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3 years ago

Should I reinstall The Sims 4, here's the issues im facing....

I have quite a few issues with my sims 4 game right now as everyone does, I'm sure. My question is do you guys think reinstalling my game is worth it and will it fix them. If you reinstall the g...

gameplay issue

Thehiddenreturn

3 years ago

@Pick-a-boo_doo Thank you for the info and suggestions. I'm not sure what you mean by NFC, I don't want to turn off Neighborhood stories, I mean it might be about 50 percent broken for me right now, but it does work to an extent. I'm going to do some experimenting and see what happens. Oh, and about how I said I turned everything off except find a career, well that is what I did, and I double checked 90 percent of families to see that it was the only option on...and it was. A day or two later I checked Neiborhood stories via mailbox to see what was going on and I saw a couple deaths and about 2 other things that should have been turned off.... but what I failed to mention was that its possible those events occurred before I turned off everything (except find career). So, I really need to experiment more to see what is working and what is not. It may not be broken in my game at all. I will find out over the next few days. And lastly you say uncheck the game options, well I'm totally lost as to what you mean by that, I don't think that's in options on Xbox I've never seen it. I will take a second look next time I Play but can you elaborate about what that is and what it does? Thanks.

Pick-a-boo_doo

Seasoned Ace

3 years ago

@Thehiddenreturns

I am sorry that I did not understand your explanation properly and that it was difficult to understand.
Let me explain in order.
First of all, "NFS" is a misspelling of "Neighborhood Stories System". Sorry.
Next is the game options. When you start up Sims4, you will see a screen like the one in the image below (This image was taken when there was no saved data). Option should be in the "A" section. Click on it to open the "MENU" panel. Click on "Game Options" in the menu.

This will open the "Game Options" panel. (The panel looks like the image below)

Click on "Game Play" in the menu on the left side, and you will be taken to a screen with Life Span, Wants/Fears settings, etc.
Scroll down and you will find the "Neighborhood Stories" section.
I believe this is also available on the Xbox.
And when I wrote "Finally, uncheck the "Game Option" checkbox." in post #4, I meant this game options section.
I wrote that the order to set up the settings is to set up Neighborhood Stories from Manage Household and then set up Neighborhood Stories in the game options. And this setting off everything is the way to turn off the Neighborhood Stories System completely.
So, I missed the part where you want to set only business to work, so if that is your setting, then you can leave this game options part as the default.
I will write a bit more.

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I think you are setting up the panel shown in pic2 above, which you can open by clicking on the upper right corner of pic1 above, but sometimes you are left with the settings you had before you changed the settings. For example, if you forget to set up the settings and have advanced the game by a day or two, the settings will remain in each Household as they were before the settings were changed. This can cause them to have babies, adopt children, or do other actions that you don't want them to do.
So, after changing the settings, it may be a hassle, but it is a good idea to check the panel of each Household and change the settings back to the way you want them.
Sorry for being so long-winded.
I hope this issue alone will be resolved.