I'm doing a sims 3 version of my whim challenge where I only do stuff that my sim has a whim for and only buy something if she has a whim for it. It's been almost a year in game and her house is still mostly unfurnished. She's had wishes to buy basic stuff like a fridge, bed, washing machine and sometimes she wants skill related objects. But she never gets other buy wishes. I think 3 times total she got a wish to buy something 100/500 simoleons. Is there a way to trigger more of those wishes? I built a huge 2 story house and it's a little frustrating that it's still empty. She has a horse and most of the horse training equipment, but no kitchen table.

You can trigger wishes by doing something ... Pick a flower, read a book, paint a picture, walk to the park ... etc.If you don't do anything the game assumes your Sim doesn't need, want or wish for anything ... :D Generic "buy wishes" usually come after your Sim gets some kind of payout.Happy Simming!.

The problem is that my sim isn’t allowed to do stuff until after she gets a wish for it. My play style must be confusing to the game.She’s had lots of promotions since she’s at level 9 of the medical career, so I’m not sure why she didn’t get more buy wishes. I think I read somewhere that nraas had a cheat to reset wishes, so I may try that once summer starts so it’s been a full year.

"BlackSand;c-17667524" wrote:You can trigger wishes by doing something ... Pick a flower, read a book, paint a picture, walk to the park ... etc.If you don't do anything the game assumes your Sim doesn't need, want or wish for anything ... :D Generic "buy wishes" usually come after your Sim gets some kind of payout.Happy Simming!.This!!!Whenever you get a decent sum of money from selling a painting or finishing a task is when they throw the buy something for XX simoleansBest way to start a game and the reason I do is the wish fullfillment points you normally cannot get so is fun to start with nothing.These are triggered by situations starting with nothing to your name there are a bunch to learn here are basics examplesSim is tired/Buy a bed pops upSim is smelly/Buy a shower pops upSim has to pee/buy a toiletSims is hungry/Buy a fridge Buy a Stove pops upSim fun level low/Buy a X could be chess table,dartboard etc they choose randomly for it I believeYou have to learn the levels of happiness in each category and certain moodlets that trigger stuff.You would never see the buy a sprinkler or pool table if you always had high fun see what I mean.The factors have to be in place

"GraceyManor;c-17668066" wrote:It could be trait related.What are her traits?Bookworm, neat, hopeless romantic, dramatic, and green thumb. I wanted to give her the materialistic trait like in ts4, but it’s not in the game unless it’s in a pack I don’t own yet.

An update! My sim married Connor Frio, and he gets buy wishes all the time. I guess my sim just didn’t want anything.

How do I get more buy wishes/whims?

12 Replies

HotBlackSand
Seasoned Ace
5 years ago
You can trigger wishes by doing something ... Pick a flower, read a book, paint a picture, walk to the park ... etc.
If you don't do anything the game assumes your Sim doesn't need, want or wish for anything ... :D

Generic "buy wishes" usually come after your Sim gets some kind of payout.

Happy Simming!

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simprincesss
5 years ago
The problem is that my sim isn’t allowed to do stuff until after she gets a wish for it. My play style must be confusing to the game.

She’s had lots of promotions since she’s at level 9 of the medical career, so I’m not sure why she didn’t get more buy wishes. I think I read somewhere that nraas had a cheat to reset wishes, so I may try that once summer starts so it’s been a full year.
graceymanors
Legend
5 years ago
It could be trait related.What are her traits?
CravenLestat
5 years ago
"BlackSand;c-17667524" wrote:
You can trigger wishes by doing something ... Pick a flower, read a book, paint a picture, walk to the park ... etc.
If you don't do anything the game assumes your Sim doesn't need, want or wish for anything ... :D

Generic "buy wishes" usually come after your Sim gets some kind of payout.

Happy Simming!

.

This!!!

Whenever you get a decent sum of money from selling a painting or finishing a task is when they throw the buy something for XX simoleans

Best way to start a game and the reason I do is the wish fullfillment points you normally cannot get so is fun to start with nothing.

These are triggered by situations starting with nothing to your name there are a bunch to learn here are basics examples

Sim is tired/Buy a bed pops up
Sim is smelly/Buy a shower pops up
Sim has to pee/buy a toilet
Sims is hungry/Buy a fridge Buy a Stove pops up
Sim fun level low/Buy a X could be chess table,dartboard etc they choose randomly for it I believe

You have to learn the levels of happiness in each category and certain moodlets that trigger stuff.You would never see the buy a sprinkler or pool table if you always had high fun see what I mean.The factors have to be in place
simprincesss
5 years ago
"GraceyManor;c-17668066" wrote:
It could be trait related.What are her traits?

Bookworm, neat, hopeless romantic, dramatic, and green thumb.

I wanted to give her the materialistic trait like in ts4, but it’s not in the game unless it’s in a pack I don’t own yet.
IreneSwift
Seasoned Ace
5 years ago
No, there's no materialistic trait in TS3.
simprincesss
5 years ago
She just got a wish to be worth more than 500,000 and currently she's at 318,470. So I guess this means I can buy a bunch of furniture (and use motherlode to cheat some money)!
MamaSimTee
New Spectator
5 years ago
"SeashoreLivia;c-17668330" wrote:
She just got a wish to be worth more than 500,000 and currently she's at 318,470. So I guess this means I can buy a bunch of furniture (and use motherlode to cheat some money)!

That's one way to do it I guess.

I don't know if this will help, but in TS3 someone created this http://buckeygirl80.blogspot.com/p/intro-and-rules.html. It may be something you'd like, though given what you've written here on this thread, it may not suit your style.
simprincesss
5 years ago
"MamaSimTee;c-17668404" wrote:
"SeashoreLivia;c-17668330" wrote:
She just got a wish to be worth more than 500,000 and currently she's at 318,470. So I guess this means I can buy a bunch of furniture (and use motherlode to cheat some money)!

That's one way to do it I guess.

I don't know if this will help, but in TS3 someone created this http://buckeygirl80.blogspot.com/p/intro-and-rules.html. It may be something you'd like, though given what you've written here on this thread, it may not suit your style.

I'm probably fulfilling that wish the wrong way, but I really want to furnish the house. I don't think my sim will ever get enough buy wishes on her own. She also owns several businesses around the town which will help her worth though.

Thanks for the link! That sounds similar to what I'm doing, except I play with autonomy off and use money cheats.
simprincesss
5 years ago
An update!
My sim married Connor Frio, and he gets buy wishes all the time. I guess my sim just didn’t want anything.