Likes and dislikes ideas

I’m sure a lot of these have been mentioned, but I want to dump all the ideas/expectations I had for Likes/Dislikes in one place:

Hobbies

I’m disappointed the hobbies from Eco Living and Knifty Knitting weren’t included. An oversight, maybe? A but silly if it was, considering these are newer packs.

Reading. I know we have the Bookworm Trait, but by that logic why have Fitness as a Like/Dislike as well as the Active Trait?

Watching TV/Movies. Could be BG compatible or an add-on with the Movie Hangout Stuff Pack. And it could be the simple, broad like of watching TV/movies in general, or it could be its own subcategory (like music genre) where Sims pick if they like Horror, Romance, Comedy etc.

Stargazing or Astronomy/Alien-related likes. Probably not a huge priority, since there aren’t normal-sized telescopes in TS4. I just miss the way stargazing was in TS2.

Hiking or Swimming? Sports like soccer, basketball. Bike riding?

Kids could get special interests like Voidcritters, Playing on Playgrounds etc.


Other

Honestly, I don’t know where it could go, but Animal Lover or Loves Cats/Loves Dogs could be a Like/Dislike system instead of a whole trait.

Food

Again, something that could/should be BG compatible. This could replace the Vegetarian trait, but could also be expanded to Healthy food, Junk food, BBQ/Meat, Seafood etc.

If City Living is installed, it could include the different cultural recipes. If it’s too hard to do all 27 recipes, break it down into “Mexican food”, “Spicy Food”, “Indian food”, “Chinese Food” etc.

If Get Together is installed, it could include Cafe Food, Coffee, Tea (but coffee could also be BG compatible...)

Weather

Everyone has suggested this. Instead of Declare Weather preference (which clutters the already messy Pie Menu), weather preference should be here.

Attraction

Surely they could implement an attraction system now. If modders can do it, before and after this patch, it should be done by official devs.

Attraction could be simple things like hair colour, hobbies, body type.

Could also include Female and Male (since we can Like both to simulate bisexuality/pansexuality, or Dislike both to simulate Asexuality). Having said that, I’ve personally always wanted this added to the customise gender panel. If we can choose if a Sim can get pregnant or impregnate others, I want to choose if they are attracted to Female, Male, Both or Neither.

"LeGardePourpre;c-17893456" wrote:
"Dislike or like a certain occult"

It could be a kind of racist behavior, it can't happen in The Sims.
It's similar to like/dislike skin color or gender.

Are you serious? I don't want my Sims to be buddies with Vampires I want Vampires feared a life state that should be hunted. Though I guess the crowd who wants Vampires to be treated like fluffy bunnies won so boring.

"AmeliePoptart;c-17897715" wrote:

Attraction

Surely they could implement an attraction system now. If modders can do it, before and after this patch, it should be done by official devs.

Attraction could be simple things like hair colour, hobbies, body type.

Could also include Female and Male (since we can Like both to simulate bisexuality/pan sexuality, or Dislike both to simulate Asexuality). Having said that, I’ve personally always wanted this added to the customise gender panel. If we can choose if a Sim can get pregnant or impregnate others, I want to choose if they are attracted Female, Male, Both or Neither.

About attraction...
I have created an idea discussion on it. https://forums.thesims.com/en_US/discussion/990349/how-i-see-turn-ons-and-turn-offs-in-the-sims-4#latest

Though after seeing no reactions to it and no comments to it, I fear that I might have written something wrong...

I really like everyones ideas, and hope they eventually go through the old packs to include likes/dislikes relevant to them (similar to the DHD likes/dislikes).

I'd like for traits to be added to the likes/dislikes. We already know that "good" Sims won't get along with "evil Sims", but what if a Sim could like/dislike certain traits in other Sims (that don't necessarily have to relate to their own traits), which influences how they get along with them.

Agreed. We still need more!

With the new expansion pack, there is no new like/dislike, not even in music category. Children still can't like or dislike gardening and cooking.

I would like to make vampires that honestly dislikes mortals. They could see them as ones that are not worth befriending because they'll die shortly after getting to know them. Vampires being truly feared and hated as a life state would add depth as well. (I'm being hunted!)

Also, a distaste for types of fruits, veggies, and other foods. Kids are picky, or one could use the dislikes for simulating allergies.

Likes / Dislikes can be used to create a romantic/sexual attraction system:

Likes women
Likes men
Likes blond, brown, black,red, cc etc hair (will select based on what the game considers the color of hair to be)
Likes cc clothing, preppy clothing, the style tags and the way they're separated, also being able to create your own style tag and name it so you can choose whats considered what,:

Likes ____ traits
Likes hardworking 6+ in career
Likes laidback 5- in career or parttime
Likes self-made (independently working)
Likes makeup
Like no makeup
Like facial hair

The thing is the likes/dislikes HAVE to actually matter and make it very difficult to romance someone who has multiple dislikes stacked against you. If its just treated like a suggestion it will be so pointless.

Also make romance likes/dislikes moddable for anyone to create custom ones.

Also, likes and dislikes for worlds, so if Bella Goth doesnt like Windenburg she want not automously appear there.

"LeGardePourpre;c-17893456" wrote:
"Dislike or like a certain occult"

It could be a kind of racist behavior, it can't happen in The Sims.
It's similar to like/dislike skin color or gender.

Comparing being a vampire to being persecuted because of your race is actually quite ridiculous. It would really take some mental gymnastics to find a dislike for occults to be """racist""""

What about lot type likes and dislikes? Your sim could dislike going out to bars and get like a tense or angry moodlet while there. Or the sim could love going to the beach and get like a positive moodlet while there. Sims could also get moodlets or whims about wanting to visit a park if they like parks. You could even take it a step further by adding something like the sim hates going to the city or the countryside, like maybe the sim dislikes the forest so if they were to vacation in Outdoor Retreat they would be tense or angry, similar to how I described disliking bars but just more broad.

All the activity likes and dislikes are linked to a skill. It would be great if I could choose activities that are not tied to a skill also, things like swimming, skating, reading, chess, sledding, hiking, jogging, etc.
Other likes or dislikes:
• Occults - dependant on what packs you have you can choose whether they like or dislike Aliens, Vampires, Mermaids, and Spellcasters.
• Weather - they can like or dislike Sun, Rain, Thunderstorms, Snow, Blizzards, and Wind. They can also like or dislike a season in general: Summer, Fall, Winter, or Spring.
• Animals - Cats, Dogs, Rodent, Rabbits, Foxes, Birds, Cows, Llamas, and Chickens. This way Sims can like some animals, or prefer some over others, or like or dislike all animals.

Also instead of a limit of 20 total, it could be a certain limit per category (enough to be able to select like or dislike on most, if not all options).