Why does cats, dogs and horses fulfill slots in the household if we can't control them or see their moodlets, actions and needs throught it? I know they may need it for customization on CAS but they could fulfill extra and hidden slot. That way they'd give more space in the households for actual sims that's already not enough.
Yes!
I agree with this idea.
The only good thing about adding unplayable pets to a lot is birth control.
3-6 sims...the rest pets...no baby opportunities! 🤩😛😀
I agree, pets shouldn't take up household slots, or household slots should be increased for pets like it was done in the sims 2.
Miataplay I usually go into CAS and change the can give give birth/can impregnate settings to none. But adding pets works as well.
i agree, pets needs a different slot, The Sims 2 had them if not mistaken so why not The Sims 4?
Perhaps a solution could be a toggle button that switches between the household row of Sims and a row of their Pets. This button could be located at the beginning of the household row.
Toggled for Sims, Pets are hidden.
Toggled for Pets, Sims are hidden.
If Pets are hidden, and a hidden Pet is experiencing a negative mood, the Toggle Icon could turn red to alert to this mood. This would let the Player know there is an issue with Pets and they'll need to toggle over to see which pet has the negative mood; and vice versa if Sims are hidden. If a hidden Pet is having an emergency (illness, running away, death), the toggle could pulse or highlight to indicate Pets need attention (and vice versa).
Pet Limit per Household
If Pets are moved to their own household row, what could that mean for total household size? How many Pets could a lot feasibly hold?
Perhaps also 8 Pets max?
This could potentially mean 16 inhabitants per lot (Sims + Pets)
Remember, however, the game limits each lot to max 20 beings (Sims + Pets), so this metric would also need to be adjusted. Perhaps have Pets excluded in total lot limit count, or have a separate limit for Pets per lot. Perhaps 20 Sims and 15 Pets per lot - so you would be able to have both strays visit and invite guests over. Or simply increase total lot population count to be more than 20.
I kinda miss being able to play as our pets like we could in sims 3.
Agreed! If we can’t control the pets, they shouldn’t take up a household slot. I also don’t think they should have their own section to click on when the other animals that don’t take up slots, don’t have them. We should be able to just edit them in CAS when we want to add them to the household but that’s it. If you wanted to have a realistic type farm, it’s not possible if your sims also wanted to have children.. yes, there’s mods but, when using them sometimes the game deletes random members of the household to bring it back to 8. That has happened to me so many times when I have had the household limit increased & want to edit my sims in CAS. I then have to constantly exit the game, remove the save files in my sims 4 file, that occurred after my sims disappeared from my game & keep repeating that step until I get my sims all back. It’s so frustrating! I just want a family with a few horses, couple of cats & couple of dogs 😭
