Carl's review of Dream Home Decorator pack is out
Here's Carl's review on the DHD pack, specifically on the career. It mentions how the renovations impact the clients (or how it doesn't...)... https://youtu.be/4pNcl2-xHIo
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The Renovation system that was added in the Sims 3 Ambitions EP has a complexity many people are unaware of.
What happened to Carl would not happen in The Sims 3:
The scoring for each renovation also takes into account:
- The Environment score (which is a BG system). The math the game uses to calculate this are extremely complex.
- Whether the player moved an object of its original location rather than buying a new one.
- Client's traits. For example, snob sims want you to spend more money; hates the outdoors sims want as few windows as possible.
- Plants, rugs and home-made items give a boost to the score.
- Extra points if you use an object whose subject is the client (like a painting or sculpture of the client) or someone from their household.
- Special actions such as discussing the renovation and taking measurements give additional score but are NOT required.
- Objects that contain the word "cheap" internally deduct points.
- The number of rooms and square tiles is stored before the renovation to use for scoring later.
What happened to Carl would not happen in The Sims 3:
Spoiler
// Sims3.Gameplay.ActiveCareer.ActiveCareers.InteriorDesigner.Renovation
private float Metric_DirtyObjects()
{
int num = 0;
foreach (Action scoringAction in ScoringActions)
{
if (scoringAction.Origin == Origin.Owned && scoringAction.Item.Cleanable != null && scoringAction.Item.Cleanable.VisuallyDirty)
{
mbDirtyObjectsPlaced = true;
num++;
}
}
return 0f - (float)num * kMetricDirtyObjectsPointsDeductedPerDirtyObject;
}
The scoring for each renovation also takes into account:
- The Environment score (which is a BG system). The math the game uses to calculate this are extremely complex.
- Whether the player moved an object of its original location rather than buying a new one.
- Client's traits. For example, snob sims want you to spend more money; hates the outdoors sims want as few windows as possible.
- Plants, rugs and home-made items give a boost to the score.
- Extra points if you use an object whose subject is the client (like a painting or sculpture of the client) or someone from their household.
- Special actions such as discussing the renovation and taking measurements give additional score but are NOT required.
- Objects that contain the word "cheap" internally deduct points.
- The number of rooms and square tiles is stored before the renovation to use for scoring later.
