Talk:Writing (The Sims 3): Difference between revisions

Recently, [[User:Sims2fan1998|Sims2fan1998]] and I had another edit warring in this page regarding the bonus traits for several genres. I added the Loser trait as a bonus trait to the Humor genre and Rebellious to the Satire genre, but Sims2fan1998 removed Rebellious and changed Loser to Good Sense of Humor. While it does make sense that Good Sense of Humor trait is a bonus trait for Humor genre instead of Loser, that's not how the game works. The game doesn't use common sense to work; it uses codes that are written in the game. And what I wrote there is what's written in the game code is what I wrote there.

As you can see on the leftright, it is the code that presents which bonus traits certain genres have. I marked the Humor genre in red square. Only Loser, Inappropriate, and Mean Spirited counts; Good Sense of Humor doesn't count. Each bonus trait a Sim possesses, they get an extra 25% for the book's royalty, so possessing these 3 traits will give +75% bonus royalty. Having the Good Sense of Humor trait only helps Sims to write the genre with less Writing skill, but it doesn't grant the royalty bonus. So even though Good Sense of Humor trait is helpful, putting it under "Bonus Traits" column is also incorrect, since the context of benefit is different.