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3Rosez
New Adventurer
5 months ago

Disable Festival Notifactions

I have all packs.  Right now, I'm leisurely combining packs of Paranormal and Crystal Creations.  It's the game I built specifically built for the Reaper event.  I have the story in mind for Eva as she trials through spectacles but also trying to enjoy her hobby as a jewelry maker.  ...which possibility also wants to understand more with Grim and his...line of work...

The festivals notifications with the music and popups drive me absolutely INSANE.  Does it for other players?  I just want a nice quiet (well semi quiet when its daytime) gameplay.  However it irks the living soul out of me to continuously receive notifications of Prom, Football, (Eva is a young adult!) City Living festivals, the cottage festivals, The Festival of Light...oh. my. god.  PLEASE....😞

I turned off my mods and I don't want to play with them for a while.  I'm enjoying the game without them through this save file.  I have noted with the mods, I undergo too-many-items syndrome where I want to play with this mod, then this one, and this one.  I was getting overwhelmed and turned them off. 

I'm just sending hopefully an idea or some kind of feedback to PLEASE give me the option to turn off the notifications or even delete festivals I'm not interested in this save file.  Please save my sanity. 

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  • 3Rosez's avatar
    3Rosez
    New Adventurer
    4 months ago
    @PugLove888 So the game triggered this, not me. I had Eva on the Cupid Corners app while on the side I was doing the Reaper Event, leveling up medium skill and starting the journey with the crystals. Along the way through this journey, Eva had an AMAZING compatibility with Guidry. LOL.

    At first, I ignored it and kept letting the love bar go down. Then while I was hunting around my haunted lot to seek out any cursed stuff, or searching for crystals around her house lot, they really can't keep away from each other. I disabled Cupids Corner and now Eva and Guidry are in a happy-yet odd-relationship with each other. Love can be found in the most unexpected circumstances....

    That Social app, from High school years...bunny something...I disable now and then. I like that its an easy social boost to gain friends, but the notifications drive me nuts because its litterally every couple sim hours. You get that puslating orange dot at the bottom. Sometimes it drives me nuts. Works well when I do want to be everyones friend, but for the love of freezer bunnies...the noise...
  • 3Rosez's avatar
    3Rosez
    New Adventurer
    4 months ago

    @PugLove888This. This right here. I want to choose what festivals I want to know that are coming up. I love the University notifaction is one time deal, and its an easy shrug off.  I'm a storyteller so each sim has its own story. (like Eva I stated ^) She lives in a haunted lot, wishing to learn more of the occult lifestyles. She is friends with Kristopher, Grim, and is getting to know Morgyn, she is curious. In no way in this story does she have interest in Farm festivals, prom, or Geekcon. Spice festival might be worthwhile because she loves to cook and sell pizzas. mmm...

    Whereas another story i.e. a cottage lifestyle with a horse, that sime may be interested in the Bagley festivals. Speaking of which, I find it incredibly odd, (not to toss in fuel to the fire here-no pun intended) there isn't any notifications for the festivals in Sulini. They have their fire festivals, BBQ, and if completely cleaning the world the sea turtle event. I haven't seen the sea turtles yet but that was because I was on that too-many-ideas syndrome when I played that story.

  • HALirious9k's avatar
    HALirious9k
    Seasoned Traveler
    4 months ago
    @3Rosez Absolutely right! The High School alerts for adult Sims are specially aggravating. They are LOUD.
    On a related note (which might be a bug?), the notification badge/light on the calendar every single time my Sims travel anywhere drives me up the walls
  • PugLove888's avatar
    PugLove888
    Hero
    4 months ago

    @3Rosez Interesting about Eva and Guidry! You never know where Sim love will strike! 🤣
    Yeah, Social Bunny from HSY is annoying.  I ignore it unless I'm actively playing teens .  It is still annoying even then! 


    Yes! just like in real life, I don't have a child in high school so I don't get notifications of all my local high school's activities, so why should my Sims have to suffer this?!? 😅

    The Spice Festival is my absolute favorite! But I love spicy foods in real life!  I almost never send my Sims to Geekcon anymore unless they are really Geeky.  The food there is boring and there is no new recipes for my Sims to learn, plus I used to send them all the time until Seasons made the outdoor nature of Geekcon no fun because all the electronics would break in the rain. If the Devs have fixed this, I don't know -- I just got used to not going. 😢

    I agree that it is strange we don't get notifications for the Sulani festivals, but this might be an intentional design, possibly to reflect the more laid-back lifestyle that island life provides! 🤔🥰

  • HALirious9k's avatar
    HALirious9k
    Seasoned Traveler
    4 months ago
    @simsplayer818 Thank you, friend! You are a friend. 🙂
    I actually didn’t realize it was a bug, not a feature, until you brought it to my attention.
  • MarleyTheWizard's avatar
    MarleyTheWizard
    3 months ago

    I play with headphones, and the football/sports day notifications scare me and are about to make me deaf.

    WHY is it SO loud?

  • LuvMySimz's avatar
    LuvMySimz
    Seasoned Ace
    9 hours ago

    Exactly! I jump every time I hear that unexpected festival sound. All these festival sound are really annoying!

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