[Edit 2024-10-10 -> Adding the pic which represents the topic name better]From Lilsimsie's gameplayI knew there was a similar discussion. However, I haven't found any discussion about this issue about "everywhere" yet. So, I start a new one with the information from my testing with my saved file.(Disclaimer: My save is modded, has MCCC, and has "Show Sim Info" to get info.)I visited a park in Chestnut Ridge and found a couple named Roswell who live in Strangerville. It's so lovely, isn't it? But there are some strange things about this. If you have Strangerville GP, you will know that... Townies who live in Strangerville "rarely" spawned outside their world. Some places have exceptions about region limits such as restaurants, bowling lots (team members with uniforms), gossipers in Finchwick Fair, etc. You can't find them appearing outside without a special role.Then I have evidence that it's a Lovestruck (EP16) issue. I used the "Show Sim Info" mod to see the name of their role and found this (red underline).This can make sure that they are spawned by the game to have a date.In another try that I played for a longer time, after a few minutes, the game spawns at least 3 couples. I saw from other players that it can reach 4 couples too.About my personal opinion.It would be cute and lovely if it's only 1-2 couples and has the more rare chance to appear such as 10-20% or 50% at most. It shouldn't be every time like the current situation.They should respect the region-limited rule if it exists. And they shouldn't appear in the place they shouldn't be such as temple ruins in Selvadorada. I think it would be better to give "EP16NPC_VenueDate" sims in a specific place to make it more special. Why don't they appear mostly in Ciudad Enamorada, the city of love? I wouldn't complain if it's like that. You can spawn as many lovers as you want in the city of love!Or I think it can be like "The Festival of Light" in Mt. Komorebi where couples from every world are spawned.It should be a collab with Seasons EP's Love Day too. I wouldn't complain much if the couple is spammed on this holiday. (But please don't give "situation outfit" to them cruelly lol.)I don't mind about the same couple appearing again and again if it's for a more special situation. This time, I can't make up my mind to play the main save until there are some mods to fix this.(Sadly I can't disable this pack because I already use the new hairstyle from this EP in my main sims because it fits him perfectly. And I'm busy lately, so I can wait longer.)That's all! Feel free to share your thoughts. I hope this will be tuned or fixed soon!P.S. I don't save this process in my main save, but I am honestly happy with Roswell for having a lovely moment time during this short period, even in the Gym! And it's so ironic that it's Love Day in my main save right now.

I saw that you replied to my answer HQ post. Yes, I completely agree, I have this pack disabled now because this completely destroys the sims spawning system. I started a new save and just checked how bad it was and it's absolutely terrible. I put my sim in Oasis Springs, and started by going to the park.There were no kids spawning, and also no sims spawning to play chess, I don't even think I saw anyone go fishing, the park seemed completely dead apart from... 8 lovestruck sims who all sat and did the same cloudgazing animation at all the park benches that was available at the park. One single kid spawned at the park and looked lonely, my sim made no friends and I started getting bored quickly, so I went to the gym.At the gym there was 3 sims working out, immediately as my sim spawned in her workout outfit the game immediately spawned 4 lovestruck sims who walked straight into the gym in their everyday clothing and just stood there. I barely met any new sims.Don't EA realize how much this ruins the gameplay for many players? I disabled lovestruck and did the same thing, I met sims playing chess, I met Judith Ward fishing at the pond, kids played with each other, I met many new sims, I met classic sims like Summer Holiday, I went to the gym and it was full of classic active sims, We all remember how we met classic premade sims on different lots. Well they are all gone now, it's just adult lovestruck couples EVERYWHERE.If anyone from EA sees this, I am not bashing on the pack or the hard work you put in it, but meeting new sims was my favorite thing to do in this game. PLEASE remove this, or just limit them to Ciudad Enamorada like coloncocon suggested.

Just to say, I am now using LittleMsSam's mod and I love it. No more couples at the temples, yay! Now in the parks, yes there are a few couples, but I noticed there was also a bunch of kids coming into the park, playing on the playground equipment. The couples haven't invaded the playground equipment yet, lol.

coloncocon wrote:I can't see 4 couples at the same time in my test. But it might be because it's the old save that has enough variety of population. For example, the chess player will be chosen from townies who have logic skill level ~5+. (You can see the same people such as Bjorn, Mei Prescott, and more depending on what packs you have.) Fishing is the same, those are chosen by skills.From what I've seen in my game, there seems to be about 75% bench occupancy from star gazing couples in any given venue. It depends on how many benches you have in the venue and the game limit for maximum sims allowed on the lot. I see the Roswells quite a lot in my game out and about, not just after Lovestruck. The only thing weird is that the other day I saw Meredith Rosewell in Willow Creek and she was affected by the mother plant spores and I think they aren't supposed to spawn in that state in other worlds. I don't mind seeing the couples at the park, they are not that noticeable if the benches are spaced far apart. But they are annoying in certain cases like when you have benches placed close to each other or at the picnic tables when you see two couples at the same table and both looking up. Also, it's weird when there is a ceiling or a pergola above instead of the open sky. Maybe they could restrict sky watching to be done from park benches only, and not from ottomans (especially if they look like they would never be placed outside) or picnic tables. I do wish they would limit the sky watching couples in certain venues and give precedence to more venue appropriate behaviors, like at the museum in Willow Creek there is lots of benches both outside and inside but the museum is empty and everyone is sat on the benches around the same fountain watching the clouds.

I learned my lesson with For Rent. I will not be buying this ep. It's always best to wait a year before investing in EP's that could mess up your current save.

I was credited a similar discussion before but it can't make me post successfully. So, I post in a reply instead.Lovestruck sims spawning on all lots?From this link, you can see the screenshot showing many couples appearing in the same frame. Townies have invaded SelvadoradaYou can see couples where it shouldn't be.

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coloncocon

Seasoned Ace

1 year ago

Too many "Lovestruck" couples everywhere!

[Edit 2024-10-10 -> Adding the pic which represents the topic name better]

From Lilsimsie's gameplay

I knew there was a similar discussion. However, I haven't found any discussion about this issue about "everywhere" yet. So, I start a new one with the information from my testing with my saved file.

(Disclaimer: My save is modded, has MCCC, and has "Show Sim Info" to get info.)

I visited a park in Chestnut Ridge and found a couple named Roswell who live in Strangerville. It's so lovely, isn't it? But there are some strange things about this.

If you have Strangerville GP, you will know that... Townies who live in Strangerville "rarely" spawned outside their world. Some places have exceptions about region limits such as restaurants, bowling lots (team members with uniforms), gossipers in Finchwick Fair, etc. You can't find them appearing outside without a special role.

Then I have evidence that it's a Lovestruck (EP16) issue. I used the "Show Sim Info" mod to see the name of their role and found this (red underline).

This can make sure that they are spawned by the game to have a date.

In another try that I played for a longer time, after a few minutes, the game spawns at least 3 couples. I saw from other players that it can reach 4 couples too.

About my personal opinion.

It would be cute and lovely if it's only 1-2 couples and has the more rare chance to appear such as 10-20% or 50% at most. It shouldn't be every time like the current situation.
They should respect the region-limited rule if it exists. And they shouldn't appear in the place they shouldn't be such as temple ruins in Selvadorada.
I think it would be better to give "EP16NPC_VenueDate" sims in a specific place to make it more special. Why don't they appear mostly in Ciudad Enamorada, the city of love? I wouldn't complain if it's like that. You can spawn as many lovers as you want in the city of love!
Or I think it can be like "The Festival of Light" in Mt. Komorebi where couples from every world are spawned.
It should be a collab with Seasons EP's Love Day too. I wouldn't complain much if the couple is spammed on this holiday. (But please don't give "situation outfit" to them cruelly lol.)

I don't mind about the same couple appearing again and again if it's for a more special situation. This time, I can't make up my mind to play the main save until there are some mods to fix this.

(Sadly I can't disable this pack because I already use the new hairstyle from this EP in my main sims because it fits him perfectly. And I'm busy lately, so I can wait longer.)

That's all! Feel free to share your thoughts. I hope this will be tuned or fixed soon!

P.S. I don't save this process in my main save, but I am honestly happy with Roswell for having a lovely moment time during this short period, even in the Gym! And it's so ironic that it's Love Day in my main save right now.

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Miataplay
Legend
1 year ago
Looks like Lovestruck has struck out with too many couples everywhere.
Seriously in the real this would be uncomfortable...in the game it is an uncomfortable mess and I don't own it thankfully. The EP doesn't look like bugs I need in my game right now.
Miataplay
Legend
1 year ago
It's a serious problem stopping me from buying the EP.
claireluttmer
Seasoned Adventurer
1 year ago
I agree, they do it even when they are vendors or employees on the lot! makes is really hard to play when they aren't tending to their jobs/sales tables.
Miataplay
Legend
1 year ago
I have a good mod right now in my game that controls attractions for turn on /turn off traits thankfully. I don't need this EP for that.
I would be buying this EP in the future for it's new gameplay if it's not to cheesy for my taste and I like a good cheese ball! Time will tell.🙂
coloncocon
Seasoned Ace
1 year ago
About the case you said, they might be spawned as vendors or employees initially, but be distracted by romantic autonomy.
For example, Henford's bartender has a husband who usually comes to the bar. Now she might leave the bar to flirt with her husband, or in the worst case, go outside to gaze at the cloud. I haven't experienced a vendor case yet because the vendors in my saved file are all singles.
I will recheck this after updating the mods. (I will wait until the weekend to make sure)
coloncocon
Seasoned Ace
8 months ago
Hello, it's been a long time since I got rid of these issues by using the mod. But now I choose to let the game spawn them again because I want to try fixing "romantic satisfaction decays over time".
As I found the mod to stop romantic satisfaction decay --> https://www.patreon.com/posts/mod-per-request-109503418
I think it's worth fixing the existing couple's romantic satisfaction to be fine again now. I predict that they can fix a bad status by autonomously being romantic. So I will test by removing the mod (that prevents EP16 couple to spawning).
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The point is, I can't find 5-6 couples watching the sky at the same time as before.
(Please ignore the Townie Fashion Police | EA Forums - 4953417 lol)

Currently, when it's not too many couples. This becomes cute and heartwarming to see.

And at the same time, children have a chance to come and play.
Please note that last year, because there were 5-6 couples in the lot, it was impossible to have children in the park. The couple used the entire quota of Sims on the lot.
I don't use the mod to alter this function right now. I removed LMS mod before because right now I used Sims4me mod to get rid completely. Did the game tune this in a recent patch? It isn't as crazy as last year.
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Does your game still have NPC couples coming to the lot like this, especially in the park? Please share your latest experience of "Lovestruck couples" if you notice something.