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| [3] Your Sims                                                               |
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The stars of the game are your Sims.  Whether they are man or woman, toddler or
child, teenager or elder, they are the driving force behind the game.  You can
build the biggest mansion in the world, but it'll all be useless without some
Sims to live inside it.

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| [3.1] Motives                                                               |
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There are eight motives that you are required to keep up.  Some motives take
importance another one, which controls how your Sim acts when Free Will is
turned on.  For example, if a Sim's Hunger and Fun rating are both in the red,
they will choose Hunger first, because your Sim can live without Fun, and will
die if Hunger isn't fulfilled.  Some of the motives also have "Desperation"
actions that occur autonomously if that motive gets in the far red.

Descriptions wrapped in quotation marks are from the game.

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| [3.1.1] Hunger                                                              |
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"A refrigerator is the first stop for any hungry Sim.  Cooking skill and
appliances will affect the quality of the different meals Sims can prepare.  If
they don't feel like cooking, then can call for a pizza!"

Hunger is the most important motive, because it is the only one that can kill
your Sim directly (Energy can kill you as well, but it's indirect).  Hunger can
be fulfilled a number of ways.  You can use the phone to order pizza, which
costs your Sim $40.  You can grill food on the barbecue, have a snack from the
refrigerator, use the microwave or toaster oven to warm up food, or the oven to
make food.

When cooking your own food, there are a few factors that are taken into
consideration.  Number one is the type of equipment you have.  An expensive
fridge will have better tasting food then a cheap fridge, and an expensive oven
will cook food better then a cheap oven.  If you have a food processor, food
will taste better.  If you don't, you'll have to prepare the food yourself, and
it won't taste as good.  Then, of course, your Cooking skill is taken into
effect.  The higher the skill is, the better tasting your food will be, and the
less chance of a fire breaking out.  Here is a flow chart of how to make the
best food:

1) Take food from expensive refrigerator
2) Use food processor to prepare the food
3) Use oven to cook the food
4) Have a counter handy to place the finished food on

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Desperation Action
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A low Hunger motive will result in your Sim rushing to the refrigerator and
stuffing themselves by grabbing stuff and eating it.  If no refrigerator is
available, your Sim will die of hunger.

(Thanks to Lauren for telling me the desperation action for Hunger)

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