Author Topic: Sparkle Painting (Read 1151 times)

imaGleek · « **on:** August 28, 2011, 01:54:55 PM »

I was playing a painter sims today and zoomed in to discover there was sparkles. This may not be news to any of you, but I've never seen this before.

Simstar3 · « **Reply #1 on:** August 28, 2011, 01:58:44 PM »

Does she have any LTRs or Painting Challenges completed?

imaGleek · « **Reply #2 on:** August 28, 2011, 02:00:04 PM »

Nope.

xFezIsAFreakx · « **Reply #3 on:** August 28, 2011, 02:44:44 PM »

Is she artistic? I am probably wrong but I thought you get that when you have the artistic trait? Or has she maxed the skill or something? Then again.. my sim has maxed the skill and doesn't get the sparkles.

imaGleek · « **Reply #4 on:** August 28, 2011, 02:49:38 PM »

She is artistic, but I've played plenty of artistic sims that don't get that sparkle when they paint.

I'm pretty sure she is:

-Artistic
-Genius
-Disciplined
-Perfectionist
-Ambitious? (I'm not sure about that one)

I'm also playing in Hidden Springs, but I don' think that could affect anything.

MoonsAreBlue · « **Reply #5 on:** August 28, 2011, 02:54:16 PM »

Sometimes my sims get the sparkles and sometimes they don't. Maybe sparkles indicate that the painting will be a higher value, like Brilliant or Masterpiece? I've never really paid much attention to it.

imaGleek · « **Reply #6 on:** August 28, 2011, 02:56:09 PM »

I just check in my game and she's a bookworm not ambitious.

Saltypaws · « **Reply #7 on:** August 28, 2011, 02:57:31 PM »

Usually those appear when she has the lifetime reward, Extra Creative. Somewhere down the line, you might have purchased that with the happiness points. That is the only time mine ever get those, you might want to check and see.

Sportsfan · « **Reply #8 on:** August 28, 2011, 03:47:33 PM »

I've seen that too, I'm not sure if I saw it before I gave them extra creative. The sim I'm mentioning did have the artistic trait.

imaGleek · « **Reply #9 on:** August 28, 2011, 04:00:55 PM »

Quote from: Saltypaws on August 28, 2011, 02:57:31 PM

Usually those appear when she has the lifetime reward, Extra Creative. Somewhere down the line, you might have purchased that with the happiness points. That is the only time mine ever get those, you might want to check and see.

No, she doesn't have any LTHR's. At some point when she was at level 8, she just started painting with sparkles.

Sportsfan · « **Reply #10 on:** August 28, 2011, 04:34:17 PM »

Quote from: imaGleek on August 28, 2011, 04:00:55 PM

No, she doesn't have any LTHR's. At some point when she was at level 8, she just started painting with sparkles.

Can you look and see what the painting's quality is when you see the sparkles?

imaGleek · « **Reply #11 on:** August 28, 2011, 04:56:42 PM »

Some were brilliant, some were masterpieces, but she's painted masterpieces and brilliant paintings without there being sparkles before.

TallStar · « **Reply #12 on:** August 28, 2011, 05:03:32 PM »

I've only seen it when they complete a certain skill challenge, I think the 30 painting one.

VampirePlasma · « **Reply #13 on:** August 28, 2011, 05:32:02 PM »

I think TallStar is right.

Pam · « **Reply #14 on:** August 28, 2011, 11:52:09 PM »

Yes, I agree with TallStar. The sparkles start when your Sim completes a certain skill journal challenge. It means they're painting faster or something.

Seabody · « **Reply #15 on:** September 05, 2011, 03:18:33 AM »

The Challenge is "Brushmaster" and yes, it is the 30 painting ones. They paint faster with this. As for the original statement... Are you 100% sure this sim has got no Challenges (namely Brushmaster) completed?

imaGleek · « **Reply #16 on:** September 05, 2011, 03:48:49 AM »

I think she was like 2 or 3 away from getting the challenge, maybe it registered early or something.

Cheezey · « **Reply #17 on:** September 05, 2011, 10:02:47 AM »

I'm pretty sure the sparkles show up when you purchase the Extra Creative lifetime reward.

Sportsfan · « **Reply #18 on:** October 15, 2011, 10:11:45 PM »

So reviving this after some stuff that I saw today when I was playing. I have 3 sims:
A has Extra Creative, is level 10 and all skill challenges. He paints with sparkles.
B doesn't have extra creative, is level 8 and the 6 brilliant painting challenge complete. She paints with sparkles.
C doesn't have extra creative, is level 8 and has no challenges. She does not paint with sparkles.

From this I deduce that either the brilliant painting challenge is the one that influences it, or it is completely random.

Saltypaws · « **Reply #19 on:** October 16, 2011, 12:30:28 AM »

My artists get the sparkles when they purchase "extra creative" lifetime happiness reward. I have pretty much always gotten that when I can and some artists have not completed any challenges and do not have very many skill points. I used "testingcheats" to get the reward for a youth I had and they had the sparkles also.

Deme · « **Reply #20 on:** October 16, 2011, 07:40:54 AM »

Maybe the skill challenges and Extra Creative both produce sparkles if present?

Saltypaws · « **Reply #21 on:** October 16, 2011, 09:43:20 AM »

That is just it, they had not completed any skill challenges, just had "extra creative" and not sure if the trait artistic makes a difference or not. Only reason why I know this, is because the few sims I have that sparkle only have "extra creative".

loveSims · « **Reply #22 on:** October 16, 2011, 10:05:36 AM »

I just give my sim with no painting skill and not the artistic trait the reward and she paint with the sparkles! Salty is defnitly right

Deme · « **Reply #23 on:** October 16, 2011, 04:06:35 PM »

Quote from: Saltypaws on October 16, 2011, 09:43:20 AM

That is just it, they had not completed any skill challenges, just had "extra creative" and not sure if the trait artistic makes a difference or not. Only reason why I know this, is because the few sims I have that sparkle only have "extra creative".

No, no, you misunderstand me. I'm not saying that both have to be present. But that they both, individually, produce sparkles. That makes all the data, "my sim has a skill challenge but not EC, but has sparkles" and "my sim has EC but no skill challenges, but has sparkles," make sense. Now the question is if just any painting challenge produces sparkles, or if it's only the one we specifically have a point of data for.

CharlotteDaBookworm · « **Reply #24 on:** October 16, 2011, 04:31:21 PM »

I think its the brushmaster challenge that gives sparkles, At least it has in all of my games.

Author Topic: Sparkle Painting (Read 1151 times)

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