Vacation Temp extremes

"Jeanie" <Nobody RemoveThis @home.com> wrote in message
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> Yes. I've tried the Smart Milk and the Thinking Cap in the aspiration
> rewards and was unimpressed by either one. Most of those things look so
> goofy I don't know where in the world to put them on the lot! I've never
> even looked at the orb, though.

I used it once - Danny Morgan bought this sure fire machine from a bloke
down the pub that would, the bloke SWORE blind, make him irresistible to the
Ladeez. Hur Hur. Didn't work 'quite' as expected: less him being
irresistible and more him being unable to resist a nice toasty sandwich
filled with Cheese!

Best wishes
maxon
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DeAnn wrote:
> On Mar 25, 1:20 pm, "Jeanie" <Nob... RemoveThis @home.com> wrote:
>> maxon wrote:
>>> "DeAnn" <DeAnn... RemoveThis @gmail.com> wrote in message
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>>
>>> What ORB?
>>
>>> I think they mean the aspiration changer orb - it's an aspiration
>>> reward object, I think.
>>
>>> Best wishes
>>> maxon
>>
>> Yes. I've tried the Smart Milk and the Thinking Cap in the aspiration
>> rewards and was unimpressed by either one. Most of those things look
>> so goofy I don't know where in the world to put them on the lot!
>> I've never even looked at the orb, though.
>>
>> Jeanie
>
> I like smartmilk. Usually a parent can recover the aspiration points
> they use to buy it by training the toddler (for family oriented sims,
> anyway) and it gives the kid a bit of an edge in life. At one time, I
> did it with all toddlers, including age transition so they would be
> smart children (the effects last through that age stage if they glow
> during transition). Now I just use it with some of the sims who are
> more inclined to want it (family and knowledge parents).

The majority of my sim toddlers get it, and if you check with the lot
debugger, one bottle seems to be enough to keep their IQ at 300 through
toddlerhood. Most of them get more though. I do like them to get that
edge so they have spare time as children and teens for other things. They
all seem to stick at that 300 through the first evening of childhood, but
transition glowing hasn't made mine keep it all through their childhood
days. Some do seem to do that, but very few have been glowing.

I just had one child, who definitely wasn't glowing ( I just checked a pic I
took ) keep it right through the first half of her teens, too. She only
lost it when I was checking for a faulty download and ACR being out then in
again caused a reset. I sent her to college needing only 6 more skill points
to max the lot.


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kat
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"kat" <kat.news RemoveThis @ntlworld.com> wrote in message
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> The majority of my sim toddlers get it, and if you check with the lot
> debugger, one bottle seems to be enough to keep their IQ at 300 through
> toddlerhood. Most of them get more though. I do like them to get that
> edge so they have spare time as children and teens for other things. They
> all seem to stick at that 300 through the first evening of childhood, but
> transition glowing hasn't made mine keep it all through their childhood
> days. Some do seem to do that, but very few have been glowing.

Yes, it's actually a bug that some people like (never used it myself).
There's a degree of randomness as to whether they get to keep it.
Naturally, Pescado added it to the LotDebugger.

Best wishes
maxon
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Jeanie wrote:
> I sincerely hope someone addresses it soon. It's hugely frustrating
> and has really made me not even want to bother playing for a while
> now. Those "perks" to make motive decay slower actually speed it up
> and once you've set them, there doesn't seem to be any way to give
> them back and choose something else.
>
Actually there is. The orb that used to change aspiration can be used to
reset those.

Gareeth
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Gareeth wrote:
> Jeanie wrote:
>> I sincerely hope someone addresses it soon. It's hugely frustrating
>> and has really made me not even want to bother playing for a while
>> now. Those "perks" to make motive decay slower actually speed it up
>> and once you've set them, there doesn't seem to be any way to give
>> them back and choose something else.
>>
> Actually there is. The orb that used to change aspiration can be used
> to reset those.
>
> Gareeth

Really? I'd have never known that if someone hadn't told me because I've
never used the orb. But I might now, if I can ever get their dang
aspiration level up to gold!

jeanie
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Jeanie writes:
Gareeth wrote:
> Jeanie wrote:
>> I sincerely hope someone addresses it soon. It's hugely frustrating
>> and has really made me not even want to bother playing for a while
>> now. Those "perks" to make motive decay slower actually speed it up
>> and once you've set them, there doesn't seem to be any way to give
>> them back and choose something else.
>>
> Actually there is. The orb that used to change aspiration can be used
> to reset those.
>
> Gareeth

Really? I'd have never known that if someone hadn't told me because I've
never used the orb. But I might now, if I can ever get their dang
aspiration level up to gold!

jeanie

Me neither, wonder if there's a buyable orb.


LS
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lonestarlvn wrote:
> Jeanie writes:
> Gareeth wrote:
>> Jeanie wrote:
>>> I sincerely hope someone addresses it soon. It's hugely frustrating
>>> and has really made me not even want to bother playing for a while
>>> now. Those "perks" to make motive decay slower actually speed it up
>>> and once you've set them, there doesn't seem to be any way to give
>>> them back and choose something else.
>>>
>> Actually there is. The orb that used to change aspiration can be used
>> to reset those.
>>
>> Gareeth
>
> Really? I'd have never known that if someone hadn't told me because
> I've never used the orb. But I might now, if I can ever get their
> dang aspiration level up to gold!
>
> jeanie
>
> Me neither, wonder if there's a buyable orb.
>
>
> LS

Well, the orb is available fairly early on in the list of aspiration
rewards, before smart milk, I think. But if the sim is not platinum, you
chance having it backfire on you.

Jeanie
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