Re: [NEEDS SAVES] Random attacks against Sims in Windenburg

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).

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. ☹️

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.

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!

Little more traumatic for me (and others, who may be/ have been in the same situation). The first one was a father randomly attacking his teenage daughter. The second and third involved my sims (the husband was painting his wife and a male sim assaulted my female sim)... I think EA needs to really assess their "development"... I am hoping that someone (at EA) will take this seriously.

Thank you for the communications, have a fantastic rest of the weekend 🙂

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. 

There are a couple of things that could cause this that I can think of:

1. The "Neighborhood Brawl" holiday.

2. The "Roughhousing Encouraged" Neighborhood Action Plan.

If you have Eco Lifestyle and it's not the Neighborhood Brawl holiday, you might have that NAP active.  If you have testing cheats enabled you can cheat to remove it by shift-clicking the mailbox.  If you don't, you can get it repealed through gameplay.