I think that one thing that needs to be added to TS4 is open relationships. "Ask to be in Open Relationship" should be a Romantic interaction once you have some amount of pink in the relationship bar (maybe 20? 25? 30?) that adds a new relationship-thingy (ex. Boyfriend/Girlfriend, Married, etc.) called "Open Relationship" (and of course in Mean there would be something turning it back to a normal relationship). The effects would be as follows, using Sim A and Sim B as our examples in an open relationship, Sim C as Sim A's romantic interest, and Sim D as Sim C's other romantic interest: If Sim A flirts with/woohoos with/etc. Sim C, Sim B won't be jealous/sad/whatever; if Sim A and Sim B are romantic in front of Sim C, Sim C will not be jealous/sad; if Sim C and Sim D are romantic, Sim A will not be jealous/sad; and if Sim A is noncommitical, while they have a boyfriend/girlfriend/spouse that they are in an Open Relationship with, they will NOT have the Tense moodlet (I forget what it's called) coming from being in a relationship - maybe they even have a Happy moodlet for a bit after getting married/getting a boyfriend/girlfriend, "In Love, But Not Tied Down"! This would be a great addition to the game.

I like this idea, and have wanted something similar.

Friends with benefits. But it should have a chance to fail badly asking Sims with the Soulmate Aspiration, the Unflirty, Jealous and maybe the Family-oriented and Gloomy Traits. Easiest should be with the Serial Romantic, the noncommittal and the romantic traits. Just thinking loud.

Open relationships would be a great addition.

I think we need closed relationships lol I feel like it's already open because my sim will cheat at the drop of a hat. And i thought they had a way you can make your significant other not become jealous but I didn't look into it.

That would be very welcome, but..."Babykittyjade;c-17210543" wrote:I think we need closed relationships lol I feel like it's already open because my sim will cheat at the drop of a hat. And i thought they had a way you can make your significant other not become jealous but I didn't look into it.I feel that Sims 4 is so weak on the jealousy and rage systems. In Sims 2 even parents-in-law would be mad at the cheater. Your sim would hate the cheater for a long period (while their image was show red in the relationships menu.I want polyamory, but they need to make monogamy stronger for polyamory make any impact in this game.

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jadonbakes
New Spectator
6 years ago
I like this idea, and have wanted something similar.
Marduc_Plays
6 years ago
Friends with benefits. But it should have a chance to fail badly asking Sims with the Soulmate Aspiration, the Unflirty, Jealous and maybe the Family-oriented and Gloomy Traits. Easiest should be with the Serial Romantic, the noncommittal and the romantic traits. Just thinking loud.
mariefoxprice83
Seasoned Veteran
6 years ago
Open relationships would be a great addition.
Babykittyjade
Rising Observer
6 years ago
I think we need closed relationships lol I feel like it's already open because my sim will cheat at the drop of a hat. And i thought they had a way you can make your significant other not become jealous but I didn't look into it.
karon_shiruba
6 years ago
That would be very welcome, but...

"Babykittyjade;c-17210543" wrote:
I think we need closed relationships lol I feel like it's already open because my sim will cheat at the drop of a hat. And i thought they had a way you can make your significant other not become jealous but I didn't look into it.

I feel that Sims 4 is so weak on the jealousy and rage systems. In Sims 2 even parents-in-law would be mad at the cheater. Your sim would hate the cheater for a long period (while their image was show red in the relationships menu.
I want polyamory, but they need to make monogamy stronger for polyamory make any impact in this game.
jacknifelee
6 years ago
Agreed. I wish we could somehow identify spouses as faithful or not, maybe similar to Parenthood values system where certain interactions and activities lead to gaining the trait. Faithful spouse not flirting with the first random townie they meet at the festival would be great.

As for polyamoury - I like the idea that it should be balanced by certain traits and aspirations, as in not every Sim would accept it.
ireneludwig
6 years ago
"Karon;c-17219423" wrote:

I feel that Sims 4 is so weak on the jealousy and rage systems. In Sims 2 even parents-in-law would be mad at the cheater. Your sim would hate the cheater for a long period (while their image was show red in the relationships menu.
I want polyamory, but they need to make monogamy stronger for polyamory make any impact in this game.

Agreed. I've been searching for ways to make poly relationships work in S4, but I think we just need a romance overhaul. When I played the S2, I used to LOVE cheating :D Their reactions where so over the top! In the S4, spouses barely acknowledge being cheated on. It's disappointing, especially if you consider that the brand of S4 revolves around emotions and Sims being more "intelligent" than in the previous iterations of the game.

The only time I got a somewhat realistic/satisfying reaction to cheating was with these twin sisters, but maybe it has to do with the fact that they are both teens? I never had adult Sims react in this way when being cheated on: (screenshots in spoiler section)

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https://i.imgur.com/T0oIbyn.png

She actually started crying!
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https://i.imgur.com/03YnYvY.png
karon_shiruba
6 years ago
"IreneLudwig;c-17219540" wrote:
"Karon;c-17219423" wrote:

I feel that Sims 4 is so weak on the jealousy and rage systems. In Sims 2 even parents-in-law would be mad at the cheater. Your sim would hate the cheater for a long period (while their image was show red in the relationships menu.
I want polyamory, but they need to make monogamy stronger for polyamory make any impact in this game.

Agreed. I've been searching for ways to make poly relationships work in S4, but I think we just need a romance overhaul. When I played the S2, I used to LOVE cheating :D Their reactions where so over the top! In the S4, spouses barely acknowledge being cheated on. It's disappointing, especially if you consider that the brand of S4 revolves around emotions and Sims being more "intelligent" than in the previous iterations of the game.

The only time I got a somewhat realistic/satisfying reaction to cheating was with these twin sisters, but maybe it has to do with the fact that they are both teens? I never had adult Sims react in this way when being cheated on: (screenshots in spoiler section)

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https://i.imgur.com/T0oIbyn.png

She actually started crying!
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https://i.imgur.com/03YnYvY.png

Never seen that.
Would be a good reason for them to add Wants & Fears to the game, as well as the Fear emotion. Hopeless romantic sims could feel the fear of being cheated when seeing their spouses talking to much with a certain sim. I really don't understand why Fear wasn't in the base game.
kaeyresky
6 years ago
"Babykittyjade;c-17210543" wrote:
And i thought they had a way you can make your significant other not become jealous but I didn't look into it.

The player trait does that. It's the reward trait for completing serial romantic.

Anyway, I wouldn't want something like this to work via existing traits. There's something fun about playing a non-committal, serial romantic sim who plays the field but still gets jealous when their partners cheat on them. I wouldn't want these sims to just not care about it at all. If they want to add it as like a dialogue option then fine I guess. Kind of destroys the entire purpose of the serial romantic aspiration though so
AccidentalBois
6 years ago
That'd be so cool and useful, plus that would be good rep for polyamourous people and relationships.