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AprilTheSimmer9's avatar
5 years ago
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Idea for a Future Update Having to Do with Likes/Dislikes Menu for Console

Okay, I got the Likes and Dislikes update but for some reason instead of clicking on one of the activities/colors/music genres and selecting the like/dislike on consoles (where we can use the D-Pad or Left Stick button to move to either Like/Dislike) we literally have to press the Toggle Menus/Game button (I'm on Xbox), click the question mark (or Likes/Dislikes icon) and then click the Activities/Colors/Music Genres button.

Then we have to try to choose from there with the cursor still on the screen and it's kinda hard from there, considering that you have to use the cursor to click Like/Dislike and the thing keeps scrolling down to the next selectable thing underneath it. 

Once you get that done it's even more frustrating because once you exit the Likes/Dislikes menu if you move the cursor to click on your Sim to see if the menu to choose their outfits would get the cursor thing off, you end up clicking on one of your household Sims' icons because your cursor is on your Sim but the game has the Sim icon highlighted instead (and pressing the Toggle Menus/Game button doesn't help either). 

So can we please (if it's possible) be able to select a genre and choose Likes and Dislikes without using the cursor, or get that error fixed? If anyone needs me to I can take a screenshot showing the problem too. 

But for now considering how buggy it is for console users I think I'm gonna hold off on giving my other Sims likes and dislikes.

Plus if this sounds like a bug let me know and I'll put a bug report up for it. ☺️ 

But yeah, if it's possible I'd like to be able to click the Colors/Activities/Music Genre button and be able to click the Like/Dislike button while using the D-Pad or Left Stick to choose between the two.

  • @AprilTheSimmer96 That sounds pretty convoluted! I’m on PlayStation and it’s straightforward. We can scroll using the d-pad or left stick and select likes/dislikes with L1/R1.

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  • PugLove888's avatar
    PugLove888
    Hero (Retired)
    5 years ago

    @ChapelParalysis , thank you for adding this info ! 😀🏆  Since I'm only a PC player, I can't help much with these kind of problems! 😓

  • ChapelParalysis's avatar
    ChapelParalysis
    5 years ago

    @AprilTheSimmer96 Don’t feel bad, I explained this to 8 other people on Reddit yesterday. And some of them were much more stubborn about believing this was a bug and not user error, and required detailed step-by-step instructions to figure out it was an issue on their end. It always makes me laugh, tho, when it’s accompanied by a long salty rant about EA or whatever.

    Just FYI for next time, when you’re struggling with a brand new feature like this, you can go into your Game Options and turn “Show Controls Legend” back on. In this screen shot, you’ll see EA has already included clear directions for this feature in the upper right hand corner.

  • simsgirl4life28's avatar
    simsgirl4life28
    New Rookie
    5 years ago

    Thank you. I was so confused. It doesn't tell you to use the L1/R1 buttons lol

  • AprilTheSimmer9's avatar
    AprilTheSimmer9
    5 years ago
    @simsgirl4life28 Ikr? 😂

    Well actually to be honest after I was told about the trigger buttons I went into CAS to add likes and dislikes to my Sim and pressed the Left Stick and saw LT and RT labeled as Like (LT) and Dislike (RT). ☺️

    But I had no idea I could've pressed the Left Stick to see the Controls menu until I tried it while working on my Sim's likes and dislikes (after being told how to choose them). 😆
  • ChapelParalysis's avatar
    ChapelParalysis
    5 years ago

    @simsgirl4life28When a new feature is added and you don’t understand how to use it, you can go into Game Options and turn “Show Controls Legend” back on.

    As you can see in the screen shot above, it does tell you to use L1/R1, you’ve probably just disabled “Show Controls Legend” in the past.

  • AprilTheSimmer9's avatar
    AprilTheSimmer9
    5 years ago
    @ChapelParalysis Okay thanks! 😊 Either it didn't show up for me or I didn't notice it. 😆 Well I know you said that you need to enable "Show Controls Legend" but I have it on since it shows me the controls in Live Mode. So maybe I didn't notice it in CAS. ☺️

    Again, thanks for the info! 😁 And sorry I didn't see this until now. It either didn't tell me on my email that you replied, or it did and I didn't see it.