Lesson 3:  Interests & Skill Bar

Interests  (continued)

When our handy dandy box pops up asking for information, fill it out like so. Notice that we are using the next available behavior number:


Fig. 1.11

And… we end up with a new behavior #4125: "Show Progress Bar"


Fig. 1.12

Make note of our new behavior number (4125).

Note:  You might be wondering why we imported the Global #286 if the file is already referenced from the object. Hang tight, you'll find out in just a little bit.

The next thing we'll do is convert our skill earning lines to reflect interests. Right now we only have two available, so we're going to choose something that is not Hot Date related.

We're going to convert Cooking into Travel, and Mechanical into The 60's. Let's do Travel first. The behaviors associated with Cooking (soon to be travel) are #4102 "Read Cookbook", and #4103 "Read Cookbook TEST".

Open up #4102. There's not much to look at here with the exception of the statement that refers to message ID's. These ID's are where the corresponding messages reside. You know the ones. They pop up in a message box when your Sim earns a skill point.


Fig. 1.13