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thornwill
Seasoned Ace
10 months ago
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Fix the ghosts

I was playing with Ophelia Specter and decided to add Nervous Subject's ghost to the household to make them finally meet each other and be friends BUT as default Ghost Nervous is always possesing thi...
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    thornwill
    4 months ago

    Now that ghosts were upgraded (sadly completely behind a paywall) i think there's still some lacking things that could be used for (Base Game) ghosts to feel more like ghosts instead of living sims.

    1) Haunting:
    • Obssession sentiment: Ghosts create a strong bond with a sim and now they will need to be in frequent contact with their obssession.

    2) "Physical" needs
    • No animated reaction for low needs.

    • Bladder: Decays as the ghost gets more moodlets. Emotions are strong in the spectral form so they creat ectoplasma that you need to goo somewhere.
    Solution: Goo on the ground (Use fart animation and drop a goo puddle) without embaressment and goo on the toilet, leaving a glowing goo inside it.



    • Hunger: Decays along the day since your ghost is using their abilities to float, cross matter, etc.
    Solution: Absorb food energy (Use soul collecting animation at food and leaving them spoiled)



    • Hygiene: Decays as the ghost get more negative moodlets. Those bad energies infects their auras, that starts to stink.
    Solution: Give yourself a Pep Talk, Try to Calm Down, Meditation

    • Energy: Decays as the ghost stays up, since they can't manage their emotional energies that changes during the day, so they need to rest to "restart" their aura.
    Solution: Sleep/Hibernate inside objects (Use possessing animation)

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Vyo4
Seasoned Veteran
10 months ago

"Enable ghosts to absorb energy from food (leaving them spoiled) to fulfill their hungry and sims to fulfill their spectral energy bar;"

Could also be used against plants, maybe? Dropping the plant in quality or reverting to previous growth stage or even killing the plant.

Allowing the Murphy Bed energy-restoration-possession of Sims for all Ghost types would be an extra nice addition.

The more options for Spectral Energy absorption, the better (and funner).

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thornwill
Seasoned Ace
10 months ago

@Vyo4  Omg i loved all of your ideas. The only thing that worries me is that the haunting need may lead the team to not turn ghosts tolerable to play among humans without all the screaming around

I think they could at least try to switch the Terrified mood to Tense from witnessing a possesion, something like "Wait, is that a good or bad spirit?", and keep the terrified mood to direct social interactions.

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    Vyo4
    Seasoned Veteran
    10 months ago

    @thornwill True. To your original point about Sims becoming easily scared by Ghosts, the Brave trait costs 8000 satisfaction points to achieve. A solution is to offer a 3000 point mid-level trait to help with spooky interactions - similar to Antiseptic (3000) and Forever Fresh (8000) for hygiene.

    Maybe Courageous could be a Personality Trait.

    Conversely, Easily Frightened would make a fun and challenging Personality Trait.

    Maybe a new Aspiration with a Paranormalist Reward Trait = A person with an interest in the paranormal. The interest outweighs the fear of the paranormal. Seek out and learn about all things Occult-related.

    For the 3000 point trait = Resolute = characterized by firmness and determination, as the temper, spirit, actions, etc.

    Would've loved a Fearless trait. Personally, I would've done: Brave 3000, Fearless 8000.

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