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HollownessDevour
Seasoned Ace
4 months ago

Lock Skill/Career Gain Progress Type Feature

I use Lock Skill Gain Progress by TriplisSims to make the game (IMHO) playable. 

This allows me to have my Sims unique and stops from unwanted skill gain (like comedy, mischief, etc.) Before this mod, I would get so frustrated when my Sims autonomously do interactions they disliked like comedy, mischief, etc., and they'd gain the skill—that I'd stop playing. 

This honestly saved my sanity for Sims 4 (or I couldn't play), but it looks like it is no longer maintained, and I think it should be a base game feature.

  • Prevent skill gain from select/unwanted skills.
  • Lock skill gain for select skills to keep Sims at the desired level.
  • Keep Sims unique/different from one another.

edit: if possible

  • Remove locked skills from pie menu (for example if Singing is "locked" at lvl 0/null from skill gain, when you select your Sim you will not get the Practice Singing option). Or if I lock/no learn Natural Living Skill, none of those interactions show up.
  • Stop Sims from using items that would gain locked skills (at lvl 0/null) autonomously (excluding cooking).

edit, edit:

  • Since R&L I am completely in love with the fact you do not get promotions automatically. I'd love this for all careers!

5 Replies

  • Irerising's avatar
    Irerising
    Seasoned Traveler
    4 months ago

    Omg, YES! I ultimately end up periodically just... cheating away the skills I don't want for a sim, but I would love to not have to. Like you said, it helps keep sims more unique (not everyone should be a comedic genius just because they like laughing with their friends, for example) and lets me tell my stories the way I want to. So, especially given the emphasis on "tell your own stories" that Maxis is making, it feels like this would be an important aspect of gameplay to support that. 

    Thank you for mentioning this! 

  • HollownessDevour's avatar
    HollownessDevour
    Seasoned Ace
    4 months ago

    IKR! Look how nice and neat a Sim looks when locked to a lifestyle I planned for them:

    They have more skills (I made) available to them, but this is them just doing their normal/everyday activity/lifestyle.

  • That would help me so much with the unwanted gaming skill gain all my sims have in every household and save. 😭

  • This would be really handy.  Some sims should just not be good at certain activities.

  • HollownessDevour's avatar
    HollownessDevour
    Seasoned Ace
    4 months ago

    Yeah, I like the idea of some Sims are not good at everything, and locking skills mid learning seems more realistic.

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