Secret Affairs

Update v1.0.2

Fixes

• Fixed an issue where Secret Affairs could interfere with some EA event UI/situation timers in certain saves.

• Fixed the Street Sale / seller table issue where the event timer could appear broken or stuck.

New Features

• Added End the Affair Quietly.

• Sims can now end an affair before the official partner discovers it.

• This is meant for stories where the affair fizzles out, one Sim gets scared, or both Sims decide the situation has gone too far.

• Ending the affair quietly removes the active affair state between those two Sims.

• The official partner does not automatically discover the affair just because it ended quietly.

Quiet Ending Fallout

• Quiet endings now have different emotional outcomes depending on the affair.

• Early or less attached affairs may end more cleanly.

• Deeper affairs may leave stronger feelings behind.

• Sims can receive separate aftermath buffs depending on how the ending lands for each of them.

Suspicion Cooling

• If the official partner was suspicious but never discovered the affair, suspicion can now slowly cool down after the affair ends quietly. If the affair resumes, the cooling stops.

New Follow-Up Route

• Added Pick Up Where We Left Off as a possible follow-up after certain quiet endings.

• This does not appear after every quiet ending.

• It is meant for the more emotionally complicated endings where both Sims still seem to care.

How the Follow-Up Works

For Pick Up Where We Left Off to become possible, the quiet ending has to land on the Both Care route. That route is more likely when the affair was more developed and both Sims still seem emotionally attached.

It looks at things like:

• Affair progress

• Romance level between the affair partners

• Friendship level between the affair partners

• Certain traits

• Certain moods

It is more likely when the affair is deeper, both Sims have stronger romance/friendship, or the Sims have softer/emotional traits like Romantic, Lovestruck, Good, Loyal, Family-Oriented, or Gloomy.

It is less likely when the affair was still early, the romance/friendship is low, or the Sims have traits that make them colder or more detached, like Commitment Issues, Evil, Self-Absorbed, Romantically Reserved, or Unflirty.

So if someone ends a very early affair, like one that never became deeply emotional, there may be no follow-up. That is intended.

If the follow-up does appear, the result can still vary. The Sims may pick things back up, reject the idea, or hesitate before the situation fully resolves.