End of the Month Update: June 2021

Hello lovely patrons! I hope you all had a good month. Here's what I've been up to:

Storytelling Socials

I initially felt like I hadn't done much work on SS, but once I exported it and got to playtesting, I realized I did quite a bit.

First and foremost: I added more responses.

If "I Miss You" fails, the Actor becomes embarrassed and the TargetSim does the Squeamish animation. I'm not sure if I'll keep it; I want it to remain BGC as much as possible. I'm not sure if no animation will play for the TargetSim if they don't have whatever pack this is from (I think Outdoor Retreat?) but I definitely don't want it to cause a LE. 

Other responses include: Roast! Now Sims will react when roasted so that it's clear when the interaction succeeds and when it fails. "Jeer" does not have a fail animation, so I figured that was necessary.

If it succeeds, they both laugh. If it fails, the actor has an embarrassed response and the target has an angry one.

Other responses: Have a Heart-to-Heart. There's another but I remember which one! I hope I didn't just overwrite it.

I also added a very specific loot. If one Sim tells another about their engagement and that Sim is in love with them, they'll recieve this buff:

Or, at least, they should. It didn't work. I added it with MC Command Center for the screenshot. I'll have to edit the Test Condition. Hopefully I'll figure it out! But yes, Juliette is in love with Ruby, who doesn't know (see the embarrassed buff beside it!) Feels bad.

New Interactions!

Sims with a high Medium skill can scare Sims with the horror of the afterlife.  It gives them this buff if it succeeds:

Sims also can "Say Fame is Affecting Relationship". If one Sim is famous but the other is not, one can accuse the other of letting their fame get in the way:

Kinda wanna find a better way to word this.

Other new interactions include:

• Talk to About Sibling: an incorporation of Amber's idea. If a child has a sibling they dislike, parents can talk to them about it. Right now, there's three outcomes: if it is fully successful, the child will be very open to the idea. If it is only somewhat successful, they get a tense buff. If it is not successful, they get an angry buff and lose relationship with their parent.
• Discuss Having Children: Married Sims who don't have children can discuss having kids. The difficulty with this one is when it will be available. I'd rather it be an interaction you can do somewhat infrequently—as such, I haven't figured out the particulars. It's on my list, though!
• Mock for Social Anxiety: Outgoing Sims can mock Loners. If it doesn't work, they get pissed off. If it does, though, they get embarrassed (which will be compounded by the default embarrassed Loner buff for negative situations.
• Vent about Current Relationship—went over this in the last update!
• Express Love—this one is tricky. It's a friendly interaction for Sims whose friendship is above 90. Too often in Sims I've been super close with someone and just wanted to say: "you know I love you, right?" but there's no interaction like that for friends. The tricky part is naming the damn thing. Can't use "Say 'I Love You'" because of Express Fondness Renamed. Can't use "Express Love" because I already

Storytelling Socials Dark Addon

Content warning here for abuse.

This one is coming along. I added the "Neg" interaction to it:

I feel so bad for her. Besides this one, the current interactions are as follows:

• Call Child Unwanted
• Gaslight (Romantic)
• Gaslight (Child)
• Call Abusive (Romantic)
• Call Abusive (Parent)
• Threaten to Harm Self if [Partner's Name] Leaves
• Blame for Divorce (Child to Parent)

Better Autonomy

Having gotten this one down to where I really want it yet. The "less fun autonomy" part of it is essentially finished, but as far as I can tell, they don't build their skills autonomously. I'll have to turn autonomy on and test. The problem is that if I do turn autonomy on and they watch TV, I will get annoyed and delete the TV. As it goes.

Easy Sentiment Cheats

Still want to get this update to SS out before I go back to it.

Small Mods

• Ask to Just Be Friends Gives Broken Up Bit: very wordy title, but it does what it says on the tin. When asking to just be friends, it gives the broken up relbit. I just haven't ahd a chance to test it. I'm worried that Sims who just have a tiny bit of romance getting that bit will kill immersion, but it is what it is. Just haven't had a chance to test it.
• No Food Smell Good Reaction: I actually think I can put this out. Tested it, it works. Just want to make extra sure.
• Anyone Can Threaten: makes it so that the criminal career's Threaten interaction is available for everybody. Just gotta tweak the buffs a bit so they don't say "intimidating criminal" etc.

That's all for now! See you in a couple weeks for the next update! Love you. 👋🏾