Is there a search bar in B/B? Can’t find a certain nightlight…

I'm not sure if the "comfort option" is something that is trait-based or what. Perhaps evil and mean-spirited sims may not have that "comfort option" - but it should pop up if any of the other traits are in play...excluding those two.

Loft beds or upper bunk beds are safe. I think, of the normal base game beds, the emoti-cot (the one with the drawers) should be safe, or at least I never had a monster underneath that one. I guess it's too low. The one that looks like a boat (from the store I guess) is also fine.

Normally, it isn't such a big deal though (not nearly as annoying as the Sims4 version). For the most part, I just cancel the action if I notice it. If I miss it, the scared kid gets an upper bunk that night. At least in my experience, it's always just one of the kids that develops that specific habit to look under beds.

"Nikkei_Simmer;c-18033441" wrote:
I'm not sure if the "comfort option" is something that is trait-based or what. Perhaps evil and mean-spirited sims may not have that "comfort option" - but it should pop up if any of the other traits are in play...excluding those two.

I never used those particular traits, so maybe the mom got interrupted by a task or something bugged.

The kids ran out of the actual house when they got scared by the monster, which startled me, so perhaps I had interrupted their requests for comfort when I had the single mom call all of the kids back inside, lol. ?

Or!! Maybe I need to update some mods. It’s been a long while since I played Sims 3, so I need to check all of my mods anyway. ??

"Turjan;c-18033567" wrote:
Loft beds or upper bunk beds are safe. I think, of the normal base game beds, the emoti-cot (the one with the drawers) should be safe, or at least I never had a monster underneath that one. I guess it's too low. The one that looks like a boat (from the store I guess) is also fine.

Normally, it isn't such a big deal though (not nearly as annoying as the Sims4 version). For the most part, I just cancel the action if I notice it. If I miss it, the scared kid gets an upper bunk that night. At least in my experience, it's always just one of the kids that develops that specific habit to look under beds.

I really hated that monster feature in Sims 4! I always had night lights or the children slept in double beds, lol.

Some of my Sim adults and Sims kids (in Sims 3) tend to be brave, so maybe that affects the rate of being scared as well? It must have been a rare occurrence, because I totally forgot Sims 3 had this monster thing.

I finally found the night light and put dozens around the kids’ beds, lol. (There are about 6-7 kids in the same household with a single mom.)

Thanks for letting me know about the loft beds and emoti-cot being safe! I’ll probably replace the bunks with those or assign top bunks only.

It’s been so long since I saw a monster scare in Sims 3, that I guess I forgot it even occurred. I had several families, and I really don’t remember having this monster scare in the past. I must have been lucky, hehe! ?

What’s even more funny and weird is that Supernatural was my second pack ever for Sims 3 (after my first pack, Island Paradise), and I used it a lot, and I have never seen this monster thing before! ?

It was pretty annoying encountering this situation with 6-7 sims children almost all at the same time, lol. And at like very early in the morning (around 1 or 2 am?), too, before school. Poor sleepy kids and poor single mom! ?

Hopefully I can stop this from happening again, lol. I think I should be to. I really don’t remember this happening to me in Sims 3 before.

In Sims 4, it happened way too often, though, lol! ? (Before I discovered the night light and remembered to turn it on.)

I get the feeling that "monster scares" are like meteors (another lovely little Sims 3 event) - they rarely happen, but when they do, they're memorable.

I deliberately keep my sims paranoid.
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Was that three meteors... Ooops. I only meant to send one... my bad.

@LatinaBunny You're welcome. Always keep in mind you can reassign beds. The kids aren't afraid to sleep in beds where other kids found monsters, they just don't want to sleep where they found them themselves. This means that bunk beds are never a real problem, because you can just switch the kids around.

"Turjan;c-18033869" wrote:
@LatinaBunny You're welcome. Always keep in mind you can reassign beds. The kids aren't afraid to sleep in beds where other kids found monsters, they just don't want to sleep where they found them themselves. This means that bunk beds are never a real problem, because you can just switch the kids around.

Oh, really?? ? That would help so much! Thank you for letting me know all of these solutions! I’m glad there are multiple ways to dealing with this monster business. :smile: Now I can just go back to relaxing with my Sims 3 save now that I got multiple solutions to solve this problem. Now I can enjoy my game without worries again! (I just have to update some mods, but I’m so glad!)

Thank you so much, folks! ?❤️?

"Nikkei_Simmer;c-18033741" wrote:
I get the feeling that "monster scares" are like meteors (another lovely little Sims 3 event) - they rarely happen, but when they do, they're memorable.

I deliberately keep my sims paranoid.
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Was that three meteors... Ooops. I only meant to send one... my bad.

Oh, I remembered when I was shocked by the death of a Sim in Sims 2 or Sims 3 (?), when a random satellite fell and killed my sim who was just chilling outside and looking at the sky, lol! ?

I thought monsters under the bed were from Generations. But then, for a long time I thought meteors were from Seasons, until one hit the school where my teen was, when I didn't have Seasons. I could have gotten her out of there, but I didn't think there were meteors in my game, so even though I could see the shadow and thought it looked like a meteor's shadow should look like, I was too confused do anything and she was killed, along with all the students still inside the school.

"IreneSwift;c-18034590" wrote:
I thought monsters under the bed were from Generations. But then, for a long time I thought meteors were from Seasons, until one hit the school where my teen was, when I didn't have Seasons. I could have gotten her out of there, but I didn't think there were meteors in my game, so even though I could see the shadow and thought it looked like a meteor's shadow should look like, I was too confused do anything and she was killed, along with all the students still inside the school.

I totally forgot I had Generations, too! It’s been so long, lol. ?