Night Visitor — "Cravings" System + new victim mechanics

Hey everyone! I'm here to share what I've been working on these last few weeks. There's a lot to talk about and it all revolves around making the victim system more alive and psychologically complex.

The "Cravings" System

The biggest update: every sim with the Victim trait now has access to their own menu called "My cravings..." where they can perform personal actions that reflect their inner state.

I designed 20 iterations distributed across three phases based on the Victim Profile skill level:

• Phase 1 (level 1-3) — Trauma: the victim processes what happened. Actions like Wash compulsively, Cry alone in the bathroom, Lock every door obsessively, Drink to not think.

• Phase 2 (level 4-7) — Hybrid: something more confusing starts to appear. A mix of fear and attraction, shame over getting aroused, fantasies that come without asking permission.

• Phase 3 (level 8-10) — Acceptance: the victim no longer waits. She seeks it. Sleep naked waiting for him, leave the door unlocked on purpose, go out alone at night.

Each craving has its own narrative (written in a more literary tone), its specific animation (the sim walks on their own to the relevant object — shower, bed, bar, etc.), and mechanics behind it that I'll explain below.

Phase 1 mechanics (already working)

• Trauma relief: phase 1 actions reduce the duration of the sim's active negative buffs. Crying relieves 90 minutes of Acute Trauma. Washing relieves 120 minutes. It's the mechanical version of "coping".

• Desire meter: a bar from 0 to 100 that fills up with each craving. In phase 1 it charges slowly (1-2 points per action) because it's not desire yet — it's just the body remembering. In phase 3 it'll charge much faster, and when it reaches the top it'll summon the Night Visitor directly, without waiting for the nightly spawn.

• Custom positive buffs: I'm creating 6 buffs that reflect the momentary relief of each action. "Ritual completed" after washing, "Familiar face" after looking in the mirror, "False sense of control" after locking doors. Each one with its own narrative description and short mood.

Visual detail

I took the opportunity to integrate in-game images into each menu option. Every phase 1 craving already has its thematic icon: the shower for Wash the dirt away, the mirror for Stare in the mirror, the bed for Lie down and stare at the ceiling, and so on.

Background improvements

In addition to the Cravings system, several other changes were made to the mod:

• Strict gender filter: you can now configure the Night Visitor to always be male, female, or a mix. Same for the victim. And a strict mode that does NOT spawn if there's no match (instead of forcing a different gender).

• Dynamic WW roles: the Night Visitor always stays as the active partner in the WW animation, regardless of gender. The orientation of the animations adapts on its own to the actual pair (hetero / gay / lesbian).

• Night Visitor leaves running after WW (no more standing around chatting — it felt out of character).

• Crying system: the victim cries with visual effects + audio while the WW scene lasts, scaled by their skill level. Already "trained" victims (level 9-10) no longer cry.

What's coming next

• Finishing wiring images for phase 2 and 3

• Phase 2 and 3 mechanics (relief becomes less effective, desire charges faster, some cravings worsen trauma instead of relieving it)

• The Night Visitor trigger when desire reaches 100 — the victim no longer waits for the attack, she provokes it

• A rabbit hole system so the victim can call a hotline from her phone

Thanks as always for the support and for making it possible for this mod to keep growing. Every idea that improves it comes from conversations with you.

See you soon with more.