
There’s also a military academy, a sports school, an art school, and a “Peace and Love” school. The prep school, for example, will result in the Sim acquiring the Snob trait. Which school the child attends also affects the trait they receive when they age up. There are a number of different schools, each of which gives your Sim a boost to certain skills and future careers. The Boarding School option is great for big families, especially if you grow tired of chasing after Sim kids to make sure their homework is done and that they’re working on their skill building. For example, a Sim that attends the Drama club may receive a boost to their Charisma. Sim children can build their skills by attending after school clubs. The Young Again potion is also in there, as well as the potion to turn Imaginary Friends real (more on that in a bit). Some potions create fun, random effects like a stink potion to make people smell or a ghost potion, which temporarily turns a Sim into a ghost. Sims can build their logic skill using the Chemistry station to make potions. Skill-building, Potions and Boarding School Perhaps that’s sort of realistic in a funny way but for the tiny amount of money the Sims received for this service and the amount of effort it took to keep the babies clean, fed, cuddled and entertained, it wasn’t worth it, nor was it fun. I did this with the cheat on to keep my own Sims needs static because there would’ve been zero time for them to use the bathroom, eat or anything else. My Sim and her husband had at least three babies dropped off and because none of them stayed happy for more than a minute (real-time), I spent the entire time they were there, clicking from one Sim to the next, trying to appease the screaming babies. Mom or Dad stops by, drops off their kid and leaves your Sim and whoever else might be around to tend to their needs. That seems to be determined by what level you’re at in the profession and the job appears to only get harder the higher you advance. There doesn’t appear to be a way to control how many you take or what days you take them. Not the case.Ī Sim who registers in a Daycare profession invites the neighborhood to drop off their toddlers for a few days a week.
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With that said, I’ve played the game long enough to feel comfortable knowing how to juggle multiple toddlers in one household and I actually thought the Daycare job option might be a fun way for my Sims to work from home. Teaching them to walk, talk and use the potty was fun way back when Sims 3 was new but it’s long since lost its charm on me. I’m not a fan of raising toddlers in the Sims game. Between these and the much more advanced options for customizing how your Sims age in the game options panel, those of us who prefer a bit more control over how and when our Sims age up have plenty of ways to do it. The other option is the Aging Freeze potion, which will keep your Sim at their current age. The best of the new Lifetime Rewards are the Young Again potion, which ages your Sim down to a Young Adult again. Sims with reputation issues can purchase the Clean Slate to clear the “naughty” behavior from their reputation, or Above Reproach, which allows some of their public displays of affection to go overlooked. I haven’t really played with that one, so I can’t say for sure how well it works, but your Sim will be sacrificing style for comfort regardless as the thing is fairly ugly. Sims can use their reward points on a futuristic-looking hovering bed (offers a positive moodlet for hovering while sleeping) or a strange looking van-like car that may boost your Sims motives (or keep them stationary) while en route. Generations includes a number of new Lifetime Rewards. Rebellious will probably pair well with Kleptomaniac and Evil. As Generations adds new pranks, like booby-trapping the shower head to dye someone’s hair or making a scary image appear on the computer, rebellious Sims have plenty of ways to act on their desires. Rebellious Sims love getting into mischief. Nurturing Sims are better with kids and can discipline them for bad behavior. The new traits are Nurturing and Rebellious.
