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.

Sportsfan · « **Reply #25 on:** October 16, 2011, 04:32:52 PM »

I still have one sim left that I can test this on. I'll have data sometime next weekend.

Although right now I agree with deme.

loveSims · « **Reply #26 on:** October 16, 2011, 04:43:24 PM »

Quote from: Sportsfan on October 16, 2011, 04:32:52 PM

I still have one sim left that I can test this on. I'll have data sometime next weekend.

Although right now I agree with deme.

That will be nice, I don't have a sim without the reward. I always give it to them early

Sportsfan · « **Reply #27 on:** October 16, 2011, 04:57:07 PM »

The sim I'm going to test with currently has no challenges, level 8 and no extra creative. I won't buy extra creative until I see the sparkles.

I believe that it has been proven that sparkles come from extra creative LTR, the bushmaster challenge, or the proficient painter challenge, whichever the painter seems to have.
I don't think that I will be able to have my painter get the masterpiece challenge without one of the others first (on accident).

Also, the traits I will be using are artistic, perfectionist, loves the outdoors (don't see that one changing anything lol) and friendly.

MoMoll · « **Reply #28 on:** October 17, 2011, 04:06:01 AM »

My sim has the LTR "Extra Creative", but has not yet mastered any of the painting skill challenges and she paints with sparkles.

Hosfac · « **Reply #29 on:** November 04, 2011, 05:40:42 AM »

Quote from: Sportsfan on October 16, 2011, 04:57:07 PM

I don't think that I will be able to have my painter get the masterpiece challenge without one of the others first (on accident).

This is the easiest challenges to complete, actually...if you know how to do it. All it requires is a painting level high enough to get masterpieces and knowing what the masterpiece paintings will look like when they're done.

Use medium or large paintings, since it takes longer to paint them and you'll be able to tell what they'll look like sooner. Start the painting and only paint long enough to see what it's going to look like when it's finished (it shouldn't take very long...usually during the starting stage). If it's not one of the masterpieces, you scrap it and start over. If it is one of the masterpieces, you finish it.

You don't get credit for scrapped paintings since you didn't finish them. You won't have to worry about accidentally getting a regular or brilliant since all of the masterpieces will use specific images that the lower quality ones won't. You'll also save a lot of time, since you're only finishing the ones you're looking for.

This is how I always complete this challenge. It's also worth noting that this will not work for Brilliant paintings, since they use the same images that the regular ones do.

Author Topic: Sparkle Painting (Read 1151 times)

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