I didn't know until recently that our own, playable sims could become infected by the virus. My test sim managed to avoid it, but I've seen pictures of other player's sims who were not so lucky. So, I'm curious, what is gameplay like if your sim becomes infected?

Mine went into the spore hallway without suits last night. They were knocked out and then infected temporarily. At that time, the only actions you have are to walk around. Once it wore off after 20-30 sim minutes, my Sims were back to normal. Not sure how that works with the fruit, but I might have to try that next. :D

"kalaksed;c-16975900" wrote:i'm considering making a full thread about just this, but in the meantime, all the info on it i've discovered is posted in this thread (mostly the latest post, but a bit, more spoiler-specific is higher up)https://forums.thesims.com/en_US/discussion/956199/spoiler-question-about-strangerville-spoilers-inside#latestI hope you do. : ) I know now I will have to go get infected!!!

If you have two infected sims in the same household, they get special conversation topics with each other (and also with their mystery plant in the backyard). All they can do besides chat is sit, but I was also able to send one to work. It's not a good idea, because his performance there suffered. Oh, and they can also plant new mystery plants on their homelot (no need to have fruit in your inventory).Also I play with free will off, still the one infected attacked another sim on his own accord. They weren't in a conversation, just in the same room. Infected playables also attack other infected, when those are not in possessed mode at that moment.The two sims both ate a mystery fruit (for science, hem, hem) and their possession episodes return randomly lasting 3 hours each time (as opposed to the 30 minutes you get slapped with in the corridor).

"kalaksed;c-16976029" wrote:@EnkiSchmidt your two played infected, do you remember the times they got their possessions? my one played, she was always possessed at 1 in the morning, so i'm trying to see if it's the same across all sims or seems to be randomized per individualFrom my gut feeling they had more than one episode per day and the instances were spaced out across the day. They were not always in sync, but often. Both sims ate the fruit at the same time, but I didn't always have both active at the same time, sometimes I'd take only one to a venue and leave the other at home or at work. For hard data I have one screenshot where it is late afternoon/early evening. Then another one from when the criminal came home from work (2 am?) and another one with both being possessed early in the morning. Then one time I send them to bed, hoping possessing would not occur, but they woke up in the night. I think that was around 1 am, but do not have the exact time.I'll pay more attention to the clock tomorrow and take notes.

Right now I'm only playing with the "infected" wife of the main character and it's fun. Did you know they can still woohoo and try for baby lol? There are other things that have stood out like don't send your possessed sim to garden normal plants... won't spoil it more than that.. but just don't. I haven't seen all the interactions because it's side play but still.Oh and just in case if you have a new born.. not sure if it's a good idea to just have an infected adult in the household as they can't care for the baby. I guess that's a spoiler and frankly for a baby to be taken away in that instance would make sense but I can see people getting upset about it.I'm planning on making a sim that has a "herd" of infected basically a cult leader type also but I'll save that for later. I also want to play on the dark side and go another way for the story end...

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Hermitgirl
New Spectator
6 years ago
Hopefully someone can help you. I haven't finished it the first time @BlueBlack007. Maybe you could play other households long enough to have those you want to be infected eat the fruit..
I would think getting infected like that will pretty much just happen.
Maybe others have a better or different answer though .. I'd love to know more ways.
Freygea
6 years ago
"BlueBlack007;c-16978460" wrote:
Neither one of My 2 sims that I have used got infected yet, But My 2nd one that I am on now died last night, it is a good thing that I had saved her before she went into the Lab, :) , I just can not figure out yet how to use the vaccine a 2nd time when all the townsfolk say they are all cured, I am trying to find some that are infected , but none so far the 2nd time around, i hope I will be able to finish this mission on My 2nd character, :(

If you wish to get a sim infected eat the fruit. You can purchase it at the curio shop. You can also give the fruit to another sim with the mischief choice.

You should be able to infect however many sims you need. Just don't try on ones that were previously infected since not sure how long the immunity lasts.
Sofmc9
6 years ago
"I wonder if it would affect the kid at all? Would they get a hidden trait or something?"

Ok, I enabled kids to get infected lool. The infected walk and wander animation isn't working though, kids do their normal walk.. every other interaction does work.. standing idles and sitting idles too.

https://i.imgur.com/puVOejB.png

https://i.imgur.com/DoVGpbZ.png
Hejix
6 years ago
It's hilarious. It comes and go. Seems like infected sim can communicate with other infected sims? At least, mother seems to take care of her children. All their needs are in the green. Praise mother, lol.
JonathanPeter
Rising Spectator
6 years ago
I nearly peed myself with laughter with what happened in my game a few hours ago, I was sitting all my Sims down to dinner with Mac and Cheese and then I hear them all making noises, I thought they were being sick because of the Mac and Cheese that my husband Mark made, but no, they were being possessed at 1am, while sitting down to dinner, what the plum? :joy: I wish I had pictures to show you all, it was hilarious.
JonathanPeter
Rising Spectator
6 years ago
Having 8 Sims in a household all being possessed together at 1am is the funniest thing ever, you must try it, it is so hilarious.
EnkiSchmidt
Hero
6 years ago
Now I NEED to send my infected to garden. They have just one mystery plant and one potatoe plant with grafted-on mystery fruit and so far I failed to notice anything out of the ordinary. When possessed they can chat with the mystery plant and they can plant new ones, but nothing special so far. Is the spoiler tied to high gardening skill or autonomy, maybe? Dang, now I want to fire up the game just for ten minutes and check more in-depth!
EnkiSchmidt
Hero
6 years ago
I've seen IT. And I exit without saving, lol. IT only works with plants that bear fruit (an apple tree in my case), that's why I had missed IT so far. The non fruit bearing plants were save.

On a sidenote, to make sure I'd see what there was to see I moved my infected sim to my large rooftop farm in San Myshuno. He arrived at 6 am and transformed at 1 am the following day :)
floridameerkat
6 years ago
"Freygea;c-16976668" wrote:
I have an infected sim. I saved her to my library. I really hope she is infected when I place her in another save. She would be a great roommate for my Vamp save.

I placed her in another save and she still has the trait.

She snuck off to StrangerVille and bought some strange fruit. She was able to plant the fruit in Forgotten Hollow. I am now waiting until 1 am to see what happens. Funny thing is the infected sim is Sookie Stackhouse.

Pippy Longstockings - Vamp and her friend Sookie Stackhouse- clumsy infected sidekick.

Edit: 1 am game time.
It works I am never healing her lol

Why did you have to wait until 1am game time?
Hermitgirl
New Spectator
6 years ago
I didn't realize there was a time yet. I'm sure I would have eventually. The few I have going eat the fruit pretty often :D so I guess that's why I don't notice. (I do make them eat it..)