The Art of Sims Storytelling
Hi guys! @CathyTea and I were talking, and we thought we'd try making a thread that would be focused solely on writing, especially Sims story writing. The writers' lounge thread is great for being ...
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I totally recommend trying wordless chapters sometime, @AdamsEve1231 ! It's much more work than a normal chapter, but the end result is something really special and unique, I think :)
And now for your question
I don't think either of my SimLit stories would exist without mods and poses! Especially Dust to Dust. The biggest thing I use the mods for are cheating my sims' needs to be full and changing their emotions. This ensures that they won't move away from a screenshot to eat or sleep or go to the bathroom, and the changing emotions guarantees certain facial expressions when I need them :)
As for poses, I've only used a handful of custom poses in my story. However, I've made use of the TS4 poseplayer (using just the normal animations from the game) and it's been a total lifesaver! Instead of waiting around for the right thing to happen or trying out a bunch of different interactions, I can get the exact pose I need when I need it. And the sims do the pose on an infinite loop so if you don't get the right pose the first time around, you have plenty of opportunities!
And actually, if anyone is curious about using mods and poses for screenshots in TS4, I actually made a (really awful) tutorial video that can be found here :)
And now for your question
To everyone: Out of curiosity, do you use a lot of mods, poses, and/or cc in your stories (i.e. a combination, only 1, or none)? How do they affect your stories and your gameplay? Is it important to your storytelling, or could you tell your stories without them? Why do you use it?
I don't think either of my SimLit stories would exist without mods and poses! Especially Dust to Dust. The biggest thing I use the mods for are cheating my sims' needs to be full and changing their emotions. This ensures that they won't move away from a screenshot to eat or sleep or go to the bathroom, and the changing emotions guarantees certain facial expressions when I need them :)
As for poses, I've only used a handful of custom poses in my story. However, I've made use of the TS4 poseplayer (using just the normal animations from the game) and it's been a total lifesaver! Instead of waiting around for the right thing to happen or trying out a bunch of different interactions, I can get the exact pose I need when I need it. And the sims do the pose on an infinite loop so if you don't get the right pose the first time around, you have plenty of opportunities!
And actually, if anyone is curious about using mods and poses for screenshots in TS4, I actually made a (really awful) tutorial video that can be found here :)
