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Stina1701A
Seasoned Ace
7 years ago

Kleptomania and apartmentkeys?

So... My only non toddler alien (adult actually) needs to give out an apartment key for the Insider aspiration and I thought it would be quite cool to have him handing out a key to his only friend that is also an alien. A nice townie lady alien who also happens to be a kleptomaniac. Something he found out by doing that nifty alien scanning thing of his. That did shock me a bit because said townie has been into my other households as a visitor and I never really had my Sims get around to get to know her as well as they should have.

Soooo a wrinkle has been tossed into my proverbial plans... I do love the negative traits and I have even fished out some homeless households and added them to my rotational play because they contain Sims with negative traits. I am also keeping an eye on a few homeless townies and NPCs for future adding. But...kleptomania is a trait that I am a bit vary off and I tend to avoid Sims with that trait. I even edited the trait out of the NPC Sim that comes to repair stuff when called.

So, what I'd like to know is, can my alien safely give his key to his klepto friend or will he and his girlfriend come home one day and find their apartment cleared out? Well, I know that wont happen but do Sims with the klepto trait take stuff from active household when visiting? Because I have never noticed stuff go missing when this particular Sim has been visiting other households or this alien household.

And there is always the possibility to edit the trait outta her...

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  • If you're truly worried, I'd say go ahead and edit out that trait and give her something else negative for flavor, or you can lock certain rooms with valuables only to the household, or you can make a vault to store said valuables. There's a decent cooldown on klepto sims for swiping, and I don't think they can do it without getting caught if another sim is in the room. They get a debuff if they are caught stealing (or attempting it).

    If anything, save, give her the key, klepto proof your house, and then see if she attempts to take anything. Most of the time that 'key' just allows sims to come in, steal some food out the fridge, watch tv, bother you to use your shower, and then come in to read your books. Usually also only with the sims who live there are home.
  • They can't exactly "clean you out".
    Unless you have mods that get rid of it, there are moodlets associated with stealing that prevent stealing more than one thing every couple of Sim hours.
    So the worst would be one item per visit. Though if her mischief skill is high, she could probably even steal your TV or something.

    If you just want to complete this for the aspiration, you could can give her the key and then take it right back.
    Or you could just lock your front door.
    Even if they have a "key" they can't get through a door that is locked to them. (logiiiiiic, right?)
  • Yeah, I just edited her and gave her the snob trait instead. Now she is active, outgoing and a snob. Not that I consider the snob trait a negative one, its just one that is quite rare for my rotational Sims and she seem like someone that prefer the finer things in life. Thanks guys. I will probably will have one Sim with the klepto trait but for now, I am going to skip it. I am feeling WAY to controlling at the moment :blush:

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