Game guide:Architectural Designer scoring

Architectural Designer is a profession from The Sims 3: Ambitions. In this profession, Sims are given renovation requests from other neighbors throughout the neighborhood. The objectives are rather straightforward, which is to renovate other Sims' houses with the required objects. However, there are background scores on how well Sims have made renovations depending on many factors, and high scores will benefit the Sims, including payment bonus and get overall review.

Overall review is very important to fulfill the lifetime wish to become Home Design Hotshot, which requires a total of 100 great reviews. Practically, this amount of tally is almost impossible for Sims to achieve. This tutorial will help the players to understand the scoring system in Architectural Designer and the tips to earn great reviews more easily.

In contrast, there are 3 types of reviews: bad review, good review, and great review. Review scoring don't have stated range or limit. Each review has range of scoring. Having score lower than 0 will give Sims a bad review, score between 0 to 1,000 will give a good review, while higher than 1,000 will give a great review. There are also some thresholds of score which determines how much Sims will earn upon finishing a renovation, as shown on the table.

Basically, Sims' career level gives a starting score on a renovation. Higher career level gives a larger starting score, listed below:

This means that starting at level 8, the possibility to earn great review is higher than the previous levels, and Sims will automatically get a great review at level 10 upon finishing a renovation, as long as they don't get a penalty (e.g. unfinished room, unsatisfied objects, etc.). Also, upon reporting that the renovation completes, Sims get a starting score for 100.

There are several ways to add a bonus score if Sims to perform several things. Before beginning a renovation, Sims can take measurement on the house. It might take a while to measure the entire home, but taking a measurement will give a score boost of 50, 100, or 125 based on how long the Sim takes, so try letting the Sims finish taking measurement. Also, discussing renovation with client gives a score boost of 50, 100, or 125 based on how long the Sim discusses. Take Measurement and Discuss Renovation interactions are available at level 4 and 8, respectively.

Sims can get bonus by placing homemade paintings, photographs, and sculptures on a renovation. Each homemade object adds 10 on the scoring, and if any of the homemade objects are the subject of the client, e.g. a painting of the client, an extra 90 points will be added for the object, making it worth 100 points. This bonus, however, is only given if Sims reach level 7 of the profession. Therefore, placing homemade object with low career level will not grant any bonuses.