Mod The Sims - Testers Wanted: Free Will Plumbbob ver 3g & lite

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Testers Wanted: Free Will Plumbbob ver 3g & lite

by dizzy2 Posted 2nd Aug 2005 at 6:55 AM - Updated 19th Sep 2005 at 9:26 AM by dizzy2 : Update

60 Comments / replies (Who?) - 25 Feedback Posts

This mod lets you selectively change individual free will of your sims, using the plumbbob. Just click on the plumbbob, and select either "Player Control" or "Free Will" (the option is either one or the other).

Note: The "lite" version is the original (for those who prefer less clutter in the pie menu).

NEW: Fixed a bug with off-world process handling.

Version 3g disables censor at all times.

"Ask Plumbbob" Free Will mode makes the sim consult the all-knowing plumbbob before going and doing something stupid anyway. "Ask Plumbbob" is now tuned properly and guards against overuse of fun actions (although you still have to manually unstick some things like chess or hang out). Tuned to be large family-friendly.

"Social" and "Fun" engage the partial free will, which makes them focus on either social or fun actions. Partial free will runs until one of the their tangible needs starts to get too low, then switches to "Ask Plumbbob" mode.

You must have the expansion or stuff packs listed below installed to use this custom content. Please see the post text for any exceptions.

Key: - File was updated after upload was posted

Filename - Tip: You can click the magnifying glass to see the archive contents	Size	Downloads	Date
free-bob3g.zip Size: 2.6 KB · Downloads: 3,748 · 19th Sep 2005	2.6 KB	3,748	19th Sep 2005
free-bob-lite.zip Size: 534 Bytes · Downloads: 3,061 · 6th Aug 2005	534 Bytes	3,061	6th Aug 2005

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Silver_wing

Lab Assistant

2nd Aug 2005 at 7:06 AM

coooooooooooooooooooool

fergofrog

Test Subject

2nd Aug 2005 at 7:43 AM

cooool this will help alot thanks

Guest

2nd Aug 2005 at 8:22 AM

yeah thx, this will help alot

Ravynlee

Field Researcher

2nd Aug 2005 at 11:50 AM

An excellent idea that Maxis themselves should have incorporated into basic gameplay IMHO. Excellent stuff. Well done, especially handy for those of us running extended (and evergrowing) sim-families!

Cymoril

Lab Assistant

2nd Aug 2005 at 12:42 PM

Pure Brilliance!! Off to try it out on some of my bigger families...........

Inge Jones

One horse disagreer of the Apocalypse

2nd Aug 2005 at 12:45 PM

Nice idea - looks convenient to use as well.

KittieKhiKi

Field Researcher

2nd Aug 2005 at 1:21 PM

Great idea, thanks a lot :D

Nickieboy2004

Lab Assistant

2nd Aug 2005 at 2:01 PM

Yeah, I hate characters sitting around. Thanks, I'll give this a try as well!

Ysabella

Lab Assistant

#10

2nd Aug 2005 at 3:39 PM

This is fantastic. Wonderfull! Great work

Guest

#11

2nd Aug 2005 at 4:41 PM

Cool. Free will is overrated in my opinion.

cestmoi

Field Researcher

#12

4th Aug 2005 at 12:18 AM

Great idea............Thanks a lot

Mojo

Field Researcher

#13

4th Aug 2005 at 4:50 AM

That is so cool. Thanks a bunch.

AmandaPanda1988

Forum Resident

#14

4th Aug 2005 at 2:33 PM

thank you so much! No more standing around sims... or sims killing themselves because they are.. very dumb lol.

jordi

Instructor

#15

7th Aug 2005 at 12:34 PM

What is the "Ask Plumbbob" mode supposed to do exactly, other than preventing fun interactions to go ahead if a Sim has full fun?

dizzy2

Field Researcher

Original Poster

#16

8th Aug 2005 at 8:12 AM

"Ask Plumbbob" turns off the free will and allows the plumbbob itself to issue commands to the sim. The plumbbob is mostly programmed to tell them to do things in a very general way, but for when they are low on energy it can get very specific. Mostly, it just tells them to go sit down somewhere. :D

GuiliusBelmont