Diabetes Mod/ Diseases

[sonicrider11]

I'm type 1 diabetic, and i wish that sims could be too - i could have a mini version of myself, heehee :lol:

I seriously don't know that much about mods, but could they be made?

Hopefully someone will comment on this as i'm interested in this :)

Sonic :D

[Ladyhawke976]

I'm a type 1 diabetic as well. I was diagnosed at 14 and have lived with it for almost 22 years now. I understand what you are saying about diseases. It might seem odd to some but the random chance my character can get a major or minor disease/sickness and possibly be hospitalized or even die if they decide not to seek treatment would make my game all the more realistic. It would be somewhat interesting to see one or all of my sims children get the chicken pox or even a common cold or lice and stay home from school for a bit, while the parents run around tending them, catering to their every need. Or my infant get colic - like I had in real life. My grandfather would walk me up and down the hall and tell me stories while gently patting me on the back or rubbing my stomach. Though I was only a few months old at the time I swear I remember looking up at his face as he told me a story about pirates, absolutely transfixed. I even remember what the hall looked like and the painting hanging on the wall at the end.

He passed away when I was nine from prostate cancer, but I swear, that memory, or whatever it may be makes me tear up every time I think about it.

Interesting Idea. :)

[crocobaura]

I think it might work as a trait. That way you could code it so sims with diabetes trait get negative mood from the sugar rush when they drink nectar and maybe do other things. And they could inherit it or develop it. Not sure if modders can do traits though.

[charmedqueen]

I think that it would be a really cool idea to ... *quote from most of what Ladyhawke976 said* xD

While I'm not diabetic or anything, I'd love for my game to be more realistic and be able to have all that.

[Inge Jones]

And perhaps emulate hypoglycemia if they are more than a certain amount hungry. Use whatever it is makes the insane trait or drunk buff work, till they eat. For the hyperglycemia (too much sugar) it's probably enough to make them extremely sleepy till their hunger bar goes down a bit, as assuming one isn't going to have them actually doing a "have insulin injection" interaction, we have to assume they did have some earlier, and it will gradually bring their glycemic levels down. Probably a bit too much work to actually mod an accurate medication dosage and effect curve lol.

[High Plains Gamer]

I suspect it would not be all that hard for EA to implement diseases. We already have the mummy's curse, food poisoning and morning sickness.

I would see a disease as a negative moodlet which remains for a set number of days or until cured. It would be cured by going to the hospital and paying for a cure. EA could add occasional vomiting to the mix.

This would also make for a more interesting medical profession. Doctors would go around curing sick sims. Perhaps they would have to gather certain ingrediants to make a cure. Of course, this would be the THIRD incarnation of the medical career. (Third time's the charm!)

The trouble with a disease like diabetes is that it is both chronic and incurable. That means it would not be particularly interesting. I mean you could give sims a negative moodlet if they did not give themselves an insulin shot.

[Baiaana]

Not to be unrespecteful but real life is already hard and unrightful sometimes, why you would transfer your diseases in a game too? I mean, the great thing about games is that you can be a different being. Also if someone start putting diseases in sims 3 then this will open possibilities to do worst and out there are people, alot of people that don't need and don't want to be reminded of a disease they have, or parents have.
Or worst remeber them of dears they've lost due to a disease.
To me it seems not right, just my opinion.

[tangie0906]

There are periodic requests for illnesses and diseases on the official forum and they almost always result in big arguments between the people who want more realism and those who want to escape it. While I understand the desire to play out one's life, I feel that the resources made available to develop gameplay in TS3 seems to be very limited and I would prefer they use what little time and money they're given on fun and creative things. Just my 2 cents.

[lewisb40]

It's a mod, you can download or not download, no one forcing this mod in the game. :D

[High Plains Gamer]

Not to be unrespecteful but real life is already hard and unrightful sometimes, why you would transfer your diseases in a game too?

I tend to agree with you about real world diseases. I think diseases should be "fun" and lead to some amusement. We already have them in the game, in the form of the mummy's curse, food poisoning and morning sickness.

So we could have a disease like the Purple Phage, where your sim turns purple and gets a negative moodlet for three days. You could have a disease like "Dance Fever" where you sim continues to dance for the duration of the disease. And so on.

What this does is give some reason (other than having babies) for the hospitals in the game. Just as you might go to the science center to rid yourself of vampirism, you go to the hospital to cure Dance Fever. It also would give doctors something to do, with appropriate modifications to the medical profession.

[Srikandi]

There's always a lot of debate when these suggestions come up. But that's the great thing about mods -- to each their own, literally.

Sure, a mod like this could be made. If you're interested in learning to make it, you'll want to figure out exactly what features you'd want it to have, and then head over to the tutorials in the Create menu to learn how to implement those features. You can get help in the Modding Discussion forum.

If you want to find out whether anybody's done anything LIKE this, you could try the WCIF forum under Help.

[emino]

I always like random chances of diseases and deaths in the game. It makes the game more challenging and realistic. Like in The Sims Medieval.

Sometimes I just wanna see how would I cope if one of my sim had a random chance of (maybe 1-5%?) accidents at work and wont be returning forever (of course the game had to check first to make sure there will be another adult in the family). And contracting a 'disease moodlet' (10% chances of contracting it everyday) will help me make hard decisions whether to treat the sim (make good use of hospitals apart from being just a rabbithole), live with it with some difficulties (which should differ for temp disease and permanent one) or terminate them.

Some situations that can be implemented for some diseases moodlets would be rapid motive decay (energy, bladder, hygiene depending on the diseases) or behavioral, such as mummy walk, constantly fainting, puking etc.

Sadly, the people who I can see implementing this successfully is limited. Pescado is one, Twallan is another. Any other modders wanna take up the challenge?

[tangie0906]

It's a mod, you can download or not download, no one forcing this mod in the game. :D

True! Sorry I got a bit off-topic there. :beer:

[Srikandi]

Sadly, the people who I can see implementing this successfully is limited. Pescado is one, Twallan is another. Any other modders wanna take up the challenge?

Actually, we have quite a few talented script modders who have done some really remarkable things. I'd name a bunch more people but I'm afraid I'd leave somebody out and insult them ;)

Naturally, though, I was assuming that the OP wasn't requesting that such a mod be made FOR them, since requests aren't allowed at MTS ;)

[applefeather2]

I tend to agree with you about real world diseases. I think diseases should be "fun" and lead to some amusement. We already have them in the game, in the form of the mummy's curse, food poisoning and morning sickness.

So we could have a disease like the Purple Phage, where your sim turns purple and gets a negative moodlet for three days. You could have a disease like "Dance Fever" where you sim continues to dance for the duration of the disease. And so on.

What this does is give some reason (other than having babies) for the hospitals in the game. Just as you might go to the science center to rid yourself of vampirism, you go to the hospital to cure Dance Fever. It also would give doctors something to do, with appropriate modifications to the medical profession.
Brilliant idea! Wish that would land on the desk of every EA shirt/etc. person working there. :beer:

[Tiinii]

Apart from these really serious diseases like diabetes and such, I think it would be so great if Sims could just catch a cold every once in a while, or something along that line. I reckon nobody could really feel offended by something like that. I would just love to see them scatter their kleenexes all over the place ... ;-) But I guess one would need more than a Mod for this sort of thing.

[koololdster]

I'm type 1 diabetic, and i wish that sims could be too - i could have a mini version of myself, heehee :lol:

I seriously don't know that much about mods, but could they be made?

Hopefully someone will comment on this as i'm interested in this :)

Sonic :D

This may or may not be helpful, but check out the Sims 2 section. Someone made a glucose meter for their diabetic Sim :http://www.modthesims.info/download.php?t=466165&c=1

I think people would like having something similar in their Sims 3 game. I don't know if the modder has Sims 3, but you could ask. ;)

[sonicrider11]

Hi again, it's me, just to say that for people that say about their loved ones having the diseases and it's not nice having them in the game and things like that, it was just an idea. (sorry!)

oh, and it would be better as a mod because of those reasons. I also love the idea of 'fun' diseases (high plains gamer!) :)

[SuicidiaParasidia]

i think illnesses could be pretty fun (appendicitis, flu, food poisoning, allergies, stuff like that--stuff that you could have a choice to treat, but could also choose not to and let the sim die from it) but permanent, possibly terminal diseases...touches a little too close to realism. i wouldnt be opposed to "fun" diseases, made-up disorders and the like...but to me a mod pertaining to real diseases that have real effects would really make me frownyface.

[jthm_nny]

I think the best diseases to do would be DISABILITIES sims can be born with. I'd prefer my sim having Autism to my sim possibly dying. Plus if Asperger's could be a part of the sims it would make a more accurate self-sim.

[rian90]

Remember when we actually had to take care of our Sims? We had to make sure our pregnant sims ate well or there was a chance of actually dying. If our sim had the flu, we actually wanted to give them medicine or have them rest for a few days. Now I see these silly deaths where I have no chance of really making a difference, such as death by meteor or a message popping up telling me a sim drowned in the pool.

I personally wouldn't want real life diseases like autism in the game...although one could make an autistic sim using traits if EA would give us some more interesting traits. But I do like the idea of things like colds and influenza coming back. I know miscarriages are controversial, but a mod that required you taking care of your pregnant sims or they miscarried worked very well in my medieval hood. With ghost babies, it might be a little less controversial.

I love adding a little bit of randomness in my game but I want to have a chance of changing the outcome if I work at it. The Sims 3 is so devoid of any real challenge that a little bit might actually do a great deal for the game play. I want a life simulator, like a city simulator, one that is not so easy that I can walk away from my computer and the sims survive just fine without me. I really don't want to play 'Barbies' with my sims.

[SuicidiaParasidia]

Remember when we actually had to take care of our Sims?

last i checked, i still do have to take care of my sims...theyre too dumb to figure out how to eat when theyre starving. theyll just run off to the nearest sprinkler/trampoline, instead.

[rian90]

last i checked, i still do have to take care of my sims...theyre too dumb to figure out how to eat when theyre starving. theyll just run off to the nearest sprinkler/trampoline, instead.

Mine do as well, but if I leave them alone, they always take care of themselves just fine. Now, they may not do what I want them to do but I have never lost a sim unintentionally other than to old age, drowning, or fires.

[SuicidiaParasidia]

Mine do as well, but if I leave them alone, they always take care of themselves just fine. Now, they may not do what I want them to do but I have never lost a sim unintentionally other than to old age, drowning, or fires.

ive lost them to hunger, drowning, fires, old age, and herpderp-sparked electrocution. its really annoying, particularly when they get too tired to stay awake but too hungry to stay asleep long enough to regain even a sliver of energy.

[rian90]

Hmm, wonder why our games are so different? I have never had a sim starve to death. Even if I forget to stock the fridge (I have a mod that requires stocking), they still go out and find something to eat. Maybe it is because I do not use EA's Story Progression but instead use Twallans.

EA's SP does make the game more challenging, but not because it is done well. It makes it more challenging because I end up with houses with spawned kids and single dads, families moving around so much that I can't find them...or disappearing, and just stupid stuff that makes no logical sense. I don't find that fun. When I say I want challenge, I mean in a meaningful way. The careers are too easy, there are far to many buffs and other things that make skilling easy, without a mod, I can basically get any sim to marry another if I make them talk long enough (no chemistry) and I even find babies and children much easier than in Sims 2.

[Gnasher316]

It would be good to have things that apeared in Theme hospital for our medical sims to cure, Things like the following EA Made Illnesses, (click spoiler button)


Broken Wind
Chronic Nosehair
Corrugated Ankles
Discrete Itching
Gastric Ejections
Gut Rot
Heaped Piles
Invisibility
Sleeping Illness
The Squits
Transparency
Uncommon Cold
3rd Degree Sideburns
Fake Blood
Infectious Laughter
King Complex
Sweaty Palms
TV Personalities
Alien DNA
Baldness
Bloaty Head
Fractured Bonesachine
Hairyitis
Jellyitis
Serious Radiation
Slack Tongue
Broken Heart
Golf Stones
Iron Lungs
Kidney Beans
Ruptured Nodules
Spare Ribs
Unexpected Swelling

*edit* forgot to add a few new EA ones...



Broken store content syndrome.
Overbloated patches that dont work disease.
Laggy gameplay on uber PC virus.
Useless customer support cystitis.
Expansion packs that no one is really interested in disease.
Error code makes you want to turn your game into a coaster syndrome
And the rest.

[J. M. Pescado]

I'm curious as to what exactly the effects this would even have. What exactly would distinguish sims with the Diabeetus from other sims?

[Sirah81]

The Katy Perry Cupcake bra and uncontrollable eating of sweets/unhealthy food.

Nothing different from normal sims you say? Oh well...

[DuskTrooper]

Expansion packs that no one is really interested in disease.

Yeah, I suffer from this disease all the time!

[sonicrider11]

Okay, I actually have changed my mind about the diabetes thing, fun diseases seem the way to go? Who agrees?

[sonicrider11]

Siruh, please don't be mean by meaning that people who have diabetes eat sweets all the time. Please, go find a meaning of type 1 diabetes please, instead of saying things like that. It may be a joke, but I kinda find it a lil offensive. Anyway, fun diseases would probably be a whole lot funnier, hmm?

[Artimis]

*edit* forgot to add a few new EA ones...

Broken store content syndrome.
Overbloated patches that dont work disease.
Laggy gameplay on uber PC virus.
Useless customer support cystitis.
Expansion packs that no one is really interested in disease.
Error code makes you want to turn your game into a coaster syndrome
And the rest.

:lol: there so many to list with EA ones as their are so many problems with EA and sims 3.

[Artimis]

Is'nt their some illness in the sims games? I know their is flu in sims 2.

[sonicrider11]

No, sims can only get nauseous which isn't a lot of fun:L

[lleylanna23]

I'm type 1 diabetic, and i wish that sims could be too - i could have a mini version of myself, heehee :lol:

I seriously don't know that much about mods, but could they be made?

Hopefully someone will comment on this as i'm interested in this :)

Sonic :D



My twin sister, my oldest sister, and I are diabetic, but the doctors keep switching us between type 1 and 2.

[BL00DIEDHELL]

Please stop necroing old threads. Jesus Christ.