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aodoherty
Seasoned Ace
4 years ago

A question about the masterpieces with Art Lover trait

Hi, I'm curious about the ability of creating masterpieces with art lover trait, Lot trait, and Creative Visionary store trait.

In case my other sims without art lover trait, they paint much better paintings with the lot trait and store trait but this girl was different. When she was only 6 or 7 levels in painting, she started painting masterpieces and I got really surprised. I thought she was a genius in art but later on, I noticed she has art lover trait. Every paintings she painted turned out to masterpieces without any lot trait and store trait. She painted abut 10  masterpieces.  So I expected she would complete 5 masterpieces milestone in a very short time with the lot trait and store trait but ..suddenly, she painted almost 10 pieces of excellent paintings after I purchased her creative visionary and set that lot trait above. I tried to let her paint in museum and art center in San Myshuno but she made only excellent qualities. I took her back home and early in the morning, I  removed the store trait by cheat, and removed the lot trait. And she painted 2 masterpieces straight ahead. So I'm curious, sometimes the lot trait and the store trait don't work with art lover sim?

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  • @aodoherty I'm not surprised. There are a lot of traits like that. That work opposite.

    One example is the sickness immunity trait. You have that, you'll be constantly sick.
  • PoptartJuniper's avatar
    PoptartJuniper
    Hero (Retired)
    4 years ago

    @aodoherty I don't usually give my sims the creative visionary trait, because as you found, it does seem like they actually make less masterpieces with it. I just use the lot trait and it seems to give a nice amount of masterpieces.

    My last artist was an art lover with the lot trait and I did not notice a huge amount of masterpieces vs the sims without it.

    I've also seen others comment on this but I do not believe there is any kind of bug report for it.

  • xochiquetzl_xkvn's avatar
    xochiquetzl_xkvn
    Seasoned Ace
    4 years ago

    This is anecdotal, but I find that my Sims paint nothing but masterpieces all day long until they reach that part of the aspiration and then....

    ...nothing.  LOL

    I do things like "Okay, do some brain-boosting yoga, then cloudgaze, then take a thoughtful shower.... and then paint." I think it helps? but don't have real evidence to back that up.

  • PoptartJuniper's avatar
    PoptartJuniper
    Hero (Retired)
    4 years ago

    I see the notification "Congratulations! Sim 1 has just finished painting a masterpiece!" but then realize it was a figure drawing. A figure drawing that doesn't count for the masterpiece part of the aspiration.

  • Psychotps's avatar
    Psychotps
    Seasoned Ace
    4 years ago
    @xochiquetzl_xkvn Naw, that's too much work. I prefer static buffs around. Like in the painting career, you get a special easel that grants an Inspired buff. There's also postcards, lamps from San MyShuno street sales, even paintings if you have a high-level painter. I just leave these things around and "turn them on" when I need a high inspired buff.

    I do that all over the house. Media station? Postcard for inspired recordings, ice bucket for flirty, dolls for Playful, lamps for focused... Just turn on the one I want when recording. Always have a postcard in the kitchen to boost cooking...
  • aodoherty's avatar
    aodoherty
    Seasoned Ace
    4 years ago

    @xochiquetzl_xkvn
    I use Muse berry from jungle adventure, it gives 3 inspired moodlet for 4 hours, or set the lot trait to chef hat and make a simple food, and it makes your sim inspired straightaway. If you have high level in mixology, just make only a glass of drinks, it gives +2 inspired moodlet.


    @PoptartJuniper
    Oh....I didn't know that. My other sims with creative visionary but without art lover trait, seems to make masterpieces often, maybe is it from the lot trait? Oh..I see I can test more with my sims without art lover. thanks. Yeah I know the figure doesn't count to the milestone because the aspiration is only takes the base game feature. :D

  • xochiquetzl_xkvn's avatar
    xochiquetzl_xkvn
    Seasoned Ace
    4 years ago

    @PsychotpsYeah, if they're actually in the career I use the career objects.  And @aodoherty I LOVE the Jungle Adventure berries!  I also play a lot of gardeners and Inspired cowplant milk also rocks.

    BUT, if you don't have any of those? Yoga/cloudgazing/thoughtful showers are the bomb.

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