When you create a sim in CAS, (new household), and choose his main traits, that is the 5 traits you manually choose in CAS (not the hidden ones), they have hidden traits too.sittingbear wrote: ↑April 19th, 2024, 11:20 amHidden Traits are Main Traits. Sims get them in 3 ways inherit them from their parents, reaching certain career levels or through repeated interactions. And none play a part in relationship scoring.
So no parents, and before any career (and I have not seen new hidden traits or changed hidden traits after reaching any career level), and before any interaction whatsoever. The hidden traits are there, right at the beginning of the game, when you hit start, before you even move the sim.
The attraction (either in romance, or friendship, or just woohoing) between sims is related to common (that is shared traits, the sims both having a same trait or more). When sims meet and discover traits to other sims, they either "jump in glee" (their relationship raises) when they share common traits, or if they have conflicting traits with the others', then they have the red minus sign (they relationship decreases).
Thus, common (shared) traits play a role (and a significant one) in a relationship (whatever category of relationship) and in the attraction.
That is my experience and opinion, anyway. I might be mistaken
C-Dark, the higher the attraction (higher the score) between a couple, the less likely they will mess with other sims, even with the default parameters in Woohooer and SP, which is "any", that is anything that moves.
And the higher the attraction, the more they will autonomously flirt, romance, woohoo, in a couple that is (like there is no tomorrow, if it is high).