Supernatural Disable Option

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"LoveMcQueen5683;14414648" wrote:

"Sigzy05;14414630" wrote:

"MDianaSanders;14414616" wrote:
I would welcome an off switch, but I'd rather have these options:
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• Add an on/off switch for ghosts and aliens and whenever any new supernatural is added, one for them too.
  
• Advanced options for aliens:
  
  
  
  • Adjustable abduction frequency (zero, low, medium, high, extreme)
    
  • Adjustable post-abduction-pregnancy frequency (never, low, medium, high, always) and an option to enable female Sims to become pregnant after abduction.
    
  • On/off switch for male pregnancy, with a ‘male aliens only’ option (meaning male aliens can get pregnant, but male Sims can’t).
    
  
  

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With these options every player can choose the flavour they like - and they should be able to pick different settings for each of their save games and be able to change the settings at will.
Honestly, the Sims 4 would improve so much for so many players if we simply got options - it's not a "one size fits all" game.

I disagree, that would be the easy and lazy way, why not be smart and put hands at work and like in previous games add a telescope that isn't the size of a house and have sims explore space or make it so that if you have meteors/space rocks in your inventory or a space ship in you house you get more probability to get abducted? I think that would be more like it.

How would adding sliders be lazy? What @MDianaSanders suggested was brilliant and her ideas would allow players to have full control of how they want aliens to behave in their game.

And maybe I want to have a telescope and space rocks in my inventory and NOT get abducted? Maybe I want a rocket ship without risk of being whisked away by aliens? Didn't think about that, now did you?

It would be a special interaction through the telescope with that chance like in previous games, you wouldn't have to put it in your inventory. As for the meteors and spaceship sure because you put one in all the houses you make and carry meteors in the inventory of all your sims all the time. Your just trying to be difficult but whatever darling. Another option would be a not very expensive perk trait that would make sims more vulnerable to abductions.

I'd just prefer to have more detailed gameplay rather than slide an UI.

"Astro;14414671" wrote:

"Sigzy05;14414602" wrote:

"martymart128;14414576" wrote:
I completely understand that, it ruins the gameplay.

Not to me it doesn't. And because of selfish players, people who like lifestates are forced to barely see any in fact GT didn't even brought one which is something that is part of the sims and every pack used to bring one. Now I don't completely disagree on having this as an option but just so you know aliens aren't the type of lifestate that can be turned off especially when it's tied to a career.

And since we don't know how future packs will be, if there will be any more lifestates for a matter of fact or not I say let's wait first rather than rush things off the bat.

Where was it said that it was 'selfish' players fault that we didn't get a new life state in GT?

I didn't said that.

"Sigzy05;14414602" wrote:

"martymart128;14414576" wrote:
I completely understand that, it ruins the gameplay.

Not to me it doesn't. And because of selfish players, people who like lifestates are forced to barely see any in fact GT didn't even brought one which is something that is part of the sims and every pack used to bring one. Now I don't completely disagree on having this as an option but just so you know aliens aren't the type of lifestate that can be turned off especially when it's tied to a career.

And since we don't know how future packs will be, if there will be any more lifestates for a matter of fact or not I say let's wait first rather than rush things off the bat.

I don't think it's selfish that people dislike supernatural life states. I do think it's arrogant to insist that idea.

An on/off switch would work better.

I would love this option. I love supernatural creatures, but not an overload of them. Great idea!

I don't necessarily think we need an option to turn them off completely, BUT, we should at the very least be able to control our Sim when an alien arrives on our lot! I really hate how the Sims just go check out the "strange light" by default and you can't even stop them... you can't cancel the action.

I think we should be able to control supernaturals per world.

For example to disable all supernaturals for Windenburg
To allow vampires and Zombies for Oasis Springs
To allow only aliens for Willow Creek

I want to be able to disable supernaturals individually and also another setting to allow or disable per world.
I love to play supernaturals but I don't want every world to have them all. I might want vampire stories in worlds 1 while only normal sims in world 2.

Love this idea. We need more control over the world.

I'm all for the option of disabling supernaturals. Or limiting them to their own worlds, like Makin' Magic had. Or triggering them with certain objects. I'm all for any way to have them other than them just running rampant everywhere.

Sims 3 had it all wrong with the supernatural plagues, automatically showing up like rats in a sewer once you installed an EP. And they got it right the way they handled genies and with the patched in option menu. Then they went all wrong again with the darn DARN mermaids. I love mermaids. In the sea and being a rarity. I don't want a whole town filling up with purple legged neighbours like I do now.

In short: I 100% agree with you OP. I love supernaturals, but I want to be able to control them. And play without them if I choose.

I've only had a Sim get abducted once.

I would prefer gameplay features to activate/deactivate life states. Having toggle them on/off in options would be just boring.

Like If I wanted to see zombies I could have my Sorcerer try to break one of the Laws of Magic, to bring back the dead, and perform a Rite of Necromancy, only if that spell has been enacted will Zombies spawn across the World(s). If I Want zombies to go away, Dispel the Spell, but it shouldn't be easy.

and maybe Same thing with Supernaturals. Aliens, you don't know who is an alien unless you're a doctor/scientist and you can call them out.

I think it should be the Same for supernaturals you won't know who is who unless your sim is a Magic Hunter, Or you Find out by Snooping or something.

and I Kind of Agree with @halimali1980 Supernaturals per world.
Customizing what Supernaturals spawn in What World.
I would have Vampires Reside in Willow Creek
and have Sorcerers and Werewolves In like a big city like world.

I just hope when Supernaturals arrive, some would come with hostility and Action.

"MDianaSanders;14414616" wrote:
I would welcome an off switch, but I'd rather have these options:
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• Add an on/off switch for ghosts and aliens and whenever any new supernatural is added, one for them too.
  
• Advanced options for aliens:
  
  
  
  • Adjustable abduction frequency (zero, low, medium, high, extreme)
    
  • Adjustable post-abduction-pregnancy frequency (never, low, medium, high, always) and an option to enable female Sims to become pregnant after abduction.
    
  • On/off switch for male pregnancy, with a ‘male aliens only’ option (meaning male aliens can get pregnant, but male Sims can’t).
    
  
  

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With these options every player can choose the flavour they like - and they should be able to pick different settings for each of their save games and be able to change the settings at will.
Honestly, the Sims 4 would improve so much for so many players if we simply got options - it's not a "one size fits all" game.

Those options would be amazing!!

Some games I'm all for a Sim getting abducted and pregnant. Other saves... ugh, I do not want that to happen. It doesn't fit the story.