Cast of Inception Character Pack

The Cast of Inception Character Pack is a set of Sims created by Dozerfleet Labs to resemble the eight main cast characters from Nolan's 2010 film Inception. The pack was attempted for Sims 2, Sims 3, and Sims 4.

Description
With this pack, you can relive moments from the movie Inception inside a Sims game near you! Or, use these to write your own fanfics. Have characters from the movie interact with your own Sims, or introduce them to the worlds of the subconscious. Machinomic VFX are up to you, however. This is a starter package for Inception and Sims fans, as it only contains the 8 most prominent figures from the blockbuster film:


 * Arthur Callahan, the Point Man, who seems to always be loyally by Dom's side on extraction and inception jobs. But what's his real motive?


 * Hikamora Saito, the Tourist. The Fischer Sr. corporate conglomerate threatens to monopolize, and to put Saito's company out of business.  Saito can't afford that.  Can he and Dom convince Fischer Jr. to dismantle Fischer Sr.'s company?


 * Dominic Cobb, the Extractor. Cobb will do anything to get back to his kids - even brainwash a total stranger with the help of a team!  But will his dead wife forever get in his way?


 * Mallorie "Mal" Cobb, the Shade. Mal died years ago. She just hasn't come to accept it yet.  Will she ever make peace with her husband's betrayal?


 * Ariadne Mavitch, the Architect. She was offered a chance to visit new worlds in others' minds.  And now, she can't resist the urge to explore yet again.


 * William Eames, the Forger. Eames loves a good challenge, and the price for Dom and Saito's job is right.


 * Robert Fischer Jr., the Mark. With his father dead, Fischer must decide what to do with the corporate conglomerate left behind. Can Dom convince him to break it up?


 * Yusef Ahmtabi, the Chemist. Yusef's out to prove his dream machine chemistry is the best.  Now if only he could drive...

Sims 2 package contents

 * Cast of Inception Pack (condensed to 1.06 MB)
 * Ariadne.package (168 KB)
 * Arthur.package (179 KB)
 * Cobb.package (179 KB)
 * Eames.package (178 KB)
 * Fischer.package (178 KB)
 * Mal.package (168 KB)
 * Saito.package (179 KB)
 * Yusef.package (171 KB)

Sims 2 package requirements
All expansions are presumed to be required. No stuff packs are required.


 * University
 * Nightlife
 * Open for Business
 * Pets
 * Seasons
 * Bon Voyage
 * Free Time
 * Apartment Life

Development of Sims 2 version
Experimentation with the Chroma Key Wall and Floor Set in August of 2011 led to an experiment to use it to re-create in The Sims 2 various scenes from Inception. The cast then followed, to add authenticity to these scene re-creation experiments. The end result was a pack of Inception characters, made ready for release on Utterly Sims in late 2011. By this time, the Dozerfleet founder parted ways with an NPIC contractor, leading to a re-skinning also being pursued of the Question Prompting Assistant to remove all references to any government office material and make it a generic form for a business - which could then be re-skinned to fit any other business in QPA needs and in design.

The QPA wouldn't complete its reskin until about a year later. Other than some pursuit of a Sims 2 version of the Swappernetters pack, Sims 2 production all but completely ceased at Dozerfleet following the release of this Inception pack. There would be a very brief revival period years later, but most of it was about adapting missed classic features of Sims 2 for later games, so that later games could use those features for making Dozerfleet screenshots and concept art.

Sims 3 package contents

 * Cast of Inception Pack (condensed to 11 MB)
 * Ariadne.Sims3Pack (1.38 MB)
 * Arthur.Sims3Pack (2.96 MB)
 * Dominick Cobb.Sims3Pack (1.11 MB)
 * Eames.Sims3Pack (1.72 MB)
 * Robert Fischer.Sims3Pack (1.23 MB)
 * Mallorie Cobb.Sims3Pack (1.26 MB)
 * Saito.Sims3Pack (2.95 MB)
 * Yusef.Sims3Pack (1.43 MB)

Required expansion packs

 * World Adventures
 * Ambitions
 * Late Night
 * Generations
 * Pets
 * Supernatural
 * University Life

Required stuff packs

 * High End Loft
 * Fast Lane

Development of Sims 3 version
In late May and early June of 2014, DzMD (still then known as Utterly Sims) sought to capture the fun of the Sims 2 I mod for adding Inception to the Sims world, by making a Sims 3 adaptation. Much like its predecessor, this version was unable to adapt Ariadne's scarf. However, it got most of the characters to look very similar to their movie counterparts - probably a closer match than was achieved even with The Sims 4.

Sims 4 package contents

 * Cast of Inception Pack (condensed to 427 KB)
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Sims 4 requirements
Because this set was made so early on, only the base game is required for it to run. However, successive packs may allow players to achieve character appearances with greater accuracy than this basic pack allows for.

Development of Sims 4 version
Almost immediately upon acquisition of The Sims 4, the Dozerfleet founder wasted no time re-creating the previous two packs by making a Sims 4 version of the set. It would take several more months for Get to Work to even be released, so all these Sims were made with base game content only. They were as close a match as the base game would allow, meaning that players would be encouraged to use later DLCs to enhance the characters' appearances to be better movie matches. Height slider mods are also encouraged for use, to correct the issue of every character being the same height. As Sims 4 has been patched hundreds of times since the 2014 release, it is now possible to enhance Sims in Create-a-Sim, to make these Inception characters more complex - and better - matches to their movie counterparts.

Distribution
In 2011, the Inception pack for Sims 2 was uploaded to Utterly Sims. This was followed by its Sims 3 counterpart in early 2014, and its Sims 4 counterpart in late 2014. After Utterly Sims was removed from Tumblr, the Inception packs were linked to from DeviantArt. In June of 2020, both the Sims 2 and Sims 3 versions were on the Dozerfleet Labs blog on Blogger. Earlier, on May 29th of 2020, the Sims 4 version was submitted in advance.