Wants and fears: Difference between revisions

'''Wants and fears''' (known internally as '''SWAF'''<ref>http://simswiki.info/wiki.php?title=SWAF</ref>) are aspects of a [[Sim]]'s life in ''[[The Sims 2]]''. Wants indicate something that a Sim, well, wants. These wants can include having a child, wanting to get married, or just speaking with another Sim. A fear, however, is the downside to life. Sims gain [[Aspiration (The Sims 2)|aspiration]] points when they fulfill wants, and lose them when they experience fears.

Wants and fears can be locked by right-clicking them, and once locked they will be exempted from re-rolls until they are fulfilled. A Sim can normally lock only one want or fear, but Sims who have completed their junior year in college receive an extra want/fear lock.{{Vgversion|TS2:U}} Players can unlock a locked want or fear by right-clicking on them again.

Fulfilling wants will increase the [[aspiration bar]] by a set amount, and in many cases will also increase the [[Influence|influence bar]]. Fulfilling fears will, similarly, decrease the aspiration bar by a set amount, even to the point of [[aspiration failure]], and in many cases will also decrease the influence bar. Wants and fears whichthat affect the influence bar will have a blue border, and will display the amount of influence points they provide or remove when realized. Wants and fears that have a strong effect will have a yellow sunburst in the background. Generally, the more difficult a want is to achieve, the more aspiration and influence points the Sim will receive for fulfilling it and the worse (more damaging) a fear is, the more aspiration points will be lost if it is fulfilled.

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