I would like control of Sim Phone usage too, but bear in mind some autonomous behavior /heavily/ depends on Cell Phones (e.g. the "Phone Addict" Fame Trait) to balance the game. I still say I would rather have control, but am not so naïve as to think it would fix every occurrence. I do agree that technophobe is poorly labelled, as it seems to be more of a "I hate computers" than what it's advertised as, which is strange considering the phone icon.
As an aside, have you considered passing the NAP "Back to the olden days" in your sim's neighborhood? It's a hassle when you want to do something on the computer but it may have better results than the technophobe trait (hypothizing - not actual data)
I use solar panels and usually have music playing too, so not getting rid of tech. I just wish you could turn off the sims pulling out the phone unless prompted to, like in the middle of cooking, or a conversation, etc.
Yes this, thank you.
I don´t know which update caused this, but all of my sims are constantly whipping out their phone, no matter what they are doing. It´s so annoying! They can´t have a normal conversation without doing that dang animation. And I don´t think it´s realistic for my sims to have a flirty conversation resulting in them being engaged, while having their eyes glued to the screen. At least let them fall flat on their face if they use their phone while jogging.
I really would appreciate a possibility to toggle autonomous phone use on and off.
Adding my coins to the pile because YES! This is one of my biggest pet peeves with the game, honestly (enough that I sought out a mod to suppress this idle). I understand the realism they're allegedly going for, but only in some cases. This behavior does not suit every personality build, and the fact that every sim is addicted to their phone even when it doesn't remotely fit certain sims is immersion breaking (and considering it's a life simulator, it's a little insulting to suggest every person in the world is like this). I still love this game in spite of all its flaws, I truly do, but the devs really need to start giving greater priority to fine-tuning autonomy (in soooo many ways) rather than merely producing new content.
Totally agree.
Also, they said they fixed the constant phone usage in a recent patch but it is NOT fixed! Maybe they adjusted the tuning a tiny bit but it WASN’T ENOUGH! 🤦🏻♀️ I enjoy using first person mode now and then but the phone usage ruins it 😭
