Random attacks against Sims in Windenburg
Product: The Sims 4 Platform:PC Which language are you playing the game in? English How often does the bug occur? Often (50% - 99%) What is your current game version number? 1.51.77.1020 What...
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The sims knew each other and were (highest bar) friends. No reason for the attacks (3 already, separate game sesh's). No neighborhood brawl day (is that seriously a thing???)... wow, more definitive reasons not to get seasons 🤨
Also don't have parenthood, so nothing to do with that.
My sims have great relationships with everyone (I play to make sure that the environment is healthy-minded, happy, no conflict, no fights, etc... and I delete all evil, mean, crazy sims before they can do any damage to anyone/ anything).
I think this is actually a 'feature'.
There are random attacks in Windenburg.
Will try find out and forward your concerns with this.
There are random attacks in Windenburg.
Will try find out and forward your concerns with this.
A 'feature'? Please tell me it's not... That is really toxic, and especially concerning when there are many simmers who use this game to escape traumatic experiences in their real lives (such as abuse, violent attacks, etc.).
Thank you very much @crinrict for forwarding this concern. I just really hope EA takes this seriously (especially given the recent events with the game changer).
In the meantime, are there are mods that can stop those attacks, or is this something that the only way to remedy is to not have the game? I am growing more and more concerned with these 'features' (like offering child sims to work for WooHoo wear in the Get Famous pack)... really making me not want anything to do with the franchise. ☹️
- @InfiniteVerve My sim has been attacked her spouse many times. She doesn’t flirt with other men. Just her spouse.
Yesterday, he got mad and cooled down. What happened next was very disturbing. That night they were woohooing. He became angry again. He started to beat her in bed.This just happened to my sim for the first time, i am horrified.
It's a great franchise for equality, LGBTQ+, diversity in neighbourhoods etc and i love that.
It doesn't really fit with domestic or street violence. My female sim was attacked randomly by a male townie outside her windenberg lot.
- @InfiniteVerve Wow, I feel lucky I managed to avoid encountering this until now then (when my sim just got attacked by 2 strangers while reading a book on a bench in front of their house). It just seems...really arbitrary, since it doesn't seem to be based on anything in the sim's relationships or personalities. I definitely think this needs to be revised if not removed, but since this seems to be a quite old "problem" I don't have much hope :/
- @InfiniteVerve Sorry, they're offering child sims WHAT now??? I've never heard about this!!
It is indeed a "feature", unfortunately, and has been since the release of Get Together.
Here's one forum thread from August 2016: Brawling in Windenburg. There are more threads you can read if you do a Google search. The thread I linked has information on the role and where it can be found in the tuning files.
- Thank you @manzana0807 ... I wish The Sims franchise would include this information in the description of the packs, so that people (like myself) can avoid this type of toxic thing.
I wish I knew how to mod... I would be hitting all those awful tuning files.I understand, totally! The first time I saw these fights happen I was a bit confused and taken aback. That's how I knew they were a "feature", because I got the pack on release, saw them happen in my game, and started looking around on the internet to find out what was going on.
I can't remember though, if I've ever seen an official answer as to why Maxis included this scenario to begin with, because if they were going for a Monty versus Capp family feud vibe, the player can set up their own family feuds with the club system that ships with the pack!
