Sperglord Firecock posted:

I don't know what to say to anyone wanting to play The Sims games in this day and age other than find a way to it because seriously gently caress giving EA money.

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People drink, no one whom I know gets drunk with one drink, even the sim equivalent of one beer gets my Sim dazed with a hangover, plus there are no benefits to your mod, people also drink in real life for benefits, Your mod doesn't address stress relief, happiness, just flirtiness a tiny bit, other than that,nada, just harmful impacts. I think you made this mod subconsciously being judgemental, possibly made to forewarn the children about the evils of alcohol. Uninstalling, hopefully someone will make a better, more realistic one.

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What kind of soapbox, public service announcement horseshit is that. You're not going to get every detail of real life with a mod because the "good people" at EA didn't set it up to be that way. These modders gotta use what is available in the engine of the game to make it work.

And I do believe that this mod works with Leniad's liquors because I tested it on a few Sims and they were getting drunk as f-ck off some Applejack and Moonshine so the buffs were showing up even with that liquor.

Go on back to playing your socially conscience bullshit game. I want an adult game and thanks to Wolf's mod I got drunks, with Base I got drinking and drugs, turbo I got drunk hookers and other seedy underworld stuff, and with Sacrificial I get to have people beat the hell out of some drunks. Now because of Cats and Dogs I'm gonna have Rots and Pitbulls biting people and mauling their asses.

Ruflux posted:

Why do people take Sims modding so goddamn seriously?

Wayback Machine posted:

Posted on Thu, Jun. 05, 2003 story:PUB_DESC
Hey Tony, outta the way, mob moves on `Sims Online'
By Dawn C. Chmielewski
Mercury News

Tony Soprano can keep Jersey (who wants it, anyways?) A new family is movin' in on unclaimed turf -- online.

An underground group known as the Sims Shadow Government has taken over the fantasy world that is ``The Sims Online,'' meting out mob justice.

It's a violent twist for ``The Sims,'' the dollhouse-inspired computer game that has long been portrayed as the antithesis to guns-'n-gore bestsellers like ``Grand Theft Auto.'' The emergence of a seedy underbelly in the online game may reveal more about the dark fantasies of middle-aged suburbanites than anyone suspected.

Turns out, everyone wants to be Tony Soprano or Don Vito Corleone.

To hear the ersatz mob boss, Piers Mathieson, tell it, it all began innocently enough, with the desire to impose order on the chaos that is ``The Sims Online.''

The game's designer, Will Wright, deliberately created a blank stage on which players could act out their fantasies.

To Mathieson, the lack of a government to lay down laws in virtual online communities like Alphaville -- let alone cops to enforce the rules -- resulted in anarchy. ``Grievers'' arose -- players who delight in creating misery for other players -- stealing money, trashing houses or even appropriating another's online identity.

Mathieson, 34, who lives in Las Vegas and promotes bands, said players turned into racketeers.

``They show up at your house and they request protection money. `You have to pay me 100,000 simolians if you don't want your house torn down.' It's technically harassment.''

The most popular person in the Sims universe -- Mia Wallace, a composite character played by Mathieson and his wife, Jennifer -- stepped into the power vacuum and organized the Sims Shadow Government.

``We weren't playing the games as hoodlums, we were playing the game as protectors of the city,'' said Mathieson.

At least at first. Somewhere along the line, though, the Sims Shadow Government turned from benevolent overseer to a virtual version of La Cosa Nostra.

Maybe it was the emergence of a rival family, the Playtime gang. Or maybe it was the Mia impostor, who tarnished the real Mia's reputation by inviting other players to work for her as a prostitute. Perhaps the final straw was when someone hijacked Mathieson's America Online account -- and stole all of his in-game cash and property.

Whatever the pretext, Mia morphed from prom queen to mob boss. A handful of the SSG's 160 members would meet outside the game -- in Yahoo discussion groups or by phone -- to talk about offenses against the ``family'' and plot revenge.

The in-game hits are not as gory as a bloody horse head in the bed of a movie producer who offended Don Corleone -- the fictional Godfather created by Mario Puzo.

Nor does it match the savagery of a HBO's prime-time mobster Tony Soprano, who beats fellow ``made man'' Ralphie Cifaretto to death for killing their jointly-owned racehorse, Pie-o-My, for the insurance money, then stuffs Ralphie's head in a bowling ball bag for safekeeping.

But for online game players who invest months developing a character, it can be nonetheless devastating. Like the time 28 gang members stormed a rival's property and delivered a ``red link'' -- the game's way of designating another player as an ``enemy.''

Particularly egregious affronts to the Shadow Government could -- at least until game maker Maxis disabled this feature -- be dealt with by ripping out an opponent's heart. Of course, nobody dies in the ``Sims Online.'' It's just to prove a point.

This drama via modem is consuming for its participants, who've formed real-life friendships with their in-game allies.

Kacie Velie, a 21-year-old assistant manager of a residential facility for the mentally retarded in Poughkeepsie, N.Y., is by night one of the SSG's capos. She said the drama became so intense she sometimes receives calls at work about developments.

``I am amazed personally as to how this whole game has become so real . . . I spend more time with my computer than I do with my friends,'' said Velie, who like about 60 percent of the players, is a woman.

Wright -- the grand puppet master who birthed the bestselling Sims franchise -- is both fascinated and frustrated by the emergence of the mob.

In an interview at a recent trade show, Wright said he logs on nightly to monitor the mob's exploits. But he said Maxis is powerless to stop it -- since all the group's communications happen outside of the game.

Game experts say organized gangs are the hallmark of successful online multiplayer games, like ``Lineage'' or ``Ultima Online.'' Sometimes, it's a sign that the game lacks enough interesting elements to engage the players -- so they create their own drama. More often, it means players are so attached that they invest the time to exploit its rules.

Consider the Mathiesons hooked. They decided to delete the Mia character, saying the demands of reigning as overlord of Alphaville became too taxing. But they're not about to quit the game.

``She just retired, for the simple fact she needs to go in for a face-lift,'' said Mathieson. ``She came back as Hermia, with a bouffant hairdo. A much different Sim.''

Maybe Mia's gone. But she's not forgotten.

``Our friends know who the overlord is.''

Kikas posted:

You could rip other players hearts out in The Sims?

Kikas posted:

You could rip other players hearts out in The Sims?

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1.0.1 update (2017.11.21)
added the killing monkey's naughty value

Cicadas! posted:

I want to say that Sims as a whole probably attracts lots of oddballs due to its God-simulator properties, but it's more likely that most modders are just strange people with strong ideas about how they want things to be, and putting more than one of them in a communal setting will usually lead to clashing viewpoints or worse.

Maybe a little of both, in this situation.

RareAcumen posted:

Kikas posted:

"You picked the wrong house, baka!~"

Huzzah! posted:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ABiPg1UL9Vg

Sonic Forces DLC is weird.

Leal posted:

Speaking of Sims 4 mod, someone posted about the one sex mod (which was used to make that amazing post in the last thread cause Sims wouldn't stop having sex automatically about mario and sonic loving until they died). It has a patreon. That person is making 13k a month

Leal posted:

Speaking of Sims 4 mod, someone posted about the one sex mod (which was used to make that amazing post in the last thread cause Sims wouldn't stop having sex automatically about mario and sonic loving until they died). It has a patreon. That person is making 13k a month

lurksion posted:

Yep. Was actually brought up a few pages back (mid-70s)

Bieeardo posted:

Build a better cross-dressing mouse and the world will beat off a path to your door.

Shadowlyger posted:

The secret artist cheat: Make a furaffinity account and open commissions. Observe as money rains from the sky.

Just be aware of the fact that you're selling your soul in the process.

Leal posted:

And I just saw the counter post about that 3d monster girl game making 36k


gently caress, why did I decide to get in the retail industry and didn't just continue learning art/programming that everyone told me would lead me nowhere. I could be making several college graduate incomes.

CJacobs posted:

It doesn't even have to be good art or stable programming. People are so starved for entertainment that caters to their fetishes that they will pay you money to make just the most low-effort poo poo as long as it has foreverial tied up and loving it JC Denton or whatever

Leal posted:

Speaking of Sims 4 mod, someone posted about the one sex mod (which was used to make that amazing post in the last thread cause Sims wouldn't stop having sex automatically about mario and sonic loving until they died). It has a patreon. That person is making 13k a month

OutofSight posted:

Which reminds me, that there was a interesting thread in the "ask/tell" sub forums about being a fetish artist on the internet. So for anyone considering a career change from retail:
[url] https://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3826161 [/url]

Time to check out how deep that fishbowl goes...

Huzzah! posted:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ABiPg1UL9Vg

Sonic Forces DLC is weird.