Is there a way to stop un-active sims from collecting things?

I've also been wondering if it's a mod or maybe a certain expansion pack PalmArrow. While it is annoying that it happens, maybe it's not so bad after all because my sim made almost 20,000 Simoleans from all that stuff in her inventory.

It is the mod which is causing the sims to collect things. I am not playing with NRaas' SP at the moment and don't know off-hand if there is a setting which will stop that behavior. Although, Twallen was very throughoro in his mod features so I image there has to be a way. If not, the best thing you can do is sell or delete the objects (NRaas Purge).

In an unmodded game, the townies don't collect any items at all.

I'm sorry, I don't have an answer for you, but I'm very curious to see what the replies will be because this never happened to me. When I make a townie active, the only thing I ever find in their inventory is a camera, an umbrella and a high school diploma, an sometimes a car or bicycle. I wonder if a mod is causing this to happen in your game, or if a mod is preventing this from happening in my game.

Nraas Story Progression’s skill module can push collecting and painting, among other productive activities. Are you using that mod?

Yes I'm using Story Progression. Thanks for suggesting it.

The only thing my unplayed Sims collect is books. They seem to empty out any bookshelves placed on community lots. Very annoying!

---- Pls ignore - I thought it was about TS4 :) ----

Do you have City Living? I sometimes will find a sim with lots of related items, like the entire collection. I think the sim has been tending a NPC sales table during a festival or at a market place. The game fills its inventory with say crystals r frogs, and the sim will restock the sales table. Whatever was not sold will be kept in the inventory. I assume the game will on ly assign such a task to unemployed sims, so to avoid it you could just sign up with the "work office" to add a work title, or get a real job. Your problem might come from story progression mod though, as I never saw them selling insects...

@Simmerville - City Living is a Sims 4 game and doesn't affect The Sims 3.

"mw1525;c-18318645" wrote:
@Simmerville - City Living is a Sims 4 game and doesn't affect The Sims 3.

LOL, sorry! I must have sorted by "Discussions" not being aware. I wish so much we could sort by discussions while seeing only the series we are into :)

"telemwill;c-18318576" wrote:
The only thing my unplayed Sims collect is books. They seem to empty out any bookshelves placed on community lots. Very annoying!

I've noticed that to!