Plant sims

[scoed]

I can't find a topic about them. I love different super naturals and wanted to learn about plant sims. I don't have the EP yet so what can you all tell me about them. Thanks.

[Ricalynn]

Welcome to the forum!  There is some information about them in the First Impressions thread.

My experience with them so far is that PlantSims when harvested/picked from the ground by the forbidden fruit turn into a plant version of the person who picked them.  To become a PlantSim you have to eat a forbidden fruit or be turned into one by being a science test subject while at university  To get a forbidden fruit seed you need the science skill and it comes from gene splicing.

[Louise56]

Yesterday I've got my first plantsim and plant nooboo! I love it, the don't have to eat or go to the bathroom. They can talk in numerous ways to plants, even flirt with them lol. Everywhere they go, they leave a trail of flowers. It is really awesome!

[pallyndrome]

Does anyone know if plantsims can have babies the traditional way? As in, not through growing them, but with a partner?

[Ricalynn]

Does anyone know if plantsims can have babies the traditional way? As in, not through growing them, but with a partner?

PlantSims cannot become pregnant nor can they get someone pregnant.  Try for Baby will always produce a seed.  Genetics are not a part of the PlantSim coding.   

[pallyndrome]

Try for baby produces a seed? Does that seed then grow into a plantsim that has genetics from both parents, or is it just a normal clone of the sim who planted it?

[Ricalynn]

Try for baby produces a seed? Does that seed then grow into a plantsim that has genetics from both parents, or is it just a normal clone of the sim who planted it?

As I've said it is just a clone of the sim who planted it.   I did a test and talked about it on the first impressions thread.  I had a normal Sim and a plantsim try for baby.  I planted the seed and then added the local papparazzi to the house.  The paparazzi harvested the seed and that plantSim baby was the pap's clone/child.  PlantSims don't have genetics just a life state.

[Dextra2]

As I've said it is just a clone of the sim who planted it.   I did a test and talked about it on the first impressions thread.  I had a normal Sim and a plantsim try for baby.  I planted the seed and then added the local papparazzi to the house.  The paparazzi harvested the seed and that plantSim baby was the pap's clone/child.  PlantSims don't have genetics just a life state.

Does this mean that PlantSIms are banned from Life State Dynasties?

[pallyndrome]

Thanks Ricalynn (I hadn't read your test on the other thread).
Pity - I'm not much into clones. Oh well.

[Trip]

Does this mean that PlantSIms are banned from Life State Dynasties?

No, but with severe restrictions. Heirs can never be a PlantSim, spares can, and spouses can after they've provided a true heir.

These rules were recently posted on the Life States Dynasty thread itself.

[Chuckles_82]

Do plant sims have any special abilities, skills or needs? I remember reading that they need to stay hydrated, and soak up water in various ways, but that is all I know.

[Eldridge]

Of course, they do! Although I haven't playing much about PlantSims, this is what I can tell you:

Special abilities:
1. You can access Photosynthesize interaction. This will recover Energy and Water needs for that PlantSims.
2. You gain two type of kiss as special interactions.
- Flower kiss: this will give the target an 'Obsessed' moodlet for 8 hour and this interaction is considered as flirty.
- Poison kiss: I notice that I can unlocked it when I have a sims as an enemy. For the plantsims itself will gain 'Hydrated' moodlet that can boost their mood +30. For the victim they will have 'Poisoned' moodlet that last for 3 hours and suffer their mood for -25.
3. They can 'Commune with Plant'. The option that you can get:
- Ask About Day
- Get To Know
- Compliment
- Imply Mother Was Acorn
- Flirt

And it's seems the plant is talking back too to them. It's kinda creeped me out (look at plant not plantsims).
I don't know about what effect that can give them. Maybe somebody could point this out?
4. When they are walking around there's seem to have a special effect, like a trail of flowers.
5. I don't know if this can be called a special abilities, but others say when PlantSims try a baby they produces seed.

Skills: Don't know yet, so I can't say much.

Needs: Their Hunger and Bladder don't decay. The new one is Water.

[Cas]

PlantSims cannot become pregnant nor can they get someone pregnant.  Try for Baby will always produce a seed.  Genetics are not a part of the PlantSim coding.

[edit - proven to be caused by a mod - claim retracted! ]

[Ricalynn]

This is actually false.  Plant sims can get a regular sim pregnant, as has just happened in my game.  So I speculate that it is like with other exotics, where there is a chance for a regular sim child, or a plant sim seed to be created - but further experimenting needs to be done before we can be sure with any confidence.

I tried with 2 couples to get pregnant 8 times each and every time was with a seed.   Do you use mods?  Which was the plantSim the male or female as I used both.



edit: I just used a male PlantSim and a normal female Sim.   No supernaturalness involved at all.   I had them do nothing but try for baby over a 48 hour period and they both had fertility treatment.  She's not pregnant but she does have 97 forbidden fruit seeds.

[Cas]

The male was the plant sim, the female the regular sim.

I do use a few of Twallan's mods.  I guess it is possible they affect reproduction some how - I'll have to do some experiments.

Did you try with a female regular sim?