Talk:Trait (The Sims 4)

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Differences between CAS previews and CAS demos

The CAS have undergone several changes from the older previews (such as the IGN video How To Create Your Perfect Sims in The Sims 4) and the recent CAS Demo video by SimsVIP I just watched. The trait icon for Lazy has been changed, and the Mean-Spirited trait has been renamed into Mean. Reward traits are no longer shown on the tooltip when you mouseover the aspiration. The aspiration icon for Popularity has been changed as well.

Also I've screencapped each of the walk styles from the preview video, but the demo has added two more walk styles and I have to do it all over again, sigh. Hopefully SimsVIP would write more details about these, or we could wait until the demo is released commercially. Nikel _{Talk – Vote!} 06:09, July 9, 2014 (UTC)

Codenames for traits

It might be good to have the code names for each trait. Or at least the ones which aren't obvious. Normally, the code names are easy to work out - you just have to remove any space in the middle e.g. if you want to add the Gym Rat trait you'd type in the console: traits.equip_trait gymrat

However, some of them do not follow this logical 'no space' rule. This can make using the console arduous. For example Angler's Tranquility = AnglersTranquility so if someone types in: traits.equip_trait Angler'sTranquility (NB apostrophe in the middle) it won't work and it may well be difficult to understand *why* it didn't work. (This is very typical in computer programming - 1 character out of place can break your programme and the computer won't say why it's broken.)

I wiped out all my Sims' traits by mistake *Very* easily by using the CAS editor, which forced me to add them back manually but it was difficult because the trait code names aren't obvious. I think other people will have this problem - I saw one other person had posted in a forum about it:

http://simsvip.com/2014/09/07/the-sims-4-skill-cheats-relationship-cheats-and-more/comment-page-2/#comment-533573

Therefore, I'm going to search for all the difficult code names. Here are the non-obvious ones I've found:

Trait	Short code name	Long code name
Angler's Tranquility	angl	anglerstranquility (NB no apostrophe)
Beloved	lege	legendary
Business Savvy	bus	business_savvy (NB stupid underscore)
Companion	ete	eternalbond
Domestic	familys	familySim
Family-Oriented	familyo	familyOriented (NB no hyphen)
Handy	thek	theKnack
High Metabolism	high_m	high_metabolism
Hot-Headed	hot	hotHeaded
Long Lived	long	longevity
Morning Sim	morn	morningPerson
Naturalist	onewi	oneWithNature
Noncommital	comm	commitmentIssues
Poetic	poe (epi will also work)	epicPoet
Professorial	chr	chronicler
Quick Learner	quic	quick_learner
Shrewd	inv	invested
Thrifty	val	valuedCustomer
Tormentor	ban	bane
Vicarious	livi	livingVicariously

I like how they deliberately avoided "high"!

IMO, randomly inserting underscores into the middle of code names is a hateful thing that programmers sometimes do to trip novice programmers up. Anyway, below is a fuller list. To make it I got a list of code names that some kind player had posted on the internet and applied each one to my sim (on my PC). I guess he or she compiled the list from looking in a game file because otherwise how would she know that for example "invested" was a code name when the game never mentions the word? This means that further exploration may be possible by examining the game files somehow.

Code name	Trait	Where do you get it normally?
active	Active	Personality
alluring	Alluring	Choosing a Love Aspiration
alwaysWelcome	Always Welcome	Rewards Store
ambitious	Ambitious	Personality
anglersTranquility	Angler's Tranquility	Angling Ace Aspiration
antiseptic	Antiseptic	Rewards Store
appraiser	Appraiser	The Curator Aspiration
artLover	Art Lover	Personality
bane	Tormentor	Chief of Mischief Aspiration
beguiling	Beguiling	Rewards Store
bookworm	Bookworm	Personality
bro	Bro	Personality
business_savvy	Business Savvy	Choosing a Fortune Aspiration
carefree	Carefree	Rewards Store
cheerful	Cheerful	Personality
childish	Childish	Personality
chronicler	Professorial	Renaissance Sim Aspiration
clumsy	Clumsy	Personality
collector	Collector	Choosing a Nature Aspiration
commitmentIssues	Noncommital	Personality
connections	Connections	Rewards Store
creativelyGifted	Creatively Gifted	Artistic Prodigy Aspiration
creativeVisionary	Creative Visionary	Rewards Store
dastardly	Dastardly	Choosing a Deviance Aspiration
entrepreneurial	Entrepreneurial	Rewards Store
epicPoet	Poetic	Bestselling Author Aspiration
essenceOfFlavor	Essence Of Flavor	Choosing a Food Aspiration
eternalBond	Companion	Completing the Soulmate Aspiration
evil	Evil	Personality
expressionistic	Expressionistic	The Painter Extraordinaire Aspiration
familyOriented	Family-Oriented	Personality
familySim	Domestic	Choosing a Family Aspiration
fertile	Fertile	Rewards Store
foodie	Foodie	Personality
freeServices	Free Services	Rewards Store
freshChef	Fresh Chef	Master Chef Aspiration
frugal	Frugal	Rewards Store
geek	Geek	Personality
genius	Genius	Personality
gloomy	Gloomy	Personality
glutton	Glutton	Personality
good	Good	Personality
goofball	Goofball	Personality
greatKisser	Great Kisser	Rewards Store
gregarious	Gregarious	Choosing a Popularity Aspiration
gymRat	Gym Rat	Rewards Store
hardlyHungry	Hardly Hungry	Rewards Store
high_Metabolism	High Metabolism	Choosing an Athletic Aspiration
hilarious	Hilarious	Completing the Joke Star Aspiration
hatesChildren	Hates Children	Personality
hotheaded	Hot-Headed	Personality
independent	Independent	Rewards Store
invested	Shrewd	Rewards Store
insane	Insane	Personality
lazy	Lazy	Personality
legendary	Beloved	Friend of the World Aspiration
livingVicariously	Vicarious	Successful Lineage Aspiration
loner	Loner	Personality
longevity	Long Lived	Bodybuilder Aspiration
lovesOutdoors	Loves Outdoors	Personality
marketable	Marketable	Rewards Store
mastermind	Mastermind	Public Enemy Aspiration
materialistic	Materialistic	Personality
mean	Mean	Personality
memorable	Memorable	Rewards Store
mentallyGifted	Mentally Gifted	Whiz Kid Aspiration
mentor	Mentor	Rewards Store
morningPerson	Morning Sim	Rewards Store
muser	Muser	Choosing a Creativity Aspiration
musicLover	Music Lover	Personality
neat	Neat	Personality
neverWeary	Never Weary	Rewards Store
nightOwl	Night Owl	Rewards Store
observant	Observant	Rewards Store
oneWithNature	Naturalist	Freelance Botanist Aspiration
outgoing	Outgoing	Personality
perfectHost	Perfect Host	Party Animal Aspiration
perfectionist	Perfectionist	Personality
physicallyGifted	Physically Gifted	Rumbunctious Scamp Aspiration
piper	Piper	Musical Genius Aspiration
player	Player	Serial Romantic Aspiration
potionMaster	Potion Master	Master Mixologist Aspiration
professional	Professional Slacker	Rewards Store
professionalSlacker	Professional Slacker	Rewards Store
quick	Quick Learner	Choosing a Knowledge Aspiration
romantic	Romantic	Personality
savant	Savant	Rewards Store
selfAssured	Self-Assured	Personality
shameless	Shameless	Rewards Store
sincere	Sincere	Rewards Store
slob	Slob	Personality
snob	Snob	Personality
sociallyGifted	Socially Gifted	Social Butterfly Aspiration
speedCleaner	Speed Cleaner	Rewards Store
speedReader	Speed Reader	Rewards Store
steelBladder	Steel Bladder	Rewards Store
superGreenThumb	Super Green Thumb	Rewards Store
theKnack	Handy	Nerd Brain Aspiration
valuedCustomer	Thrifty	Mansion Baron Aspiration
webMaster	Web Master	Computer Whiz Aspiration

When I reached professionalSlacker, I accidentally typed in professional and suddenly realised that abbreviations are possible. So I've found the shortest abbreviations for all the non-obvious ones. Super Green Thumb the abbreviation is "up" so there are probably more out there. I'm really glad I isolated the code name for handy = theknack = thek - i tried a million words to no avail e.g. repairer, fixer etc. Thanks to whoever compiled the list of keywords before me. 80.229.165.251 (talk) 04:34, November 10, 2014 (UTC)

Bonus trait

It says bonus trait sticks to the Sim even if the aspiration is later changed. I think I wrote that, but that was based on SimGuruGraham's tweet. That tweet was way back during the game development, and as you know a lot of things may have changed between the development and the release versions; like when SimGuruGrant said we could eventually earn more than 3 traits in the game. Apparently we can, but that works for reward traits—not normal ones—so it was kind of misleading. Can anyone confirm this? If it's true, doesn't that mean we can exploit all bonus traits without fulfilling the aspirations? Nikel _{Talk – Vote!} 05:37, February 19, 2015 (UTC)

Welll in sims a different trait can cause different interactions —Preceding unsigned comment added by Sims4blogger16 (talk • contribs) 04:55, January 5, 2018‎ (UTC) - Please sign your comments with ~~~~

Trait icons

Some trait icons seem to be outdated and need to be replaced: Seldom Sleepy (coffee), Never Weary (battery/energy drink), Forever Fresh (lavender?), Forever Full (stomach), Needs No One (two persons at distance), Father Winter's Baby (just snowy clouds). Those the ones I've found and there might be even more. --94.220.247.59 (talk) 17:19, December 4, 2018 (UTC)

Missing traits?

Can we confirm that this article isn't missing any visible traits for now? It took several months to include two of the Seasons related reward traits after all. --94.220.247.59 (talk) 17:19, December 4, 2018 (UTC)

All of the trait lists should be updated, with the exception of satisfaction reward trait icons and hidden traits, I believe. - SimDestroyer (talk) 12:49, December 5, 2018 (UTC)

If you're interested in listing all hidden traits, here you go...

walk style	Default, Perky, Snooty, Swagger, Feminine, Tough, Goofy, Sleepy, Energetic, Creepy
hidden	SPxx	Favorite Movie Action/Horror/Comedy/Romance/Family, Butler, Bowled Perfect Llama, Has Been Given Ear Buds, Completed Climbing Wall Challenge 1-5, Has Researched Rodent Disease, Immune - Rodent Disease, Removed Costume - Rodent Disease
	GP01	Master Herbalist, Camping, Bear, Identified Herb (10x), Unlocked Camping Sculpture, Forest Ghost (Gloomy/Goofy/Mean), Forest Ranger, Unlocked Super Fertilizer
	GP02	Has Visited Sylvan Glade/Forgotten Grotto/Deep Woods, Massage Therapist
	GP03	Has Tasted Experimental Food, Restaurant Critic, Received Experimental Food TNS, Restaurant at Work
	GP04	Bat/Mist/Vampire Run Enabled, Manifested, (Manual) Dark Form, Vampire, Cured, Bat Baby, Vampire Power Susceptibility, Disgusted by Food, Dark Ley Line, Intro to Vampire Caller
	GP05	Understand Baby - Parenting, Disgusted By Food - Picky Eater
	GP06	(Service/Temple) Skeleton, Prohibited Authentication Mail, Native, Cursed VFX Mask, Received Welcome Package
	EP01	(Fake/Part/Undisguised) Alien, Born From Alien Abduction, (Police Station) Criminal, Has Been Scientist, Inventing Event, Expert Repair
	EP02	DJ, GAMESCOM Love Interest, Chalet Gardens Ghost
	EP03	Landlord, City Repair, Weirdo, Statue Busker, Love Guru, Dream Big - Basketball, Political Left/Right - Activist, Curry Contest Winner, Has Cause - Activist, Environment/Justice/Tax/Economy/Peace - Activist Cause
	EP04	Lighthouse Conception, Adoption Officer, (Don't) Clean/Treat - Vet Employee
	EP05	Discount/Pirate Day, Climate Change Woke, Loves/Hates Sun, Loves/Hates Wind, Loves/Hates Snow, Loves/Hates Rain, Prefers Cool/Warm, Umbrella User, Flower Bunny, Scarecrow, Umbrella Preference Adult 1-12, Umbrella Preference Child 1-12, Has Ultimate Snowpal, Experienced First Snow, Father Winter
	EP06	Fame Shine Off, Fame Shine On Rank 4/5, Celebrity Walk On, Awaiting Audition, Audition Success Film/High Budget TV/Low Budget TV/Commercial, Social/Touchy/Nervous Fan, Achieved Celebrity Tile, Star Treatment Quirk, Crystal Helmet Amethyst/Amazonite/Citrine/Alabaster/Alexandrite/Rainborz/Rose/Ruby/Sapphire/Orange Topaz/Peach/Plumbite/Quartz/Hematite/Jet/Jonquilyst/Nitelite/Crandestine/Diamond/Emerald/FireOpal/Shinalite/Simanite/Turquoise, (Has Been) Reputation Rank 1-7, Paparazzi, Fame Level 1-5, Baby Ariel, Cry On Demand - Drama Club, Feud Target Perk, (Not) Disguised, New to Actor Career, Drama Club
	BASE	Likes/Hates Fruitcake, Hates Fruit Cake Controller, Pizza Delivery, Joined Fifty Mile High Club (Teen), Reputation Host, Child Cannot Age Up - Does Not Persist, Custom Career, Gardener Service, Repairman, At Daycare, With Nanny, Male, Female, Master Gardener, Has Watched Alien - Rocketship, Risen Ghost, PlantSim NPC, Master Fisherman, Had WooHoo, Been Kissed, Had Fight, Grade School A-D/F, High School A-D/F, Alien Pollinator, Right/Left-Handed, Employee Quit, Baby, Toddler, Child, Teen, Young Adult, Adult, Elder, No Occult, Recieved Skull Display - Day of the Dead, Human, Recieved Stump - PlantSim Challenge, PlantSim, Millie Bobby Brown, Joke/Affirmation/News - Smart Hub Wake Up Routine, Maid, Mailman, Pregnant, Grim Reaper, Imagination Skill 1-5, FTUE Roommate, Has Monster Friend, Got Growfruit, Unlocked Positivity Challenge Aspiration, Collected Positivity Challenge Reward 1-4, Force On/Off - Breasts, Completed (Perfect) Growfruit Challenge, Painting Master, Gardener, 2x Career Pay Boosts, Challenge Coordinator - Jasmine, Unlocked Grilled Cheese Aspiration, Has Met Nanny, Nanny, Alien Abduction Pregnancy, Tragic Clown
tail style	Up, Down
gender options	Customized Gender, Can (Not) Impregnate, Can (Not) Be Impregnated, Toilet Standing/Sitting, Masculine/Feminine Frame, Masculine/Feminine Clothing, Pets: (Un)Neutered
phone skin	Turquoise Stripes, Lime, Mint Green Stripes, Orange Polka, Purple, Red, Rose Gold, Silver, White, Black, Black Stripes, Blue Polka, Brown, Dark Blue, Dark Green, Gold, Hot Pink Polka, Light Pink
talent agency	Everyday Extras, A.I. Staffing, Well Suited, G.R.A.N.

--2003:DD:E735:CF0:1012:AC06:9EE5:2B9F (talk) 17:56, December 30, 2018 (UTC)

StrangerVille hidden traits:

NPCs	Curio Shop Owner, Military, Scientist, Agent, Conspiracist, Premade Sim, Veteran Hermit
Story	Has Asked Around, Examined Lab Door, Has Opened Door, Vaccinated, Has Seen the Mother, Has Defeated the Mother
Misc	Actively Possessed Overlay

--84.133.196.39 (talk) 13:11, February 27, 2019 (UTC)

April 16th patch:

Agencies	Computer Experts, Electrified Artists, Fighting Words
Hidden		Unlocked Meet, Completed Meet With Client, Bonus Gig Payout, Unlocked Overclock

--2003:DD:E717:69F1:FC74:7553:9D95:4DB8 (talk) 10:08, April 18, 2019 (UTC)

June 18th:

Base: High Fishing Skill
IL: Islander, Lifeguard Reward Level 2, Lifeguard Reward Level 3, Medium Swimming, Treasure Tool, Rebreather, Dive Knife, Spearfishing Gun, Underwater Camera, Mermaid, TYAE Mermaid, Mermaid Form, Discovered Mermaid, Temporary Discovered Mermaid, Merfolk Woke, Disgusted by Fish

--188.108.19.131 (talk) 02:17, June 19, 2019 (UTC)

Custom Content

How can I download custom content to Sims 4 in package file format? Cus anywhere i download custom content is in another file format so it doesnt work. What should I do?

Doris 87.244.207.188 (talk) 15:46, October 17, 2019 (UTC)

This is not the correct place to ask. Please ask questions at the help desk, or on our Discord server. Talk pages should be used for discussion on how to improve the relevant article. —k6ka 🍁 (Talk · Contributions) 16:15, October 17, 2019 (UTC)

New reward traits and degrees

As of now 55 traits are still missing. Where should we put Immortal and Mental Magister and is anyone interested in creating a new h2 section for all 53 degrees (4 variants + mixology)? --46.83.231.185 (talk) 15:56, February 22, 2020 (UTC)

Sage traits

There are two traits per sage: trait_Magic_FIxups_Spells_MagicSage_* (hidden) and trait_MagicSage_* (gameplay=reward). Not sure why but unless this gets fixed the latter batch goes to the reward traits section. --46.83.231.185 (talk) 10:23, February 23, 2020 (UTC) and those Fixup traits are only added if NPC joins household. --46.83.231.185 (talk) 10:41, February 23, 2020 (UTC)