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keekee53
Seasoned Newcomer
5 years ago

Zapped while robotting

Is it me or is the zapping a bit excessive?? My sims is level 6 robotics and I am surprised how often he gets zapped. He cannot even craft a mechanism without getting zapped.
  • cb2342z's avatar
    cb2342z
    Seasoned Spectator
    I thought I was the only one who complained about how often it happened.

    Being as someone who, in real life, tinkers with electrical and mechanical stuff a lot, it should be directly tied to skill. If you don't know what you're doing, it should happen a lot (low skill), but if you do know what you're doing, it should be a very rare occurrence.
  • 83bienchen's avatar
    83bienchen
    Seasoned Novice
    For anyone interested, there's a mod by LittleMsSam that lowers the chances.
    https://littlemssam.tumblr.com/post/619989464091082752/random-small-mods-sometimes-mods-are-sooo-small
  • It's like every "fail" interaction with TS4, it happens way too frequently. Like I get that they don't want the players to just breeze through the gameplay like there's no tomorrow, but there needs to be a balance. Especially when it's being done by sims who are highly skilled in both handiness and robotic skills. :neutral:
  • keekee53's avatar
    keekee53
    Seasoned Newcomer
    "Sketch793;c-17363726" wrote:
    Handiness skill might help with this. I don't think my Sim with level 10 Handiness has been shocked at all while doing Robotics. Handiness level 5 reduces the chance of shock from electrical equipment, that might apply to Robotics as well as Handiness.


    huh now that is interesting. I didn't think about that.

    thanks :)
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    keekee53
    Seasoned Newcomer
    "darkchadmeister;c-17368466" wrote:
    Servos when zapped also don't get dazed but energized.


    lol cool I didn't know that.