lazarusinashes

Storytelling Socials V1.0 [OUTDATED]

Added 2021-05-18 22:04:31 +0000 UTC

It's here!

This is a pretty big update. There are 14 new interactions. They are as follows:

Vent about Terrible Family: if your Sim has any of the negative relationship bits that come with Parenthood, they're able to vent about their family life being awful to a friend—not to someone they're related to (except cousins).
Bicker: an interaction for elderly spouses. Simmers who play old married couples: this one is for you!
Complain about Relationship: a general interaction for Sims in a romantic relationship. Either partner can complain about it. I left it general for storytelling purposes.
Instill with Cosmic Dread: a mischief interaction for Sims with a high Logic skill and a level 3 Mischief skill that allows them to scare someone over the size of space. This isn't a storytelling interaction; it's one inspired by personal experience. I often think about space and become horrified at the obscene size of it and the minuscule scale of humanity and Earth. Now you can do it to others in Sims!
Call Overbearing: Sims can now call Jealous partners overbearing. This was an interaction I added to make traits more weighty.
Argue about Cheating: if either Sim has cheated in a relationship, it can be brought up, which will make both Sims angry (Angry +2 to both). Please note that this isn't an actual Argue interaction.
Needlessly Embarrass: parents can give their children an embarrassed buff (+2) for absolutely no reason. It's a Mischief interaction.
Newlyweds Reminisce: when Sims are newlyweds (if they both have the Just Married! buff), they can reminisce about the first time they met, which will give both a +2 happy buff.
Spoil New Movie: Geeks can spoil new movies. If the Sim is not a geek, they get a +1 angry buff. If they're a geek, they get a +2 angry buff. There's also a Morrowind reference. Props if you get it.
Have a Heart-to-Heart: past 12 AM, best friends can have a vulnerable conversation which will leave them both feeling the love.
Accuse of Starting Drama: a catch-all interaction for storytelling. If your Sim has just one of a myriad of buffs—Aggravating Conversation, Beaten Up!, and Caught Cheating are a few—they can do this interaction.
Mock Movie Taste: Snobs can mock others' movie taste. Totally not inspired by someone I know (he's my best friend, it's fine).
Blame for Breakup: If a Sim is broken up with, they can blame someone other than their partner for causing it. Good example would be if a Sim was caught cheating, they can turn around to the person they cheated with and blame them for the break-up.
Compliment "Handiness": this is a fairly specific interaction. If you've WooHoo'ed with a Sim and you see them upgrading/repairing things, you can compliment their "handiness". Get it?

Responses are here! For certain interactions, Sims will perform a response after the initial animation finishes. Two interactions with new responses are "Call Unfamous Sim a Plebian" and "Reaffirm Love". "Needlessly Embarrass" also has one, as does "Confess Love for Best Friend". For example, if your Sim is famous and they do the aforementioned interaction, they will laugh condescendingly after. The target will do an Embarrassed animation.

More will come. For now, I think 6 interactions have them.

I also diversified some of the buffs; I ripped them from the game and imported them in the package to make sure it remains BGC, though I'm pretty sure all of the buffs come with the base game. Most notably, the Loner pep talk buff is now different and more fitting, I think.

At long last, Sims cannot do romantic interactions when sad or angry! This was something I wanted to do in the first version but didn't know how to. Turns out it's easy. Whoops!

A big one: "Confess Love for Best Friend" now shoots romance up by 45. "I Miss You" does the same. A little underwhelming if you're storytelling and your Sim finally works up the guts to tell their best friend they're in love with them... just for +15 to romance. Weak! That is now fixed.

Bug fixes:

Fixed an oversight in which spouses could congratulate each other on their marriage if one of their buffs faded before the other's.
Added the Loner trait icon to "Complain about Socialization".
Fixed a typo; it's Plebeian, not Plebian. Whoops!
Fixed "Thank for Good Parenting" resulting in blank text instead of the Sim's name.

Other notes:

Got rid of the "Express Relief Over Breakup" interaction as it was initially a placeholder for what ended up going in, "Call Inferior to Current Partner".
Initially an interaction, "Beg to be Taken Back", was planned for this version. It's in the package file but currently does not show up when it should. Next version will rectify this issue.

Requirements reminder: