Sexual orientation options?

You already do have the choice, wants popping up aren't particularly relevant...you only have to fulfill the ones you choose. I don't really see how adding a specific selector will change anything that's actually relevant. I get wants I don't want to fulfill ALL the time...simply not adding them to the active wants list is all it takes, which means the only action necessary is a NON-action. You want to replace that with an actual action...that's a little wierd, imho.

I think adding such a selection option would cause controversy. Yes, you can currently make any sim you actively control lean one way or the other, but the game itself never explicitly asks you to make a choice. Add in the option where "homosexual" and "bisexual" are right there on the screen as choices and you end up with a ton of bible thumpers banging down EA's doors for condoning alternative lifestyles which corrupt family values, blah blah blah. Yes, it's crazy, but it's exactly what would happen.

Stormkeep wrote:
You already do have the choice, wants popping up aren't particularly relevant...you only have to fulfill the ones you choose. I don't really see how adding a specific selector will change anything that's actually relevant. I get wants I don't want to fulfill ALL the time...simply not adding them to the active wants list is all it takes, which means the only action necessary is a NON-action. You want to replace that with an actual action...that's a little wierd, imho.

I think adding such a selection option would cause controversy. Yes, you can currently make any sim you actively control lean one way or the other, but the game itself never explicitly asks you to make a choice. Add in the option where "homosexual" and "bisexual" are right there on the screen as choices and you end up with a ton of bible thumpers banging down EA's doors for condoning alternative lifestyles which corrupt family values, blah blah blah. Yes, it's crazy, but it's exactly what would happen.

I also meant (and forgot to add) in the first post that even with story progression off my Sims start unwanted relationships. I mean, it's not a HUGE deal, it's just one of those minor little annoyances.

In the Sims2 there's an option within the boolprop cheat...where you could choose "Interested in...men, women, both" and choose one of those options. That's more along the lines of my thinking..
But I agree. Someone would be offended.

Karyssia wrote:

I do wish they would bring back attractions though. IE being attracted to blond hair, brown eyes.. having turn offs overweight, unemployed too. :)

I second that wish! But then, they need to bring back a whole lot of features that were in previous sims games as it relates to romance, dating, etc. Currently the game is very lacking in that area.

I think that'd up the ratings.

I've had gay sims that, for whatever reason, really don't like getting too close to the opposite gender. I don't know how they just knew, but since this happens in my games, I really -don't- mind not having a sexual preference thing.

Shouldn't this be in the Idea section..?

After installing NL, my malesims are very flirty WITH EACH OTHER. Doesn't bother me of course, because this time around I'm playing a male (actually 4) characters so I want all the ladies for me! Funny enough, while I've spend time with Paul McCartney, trying to get him to 5 star celebrity rating, John and George kissed and started a semi-relationship, sadly, I had to make John break up with George, just because both of them being together is not part of my plan. John moved on rather quickly and started hitting on one of Paul's lady friends, George in the other hand was heartbroken for quite some time and decided to take on painting, and he rolled the need "date john lennon" for quite sometime.

with master controller mod you can set the preference pretty much by assigning numbers to each sex. like for a gay female i would set her attraction to males to -50 and attraction to females 75. that way even when im not playing her chances are she will still end up with another chick. i believe this is how the game already operates, its just one of those hidden things this mod just allows you to view it and change it. i think usually this number is influenced by the type of interactions your sims uses with other sims.

the notion of a clean installed game initating gay/esbian couples on its own without you initiating them either through a gay/lesb family of your own or through downloading is false.

Mostly true, The reason you didn't get gay Sims in these neighborhood is because the game kind of watches how you work relationships. I have had a neighborhoods full of gay Sims and neighborhood that were completely straight. the neighborhoods where you don't make any gay Sims doesn't automatically spawn gay Sims. The ones where you have a lot of gay Sims do. The game has a percentage of automatically spawned gay Sims, it can be change with different mods.

mewne0 wrote:
I've been wanting this since the Sims 1. The option to
choose your Sims' sexual orientation (gay, bi, straight.) That way when you befriend
someone you don't get wants to kiss/etc with one of your Sim's friends.
Anyone else interested in this?

You can!
Just not directly. Have your sim romantically interact with whichever gender you want them to prefer, and after awhile, only wishes for romantic interactions with that gender will come up.

There is a secret meter that keeps track of those things that is neutral until the first romantic interaction. That's why sims when you first play them get wishes for both genders.

P.S. I know about this only because it was in the Sims 2 (read it in one of the game guides) and have noticed they've transferred it to the Sims 3. Please correct me if I'm wrong.

By default, Sims already have a preset on sexual orientation. I haven't noticed this until yesterday when I finally put EA's terrible SP (Yes, I find it horrible). You'll notice it more often with townies than the premade families.
I wouldn't want options for this. It should be surprise like in real life :P

cannibaleyes wrote:

MLadyAzzera wrote:

Just not directly. Have your sim romantically interact with whichever gender you want them to prefer, and after awhile, only wishes for romantic interactions with that gender will come up.

There is a secret meter that keeps track of those things that is neutral until the first romantic interaction. That's why sims when you first play them get wishes for both genders.

Really? That's kind of cool. :)

As for actually selecting them to be gay/bi/straight, I kind of like it that they aren't defined like that. I think it's more realistic (well, at least from my own experiences...). If you want them to be a certain sexuality, then only have them go out with one gender, simple as that...

As for NPCs, I can see how it could get annoying sometimes... Like, nearly all of my sims in my family that wasn't in my household ended up being gay/lesbian, and I kind of wanted some of them to breed. ..But it wasn't really too bad. Actually, one of them was a sim that I was planning on making gay anyway. Personally, I love my story progression, it alwasy does such fun things. :P

I also forgot to add that it also controls which gender your sim does random romantic socials with too. After awhile your sim won't "by accidently" flirt with the wrong gender preference via free will.

I like the randomness of story progression because it's how it would be in real life, and I'm so happy the Sims doesn't hold prejudice to conservative "morals". I like the fact that they embrace equality, and wouldn't expect anything less from the original sim master himself, Will Wright.