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HollownessDevour
Seasoned Ace
8 days ago

[EbN] Ailments Extended Options

In addition to being able to turn Ailments On/Off. I think there should be these additional toggles:

  • Ailments Visual Effects On/Off
  • Ailments "Throwing Up" On/Off
  • Ailments Destructive Effects On/Off

If the visual effects were removed people would still be able to story tell without ailments plaguing their screenshots.

The constant throwing up is my biggest pet peeve about ailments, I can handle everything else even the current ailment frequency—as long as they stop throwing up constantly interrupting the actions queue!

Destructive effect, honestly, without playing a Practical Magic Spellcaster with Repairo are insane. No wonder people are going out of their minds with ailments.

Luck and Balance are not really the issue, and are (or can be) kinda cool. It is once you have an ailment (and everything it entails) and how much you get ailments (which looks like it is being fixed/improved), that are a problem, and are putting off people buying the pack (or regretting buying the pack).

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    HollownessDevour
    Seasoned Ace
    4 days ago

    I had a Sim with a full romancing queue from and towards her, and she threw up just before the first kiss, and I had no time to interrupt X / She threw up pretty much at his feet and then they kissed, so gross.

  • These are all very good ideas, but I ESPECIALLY agree on having an option to toggle Sims throwing up all the time from ailments. It's actually the main thing that makes me hesitant to put the pack on my wishlist despite loving everything else. My sister has the pack, and when I asked her about that particular aspect of ailments, it sounds like every single ailment has that effect on Sims, and that they'll do it randomly with no warning or time to prepare for it

    Firstly, it feels kind of bland, even unnecessary for every single ailment to have that particular symptom on top of everything else. Secondly, don't Sims usually get some sort of warning before throwing up for various reasons? I myself have never seen a Sim do it in TS4, but I heard they normally get two moodlets, one after another. When the second one pops up, that's when you know to prevent them from doing activities, so they'll be able to run to the toilet when the time comes. Having it just happen at random without warning seems inconsiderate of emetophobes in particular. It seems to be a common enough phobia. Mine has gotten a lot better when it comes to cartoon depictions of the act, but I'm not sure what it looks or sounds like in TS4 so I can't say for sure if it would make me personally uncomfortable or not. Not to mention the other people who have it worse than I do

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