My Sim Needs A Woman and I Need Help!

"puzzlezaddict;c-16374511" wrote:
A couple of questions, though, if you don't mind: What is this?




Does it just mean that the value of the sims' friendly relationship is added to the total score? (with that +20 bonus) So that two sims with a maxed out friendly relationship will get a +120 boost? That seems high, but again would explain quite a lot. Or is it something else?

We don't actually see the attraction score between two sims. We only see their relationship score (-100 to +100, bitter enemy or whatever to best friend, red bar to green). That's not the same thing. However the attraction score is calculated, it is affected in both long term sustainable ways (the sims are partners with each other, they have meshing traits, etc.) and short term ways (sim A thinks sim B is extremely irresistible, one or both of of them are freshly bathed, cinnamon or romantic drinks are in play, etc.). I believe that the bonus to the attraction score mentioned here is applied if the short term romantic chain is deemed to be sustainable at that moment.

"puzzlezaddict;c-16374511" wrote:
I'm not sure I know what exactly these mean, either. And how are the LTR gains counted? Some of them require a lot more components to complete than others (i.e. learn every recipe vs. max three skills). Is it a percentage towards completion or something else?

Context fail detected. LTR here doesn't mean LifeTime Rewards. It means Long Term Relationship score (the -100 to +100 again).

We can kind of get close to seeing something similar to the actual attraction score that two sims have for each other and can demand an up to the moment recalculation of it, but that requires a command from our W-mod so it cannot be discussed here.

"puzzlezaddict;c-16374511" wrote:

And I know that just because one sim finds another attractive doesn't mean that a romantic advance will be accepted if the recipient is already in a relationship. Is there scoring for that as well? I always thought that it depended on either the total relationship value between my sim and the other, or the amount by which that value exceeds the relationship value of the recipient sim and his or her partner. But that's only because I overcame my sims' rejections by building the relationship more and then trying a romantic interaction again.

Yes, whether two sims are attracted to each other or not and whether they will actually act on it or accept actions on it are two very different things. I can't really go into the details of when sims will actually initiate or accept flirty and romantic actions, I mean real in-person ones not the Seasons patch initial potential for attraction nonsense or random date calls/love letters in the mail, because some of it again is affected by that mod we cannot discuss and some of it is actually beyond my pay grade to understand, so to speak. :)