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Another thing I want to mention: it's quite odd that sims are stressed when there's fire. Fire is an extremely dreadful phenomenon, so I believe that being terrified of it is the way to go. There's a mod by PlayStar201 that changes that, but I wish it was a base game feature.
I have an idea on how it could work if it's ever patched in: while the fire is up, sims are scared/terrified, but after it's put out, they feel tense.
The stressed versus terrified for a fired should depend on how bad the fire was and if the sim caught on fire - and maybe the age of the Sim. I can understand children and toddlers being terrified, but adults would be more stressed by a small, minor fire. I also wouldn't want my Sim scared for 24 hours after a fire has been put out. I definitely don't get terrified by minor fires, but I'm accident prone so maybe not the best person to give that sort of input 🤭
Another thing I was thinking about is allowing Sims to age with more grace and dignity, especially if you had them take really good care of themselves throughout their life. I really dislike that once a Sim reaches elder, they are automatically a caricature of the things we associate with being older. There is a lot more variety in how we can make younger Sims look, but elders Sims just all have the same template and you can't really do much about it. Life choices should have more of an impact on whether or not your elder Sim will have poor posture and extreme back problems, for example.
- simminchillin4 years agoSeasoned Veteran@ValFreya13 I agree! It should depend on the intensity of fire, and probably on the age of those who witnessed it as well. As for me, though, I'm still terrified of fire even though I'm an adult :D