How do you pick your sims' traits?
Players can choose traits in a variety of ways; most of us probably use more than one approach in the same game, and often enough with the same sim. But which way best describes your priorities? Whi...
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I do usually have a story in mind and may choose traits that will further the story, but more than that, especially for my favorite characters, I will choose traits for who that character really is. They may not always be the best for what that character has to do, but will rather fit that character and their personality. I have kept character profiles for sims since Sims 1, and some of these are characters from stories I wrote before The Sims. These might not always be positive traits, and if that character is an antagonist to a main character, they may have some bad ones.
Some characters may have an alter ego or slightly different version of themselves that may appear instead in a story. And sometimes the story itself will take precedence, and a character will be very different from how he usually is. For example, in one story a character who is very gentle and always very human, no matter what is going on around him or who he ends up with, grew up in a different situation than he normally does and was forced to become a vampire as a young man, so his traits are a little different. And the traits may differ a little depending on the setting (like whether or not a neighborhood has supernaturals or not, or the time frame), but once I create a character, they usually stay pretty true to themselves, even if I reuse them, or they and their household, in another story. It's pretty much character driven.
Rather than choosing traits strategically, I choose them because of the personality, but sometimes it works out advantageously anyway. A lot of my characters end up with musical or creative traits, and sometimes I find myself repeating traits a little much in favorite characters and I have to tweak them a little.
Some characters may have an alter ego or slightly different version of themselves that may appear instead in a story. And sometimes the story itself will take precedence, and a character will be very different from how he usually is. For example, in one story a character who is very gentle and always very human, no matter what is going on around him or who he ends up with, grew up in a different situation than he normally does and was forced to become a vampire as a young man, so his traits are a little different. And the traits may differ a little depending on the setting (like whether or not a neighborhood has supernaturals or not, or the time frame), but once I create a character, they usually stay pretty true to themselves, even if I reuse them, or they and their household, in another story. It's pretty much character driven.
Rather than choosing traits strategically, I choose them because of the personality, but sometimes it works out advantageously anyway. A lot of my characters end up with musical or creative traits, and sometimes I find myself repeating traits a little much in favorite characters and I have to tweak them a little.
