Skyrim
0 of 0

File information

Last updated

Original upload

Created by

Elianora

Uploaded by

Elianora

Virus scan

Safe to use

About this mod

A complete overhaul of the living system in Skyrim. Combat and questing disabled. Skills and perks redesigned.

Requirements
Permissions and credits
Donations
 
Welcome to Skyrim 2! Experience the game the way only NPCs have experienced it before! 



__________________________________________________________

REQUIREMENTS :

• Skyrim.esm
• Hearthfires.esm

__________________________________________________________

SIMS - BASICS


SIMS is definitely recommended for a new save file. If you try to play this on an old save, it's like dividing by zero and your motherboard may fry. We in Elianora Creations Inc. Limited take no responsibility of hardware or software failures and explosions, should you attempt to run this mod.

Upon starting the game, you are a caught prisoner in Helgen, and because of an attack upon your execution, you get a chance at turning things around when you escape. 
All violent events have been disabled, part from wildlife, and you must make your way to civilisation and try to start your new life.

In Skyrim Immersive Management Simulation, you don't only control your main character. You also take over the other members of your household: House carls, spouses, kids, pets. All of them have their own life rhythms that you must control. All of them contribute to the entire household's success.
Kids have to go to school in the temples in each hold, young adults can go to bard or mages colleges and have part time courier jobs.



SIMS - ASPIRATIONS

You can choose from several aspirations after you reach lvl 2. Leveling up is covered in more detail at part "SIMS - SKILLS AND PERKS".
I won't go into too much detail here in the description so I won't spoil the fun for you! There is a comprehensive built-in tutorial within the mod that will guide you through your experience. Completing an aspiration grants you thousands of happiness points to the entire household happiness pool.

• Aspiration: CAREER ORIENTED

There are 10 promotion levels in each job branch. There are 15 career branches in the game, varying from farmer to bard, to politician and merchant.
Your Dovahsim wants to reach the highest spot in 3 different career lines!

• Aspiration: WEALTHIEST MAN IN THIS PART OF TAMRIEL

Money can buy happiness! Through hard work, cunning, or criminal activities, your Dovahsim aspires to be the wealthiest man in all of Skyrim!
Every NPSim in the household can earn money towards the family funds, and once the household owns 3 mansions and has accumulated 500 000 septims in wealth, the player gets named High King / Queen of Skyrim. You also get 8000 happiness points.

• Aspiration: SOCIALITE EXTRAORDINAIRE

Money and career don't matter to your Dovahsim! You want to be super popular. Make friends, socialise, entertain and keep up with all latest gossip and news of the high society! Once the player has made friends with at least 4 yarls and the household has 30 "family friends", your player character gets made a yarl in their own hold. Completing this aspiration earns the player 7000 happiness points.

• Aspiration: FAMILY MAN/WOMAN

Your Dovahsim likes the simple, loving life of a nice big family. They want to leave a mark, and grow a legacy. Control all family members, build their lives, make them marry and reproduce and be happy! Once the player has minimum 4 grand children and the family has established "side households" in 4 holds, your main Dovahsim dies happily, and the rest of the family gains 6000 happiness points to spent for buying special traits and household help items.

• Aspiration: WORLD RENOWNED COLLECTOR

Materialism is where it's at! Skyrim is brimming with loot and shiny items, and your Dovahsim wants to own them all! There are 10 types of collectible treasures, and you can find some in the wild, and trade for them in different holds. Search through merchants and black markets! But to have funds for your.. exquisite hobby, you will also have a career. You can combine this aspiration with a career by choosing the "scholar" career branch, which allows you access to expeditions to old (safe) ruins with your college of choice.



SIMS - BUILD MODE

Due to memory limitations, I wasn't able to include the entire Creation Kit into the mod. Unfortunately all buildings that you can purchase in this game come prebuilt. You can use household funds to buy decorative sets (change colours of walls, floors and fabrics), buy and place furniture and clutter, and add house hold items, but you won't be able to actually move walls or renovate house layouts. Activate Build Mode by pressing Alt + F4.

SIMS - SKILLS & PERKS

In Skyrim Immersive Management Simulation, you level up your character by doing mundane tasks. I removed boring quests and dangerous fights.
Leveling in SIMS is much more laidback. Points are awarded for almost anything! When you get a job, when you go to your job, when you sell or buy items, when you cook food for your household, when you use a skill to talk, entertain, clean, exercise. It's all part of the character progress. Each household member has their own skill and perk system, so if you're really into micromanaging, this mod is perfect for you!

MAIN SKILLS:
Cooking - Charisma & Social - Athletic - Housework - Fishing & Hunting - Logic - Music

I made an interactive in-game tutorial for all the skills so you will get guided from level 1 so you'll never get lost playing SIMS, but needless to say, you need these skills to progress in your life! Huntress will need good athletic skill and fishing skill, a bard will need all their charisma and music skill!

Perks are like character traits and abilities. When your character "levels up" meaning they reach a certain amount of happiness points (which you gain for completing minor tasks and succeeding in life), you get to choose a perk. Perks range from new kinds of pick up lines to being able to build more advanced traps, depending on what skill the perks are being chosen for.

SIMS - CAREER

Anything you do in Skyrim requires influence and money. Unless you decide to be a total nolife hermit, you will need money to take care of all the basic needs. The safest way to earn septims is by getting a steady job. There are 15 career lines that all have 10 promotion levels. You gain promotion by being at work in time, working hard during the week and sucking up to your boss.

If you are not controlling a certain character while they are due for work or studies, they will leave to the location independently and return when the day is done. It's the beauty of Skyrim Immersive Management Simulation, you choose your own comfort level of micromanaging! You can just take care of your Dovahsim and leave your household to run their own lives day to day! To be more successful though, it is recommended you maintain some control over the major life changes and decisions of your household members. (Like who your daughter is allowed to date, your sons' sexual orientation, your wife's shopping habbits). 

Career branches:

Politician (aspiring thanes and yarls)
Bard
Hold guard
Beggar
Thieves Guild
Scholar (Mage or Historian)
Farmer
Hunter
Fisher
Bodyguard
Inn worker (later you can own your own inn if you gain enough gold)
Prostitute
Merchant
Priest
Smith

SIMS - SOCIAL

Some career lines demand that your Dovahsim is a normally functioning member of the society. You must make friends in nice places, to gain influence and money. Some people you can intimidate to respect and fear you, you can try to bribe people, entertain them to like you, or just be generally a nice person to be around, making favours, telling jokes and so on. Socialising is a very interesting aspect of the mod.

SIMS - NEEDS

Every normal live creature has needs. Needs are a core element in SIMS. You will have to monitor your household members' hunger and thirst levels, sleep, toilet needs, hygiene and fun. The uncontrolled characters will sandbox and take basic care of themselves (though not always so intelligently) if you only wish to control your Dovahsim.

To get away easily with hunger needs, you can cook food for the entire family at the same time, and put away leftover meals. Not every household member has to be a master chef. A father can stay at home taking care of the family while the mother is out earning bread to the table. Skyrsims will need to eat at least twice a day to keep happy and healthy, and drink 3 times a day. Hunger and thirst decrease and increase depending on activities done.

Each house in Skyrim has been outfitted with bathroom amenities. Eating and drinking alters hygiene and toilet needs. A Skyrsim will need to bath at least every 2 days, depending on their activity levels (hunting increases need for bathing, sitting in the library studying books.. not so much), and use toilet twice.

Children under 12 will go to bed before 9PM and wake up in the morning for brainwashin.. errr. schooling at the temple. They will eat quick meals if you don't cook for them. Teenagers in the household can cook basic meals for themselves.

A happy character gets at least 7 hours of sleep a day. Make sure you get to bed early enough if you have sunrise shift at the farms!

No one wants to live their life slaving at work with nothing else to do. Your Dovahsim also needs some funtimes! It can be playing with the kids, drinking at the inn, knitting, riding.. All kinds of activities. There are opportunities to have fun while building skills and improving your social status at the same time!

You can make life easier once you gain some gold. You can upgrade your house with more luxurious items that give higher satisfaction levels.

FOR ANY CONCERNS AND QUESTIONS ABOUT THE MOD, PLEASE REFER TO THE DETAILED USER GUIDE IN THE README.


__________________________________________________________

COMPATIBILITY

My needs system will conflict with all other needs and survivability mods, including Frostfall, iNeeds, RND, RnB, BBC and BBQ

Compatible with Schlongs of Skyrim and HDT animated vayjaynay.

Compatible with USKPs

Additional patches will be created if need arises

Patch for ASLAL coming, so you can choose your own beginning!