Strangetown extras: Off to college we go!

[strangetomato]

You'll get to see Jill and Buck in university in the next chapter, but I just got them set up there tonight, and I wanted to share a couple of pics right away. I thought I had enough willpower to keep it to myself until the update, but that sort of evaporated when the cutest thing happened autonomously, so you get a sneak preview.

That's right. The fish came too. *grin*

Buck got himself a flattering new haircut (or did he cut it himself?), and he's wearing one of my other favourite things about Kitchen and Bath: the argyle sweater! I have so much love for that outfit, and it's perfect for Buck. Just perfect.

The apartment that I picked just happened to be the perfect shade of purple to match Buck's stuff too. He loves it.




And here's Jill. I think she grew up cute. She's completed her funky new look with a striped jumper-type dress (with more green, of course) and some cool boots.




Hey, I can see Johnny, Ripp and Ophelia's apartment through the window! I can even kind of see that llama crossing road sign on the wall. That's a pretty high level of detail.




And this is what I just had to share with you: autonomous serenading! *heart melts* Buck is just too sweet. He gives me cavities.

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[simgarooop.livejournal.com]

I laughed so much when Buck became an adult in my legacy. My sister was watching me play, and just as he transitioned she said "What happened to that guy's nose?! Did he smash it against the wall or something?". But then again, this is the same sister who called me insane when I chose an alien sim as my heir too :P.

Personally, I like it a lot. I think it's unique and I'm so glad his daughter inherited it (and I'm hoping his future baby does too!).

Awww, there's nothing cuter than autonomous romantic interactions. The serenade one is so cheesy, but adorable. And it works with those two :D. The outfits are nice too!

Oh yeah! Get FT already ^^. Most of the bugs have been fixed somehow and the hacks have been updated too. You're gonna love the new objects.

[strange-tomato.livejournal.com]

I like his nose too, but it has to grow on you. It certainly adds character. I think it will usually be inherited, since larger or more extreme features are usually dominant (or so I hear).

The serenade is pretty cheesy, but very cute. I can see them doing it for a laugh. As friends first, I can see them not taking themselves too seriously and just being silly like that.

My favourite for ridiculous interactions has to be when a guy leaps into a girl's arms. Johnny pulls that on Ophelia every now and them, and she's surprisingly strong for a girl. *snicker* I also laugh myself silly when Johnny gooses Ophelia and Ripp gets embarrassed. He always cringes at the ass grabbing. Of course, he's a huge hypocrite, since he doesn't hesitate to offer the same move himself. I guess it's only cool when he does it. Silly sims.

I'm seriously only waiting for InSIM to update now, and I heard that it might happen soon. Once it does, I'm going to install it, and Bon Voyage too.

[simgarooop.livejournal.com]

When I suspected that my neighborhood was going to implode, I opened SimPe and took notes of all my sims stats so I could re-create them as close as the original. And of course, I peeked at their DNA data to keep the family genes consistent.

I don't know if this is something that randomly generated in every game (like turn ons and turn offs), but Buck's dominant features are first his nose and then his cheeks. If that's true in all sims games, be sure that nose will still be around when you "breed" him :P.

(And yup, he was also missing some recesive DNA skintone data.)

Yeah, I don't think anyone can take that serenade interaction seriously. Now that I think about it, Buck also does that a LOT with his wife, while her younger brother makes that "dude is crazy" gesture. It's very funny :P.

But the guy leaping into a girl's arms interaction gotta win them all! I've never seen it, though. And I can't imagine Ripp being embarrassed by that (or Johnny goosing Ophelia, though). Is it because he's very nice? I don't remember if he's shy or not, though.

You're gonna enjoy those EP's, I'm sure of that :). By the way, I've got a link to a tutorial that tells you how to disable the "launcher" (which I hate) when you start the game if you ever need it. And also the files you'd need to avoid "Securom" if you are worried about that.

[strange-tomato.livejournal.com]

I'm thinking that the dominant genes are not random, but set as the same by the game every time, like their recessive colours. I haven't tinkered around with the genes yet (I plan to give the Smith kids recessive red hair, for example), but I'll take note of it when I do, and see if it is the same.

How does recessive skin tone data play into genetics? I've read that any sim baby will just get a skin tone between the two extremes of his/her parents, and that's it (with alien being a little different). Is there more to it than that?

Do they do that crazy gesture for the serenade? :D That's awesome.

Yeah, Johnny leaps into Ophelia's arms every now and then. It's just too silly. I'm sort of glad they took equality of the sexes to the extreme, but that's a bit much in most cases.

Ripp's goosing hangups are related to niceness, as far as I can tell. He's not shy at all (he has 8 outgoing points), and he's really playful and nice (7 and 8 points, respectively... I guess you know where he doesn't have many points *snicker*). Or maybe he just makes a fuss because he feels left out. :P Ripp's personality spread makes him do a lot of those extreme personality animations, so he's always interesting to watch. I especially like the sponge bathing. He's such a slob. Though, surprisingly, Ripp never farts after he gets up from the table in my game. Never. I wonder if that is also related to niceness?

I'd love to see that tutorial, since the launcher seems like a pain. I will also gladly accept any advice about bypassing SecurRom, since I'd rather be safe than sorry.

[indigoleo.livejournal.com]

Yeah, any children Buck sires have a very good chance of inheriting his nose. At least one of his boys did the last time I bred him and their last daughter did, too. Unfortunately she never got to teen so I don't have a glimmer of how it would have been as an adult. Ripp cringes at ass grabbing that he is not a participant in? LOL! Silly Ripp! That's as bad as when I had my Ripp at college and one of the streaker girls came in. One of the guys that I was playing as gay was all "La-de-da-da..." nothing. Ripp was the one that acted all shocked. Good try, Ripp but no-one believes you.
I haven't really seen any jumping into each others arms automonously, but I've seen a lot of serenading. Loki likes to serenade Circe. He does it all the time.

I think they're really sweet together. I hope they can stay together. And I love that he brought the fish! :D

[strange-tomato.livejournal.com]

I don't mind the nose passing on. I want all of the Grunt noses to pass on to children. It's nice to have a family trait that's easy to spot like that. Johnny's nose is another one. It would be easy to know he was the father, if the kids gets his nose.

Yeah, Ripp isn't cool with goosing that doesn't involve him. Maybe that's his problem. I don't think I've seen Ripp do the shocked thing much, though. Johnny does it immediately when someone naked shows up. That's probably part of the reason that I felt he was a little prudish (and also just his more serious nature).

I like Jill and Buck together too. I'm not completely sure what will happen with them, but you know that they will always be friends, at the very least. (And we couldn't leave the fish behind, now, could we?)

[indigoleo.livejournal.com]

Actually, Vidcund passes on his nose very well, too. His alien son, Scott has his nose, hands down. And I think Colin, his other son, may have it also. I don't mind the beak-y noses too much really. I prefer them over the ones that look like they could give persian cats a run for their money!

[strange-tomato.livejournal.com]

Both of Vidcund's twins in my game have his nose, which is exciting. It means they'll look like their cousin, Johnny, as well as their father.

I greatly prefer too much nose to not enough nose, especially on a male.

[pixelcurious.livejournal.com]

Pixel has Vidcund's nose, too.

I greatly prefer too much nose to not enough nose, especially on a male.

Co-signed!!

...when someone naked shows up.

Why does this never happen in real life. >:/

[strange-tomato.livejournal.com]

The Johnny/Vidcund nose is cute and upturned on a girl, isn't it? I've actually used a cloned Johnny to make a lot of pretty female sims in CAS. Now, the distance between Johnny's nose and lips is a little less appealing on a woman. *snicker* That's one of his more alien features, isn't it?

I know. Nobody ever just runs into my house completely naked. It's just not fair. :P

[cindyanne1.livejournal.com]

What I always thought was funny about Ripp and the ass grabbing is sometimes when you tell him to do it, he'll whine at you like he doesn't want to! I figure it's the niceness factor in him. (loves) Nice sims just don't do such things, lol!

There's a cutoff of niceness though, because Lazlo is nice (not as nice as Ripp though) and he loves to goose... give that little cheer and everything, hee hee.

[strange-tomato.livejournal.com]

Ripp often does that little "YES!!" fist pump for most romantic socials. He's funny like that. I don't think I've ever seen him whine about delivering a goose, but I'll keep my eyes open.

Lazlo's not nice. He's dead even in that category. Neither nice nor grouchy. (And, other than that, he and Ripp have very similar personalities.) The cheer comes from the outgoing, I think. That's why they both do it.

I'd say the embarrassment only applies to those with 8 points and above. That's often the cut off point for those things.

[cindyanne1.livejournal.com]

Yeah, Ripp doesn't whine every time I tell him to goose, but he does do it. Makes me giggle because he'll do it on his own all the time but then complain when I tell him to, lol!

You're absolutely right about Laz... he's dead even. I guess I always considered sims to be "nice" when they didn't wave their arms over their heads yelling "Hey dopey!" when they wanted something, lol! But yes, he's neither one nor the other.

Buck on the other hand... doesn't he have, like 9 or 10 nice points? I'll have to check again next time I'm in my game. I know he's waaaay up there with it! So cute.

[strange-tomato.livejournal.com]

Silly whining sims. I've noticed that about Ripp too. Ripp whines about a lot of things, and I just think it's so cute.

Me: Clean the toilet, Ripp.

Ripp: But WHY?!!! I don't wanna! *grumbles and takes 2 hours to do it*

And, on the other hand...

Me: Clean the toilet, Buck.

Buck: YEESSSSS!!! *fun level skyrockets*

Buck is like Mr. Clean.

Buck does have 10 nice points, and 10 neat points too. Also, I think 10 serious, and the other two categories are 4 for shy and 6 for active (just off the top of my head... you can check in my character profile tag). So extreme, but in the sweetest way. I think that makes him the perfect family sim by design.

Johnny, also, is super high in niceness. He has 9 nice points (and yet he doesn't cry when pushed... he usually fights back, which is a little odd).