Post by shawnpt on Nov 21, 2019 16:27:46 GMT -5
Greetings.
First time posting here so apologies if I mess up.
Long time Simmer and occasional dabbler in creating CC. I have in fact used the Mod Constructor v4 (and a lot of trial and error) to create a custom trait for my vampires, which added more whims, and mood triggers. I couldn't add everything I wanted but I was content with the changes I managed to apply. However, since the last update, the trait has stopped working. None of the triggers I used seem to function anymore, which means it became mostly pointless.
It had a base +1 Angry permanent mood because I wanted my vampires to be aggressive predators, not just passive ones. It also added triggers to increase their anger when they're in the presence of juicy mortals, and last it had an added trigger so that whenever a vampire would get 'Uncomfortable', they'd actually get a +50 Angry moodlet (short duration) which wouldn't kill them but would throw them off the handle and force them to attack nearby peeps. None of these seem to work anymore, apart from the basic angry mood which is easily overpowered by other moodlets anyway.
All I wanted was for them to stop being miserable when thirsty and just go chow down on the first victim at hand. As it is, I have a couple of vampires at the moment and they are living with a mortal Sim, and even when they were both on the 'Irresistible Thirst' phase (with no Tamed Thirst perk), all they did was stand around complaining and hissing instead of just autonomously seeking a meal. I have to manually make them travel to a different lot and only then will it trigger the 'Drink Uncontrolably' action. Which I feel is quite silly. You guys are vampires, start acting like such instead of complain all the time that you're thirsty! :P
Now, AFAIK Mod Constructor hasn't been updated, which likely means creating the trait from scratch will be pointless. So it got me thinking perhaps I wouldn't need a trait at all, if I could just change the vampire moodlets (all three tiers) from being 'unconfortable' to being 'angry'. This would most definitely force them to feed more often instead of just whining about it (when their pockets are full of Plasma fruit no less!). I am guessing this would be some XML tuning. I've dabbled around in it but I've hit a wall and I can't seem to figure out what to do. So perhaps someone with more knowledge than me could help me out on this one?
Thank you!
TL;DR: is it possible to change vampires' thirsty moodlets from 'Unconfortable' to 'Angry'?
First time posting here so apologies if I mess up.
Long time Simmer and occasional dabbler in creating CC. I have in fact used the Mod Constructor v4 (and a lot of trial and error) to create a custom trait for my vampires, which added more whims, and mood triggers. I couldn't add everything I wanted but I was content with the changes I managed to apply. However, since the last update, the trait has stopped working. None of the triggers I used seem to function anymore, which means it became mostly pointless.
It had a base +1 Angry permanent mood because I wanted my vampires to be aggressive predators, not just passive ones. It also added triggers to increase their anger when they're in the presence of juicy mortals, and last it had an added trigger so that whenever a vampire would get 'Uncomfortable', they'd actually get a +50 Angry moodlet (short duration) which wouldn't kill them but would throw them off the handle and force them to attack nearby peeps. None of these seem to work anymore, apart from the basic angry mood which is easily overpowered by other moodlets anyway.
All I wanted was for them to stop being miserable when thirsty and just go chow down on the first victim at hand. As it is, I have a couple of vampires at the moment and they are living with a mortal Sim, and even when they were both on the 'Irresistible Thirst' phase (with no Tamed Thirst perk), all they did was stand around complaining and hissing instead of just autonomously seeking a meal. I have to manually make them travel to a different lot and only then will it trigger the 'Drink Uncontrolably' action. Which I feel is quite silly. You guys are vampires, start acting like such instead of complain all the time that you're thirsty! :P
Now, AFAIK Mod Constructor hasn't been updated, which likely means creating the trait from scratch will be pointless. So it got me thinking perhaps I wouldn't need a trait at all, if I could just change the vampire moodlets (all three tiers) from being 'unconfortable' to being 'angry'. This would most definitely force them to feed more often instead of just whining about it (when their pockets are full of Plasma fruit no less!). I am guessing this would be some XML tuning. I've dabbled around in it but I've hit a wall and I can't seem to figure out what to do. So perhaps someone with more knowledge than me could help me out on this one?
Thank you!
TL;DR: is it possible to change vampires' thirsty moodlets from 'Unconfortable' to 'Angry'?