When my scientist sim upgraded her Simray to have the "Transform" feature I assumed it would open the CAS and you'd be able to actually change the sim's appearance or maybe it would actually change them randomly but so far as much as I can tell NOTHING happens. Is this a conflict with mods maybe or has anybody seen any changes happen beyond the sim pleading for them not to shoot them with the ray? On a side note my scientist is also a part-time astronaut and she had built her ship and gotten quite a few upgrades then she went thru the wormhole and now her spaceship is gone? Was that cause she returned via the special wormhole device so now she has to build a new ship?

It's supposed to change their hair color and/or skintone. I couldn't tell you whether or not it's bugged though, because I've never tried to do it.

Thanks. It probably is bugged. Pity. Although I always just use testingcheats and go and change random sims all the time in my game when I am bored. If I start seeing too many elders I make them young adults again or sometimes I just change their entire family dynamics like when the Pancakes had adult children and they were elders I made them children and put them in care of their adult children to "raise" so they could live their lives over again. Yes, I get bored sometimes.

Oh, I noticed that the game put my astronaut sim's ship neatly into her inventory (cause that's a thing) and she didn't even have an unsightly bulge like I get if I even put my keys in my pocket.

I haven't noticed a change either but it makes sense that it would just be hair, eyes and/or skin tone. It would be wonderful if it actually changed their life stage!!! I would totally rock that simray!

"WaytoomanyUIDs;c-17748950" wrote:My mad scientists have only used the underwear ray & freeze ray on sims, I assumed transform ray only affected objects, for some reason. Must send Laraana off to work to test in out some willing subjects/victims.I don't have an "underwear" option on my simray. The closest I have is "change outfits" and "transform sim" is a much higher level upgrade to it. I don't think I get that one until I was at level 9 of the science career. I know it was many breakthroughs before it unlocked.

What is the Transform feature on the Simray supposed to do?

11 Replies

kaeyresky
7 years ago
It's supposed to change their hair color and/or skintone. I couldn't tell you whether or not it's bugged though, because I've never tried to do it.
FlamingoKicker
Rising Ace
7 years ago
Thanks. It probably is bugged. Pity. Although I always just use testingcheats and go and change random sims all the time in my game when I am bored. If I start seeing too many elders I make them young adults again or sometimes I just change their entire family dynamics like when the Pancakes had adult children and they were elders I made them children and put them in care of their adult children to "raise" so they could live their lives over again. Yes, I get bored sometimes.
FlamingoKicker
Rising Ace
7 years ago
Oh, I noticed that the game put my astronaut sim's ship neatly into her inventory (cause that's a thing) and she didn't even have an unsightly bulge like I get if I even put my keys in my pocket.
PenguinFoop
5 years ago
I haven't noticed a change either but it makes sense that it would just be hair, eyes and/or skin tone. It would be wonderful if it actually changed their life stage!!! I would totally rock that simray!
WaytoomanyUIDs
Seasoned Ace
5 years ago
My mad scientists have only used the underwear ray & freeze ray on sims, I assumed transform ray only affected objects, for some reason. Must send Laraana off to work to test in out some willing subjects/victims.
PenguinFoop
5 years ago
"WaytoomanyUIDs;c-17748950" wrote:
My mad scientists have only used the underwear ray & freeze ray on sims, I assumed transform ray only affected objects, for some reason. Must send Laraana off to work to test in out some willing subjects/victims.

I don't have an "underwear" option on my simray. The closest I have is "change outfits" and "transform sim" is a much higher level upgrade to it. I don't think I get that one until I was at level 9 of the science career. I know it was many breakthroughs before it unlocked.
Perthelia
Seasoned Ace
5 years ago
I didn't even know you could transform a sim, that's interesting. I've only ever used the transform option on objects.
WaytoomanyUIDs
Seasoned Ace
5 years ago
"PenguinFoop;c-17748968" wrote:
"WaytoomanyUIDs;c-17748950" wrote:
My mad scientists have only used the underwear ray & freeze ray on sims, I assumed transform ray only affected objects, for some reason. Must send Laraana off to work to test in out some willing subjects/victims.

I don't have an "underwear" option on my simray. The closest I have is "change outfits" and "transform sim" is a much higher level upgrade to it. I don't think I get that one until I was at level 9 of the science career. I know it was many breakthroughs before it unlocked.

I just call change outfit the underwear ray, because 9 times out of 10 I use it to change some poor sim into their sleep outfit.
PenguinFoop
5 years ago
"WaytoomanyUIDs;c-17750908" wrote:
"PenguinFoop;c-17748968" wrote:
"WaytoomanyUIDs;c-17748950" wrote:
My mad scientists have only used the underwear ray & freeze ray on sims, I assumed transform ray only affected objects, for some reason. Must send Laraana off to work to test in out some willing subjects/victims.

I don't have an "underwear" option on my simray. The closest I have is "change outfits" and "transform sim" is a much higher level upgrade to it. I don't think I get that one until I was at level 9 of the science career. I know it was many breakthroughs before it unlocked.

I just call change outfit the underwear ray, because 9 times out of 10 I use it to change some poor sim into their sleep outfit.

Ah, I see. I purposely deny myself from doing that because I figured it was probably the most over used outfit for the simray. So I make them change into anything else. lol

"Simpatsyann;c-17750596" wrote:
I didn't even know you could transform a sim, that's interesting. I've only ever used the transform option on objects.

Yes you can transform sims but it's a different upgrade from transform object.
simsimsere
Seasoned Ace
5 years ago
I used the transform on a sim recently and didn't notice any change. Maybe I missed it or maybe it really is bugged.