Doing Great! Child Character Values (Parenthood) - The Sims 4 Super Sim Let's Play Part 4

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  • In this part of my Super Sim Let's Play, I attempt to correct earlier mistakes. I hadn't focused hard enough on the character values system, and had not yet joined Scouts, both of which are necessary to my Sim's build. Here I take care of that and discover a few exploitative means to level them up as a child, setting the stage for a great teen phase.
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  • @CarlsSimGuides
    @CarlsSimGuides  5 ปีที่แล้ว +57

    Here are the current parts to this series:
    #1 Making a Top Notch Toddler th-cam.com/video/TpeXX-eV2K8/w-d-xo.html
    #2 Starting Childhood th-cam.com/video/DIcQa-hz-iY/w-d-xo.html
    #3 Finishing Childhood Aspirations th-cam.com/video/pAmUfRdoGm8/w-d-xo.html
    #4 Parenthood Character Values th-cam.com/video/F8c3aUmTN2M/w-d-xo.html

    • @SJJOHNSONWEBB
      @SJJOHNSONWEBB 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Hey Carl! I think the help fix bad relationship interaction helps with conflict resolution! Love the vids!

    • @SWGapps
      @SWGapps 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Could you add one for all the secret things like "Father winters child" and "Sulani mana" if there are more? Oh and if you buy a bunch of toys and scatter them around then have them pick them up as a toddler they get responsibility and motor.

    • @CarlsSimGuides
      @CarlsSimGuides  5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      SWGapps - Yeah I'll be using Father Winter and Sulani Mana in the actual guide to this. I wasn't worried about including them on this Sim but it's definitely going to be mentioned along with bloodline for caster.. but that last one comes very near to making everything else pointless.

  • @bernadette3564
    @bernadette3564 5 ปีที่แล้ว +372

    Fastest way to level up values:
    Manners: Spam Friendly Introduction on new sims
    Responsibility: Homework, School Projects, Good Grades
    Empathy: Volunteering
    Conflict Resolution: Teach to Say Sorry
    Emotional Control: Write in Journal

    • @gumballz.9259
      @gumballz.9259 5 ปีที่แล้ว +56

      Responsibility: buy a toy box -> leaving all the toys out -> make your sim go collecting them. They will go collect toy one by one and farms responsibility points like crazy.

    • @CarlsSimGuides
      @CarlsSimGuides  5 ปีที่แล้ว +44

      I think that since I didn't get enough teach to say sorry, I'll need to make mom start some conflicts while junior mends fences. it'll be fun at least, and if it works out I can share that workaround for people who start too late like I did :)

    • @SHANNON1225NICOLE
      @SHANNON1225NICOLE 5 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      Wind down on the radio is good for emotion control too .

    • @deebraun7488
      @deebraun7488 5 ปีที่แล้ว +29

      I prefer to up manners by setting the table every time there's space to do so, also I prefer to have my teens "jog to clear mind", as it fixes bad moods as well as gives you fitness for scouts and emotional control. Three birds, one stone. Happy simming!

    • @PositivelyNice
      @PositivelyNice 5 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      Bernadette Playing with Emotion on Violin helps Emotional Control a whole bunch too. My Child Sim can reach Level 8 Violin and the teen usually starts writing the first song. And my teen ends up earning their first money from licensing a song, hitting level 10 in adult violin.

  • @OrpheusMC
    @OrpheusMC 5 ปีที่แล้ว +314

    When the gnomes started swarming me after I pissed them off I just entered build mode and sold them all for a nice chunk of change.

    • @TrufanNW
      @TrufanNW 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      I don't know if my game was glitched but I destroyed them all and nothing happened. Except that the Sim collected the items they had.

    • @Lerasium
      @Lerasium 5 ปีที่แล้ว +31

      I don’t even bother with interacting with gnomes at all. I just sell them right away and take the free money.

    • @Cyberlucy
      @Cyberlucy 5 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      I sell them as well. I interact enough to meet the holiday requirements and then they are gone.

    • @LadyYepperz
      @LadyYepperz 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      If my sim is in a small apt and the gnomes are in the way. I put them in my family inv. except one .. do the holiday requirement. Then sell them cuz my sim is usually broke and in need of the cash.... SOMETIMES! And at other times, i keep them cuz they boost the room score.

    • @gachagirl3244
      @gachagirl3244 5 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      I'm so glad a couple of people do this. I feel no guilt for that money. Haha.
      I don't bother interacting with them though. "Oh? The gnomes appeared? Free money!" *sells them in build mode*

  • @ImSoBlessed2010
    @ImSoBlessed2010 5 ปีที่แล้ว +242

    Writing in the journal raises emotional control & gives writing skill. Children & teens can do it.

    • @Miandey
      @Miandey 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Yes writing in your personal dairy is helping emotional control a lot :)

    • @tabytastick
      @tabytastick 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Also winding down to classical music on the radio.

    • @pixieonthemoon8633
      @pixieonthemoon8633 5 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      jog to clear mind works in your teens also

    • @ImSoBlessed2010
      @ImSoBlessed2010 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      pixieonthemoon yeah I forgot about that too. Plus you get the fitness skill & weight management.

  • @HaleyHinman
    @HaleyHinman 5 ปีที่แล้ว +96

    One of my favorite things on the internet is when Carl gets salty. Kick a gnome, it doesn't go well, and he cusses in dismay. Joy ensues in his viewers!

  • @xcalium9346
    @xcalium9346 5 ปีที่แล้ว +67

    A great way to increase empathy is by volunteering as a family. It increases it a LOT and is a rabbithole so it doesn't require effort. You can do it on the computer when you click "household..."

    • @deebraun7488
      @deebraun7488 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      The major issue I've run into with volunteering is that you get those random pop ups that make you lose points on traits. I find using the doctor toy (and encouraging) takes far less time and less headache to get empathy up.

  • @Tru1Tani
    @Tru1Tani 5 ปีที่แล้ว +115

    Teen emotional control is easily obtained by "jogging to clear mind" and it raises fitness

    • @anigodess
      @anigodess 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Tru1Tani I use the journal. Tense- angry - sad - write it away and no problem.

    • @Tru1Tani
      @Tru1Tani 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@anigodess I know about the journal, I found jogging got rid of negative moods faster, so to each their own. And it keeps them fit

  • @Iyasenu
    @Iyasenu 5 ปีที่แล้ว +83

    Carl, didja know that giving gifts affects empathy?
    Any gift. Even the kind where you don't actually give anything from your inventory, like "Give Funny Gift".

    • @CarlsSimGuides
      @CarlsSimGuides  5 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      Yep I did that in this session, but realized how long it'd be and that footage is after this :) Now, I didn't realize about the 'give funny gift' but I sure have a lot of lemons...

  • @mindlessmedia4444
    @mindlessmedia4444 5 ปีที่แล้ว +52

    Carl, I love and appreciate your sims guides and your voice (oddly) but i found your channel when i wanted to know why my sim was getting fat and your thorough guides and videos helped me solve my problem and I been hooked ever since. Long story short thank you for your uploads and passion regarding the sims. I appreciate you and your doing a great job!!!

    • @NuclearDystopia
      @NuclearDystopia 5 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      i like his voice also! in these more full length plays he's a bit more animated, but in his regular guides he sounds so monotone and sarcastic, but in a good way. haha

    • @mindlessmedia4444
      @mindlessmedia4444 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@NuclearDystopia I agree

    • @CarlsSimGuides
      @CarlsSimGuides  5 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      That fat sims video has helped a LOT of people find the channel it seems.. Thanks for the kind words.

  • @gumballz.9259
    @gumballz.9259 5 ปีที่แล้ว +86

    Weird... because Conflict Resolution is the easiest one for me. All I need to do it to Parenting - Teach to say sorry and then spamming Encouraging that behaviour?

    • @gumballz.9259
      @gumballz.9259 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      I'm currently doing a same same super sim + super sim children let's play. And I found out the hardest badge to get is the Outdoor activities one and the Social Aspiration.
      Any tips on that? Should I have a family outing? Or just having a club with all her friends to max socializing?

    • @CarlsSimGuides
      @CarlsSimGuides  5 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      Know what, I did that at one point in this video but it didn't make the cut I think. It did seem to work I just expected the interaction to expire. I'll give it a shot in a test run. Thanks.

    • @gumballz.9259
      @gumballz.9259 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@MissRyukkie cool I'll try that later. Any tips how to make friends quickly? Or I should just be like Carl and spamming taking photos?

    • @claireravenwood2196
      @claireravenwood2196 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@gumballz.9259 Buy the Incredibly Friendly reward trait as soon as you can. Then use friendly introductions to get the relationship bar most of the way there. Building snowpals together gives a huge friendship boost. For outdoor activities badge, go fishing. It gives a point every time they start fishing so queue up 6 fishing actions and cancel soon after they start.

    • @ameliaj8791
      @ameliaj8791 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Z. for outdoor activities spam fishing, switching from post to post or finding frogs.

  • @CarlsSimGuides
    @CarlsSimGuides  5 ปีที่แล้ว +26

    About the ongoing captions issue.. I got IBM Watson to automatically read the wav file from the project, and it spit out oh.. 80% accurate words and even some punctuation. It takes about half the time to do this because I'm not typing from scratch myself. I think I found a long term solution. This goes hand in hand with not making videos 40m+ in series, as it's easier to get a part done, get script made, when it's not so long. Then I can motivate and move on to the next one vs dreading a huge captions file :)

    • @harrisonhaverly3516
      @harrisonhaverly3516 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      There's also some websites you can try, votch.tv for example gives captions and can also translate to different languages. rev.com is also good but pretty expensive since they use human transcribers.

  • @ameliaj8791
    @ameliaj8791 5 ปีที่แล้ว +21

    I love carl’s voice, it’s so wholesome.

  • @LadyYepperz
    @LadyYepperz 5 ปีที่แล้ว +24

    *Carl!!!! OMG!!* If you hadnt kicked that first gnome youd have been ok. The ones with the fire over their heads would have broken things but the one with the halo would have gone behind them and fixed it all again. You could have just left them alone and had no issues @ that point. LOLOL.. In my games i just ignore the gnomes all day then do one appeasement @ about 1:45 am. I complete the holiday requirement without giving the *ONE* gnome enough time to break anything (if unhappy) before they are dormant again. Annnnd they can sometimes be worth a nice chunk of change when selling them.
    Edit: Oh yeah! And you only have to *attempt* to appease one per each sim. Not all of them.

  • @maeb3147
    @maeb3147 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I loved the part with the gnomes! I look at your guide every Harvestfest so it was hilarious to watch you talk about your guide and then not even look at it. My husband picked that moment to look at my computer and the look on his face was great. He had no idea what was going on with the angry gnomes.

  • @jennw6809
    @jennw6809 5 ปีที่แล้ว +22

    About 12 minutes in, I started thinking, "Gee, I wish MY parents were that concerned with my emotional management when I was a child." Then, Carl decided to have mom be mean. But happily, Carl decided to make Kobe sad another way.

  • @aoefeable
    @aoefeable 5 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    I always offer gnomes coffee, I’ve found it gives them halos more often than not. Mind you I like when I get one that breaks things because it helps my Sims up their handiness skill and scavenge for parts.

    • @HazelGrey.
      @HazelGrey. 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      EeeFah Aoefe pies always gives them halo. Who doesn’t like pies!

  • @BriRe622
    @BriRe622 5 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    You can also ask the kid about their phase, and they will usually tell you what will help them get over it.

    • @itzelgc4637
      @itzelgc4637 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Thanks for the tip!!!

  • @claireravenwood2196
    @claireravenwood2196 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I make Super Sims frequently (I'm a bit of a completionist). This is the most efficient way I've found.
    Conflict resolution: Focus on during toddler and child. Have the parent Teach to Say Sorry, and Encourage them for it.
    Empathy: During childhood play with the doctor/teddy playset over and over again.
    Emotional control: Buy them a journal once they hit childhood. Have them write in it every day after homework plus when they have a negative moodlet. Increases Creative and Writing skill as a bonus.
    Manners: Set the table after every meal and clean up all dishes/spoiled food.
    Responsibility: By far the easiest so this is the one that always takes the hit in parenting advice popups. Just have them do their homework every day.

  • @CyberZombie
    @CyberZombie 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    emotional control. can be done using the journal/diary, during the mood you want to shorten. it counts towards the emotional skill as well as shortens the time spent upset.

  • @Shan_Nelle
    @Shan_Nelle 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    A diary helps with emotional control and gains them the writing/ creativity skill as well

  • @alyssam8550
    @alyssam8550 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Bunny wants salad, naked dude wants toys, ghost wants fruitcake, alien wants future cube. Bear, reaper, and swimsuit want pie, and everybody else wants coffee.

  • @nenelevy9925
    @nenelevy9925 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    The best thing for emotional children and teens is to play violin and get enough skill for the play with emotion action. It raises a skill and emotional control

  • @SockTrollQueen
    @SockTrollQueen 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I think having the parent teach the child to say sorry helps with conflict control.
    Also, I am having fun watching this series.

    • @sarah4hp
      @sarah4hp 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Yes, but cue it up so she will do it over and over again, because otherwise it will take forever. If you have already aged him up though it will be extremely hard and time consuming.

    • @ImSoBlessed2010
      @ImSoBlessed2010 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Yes and please & thank you works for manners. It can be done from toddlers to teens life stages and stops as adults.

  • @Alister222222
    @Alister222222 5 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    A few tips:
    Emotional Control: The easiest way I have found to gain this is to Play with Emotion on violin. Other instruments allow you to Play with Emotion, but in the current version of the game, only on violin does it not time out (e.g. you can play all day without it stopping if you like, unlike with guitar and piano which stop after about half an hour in sims time).
    Manners: One time, I was raising twin boys, and one of them had low manners by the time he reached teen. I discovered it was hard to get manners as a teen, so I set up a manners 'sweat shop' with four of the longest tables I could find, fully surrounded with chairs. You can queue up 'set table with' for all four of the tables (or as many as you want), and then if you have normal ageing on you will want to put the tables in your household inventory to instantly remove the setting, then put the tables back out and get the teen to set them again, until they reach max manners. It is not time efficient for sims to unset the tables themselves, since that requires clicking on all the place settings and doing each individually.
    Empathy: For teens, do volunteering, and do it early. It does give empathy (a lot of it) but the random events can also give large boosts to the other character values as well (as well as sometimes reduce them). You can also gain skill boosts from volunteering.
    Conflict Resolution: The best way to do this IMO is to do it as a toddler and 'teach to say sorry' - it maxes it out very fast and builds communication, and is one you should always do as toddler if you can. As a teen it's harder, and I think I usually do it through 'help fix relationship' on friends and acquaintances a lot. Also apologize if you upset someone, and other related socials seem to push it up over time. It does require a fair bit of socializing, which is why I find this one kind of annoying.
    Responsibility: This nearly always just happens on its own if you do your homework and be sure to always get to school on time (and I think? study hard at at school also helps). No special action needed, and I usually find it gets maxed on a normal lifespan child well before aging to teen. I sometimes hold back on 'do extra credit' just in case a negative effect pushes you out of range, so you can sit and 'do extra credit' to bump it back into bonus range.

  • @heatherg4459
    @heatherg4459 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Once they hit teens, jog to clear mind is a great emotional control interaction, plus they gain the fitness skill. Conflict resolution is a little harder. "Help Fix Bad Relationship..." is about the only thing they have outside of the random daily pop-ups from school. Volunteering sometimes provides conflict resolution too.

  • @lizburgess4398
    @lizburgess4398 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Carl, I'm so loving your take on Super Sims. Especially like how you respond to setbacks. I reached a stalemate with my game. I have the never weary trait making it impossible to finish my Island aspiration (can't doze off on a float).

  • @gachagirl3244
    @gachagirl3244 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    The gnomes are a nightmare.
    I feel no regret to opening up the build mode and selling them all. They're yours after the holiday ends anyway. Haha.

  • @giggles4953
    @giggles4953 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Writing in a Journal increases both writing skill and emotional control. Also, get the scarecrow so that he can weed and water the plants so you dont have to. :)

  • @Marxnchill
    @Marxnchill 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Basically, have the mom make tons of enemies and try to fix her relationships over and over again. Also, put the mom in a club to meet more sims to either make enemies with or utilize their already existing bad relationships. The club feature will be your best bet.
    And my biggest tip: Try to queue up those interactions while paused with each individual sims before pressing play - the "help fix bad relationship" is only usable "once" an hour or so.
    However, since I found the reward trait for conflict resolution useless, I dont even try for it anymore.

    • @CarlsSimGuides
      @CarlsSimGuides  5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Since I did age up to teen in the footage I have, this is my most likely solution. Thankfully I do not have to go very far with conflict resolution and on the bright side can share how you might attempt it :)

    • @thefakeoneme7685
      @thefakeoneme7685 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@CarlsSimGuides KOBY LOBBY MOBY

  • @whackink
    @whackink 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    I don't have anything clever to comment about, I just love your videos so much! my kids sit around the computer with me and we've been binge-watching them all for the sims 4

  • @Nisha_Chantel
    @Nisha_Chantel 5 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    I think teens can write in the private journal to raise emotional control or conflict resolution (i can't remember which one)

    • @SimmerMum
      @SimmerMum 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      emotional control

    • @abbey122
      @abbey122 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Kids can do it too

  • @Iyasenu
    @Iyasenu 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Also for Conflict Resolution, I always just ran up to someone, did a Mean interaction with them once, then did a smooth apology.
    You lose a tiny amount of Conflict Resolution or Empathy from the Mean action depending on what it is, but you gain a lot back with the apology.
    There's a timer on apologizing to the same person, so you should go somewhere with multiple Sims, like a Bar or a Library, but you can get this done really quickly.

  • @filzahpeppy132
    @filzahpeppy132 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I loveeee this seriesss!! It’s so calming to watch and ahhh I love it

  • @brittanyr5294
    @brittanyr5294 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I had my sim’s parents continue mean interactions with other sims, then the teen could “try and fix bad relationship.” This way they don’t lose other statuses while earning conflict resolution.

  • @TheBioExplorer
    @TheBioExplorer 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Listening to classical music & playing instruments with emotion can help with emotional control.

  • @rachelgilbert3164
    @rachelgilbert3164 5 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    "Oh great, she's a celebrity." --> Eat lemon

    • @giggles4953
      @giggles4953 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Reading your comment made me laugh so hard because I didnt even notice.

  • @LadyYepperz
    @LadyYepperz 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    If you overmax the childhood skills they will start working on adult skills. Been a while since i played with children but i remember my kid working on a few adult skills BEFORE aging up to a teen. Unless EA changed it. A child will continue to learn. And if im wrong (80% sure im not) then i think the skill levels are hidden until they age up and the overmax causes the teen to jump levels the moment they start using that skill. I.E. overmax the creative skill = teen jumps 2 or 3 levels as soon as he/she tries painting for the 1st time.

  • @Micro-Nova
    @Micro-Nova 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Thank you Carl, it was a good one! It seems raising a child in Sims is more work than in real life!

    • @aoefeable
      @aoefeable 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Findme Atglen 😂

    • @irishduchess7577
      @irishduchess7577 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      If only you got levels for parenting in rl! “Child, I’m level 7 1\2 in parenting. Let me save you some grief-don’t do (insert any number of bad but fun activity here!). It ends badly, and nowadays, on the internet!”

  • @nikkistagger4589
    @nikkistagger4589 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Hi Carl I've found it best to start during toddler stage have parents teach to say sorry at least 2 times a day thru childhood conflict resolution will cap out! ✌

    • @CarlsSimGuides
      @CarlsSimGuides  5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Yep this really is the best way. Doing empathy was a mistake as it's the easiest one to do in teen years by volunteering.

  • @kendo2377
    @kendo2377 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Just binge-watched parts 1-4. I guess maybe I should give Sims4 another chance.

  • @kurisu6312
    @kurisu6312 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    You know what they can do to avoid excessive exploits? Just use the quirk system from Get Famous, like if you do it too many times in a short time you'll get a somewhat troublesome trait

  • @johnswensen6669
    @johnswensen6669 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Every sim should have a journal (available at bookcase - children's books). It raises emotional control in kids and teens AND writing in journal removes neg emotions faster for all ages.

  • @KendraCarson
    @KendraCarson 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Also the journal is great for emotional control!!!

  • @Ellerwind
    @Ellerwind 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    There is a nightlight that will stop the monster? Why do I find out things like this to late lol. Love the video (and the work you do).

    • @tealkerberus748
      @tealkerberus748 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Ellerwind I've found I learn even more from the comments on sims vids than I do from the game play - but I've learnt a lot from watching game play too.

  • @briannajohnson5484
    @briannajohnson5484 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Get a journal! You get writing and conflict resolution!

  • @zero_zta734
    @zero_zta734 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    You really help me with my panic attacks your videos always make me laugh keep it up ❤️

  • @annaa5749
    @annaa5749 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Conflict resolution can be done if she gets into enemy territory with some other people and then the child try’s to resolve the parents conflict. So the more enemies she has the better for the kid, just make sure you key them up while paused cause the game only wants one at a time.

  • @SuperJessicaAL
    @SuperJessicaAL 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    I’ve been on the road all day and now I get to watch your vid before bed! YES!

  • @mrkryptex3076
    @mrkryptex3076 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    1:46 We all saw that giant red bear
    Right?
    Right
    ...

  • @ALB072677
    @ALB072677 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    For empathy I just spam the give gift similions to anyone in the household. It works so good and the money will stay with your sim

  • @kitcross
    @kitcross 5 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    I've never been this early and just scared my cat from making a happy squee

  • @kafkaki9692
    @kafkaki9692 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I really like this LP, can't wait to see the next part

  • @chriswatchingponies9877
    @chriswatchingponies9877 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Teach To Say Sorry is the easiest one to get that Conflict Resolution up. But i can't remember at the momo if that's available as a teen.
    Doing certain family volunteering (via the phone) will give CR options.
    A bit silly way is to give mom a couple of bad relations, and let Kobe fix them.
    I prefer Conflict Resolution to be up early. Before they turn teen. But i'm on a 300 day lifespan, which gives me all the time in the world.

    • @CarlsSimGuides
      @CarlsSimGuides  5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Yep if I were starting this over, I'd definitely do it early.. but I'm going to see if I can set up some scenarios where it works for teen. I think focusing on empathy as a child was stupid of me in hindsight because that's one of the easiest to raise as teen - just volunteer.

    • @chriswatchingponies9877
      @chriswatchingponies9877 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Especially with free will on, you still get the chance to raise it up fairly easy. Thanks to the ''chance cards'' while the kid will ask mom for advise.
      Always keep an eye on what the kid needs most.
      I'm pretty sure that you know all this.
      Emotional Control, very easy as a teen.
      Just go for a jog to clear mind. Or use the radio to listen to classical music to wind down. Blog About Feelings.
      Emotional control is always what i save for last.
      Good luck ! Very fun Let's Play.
      I'm always very focussed on raising the kids. Gives them so many advantages.
      Parenthood is my fav pack. Brilliant.

    • @thefakeoneme7685
      @thefakeoneme7685 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      I finally reached the end of the comments

  • @kimmikins
    @kimmikins 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Level up your parenting skill so you can see all outcomes when they ask for advice. I focus on responsibility and manners as a child, but once they hit their teens, I wait for them to ask for advice and select the options that will boost the characteristics I need. Empathy is easy with volunteering, but the volunteering also boosts other characteristics as they're presented with a scenario and you need to pick the right reaction, if that makes sense. I think the asking for advice option is the fastest way.

  • @natman1972
    @natman1972 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    the doctor set raises both empathy AND mental skill for children
    the journal raises emotional control and creativity for children and writing for teens
    both these objects are great since you do one activity and gain points both for values and skills

  • @thisismyopinion
    @thisismyopinion 5 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Yeee loving this series :D great job Carl :D Carl '' This has been a fantastic harvest fest mazel tov'' hahahaha love it :D :D :D

  • @TheBioExplorer
    @TheBioExplorer 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I hate the gnome part of Harvestfest and unless you are going to really go into lots of gardening and need free seeds I just edit them out of the holiday and add another activity that fits the holiday and needs.

    • @danny-yd4zh
      @danny-yd4zh 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      TheBioExplorer I just sell them 😂

    • @TheBioExplorer
      @TheBioExplorer 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@danny-yd4zh Yeah I've done that too. 😄 I just thought I'd replace it with something needed... like a volunteer requirement and they do the soup kitchen and I just say they are serving Harvestfest dinner to those in need.

    • @irishduchess7577
      @irishduchess7577 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      For some reason my gnomes only have the option to view or put in inventory. There are a few rare seeds I’m looking for (without cheating lol), so kinda bummed about it.

    • @TheBioExplorer
      @TheBioExplorer 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@irishduchess7577 Except during Harvestfest those are the only options. Personally I've never gotten any rare seed packets from the gnomes... and I once had a glitched gnome that gave me hundreds of seed packets. I have been able to buy them once reaching high enough in the gardening career. If you want to cheat you can also get them through the using the 2 cheats that allow you to see all the objects in build mode. Otherwise I've just had to travel to various worlds and hunt down the rare plants or get some through grafting.

    • @irishduchess7577
      @irishduchess7577 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      TheBioExplorer Thank you💜 I should have clarified that during Harvestfest those are still my only options. I’m looking for a dahlia, my sim is level 10, and I’ve spent thousands upon thousands on both the season and rare seed packets (if memory serves it’s a winter plant, I always check the guide before buying more seeds). From both searching and Carl’s web guide I haven’t found them in the wild, nor found an option to graft and create one. My sim is gardening with the floral design and I’d like to have all flowers to craft since my game is set to only craft with fresh ingredients. May have to break down and cheat to get one lol. Pretty sure there’s one other flower I need with the same situation(not grown wild/non graftable)can’t recall off the top of my head, but I’m positive about the dahlia.

  • @sarabeth6701d
    @sarabeth6701d 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Writing in a journal really helps with emotional control. It works with adults too!

  • @jumazahidi6554
    @jumazahidi6554 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Teach him to say sorry and pause the game, then que up encourage recent behavior. que up until ypu can't anymore. That way you get huge boost on conflicts resolving. Also if you age him to teen you can't do that anymore and it will be hard to get the value to max. Emotional control and empthy are easy to get up to max value as teen but conflict resolution is hard if it's not maxed out before aging him up to teen. You will have to wait for him to ask for advice or get phone call from school. But even that is random and most of the time you can't get option yo raise his conflict resolve. Also encouraging recent behavior and quing it up will give huge boost in parenting skill.

  • @GoreGutztheImpaler
    @GoreGutztheImpaler 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Not sure if it was like this back then. But now I always do emotional control with yoga practice as a teen. That way you only have to focus on empathy in childhood and go to teens right away.

  • @amibrink
    @amibrink 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Hey Carl, great video! I would like to see a video on the gnomes and what their uses are if any. Thanks for another fun video!

  • @BrunoSantos-sb6vh
    @BrunoSantos-sb6vh 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Easy way to up conflict resolution:
    TEACH TO SAY SORRY AS A TODDLER OR CHILD. Oh well...

  • @debradavis3935
    @debradavis3935 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    LOL,,,yes I am happy now! Thanks Carl...still enjoying your series immensely 💜💜💜

  • @a.rustdragon5727
    @a.rustdragon5727 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    My favorite is getting the scouting science badge by hacking. I find it really satisfying for some reason. Thanks for the video, first rate.

  • @nedrane297
    @nedrane297 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Under the parent, if you click the child and select parenting, there is an option to "teach to say sorry" which gives conflict resolution.

  • @MoonMascot
    @MoonMascot 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    I like to use the wellness skill to help sims in the household to overcome negative emotions! A sim with enough skill makes them happy again:D

  • @tealia
    @tealia 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Pizza corn taco with chocolate milk ha! Cafeteria applesauce was something I could never find from store bought.

  • @KendraCarson
    @KendraCarson 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I wonder if the parenting social "satisfying chat" (under help with needs) would've given him a bigger social need boost, before school the day after harvestfest

    • @CarlsSimGuides
      @CarlsSimGuides  5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Yeah it seems to be as much social gain as 5-6 socials!

  • @Eiandha
    @Eiandha 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Private journals are great for emotional control (or maybe it's conflict resolution?). And his mom can teach him to say sorry.

  • @danteferrante7571
    @danteferrante7571 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    You can get his mom to 'teach to say sorry'. That raises it pretty well. :)

  • @luv2shuvaskateboardjournal101
    @luv2shuvaskateboardjournal101 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Huh, removing negative moodlets faster is cool and all but I feel like my sims are already happy too much. It just aint right for a sim to get over the death of a spouse/parent in like, 30 minutes.

    • @tealkerberus748
      @tealkerberus748 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      jon ward meanwhile in my game, Malcolm has been married and widowed twice since his mother died, and got about twenty random women pregnant, but he still wants to go and mourn over his mother's ashes - while her ghost is in the kitchen chatting happily over a coffee with the ghosts of his late wife and husband.

  • @xcalium9346
    @xcalium9346 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    For the music copyright thing wouldn't turning music down to zero in the audio settings work?

    • @CarlsSimGuides
      @CarlsSimGuides  5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Yeah, just hate nuking the Sims sound effects along with it. Since I can do alternative stuff I just stay away in case I'd forget. That's a problem as well in a long vid.

    • @xcalium9346
      @xcalium9346 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@CarlsSimGuides as far as I know the audio settings are separated and let you turn down music separately, unless game music and the radio music are different?

    • @irishduchess7577
      @irishduchess7577 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Was checking to see if anyone commented this. Yes, the various audio options are separated-Master Volume, Object Music, Music, Voices, Sound Effects, and UI sound. Hope that helps! Geez, you’d think the copyright police would take the “violation” into context before trying to take away from peoples livelihood.

    • @CarlsSimGuides
      @CarlsSimGuides  5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@irishduchess7577 Xcalium yeah that well may be a solution. But ultimately, I'm afraid to forget and prefer to just leave them out of my videos due to the risk. I like some of the music too, so if I'm playing that way I do not have to go back and forth. Have to configure so many things to record as is, I am likely to keep avoiding earbuds to protect myself.

  • @SmellsLikeAniseed
    @SmellsLikeAniseed 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Can't you turn the volume of the music off in the audio settings if you want them to use the earphones?

    • @LadyYepperz
      @LadyYepperz 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Did you know the earphones if used in an apt in city living will trigger your neighbors to pound on your door complaining about the noise?! Why?! How?! I just learned this!

    • @SmellsLikeAniseed
      @SmellsLikeAniseed 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@LadyYepperz that's weird! I didnt know that!

    • @LadyYepperz
      @LadyYepperz 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@SmellsLikeAniseed Yeah, Penny Pazzaz now hates my sim cuz i refused to answer her knocking because of the headphone. lol.

  • @AlexiusDenelle16
    @AlexiusDenelle16 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    If EA wanted to make a guide book for how to play the sims the best way, you literally would have to write it.
    Carl’s Guide for the Sims 4
    *Edit* : apparently they do have one out, but it has terrible reviews on Amazon 😂

  • @elyitoluquitas
    @elyitoluquitas 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    The fastest way to level up empathy is giving gift, (friendly gift, funny gift and also evil gift)

  • @girlunrepentant1254
    @girlunrepentant1254 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    I find that the holiday gnomes tend to like specific gifts depending on which type of gnome it is ie: the bunny likes salad and the businessman likes coffee. I haven't worked them all out yet though.

    • @CarlsSimGuides
      @CarlsSimGuides  5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I never bothered to check that but I suspect you're exactly right. Maybe I'll investigate it some time :)

    • @tyffieiriksdottir4156
      @tyffieiriksdottir4156 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@CarlsSimGuides The alien one takes a Future Cube; The bear, grim reaper and poolside gnome take pie, the naked gnome takes a toy; the ghost gnome wants fruitcake; the rabbit one takes a salad. Every other gnome takes coffee!

    • @girlunrepentant1254
      @girlunrepentant1254 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@CarlsSimGuides maybe that would be a good addition to your guide. How to Cope with Holiday Gnomes.
      Seriously your Sims Guide website has been my go-to for so, so long. I'd have quit the game back in Sims 3 without it.

  • @DoranneB
    @DoranneB 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I spend some time having the parent teach to say I'm sorry, to bring up the conflict resolution a bit. Can't recall if you tried that or how much it brings it up either. :)

  • @jennw6809
    @jennw6809 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Hey Carl there are settings in the game options where you can turn down the music so you can avoid copyright problems!

    • @CarlsSimGuides
      @CarlsSimGuides  5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Thanks, someone else mentioned that as well. Need to see what types of music are dropped in volume though. May not be worth it just to use the earbuds. i'm mainly acknowledging that they're fine/good but present problems for me if I forget.

    • @jennw6809
      @jennw6809 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@CarlsSimGuides It really sucks everyone has to tread so lightly around this issue these days. I only know this because James Turner has mentioned it on his channel numerous times. Go into Options, click the Audio tab, and I *think* it's Object Music that you want to turn down. This ought to control the volume of things like stereos, earbuds, and the music mixing station/DJ booth. You can also fine tune the mix of various other sounds in that panel!

  • @TheRealBrendon
    @TheRealBrendon 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    I’m really enjoying this series!

  • @crystalhall516
    @crystalhall516 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    And that is still the lunch that they offer kids!!!!!!! We just had that on Friday 😂

  • @PositivelyNice
    @PositivelyNice 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    If you have accidentally missed out on character values in childhood, the best way to fix the character values in teens is to spam volunteering. Volunteering gives chances to increase ALL character values, not only Empathy. I have spent about 3 Sim days just spamming volunteer with a teen before. And it primarily helps with Conflict Resolution, Empathy, and Manners.
    That is good because then you can simply do homework to increase Responsibility and play Violin or write Journal to increase Emotional Control.

  • @lerdog
    @lerdog 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I usually just go to build mode and destroy/sell the gnomes from there (and even earn a little money from it).

  • @axelking1183
    @axelking1183 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    "Cthulhu?" I died w that part 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

  • @realrealwarpet
    @realrealwarpet 5 ปีที่แล้ว +27

    ….koby's gonna grow up to be a furry. *and I'm disappointed in EA for not giving more stuff for furries. at least bring back werewolves!*

    • @kitcross
      @kitcross 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Desperately waiting for werewolves to return orz but also agreed! The Bear Phase doesn't continue into teen or adult hood *despite the fact there's a Bear Night at the bar* it would've been perfect! ....also, y'know the... cat headband hair style that is actually hideous and I'm still bitter the headband is...a hairstyle and not a hat so it can actually go with other hairstyles orz

    • @realrealwarpet
      @realrealwarpet 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@kitcross i remember in the sims bustin out, they had suits to dress up as cats. I used that XD.
      That was also my first sims game

    • @Raptorworld22
      @Raptorworld22 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      god, the sims 3 werewolves were objectively awful but at least they were better than the nothing we got in 4. Just another reason I wish my pc could handle 3

  • @PSICadetZen
    @PSICadetZen 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    I’m loving this series! 🤗💚

  • @ingeborg-anne
    @ingeborg-anne 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    If he's sad that he's not in his bear costume when he is in his bear costume, just tell him to change into it. He'll do the swoosh and voilà, happy crazy child.
    Emotional control - make him play the violin to a certain level and make him use Play with emotion.

    • @kitcross
      @kitcross 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Out of sheer curiosity--do you have to set his Bear Costume from a mirror/dresser or is actually in the social menu thingy??? I can never find it ;~; ;;;;

    • @ingeborg-anne
      @ingeborg-anne 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@kitcross Oh that's only something you find if you click on the sim himself. "Change into bear" I think the interaction is called.

    • @kitcross
      @kitcross 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@ingeborg-anne I shall dig deeper, thank! I had one of my kids go through a bear phase... but I could never find the option to let him change but it was right before he aged up so I just waited out;;; thank you for the info!!

  • @elijahh2220
    @elijahh2220 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    3:31 Being electrocuted gives empathy? 😂

  • @andressa9074
    @andressa9074 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I raised conflict resolution by being mean and giving smooth apologies (had high charisma). It was pretty quick

  • @dustin628
    @dustin628 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Omg I think Koby is going to need a lot of therapy to deal with his emotionally distant mother who never speaks to him or says how proud she is or if she even loves him 🤣🤣

  • @Blockhog
    @Blockhog 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    I brought my lunch as a child so I would combine, applesauce and goldfish. Applesauce goes well with cheese-its and goldfish but also hampurgures and peparoni

  • @gleek0814
    @gleek0814 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    conflict resolution: having a sim fix a bad relationship with another sim over and over again

  • @newfaceh214
    @newfaceh214 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thank you! Happy New Year! 🎅🎄🎁🎉🎆🎇✨

  • @toujoursella7238
    @toujoursella7238 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Yay! I was just about to sleep out of boredom😏

  • @mackenziedillon295
    @mackenziedillon295 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    "Attempt mental telepathy" what's that from? What does it do?

    • @kitcross
      @kitcross 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      If you max out the mental skill and have the mental aspiration active, I think, it becomes a thing for children. Not sure if aspiration needs to be active, but it queues up as a whim more often.

  • @b-trav8773
    @b-trav8773 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    isnt mom being a celeb a good thing? you could get her the celeb trait that sends her potions in the mail, and use them for cobi

    • @CarlsSimGuides
      @CarlsSimGuides  5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Yeah it may happen, she has some more books to put out and will do so more regularly when she's not trying to raise him so regularly.

  • @Kikakowia
    @Kikakowia 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    The retro station should be safe, I would think! :D

  • @zatanyilz4236
    @zatanyilz4236 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    When Daniella is kicking the gnomes all i could think about was the mother in her kitchen in Gremlins.
    wrong holiday but still...

  • @Rabbitzan
    @Rabbitzan 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    OMG I loooooooooved Pizza day it was the best xD

  • @CrzyJerry333
    @CrzyJerry333 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Teaching a child to say sorry from the parenting skill (from a parent/guardian) makes Conflict Resolution go up pretty quickly I find. But I don't think it works when they become a teenager so it is really hard to level that up when they reach teen... (not anything I can find helpful for teen and C.R.)

  • @ZhirniToni
    @ZhirniToni 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    you realize that you can just turn off music volume in game settings, right?)