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xochiquetzl_xkvn
Seasoned Ace
4 years ago

Re: How to Allow Friends and Family to Use Life's Necessities When Visiting?

If you have the reward points, you can give your Sims the "forever welcome" reward trait, which will let them cook, shower, etc. at anyone's house. (If you don't, you can use cheats to give yourself the aspiration points to buy it.)

I agree that family members should be allowed to sleep or cook, even if they've moved into their own home. I also find the list of things that are "inappropriate" strange.

Random Sims visiting my home: Eat Lobster Thermidor out of my fridge without asking if it's okay or not (what if that's for a party tonight?) and then take a mud bath in my tub.

My Sim, after spending the night at their fiancee's home:  Decides to make fiancee breakfast while they sleep in and is thrown out for being "inappropriate."

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  • theopisisters's avatar
    theopisisters
    4 years ago

    I think not just family members. But everyone in general. I will give you an example I have this one character she took on a task of becoming successful with zero money. To survive I have to couch surf her at neighbours because all she has is property. However this issue happens with her too and she's not a family member which I think is ridiculous. I think there should be a button something that will say "Grant permission" "Ask to crash" "Ask to use household" SIM can ask permission after developing a regular average relationship with the person or already having a relationship developed like with family members. And so then the household can give them permission stay or hang out for as long as they want. They could add options of how many days or for how long etc. I honestly thought that the button that says give residence key was doing that. I thought that if I give somebody my residence keys this already means that they can come in and use the fridge and do whatever they want because that to me felt like established trust. 

  • theopisisters's avatar
    theopisisters
    4 years ago

    Thank you for giving me an option to fix this issue. However I do think that this is one of those issues that should have absolutely been fixed in the development. This is not okay for such a popular and known game to miss out on things like that. Maybe there is a way to give them feedback regarding this. I know for example cacao games takes customer feedback very seriously they evaluate and review every single issue bug or feedback that is coming from the players and they fix it.

  • sailornaru's avatar
    sailornaru
    4 years ago
    @theopisisters I was thinking the same thing too about the 'residence keys' doesn't this allow you to come and go as you please, only I don't remember if this includes making meals or taking showers (with non family sims, okay...I think we might get that, but household members or best friends should be excluded from the 'average' non family pool. But, I think the key only works in the City right. I don't know if normal houses get them, so that puts even more limits on what other sims can do at your house.
  • Sindocat's avatar
    Sindocat
    Seasoned Veteran
    4 years ago
    @theopisisters Working as intended - that is, it is coded that way on purpose, and the in-game solution is the Always Welcome rewards trait.

    I read that as the "mechanical" end of a process by which my sims are negotiating "how can I help without being in the way?" and it is one of the first traits I purchase for my Sims.

    Otherwise, it is simply the game as written that some needs are best addressed at one's own home, and that guests ARE guests, and not at home when visiting.
  • theopisisters's avatar
    theopisisters
    4 years ago

    @SindocatI never said that it was a bug. I said that it is not done right. Yes we don't want strangers to come in and use your bed and showers. Guests are guests no one is arguing that.

    But there should be an option to stay over long term etc. You have to be able to see both perspectives. My Sims visit their parents house alot, their siblings come visit each other. And in this case - it's annoying.

  • Sindocat's avatar
    Sindocat
    Seasoned Veteran
    4 years ago

    And "Always Welcome" reward trait is how one does that. It's inexpensive for a reason.

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