We all say we want smarter AI, right? How many of you would like this type of independent Sim?Poll Question, would you be happy to see your Sims think for themselves and act upon their desires with an Independent Trait? Attributes: 1. Able to buy unusal and pricey objects and decor online without player input. Like when Sims contribute to chairty on their own. This could be decor and objects not available in buymode. 2. File for Divorce, just because, no apparent reasons to player but just because they no longer like partner3. Send kids to boarding school (not culled).4. Hire repairman, nanny, butlers autonomously if they have the trait.5. Change the colors of rooms to suit themselves, change wallpapers, floors etc. Use pc to do this orders new wallpaper and floors.6. Cooks food for later and puts it away for breakfast, lunch and dinner.7. Changes which rooms in home are particular rooms by moving furniture and decor to other areas. Redesigns their own homes. :p 8. Orders a pet, or gets rid of a pet.9. Enters a school or higher education center, changes direction to fill their own Aspiration10. Would Decide to move in or out with others.

I don't like my sims doing anything by themselves. I play with autonomy off and I like controllling everything they do.

I like the autonomy we have now but that seems like too much.

It doesn't appeal to me. No point in me being there if the sim is going to go all willy-nilly.

I just want them to have a personality that reflects the traits I gave them and differs from another sim I made with completely different traits. I'm not sure I would like them to be entirely autonomous, I just wish they had more varied whims based on their personality. Basically I want them to be more aware of themselves, other sims, and their surroundings, but still give me the control. For example, if I make a sim in CAS that can't have children but they may be family-oriented, I want them to get a whim to adopt a child with their partner rather than have a baby with. I just want the smarter sims we were promised at the beginning of the sims 4 and for them to react appropriately to the situations and world around them.

The only one on your list I want is for sims to sometimes cook whole meals and put away the leftovers. Everything else, we're looking at AI way beyond what our computers can handle.Most of what I want would involve smarter sim interpersonal interactions. Objects in the world are overwhelmingly my thing as the player.

Smarter AI, How Many Would Really Like Independent Sims?

Evie0602
6 years ago
I don't like my sims doing anything by themselves. I play with autonomy off and I like controllling everything they do.
Fluteline24
6 years ago
I like the autonomy we have now but that seems like too much.
kaeyresky
6 years ago
It doesn't appeal to me. No point in me being there if the sim is going to go all willy-nilly.
fruitsbasket100
New Scout
6 years ago
I just want them to have a personality that reflects the traits I gave them and differs from another sim I made with completely different traits. I'm not sure I would like them to be entirely autonomous, I just wish they had more varied whims based on their personality. Basically I want them to be more aware of themselves, other sims, and their surroundings, but still give me the control. For example, if I make a sim in CAS that can't have children but they may be family-oriented, I want them to get a whim to adopt a child with their partner rather than have a baby with. I just want the smarter sims we were promised at the beginning of the sims 4 and for them to react appropriately to the situations and world around them.
PlayMyWizard
New Spectator
6 years ago
The only one on your list I want is for sims to sometimes cook whole meals and put away the leftovers. Everything else, we're looking at AI way beyond what our computers can handle.

Most of what I want would involve smarter sim interpersonal interactions. Objects in the world are overwhelmingly my thing as the player.
EnkiSchmidt
Hero
6 years ago
Ever since the Self configureable autonomy mod free will in any form has been purged from my game.

Ideally the sims' whims should contain all of the things mentioned in the first post. I'm okay with the sims telling me what direction they want our story to go and then we can (maybe) reach a compromise. But no acting on their own.
Louise_Goethals
6 years ago
I would like to know what my sims are "thinking", thus there could be pop-ups (like in Parenthood) that tells me that my sim ex. wants a divorce or wants to marry their partner. As long as I get to choose yes/no etc and don't lose my control over a sim, this would be very interesting for me!

I do think that when people say they want smarter sims though, they mean sims that do minor things that are related to their traits and life experiences and react to different things according to their personalities, not just their emotions. The massive independence suggested in these ideas, would break the game for many people if they have certain stories or ideas in mind.
SerraNolwen
Seasoned Novice
6 years ago
I would like completely unplayed sims to do these kinds of things so that when you meet a sim, they aren't just blank. They could have a home, relationships and, mainly, skills and careers that fit their personality.

However, I wouldn't like sims I'm playing doing this. If I spend a lot of time building a home and decorating it, I don't want it to suddenly change randomly. Same goes for "randomly" divorcing, abandoning pets, etc. This can make a huge change in the stories I'm trying to tell. I want control over that.

I like the current autonomous actions and only wish they were more influenced by traits, aspirations and relationships, rather than sims randomly deciding to interact with strangers or doing the same actions over and over again. That way, sims would fight with sims they don't like, flirt with sims they have already flirted with and such.
Cinebar
6 years ago
"Evie0602;c-16841799" wrote:
I don't like my sims doing anything by themselves. I play with autonomy off and I like controllling everything they do.

I like to control everything myself, too. However, what if it's tied to an independent trait to test the waters of how much autonomy we really want them to have?
LatinaBunny
New Spectator
6 years ago
That sounds like an advanced story progression, and I’m kind of ambivalent about story progression in the first place, so it’s a nope for me.

Maybe some minor stuff like putting away the foods or decorating their houses, but nothing drastic like getting rid of or adding members of a household.

But I could see some of the minor things either become repetitive or become really annoying and intruding.