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candycoatedrox
New Ace
7 years ago

Open Relationships in TS4

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.

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  • ayeffen's avatar
    ayeffen
    New Spectator
    6 years ago
    It is kind of odd that as a life simulator, the Sims are always quicker to roll out supernatural and magical beings ahead of things which factor into a great number of people's lives and identities.

    It's important to remember that open relationships are not the same as poly-amorous ones however I imagine that the mechanics would be very similar in something like The Sims.

    I suppose what matters is giving players the freedom to play the game as they choose.
  • candycoatedrox's avatar
    candycoatedrox
    New Ace
    6 years ago
    @ManakoHime Yeah, before we even let EA think about adding Open Relationships, they need to fix up closed relationships. A sim gets caught cheating? A small dip in relationship and a sad/angry (don't remember) moodlet that goes away relatively quickly. It needs to be fixed before we can add polygamy, but polygamy is definitely something we should have in this game.

    You can totally not be into it. It would be totally optional. And even if they added a Story Progression-like thing with this in it (citation: the survey they made a couple months ago), I would guess that they would make it an option in the Settings, not checked by default, since it's a controversial topic. (Honestly, there'd probably be an entire menu in Settings for the Story Progression, so this isn't a stretch.)

    @SERVERFRA WaitWhatYT is right. That's not what an open relationship is. I would recommend rereading my description of it in the first post.

    @WaitWhatYT I've never actually completed that aspiration, so I don't know. Others on this thread might be able to help, though :smiley:

    @Ayeffen Yeah, the mechanics would probably be similar. And it would be entirely optional, so that would definitely play into the "giving players the freedom to play the game as they choose" thing.
  • leo3487's avatar
    leo3487
    Seasoned Ace
    6 years ago
    "SERVERFRA;c-17399333" wrote:
    The sims already flirt with whoever even when they're in a committed relationship. The sims can have an open relationship in the game.


    Maybe do you mean using MC Command Centar and enable such option at pregnancy module
  • SEREFRAS's avatar
    SEREFRAS
    Legend
    6 years ago
    No I don't use Mc, cc & any mods. I just play the Sims 4 games.

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