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khitteh
Seasoned Ace
3 years ago

[OPEN] Can't disable Neighbourhood Stories (Completely/part)

Product: The Sims 4
Platform:PC
Which language are you playing the game in? English
How often does the bug occur? Every time (100%)
What is your current game version number? 1.85.203.1030
What expansions, game packs, and stuff packs do you have installed? I have everything except the broken Wedding Stories dlc.
Steps: How can we find the bug ourselves? Disable settings for Neighbourhood Stories for both played and unplayed sims. Click mailbox and get updates on stories. Watch them happen anyway despite settings saying things like death has been turned off. Disable entire Neighbourhood Stories for both played and unplayed sims. Click mailbox and get updates on stories, though how I am able to get updates when the whole Neighbourhood Stories setting has been disabled is a mystery. Watch them happen anyway despite settings saying things like death has been turned off..
What happens when the bug occurs? Can't turn Neighbourhood Stories off at all, no matter what it forces itself on my game. My game is now ruined. Not even being melodramatic here, my sims are being killed off by this very unwanted "feature". I even tried disabling this terrible Neighbourhood Stories thing, and I can still click on mailbox and see someone has died/adopted a dog/moved out and so on. I made sure to turn off dying and moving out as well before turning the whole thing off. Only turned the whole Neighbourhood Stories thing off entirely because all that was happening anyway despite my settings to have them turned off. But nope. Game doesn't gaf. It can't be stopped it seems.
What do you expect to see? I expect to see this horrible setting be able to be disabled when I click for it to be disabled. Not just appear to be disabled yet have it affect my game anyway like it's doing.
Have you installed any customization with the game, e.g. Custom Content or Mods? Not now. I've removed them.
Did this issue appear after a specific patch or change you made to your system? Yes
Please describe the patch or change you made. The 1.85 patch that made Neighbourhood Stories ruin our games.

Can't turn Neighbourhood Stories off at all, no matter what it forces itself on my game. My game is now ruined. Not even being melodramatic here, my sims are being killed off by this very unwanted "feature".

I even tried disabling this terrible Neighbourhood Stories thing, and I can still click on mailbox and see someone has died/adopted a dog/moved out and so on. I made sure to turn off dying and moving out as well before turning the whole thing off. Only turned the whole Neighbourhood Stories thing off entirely because all that was happening anyway despite my settings to have them turned off. But nope. Game doesn't gaf.

It can't be stopped it seems.

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Edit by Khitteh: Fixed typo in title Crinrict left behind so I didn't look like a derp.

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