

Unhappy to miserable (Angry or Furious for Hot-Heads)Ĭontrary to initial belief, the background of a Sim's icon changes color depending on their need levels specifically, not their mood level, unless their mood is lower than their needs. Plumbob colors in The Sims 3 identifying the mood of the Sim This is most noticeable when the game is in speed 2 or 3. In addition to the plumbob spinning above the active Sim, it also moves up and down slightly. In The Sims 3, the plumbob is green if everything's great, yellow if the Sim isn't in a good mood, and red if the Sim has multiple and/or potent bad moodlet(s) or low needs. Plumbob colors in The Sims 2 identifying the mood of the Sim Plumbob variations in The Sims 2 and The Sims Stories. This cheat, however, doesn't hide the small outing and employee plumbobs. The plumbbobToggle cheat can be used to hide the plumbobs, which can be useful for moviemaking or snapshots. It is important to watch the color of employees' plumbobs so as to know when to give them a break, or they may decide to quit if their motives drop too low. In Open for Business, business employees have a small spherical plumbob over their heads, which could be green, yellow, or red depending on their mood and motives. This plumbob doesn't reflect their mood, however. In Nightlife, the members of a group in an outing or a date partner will have a small blue plumbob over their heads, much like The Sims: Hot Date. True perma-platinum can be reached by maximizing the lifetime aspiration bar. If the player has FreeTime, however, fulfilling the lifetime want will raise the aspiration bar to platinum, but allows it to decay very slowly.

Perma-platinum can be achieved through completing the Sim's Lifetime Want if the player has University through Bon Voyage. If the Sim's mood is somewhere in between, it will be a shade of green-yellow reflecting the approximate level. Otherwise, it is bright green if the Sim's mood is high, and orange or bright red if it is low. In The Sims 2, the plumbob is white if the Sim's aspiration bar is in platinum, which produces a very high mood regardless of the Sim's motives. Plumbob colors in The Sims identifying the mood of the Sim The Starbob makes it easy to identify which Sims are famous. The StarBob only appears when they are inactive and will be replaced by the regular plumbob when control is switched to them. Superstar Sims will have a StarBob appear over their head, taking the form of a solid gold star. The deeper the blue, the better their mood. If the Sim is on a date, the date will have a small blue plumbob (known as a DateBob) which will reflect their mood. A Sim in a bad mood will have a red plumbob, and the red will get brighter and deeper as the Sim's mood gets worse. As the Sim's mood gets lower, the green will become paler until it becomes a sort of neutral color. If the Sim is in a very good mood, the plumbob will be a bright, deep green. This plumb line is important for lining up anatomical geometries and visualizing the subject's center of balance.In The Sims, the plumbob is a fairly accurate reflection of the Sim's mood. The device used may be purpose-made plumb lines, or simply makeshift devices made from a piece of string and a weighted object, such as a metal washer. Students of figure drawing will also make use of a plumb line to find the vertical axis through the center of gravity of their subject and lay it down on paper as a point of reference. Ī plumb bob may be in a container of water (when conditions are above freezing temperatures), molasses, very viscous oils or other liquids to dampen any swinging movement, functioning as a shock absorber.ĭetermining center of gravity of an irregular shape The early skyscrapers used heavy plumb bobs, hung on wire in their elevator shafts. A variation of this tool has the plumb line hung from the top of an inverted T shape. An A-frame level with a plumb line hung from the vertex was also used to find horizontal these were used in Europe until the mid–19th century. However, if they are mounted on a suitable scale the instrument may also be used as an inclinometer to measure angles to the vertical.Īncient Egyptians used a plumb line attached to the top outer part of a tool resembling a letter E when placed against a wall, the plumb line would indicate a vertical line.

A plumb bob and line alone can determine only a vertical reference.
