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\nOne of my main problems with Sims 4 is how the Aspirations work. Rather than being lifetime commitments like previous games, they’re more like extended tutorials. At last for me, this resulted in shallow and one-minded gameplay. I also wanted Aspirations to be more challenging, it should not be a guarantee that every Sim completes their Lifetime Aspiration IMO. They’re supposed to require some hard work, and maybe even a little luck.<\/p>\n
So I set out to fix it! This mod reworks Aspirations to get rid of their multiple levels\/goals. Instead, they now have only one goal. They also all reward the same amount of satisfaction points (5,000). The result is a game which doesn’t just encourage following a single path, and makes Sims feel more individual. It also encourages exploring different areas of the game. I don’t think I’ve played certain careers or done certain activities ever just because they weren’t tied to an Aspiration, and this mod helps alleviate that issue.<\/p>\n
My Sims used to be nothing more than digital Satisfaction Point slaves, but not anymore!<\/p>\n
WHAT THIS MOD DOESRevamps all Aspirations (except Star Wars ones) to be a single, more difficult, objective.All revamped Aspirations reward 5000 Satisfaction Points.Moves the Jungle Explorer Aspiration to the “Locations” category and hides the “Star Wars” category until the player visits Batuu.
\nDISCLAIMERS:I’ve done my best to set each Aspiration goal so that it will take til the late Adult\/Elder life stage to complete in normal gameplay (aka not just spamming interactions), but I can’t really verify this without playing through every single one individually. Frankly, I don’t have the time to do this right now, so I will very likely be tweaking the goals based on feedback and as I gradually work through each one.Think of this a sort of early access release for now.Since these Aspirations don’t reward satisfaction points until they are completed, and under normal circumstances it should only be realistically possible to complete 1 or 2 Aspirations in a lifetime, I would recommend playing with Whims enabled to ensure a steady stream of satisfaction points.
\nFUTURE PLANS:Continue to adjust goals (and rewards?) for ideal gameplay balance.Introduce a new “Occult” category, and move all Vampires\/Realm of Magic Aspirations there to help free up space in other categories.I’m working on brand new Aspirations to help round out often-ignored sections of the game. I have 26 planned so far, but I would really love to hear everyone’s ideas and suggestions!!! If anyone has tips on creating my own gold icons as well, I could use some help there! My attempts so far are decent, but don’t match the look as much as I’d like.
\nPROGRAMS USED:<\/p>\n
I ended up doing almost all of the work by hand-editing XML files, but Zerub’s Mod Constructor V4 was very helpful in figuring things out. And, of course, Sims 4 Studio.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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