Attraction and Chemistry is a system designed to help build relationships quicker. Knowing how it works can help you choose what sims are more suited towards one another. This page will explain to you how the mechanics of attraction and chemistry works
Attraction
Every sim has a relationship score for each other. They also have an attraction score for each other. Like daily and lifetime relationships, it can be altered. However unlike relationship scores it doesn't start at zero but instead starts at a fixed value that can be altered by these elements:
- Personality
- Zodiac
- Turn ons
- Turn off
- Aspiration
- Pre-existing relationships
Note that sims don't have attraction for:
- Blood relatives
- Sims of inaproppiate age groups
Attraction can cause lots of things:
- It is the only thing that can affect chemistry
- It affects autonomous behaviour
- It can unlock socials
- It can trigger rivalry
- It contributes to the start of date scores
- It is required for the Ask...Do You Like What You See?, Flirt... Check Sim Out and Scope Room interactions.
Attraction Score
Below is an overveiw of how the attraction score works
Personality
Sims attraction score is affected by personality. The more similar the personality is the more attracted they are. There is no way of knowing a sims personality if they cannot be played. However their zodiac sign can be obtained by the Ask... What's Your Sign? The following table shows the default personality score by zodiac but will not be completely accurate
| Zodaic | Neat | Outgoing | Active | Playful | Nice |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aries | 5 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 3 |
| Taurus | 5 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 4 |
| Gemini | 4 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 3 |
| Cancer | 6 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 6 |
| Leo | 4 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 3 |
| Virgo | 9 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 5 |
| Libra | 2 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 7 |
| Scorpio | 6 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 3 |
| Sagittarius | 2 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 4 |
| Capricorn | 7 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 5 |
| Aquairius | 4 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 6 |
| Pisces | 5 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 7 |
Zodiac
Zodiac, like personality, independently contributes to attraction. Unlike personality, it cannot be altered (Personality can be altered through the Encourage... interaction). Each Zodiac sign can either boost, reduce or have no effect on a sims attraction. The following table shows exactly what zodiac signs are compatible with each other.
| Zodiac | Attracted to | Repulsed by |
|---|---|---|
| Aries | Gemini/Taurus | Cancer/Libra |
| Taurus | Aries/Libra | Virgo/Cancer |
| Gemini | Pisces/Virgo | Capricorn/Aries |
| Cancer | Taurus/Scorpio | Gemini/Aries |
| Leo | Sagittarius/Cancer | Capricorn/Gemini |
| Virgo | Aquarius/Sagittarius | Leo/Taurus |
| Scorpio | Pisces/Leo | Libra/Aquarius |
| Sagittarius | Pisces/Capricorn | Libra/Scorpio |
| Capricorn | Aquairius/Taurus | Leo/Gemini |
| Aquarius | Capricorn/Saggitarius | Scorpio/Virgo |
| Pisces | Scorpio/Gemini | Leo/Aries |
Note that because no zodiac favours itself, the only way to achieve maximum attraction is to have personality scores encouraged to similarity. Encouraging personality doesn't change the sims zodiac sign.
Aspriration
Like personality, if aspiration is similar then there will be high attraction. The next table shows what aspiration favours what.
| Aspiration | Positive | Negative | Neutral |
|---|---|---|---|
| Romance | Romance/Popularity | Family/Knowledge | Fortune/Pleasure/Grilled Cheese |
| Fortune | Fortune/Family/Grilled Cheese | Popularity | Romance/Knowledge |
| Popularity | Popularity | Fortune/Knowledge/Pleasure | Romance/Family/Grilled Cheese |
| Family | Family/Knowledge | Romance/Popularity/Pleasure | Fortune/Grilled Cheese |
| Knowledge | Knowledge | Romance/Fortune | Popularity/Family/Pleasure/Grilled Cheese |
| Pleasure | Romance/Fortune/Pleasure | Family | Popularity/Knowledge |
| Grilled Cheese | Grilled Cheese | N/A | All other aspirations |