#3
1st Apr 2007 at 3:51 AM
Hey, I completely agree.... I mean their crazy antics and expressions can really be hilarious and alot of fun, but when you want to make more serious and laid back characters, it just doesn't work as well...
For instance, you can change their personality to be either Serious or Playful, or Athletic or Lazy. But even when you make them this way, they still all get the same extremely enthusiastic or exaggerated expressions (and actions too. Shouldn't a serious sim play videogames getting a little frustrated, and lazy sims play it rather neutrally? Everyone gets into it like some hyped little kids!).
This is annoying especially for particularly unique faces that may have kind of angrier eyebrows by default, so that when he does get angry in the game, his brows go down too far, right through his nose, and completely hiding his eyes! But what can be done about it?
I don't know if any modders can possibly correct these things, but what would be great is if Maxis would allow us to control some of these things. Such as, when you build a sim, you make his default face, but also have an expression tester, and you can adjust how his expressions look. You should also be able to select their voice, or even add in a reference clip of your own, in which the game would automatically be able to generate "Simmish" using that voice (dunno if that last idea is possible).
It would be great if these things ever happen. :P