Avec la mise à jour des Sims 4 sortie cette semaine, vous avez la possibilité de définir ce que votre Sim aime ou non ! Ces préférences sont divisées en plusieurs catégories : couleurs, musique, activité. Une catégorie Décoration sera ajoutée plus tard avec le pack Les Sims 4 Décoration d’intérieur.
Preferences can be chosen in the Create a Sim on the character traits level, on the little molecule icon that has been added.
You can see from here the number of likes/dislikes for each category. Note that you are limited to 20 in total. You can set random preferences if you want. However, it seems that the preferences are not yet compatible with the History Mode of the game.
By clicking on a category, you have the possibility to make your own selection by clicking on the small smileys happy or not happy.
The different preferences available are the following (the choice available to you depends on the extensions you have, they are all listed here):
- Colors Black, Blue, Brown, Grey, Green, Orange, Pink, Purple, Red, White, Yellow
- Music : Blues, Disco moderne, Folk japonais, Hip-hop, Jazz, Metal, Morceaux étranges, Musique alternative, Musique baroque, Musique classique, Musique d’ambiance, Musique de chanteur, Musique de fêtes de fin d’année, Musique de jardin, Musique de la cabine de DJ (Vivre Ensemble), Musique de la radio Berceuses, Musique de la radio des îles, Musique de la radio pour enfants, Musique de la station…, Musique de la station Tube…, Musique du monde, Musique effrayante, Musique latine, Musique new age, Musique romantique, Musique retro, Musique traditionnelle, Musique électronique, Pop, Pop latine, Pop pour préados, S-pop
- Activities ( = Compétences) : Bien être, Bowling, Bricolage, Chant, Comédie, Cuisine, DJ Mixer, Danse, Ecriture, Escalade, Fitness, Fuséologie, Guitare, Jardinage, Jeu d’acteur, Jeux vidéo, Malice, Mixologie, Orgue, Peinture, Photographie, Piano, Production de médias, Programmation, Pâtisserie, Pêche, Recherche et débat, Robotique, Ski, Snowboard, Violon
- Decorations : 1950s, Basic, Bohemian, Country, Contemporary, Cosomulxe, Gothic farmhouse, Island, Garden, Storybook, Mission, Modern, Pation, Queen Anne
Some of the names above are incomplete since they are cut off in game as well because they are too long to fit in the box...
Once you have set your preferences and registered your Sim, you will find all this information in the Simology tab as soon as you are in the Life Mode. If you want to modify these preferences, a button has been added to go back to the Create a Sim and make the modifications.
As you play, little windows will pop up to tell you that the Sim enjoyed doing this activity and whether you want to add it to their Like/Dislike list. That's why I advise you not to fill all 20 preference slots from the start and let the game and your play style do the rest.
Now that everything is set, let's go into Life Mode. You will easily notice the difference between Before and After. Now your Sim has specific moods if he does an interaction he likes or not. If you do an activity he likes, he will have a positive mood, if not, he will be tense. Your Sim will also tend to do activities that he likes on his own!
Finally, note that the Sims have the possibility to talk about their preferences between them. To enjoy or complain about each other's tastes with a bonus or a malus on the relationship if the tastes are the same or different.
It's not specified and I didn't read it anywhere but in my games (and in the Let's plays I watch), I ended up noticing that the preferences that appear during the game are influenced by the Sim's state of mind (happy or uncomfortable = like or dislike this activity/music). For what it's worth, it means that it's not random and that you can influence the mechanism yourself once you start playing.