Sims 4 Hypnosis/Brainwashing Expansion Mod - Brainstorming and Plans

[MegaXAnime]

Update: Hey everyone as promised i've updated the traits. There is now a custom pie menu for both traits. The pie menu can be found under Friendly->Small Talk. In addition i found several script errors that i didnt notice before. These issues have been fixed. Which means Step 1 is now complete. The updated mod has been added to this post. If you downloaded the previous version simply delete the old package and scripts.

Hey everyone so awhile ago on these forums there was a post about a hypnosis expansion mod which never made it past the initial concept. And years ago i attempted to do something similar but not on the scale of that. At the time it was a simple hypnosis wheel and the goal was to just give it some custom interactions to allow sims to hypnotize or be hypnotized. In retrospect i went about it at a bad angle i have never modded anything before so i went into Blender and modeled just a simple wheel. But the issues i can across with it is i was struggling with UV Unwrapping it.

Let alone even getting it into the game.  So i took a much need break from it. I plan to eventually go back to it and model it again but as a much better model as now i have much more experience using Blender.

So this brings us to this post. Recently i finished a trait mod that i was able to implement in the game. Now the social interactions can use some work but its working as intended.

They as follows:
Persuader Trait: An evil trait found under Social. It is a sim who is good at manipulation  and persuading others to do things for them. They excel at charisma and wit and use it with calculated precision to get what they want.

Receptive Spirit: This one is found under emotional. They sims that are quick to trust others, and don't like to lead. They take satisfaction in letting other do the decision making.  They fall in love rather quickly So their often taken advantage of.

The way these are structured they work best together while testing it i found when you put them together it makes the Receptive Spirit sim become very flirty. In my testing it did not take long at all for the 2 of them to go on a date. In fact the Receptive Spirit asked the other sim out without me even having to click on it.

So i thought as i develop this why not make this the beginning of a hypnosis expansion mod and expand upon that original CC idea i had but including further content.

So here's what i've thought so far for it.
Step 1: Improve upon these traits. Currently i found the social interactions were a little difficult to find so id like to consolidate them into one menu.
Step 2: Persuasion Skill to really push that Persuader trait. I'd also like to see about simulating being persuaded to do actions. That might not be doable however.
Step 2a: Gullibility Skill will be much more difficult to create i feel. The idea is a skill that mischief interactions increase this skill making the sim more likely to agree to complete actions.
Step 3: Computer interaction to Study Hypnotism. This will give you a hypnotism skill the more you practice the better of a hypnotist you become.
Step 4: Continuing from Step 3 hypnosis interactions as you level up the skill the difficult suggestions your able to hypnotize sims to do. Which ties into an additional skill the Brainwashed Skill.
Step 5: Linked to Vampire Needs i imagine if the subject is not hypnotized on a regular basis this bar will go down and they will require additional sessions to get to the same state they were before.
And finally this step is just a bonus idea i had possibly a hypnotist career.

I still have alot to learn as i go into this if anyone has any ideas or would like to assist in anyway please let me know. Attached to this is the old hypnosis wheel screenshot model and the trait mod if anyone wants to try it out

 

MegaCustomTraits.zip

Edited December 31, 2024 by MegaXAnime
Updated Mod

[d1ckdyke]

Cam't wait to see more! Good luck on your modding journey!

[User5928]

Apparently i was trying to make something similar with mod constructor, but i lack time and skills, though maybe eventually i'd have something simple. Good luck with your mod!

[kingcrimsonq]

Hey! I'd be up for helping you test this out. I've been planning my own Mod for awhile based on my comic world but that is just concept stages since I am still just starting at mods.

[crash201]

Excited to see more of this!

[_zz_22_]

updateee

 

[mrsims_gfd]

Can't wait for this, please give us an update on your progress! 

[cantresisthaha]

Also excited for this, been looking for a Sims 3 or 4 mod like this for a while now.