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siirysiir
Seasoned Ace
4 years ago

Sims obsessed with mirror interactions

Is it just me or does it happen to you that whenever you travel to a community lot and use the bathroom, some sad, embarrassed or angry sim barges in to talk to the mirror? It's like I have to delete mirrors from bar bathrooms because my sims constantly get embarrassed because someone decided to come in and "Calm down" in front of the mirror while my sim was trying to do their business. Also they block the sink while standing there, obviously..

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  • @siirysiir
    I also think this is an exaggeration, I hate these interactions in the mirror.
    I like to play as realistic as possible and I don't think it's realistic at all, at least nobody in my real life does it hahaha
    But in my game it's too much, it's absurd, at parties it's when it irritates me the most.
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    siirysiir
    Seasoned Ace
    4 years ago
    @RoseOfDecember Completely agree, I wish these mirror interactions were disabled for autonomous behaviour. Like gameplaywise I think it would make sense that you could still direct a sim to go and calm themselves down in front of the mirror but I hate it when I'm just chatting with someone and then they suddenly leave the conversation to go and talk to a mirror instead. 😞
  • RoseOfDecember's avatar
    RoseOfDecember
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    4 years ago
    @siirysiir
    I use some mods, but I've never found any that disable the autonomy of this interaction. I think it just bothers the two of us hahaha
    In mod MCC has how to disable autonomy, but I could not use this part successfully.
  • @siirysiir Do you have the get famous pack? The only time I get a lot of people interacting with mirrors is if they have the mirror quirk
  • siirysiir's avatar
    siirysiir
    Seasoned Ace
    4 years ago
    @Idiosyncratic53 Yeah I do but those are not famous sims. I'm not sure about this but I think the game sometimes gives random emotions for NPC sims visiting a community lot (like sad or angry) and then they go and take over the bathrooms to go and calm themselves down.
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    siirysiir
    Seasoned Ace
    4 years ago
    @RoseOfDecember we simply cannot be the only ones :D
    and if even MCCC can't help.. I guess the only way is to remove mirrors but that's not much of a solution if you ask me :/
  • RoseOfDecember's avatar
    RoseOfDecember
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    4 years ago
    @Idiosyncratic53
    Hello!! Famous Sims only do if they have the quirk of fame, what we're talking about is the emotional state of the Sims. It seems that in my game half the Sims live furious and the other half are sad all the time hahaha
  • RoseOfDecember's avatar
    RoseOfDecember
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    4 years ago
    @siirysiir
    I've already taken out almost all the decorations, because they're always admiring like idiots, now imagine I start taking out all the mirrors too hahaha, I'll just leave the beds, stove, fridge and TV to keep my sanity while I play.
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    siirysiir
    Seasoned Ace
    4 years ago
    @RoseOfDecember oh no xD I won't be getting DHD unless they seriously fix that pack, I can't deal with even more annoying autonomous behaviour :D
  • Idiosyncratic53's avatar
    Idiosyncratic53
    Seasoned Veteran
    4 years ago

    To get around the random emotions of NPCs, there are multiple ways to change the emotions of everyone in the area:

    1. Vampires can gain an abilty to do a blast of a chosen emotion to everyone around them (I think other sims can do so too but I can't recall off the top of my head which ones)

    2. There are lots of items in build mode which give off emotion moodlets which you can place on lots e.g. adding scientist trophies in the library so everyone is focused or adding VIP buckets in a resurant to make sims flirty. There are also mods which have hidden emotion emmiters if you don't want to have to do anything on lots

    3. You can use the satelite dish from the science career (or build mode) to make everyone either happy or angry

    4. Since I know sims love to randomly grab drinks, you can brew emotion changing tea with the magic tea pot and they'll end up grabing a cup

    There are other options too but those are the main ones which should cover changing the mood of NPCs so they're not looking into mirrors all the time; hope this helps!

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