Seriously getting annoying seeing Sims randomly take things all over the neighborhoods. I keep losing stuff at my house, retail, and restaurants! The trait must be removed or you change things around.Solution 1-Remove it.Solution 2-Make it so non active Sims don't actually take things. They act like they do but really don't. Just like in retail in Get To Work. Sims 'buy' things but really don't use their money or actually own the things afterwards. Also like in Dine Out Sims eat all the time at restaurants but don't actually become huge (especially since only the same few Sims keep coming to them). Make it so they act like they steal but really don't.The community lots and my house are becoming barren. Like a swarm of locusts they come in out of nowhere and before you know it, its all over. I'm tired of replacing things by going into buy/build mode and trying to get the right things and place them in the right spot again and again and again and again and again. With the random townie generation it makes things impossible to contain. I never create kleptomaniac Sims because of this problem. I wouldn't mind it if things were more controllable though. I mean why do you advertise the game as 'you rule' when I can't rule that kleptomaniacs are a problem and must be dealt with? o:)

I hear your angst but personally I really like the trait, even though it is a bit annoying to be constantly replacing items. When it gets a bit repetitive I just hop into Manage Households and change out their traits using the cas.fulleditmode cheat, or just delete the sim in question as game generated sims are nothing to me. In all honesty removing traits like this would just be a huge step backwards for this game, yep, the trait isn't perfect by a long shot but at least it actually makes a difference when you use it unlike a lot of the other traits that are more or less useless as they don't really define the sims from each other.*typos

I would love this trait... If only the stolen objects from community lots could respawn and not disappear forever. It's an awesome trait, but seeing your builds getting dismantled one after the other is super annoying.

I love this trait. Once my sim has nearly mastered the Mischief skill that's how she makes money. Fancy statues, televisions and computers beware! :D

"Kiwicantdie;15267851" wrote:I would love this trait... If only the stolen objects from community lots could respawn and not disappear forever. It's an awesome trait, but seeing your builds getting dismantled one after the other is super annoying. Very true but at least sims with this trait actually affect the world around them... their stealing makes a change in the world, it's not just 'pretend'. For that reason alone I like this trait. When you play this trait you can change the sims world... albeit in a very small way.

"Loudon_Wainwright;15267883" wrote:No thanks. The trait is perfect and there's no need to tweak it.Far from perfect but you carry on making flamey kinds of statements. ;)

Get Rid of The Kleptomaniac Trait Or Change It!

NZsimm3r
9 years ago
I hear your angst but personally I really like the trait, even though it is a bit annoying to be constantly replacing items. When it gets a bit repetitive I just hop into Manage Households and change out their traits using the cas.fulleditmode cheat, or just delete the sim in question as game generated sims are nothing to me.

In all honesty removing traits like this would just be a huge step backwards for this game, yep, the trait isn't perfect by a long shot but at least it actually makes a difference when you use it unlike a lot of the other traits that are more or less useless as they don't really define the sims from each other.

*typos
Kiwicantdie
Seasoned Newcomer
9 years ago
I would love this trait... If only the stolen objects from community lots could respawn and not disappear forever. It's an awesome trait, but seeing your builds getting dismantled one after the other is super annoying.
Ravager619
9 years ago
I love this trait. Once my sim has nearly mastered the Mischief skill that's how she makes money. Fancy statues, televisions and computers beware! :D
NZsimm3r
9 years ago
"Kiwicantdie;15267851" wrote:
I would love this trait... If only the stolen objects from community lots could respawn and not disappear forever. It's an awesome trait, but seeing your builds getting dismantled one after the other is super annoying.

Very true but at least sims with this trait actually affect the world around them... their stealing makes a change in the world, it's not just 'pretend'. For that reason alone I like this trait. When you play this trait you can change the sims world... albeit in a very small way.
NZsimm3r
9 years ago
"Loudon_Wainwright;15267883" wrote:
No thanks. The trait is perfect and there's no need to tweak it.

Far from perfect but you carry on making flamey kinds of statements. ;)
papersuitcase
9 years ago
The trait is fine, the reason it's so annoying is because we have no police to correct the bad behaviour.
Pollyrhythm
9 years ago
I wish there was some sort of feature to like blacklist traits you don't want townies to spawn with. I know they can be freely edited in CAS, but editing townies in CAS gets annoying the 40th time you have to do it.
xitneverendss
9 years ago
"NZsimm3r;15267885" wrote:
"Loudon_Wainwright;15267883" wrote:
No thanks. The trait is perfect and there's no need to tweak it.

Far from perfect but you carry on making flamey kinds of statements. ;)

Preach.
1need4kaffee
9 years ago
Yep! Where are the Po-po? We need coppers in cars to collect the kleptos.
Briana2526
Seasoned Traveler
9 years ago
We can have kleptos but I also want the real deal the original ready 1 2 3 BURGLARS! They made the game interesting and fun.