Likes and Dislikes

I always like to give my sims a personal likes based on theme, general needs & so forth. As for the dislikes, they all get the video gaming & media production as dislikes. For the others, it depends on what timeline I have them play in. For example, all my futuristic sims likes Rocket Science, Robotics & Programming. Where as my past timeline sims likes Knitting, Cross Stitch & Pipe Organ. ;)

What @RedShoe7 said. If the mechanic were based on something else like traits or prior experiences, I'd be more inclined to go with what the mechanic decides. Basing it on moods from something unrelated doesn't really work for me.

"mightysprite;c-18197245" wrote:
What @RedShoe7 said. If the mechanic were based on something else like traits or prior experiences, I'd be more inclined to go with what the mechanic decides. Basing it on moods from something unrelated doesn't really work for me.

Yeah I can see your point but I think it's like in real life, at least for me. If I'm angry and have to do something that I wouldn't ordinarily have a problem with, my mood does make me not like it. That even applies to things that I usually like.

That might be why they made it an easy toggle. That being said though, from the mechanics point process, it seems to be a "permanent" opinion. So once thy dislike something, no matter their future mood, they will still dislike it. So I guess it depends on intent and should be changed accordingly.

Since all my Sims are pre-determined from existing characters and characters I stick with all the, naturally I set their likes and dislikes according to their personality I gave them.

I decide at the time when a preference pops up, they often don't make sense and are affected by emotions. Sometimes I feel the a specific preference choice doesn't suit a specific sim.

I generally go with it unless it majorly impacts their progress because I can't switch career/traits (like not liking Gardening during early BACC when they can't just buy groceries).

I currently have a Lazy sim who I set to Dislike Fitness (and the extreme sports that also build Fitness) in CAS. He's a Conservationist and lives on the island opposite the volcano. When he has volcano island tasks I get around this dislike by travelling to the volcano part of Mua Pel'Am via the map instead of swimming, so it's acceptable. He also has the Angling Ace aspiration and Fishes a lot (he has over 10 fishing traps too, because it's passive Fishing and he's Lazy), so I moved his Fishing traps into wading depth so he doesn't have to swim to them.

I also have a Party Animal/Foodie who I originally set to Dislike Mixology, as I planned to do Juice Fizzing with him instead, making batches for his parties and using up some produce from his kitchen garden. However he rolls Mixology Wants occasionally, so I switched it to Likes instead. He can't hate it that much if the Want to drink nectar overrides that, right? Thinking on it again though, I might switch it back and have him suffer the pain of pouring the nectar for the pleasure of drinking it.

Considering I make my sims and give them the personalities they are supposed to have (in my mind ), I give them the likes and dislikes I think they should have. However some of my sims liked dancing to music, before likes and dislikes came about, so I continue on with those same types of likes. The problem I have is with lifestyles and wants and fears. sometimes my sims get the wrong lifestyle, want, or fear. Examples: I have a farmer that tends his animals and fishes, but also enjoys tv to relax at night, when he has time after tending the animals and woodworking to pay bills. But, he ended up getting technophobe where he hates to be around technology,…… it even keeps him from woodworking, which he is supposed to like. I would rather pick my sims lifestyles rather than them getting them automatically, He is supposed to enjoy woodworking and watching tv when he has time, but now he seems to hate things he is supposed to like. The same thing happens with wants and fears. I have a freegan sim who is not suppose to mind not moving up in his •part time” job. Yet he always has fears about not fulfilling his dreams. He already doesn’t like that he has to do manual part time work,( which is ok ), but it doesn’t need to be compounded with unfulfilled dreams because he is not moving up. I mean he is supposed to like not having to work full time. I also have a sim I want to stay at the receptionist level in business. She is not supposed to be experiencing unfulfilled dreams because she is not moving up, she is a young adult who is supposed to be fine with her job level, when she gets a bit older I plan for her to marry a high level business man and leave work to raise children. Her dream is supposed to date and marry a rich man, not worry about unfulfilled dreams of moving up in a job, she is young and supposed to be enjoying her nightlife and stuff instead of her job…… so her fear actually conflicts with what her wants are supposed to be.…… not ALL of my sims want to move up…… so they shouldn’t have that fear. Please GIVE ME THE CHOICE to decide what their wants, fears, and dreams should be……

I DO know: I live in the moment so I decide based on how I feel.

Sometimes I fill out the like/dislike chart, other times I let the sim decide whatever they want.
If what they want is not what I want I will no longer play with them. :D

This topic reminds me - I must make a Sim and set them to dislike a specific colour. Then set their entire clothing wardrobe and house furnishings that colour. They'd be challenging to keep a happy camper.
I wonder if you set their disliked colour to white, then took them outside in winter - would they be a gibbering wreck, as everything is white?

Sometimes my Sims have strange likes and dislikes (game decisions). So I decide based on how I fell the Sim would like it or not. For example I had an outdoorsy Sim working in the gardening career and the game suddenly asks me if the Sim dislikes gardening. Well, of course not!