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thornwill
Seasoned Ace
3 years ago

Incoherent/unpractical things

(2026 edit: Now with Quality of Life updates i think is time to bring back some issues i have with the game)

Here's a list of things that doesn't make sense to me, given the content we've been receiving lately, it's clear that those things turns the game incoherent and sometimes give us no freedom, even breaking immersion.

SOLVED

  • Life state slot is hidden for human sims and we can't switch the traits in a alredy created occult sim.  (Base Game)

 

  • Can't create ghosts on CAS knowing all they need is a Death type trait; (Base Game)

 

  • "Perfectionist" trait being on hobby traits category. (Base Game)

 

  • Ghosts, Aliens, Merfolk and Werewolves unable to access vampire's details (Get to Work, Vampires, Island Living and Werewolves)

 

UNSOLVED

  • Can't wear female swimsuit as tops like the Pride and Realm Of Magic ones. (Base)

 

  • Masculine clothes only earns a breast shadow in feminine frames, but female clothes keeps it in masculine frames. (Base)

 

  • Having to check the door for visitors/services everytime, cause we don't have a notification for their arrival. (Base)

 

  • Invited sims entering our house without permission or house key. (Base)

 

  • "Welcome wagon" starts without our consentiment, the neighbors don't even know if someone's home. (Base)

 

  • Fear interactions and running scared being so overreactive and not stricted to "Terrified" emotion. (Base)

 

  • Social events don't have a "free entry" option. (Base)

 

  • Sims can't refuse a promotion. (Base)

 

  • Some level's descriptions of entertainer career makes it look more about comedy than general entertainment. (Base)

 

  • Entertainer career's promotion tasks only including guitar and violin. (Base)

 

  • Pools increasing hygiene. (Base)

 

  • Parents unable to invite their child's friends to their birthday party, because they don't know them. (Base)

 

  • Aunt, uncle, cousin and grandparents options not available for selection in CAS. (Base)

 

  • Sims do not react with animations when getting moodlets. (Base)

 

  • "Compliment appearence" being romantic. (Base)

 

  • Can't swim on deep ponds. (Base)

 

  • Only one hashtag per search at the gallery. (Base)

 

  • Park and National Park having the same lot icon. (Parks should've a picnic basket) (Base)

 

  • No clone genealogic relationship in CAS. (Base/Get to Work/Realm of Magic)

 

  • Collectible pets/familiars not having interactions like rodents does. (Base, Get to Work, Outdoor Retreat, Realm of Magic)

 

  • Human skin colors not shared with aliens and vice versa. (Get to Work)

 

  • Can't delete or link alien's disguise. (Get to Work)

 

  • Can't go to the Hospital as patient like NPCs do on the medical career. (Get to Work)

 

  • llnesses/Poison/Repulsive curse/Ailments body marks being hidden. (Get to Work/Jungle Adventures/Realm of Magic/Enchanted by Nature)

 

  • Unable to send a sim alone to club meetings/hang out. (Get Together)

 

  • Cancel holidays and getting a sad moodlet. (Seasons)

 

  • No "turn off" option for surprise holiday generation. (Seasons)

 

  • Skeletons unable to wear clothes like Bonehilda and face paint/hair/wigs like mexican skeletons do. (Jungle Adventures)

 

  • Spellcasters being occults but not having an occult form. (Realm of Magic)

 

  • Can't use both hand bandages at the same time. (Werewolves)

 

  • Werewolf's human form can't have glowing eyes from wolf form like spellcasters/vampires do. (Werewolves)

 

  • Occults unable to get rid of their disguise after death/being ghosts. (Get to Work, Vampires, Island Living, Werewolves)

 

Do you guys have any other complaints?

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10 Replies

  • EA_Cade's avatar
    EA_Cade
    Icon for The Sims Team rankThe Sims Team
    3 years ago
    Hi @thornwill,

    This is how you provide feedback!

    These are great suggestions and I'll forward them on up the chain for you.
  • Alfies_1111's avatar
    Alfies_1111
    Not applicable
    3 years ago

    I’m part Portuguese and I can read both so I had my game in Portuguese/ Brazilian and it said there was a pack out with no loans in it but there where so I believe I should get the 4 tots cards- de bruyne de ligt frimpong and ter stegen 

  • jpkarlsen's avatar
    jpkarlsen
    Hero (Retired)
    2 years ago

    @thornwill 

    Pools give very little hygiene and coffee while giving a little energy does so at a severe penalty to bladder so you would likely favor something more efficient such as a shower.

    Ponds and fishing spots are often too shallow for swimming..

  • HollownessDevour's avatar
    HollownessDevour
    Seasoned Ace
    8 months ago

    Oh yes! I'd wish spellcasters had an occult form (the idea they are basically like an alien in the sense they try to blend in with humans, but when amongst their own kind dress more occult (like in Bewitched)), option refuse career promotion, turn off surprise holidays (I can't stand these), and extended family assignments (I sometimes create a placeholder Sim to link get the extended family option, then delete the placeholder, it is annoying workaround).

    I am also annoyed even with fears/wants disabled, that I keep getting (mostly since AA) buy an informative moment trait from rewards store. Plus that informative moment traits are in a nested table with an indent. 

    That Custom Venues are treated as Getaways (getting sentiments, moodlets and interactions), when not on a Getaway. That Custom Venues disable certain Lot Traits. And NPCs inappropriately dress on lots.

  • SugarCookieQueen's avatar
    SugarCookieQueen
    Rising Adventurer
    5 months ago

    "Parents unable to invite their child's friends to their birthday party, because they don't know them." This is definitely a big issue for me. I wish any Sim in the household could invite any Sim that any member of the household knows to any event.

  • CirceKnight's avatar
    CirceKnight
    Seasoned Veteran
    2 days ago

    Big agree on all of this especially spellcasters having an occult form. I was bummed about them not having one when the pack first came out and i’m still bummed. 😫

    The not being notified of visitors also bugs me to no end. The family Ive been playing with most lately get a lot of visitors but I almost always don’t notice them in time because i’m busy doing something with my sims. A notification would help a lot

  • CirceKnight's avatar
    CirceKnight
    Seasoned Veteran
    2 days ago

    I wish we could store outfits we buy from thrift tea and trendi in a dresser or something instead of just keeping the ones we like in our sims inventory forever. With the crystal creations kit we got functional jewelry boxes to store jewelry in so it just seems weird we didn’t get something like that with thrift tea/trendi clothes.

  • CirceKnight's avatar
    CirceKnight
    Seasoned Veteran
    17 hours ago

    The ability to mount guitars and violins on the wall or set them on top of something. It bugs me to no end that we can only place them on the floor.

    Edit: Looks like we are getting wall mounts for guitars in the music den kit

  • Zasz_Zerg's avatar
    Zasz_Zerg
    Seasoned Ace
    14 hours ago

    Pie menu options that are greyed out like "fairy" when using a non-fairy sim and lacking fairy dust in inventory. Im clicking on a plant right now and the fairy sub-menu is greyed out next to water and weed which are greyed out too because the plant doesnt need water nor has weeds. Why even show them when we cant use them? It just clutters the menu.

    Zoom in still has a limit. Its like there is this invisible sphere at the center of the screen and acts like a wall when zooming in. But when I hit tab I can zoom in as much as I want. I need this in build mode because tiny things require close up perspective, not two meters away.

    The camera is jumping from house level to house level when the house has more than one level. Its even worse for apartments. I know sounds are tied to the lot level we are at but this doesnt have to change. Just give us full control over the camera already.

    Dirty/empty dishes have no range limit. Sims who empty a plate or cup often are not selected for taking care of their dishes. Some other sim on the other side of the lot comes all the way to the dishes to do them. I tried to stop that with a mod to claim sinks for specific sims. But the remote sim still tries to do the dishes, picks them up only to realize no kitchen sink is available and puts them back down.

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