I agree with you all. I have thrown up my hands in defeat on teh mischief thing, though. I don't play mischievous sims, they are quite nice sims and not causing issues with others, don't have personality traits that should lead themselves toward mischief or negative interactions with others, but I have found that if I have them autonomously or due to career or gaining time on the computers, I keep getting mischief raising over time. My 'sim-self' (who I play a lot), her hubby, some of their children and grandchildren have autonomously been racking up the mischief in this way, and there is no good reason for it. Even when I play a sim who is a gamer, streamer, computer 'whiz', computer programmer, technician, etc., I never have them doing mischievous computer stuff. However, I do play with full autonomy, and this is apparently the price I pay at the mercy of the algorithm. Hey, I could cheat their mischief back down if the skill cheats were working, but it creeps back up, so I finally cried uncle.
And as both @PugLove888 and @simsplayer818 well know, don't get me started on vampires!! I'm just eternally grateful that they added the no trespassing block option for them on the front door. Thank you, EA!!! Oh, goodness, I had to move my lot and household to a new save to do a workaround for the HS graduation bug and I forgot to check my front door lock settings and hired a butler and ranch hand (and maybe a gardener) and started playing and noticed a few odd behaviors. I think maybe it was Vlad that came to the lot and got my attention, but I also went in and checked the traits for the 'help', and sure enough the butler was a vampire, as was either the gardener or ranch hand. Ugg! Idid a fulleditmode on the vamp help, got my trespassing settings fixed on the front door, and my problem was solved. Man do I love those front door settings!!
ok don't laugh but what is wrong with vampires? I haven't played one yet and I only really see them in passing. I have seen the Vlad dude knock on my sims door a few times and then he leaves when I don't answer. I think his daughter has knocked on my current household's door a few times but she just leaves as well. The only ones I have blocked on the door settings is neighbors. I have just never had a problem with vampires for whatever reason and I'm curious, from reading the posts here, as to why you are so anti-vampire.
Vampires only kill victims that get arrested by the fashion police in my game.
The rest of the sims in my game are considered essential and nutured with love for future consumption but not death.
you make me feel not so bad about myself. I mean it is not real life and so what if we uh, remove npcs for offending our senses lol. Now I am going to have to make me a vampire for doing that because it sounds so much more fun than clicking and deleting :)
