and developing) criminal Sims, there is one thing I insist on; having the best bad people possible. My criminals are a very versatile bunch with varied background stories; sometimes there is a good reason/purpose for wrong behavior. No longer do criminals work in a ratty old building, my crooks occupy various occupations. I have embezzlers in the Business career, a gang of cy.ber criminals who hack the mainframe nightly, sneak thieves who vandalize my town, 'special' elixir sellers and, a courier who traffics illegal bubbles to an underground 'after hours' joint. These Sims give my Law Enforcement Sims something to actually do in the town by creating cases for them to work on. Finally, a reason to interview Sims, rummage through trash and write reports! The criminal's misdeeds are also reported to the towns people via my Metro journalists, which gives them headlines for their articles.
The fun in all of this is the great stories which unfold naturally and the wonderful screenshots I get to take to document their stories ;)!
This is a play style thread. Feel free to share your stories of things which you've changed in the game to suit your play style. I love hearing how others play with this game and am always on the lookout for new ideas to incorporate in my own game. Here's one area of the game I just had to change.
CRIME & CRIMINALS
If there is one thing in this entire game I cannot tolerate it is the NPC criminal. I don't really have anything against the criminal career, just the EA/Maxis created crooks. I didn't like the way they were handled or the special treatment they received when they attempted to rob a house which has a burglar alarm on it. At no time should a Sim not be allowed to protect their home or detain a crook until the police arrives. But, according to EA/Maxis that sort of thing is exactly what happens! I have had police and burglar on the same lot at the same time and would get the 'he got away' notice.
This had to stop.
So, I decided to create criminals of my very own. When it comes to creating (and developing) criminal Sims, there is one thing I insist on; having the best bad people possible. My criminals are a very versatile bunch with varied background stories; sometimes there is a good reason/purpose for wrong behavior. No longer do criminals work in a ratty old building, my crooks occupy various occupations. I have embezzlers in the Business career, a gang of cy.ber criminals who hack the mainframe nightly, sneak thieves who vandalize my town, 'special' elixir sellers and, a courier who traffics illegal bubbles to an underground 'after hours' joint. These Sims give my Law Enforcement Sims something to actually do in the town by creating cases for them to work on. Finally, a reason to interview Sims, rummage through trash and write reports! The criminal's misdeeds are also reported to the towns people via my Metro journalists, which gives them headlines for their articles.
The fun in all of this is the great stories which unfold naturally and the wonderful screenshots I get to take to document their stories ;)!