[GTW] DNA samples

Whoa OP need not be pumped up and spilling out offensive remarks for a mistake. After all, simmers here give feedback based on their experiences and each of us have our own unique way of playing sims. Even if they said something wrong, just politely correct them.

Looks like my sim discovered his coworker is an alien. I found his moodlet,"Xenophilia" (From Discovering Aliens). My sim still didn't get any DNA from the alien though. Now I remember my sim got 'being probed' when he was scanning my sim. I think my sim discovered his coworker was an alien after that. interesting.:)

In previous Sims games it was possible to make clones, zombies from dead sims and perform plastic surgeries (TS2)...and all the fun stuff.
I am really surprised that there's none of it in TS4.

It's ok that DNA sample discovers traits and aliens, but c'mon, its a D N A SAMPLE, it has to have more to it.

I love the idea of being able to determine parents (and their traits), clone sims, use some of the attributes to alter details on existing sims (like add a trait or eye colour), and do all sorts of things you can't the other ways.

I wonder if this is even the right place to write suggestions like this...

There is Satellite Dish for this, simple and effective. So still nothing valuable.

What? You should really play more before claiming such a nonsense and posting at all.

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."

I don't need any help, I just suggested an idea, and here you come bullshitting and making excuses both for developers and your own mistakes. But I'll help you - you must UPGRADE the Satellite Dish and then it will have an SEPARATE option - Detect Aliens. Detects every single alien around.
Another failed assumption from you I just checked - charisma has nothing to do with taking DNA sample. I have level 10 and still can't take it even with 50% relationships and good moods on both sides. If it really works for you, which I now doubt, it must be because of some personality trait, not because of charisma skill.
Your point has no value just as DNA sample. The fact is it is too hard to get, it provides no valuable info as everything is known beforehand or there is much easier way to get that info.

"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 also thought about this reward. Seems plausible, and the only way to get DNA sample without actually being best friends. My sims never had this reward, so can't check it.

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

The Satellite Dish tells you the player they are an Alien, not your character. Your sim will still act as though the don't know they are. The DNA sample will confirm it for your sim therefore giving them the knowledge that a sim is an alien or not. The dish just lets you know who to get the sample from or who to talk to enough for them to reveal they are an alien. So she was correct.

Well all of you guys seem to be lucky... On my game (Please note this is Probably NOT the case with your game, so no need to say that I'm mistaken) but for me getting DNA does Nothing at all... If I go to the Cloning Machine the only options I get to clone are from people either in my house or on the street nearby. In fact none of my "DNA" samples show up anywhere at all (which Is annoying since I managed to get not only the Grim Reaper, not sure how, and an alien's DNA), at least no where that I can find. Though to be fair I have found other things to clone such as the "Young Again" potion that normally uses up 1,500 (I forget the name of the points, sorry)points and the Need Fixer that you learn to make in the science lab meaning with these two potions you will always have your needs met and never grow old. So long as you remember to keep 1 of each in your house inventory so you can duplicate them as wanted/needed.