Power (aspiration)

The Power aspiration is a unused aspiration that was dropped before The Sims 2 ' s release. It can be accessed using the Sim Modder with the boolprop testingcheatsenabled cheat or through SimPe.

The aspiration has some wants that are similar to Popularity and Fortune wants and in Free Time the Aspiration Benefits for Power are the same as Popularity and Fortune.

Little more is known about this mysterious aspiration. The wants and fears of this aspiration mostly have nothing to do with actual Power, as one would think it would be like "Influence a Sim to...", "Get a Job in the Military Career" or "Own a Business". Some of the wants are actually "Read a Book", " Go to Work/School" or "Jump on the Bed", which shows it's unfinished.

If accessed using the Sim Modder or with SimPe, it will not have an icon. However, when looking at the program files, the hidden icon for the aspiration can be found. The unused icon is somewhat similar to the Pleasure Aspiration.

There are only four instances of pre-made sims with the power aspiration, they are: Judith Dottore, Julius Caesar, Momentilla Bramble, and Stephano Arlecchino.

As the aspiration is incomplete, it may cause errors and game glitches, so it should only be used at the player's own risk. If a Sim with the power aspiration ages up, they will always receive a memory of growing up badly, regardless of aspiration level. Sims with the power aspiration will always have a grey tombstone at death, even with platinum aspiration. It is also worth noting that if a Sim goes into aspiration failure and the game tries to trigger a desperation animation autonomously on the Sim after a visit from the Therapist, the Sim will reset themselves.

If a Sim with the power aspiration uses the ReNuYuSenso Orb there is a high chance that it will fail, causing the Sim's aspiration to become Grilled Cheese, even if their aspiration level is gold or higher. The Power aspiration's meter levels have the same titles as the Romance aspiration meter levels.

Trivia

 * Although the Power aspiration is not randomly generated amongst Townies and NPCs, pre-made ancestral sims from the base game also utilised the same aspiration-zodiac sign allocation system, Judith Dottore, Julius Caesar, Momentilla Bramble, and Stephano Arlecchino indicate that the zodiac sign of Gemini and Sagittarius were originally linked to the Power aspiration.
 * Judith Dottore, Julius Caesar, Momentilla Bramble, and Stephano Arlecchino all share a hidden Grow Up aspiration token, however, it is actually a hidden Power aspiration token, the linked GUID for the token supports this.