Do you give your sims a dream?
We have Aspirations, but I see them as wide guidance and often give my grown up sims a life goal on top of that, but not restricted to their Aspiration. The game sees "Fabulous wealthy" as having ...
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Thanks for feedback! I like to state that I do these things thoroughly with just a few sims, but then again, I'd possibly do it with more if I found their lives needing a direction or more defined personality.
I'm hardly ever planning a sim's life from they are born though. At that stage I normally just stop by to name the baby, LOL. It's the downside of playing rotationally - there's not enough time to play with babies, and hardly even toddlers. Meaning I don't "get to know them" until they start school. Mostly I focus on these things when they reach teenagers, but some children do stand out and call for bigger plans quite early, and I like that :)
Wish I had time to really live out a few more extreme personalities and dreams, too. The boldest so far was probably Mandy Rosewood who wants to become an painting artist, and due to bad luck in love spent 2 years of her life in the jungle to paint, and of course upsetting her parents when revealing those plans...
I'm hardly ever planning a sim's life from they are born though. At that stage I normally just stop by to name the baby, LOL. It's the downside of playing rotationally - there's not enough time to play with babies, and hardly even toddlers. Meaning I don't "get to know them" until they start school. Mostly I focus on these things when they reach teenagers, but some children do stand out and call for bigger plans quite early, and I like that :)
Wish I had time to really live out a few more extreme personalities and dreams, too. The boldest so far was probably Mandy Rosewood who wants to become an painting artist, and due to bad luck in love spent 2 years of her life in the jungle to paint, and of course upsetting her parents when revealing those plans...
