Forum Discussion

Kathykins's avatar
Kathykins
Seasoned Ace
4 years ago

Child of the ocean

Could someone please explain to me why sims with the "Child of the Ocean" trait are being picked for the role of open_streets_masterfisherman? This has been bothering me a long time, since Island Living came out. I notice it a lot, since most of my sims live in Sulani, especially Admirals Wreckage and Key Point. I especially notice Makoa Kealoha doing this, because I know his traits.

These sims cry when they see a mounted fish, can't EAT fish and will get a negative buff when fishing (tense? Uncomfortable? I never play with this trait, so don't know). I'm just genuinly curious why these sims are being picked for a role that is so against their traits?

gameplay issue

4 Replies

Sort By
  • xochiquetzl_xkvn's avatar
    xochiquetzl_xkvn
    Seasoned Ace
    4 years ago

    I don’t work for EA, but honestly, I don’t think the game considers traits when assigning NPC roles. It might prefer Sulani townies, but I’m not even certain about that.

    (The one I remember is “Sad: hurt fish friend.” I play with Paka’a Uha a lot. I don’t make him fish! We live with his dietary restrictions.)

  • Kathykins's avatar
    Kathykins
    Seasoned Ace
    4 years ago
    @xochiquetzl_xkvn Thanks for your input 🙂 I also play Paka'a in a couple of saves. I never see him as an NPC fisherman, though. None of the mermaids are seen fishing, ever. Practically all the other Sulani townies do. All children of the ocean are drawn to mounted fish, and will constantly go over to look at them and cry. I usually have to lock those mounted fish away, because of this. In basically every household I play, there is at least one sim who likes to fish. I just don't want my visitors to become sad.

    They all seem to get picked as fish poachers, litterbugs and anti-environmentalists also, same with random npc conservationists. I just really think its "out of character" for any of them. Even my own sims do, if I'm playing another household. Why would you litter the place if you are actively working on cleaning up the enviroment? Its really puzzling to me.

    Traits should matter in cases like this..
  • xochiquetzl_xkvn's avatar
    xochiquetzl_xkvn
    Seasoned Ace
    4 years ago

    Ugh, yeah, Paka'a is a Conservationist in one of my saves and he's shuddering at the thought of being an NPC litterbug!  :D (He's a violin-playing NPC conservationist when I'm not playing him in that save.)

    Paka'a's wife and mother-in-law are level 10 in fishing and we used to eat a lot of fish, but he used to autonomously grab it out of the fridge so no more fishing!  ☹️

    I do agree that traits should matter; I'm just saying that they don't seem to be considered.

  • MamaSimmerPlays's avatar
    MamaSimmerPlays
    Seasoned Adventurer
    3 years ago

    Not quite the same but related, my plantsim who is married to Paka'a and lives in Mua Pel'am, while I was playing him would go around every day cleaning up the ecosystem to make it nicer for his husband. Then when I went back to Mua Pel'am with a different household, he turned up as an "anti-environmentalist" trying to have a fight with my next played sim! They really need to have some restrictions on which sims are chosen for these roles.

    I don't allow mounting fish or cooking with them in my saves - since "bowl 5 fish" has never worked I cheat code the aspiration, and any fish I'm not keeping in my own collection I sell for someone else to keep as a pet. Seeing Paka'a have an early morning chat with a fish in a Gumber is rather endearing.

About The Sims 4 Gameplay Questions & Issues

Get help and answers to your gameplay questions and issues in The Sims 4.19,233 PostsLatest Activity: 28 minutes ago