I'm sorry if this has already been mentioned somewhere, but I can't find it. I need to know how to find out who the Alien Leader is so I can ask him about their presence on Earth. I’ve been randomly clicking on aliens, but none of them have an interaction option like “ask, find out.” So how am I supposed to figure this out? I want to make progress in the aspiration, not get stuck on an unclear task. Thank you very much. ♥
I also try to complain about abductions and then ask for them to be restored in the "Interests" category, but there's no such option there. My Sim complains to the alien about the abductions, and the alien promises it won't happen again... So when can I ask for the abductions to be restored? In the "Interests" category, the only option is "share alien knowledge"; there's nothing else.
Have you completed the "increase Alien Lore to level 15" task yet? If so, check the Outworlder Exchange forum again. There's an interaction that unlocks at level 13, you may have missed the notification.
"Ask to Restart Abductions" will be available if your human sim is talking to an alien that they know, who is a teen or older. Basically: a.) the human has to know the alien / have been introduced to the alien, b.) the human has to know that the alien is an alien, c.) the alien has to be a full alien, d.) the alien must be a teen or older.
If your sim has already done this interaction successfully, then "Ask to Restart Abductions" disappears and won't be available. Can you see if your sim has the hidden "Kayaker: trait_NonAlien_NoMoreAbductions" trait using MCCC or Sim Info Manager? And also "Kayaker: trait_NonAlien_KnowsHowToStopAbductions."
It does sound like the dialogue responses aren't firing correctly regardless, so I'll take a second look at those tests.
Thank you. I’ve had Alien Lore at max level for a long time. I’ve met all the other requirements for the aspiration, except for finding the Alien Leader. I think I’ve searched everywhere—I’ve tried asking the aliens, I’ve even tried asking at the Conspiracist Hub, and I’ve searched that forum as well. I tried the “search the forum” or “chat with members” interactions right in the Outworlder Exchange forum category, but nothing came up. I’ll try that again.
Hmm, if by “full alien” you mean aliens that I didn’t create myself in CAS, but who were already in the game somehow, then probably not. Or I don’t know—well, I just created a young adult alien in CAS who’s a good friend of my human Sim, but that option is still missing from the “Interests” category. I just used the “complain about abductions” option, and he replied with something like, “Oh no, did that pollinator really do that to you? I’ll make sure that doesn’t happen again,” something like that. So now there should be an option to “request that the abductions resume,” but I don’t see it there. I’ll take another look at those traits, as you say, but do I need MCCC Cheats for that? I don’t have the full MCCC, just some parts (Center, Pregnancy, Occult etc.). Thank you.
I try not to give spoilers out in the comments, but as a hint - the alien leader is also the forum leader. If you are able to uncover her as an alien (through asking, accusing, getting her to glow with a scientist mood potion, etc) she'll tell you the truth about her career - otherwise she will lie. If you know she's an alien you can ask her about the alien presence. Your sim must have the "known alien" relationship with her in her profile, though.
It sounds like the hidden trait you should have gotten through that interaction didn't apply properly, but you can verify using MC CAS (MC CAS -> Manage Traits -> Remove Trait and filter by "hidden" to see what traits are on your sim). But I've been going through the whole "complain about being abducted" coding and I've noticed some logic errors and a few syntax mistakes on my part - this whole interaction series has been in AR since the v1.0 release and it was made when I was new to modding. I'm going to have to redo it anyways.
Edit: it looks like EA changed how a specific testset functions, which directly impacts the "ask to restart abductions" interaction. So even if the traits have all applied correctly the interaction won't show up.
I've fixed/updated the coding on my end, and will publish the update on Tuesday the 30th after EA's game patch.