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Nindigo79
Seasoned Ace
7 years ago

What does this animation mean?

My Sim doesn't know Kirby Wise, she is not a celebrity and doesn't do anything other than acting normal. I just can't figure out why Sims sometimes react like this. NPCs also do it at each other.

https://i.imgur.com/q2YdGZQ.jpg

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  • It’s related to a trait I think. Excitable? Hot headed?

    Edit: if it’s Vladimir Schlick, he’s a technophobe so it might have something to do with that too.
  • EgonVM's avatar
    EgonVM
    Seasoned Ace
    7 years ago
    I'll give a wild guess here: I think these reactions come from University Life.
    When I played The Sims 3, I noticed that sims react to other sims. Some sims are waved at while others are applauded at, booed at etc.
    Now, when I started to to the expansion pack videos, I removed all the packs except the pack I'm making the video on and previous packs. I'm currently at Seasons expansion pack (University Life is next) and I haven't noticed sims react to others like they did when I had all the expansion packs enabled. I'll see whether my guess is true or not soon.

    The reason I guess University Life is because there are social groups and blogs. I don't think it's caused by reputations as even those with no romantic reputation get booed or applauded at.
    Edit. But then again, sims who get reacted to belong to none of the social groups...
  • EgonVM's avatar
    EgonVM
    Seasoned Ace
    7 years ago
    "JoAnne65;c-16661985" wrote:
    It’s related to a trait I think. Excitable? Hot headed?

    Edit: if it’s Vladimir Schlick, he’s a technophobe so it might have something to do with that too.


    I don't think it's caused by technophobe trait. From what I remember, when technophobe sim nears a electronic object, they'll wave their hands angrily and stomp.
  • If she has a bad reputation (like cheater, etc) from generations theyll get that response.

    Cause thats how sims act around my sim :*
  • mw1525's avatar
    mw1525
    Seasoned Ace
    7 years ago
    Sims seem to have an uncanny magic ability to know things (personal things) about Sims whom they have never formally met. If you have ever had a Sim with two romantic interest on the same lot and put both interests at opposite ends of that lot, when he/she does anything romantic with one of them, the other will come running, generally upset at their lover despite not having actually witnessing anything.

    At some point Vladimir encountered Kirby and 'picked up' things about her which either bothers him or this is just him expressing his opinion of her. Although any Sim can/will do this, given that he is pure-blood vampire they have the natural ability to 'read minds'. If I had to guess I'd say he's just stating his opinion of her. That is, unless you changed one of his traits to be neurotic.
  • Thank you for your replies, everyone.

    @mw1525 I did not change his traits, but it does look like something a neurotic Sim would do. I think you are right about that he has "picked up" something about her. They do magically know things about other Sims that we do not .
  • If you have Supernatural install and it's a full moon they can also get that reaction if they have the Lunacy moodlet.
  • It seems to be related possibly to social groups(opposing social groups maybe?), also it maybe related to things like what the sim in question is doing, I know I got that reaction when I slept on someone's lawn. :smile:

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