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Title: Which do you prefer? Free will on or off?
Post by: Chinami on November 15, 2007, 06:55:22 pm
As the title said, "Which do you prefer Free will on or off?" I prefer off so I can control them and they don't go CRAZY! But I sometimes like off because I like to see what the other sims do and I can focus on just one sim at a time, seeing them be destructive is also AWESOME too! How about you?


Title: Which do you prefer? Free will on or off?
Post by: Arialonomus on November 15, 2007, 07:21:15 pm
I usually use Free Will on, most of my Sims (It's Amazing!) know how to take care of themselves. But whenever I'm fillming, snapshotting, or not wanting tod eal with sims and their want to play games or do the ever so occasional stupid thing, I play with it off.


Title: Which do you prefer? Free will on or off?
Post by: Sleepycat on November 16, 2007, 03:05:36 am
I always play with Free Will on, it's more fun IMO ;) specially with ACR :lol:


Title: Which do you prefer? Free will on or off?
Post by: CynaraBlade on November 16, 2007, 03:15:18 am
Oh yeah...I leave free will on all the time, as I like to have a bit of unpredictability in my game. I happen to have ACR installed too...lol


Title: Which do you prefer? Free will on or off?
Post by: babyblue1387 on November 16, 2007, 07:09:16 am
Freewill and ACR is the best! I've had several children conceived that way. Usually I play with it off unless I don't have specific plans for them.


Title: Which do you prefer? Free will on or off?
Post by: MaryH on November 16, 2007, 07:33:40 am
I always play with free will on. I hate micro-managing my sims (unless they're being really obnoxious)-but I don't let them get away with everything!


Title: Which do you prefer? Free will on or off?
Post by: Tenshii~Akari on November 16, 2007, 07:59:09 am
To me, it's either/or.  (I have a heck of a lot of "no autonomy" mods, so it's a lot easier to have them do their thing without seeing "kicky bag" and "pillow fight" in the que.  :lol:)

When I'm actually playing, I have free will on.  But when doing contests, taking pics, and all that stuff, it's a definite off.  :angel:


Title: Which do you prefer? Free will on or off?
Post by: MixdCrysy on November 16, 2007, 08:04:48 am
I'm such a control freak, I try to put it on, but my sims are moody and hate each other unless I force them to be nice. Im mean master, so I make them beat up other sims (thanks to carigon@sism2workshop).


Title: Which do you prefer? Free will on or off?
Post by: Oprah on November 16, 2007, 09:20:35 am
Always freewill. I love when something unpredictable happens in my game, sometimes it sparkles a completely new story and when it has some undesired result, there is always the option to leave without saving ;)


Title: Which do you prefer? Free will on or off?
Post by: Chinami on November 16, 2007, 04:41:54 pm
Interesting everyone :3 I usually have it off, I like to control my sims and happen to be good at multitasking! I'm just curious, but is there a way you can make only ONE sim with Free will off or does everyone have to have free will off? Thanks!


Title: Which do you prefer? Free will on or off?
Post by: MaryH on November 16, 2007, 05:00:10 pm
I do believe that there is a "free will for 1 sim" mod over at MTS. At least that's what I remember.


Title: Which do you prefer? Free will on or off?
Post by: Pierre on November 16, 2007, 05:20:01 pm
i prefer free will off


Title: Which do you prefer? Free will on or off?
Post by: maniac19642003 on November 16, 2007, 05:45:54 pm
I keep free will on as well except for when I'm trying to get some sims to stand next to each other and not move or anything then I turn it off til I get the shots I want then it goes back on right away and I also have ACR lol.


Title: Which do you prefer? Free will on or off?
Post by: Shpookiecat on November 16, 2007, 06:40:40 pm
OK, I must be out of the loop or been in my hole too long, but please enlighten me, what's ACR???


Title: Which do you prefer? Free will on or off?
Post by: Tenshii~Akari on November 16, 2007, 09:10:34 pm
Autonomous Casual Romance.  It's Two Jeff's most popular mod, found only on the InTeen (http://box156.bluehost.com/~aestudi1/forums/inteenimater/viewtopic.php?f=26&t=2) site.  ;)


Title: Which do you prefer? Free will on or off?
Post by: J00wish on November 16, 2007, 11:32:38 pm
I prefer Free Will ON also. It seemed too much to click on the toilet and tell them to go.


Title: Which do you prefer? Free will on or off?
Post by: AlbinoBambi on November 17, 2007, 08:41:05 am
I usually play with Freewill off. I always had it on, but since I started contests I discovered the joys of having sims that don't walk up 3 stairs to pick up the baby, after which they put it on the floor to walk the 3 stairs down again, finally going to the toilet which I directed them to.
But I'm planning on getting ACR when I clean out my game again, so when I have that it'll have to be on, otherwise I can't enjoy the mod. ^^


Title: Which do you prefer? Free will on or off?
Post by: Shpookiecat on November 17, 2007, 12:08:49 pm
Quote from: Tenshii~Akari;1035175
Autonomous Casual Romance.  It's Two Jeff's most popular mod, found only on the InTeen (http://box156.bluehost.com/~aestudi1/forums/inteenimater/viewtopic.php?f=26&t=2) site.  ;)


HOW DID I MISS THIS??? Guess I don't visit there often enough. Thank you!!!! :D


Title: Which do you prefer? Free will on or off?
Post by: Chinami on November 17, 2007, 12:56:07 pm
Hehe... At first, I was reacting the same way you did Shpookiecat xD But I recongized it quickly >.>


Title: Which do you prefer? Free will on or off?
Post by: vanessa on November 17, 2007, 10:25:32 pm
Free will on,sims love free will.


Title: Which do you prefer? Free will on or off?
Post by: Shpookiecat on November 18, 2007, 12:08:33 pm
I always have free will on, I'm micromanaged enough at work, can't face giving the same torture to my sims! They just look so sad if I have it off, just standing around staring at me .....


Title: Which do you prefer? Free will on or off?
Post by: Bev in NY on November 18, 2007, 03:30:16 pm
I play with it on...when it's off and u r directing the other sim to do something the ones not being told just stand there....i did however play with it off when i 1st. got BV...cuz the insimenator wasn't ready yet...they just didn't use there heads and they were falling on the floor cuz they were exhausted and peeing their pants ect....


Title: Which do you prefer? Free will on or off?
Post by: Stelio Kontos on November 19, 2007, 07:14:19 pm
Things worked out fine for me when I turned Free Will on.
I'm not the micromanaging type.


Title: Re: Which do you prefer? Free will on or off?
Post by: Feisty32 on January 17, 2009, 07:08:31 am
definately free will on that way i can laugh at their own expense when there being complete and idiotic morons muahahahahahaha. >:D


Title: Re: Which do you prefer? Free will on or off?
Post by: vanessa on January 18, 2009, 10:21:19 pm
Can't wait to see what they'll be up to,lol.


Title: Re: Which do you prefer? Free will on or off?
Post by: Feisty32 on January 25, 2009, 06:36:29 am
bahahahahaha 1poke 1jump 2laugh


it is so damn funny when they can't get rid of roaches and they cry like babies. 2laugh 1jump 1rofl  2rofl 1rofl


Title: Re: Which do you prefer? Free will on or off?
Post by: cpowell on January 25, 2009, 12:51:45 pm
I play with Free Will on, but I don't give my sims much freedom.  Even with free will on, I still control most of their actions.


Title: Re: Which do you prefer? Free will on or off?
Post by: AxelVal on February 14, 2009, 12:40:58 am
Off, all the time.
I'm a control freak and my sims are morons, haha.  I need to make sure my sims are happy and marry the right people then have the right number of babies and everything is by my hand!  ;D


Title: Re: Which do you prefer? Free will on or off?
Post by: Amalia81 on February 14, 2009, 12:51:05 am
I'm a control freak also.  I hate the stupid things sims do with free will turned on, like bogarting musical instruments and being obsessed with kicky bag.  I don't trust sims with less than 3 cooking skill points with a stove.


Title: Re: Which do you prefer? Free will on or off?
Post by: Feisty32 on February 14, 2009, 02:20:25 am
i think i could tolerate kicky bag more then i could the damn pillow fights. i hate it when male sims cry seriously there is nothing more tragic,sad,and pathetic then seeing a grown male sim cry hahaha. ;D :p


Title: Re: Which do you prefer? Free will on or off?
Post by: Paden on February 14, 2009, 06:24:34 pm
Not if they're Don Lothario... I turn free will off because if I want them to do something and get the dialog that they're in too bad of a mood to do it, I get kind of ticked. I'm a mean, rotten overlord to my sims at times. Which reminds me, Don is due for his bi-weekly fling and get caught, so I'll catch you guys later... buwahahahahah!


Title: Re: Which do you prefer? Free will on or off?
Post by: DaSpecial1 on February 14, 2009, 06:28:18 pm
ON...call me a voyeur 1blink, hehehe.


Title: Re: Which do you prefer? Free will on or off?
Post by: Feisty32 on February 14, 2009, 06:45:23 pm
Not if they're Don Lothario... I turn free will off because if I want them to do something and get the dialog that they're in too bad of a mood to do it, I get kind of ticked. I'm a mean, rotten overlord to my sims at times. Which reminds me, Don is due for his bi-weekly fling and get caught, so I'll catch you guys later... buwahahahahah!


good gawd now that really and truly is evil.


i think i'm gonna move don lothario out of his house and move him with female sims that hates his guts muahahahahahaha. 1tehe  1giggle 2laugh 1laugh 1nuts 1rofl 2rofl


Title: Re: Which do you prefer? Free will on or off?
Post by: sandini_power on February 15, 2009, 09:52:37 pm
Does anyone still have ACR?
The sites that used to have it are either all down or gone


Title: Re: Which do you prefer? Free will on or off?
Post by: Paden on February 16, 2009, 01:18:05 am
Give Simbology some time, I'm sure they'll be back soon.

EDIT: Aaaaand, they're back up again!


Title: Re: Which do you prefer? Free will on or off?
Post by: Madison-Simple-As-That on February 17, 2009, 10:29:29 pm
I always keep it on. The only reason I'll turn it off is it I'm trying to take photos and they keep going off to cook some macaroni or take a bath or worse, *GASP*, WOOHOO!

Usually I never leave the Free will on and leave the game going and leave, because usually I come back to find my sim with a belly bump.
I only do that if there is either no two adults, 2 elders, or just an adult and an elder.

Right now on my current fam. I've been playing everyday, there was 2 adults, and they wouldn't stop trying to woohoo, so I had to watch them carefully all the time, but now that Zella is an elder, it doesn't matter, because she can't get preggos! FREEEEEDOM!!!


Title: Re: Which do you prefer? Free will on or off?
Post by: kaoz666 on February 17, 2009, 10:41:17 pm
In my game, Free Will is ON. :D I like seeing what stupidity they'll do. This one sim I have, Aric Edenwalt...a teen...is the king of all pranksters. Seriously, the kid's got some serious issues. I drive him to a community lot (They're filthy rich those Edenwalts, so Aric drives a Zonda, lol) and let him p*** everyone off. One time he p***** off the whole lot. There was 6 sims, including the service sims, and everyone is STILL furious with him. We love Aric. He's my new age Dudley Landgrabb...LMAO!

Cussing issues.


Title: Re: Which do you prefer? Free will on or off?
Post by: Feisty32 on February 18, 2009, 01:41:45 am
good gawd that's evil lol. ;D >:D



did you know that your my hero hehehe. 1giggle 1laugh 2laugh 1praise


Title: Re: Which do you prefer? Free will on or off?
Post by: Mooch on March 09, 2009, 04:45:47 pm
I have free will on but I micromanage them a lot!


Title: Re: Which do you prefer? Free will on or off?
Post by: Siminatic on March 09, 2009, 06:32:56 pm
I leave it on because some of the stuff they do is hilarious.My sims aren't very smart....so seeing one of them with all their needs in the red rush to play SSX3 is really funny.I do get annoyed with them constantly making lobster thermidor....do they have an aquarium somewhere with a constant supply of lobsters?and the plates of chopped up lobster that litter the kitchen because I forced them to do something else is kind of irritating,but it's funny at the same time.They really do the silliest,dumbest things...but that is part of what makes me love this game so much.


Title: Re: Which do you prefer? Free will on or off?
Post by: DaSpecial1 on March 09, 2009, 07:06:27 pm
So of course I said I leave my free will on but oh! How did I ever live without ACR?  Now it is truly free will 1woot but lordy I can't look away for a minute—especially if they are romance or pleasure sims. Now I get at least one cliffhanger a week 1nails.

I just moved a (cas) sim out of the bin to become a nanny (gave her a Freelancer career since I couldn't find a nanny career) and after she was hired a message came up she decided to wait a few days before starting the job since her baby was coming 1blink what?!  I had to pour through her memories to see who the father was 1dunno.  I wonder if I hire her will she give birth and leave the baby at her employer's house?  Tune in tomorrow... 2laugh it's like my own soap opera.


Title: Re: Which do you prefer? Free will on or off?
Post by: Feisty32 on March 09, 2009, 09:14:14 pm
I leave it on because some of the stuff they do is hilarious.My sims aren't very smart....so seeing one of them with all their needs in the red rush to play SSX3 is really funny.I do get annoyed with them constantly making lobster thermidor....do they have an aquarium somewhere with a constant supply of lobsters?and the plates of chopped up lobster that litter the kitchen because I forced them to do something else is kind of irritating,but it's funny at the same time.They really do the silliest,dumbest things...but that is part of what makes me love this game so much.


i agree some of the stuff they do really is hilairious but if i gotta leave my computer for a minute i pause the game sims are so stupid that you can't leave them to their iown devices hehe. ;D


Title: Re: Which do you prefer? Free will on or off?
Post by: cuddles on March 13, 2009, 01:29:02 pm
Free will is ON. They have more "personality" with it on. However I tend to use the pause button a heck of a lot. However sometimes if I don't know what I feel like making them do I let them choose for me! (unless its REALLY stupid then I stop them hehe )


Title: Re: Which do you prefer? Free will on or off?
Post by: Feisty32 on March 13, 2009, 01:44:29 pm
the pause button is a very wonderful thing hehe. ;D


Title: Re: Which do you prefer? Free will on or off?
Post by: ghettoblaster on April 01, 2009, 11:38:11 am
oh my gosh, ON!! i get bored soo fast with it off. :-\
as fiesty said though: the pause button! i use it all the time.


Title: Re: Which do you prefer? Free will on or off?
Post by: Madison-Simple-As-That on April 01, 2009, 04:19:32 pm
Same here, I love that pause button more than the fast forward button.
Lol Fiesty, I haven't seen a single post of yours without smilies! LOL!


Title: Re: Which do you prefer? Free will on or off?
Post by: DaSpecial1 on April 01, 2009, 11:58:47 pm
Feisty and I keep smilies employed... 1giggle Just doing my part for mankind   2thumb


Title: Re: Which do you prefer? Free will on or off?
Post by: Feisty32 on April 02, 2009, 12:25:11 am
what can i say i have a huge sense of humor and i'm always in a good and humourous mood i hope i don't annoy anybody lol. ;D


Title: Re: Which do you prefer? Free will on or off?
Post by: cgirl369 on June 04, 2009, 06:29:06 am
I prefer on, though I end up micromanaging them a bit too much...


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