The Personality Mod ~ Version 1.3.1.2

Compatible with Patch 1.103

Change Log:
30th January 2024 ~ No Version Change
~ Updated Dutch translation

18th December 2023 ~ Version 1.3.1.2 ~ Please delete all older versions!
~ The Fortune Sim trait has been re-added to the reward store.

9th December 2023 ~ Version 1.3.1.1 ~ Please delete all older versions!
~ Tweaked the compatibility with the Social Compatibility.
~ The XML Injector is no longer a requirement (for the main file)
~ Updated whimsets to include new Wants.

27th July 2023 ~ No Version Change
~ Updated French translation

22nd July 2023 ~ Version 1.3.1
~ The traits are now compatible with the social compatibility system. Full list featured below.
~ The mod now requires Lot51’s Core Library
~ Fixed missing trait origin description for the Fortune Sim trait.

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The Personality Mod is the first larger mod I’ve made for The Sims 4.

You Will Need:

  • XML Injector ~ This makes the traits show up in the reward store. Don’t worry; the XML Injector doesn’t add anything to your game, it just allows this mod to work as intended. You need at least Version 3.
  • Lot51’s Core Library ~ This enables the traits to be used with the Social Compatibility system. It doesn’t add anything to the game, it just allows the mod to work as intended.
  • Custom Wants Mod ~ This is a loader mod for all my custom wants, so if you want my new custom-made wants, you’ll need to download this too.

What Does It Do?

The Personality Mod adds 12 reward traits to the Reward Store. Each of these traits are inspired by the six Aspirations from Sims 2: Family, Fortune, Knowledge, Pleasure, Popularity and Romance and there are primary and secondary versions of each (described below).
Each Primary trait costs 0 Satisfaction Points, so you can add the traits to newly created sims, straight out of Create-A-Sim. Secondary Traits cost 50 satisfaction points.

Each trait has it’s own set of Wants and those wants are directly inspired by the appropriate Wants from Sims 2. Because of this, the reward traits act like a base personality and influence the wants your Sim puts in.
For example, a Fortune Sim may wish to own their own business; a Family Sim may want to have a baby or adopt a dog; A Knowledge Sim will be curious about the supernatural etc.
The traits do not have any Buffs or interactions associated with them; just wants.

The Aspiration Addon Package

In the separate addon package, there are three new traits: Grilled Cheese, Power and Creativity, due to popular request. These are NOT essential but more an optional extra, should you want them. These also have Primary and Secondary versions.

The Wants

While there were some excellent wants available to suit each trait, I felt like many were missing. As a result, I set about creating my own. The Custom Wants Mod contains dozens of new wants and many have been assigned to the traits from The Personality mod. Among those wants are several wants for individual careers. Each of those wants will only turn up if a Sim has certain traits or skills, so they won’t be random.

Once again, the new wants are based on Wants from Sims 2 and should line up fairly nicely.

Primary And Secondary Traits

With the 1st February 2023 update, I added the option of having primary and secondary traits. Previously, you could add as many as you like to simulate this but now, you can have one of each.
In the reward store, each trait now denotes if it’s a primary or secondary trait. Primary traits still cost 0 satisfaction points; secondary traits cost 50 points.

The main difference here is that Wants from Primary traits have greater priority over Wants from Secondary traits.

Randomisation

If you don’t want to choose the personality trait for your Sims, you can randomise it.
With cheats enabled, shift + click on your Sim to bring up an interaction to Randomise Primary Trait and Randomise Secondary trait inside The Personality Mod. This will be calculated based on your Sim’s aspiration, traits and preferences and should therefore provide you with a personality trait that fits your Sim.

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💡The Technical Details💡
This mod is Base Game Compatible.
The traits are all integrated with the social compatibility system:

Family Sim ~ Family-Motivated Sims
Fortune Sim ~ Hard-Working Sims
Knowledge Sim ~ Cerebral Sims
Pleasure Sim ~ High-Energy Sims
Popularity Sim ~ Spirited Sims
Romance Sim ~ Romance-Enthusiasts
Creativity Sim ~ Idealist Sims
Power Sim ~ Hard-Working Sims

💡 Translations
The mod currently supports the following translations:
English (Me)
Chinese (GreenOnionC)
Danish (Josie)
Dutch (Britt Boons)(GothiqueAngel)
French (Kimikosoma)
German (Hendrik McSims)
Italian (Isy)
Polish (webkinzfrog)
Portuguese (Viniciousvill) (abronte)
Russian (Origamika GroupJoliebean)
Spanish (Sabrina Garcia, Full translation by Laura. Download Here)

💡Known Issues
~ The Grilled Cheese Sim trait currently has no Wants attached to it. This is because Maxis decided not to update any of the whims I’d used with this, so I’ll need to do it myself. Watch this space!

💡Conflicts
This mod doesn’t conflict with any other mods at this time.

💡Planned Updates
In the future, I plan a few updates for the mod:

~ New wants: I want to include some new wants relating to later packs. Additionally, I want to include a few more to line up better with Sims 2; particularly for Pleasure, Family and Romance sims.
~ An interaction to allow Sims to discover another Sim’s personality.

💡Download

The Personality Mod:
SimFileShare (Free) | Google Drive (Free)

The Personality Mod Aspiration Addon:
SimFileShare (Free) | Google Drive (Free)

If you have any problems, please head over to my Discord server and I’ll do what I can to help.

Credits
Without the following people, this mod would never have come to light:

AnotherPlumbob, for the idea and for early testing and feedback.
Zer0 and Mirai M on Discord for their input and suggestions to get started.
Scumbumbo for creating the XML Injector and Triplis for updating and maintaining it.
ChippedSim for answering my questions.
Marco for helping getting targeted whims to work!
Lot51 for the TDESC Browser and the Core Library
The creators of Sims 4 Studio
Sabrina Garcia, Britt Boons, Kimikosoma, Hendrik McSims, Viniciusvill, webkinzfrog, Origamika, Isy, Josie, GreenOnionC, Joliebean and GothiqueAngel for translating!

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