[GTW] DNA samples

I've been able to get DNA samples from Sims who aren't even friends - they might say no one time but yes another. You don't need to have that high a relationship. Also, there are times when you get other kinds of info than just traits.

Oh - I just thought of something else, this time while my Sim was taking a sample from an acquaintance: get your charisma level up. She's at level 6, and it might be part of what's making it easy to get samples.

Ok, maybe it's charisma, still not worth it. What is this "other" info? Never got ANYTHING other from level 1 to 10 in Science career.

"Faust-RSI;13524606" wrote:
Ok, maybe it's charisma, still not worth it. What is this "other" info? Never got ANYTHING other from level 1 to 10 in Science career.

Try getting DNA from townies the game has created since you started the career. Some aren't what they seem.

"Faust-RSI;13526247" wrote:
There is Satellite Dish for this, simple and effective. So still nothing valuable.

The Satellite Dish won't tell you who is an alien and who isn't. DNA sampling and testing can.

"Faust-RSI;13526738" wrote:
What? You should really play more before claiming such a nonsense and posting at all.

My science-careers Sim has found two aliens this way so far - a career co-worker and another game-created townie. You should play more before claiming what another player says is nonsense and all.

(edited because I remembered one of the two wasn't a co-worker)

"Faust-RSI;13526924" wrote:
Obviously you can't even read properly, I see. I didn't say DNA sampling and testing can't find aliens, I said your claim that Satellite Dish won't tell it is utter bullshit *facepalm*
Two? lol Satellite Dish shows all of them that are around in seconds.
Know your shit before advising others to play "more".

I assumed you were responding to the last thing I said, as your grammar would work out. You did not clarify otherwise. (The Satellite Dish, by the way, hasn't done that in my game yet, though I've used it nearly every Sim day for the last four Sim weeks, on lots that turned out later to have undetected aliens on them. I'll be interested to see under what circumstances it does.)

My point about DNA testing remains: it will detect aliens.

FWIW, you'll get more help from people on this forum if you don't make a habit of being rude.

"Faust-RSI;827638" wrote:
Just a little observation. With GTW, the sims in Science career can take DNA samples from other sims. Now, this is a pretty tough task, as you must be at least Best Friends to take it and have relationships bar filled. But all it (DNA sample) does is giving information about sims' character! Well, during building relationships that high you are almost sure to already know everything about sim's character, so DNA sample has no value at all. I suggest it should have some other functionality. The most obvious and logical one would be to clone the sim you took DNA sample from without said sim being present - simply straight from the sample.


Just a small idea.

Yeah, you don't have to be best friends. My main is in the science career, he has the aspiration reward that makes a sim a friend after using the friendly introduction. New sim, friendly introduction, flatter, hug, ask for DNA sample, more often than not, I got a sample.

I suggested that Charisma might be a factor (I used the word "might" in the post even); I didn't say it was one. There was no assumption there.

I have found DNA sampling easy to do and an easy way to find out if a Sim is an alien. Obviously, your experience differs. That does not give you the right to say that I am lying about what I am telling you happens in my game. It is an actual fact that in my game, my Sims have obtained DNA samples from mere acquaintances. It is an actual fact that in my game some DNA samples have revealed that the Sim sampled is an alien.

Stop accusing me of lying etc.

(Thank you for the upgrade info, by the way, as rudely stated as it is - I haven't unlocked the ability to upgrade the Satellite Dish yet.)

It might be fun if we could use Sim's DNA to determine paternity...if the game didn't automatically reveal a baby sim's paternity already.