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jazxmalia
Rising Novice
3 months ago
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Love struck

can we get a lovestruck refresh? even if you do the aspiration that’s supposed to make satisfaction go down more slower it doesn’t help. It makes it hard for casual dating. my sims who live together even have issues if they go to work all day and don’t have a chance to kiss. it’s a little draining and frustrating. overall a good pack i adore the hair the styles the career. it’s just relationships are no longer fun. 

  • jazxmalia​ we won't be getting a refresh as it doesn't happen with newer packs and in fact it's rare to see a refresh at all. But newer packs are constantly being fixed as players report issues. I'm attaching a bug report you might want to take a look at regarding problems with Romantic Satisfaction. You can upvote it on the first post if it looks like what's happening in your game and add a reply if you'd like to do so. The problem was also widely reported on our old AHQ bug forum after the release of Lovestruck and continues to be monitored here:

    Romantic Relationships decay/become negative fast with no interaction | EA Forums - 4947168

    One thing that helps with attraction levels is to set up their likes and turn ons in CAS to match each other if you haven't already done that. Once that's done, get them to interact again and you should see a notification that a Sim is now Very Attracted to the other Sim.

    With the relationship itself I have had varying degrees of success with the Beloved Trait. It prevents relationships from declining. I add it with a cheat to all my Sims. But I've noticed if I'm playing rotationally I'm still seeing some decline when switching back to a previous household that has a partner outside the household.

     traits.equip_trait trait_Legendary

    (With cheats enabled using testingcheats true, on Xbox/PS this command disables console achievements/trophies in that game).

    I'm not a fan of the Romantic Satisfaction system either. I've had Soulmates blissfully in love threaten divorce after one has just had a (very demanding) baby and hasn't the time for love!💔

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  • Intern_Waffle_64​ and Miataplay​ I don't think we can speak to what's happening in others games as we are often on different platforms with different installed content. I know that I've had this problem with perfectly matched Sims on console with the full game for example. Couples tested are tested with and without Lovestruck and over a few weeks. So we report it here and give feedback to see if it's happening to anyone else and get tips or work towards a fix.

    gertie47​ yes I noticed this with one of my engaged couples in different households.

    jazxmalia​ so glad that's working for you!

  • Miataplay's avatar
    Miataplay
    Legend
    3 months ago

    I haven't noticed this issue in my saves luckily. 

    I play on a PC.

  • simsplayer818's avatar
    simsplayer818
    Hero
    2 months ago

    I always think a bit less of my Sims when they complain they are unsatisfied I must admit. That "... I may divorce you" notification pops up out of the blue and I just think "But, but I created the perfect Sim for you! She's only had a baby/started a business/got a bit busy!" 😂

  • Miataplay's avatar
    Miataplay
    Legend
    2 months ago

    I divorce my sims but so far they are all so chill and happily in love.🥰

    The game need to recognize the effort we put into our pixel lives...I hate creating something in game only to find out it's a No Go..🙂

  • Well I just accidentally wrecked a Townie family yesterday! I was moving the Tinker family (Eco Lifestyle) into a new apartment. I didn't create them or edit their personalities and haven't played them at all. But I needed to play test their new home before I put them back in Other Households again and ignore them forever. They had maxed relationships I noticed but I sat Tina and Yasemin down to test furniture and TV placement and chat because they had low socials. Immediately I got a notification they were very unattracted and the Romance Bars were only half full. Kind of wish I'd left them alone. So I'll have to do some work to salvage their relationship today for the sake of their daughter. 🥺

  • Intern_Waffle_64's avatar
    Intern_Waffle_64
    Seasoned Veteran
    2 months ago

    There is no combination of platforms and content installed that would alter the game's tuning. That's just plain not how it works. There is no content that, when installed alongside lovestruck, alters the rate of relationship satisfaction decay. That's plain and simply not how it works. 

  • Nightgypsy's avatar
    Nightgypsy
    Seasoned Ace
    2 months ago

    I play pc too and noticed it will happen if sims get very busy and don't have much interaction. Like I've taken one sim on vacation an left the wife and kid at home so he could achieve his goal more quickly. So he might be gone for a few days and this is when I mainly notice that pop up will happen if I didn't make sure that the relationship was high before the one sim leaving. 

  • Nightgypsy's avatar
    Nightgypsy
    Seasoned Ace
    2 months ago

    That doesn't sound fun to me for sure. But I'd think it would be fixable. In my current game I have at least four families I rotate playing. I tend to obsess on a single family for a long period of time though. When I go back to one of my other families their romance bar is still full and it just takes a romantic gesture or something for the box to pop up saying they are very satisfied and that it will continue to grow. Maybe I am off base and not understanding your situation correctly. 

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